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Zoë Grünewald

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Political journalist & broadcaster | Westminster Editor at the Lead UK | Presenter on Fubar Radio | Chatting on Oh God What Now | Find my work and commission me here: https://www.zoegrunewald.com/

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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · Nov 19

Taking full advantage of the power of Bluesky to promote the fact that I am a freelance journalist and suggest someone might like to commission me!

I do lots of writing, talking head stuff, I present a radio show and I do commercial work. So lots to choose from. Get in touch

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The Lead @theleaduk.bsky.social · 8h

We asked, you answered. Which of our nine expert-backed tax policies should the chancellor use to plug the gap in her autumn budget? 💸

What do you think? Will Reeves go after the banks and the super rich? 👀

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ʀak @raksky.bsky.social · 1d

'Brexit hardman' Steve Baker on Robert Jenrick's racist comments on Politics Live: "he did say the comments privately."

Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social:
"… a clear dog whistle… shocking how quickly we have allowed senior elected politicians to echo language that is used by the far right."

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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 1d

I was on #PoliticsLive earlier talking about the Tories, welfare and witches....

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Politics Live - 07/10/2025: Conference 2025

The big political issues of the day.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 5d

I'm afraid I do believe her best music has been her angry/break up stuff. And I just don't think Travis is much of a muse...

Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 5d

There is so much millennial cringe in there but also why is the billionaire pretending she doesn't care about possessions???

Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 5d

I hate to be parasocial but why can't she write a decent love song about her fiance???

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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 5d

It pains me to say it, there's one or two good fun tracks, but Life of a Showgirl might be one of her worst records. The lyrics are cringe at best and dreadful at worst and the whole thing lacks self awareness. What happened to the woman who wrote My Tears Ricochet and So Long London 😭

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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you - appreciate it. It's always really difficult to talk about these things with the nuance they require so I'm glad I cut through and made sense.

Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 5d

I do agree! But I can't help feeling the genie is out of the bottle now which so much of this stuff. It's very hard to cram the darkness back in

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Pod Save the UK @podsavetheuk.crooked.com · 6d

Has Labour realised that shifting right isn’t working for them? And does reality live up to Starmer’s new story?

New PSUK out now - we discuss all things Labour conference with @zoegrunewald.bsky.social + more. Go listen!

#PodSaveTheUK #Politics #UK #News #NishKumar

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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 6d

Not quite at the end...but you can usually find that song playing somewhere at conference at some point or another! X

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Positive Money UK @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social · 9d

“Governments are not listening to what young people – or the general population – actually want.”

Our Senior Researcher, Alec Haglund, spoke to @zoegrunewald.bsky.social about intergenerational inequality.

Read more in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social 👇

The locked-in generation

Rising bills and housing costs, coupled with a precarious jobs market, have trapped many young people in lives they do not want

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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The Lead @theleaduk.bsky.social · 9d

At the campaign fringe @zoegrunewald.bsky.social calls this one of the most pertinent conversations of the conference — on using the media to help dismantle the far right

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dixonaj.bsky.social @dixonaj.bsky.social · 13d

This is an excellent piece from @zoegrunewald.bsky.social.
Reform of the tax system is indeed required.
Please do read and share.

The Lead @theleaduk.bsky.social · 13d

This autumn, the chancellor has an opportunity to reform the tax system in its entirety. The Lead spoke to the experts who gave us some bold ideas for how she can do it

✍️ @zoegrunewald.bsky.social

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Plugging the gap: Nine bold ideas for Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget (part 1)

The chancellor has an opportunity to reform the tax system in its entirety. Will she seize it?

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The Lead @theleaduk.bsky.social · 13d

Plugging the gap: Nine bold ideas for Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget (part 1)

The chancellor has an opportunity to reform the tax system in its entirety. Will she seize it?

national.thelead.uk

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The Lead @theleaduk.bsky.social · 13d

As the Autumn budget draws near, it's time for the chancellor to think seriously about plugging the gap. Our Westminster editor @zoegrunewald.bsky.social put it to the experts.

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 15d

What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How the simmering UK freedom of speech row reached boiling point

How did we reach a point where the UK is being compared to a 'tin pot Third World dictatorship'?

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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 15d

Late to this, but really can’t recommend enough this episode of Origin Story w/ @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social on the Rivers of Blood speech. Scary as hell, brilliantly analysed, with lessons for all of us on the mainstreaming of the far-right

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Rivers of Blood – How Enoch Powell poisoned Britain

Podcast Episode · Origin Story · 20/08/2025 · 1h 21m

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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 18d

Will be chatting about the implosion of your party and what's next for the left with the wonderful Natasha on @lbc.co.uk at 6pm this eve!

Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 18d

The brilliant @zoegrunewald.bsky.social for the I paper today …

The Conservatives are finished, but cling to power so desperately that Kemi Badenoch's interventions now sound less like policy and more like slurred voice notes from an ex. The Lib Dems function like a conscience the Government sometimes listens to, but one they can just as easily ignore. The Greens are building something under Zack Polanski's leadership, but they still struggle against the perception that they are a hyper-localised protest movement.
Into this vacuum has stepped Reform UK, whose rhetoric grows louder every week. Their solutions are a slow descent into nationalism and imported transatlantic grievance politics. The failure of the left to seize this moment is not just disappointing, it's dangerous. In that silence, fascism grows.

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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 18d

I more meant Vance tbh, but it's a fair statement. Even narcissists can grieve, I guess, and being able to grieve or feel pain for losing someone is not an emotion or experience that only "good" people feel.

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Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 19d

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
The Economist’s @matthewholehouse.bsky.social joins us to discuss the new ‘Battle for Britain’. Plus, the panel discusses the reaction to Charlie Kirk’s death worldwide and how it might change politics 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...

#ukpolitics #podcasts

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 20d

Mini-scoop: After resisting pressure to strip Elon Musk of his fellowship for months, the Royal Society is meeting on 1 October to discuss his removal – following his decision to address Tommy Robinson's far-right rally on Saturday.

www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-r...

Royal Society to debate throwing out Elon Musk

One of the most prestigious scientific bodies in the world is considering expelling Musk after his appearance at Tommy Robinson’s extremist London rally

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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 20d

Indeed, as I wrote on Tuesday. It might sound alarmist, but it's pretty clear we're following down a similar track:

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Will Jennings 🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 20d

British politics really needs to wake up to what is happening in America given we have imported a huge amount of its culture war politics. Maybe there are some clues about what would be on the cards here under a Reform government?

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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 21d

See me live on tour!

I’m going to Leicester, Northampton, Bristol, Edinburgh, Newcastle, York, London, Birmingham, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Taunton, Southend-on-sea, Cambridge, Southampton, Leeds, Liverpool, Guildford and Brighton.

www.livenation.co.uk/matt-green-t...

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