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1/ Something which I don't think gets articulated clearly often enough is that a system where countries generally respect international sovereignty and territorial integrity is not pure charity or morality by the United States, but in its direct interests.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
January 17, 2026 at 10:24 AM
1/ Something which I don't think gets articulated clearly often enough is that a system where countries generally respect international sovereignty and territorial integrity is not pure charity or morality by the United States, but in its direct interests.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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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…
thecritic.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It's quite wrong to suggest Robert Jenrick is a racist. Racists believe in something. My SKETCH.
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Earlier this year, I spent considerable time working on an essay for @ftweekend.com about issues around autism: www.ft.com/content/d1ba... I read a great deal about the condition and spoke to several experts. There is no indication whatever that use of a single drug in pregnancy is linked to it.
In search of a diagnosis
How my son’s autism assessment sent me on an investigation into my own past
www.ft.com
September 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Earlier this year, I spent considerable time working on an essay for @ftweekend.com about issues around autism: www.ft.com/content/d1ba... I read a great deal about the condition and spoke to several experts. There is no indication whatever that use of a single drug in pregnancy is linked to it.
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think that realistically I would have always been deeply, deeply worried about the rise of far-right ideas in public discourse but I truly never expected this level of blithe elite complacency, turns out I do feel worried but mostly I feel like I'm going insane, watching them do.......nothing at all
Myself I feel powerless to stop this fascist rise precisely because it feels like all our institutions are just rolling over to it.
also engenders a dangerous complacency where the mass civil society response that is required to actually push back on this stuff doesn‘t happen because people convince themselves “it won’t happen so why should they have to put their heads above water on it“
September 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
think that realistically I would have always been deeply, deeply worried about the rise of far-right ideas in public discourse but I truly never expected this level of blithe elite complacency, turns out I do feel worried but mostly I feel like I'm going insane, watching them do.......nothing at all
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To remove indefinite leave to remain from people who already have it they'd have to dismantle our entire system of rights legislation and probably end judicial independence.
But they could do that with a majority. They've said they'd do that.
But they could do that with a majority. They've said they'd do that.
September 22, 2025 at 6:32 AM
To remove indefinite leave to remain from people who already have it they'd have to dismantle our entire system of rights legislation and probably end judicial independence.
But they could do that with a majority. They've said they'd do that.
But they could do that with a majority. They've said they'd do that.
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Reform's plans to end indefinite leave to remain go to the post I wrote last week on their slide towards chaotic authoritarianism.
The British constitution would allow them to do it if they had a majority but at vast cost to our society and way of life.
samf.substack.com/p/the-route-...
The British constitution would allow them to do it if they had a majority but at vast cost to our society and way of life.
samf.substack.com/p/the-route-...
The route to chaotic authoritarianism
Why Reform’s deportation plan would have consequences well beyond asylum
samf.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Reform's plans to end indefinite leave to remain go to the post I wrote last week on their slide towards chaotic authoritarianism.
The British constitution would allow them to do it if they had a majority but at vast cost to our society and way of life.
samf.substack.com/p/the-route-...
The British constitution would allow them to do it if they had a majority but at vast cost to our society and way of life.
samf.substack.com/p/the-route-...
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Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican'
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
September 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican'
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
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I’ve been frustrated to see so much of the ongoing story about asylum seekers and the protests against them covered without hearing from those seeking asylum and now being met with hostility and hatred
I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇
I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇
We escaped war and torture but now we feel unsafe in Britain
Special report: Amid protests and rising aggression towards asylum seekers across the country, we spoke to those being targeted
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I’ve been frustrated to see so much of the ongoing story about asylum seekers and the protests against them covered without hearing from those seeking asylum and now being met with hostility and hatred
I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇
I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇
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From Brexit to Brexitism. New post starting the 10th year of my now retitled Brexit & Brexitism Blog, analysing the current politics of Brexit, this summer's confected crisis, and the new terrain of post-Brexit politics. Long read: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/from... 1/2
September 5, 2025 at 6:28 AM
From Brexit to Brexitism. New post starting the 10th year of my now retitled Brexit & Brexitism Blog, analysing the current politics of Brexit, this summer's confected crisis, and the new terrain of post-Brexit politics. Long read: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/from... 1/2
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Melvyn Bragg has been one of the last standard-bearers for a really important, and unfashionable, idea: that good conversation, between people who really know their stuff, on complex or difficult subjects, can be fantastic radio - and that the national broadcaster should do this.
I hope it endures.
I hope it endures.
Melvyn Bragg has decided to stand down as host of In Our Time, the BBC says.
September 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Melvyn Bragg has been one of the last standard-bearers for a really important, and unfashionable, idea: that good conversation, between people who really know their stuff, on complex or difficult subjects, can be fantastic radio - and that the national broadcaster should do this.
I hope it endures.
I hope it endures.
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Its time to ensure the legitimate concerns of ethnic minorities in Britain – about a concerted effort to dissolve foundational social norms against racism + deny our status as equal citizens – are heard too
We should *reject* excessive pessimism about pushing bsck
www.easterneye.biz/british-ethn...
We should *reject* excessive pessimism about pushing bsck
www.easterneye.biz/british-ethn...
www.easterneye.biz
September 2, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Its time to ensure the legitimate concerns of ethnic minorities in Britain – about a concerted effort to dissolve foundational social norms against racism + deny our status as equal citizens – are heard too
We should *reject* excessive pessimism about pushing bsck
www.easterneye.biz/british-ethn...
We should *reject* excessive pessimism about pushing bsck
www.easterneye.biz/british-ethn...
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🚨TARIFFS🚨
Here's a story that tells you lots about the reality of tariffs: both for those paying them & those hoping to benefit from them.
A story of ships, storms, bad luck and bad policy.
It begins a week and a bit ago, with a man frantically refreshing his web browser...
Here's a story that tells you lots about the reality of tariffs: both for those paying them & those hoping to benefit from them.
A story of ships, storms, bad luck and bad policy.
It begins a week and a bit ago, with a man frantically refreshing his web browser...
March 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🚨TARIFFS🚨
Here's a story that tells you lots about the reality of tariffs: both for those paying them & those hoping to benefit from them.
A story of ships, storms, bad luck and bad policy.
It begins a week and a bit ago, with a man frantically refreshing his web browser...
Here's a story that tells you lots about the reality of tariffs: both for those paying them & those hoping to benefit from them.
A story of ships, storms, bad luck and bad policy.
It begins a week and a bit ago, with a man frantically refreshing his web browser...
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I just wrote a quick bit about 'genuinely contributing.'
(This time with a working link)
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/genuinely-...
(This time with a working link)
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/genuinely-...
February 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I just wrote a quick bit about 'genuinely contributing.'
(This time with a working link)
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/genuinely-...
(This time with a working link)
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/genuinely-...
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Another punt for this, as took a long time to read 13 plus court judgments so as to work out what was going on with this case.
NEW
How Harry and Watson forced News Group Newspapers to admit wrongdoing
Why the circumstances show it was NGN wanting to avoid a public trial—and not the costs risk on the claimants—that brought this case to its end
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
How Harry and Watson forced News Group Newspapers to admit wrongdoing
Why the circumstances show it was NGN wanting to avoid a public trial—and not the costs risk on the claimants—that brought this case to its end
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
January 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Another punt for this, as took a long time to read 13 plus court judgments so as to work out what was going on with this case.
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This is a terrible example of "party brain" at work.
The question isn't "how do you beat Reform?" - which would be a wholly illegitimate way to make this decision.
It's "how do we stop foreign (& indeed domestic) money from subverting our democracy?"
That's much bigger than the fate of one party
December 21, 2024 at 10:44 PM
This is a terrible example of "party brain" at work.
The question isn't "how do you beat Reform?" - which would be a wholly illegitimate way to make this decision.
It's "how do we stop foreign (& indeed domestic) money from subverting our democracy?"
That's much bigger than the fate of one party
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🔎 Read the Christmas statement from @anandmenon.bsky.social on UK in a Changing Europe and its future 👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/announcement...
ukandeu.ac.uk/announcement...
December 19, 2024 at 3:36 PM
🔎 Read the Christmas statement from @anandmenon.bsky.social on UK in a Changing Europe and its future 👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/announcement...
ukandeu.ac.uk/announcement...
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[email protected] has for years produced high quality research on the UK's links with the EU.
Yet it now faces closure because of ESRC grant cuts.
Some 66 of us Parliamentarians (38 MPs and 28 peers) have signed a cross-party letter urging ESRC + UKRI to reconsider their decision.
Yet it now faces closure because of ESRC grant cuts.
Some 66 of us Parliamentarians (38 MPs and 28 peers) have signed a cross-party letter urging ESRC + UKRI to reconsider their decision.
December 18, 2024 at 1:51 PM
[email protected] has for years produced high quality research on the UK's links with the EU.
Yet it now faces closure because of ESRC grant cuts.
Some 66 of us Parliamentarians (38 MPs and 28 peers) have signed a cross-party letter urging ESRC + UKRI to reconsider their decision.
Yet it now faces closure because of ESRC grant cuts.
Some 66 of us Parliamentarians (38 MPs and 28 peers) have signed a cross-party letter urging ESRC + UKRI to reconsider their decision.
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On the streets of Liverpool, there is a humanitarian crisis
A perfect storm of problems means more and more people are finding themselves homeless & sleeping rough & it’s getting worse - it’s a situation playing out across the country
A difficult 🧵 on what I’ve found reporting on this situation
A perfect storm of problems means more and more people are finding themselves homeless & sleeping rough & it’s getting worse - it’s a situation playing out across the country
A difficult 🧵 on what I’ve found reporting on this situation
November 23, 2024 at 6:29 AM
On the streets of Liverpool, there is a humanitarian crisis
A perfect storm of problems means more and more people are finding themselves homeless & sleeping rough & it’s getting worse - it’s a situation playing out across the country
A difficult 🧵 on what I’ve found reporting on this situation
A perfect storm of problems means more and more people are finding themselves homeless & sleeping rough & it’s getting worse - it’s a situation playing out across the country
A difficult 🧵 on what I’ve found reporting on this situation
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For new pals, you’ll often find me posting about the National Trust. It’s not (only) that I’m a corporate bore. Attacks on independent institutions are increasing in democracies around the world. They need scrutiny but their independence is vital. So it’s not all tea & scones. Mostly it is though.
November 16, 2024 at 9:18 AM
For new pals, you’ll often find me posting about the National Trust. It’s not (only) that I’m a corporate bore. Attacks on independent institutions are increasing in democracies around the world. They need scrutiny but their independence is vital. So it’s not all tea & scones. Mostly it is though.
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“Why aren’t we being told that sines and cosines are a telescope to understand the night sky?”
I took a break from politics to speak to Marcus du Sautoy about his new play, translating maths into art, and why Radiohead owe their success to prime numbers
www.newstatesman.com/science-tech...
I took a break from politics to speak to Marcus du Sautoy about his new play, translating maths into art, and why Radiohead owe their success to prime numbers
www.newstatesman.com/science-tech...
Marcus du Sautoy: “A mathematician is a storyteller”
The Oxford professor on the tales hidden in numbers.
www.newstatesman.com
November 14, 2024 at 12:09 PM
“Why aren’t we being told that sines and cosines are a telescope to understand the night sky?”
I took a break from politics to speak to Marcus du Sautoy about his new play, translating maths into art, and why Radiohead owe their success to prime numbers
www.newstatesman.com/science-tech...
I took a break from politics to speak to Marcus du Sautoy about his new play, translating maths into art, and why Radiohead owe their success to prime numbers
www.newstatesman.com/science-tech...