Kit Roberts
@kitrobertsjourno.bsky.social
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Journalist interested in culture, history, language, and MENA region • they/them • Views own etc
If you need me I’ll be in the corner rocking back and forth and crying at the mere thought of taking down the entirety of Hamlet in shorthand.
#shorthand
#journalism
about 5 hours ago
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If you had a guaranteed comfortable home and good quality of life on two days of work a week, what would you do?
4 days ago
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I'm looking to get a TikTok going in the near future and I thought I would ask BlueSky - what do people want to hear from a freelance journalist on TikTok?
#tiktok
#bluesky
4 days ago
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Well that can't be a good sign.
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Rage bait named word of the year 2025 by Oxford University Press
The phrase - meaning to get angry scrolling through social media - beats aura farming and biohack to the title.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cewjxqvqzgyo
7 days ago
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Unlike the US, Brazil has a dictatorship within living memory. In fact, Brazil’s current president was a key opponent of that very dictatorship. Worth remembering with the legal response to Bolsonaro’s attempted coup.
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Brazil: Bolsonaro ordered to start serving 27-year prison sentence for coup plot
The Supreme Court says the former leader has exhausted his appeals and will start his prison term at a police station in Brasilia.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr4dl19npv5o
10 days ago
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Well it’s not looking great.
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13 days ago
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As a 32-year-old I recently had an episode where I blacked out started getting excited about my new hoover. I came to while comparing life insurance policies.
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13 days ago
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Oh wow it's actually worse than I thought
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Justice secretary wants most jury trials scrapped
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy7vdvrnnvzo
13 days ago
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The Secret Barrister
18 days ago
This government has not taken a single meaningful step to tackle the causes of the horrendous inefficiencies in the criminal justice system, instead rushing to dismantle trial by jury. Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog. Ministers are not listening.
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So let me get this straight, Labour's plan to resolve the appalling crisis in the criminal justice system is to undermine the right to trial by jury? Between that and anti-protest laws you could be forgiven for seeing an alarming authoritarian streak in Labour.
#labour
#ukpolitics
#politics
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MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov/20/moj-to-remove-right-to-trial-by-jury-for-thousands-of-cases-in-controversial-overhaul?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
13 days ago
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Some absolutely insane context here. What on earth happened?
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22 days ago
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Let me get this straight - the same government that has claimed to want to protect asylum seekers from exploitation by criminal gangs now wants to pick their pockets?
#labour
#immigration
#politics
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Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/17/refugees-jewellery-asylum-home-office
22 days ago
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Seeing Ahmed Al-Sharaa go from having a $10 million bounty on his head to being personally spritzed with cologne by Donald Trump is a surreal reminder of just how much things have shifted in Syria.
25 days ago
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A brave and important piece by
@jessothomson.co.uk
on biases in the judiciary. Please give it a read.
#uk
#law
#transrights
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27 days ago
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When I'm out and about in Manchester lately I often get this sixth sense of something off or hostile in the atmosphere, like a gut feeling? This is recent, and not something I would associate with such a welcoming and diverse city. It's unsettling. I'm sure I'm not the only person who has this.
about 1 month ago
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Seeing how Dawn Butler was treated by the speaker of the House of Commons while responding to Sarah Pochin is appalling and entirely unsurprising. In the U.K. calling someone out for racism is treated with greater severity than actually saying or doing something racist.
#ukpolitics
about 1 month ago
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Absolutely disgraceful treatment of Bury Times journalist
@lvalentinejourno.bsky.social
here
#journalism
#manchester
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My rejection from covering King Charles' visit raises questions for local media
Bury Times reporter Lisa Valentine shares a frustrated account of King Charles' visit to Greater Manchester - and an 'indifference' to the local…
https://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/25559469.access-refusal-king-visit-kick-teeth-local-media/
about 2 months ago
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Police forces across the U.K. regularly bar football fans of a wide variety of clubs from attending some away matches when police have reason to believe allowing fans to attend may pose a risk to public safety. That’s a decision for the police and should have been the end of the matter.
#ukpolitics
about 2 months ago
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Somewhere two metal detectorists who look eerily like Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones are muttering into the pints they bought with muddy loose change detected that afternoon
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about 2 months ago
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Trump announcing plans for an “Arc de Trump” Because sometimes you look at the news and think “god is it really April already?”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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about 2 months ago
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Otto English
about 2 months ago
All of this is being put out to placate the right wing press... In the meantime, it's causing fear & confusion. As I understand it: ● this only applies to some people on skilled visas ● it's not "A level English" it's something called SELT ● much the same requirement exists elsewhere in EU
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Write a 500 word essay on dominant themes in Dracula or we’ll deport you. “Dracula can be read as an allegory of the fear of foreigners and immigra-“ NO NOT LIKE THAT
#ukpolitics
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Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English
Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/migrants-will-be-required-to-pass-a-level-standard-of-english
about 2 months ago
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Happy anniversary of the Battle of Hastings to those who celebrate
about 2 months ago
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The boy this man stabbed to death was just 16 years old and had fled war in Homs to find a better life for himself in the UK. Heartbreaking and horrifying.
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Man who fatally stabbed teenage Syrian refugee detained for life
Alfie Franco, 20, stabbed 16-year-old Syrian refugee Ahmad Al Ibrahim after he brushed past his girlfriend
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/syrian-refugee-killed-huddersfield-alfie-franco-jail-b2843283.html
about 2 months ago
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Starmer in India: “This is the biggest trade mission that the United Kingdom has ever sent to India.” Not *quite* sure that’s true. 😬
#starmer
#india
#uknews
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Sir Keir Starmer has begun Britain's first full-blown trade mission to India since Theresa May was prime minister, bringing 125 UK CEOs, entrepreneurs, and university leaders to Mumbai. Sky's Sam Coa...
TikTok video by Sky News
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2 months ago
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Kit Roberts
James Moules
2 months ago
🗳️ Sir John Curtice has warned Labour that Reform UK is not their only electoral threat, with left-wing parties also posing a challenge. My latest for
@labourlist.bsky.social
here ⬇️
labourlist.org/2025/10/labo...
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Labour making a 'mistake' to focus entirely on Reform, Sir John Curtice warns - LabourList
Sir John Curtice has warned Labour that Reform UK is not their only electoral threat, with left-wing parties also posing a challenge.
https://labourlist.org/2025/10/labour-conference-2025-john-curtice-reform/
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Was in Manchester City centre today and passed by outside the Tory party conference. A fair few police but not loads, and basically zero protestors. You’d barely know it was happening. Feels like it means something, though not sure what… 🙄
#toryconference
#tories
#politics
2 months ago
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Absolutely awful.
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2 months ago
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Solidarity with Manchester's Jewish community today following the horrific attacks.
2 months ago
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That feeling when your first invoice comes through as a self-employed person
#business
2 months ago
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Alarming behaviour from Labour in barring certain journalists from their party conference. Not a good look at all.
#press
#labour
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2 months ago
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This. Assad treated Palestinians in Syria like 2nd-class citizens and used the regime's tokenistic 'war' on Israel to justify expanded powers and intensified oppression against Syrian civilians, including Palestinians in Syria. You cannot be pro-Assad and pro-Palestine. Corbyn couldn't see this.
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2 months ago
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People who are in the UK on work visas pay tax & NI & aren’t entitled to claim benefits because visas are often tied directly to employment. Making taxpayers “volunteer” is patronising and feels alarmingly like making innocent people do community service, something we make criminals do.
#labour
2 months ago
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Jolyon Maugham KC
2 months ago
One of the unexpected things I've learned from my advocacy for trans people is how malignant parts of the State can be, how it can misuse data for positively evil purposes. It's taught me people can't be safe with a digital ID card and so I've signed this.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730194
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For Warhammer 40k fans in Manchester: What’s the orks’ favourite place in Greater Manchester? Krumpsall.
2 months ago
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Court throws out Kneecap terrorism charges on a technicality
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
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Terrorism case against Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh thrown out
Chief magistrate at Woolwich crown court rules that charge brought against musician is unlawful and ‘null’
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/sep/26/terrorism-case-against-kneecap-rapper-liam-og-o-hannaidh-thrown-out
2 months ago
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Ahmed Al-Sharaa gives a speech to the UN general assembly calling for lifting of sanctions on Syria. He is the first Syrian president to address the UN since before the Assads took power.
#syria
#UN
#ahmedalsharaa
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcyT...
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🇸🇾 Syria - President Addresses United Nations General Debate, 80th Session | #UNGA
YouTube video by United Nations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcyTMLGljzc
2 months ago
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Top three are probably: Radio 3 Champagne Eating game meat
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3 months ago
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Watching the Charlie Kirk memorial rally I can’t help but wonder if people on the left would be so prone to infighting if they actually tuned in to coverage of these events.
3 months ago
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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been jailed for 27 years for his part in an attempted coup. Worth remembering that current President Lula had his political origins opposing the military dictatorship. Democracy’s fragility is well within Brazil’s living memory.
#brazil
#worldnews
3 months ago
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Political violence must be condemned in all its forms. True political violence is overseeing a propaganda machine that whips up millions into hateful, menacing rage against innocent people. That kind of political violence is far more insidious and destructive than any one person with a gun.
3 months ago
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Watching
#kingandconquerer
and enjoying it but was disappointed at the Battle of Stamford Bridge being glossed over. There are very cool moments associated with that battle which probably didn’t happen, but could have made for awesome dramatic scenes
3 months ago
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When the public response to a piece of art only adds to its central theme.
#banksy
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3 months ago
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UK according to national media: - N. London - S. London - E. London - W. London - Central London - City of London - London on Sea (Brighton) - London’s Second Homes (Cornwall) - Pre-London (Oxbridge) - London Up North (Manchester) - Scottish London (Edinburgh) - Not London (everywhere else)
3 months ago
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Continuing to pursue this course while courts have years-long backlogs really shows where the govt’s priorities lie on justice.
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3 months ago
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Zack Polanski elected leader of the Green Party of England and Wales
#politics
#uk
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3 months ago
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This appointment sends a crystal clear message about Labour's position and intent on LGBTQ+ rights.
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3 months ago
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Kit Roberts
James Moules
3 months ago
The International Association of Genocide Scholars has declared that Israel’s conduct in Gaza meets the legal definition of genocide as set out in the UN convention.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world's leading experts say
The world's leading association of genocide scholars cited several actions by Israel, including attacks on the healthcare sector and the killing of children.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cde3eyzdr63o
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See also - criminal barristers Interesting to see the professions most viewed as underpaid - cleaners, care workers, and shop workers. All essential and difficult jobs, and ones where women are overrepresented.
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3 months ago
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This off the back of a catastrophic data leak of brave Afghans who took terrifying personal risks to help the coalition fight the Taliban. Some thanks from the U.K.
3 months ago
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