Re-upping this controversial view that you can't devolve your way out of austerity: www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

Most people know that richer people tend to be thinner. Less appreciated is that this divide is largely driven by women. My column: The economics of women's weight 300 free clicks: as.ft.com/r/feaaaacf-8...

Big "Tell me about the rabbits" vibe to Helaena and Alicent's conversation about keeping chickens...

⚠️ Mosques across the UK have told @hyphenonline.com that they are spending huge chunks of their budgets on security while the government’s £40m annual 'protective security for mosques' scheme fails to meet their needs. Important piece by Saman Javed 👇 hyphenonline.com/2026/06/30/p...

Mosques are spending large chunks of their budget on security while the government’s protective security for mosques scheme fails to meet their demands, Muslim leaders have told us. Saman Javed has more. hyphenonline.com/2026/06/30/p...

A quarter of terror attacks in Britain over the past decade have targeted Muslims, but some have gone largely unnoticed because of delays formally declaring them terrorism Most jihadist attacks, by contrast, have been declared within hours of taking place inews.co.uk/news/uk-terr...

Good news, but there is more to do. There are still lots of tools, such as PSPOs (Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014), that can be and are used to criminalise homelessness.

Great case study. @bwalker.uk and I looked at this a few years off the back of the Towns Fund and pretty much came to the same conclusion, even when the spending has been gamed towards your supporters or marginals.

Horrific systemic failure exposed yet again, essentially, by the very people who suffered these unimaginable wrongs. All in the face of a cover up, neglect, incompetence, racism, discrimination, contempt and harassment (not my words, but those in the inquiry report). www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

AfD attacking the Bauhaus, playing the fascist hits. www.ft.com/content/a9bb...

Fifteen years since the "dinner-table test", everyday racism is becoming a British political norm - my column in this week's @newstatesman1913.bsky.social, drawing on @britishfuture.bsky.social @sundersays.bsky.social research:

Want to know why footballers at the World Cup are prostrating themselves in prayer (sujood) after goals and wins, well I've written about it: hyphenonline.com/2026/06/24/s...

Arriving at work today be like:

No, you're crying after reading this interview with Anthony Norman from Company Retreat: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Massive storms at night and mid 30s temp in the day. London is basically Mombasa at the moment - without the beaches and mishkaki

Along our street there’s a stretch without trees and during heatwaves it feels like the Sun’s anvil for that 20 metres.

Labour (founded in 1906) have never had a woman leader. By contrast, Tories have had four since 1979 and the Greens, who have only had leaders since 2008, have managed three (Caroline Lucas, Natalie Bennett and Carla Denyer).

If you're a fan of C5's The Hardacres or of great theatre, I've interviewed Sarah Agha, who plays Betsy Temple, in the period drama: www.newstatesman.com/culture/2026...

But that is exactly how the suffragettes operated. With a nationwide organisation of sleeper cells of arsonists and bombers. I’m gratefully people have reached out and referenced my work today. I remain (I believe) the only academic expert on the terrorism of the suffragettes. Links below:

When that Threads ban comes in.

I haven’t reached an internal consensus on an u-16 ban yet but feel very strongly that 16-25 year olds are having both rights and responsibilities stripped from them and this is a Bad Thing.

Yessss thank god for FT Weekend and @taraconlan.bsky.social for writing the piece Rivals should have been. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Join us on Wednesday 10 June at 5:30pm for Jamie Gemmell (KCL) speaking on 'John Satia and the 1731 ban on Black apprenticeship'. Free and open to the public in person at the IHR in Bloomsbury or online on Zoom. Please register (link below). #Skystorians

reading about the May government for a thing and mad, mad, mad that a Conservative Prime Minister said this nine years ago, I hate how much we've lost since then! I hate it so much! www.theguardian.com/society/2017...

The phrase "two-tier" policing first entered Britain's political mainstream in August 2024, when people supporting the Southport rioters were complaining of their treatment But it is not a mainstream term - it originated with far right and conspiracist groups trying to push their own narratives

I’m crowdsourcing places in the UK to watch the following World Cup teams play if anyone knows a venue: 🇩🇿 🇯🇴 🇲🇦 🇸🇦 🇮🇶 🇮🇷 🇧🇦 🇶🇦

You won’t BELIEVE what nameless Aussie movie star has to say about LHA

Here’s our story about the failure of the Soft Power Council, from last week’s House magazine. www.politicshome.com/news/article...

I do sometimes worry that all the worried headscratching about youth unemployment might be missing the point. Everyone is always talking about how it relates to the education or welfare systems, no one wants to say "well the economy just produces far fewer entry level jobs than it once did"

Apt moment to reup this by @samalvis.bsky.social for @prospectmagazine.co.uk: "Blair cites technologies that are both expensive and uncertain" www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/698...

I’m really excited about this series: @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social will be drawing on her experience reporting on Greater Manchester, its policies and politics, to explain in great detail what makes Andy Burnham tick, every Friday in the Inside Politics newsletter:

🔴 NEW from @lucascumiskey.bsky.social and @sajeraj.bsky.social: mosques could lose security funding if they 'undermine' the govt online. New code of conduct states orgs 'must be careful not to bring themselves into disrepute or otherwise undermine the work of the Home Office or wider government'.

There's a very real question for government as to how they are tackling the root causes of hate crime. Extra security measures may help deter or mitigate specific attacks, but do not address why people are motivated to commit these attacks.

Another week, another attack on a minority in the UK: Masked men firebomb a Muslim prayer room in cafe in Blackburn metro.co.uk/2026/05/12/m...

Over the moon and so honoured to be shortlisted for an Orwell Prize for my reporting on domestic abuse in Britain's police forces. Huge thank you to all the courageous women who trusted me with their stories ❤️ Read/listen to the shortlisted reporting here: www.orwellfoundation.com/investigativ...

Sadiq Khan probably more likely to win a byelection in London too.

There's something about continuing to have the King's Speech today while the premiership hangs in the balance that's giving the ending of the first book of the Balkan Trilogy, where the British Consul staff in Romania are performing Troilus and Cressida as France falls to the Nazis.

The Borg are just not putting in the effort nowadays.

Congrats to @tajali1.bsky.social and Kath Swindells for their @orwellprize.bsky.social nominations!

We're still a ways off from 1834, when there were four Prime Ministers in one year.... and parliament burned down.

Well played Canada.

as a data journalist I am obliged to argue for a synthesis. a third way. We can create a world where both stories and spreadsheets support each other to thrive. A world where we don't judge a spreadsheet by its file extension but by the content of its cells

Hackney result is Labour‘s worst since the borough was created in 1964 and arguably their worst since 1934 when its borders were smaller and Stoke Newington and Shoreditch had their own councils

What? This totally has the vibe of an op Ed written long before any votes were counted

Plaid Cymru is now the largest party in Wales. Here's what its leader Rhun ap Iorwerth said about Plaid's offering to Welsh Muslims when @sajeraj.bsky.social interviewed him for @hyphenonline.com earlier this year. hyphenonline.com/2026/02/03/p...

Greens Win Hackney mayor by around 9000 votes

🔴 NEW: Hannah Spencer has been savaged for her comments about MPs turning up to vote while drunk, including and especially by her own colleagues. But politicians and staffers – both Muslim and non-Muslim – who spoke to @sajeraj.bsky.social echoed her concerns hyphenonline.com/2026/05/06/d...

Happy end of Section 21 Day to those who celebrate!

I spent some time with the wonderful staff and students of the Madani Schools, which is a centre of excellence for speaking skills. hyphenonline.com/2026/04/29/t...