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It’s time to end Britain’s first-past-the-post election lottery ft.trib.al/ba3mQJ6 | opinion
I'd missed this from last year, but it's great — the economic case for compulsory voting: samf.substack.com/p/is-low-tur...
@electheruk.bsky.social Hiya! Do you have any resources on how to be a useful ally? How to best ask someone to stand for example? Or do I just send them your way!?
The workload facing MPs and their staff is growing, in ways that aren't visible to the public: casework and the inbox.
For @thehousemag.bsky.social, I delved into what the workload looks like, why it's growing, and what this means for how MPs can balance the different aspects of their role
Want to do something about corruption in politics, while making it harder for corrupt criminals to launder their stolen wealth? I have great news:
📢 We're hiring! 🎉
@transparencyuk.bsky.social is looking for a new Advocacy Officer to join our team. Apply now www.transparency.org.uk/who-we-are/w...
Still reckon they're terrorists, Mr Starmer?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
If the disease is susceptibility to wealth and power perhaps the treatment is limits on wealth and power. Or are we going to carry on being intensely relaxed about all this?
I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!
"The next time you go to Las Vegas, you’ll notice that there are no 13-year-olds in the casinos. The reason is not because a series of longitudinal studies proved to the satisfaction of the gaming industry that gambling causes anxiety and depression." www.platformer.news/social-media...
The @nationaltrust.org.uk has received the biggest cash donation in its 131-year history as philanthropist Humphrey Battcock has pledged £10m in unrestricted funding to the charity
Leaky Pipes: better election donation data Online launch 15 Jan, 12-1pm. Image: water spilling from a leaky hose pipe attached to a freestanding tap.
Join us as we launch our latest report, identifying the points where crucial data on election donations gets lost in the system.
This is a free, online event, part of our WhoFundsThem project looking into money in politics. Reserve your spot: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mysociety-... #democracy #anticor
Enjoyed the unexpected plug for wolves too.
I love that “family” is the unit of measurement given here, as though we all gather around the small screen to read the Twitters of an evening
Just listened to Ruby Tandoh (from Bake Off back in the day) explain why bubble tea is a thing! I always wondered... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Swiss public service, 1945:“What do we city dwellers really know about the work performance of a rural mail carrier,who does not know the 8-hour workday,who,all year round, in any weather,heat&cold,often heavily loaded, has to cover 30+km & is paid significantly less for it than his urban colleague”
NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Yes, *that* Jose Gonzalez!
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Good morning! Good news if you were thinking of applying for a Tenacious Journalist Award, but were worried it was going to interfere with your mince pie consumption rate — the deadline is now Friday 9 January 2026! 📆 www.tenaciousawards.org/about-the-jo...
Working from London this Weds, Thurs, and next Mon if anyone wants to offer free desk space / lunch recommendations / Lizzie Line vouchers.
Around two thirds of Reform's money has come from overseas | me with @catneilan.bsky.social 📰 observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Yesterday @pippacrerar.bsky.social reported in @theguardian.com that Keir Starmer is about to appoint another set of peers, including 25 Labour.
Later Aubrey Allegretti in @thetimes.com suggested there would be 33 new peers in total.
Three problems with this 🧵⤵️
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
Screenshot of a map of ACE spending per-head in 24/25
Here's an excellent bit of arts/cultural spending mapping (try, e.g. Arts Council England funding per head... pretty stark!) culture.localinsight.org#/
I don’t want to get all conspiracy theorist, but it’s pretty suspicious that the @fairphone.com website consistently doesn’t work on an iPhone…
Photo of London City Hall at Docklands
Last time I was at London City Hall it was in an armadillo nr HMS Belfast. Life comes at you fast. Here for the GLA25 event - to talk about role of local news in keeping mayors on their toes. Can’t find a hashtag..
Net migration fell sharply agaim to 204,000 in the year to June 2025, having been 344k in 2024 and 848k in 2023. But falling immigration has been the biggest secret - and it is time for the media and political debate to catch up with this change
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
For any budding journalists in the south west, here's your chance! www.theprsd.co.uk/2025/10/29/r... (via @theprsd.bsky.social and @totnespulse.bsky.social and @westcountryvoices.bsky.social)
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Happy 30th birthday to Shetland News! 🎂 👏 🎉
🚄Excellent news - the government is freezing rail fares!🚄
Next we need REDUCTIONS as UK rail fares are out of control
But this is a step in the right direction after 30 years of privatisation and a win for public ownership! 🎉🎉🎉
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...