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Rajesh Thind @rajeshthind.bsky.social · 2d

Great job for the right person!

Documentary Film Council @docfilmcouncil.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 Historic moment for UK documentary: the DFC is recruiting its first-ever CEO.

We’re seeking an experienced, respected documentary professional (or jobshare) with proven leadership, networks and advocacy experience.

Deadline: 7 Dec 2025
👉 bit.ly/DFCRecruitin...

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Joshua Rozenberg @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social · 2d

The next Conservative government will take the UK out of the ECHR and repeal the Human Rights Act. Kemi Badenoch announced her decision after taking advice from Lord Wolfson of Tredegar KC, who had warned her that withdrawal would not be a “silver bullet”.

rozenberg.substack.com/p/how-uk-cou...

How UK could leave ECHR

Withdrawal would allow EU to end criminal law enforcement co-operation

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 2d

It is remarkable bordering on shocking how UK political debate still obsesses over small boats and other issues that will not be all that significant in the broad arc of history even as the basic foundations of the global system unravel

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.

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Rajesh Thind @rajeshthind.bsky.social · 10d

Help get Abdelrahman, who has cerebral palsy, from Gaza to Ireland to Study. I have just donated. chuffed.org/project/1514...

Help Get Abdelrahman from Gaza to Ireland to Study

For the past four years, I have been working to secure a postgraduate study opportunity abroad. When the war on Gaza began two years ago, it shattered those efforts and dreams, and survival itself bec...

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Rajesh Thind @rajeshthind.bsky.social · 13d

www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

Inside the Tony Blair Institute

Who really benefits from the former PM’s tech evangelism?

www.newstatesman.com

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Rajesh Thind @rajeshthind.bsky.social · 14d

I’ve heard of failing upwards, but never backwards.

Rajesh Thind @rajeshthind.bsky.social · 14d

A White House videographer, who was traveling backward up the escalator to film the president’s entrance, may have inadvertently triggered a built-in safety mechanism.

For many, the incident was trivial. But for the Trump admin, it was grounds for an investigation.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/w...

Escalator Malfunction at U.N. Sets Off Conspiracy Theories

www.nytimes.com

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Rajesh Thind @rajeshthind.bsky.social · 19d

Wrote a short piece in this issue. And check out Ben de Pear’s piece, ‘Gaza: Five lessons for the BBC’

Representology @representology.bsky.social · 19d

REPRESENTOLOGY ISSUE EIGHT IS NOW LIVE!
✏️Commentary & research from leading figures in British culture, journalism, academia & diversity
📖Download for Free - tinyurl.com/2wxr7afe
Read, Share, Enjoy!

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 16d

Any journalist quoting this absurd, invented £234 billion number cited by Farage/Reform should make absolutely clear that it has been withdrawn by *its own authors* (the Centre for Policy Studies) after they admitted it contained several major errors (1/3)

Farage pledges to expel hundreds of thousands of migrants
Reform says mass deportation would save £234bn as it warns ‘Boriswave’ of migration will take critical toll on welfare system

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 16d

My analysis here not only explains why the CPS numbers are wrong - but estimates that if they'd got their own arithmetic right, they would have concluded that migrants are a large long-term fiscal *benefit*. (3/3)

docs.google.com/document/d/e...

The long-run fiscal impact of recent migrants

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 16d

The CPS' own website now admits they got the numbers wrong and should not be used.

Farage isn't just making up numbers - he/Reform are deliberately using numbers that they know to be wrong and have been withdrawn (2/3).

NOTE: The Office for Budget Responsibility fiscal data contained within this report is the subject of dispute, meaning that the overall cost estimates should no longer be used. We will be publishing an updated estimate in due course.

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Representology @representology.bsky.social · 19d

- Yvonne Singh on Una Marson, Britain's first Black female broadcaster
- @colinamcfarlane.bsky.social & Justice 4 Windrush
- @rajeshthind.bsky.social talks British Asian documentary film
- research on post production sound & mythbusting higher education's relationship with screen industries

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Rajesh Thind @rajeshthind.bsky.social · 19d

Wrote a short piece in this issue. And check out Ben de Pear’s piece, ‘Gaza: Five lessons for the BBC’

Representology @representology.bsky.social · 19d

REPRESENTOLOGY ISSUE EIGHT IS NOW LIVE!
✏️Commentary & research from leading figures in British culture, journalism, academia & diversity
📖Download for Free - tinyurl.com/2wxr7afe
Read, Share, Enjoy!

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Rajesh Thind @rajeshthind.bsky.social · 22d

A United Nations commission of inquiry says Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza: killing members of a group, causing them serious bodily and mental harm, deliberately inflicting conditions calculated to destroy the group, and preventing births.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says

The panel finds that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out against Palestinians during the war.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 26d

Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting military coup in Brazil
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting military coup in Brazil

Former president sought to ‘annihilate’ country’s democracy after losing 2022 election

www.theguardian.com

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 26d

Trump’s FBI Director, Kash Patel, is under fire for spreading misinformation about the Charlie Kirk case, undermining confidence in the bureau, forcing out the counterterrorism agent in Utah with expertise in these types of investigations, and cursing out agents for his own failures.

Scrutiny Mounts of F.B.I. Under Patel as Kirk’s Killer Remains at Large

www.nytimes.com

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 27d

pretty wild that it so quickly became normalized that immigrants don’t have even basic free speech rights

www.axios.com/2025/09/11/c...

State Department warns immigrants not to mock Kirk's death

Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau posted the warning on Thursday.

www.axios.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 26d

You're getting a clear X-ray of America right now.

Look at who this country's powerful institutions choose to elevate, venerate, and celebrate.

Look at the double standards.

Look at the people who adore Charlie Kirk - then spend five minutes reviewing his hateful legacy.

This is America.

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Rajesh Thind @rajeshthind.bsky.social · 26d

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 28d

So when Mandelson said there was more embarrassing stuff to come out he was somewhat underplaying it....

Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 28d

Newly released emails from Mandelson to Epstein - “I think the world of you and I feel hopeless and furious about what has happened.

"It just could not happen in Britain... fight for early release and be philosophical about it as much as you can."

www.thesun.co.uk/news/3665359...

Epstein’s pal Mandelson COACHED paedo through arrest, leaked emails reveal

PETER Mandelson coached “best pal” Jeffrey Epstein through his “years of torture” over teen sex allegations, leaked emails suggest. While the predator was facing charges in June 2008 over solicitin…

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 28d

It's kind of amazing that after having to resign multiple times for sucking up to creepy rich people he then just continued sucking up to even worse creepy rich people.

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Rajesh Thind @rajeshthind.bsky.social · Sep 7

The Palestinian journalists risking death to report on Israel’s offensive on.ft.com/3JIfLLI

The Palestinian journalists risking death to report on Israel’s offensive

Israeli military has repeatedly claimed that correspondents for Al Jazeera are ‘terrorists’ before killing them

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · Sep 7

Lucy Connolly was convicted of inciting racial hatred, and her tweet was part of the tinder that lit violence, intimidation, looting, and thuggery across England last year.

The fact Reform conference gave her a standing ovation says everything about that movement.

bylinetimes.com/2025/08/27/l...

The Martyrdom of Saint Lucy

The right is desperately seeking to make a martyr out of Lucy Connolly in order to distract from the real victims of the hate she helped to spread, argues Otto English

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CarolineJMolloy @carolinejmolloy.bsky.social · Sep 6

Oh this makes *so* much sense, Starmer coming from a family of gamekeepers.

“In the interview, a copy of which has been obtained by The Telegraph, Mr Starmer explains how his father, his seven uncles, and his grandfather were all gamekeepers.”

Rajesh Thind @rajeshthind.bsky.social · Aug 31

Good question. Clearly has a strong authoritarian streak. To
me, it makes sense that he comes from a family of country estate gamekeepers: ensuring that the elites have plenty to shoot and aren’t bothered by the peasants while they enjoy their killing. www.countryside-alliance.org/resources/ne...

Coming from a family of gamekeepers, Starmer must protect the rural way of life

In an interview, a copy of which has been obtained by The Telegraph, Herbert Starmer explains how his father, his seven uncles, and his grandfather were all gamekeepers.

www.countryside-alliance.org

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