Can’t believe it but there are billboards promoting @overunderpod.bsky.social in London and Manchester for the next few days! Big thanks to everyone who listens and supports the show, so exciting how far we’ve come! open.spotify.com/show/512bTJN...

Sidebar: Latest Mandelson shit show is a textbook example of how not to do crisis communications. When a negative story breaks you sit down with the relevant people and work out *every bad thing* that journalists could find out. You have an honest conversation to unearth the scale of the fuck up. 🧵

Reform has custom campaign software. The Greens only just got a canvassing app. And yet both parties are gaining ground challenging Labour and the Tories. @carysafoko.bsky.social reports

What a delight to guest on one of my favourite pods, @overunderpod.bsky.social with the brilliant @carysafoko.bsky.social. We talked Strait of Hormuz, Melania Trump, the maternity crisis and Telegraph sale. Prizes for guessing which were overs and which were unders overunderpod.com/episodes/str...

Farage spent 30 years honing his act. Polanski still runs his own social media accounts. Two very different insurgent politicians—but both, writes @carysafoko.bsky.social, know exactly what they’re doing

I spent the last two months following @greenparty.org.uk and Reform UK for @prospectmagazine.co.uk . Here’s what I learned:

God grant me the confidence of Peter Mandelson asking for more than half a million pounds severance after being fired.

Writing a letter like this is a cursed energy.

Greens have been underestimated for a long time so this feels like a shock result. It shouldn’t be, @chrisw100.bsky.social and team delivered bigger swings than this to get 4 Greens into parliament in 2024. A by-election win was part of their 2026 strategy. Past time to take them seriously.

Catch me on today's episode of @overunderpod.bsky.social w/ @carysafoko.bsky.social! Discussing Trump/Maduro/Venezuela, Keir Starmer, Shamima Begun & the AI bubble. open.spotify.com/episode/0OGx...

Feeling bamboozled by the #AutumnBudget? Tune into this very special crossover episode of the New Economics Podcast, alongside @macrodosepod.bsky.social and Over the Top Under the Radar. Out now!

I've written about my unhealthy relationship with Vinted for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

After a short break, @overunderpod.bsky.social is back! Our latest episode is about the rise of the far right, with @joemulhall.bsky.social from @hopenothate.org.uk. Listen here: uned.it/overunderpod

Imagine living in a country where the media were as angry at massive companies for dodging tax as they are at Angela Rayner.

On the same day in the Telegraph:

Can Labour afford to keep ignoring its left? This week on the Prospect Podcast, @aloner.bsky.social and @imaanirfan.bsky.social are joined by @carysafoko.bsky.social‬, writer, broadcaster and former Labour adviser. Listen to the full episode: www.prospectmagazine...

The latest lurch to the right on immigration in an attempt to win over Reform voters isn't just wrong, it's based on faulty political calculus. I wrote about the politicians to Labour's left and why they present a real threat to Keir Starmer for Prospect: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/698...

I've given my hot take on the elections results we have so far for @theguardian.com .

Over the past 4–5 years, Facebook has sunset tools (chiefly CrowdTangle) used by researchers and journalists, made data difficult and expensive to get, and iced out academics studying disinformation. Now, it's shutting down the fact checking on its platform.

The blocked Kroger-Albertsons merger suggests that "the door to revived competition enforcement has been decisively cracked open—and it won’t be so easy to shut," writes Stacy Mitchell:

Big Andrew Tate energy.