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Hugo Rifkind

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Writing in The Times Thursday and Saturday, talking on Times Radio Monday-Thursday. Also, other things. Latest novel, Rabbits, found here: https://amzn.eu/d/hUQTsSW

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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · Jun 5

My novel *Rabbits* is out today in paperback. On the EXTREMELY RARE and ENTIRELY BAFFLING chance you haven't bought it already, I reckon you definitely should now. Right? Here are some of the lovely things other readers have said about it over the last year...

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 1d

I've responded to Robert Jenrick's vile comments in @thetimes.com

www.thetimes.com/life-style/c...

I sang Jerusalem with Robert Jenrick at school — he’s wrong about race

The Conservative MP has complained that, visiting Handsworth in Birmingham, he didn’t see ‘another white face’. You can’t judge whether someone is integrated by skin colour, argues fellow Wulfrunian S...

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 1d

It's quite wrong to suggest Robert Jenrick is a racist. Racists believe in something. My SKETCH.

Rob whistle | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something. Some of us remember Jenrick as a chubby-cheeked fan of David Cameron fighting the…

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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · 5d

It's a retaliation for the recognition of Palestine, clearly. And pathetic.

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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · 5d

Immoral, grim and pathetic.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 5d

This Israeli government decision to host Tommy Robinson will widen the growing gulf between the Netanyahu government and the British public, including the broad majority of Jews in Britain (3/4 of whom dsapproved of Netanyahu, before this new link to this anti-Muslim racist UK far right convict).

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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · 7d

Actually, I think I did once know that. Thank you for the reminder.

Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · 8d

Today's super-speedy How To Win... from Liverpool, following Keir Starmer's speech. pod.fo/e/334474

How To Win An Election: Starmer's Speech: How To Attack Nigel Farage

The political masterminds are at Labour conference in Liverpool for Keir Starmer's speech, and this special episode recorded in front of a live audience.As the prime minister steps up his attack on...

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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · 9d

Today's Politics Unpacked is our latest focus group of disillusioned Labour voters. Worth a listen, not only for just how glum they are, but also for the strong steer that the one thing that would keep them voting Labour is the prospect of getting Reform instead. podfollow.com/politics-unp...

Politics Unpacked

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the the politics of the day - and the stuff that's even more important - with the brightest brains from the Times and Sunday Times.You can listen to Hugo on DAB, smart speaker or ...

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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · 15d

I've got nothing. But I hope you're right.

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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · 17d

Utter, utter mea culpa. It's a podcast designed to extract people's expertise rather than to hold them to account, and that distinction is very important to why it works. But there are times where I really ought to shift gear, and this was one of them.

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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · 19d

Latest How To Win.... with added Jeremy Hunt. Really enjoyed this one. Very candid and funny on the timely matter of how it feels when you're in a government that is falling apart.

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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you too! Really did want to hit the universal thru the very specific weirdness, so that is much appreciated.

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Thank you Tom!

tomjwebb @tomjwebb.bsky.social · 20d

Early train to a workshop in Cambridge, finished this by @hugorifkind.bsky.social, absolutely loved it. Listening to Kruder & Dorfmeister, nostalgic about coming of age in the 90s. (Albeit my youth was less posh, not Scottish, and with far fewer guns…)

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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · 21d

Column. On Elon Musk's appropriation of George Orwell.

www.thetimes.com/article/2d14...

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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · Sep 7

I'm trying

Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · Sep 7

Ok, so there's this, but it mentions no band and is about as rock as Katherine Jenkins.
www.dameandreajenkyns.com/music

Music | Dame Andrea Jenkyns

Andrea Jenkyns Songs, Dame Andrea is a soprano who loves singing Classical Crossover and Musical Theatre. She has been singing since her childhood. She self-released her own album which she co-wrote, ...

www.dameandreajenkyns.com

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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · Sep 7

My hunch would be that she didn't really get his music, but thought his politics were a big plus.

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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · Sep 7

Search cuts, all I can see is that she used to be in a Tory MP group called "House of Cerulean" which descended into in-fighting because they didn't all like Eric Clapton. Which is somewhat on-brand. But I feel I need the origin story to understand whether she was the pro or anti Clapton faction.

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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · Sep 7

Anyone?

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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · Sep 7

I find I have an unlimited appetite for further information about the "rock group" Andrea Jenkyns used to be in.

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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · Sep 6

Our Week: Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping

www.thetimes.com/article/4238...

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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · Sep 4

Today's Politics Unpacked. The return of the Times Radio Focus Group, as Reform-curious voters tell us why. pod.fo/e/324cfb

Politics Unpacked: Focus Group: "Put The Great Back Into Britain"

It's the Times Radio Focus Group, where Hugo steps outside the Westminster bubble to hear the opinions of ordinary voters.This week, it's a group considering voting for Reform UK at the next electi...

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War Movie Theatre @warmovietheatre.bsky.social · Sep 4

NEW SERIES! Kicking off with @HugoRifkind.bsky.social joining us to watch "the ultimate Vietnam War film", Platoon.
Wherever you get your podcasts.

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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · Aug 30

Had to go back through that one and add more jokes, tbh. First draft was mainly fury and bile.

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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · Aug 30

My Week: Nigel Farage*

www.thetimes.com/article/c16e...

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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · Aug 29

... there's obviously some endorsement inherent in my continued employment. But the overall mix of columnists in a healthy paper includes voices disagreeing with each other, and with the editor, too.