The Home Office continues to use language that its own data refutes

Really thrilled to be working with @joannegh.bsky.social, Anamika Saha, Sanjay Sharma, @cimethods.bsky.social and our industry partners on this. Have a research project that can shape the future of the screen industries? Come and join us! 👇👇

Great piece updating the critique of culture industries for the age of the platform mega-rentier www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

Many newspapers and politicians have been calling yesterday's fiscal statement a 'Budget for Benefits Street'. Here's three reasons why that is not accurate 🧵

The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.

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

New article from me about the Marshall Islands becoming the first country with a Universal Basic Income, what the details are, how it came to be, and what may come next. Side note: It's hard to express how big a deal this is, especially for me personally. I hope this is the first of many dominoes.

We in Reading are proud of the many immigrant diasporas who have enriched our town’s economy and culture. Many immigrant families in Reading, such as Hong Kong BNO citizens, have asked me about the government’s future plans concerning indefinite leave to remain.

🎧 More and more artists are leaving Spotify. What are the political and economic reasons driving the exodus? And how can you support your favourite musicians? Read Dr Andrew White's @apw1970.bsky.social @kingscmci.bsky.social article for @theconversation.com 🔽

🎵 Why are musicians leaving Spotify? Streaming transformed the industry, but concerns over fair compensation and creative control are driving change. Could this shift redefine how we access and value music? Dr Andrew White @apw1970.bsky.social explains for @theconversation.com ⤵️

"UBI-related experiments consistently find evidence that no participant responds to UBI experiments by dropping out of the labor force. Yes, some people reduce their hours of work, but the decline in work effort (if any) is clearly within a sustainable range."

Farage, Boris Johnson & Rees-Mogg apparently plotting assaults on UK democracy with Bannon, who was reporting back to Epstein. Nothing to see here, newspaper folk… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The exodus reflects a general concern that major tech companies are too cosy with the Trump administration.

Why musicians are leaving Spotify – and what it means for the music you love theconversation.com/why-musician...

On this day in 1964.. David Bowie's "Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Men with Long Hair"

Three points I keep repeating 1. Left and liberal voters actually really exist 2. The right and "centre" are trying to rule without liberals - they are way out over their skis 3. Reports of right wing total information control are greatly exaggerated

The letter the BBC could send back to Trump - brilliant stuff from @davidallengreen.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...

I am looking forward to participating in this event. Belfast Media Panel - Future in Frame - Public Service Media in a shared island www.belfastmediafestival.co.uk/schedules/fu... #belfastmediafestival

A new class action lawsuit against Spotify alleges the company has “turned a blind eye” to “mass-scale fraudulent streaming” on its platform and that one musician in particular has been the beneficiary of “billions” of fake streams: Drake.

Trump is not actually president. Who is running the White House? This pardon is legally invalid.

I loved everything about this production. Good times! 👍

Calls grow for basic income scheme for artists in England and Wales after Ireland’s success leftfootforward.org/2025/11/call...

After a week of faffing around the @dailymail.co.uk have agreed to apologise. Here it is. Fingers crossed for fewer lies/smears dressed up as news in future

As AI spreads across all enterprises, our divided societies will fracture further unless there is some form of distribution that shares the wealth. My piece on Universal Basic Capital in the @financialtimes.com mes.com www.ft.com/content/9b93...

New on my Substack about how the election that just happened in the Netherlands may soon result in the Dutch attaining first place in the race for Universal Basic Income. What happened and why did it happen? Give it a read!

This just happened in the The Netherlands today. The centrist "D66" party, running on a platform that includes a universal basic income, won the most votes, positioning its leader to become the new PM. You heard that right, UBI is now a moderate position there and seen as a pragmatic solution to AI.

Reporters (every day): are you seeking a third term Trump: the constitution says I can’t run again, unfortunately Reporters: but you could run for vp?!!! Trump: sure but people wouldn’t like that, it’s too cute Reporters: there have to be other ways sir. We will find them for you, stand by

30,000 jobs *poof* gone, which would be fine if automation actually benefitted us all instead of just massively enriching a few soon-to-be trillionaires while depressing incomes for most everyone else. Both universal basic income and healthcare need to be part of our more automated future. Or else.

A very good article here on the basic income and the particular benefits for musicians and other creative workers.

People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to “go home”. This is their home. I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.

Ireland's Basic Income for the Arts scheme's indefinite extension is a significant boon for Irish artists, and those fighting for better working conditions in the creative industries elsewhere. I have written about it here: theconversation.com/irelands-bas... @kingscmci.bsky.social #UBI #BasicIncome

this is obviously appalling - and he should lose his job - but it's also really quite shocking; I first met Calgie when he was a baby reporter in his early twenties and sure, he was always a Tory, but he was....fine and normal? right-wing radicalisation is out of control in SW1

It’s one of the first to make it out of the pilot stage and to offer a subsistence level payment.

HEY! How is everyone? We need to be much more active over on this lovely platform. So … last week's ep has just gone up. It's an asylum special with the amazing @loucalvey.bsky.social. Get us on YouTube, Spotify and all other pod apps. youtu.be/Fzd6LihWAkc open.spotify.com/episode/3K5A...

Great news, everyone! Looks like Ireland is making their Basic Income for Artists program permanent! This is after a recent public consultation that showed 97% support for the program.

The other day, literally in 2025, there were high-profile, liberal-identifying media people still handwringing over the use of "deplorables" a decade ago in a campaign speech. When this staggering rhetoric, and what it leads to, is what we hear from the head of the US.

Happiness, humour, truth and, most crucially, courage are the qualities needed to repel the racist tide. Because its architects offer whining, victimhood, lies and, most crucially, cowardice.

Fiery interview with Ed Miliband at Labour conference @lcefuk.bsky.social Says “the stakes couldn’t be higher” in the fight with Reform Says Musk is dangerous Says Labour has to fight the battle of ideas and hasn’t done a good enough job on that so far

Good god I hope so

Violent crime in London has dropped by 13%—a fall of nearly 10,000 attacks a year—as the capital records its lowest homicide rate in five years. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

Labour had 9.7 million voters in July 2024. 2 million (20%) now don't know, but haven't chosen a rival. These prefer Lab & centre-left to right 2.6 million to centre/left (27%) 900k Labour to LD (9%) 800k Labour to Green (8%) 900k across others (9%) 800k Lab 2024 to Reform (8%) A sliver to Cons

Moskowitz: Do you think the Epstein list should come out? Farage: I have no opinion on it. Raskin: It’s been reported that he’s called for it to be released Moskowitz: I have it here. Do you agree with yourself?

Rep. Jamie Raskin tears into Nigel Farage as a "far-right pro-Putin politician" and a "Donald Trump sycophant and wannabe".

The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.

If you're in Ireland, please fill out this public consultation about the future of the Basic Income for the Arts scheme, the best thing that's happened to Irish artists in a very long time. We need it to continue. ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

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