Kevin Gopal
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Manchester-based freelance journalist and editor linkedin.com/in/kevin-gopal-074876272
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Rutger Bregman
9 days ago
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
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The Lead
11 days ago
Former editor of The Big Issue in the North
@kevingopal.bsky.social
discusses the shameful crisis of child poverty and the regional disparities that are being driven by inequality and deprivation with
@nmozz.bsky.social
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The Lead in Conversation: "Kids are in poverty because adults are in poverty"
Former editor of The Big Issue in the north discusses the shameful crisis of child poverty and the regional disparities that are being driven by inequality and deprivation.
https://national.thelead.uk/p/the-lead-conversation-podcast-child-poverty-north-kevin-gopal-natalie-morris
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The Lead
12 days ago
Child poverty is at an all-time high in the UK according to official statistics - but it's important to look beyond the figures to who it really impacts. Last week,
@kevingopal.bsky.social
spoke with Sophie, a student who grew up skipping meals in Newcastle, because she saw her mum doing it.
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Helle Abelvik-Lawson
12 days ago
My fave bit is "did it work?" 🤣
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“When you’re younger and you’re in it it feels normal. Where I’m from everyone was in the same boat. It’s not just my mam who was in poverty – it’s generations before that." Sophie, from Newcastle.
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As this week's flip-flopping on income tax shows, nothing is an entirely done deal - me for @theleaduk on child poverty in the North and the prospect of the end of the two child benefit cap -
substack.com/@kevingopal/...
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As this week’s flip-flopping on income tax shows nothing is an entirely done deal - me for The Lead this week on child poverty in the North and the lifting of the two child benefit cap.
https://substack.com/@kevingopal/note/c-177461105?r=hccva
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Daniel Trilling
19 days ago
This contribution to the volume of human misery is yet another policy from Labour based on a false premise, in this case that refugees are overly attracted to Britain. It will increase bureaucratic limbo, thus making worse the problem of "cohesion" it purports to solve.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c231x8rj1zpo
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Michael Taylor
30 days ago
If it quacks like a duck, and walks like a duck ... Jaw dropping letter to investors confirms 79th Group could be UK's biggest ever Ponzi scheme
www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/ne...
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Investors into 79th Group bonds told “it has hallmarks” of Ponzi scheme | TheBusinessDesk.com
Administrators update says likely scam could be ‘one of largest ever UK based schemes’
https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/news/2162345-investors-into-79th-group-bonds-told-%e2%80%9cit-has-hallmarks%e2%80%9d-of-ponzi-scheme
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Rob Ford
about 1 month ago
If Shaheen is an activist, then Goodwin, whose whole twitter feed is extreme and inaccurate far right nonsense, is definitely an activist. If Goodwin is an academic, then Shaheen, who has done more recent and more credible academic work, is an academic.
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emily north
about 1 month ago
lmao david byrne showed the video of the ice agents tripping over themselves while trying to run after a biker on wacker drive during the “life during wartime” segment of his chicago show tonight
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Zoe Gardner
about 1 month ago
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community. Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
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Jamie K
about 2 months ago
Ah, right.
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* reaches for that Irish passport application form *
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about 2 months ago
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From
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on Lab govt: “The alarm bells of authoritarianism are ringing loud and clear."
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Craig Berry
2 months ago
📢 Benefit cuts don’t have widespread support
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Rob Ford
2 months ago
Amongst pro-migration voters - i.e. Labour's base last year and the easiest votes to recover in future - support for this policy is...0%. Nil. Nada. Zip. Zero. Goals don't come more open than this. Labour should be attacking this proposal at every opportunity.
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Adam Bienkov
3 months ago
Shame on Downing Street for going along with this. So much for being committed to a free press
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Gone by tomorrow?
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3 months ago
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Jim Waterson
3 months ago
One of those "it's hard to be shocked in 2025, but...." stories.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites
BBC identifies members of Infidels MC gang hired as armed security at US and Israel-backed aid sites.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2zy4l8jgeo
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Statement from Rachael Maskell MP after at least three racist incidents in York recently: "these flags are more than just a flag of our country, for some they have been used to rally those who suppress the rights of others and perpetrate acts of hate"
3 months ago
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Robert Smith
3 months ago
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Not sure what's worse - that she's lying or telling the truth.
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Giles Wilkes
3 months ago
"Bluntly, if the government cannot make the point that it is a bad idea to give money to the Taliban, it is far from clear to me when a better opportunity to attack Farage is going to present itself."-
on.ft.com/3HKB1zO
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@stephenkb.bsky.social
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Labour can’t turn voters against Nigel Farage if it doesn’t attack him
If government won’t call out the dangers of the Reform leader’s policies now, when will it?
https://on.ft.com/3HKB1zO
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Dan Davies
3 months ago
It's Black Sabbath country I guess 🎶gammons gather in their masses 🎶 smaller than most evening classes
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Butterflies galore in the Wenning Valley
3 months ago
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Rushed in before the ICO verdict? Regulator
@infocommission.bsky.social
says: "We have recently concluded our audit of South Wales Police and Gwent Police and will be sharing our findings shortly.”
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4 months ago
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And a bit out of time for the early eighties - the Led Zep film The Song Remains the Same.
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4 months ago
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Al Jazeera English
4 months ago
The deliberate killing of five Al Jazeera staff has brought the total number of journalists killed by Israel since the start of the war to 237, according to Gaza's Government Media Office. 🔴 LIVE updates:
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Israel murders five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif
Al-Sharif was killed along with Mohammed Qreiqeh two cameramen and an assistant in an Israeli attack on Gaza City.
http://aje.io/o5rzvs
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Penultimate paragraph undermines story: 'The researchers stressed their findings were observational and did not prove a cause and effect relationship' -
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/au...
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His wise counsel then included use of the word 'swamped' - 'David Blunkett warned Tony Blair of ‘explosive’ research into immigration attitudes in 2004' -
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David Blunkett warned Tony Blair of ‘explosive’ research into immigration attitudes in 2004
Memo released by National Archives points to ministerial anxiety over how to manage issue in early 2000s
https://on.ft.com/418nFUf
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Kent Police appear to be arguing that 'reasonable suspicion' of support for Palestine Action is the offence itself
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madoc cairns
5 months ago
Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.
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The Lead
5 months ago
Some politicians are happy to let universities fail — but the consequences on local economies and social mobility would be colossal. Read
@kevingopal.bsky.social
's latest piece in today’s newsletter:
national.thelead.uk/p/higher-edu...
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Higher Education is in financial crisis – and a closure could ruin a northern town
Plus: Defections and scandal in this week's Reform Watch, everything our team recommends in the latest The Lead Digest, and more from the North of England.
https://national.thelead.uk/p/higher-education-is-in-financial
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Me for
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this week on the higher education crisis, and what the real damage would be if Blue Labour's wish was granted and a university went to the wall -
national.thelead.uk/p/higher-edu...
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Higher Education is in financial crisis – and a closure could ruin a northern town
Plus: Defections and scandal in this week's Reform Watch, everything our team recommends in the latest The Lead Digest, and more from the North of England.
https://national.thelead.uk/p/higher-education-is-in-financial
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Jennifer Williams
5 months ago
Niche Manchester/Salford property q. Does anyone know or remember a hotelier called Barry Parker, who bought Parkers hotel near Victoria station in the late 1980s (a former Co-Op building). Not sure if he’s still alive. Anyway if anyone has any thoughts please do drop me a message, much obliged
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Freeports - backwaters or murky maelstroms? Me for
@theleaduk.bsky.social
this week -
national.thelead.uk/p/the-lead-u...
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)
6 months ago
"ICE agents then stormed into the courtroom, kicked out the attorneys, and detained everyone in the courtroom over the judge's objections. Really terrifying." my g*d this is barbaric.
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This form of exchange should be revived: MacIntyre was "in frequent debate with the Marxist historian EP Thompson, who used to stick notes on the windscreen of MacIntyre’s car urging him to publish his thoughts on socialist consciousness".
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
6 months ago
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Hats off to the players joining the fans
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Another Green
6 months ago
Wow solar and wind a whisker off of 90% of British electricity this morning.
#NetZero
#LoveNetZero
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grid.iamkate.com
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Aaron Rupar
7 months ago
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus? NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country HASSAN: That's incorrect
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The concessions could include separating kids into deserving poor (under 5s) and undeserving poor (the rest) 》'Ministers scramble to avoid Labour rebellion on disability benefit cuts'
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Ministers scramble to avoid Labour rebellion on disability benefit cuts
Backbenchers may be allowed to abstain, a major climbdown from previous votes when rebels were suspended from the party
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/17/ministers-avoid-labour-rebellion-disability-cuts?CMP=share_btn_url
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Rob Ford
8 months ago
Your regular reminder that Republicans in Congress could put a stop to much/all of this any time they wanted. They are enabling authoritarian government.
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peterkwells
8 months ago
Can I humbly and with great respect for a former PM suggest this new social media platform is called LetUsSpeak
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/exclusi...
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EXCLUSIVE: Liz Truss to launch ‘free speech’ social media platform this summer
The short-serving former PM brought up her plan to start an alternative social platform at a Bitcoin conference called ‘Saving the West.’
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/exclusive-liz-truss-to-launch-free-speech-social-media-platform-this-summer-392023/
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NEON
8 months ago
Applications are open for the North West Spokesperson Network - we are looking for campaigners, organisers and academics working in the NW pushing for progressive social change who want to use the media to get their messages out All the info here -
www.neweconomyorganisers.org/work/support...
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Citizens Advice Stockport, Oldham, Rochdale and Trafford
8 months ago
💭 Worried about the proposed changes to disability & health benefits? Our latest blog breaks down what’s been announced, what it could mean for people in
#GreaterManchester
, and where to find support. ⤵️
bit.ly/4jbror2
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Proposed Changes to Disability Benefits: What You Need to Know
We know many people are feeling anxious following the recent Spring Statement and the government’s proposed changes to disability and…
https://bit.ly/4jbror2
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A wealth tax, taxes on wealth - or both? Me for
@theleaduk.bsky.social
this week.
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Aslak Berg
8 months ago
This would also confirm that the UK negotiations achieved absolutely nothing
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Joey Politano🏳️🌈
8 months ago
okay so he genuinely thinks that fentanyl smugglers have to pay tariffs lmfao
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