The Ministry of Justice has ordered the deletion of the UK’s largest court reporting archive. This risks undermining open justice, and I believe, undermines the public accountability role of the press by making it harder to see what is going on in the courts. www.thetimes.com/article/77b0...

Yesterday we were in Bristol, UK at the Annual General Meeting of Imperial Brands, one of the world's largest tobacco companies. We put a number of questions to the board about the company’s activities. TCRG co-directors @robbranston.bsky.social and Dr. @allengallagher.bsky.social explain more.

It is with the greatest sadness that we have to announce that Searchlight’s founder, Gerry Gable, has died at the age of 88. He had been in frail health for some time, but a recent hospital admission proved too much and he died peacefully last night. You can read more here:

Thousands of surveillance reports compiled by undercover #spycops on political campaigners were routinely passed to MI5, documents obtained by an inquiry have revealed. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Martin Rosenbaum on new National Archive releases about the implentdtiok of the FOI Act. open.substack.com/pub/rosenbau...

The polluter pays principle, big oil pays the politicians and the politicians oppose net zero.

Final publication of the year: I examined 10 years of panellists on BBC Question Time. Some interesting findings - thread below: (1/6) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I wonder if a similar survey of local govt would find the same? In Wiltshire, an alliance of Tory and Reform cllrs managed to neuter a motion expressing support for LGBTQ+ residents www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

“Jenner was given a commendation by his superiors for his covert work.” #spycops www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

#spycops inquiry: monitor the police? Expect to be infiltrated www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Having given evidence to the public inquiry earlier this week, & in anticipation of hearing from Mark Jenner himself next week, ‘Alison’ will be discussing all things #spycops with Jeremy Vine on BBC Radio 2 later today around 1pm-ish.

I haven’t seen ‘Winstanley’ but ‘It Happened Here’ is an astonishing film. Great article here on its co-directors www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...

Packed session on podcasting at #GIJC2025 and a brilliant session. The power of audio stories to cut through different ages, languages and cultures. Plenty of ideas for @tcrg Deadly Industry podcast

Japan Tobacco International’s name was quietly removed from the Museum’s website last week - the same day that a new report by @tcrgbath.bsky.social highlighted how the deal formed part of JTI’s wider influence & lobbying strategy. www.tobaccotactics.org/news/launch-...

BREAKING: The British Museum’s controversial partnership with tobacco manufacturer JTI is OVER! www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art... - Yet this wasn’t the Museum finally making an ethical choice; instead the sponsorship was ended after an intervention by the Department of Health.

“Are we capable of moving towards this technological future while authentically engaging with the knowledge systems we’ve dismissed, with genuine curiosity beyond tokenism?” Are we moving to a collapse in local knowledge thru GenAI? www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...

As the latest Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index launches, Mary Assunta on how properly taxing tobacco is a win-win for health services www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Been planning away for #GIJC25 - lots to look forward to. And plenty of people to connect with.

“State capture – a form of corruption so deeply embedded that it shapes the rules of democracy itself.” www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

The European Ombudsman "has opened an inquiry into whether the European Commission acted secretively in its dealings with industry before launching a series of business-friendly initiatives". The Ombudsman was acting on a complaint by the Corporate Europe Observatory www.politico.eu/article/ombu...

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Lord Strathcarron, a hereditary peer trying to stop a smoking ban for future generations, told me he discussed the bill with a relative at British American Tobacco. His amendments will be voted on in the House of Lords tomorrow. www.theexamination.org/articles/uk-...

Peer lobbying to water down tobacco bill fails to declare conflict of interest, story from @theguardian.com and @theexamination.org www.theguardian.com/business/202...

12 hours in to Wiltshire Council full council and so far Tories and Reform have collaborated to support action on screenwash and making press releases nicer to them. They didn’t support a motion of solidarity to the LGBTQIA+ community or back axing of car parking charges for Blue Badge holders.

Reporting on @tcrgbath.bsky.social, Investigative Desk and Tax Justice Network Africa analysis of British American Tobacco in Africa - and the mysterious missing millions open.substack.com/pub/p/unmask...

“Tobacco control advocacy is not without risks... Tobacco control advocates should be recognised as human rights defenders (HRDs).” - Dr. @brittakm.bsky.social, @tcrgbath.bsky.social and Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy, ASH Learn more about protections for Human Rights Defenders: ow.ly/9Occ50X9lCP

Great to hear @ambervandenakker.bsky.social and @spidermaani.bsky.social on the latest @tcrgbath.bsky.social podcast looking at why health-harming industries, like tobacco, seek a seat at the policy-making table.

This morning Professor Anna Gilmore spoke about the Commercial Determinants of Health #CDOH, #ClimateChange and noncommunicable diseases #NCDs at the 3rd Hearing of the Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health #PECCH. Find out more 👇

Hope the Post succeeds www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...

(3/3) 🙏 Huge thanks to everyone who made Series 2 possible - our brilliant guests, collaborators, production team, and the wider #tobaccocontrol community. #DeadlyIndustryPod #PublicHealth #PodcastSeries2

(2/3) Here’s what’s coming up in the first three episodes – out now: 1️⃣ We explore the experiences of tobacco farmers. 2️⃣ We find out about the tobacco supply chain and its global reach. 3️⃣ We head to London to discover how deep the connection of this industry is to the British capital.

🧵 (1/3) 🎙️ Series 2 of our podcast Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco is here! 🚨 🎧 Listen and share to help us hold this deadly industry to account: shows.acast.com/deadly-indus... @uniofbath.bsky.social @lhgp.bsky.social @centre21cpubhealth.bsky.social

Today's the day! Join us on Zoom at 3pm: peoplespapers.eventbrite.co.uk @cperguom.bsky.social @wcmlibrary.bsky.social @rememberlop.bsky.social @writerlytone.bsky.social

Well-known authors who you rarely find in charity shops. Elmore Leonard, Roald Dahl, Murakami.

Blacklisted union activist launches judicial review after #spycops inquiry bars him from giving oral evidence. www.hazards.org/blacklistblo...

Arriving next week is S2 of the @tcrgbath.bsky.social podcast Deadly Industry. Eight episodes uncovering tobacco stories from around the globe. Ep 3 featuring a tobacco tour of London’s lobbying, plotting and selling.

“Discreditation. Complaints. Legal threats. Surveillance.” Dr Karen Evans-Reeves and Dr Gemma Mitchell describe 6 ways the alcohol industry and front groups try to silence those protecting public health. More in our latest blog: www.ias.org.uk/2025/09/16/a... @tcrgbath.bsky.social

Just started dipping in to Elmore Leonard for the first time and it is as good as I hoped. Penguin have just added three of his to their classic crime series

✨ Our podcast Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco is back for Series Two! ✨ We return Tues 30 September with eight powerful episodes exposing the tactics that keep the tobacco industry powerful and profitable. 🎧 Listen to our new trailer: shows.acast.com/deadly-indus... #DeadlyIndustryPod

Does Luxon have any standards? Costello seems able to break all the rules with impunity. More evidence, as if we needed it: www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Mandelson will be gone by Sunday but the Tories will have taken zero action on their former leader and Prime Minister Johnson and the washing machine of dodgy cash he has set up with public funds www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

🎓 New PhD opportunity available at the University of Bath! Starting January 2026, a new #funded PhD placement will examine #PolluterPays approaches to address the Commercial Determinants of Health #CDoH. 📅 Apply by Tues 30 Sept. Find out more: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... @lhgp.bsky.social

This is pretty grim from @johnharris1969.bsky.social but a wake-up, if Labour wants to abandon fighting Reform others need to take it on www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🏆 We won an award from @journalists.org for excellence in science reporting for "Oil companies leak toxic gas across Texas — making local residents sick," with the @houstonchronicle.com. Read more: www.theexamination.org/articles/oil... #ONA25

What a shame but what a legacy Bragg leaves. So who would you want to take over (not who you think will). How about @profaliceroberts.bsky.social ?

Before John Boorman went to Hollywood to make the neo noir classic Point Blank, he worked in BBC Bristol making documentaries and docudramas. Find out about this little known period of his life and work at this talk and screening in Bristol in October ti.to/film-noir-uk...

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“Breakfast is typically a full English yoghurt and whichever type of coffee doesn’t constitute taking the wrong side in the culture war.” Inside Robert Jenrick’s head courtesy of Marina Hyde www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...