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January 22, 2026 at 6:59 AM
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Let's count up what the BBC News website has reported on since Monday morning!
Farage fails to declare £380k of income on time: ONE
Major reform of the system that provides our water: ONE
Venezuela: NONE
Retired footballer's nepo baby has Instagram tantrum: TWELVE (12)
Farage fails to declare £380k of income on time: ONE
Major reform of the system that provides our water: ONE
Venezuela: NONE
Retired footballer's nepo baby has Instagram tantrum: TWELVE (12)
January 21, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Let's count up what the BBC News website has reported on since Monday morning!
Farage fails to declare £380k of income on time: ONE
Major reform of the system that provides our water: ONE
Venezuela: NONE
Retired footballer's nepo baby has Instagram tantrum: TWELVE (12)
Farage fails to declare £380k of income on time: ONE
Major reform of the system that provides our water: ONE
Venezuela: NONE
Retired footballer's nepo baby has Instagram tantrum: TWELVE (12)
I know, I know, it's a tedious thing to whinge about, but there is a lot going on in the world and BBC News, by far the UK's largest source of current affairs, is giving serious prominence to a story about a celebrity footballer's child posting something on Instagram
January 20, 2026 at 4:59 PM
I know, I know, it's a tedious thing to whinge about, but there is a lot going on in the world and BBC News, by far the UK's largest source of current affairs, is giving serious prominence to a story about a celebrity footballer's child posting something on Instagram
Green voters plucky in their support for "let's go to war against the country from which we lease our nuclear weapons"
January 20, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Green voters plucky in their support for "let's go to war against the country from which we lease our nuclear weapons"
This is the piece to read on Jenrick:
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www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
January 16, 2026 at 1:26 PM
This is the piece to read on Jenrick:
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
The FT reports this morning that the BBC is going to start making shows for YouTube.
Perhaps you'd like to read a rage-filled screed on the effect YouTube (as opposed to iPlayer) has one children's minds? Click here if so: www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
Perhaps you'd like to read a rage-filled screed on the effect YouTube (as opposed to iPlayer) has one children's minds? Click here if so: www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
January 16, 2026 at 9:39 AM
The FT reports this morning that the BBC is going to start making shows for YouTube.
Perhaps you'd like to read a rage-filled screed on the effect YouTube (as opposed to iPlayer) has one children's minds? Click here if so: www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
Perhaps you'd like to read a rage-filled screed on the effect YouTube (as opposed to iPlayer) has one children's minds? Click here if so: www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
Big Tech has eaten kids' TV, but don't worry, there's a fix: rats. Thousands and thousands of rats
From this week's sketch: www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
From this week's sketch: www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
January 15, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Big Tech has eaten kids' TV, but don't worry, there's a fix: rats. Thousands and thousands of rats
From this week's sketch: www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
From this week's sketch: www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
This is a great explanation of what happens when your young child watches YouTube.
Social media algorithms prioritise what gets the most attention fastest, and the material that does this most successfully has well documented effects.
The debate about "screen time" doesn't take this into account
Social media algorithms prioritise what gets the most attention fastest, and the material that does this most successfully has well documented effects.
The debate about "screen time" doesn't take this into account
January 15, 2026 at 11:56 AM
This is a great explanation of what happens when your young child watches YouTube.
Social media algorithms prioritise what gets the most attention fastest, and the material that does this most successfully has well documented effects.
The debate about "screen time" doesn't take this into account
Social media algorithms prioritise what gets the most attention fastest, and the material that does this most successfully has well documented effects.
The debate about "screen time" doesn't take this into account
The seller was trying to get £50m for this seven months ago
January 15, 2026 at 11:39 AM
The seller was trying to get £50m for this seven months ago
Good to see the @tbij.bsky.social reporting on this phenomenon, which seems to be widespread. Here is a job ad that was posted publicly on LinkedIn, seeking someone to edit Wikipedia to brush up the image of a "premium spirits brand"
January 14, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Good to see the @tbij.bsky.social reporting on this phenomenon, which seems to be widespread. Here is a job ad that was posted publicly on LinkedIn, seeking someone to edit Wikipedia to brush up the image of a "premium spirits brand"
In this week's sketch for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social, I wrote about How This Might Have Been Avoided
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January 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM
In this week's sketch for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social, I wrote about How This Might Have Been Avoided
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
I wrote some festive political fiction for the New Statesman's magnificent Christmas issue www.newstatesman.com/culture/fict...
December 20, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I wrote some festive political fiction for the New Statesman's magnificent Christmas issue www.newstatesman.com/culture/fict...
Christmas "sounds like fun", says plump, succulent turkey
December 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Christmas "sounds like fun", says plump, succulent turkey
December 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Free speechwriting tip for the PM: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
December 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Free speechwriting tip for the PM: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
This week, I went to that giant mound of rubbish in Oxfordshire www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...
November 29, 2025 at 8:50 AM
This week, I went to that giant mound of rubbish in Oxfordshire www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...
This wasn't being mean for no reason btw - it's part of an argument about how the global media ignored Sanna Marin's politics and treated her as a celebrity
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
This wasn't being mean for no reason btw - it's part of an argument about how the global media ignored Sanna Marin's politics and treated her as a celebrity
It doesn't look like I'll be getting a job at the Spectator www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
It doesn't look like I'll be getting a job at the Spectator www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...
Among the revelations in this interviewis that Wandsworth was so short staffed, they asked someone doing 5yrs for fraud to keep track of where the prisoners were
November 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Among the revelations in this interviewis that Wandsworth was so short staffed, they asked someone doing 5yrs for fraud to keep track of where the prisoners were
I asked Jimmy Wales why the reporting of the Daily Mail isn't linked to on Wikipedia. Fair play for a frank answer: www.newstatesman.com/technology/2...
October 31, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I asked Jimmy Wales why the reporting of the Daily Mail isn't linked to on Wikipedia. Fair play for a frank answer: www.newstatesman.com/technology/2...
Spolier: it's cement
October 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Spolier: it's cement
Say what you like about Specsavers, at least they're not shaking your head over some burning henbane in the hope that worms will fall out of your eyes
October 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Say what you like about Specsavers, at least they're not shaking your head over some burning henbane in the hope that worms will fall out of your eyes
A trip to the optician in pre-Norman England
October 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A trip to the optician in pre-Norman England