@arusbridger.bsky.social will step down as Prospect's editor at the end of 2025. Our print & digital circulation grew 30% last year & he’s transformed Prospect into a flourishing multi-media company. Excited that acclaimed journalist Philip Collins will be our new editor.

When Epstein’s birthday book was revealed, people could only talk about the men who contributed to it. But the book was filled with women, and with girls. What about them?

Thanks to @diane2v.bsky.social for writing this for @prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Our Covert Councillor is back, with an exclusive investigation on the hidden debt eroding trust in local politics (and a h/t to the vital reporting on this by @liverpoolecho.co.uk's @liamthorp.bsky.social & @theleaduk.bsky.social's @leighsus.bsky.social)

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I don't often write opinion, but I got fed up seeing examples of men claiming to be the "protectors" of the very people they (sometimes literally) attack.

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I'm so sad to hear this! I only got to know him recently, but he was so kind, and thoughtful, and generous with this time

I hope you don't mind me sharing it—I find it a helpful framing of the political culture, the forms of violence we now see within it, and what can be done to avoid more of the same. "The solution requires civility"

”The recent spate of political violence in the United States, as well as elsewhere, is...not a novelty. Indeed, the only mild surprise is perhaps that there has not been more of it.“

From June, by @davidallengreen.bsky.social in @prospectmagazine.co.uk

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A moment for some good news, via @billmckibben.bsky.social

“The coming battle for the powerless deputy leadership could easily become a proxy war over the party’s whole purpose and nature,” writes @tom-clark.bsky.social in @prospectmagazine.co.uk today.

p.s our paywall is down til 4pm

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Our latest issue has just hit newsstands! Here’s a peek at what’s inside... 🧵

In our cover essay, @benansell.bsky.social surveys the resurgence of left populism, from Zohran Mamdani to Zarah Sultana. Should Keir Starmer take notes?
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When @okhromeychuk.bsky.social heard Trump speak of swapping territories, she couldn’t help but wonder: could the Hutsul’s prayer be answered at last?

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Ukraine isn’t just ’territory’ but the people who live there. This shouldn’t be news. Lately I’ve been reading Looking at Women, Looking at War by Victoria Amelina, a writer killed while investigating Russian war crimes. The immediate cost of any land deal would be the horrors Ukrainians would bear.

It's @prospectmagazine.co.uk pod day, and this week @ellenhalliday.bsky.social and I speak with @oliverbullough.bsky.social about how privatisation ruined our water, the cover of our latest mag

PLUS: The easiest banger or dud we've ever done on the pod

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“For decades, water company owners have extracted billions of pounds that should have been invested in plugging leaks and treating sewage, and sent the proceeds to parent firms overseas,” writes @oliverbullough.bsky.social.
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thank you!

@paddycarter.bsky.social this sounds interesting—can you point me to some of the research you mention? Thanks v much in advance!

Woohoo! When @benjamin-clark.bsky.social joined the team last year, he had about 1000 ideas of things we could do to connect more with our readers. The newsletter that became Lightbulb was one of them. Congrats to Ben on making the shortlist! And if you aren't signed up, then do it now!

I’m hiring a reporter for London Centric, looking for someone smart who can use a phone, knock on doors and wants to cause trouble. Don’t care if you’ve got qualifications, just want evidence of caring about news. Initial six month contract, pay above national rates. www.londoncentric.media/p/jobs

It's @prospectmagazine.co.uk pod day and this week @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social joins me and @ellenhalliday.bsky.social to talk misogyny, masculinity and his new book on the manosphere

Plus a listener-suggested banger or dud: should you split the bill?

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If you're following the assisted dying debate in parliament today, do follow @prospectmagazine.co.uk's rolling updates. Written by @markmardell.bsky.social and edited by @emilylawford.bsky.social

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In Switzerland today, part of a glacier collapsed, and most of a town was buried

SPEECHLESS BEFORE / AFTER #BLATTEN

The magnitude of destruction after the 3:24 pm collapse of Birch Glacier is immense! 😱

All the forest has been razed and the ice/wood/debris dammed the Lonza river 🌊

Some buildings of Blatten are buried 🏠

📷 Pomona

🎧Great to be this week's guest on @prospectmagazine.co.uk's podcast discussing my book, the immigration white paper, UK-EU reset talks and why I left the Home Office to report on it.

Thanks to @aloner.bsky.social and @ellenhalliday.bsky.social for having me on.

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In short, unis: "did exactly what the government asked of them: first accepting more home students, then recruiting abroad to make up the fees shortfall and boost the sector. When that turned out, entirely predictably, to have increased net migration, they took fright."