“Governments are not listening to what young people – or the general population – actually want.” Our Senior Researcher, Alec Haglund, spoke to @zoegrunewald.bsky.social about intergenerational inequality. Read more in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social 👇

At the campaign fringe @zoegrunewald.bsky.social calls this one of the most pertinent conversations of the conference — on using the media to help dismantle the far right

This is an excellent piece from @zoegrunewald.bsky.social. Reform of the tax system is indeed required. Please do read and share.

This autumn, the chancellor has an opportunity to reform the tax system in its entirety. The Lead spoke to the experts who gave us some bold ideas for how she can do it ✍️ @zoegrunewald.bsky.social national.thelead.uk/p/rachel-ree...

As the Autumn budget draws near, it's time for the chancellor to think seriously about plugging the gap. Our Westminster editor @zoegrunewald.bsky.social put it to the experts. Sign up to receive today's newsletter, with bold ideas from those at the forefront of the discussion. national.thelead.uk

What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Late to this, but really can’t recommend enough this episode of Origin Story w/ @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social on the Rivers of Blood speech. Scary as hell, brilliantly analysed, with lessons for all of us on the mainstreaming of the far-right podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

Will be chatting about the implosion of your party and what's next for the left with the wonderful Natasha on @lbc.co.uk at 6pm this eve!

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 The Economist’s @matthewholehouse.bsky.social joins us to discuss the new ‘Battle for Britain’. Plus, the panel discusses the reaction to Charlie Kirk’s death worldwide and how it might change politics 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow... #ukpolitics #podcasts

Mini-scoop: After resisting pressure to strip Elon Musk of his fellowship for months, the Royal Society is meeting on 1 October to discuss his removal – following his decision to address Tommy Robinson's far-right rally on Saturday. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-r...

Indeed, as I wrote on Tuesday. It might sound alarmist, but it's pretty clear we're following down a similar track: national.thelead.uk/p/america-tr...

British politics really needs to wake up to what is happening in America given we have imported a huge amount of its culture war politics. Maybe there are some clues about what would be on the cards here under a Reform government?

See me live on tour! I’m going to Leicester, Northampton, Bristol, Edinburgh, Newcastle, York, London, Birmingham, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Taunton, Southend-on-sea, Cambridge, Southampton, Leeds, Liverpool, Guildford and Brighton. www.livenation.co.uk/matt-green-t...

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A shadow of greed, grievance, and violence has crossed the Atlantic – and guess who’s invited to dinner? I wrote for @theleaduk.bsky.social about how we must confront the ways in which American money, platforms, and ideologies are reshaping UK politics national.thelead.uk/p/america-tr...

A foreign billionaire has called for the elected government of the UK to be overthrown and she’s cool with that. These people are totally unprincipled opportunists.

If Kemi Badenoch won’t ‘label’ Tommy Robinson as far-right, the next obvious question is: would she label Hitler far-right? Presumably yes. So where does she draw the line? The answer is she doesn’t bcoz it’s not principle, it’s moral cowardice

Kemi Badenoch refusing to condemn Elon Musk, saying "she doesn't think" he was inciting violence, and that his comments can be interpreted in multiple ways

Kemi Badenoch refusing to 'label' Tommy Robinson as far-right

Kemi Badenoch refusing to acknowledge that Tommy Robinson is "far-right", now on LBC, and refusing to condemn Elon Musk's words. In fact she says what Musk said *isn't* incitement. So what would be incitement then? How violent would his words have to be before he was deemed a threat to this country?

From creeping authoritarianism, to far-right money, to Epstein-era corruption, America's darkness is threatening to swallow Britain Me for @theleaduk.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...

Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this. You're welcome

Elon Musk seems to have hit a nerve with readers of The Lead. We're calling on the Home Secretary to place him on the banned list after his vile speech at the 'Unite the Kingdom' rally.

🚨OUT NOW🚨 Reform UK kicked off party season in the weirdest way possible – will any of the other parties be able to overshadow them in the coming weeks? Join @alisonjourno.bsky.social, @zoegrunewald.bsky.social, @hannahfearn.bsky.social, and @jasonhazeley.bsky.social 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...

I know this is a tiny violin question, but as an office-less freelancer: where do we eat our packed lunches?

No, no, there's no boys club, insists the government that has full confidence in the best pal of Jeffrey Epstein, whilst Rayner, Haigh and Gray all had to depart because they were too much of a distraction!

I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.

Mandelson is going to be an Albatross unless Starmer acts fast. Badenoch has never looked so competent!

I can't overplay how important winning this trophy from my local gym is. The Grünewald family are so horrendously unsporting that my brother was genuinely deemed "only reasonably mobile" in his year 9 PE report, which tbf was an upgrade from "lacks basic motor skills" just years earlier

OMG I'm listening to Sarah Pochin. She can't be a real MP. She's like the female hard right David Brent

Here's part of Peter Mandelson's birthday message to "my best pal" Jeffrey Epstein.

Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @zoegrunewald.bsky.social and Stephen Dalziel on the day's stuff, and a letter from Gaza City. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

It's also not either/or. You cannot do delivery without vision because that is how you decide how you are going to get delivery. There is no 'deliverism' without an ideology and there is no story until you are delivering.

Just got back from a week in Wales. Furious. Reminded I wrote this almost a year ago, in a similar fury inews.co.uk/opinion/why-...

“Farage claimed last year to have “bought a house” in his constituency but the property is actually owned in the name of his partner, meaning he legally avoided higher-rate stamp duty on the purchase of an additional home – given he already owns other properties” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Had a lot fun appearing on Fubar Radio with @zoegrunewald.bsky.social and @alimilani.bsky.social to discuss the topic of MPs using AI – and whether it should really be seen as a silver bullet by government

Leaving the ECHR is the latest iteration of the "one weird trick" politics that has served us so well in recent years. It appeals because it's simple and it won't work because it's simple.

Here's a question for the ladies Would you rather be stuck in a room with an asylum seeker or a member of Reform UK? Who, in reality, poses the greater threat to women’s safety: desperate people seeking refuge, or the men who lead and cheer on Reform? Excellent Article

Nigel Farage’s hollow, dangerous concern for women www.newstatesman.com/comment/2025...

A point I've not seen so much, but I think is important for women who are satisfied that Reform's plans to scrap the ECHR wouldn't impact them.. do you really trust Farage and friends to enshrine your hard-won rights? My piece for @newstatesman.com www.newstatesman.com/comment/2025...

No10 spokesman not prepared to criticise anything about Farage speech today. Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.

Not sure what else there is to say at this point Me for @theleaduk.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...

Powerful stuff here from @zoegrunewald.bsky.social.

Not sure what else there is to say at this point Me for @theleaduk.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...

fundamentally the problem is that if you think "hotels are where I stay on holiday and I like being on holiday so living in a hotel must be fun and it's not fair others get to do it and not me" then you have the intellectual reasoning of a little child and it's going to be hard to engage with you

Unless the government dares to make the case for migration, it will be eaten alive by the monster it created. Me for @theleaduk.bsky.social about the inevitability of Epping's asylum hotel closure open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...

A reminder: Asylum seekers are in hotels because of a huge application backlog that the gov't must work through. Robert Jenrick - now, bursting with creative solutions - processed applications slowly ***on purpose*** as a deterrent. Here he is, as Immigration Minister two years ago, saying so. ~AA

Peaches just came and sat in my lap for the first time so naturally I've cancelled all afternoon appointments

I don't know what it is but every time a Tory shadow minister pulls some kind of "stunt" it makes me want to claw off my own skin?

🚨OUT NOW🚨 Ed Davey’s reborn Lib Dems are on a 100-year high with 72 MPs and a shot at becoming the conscience of progressive Britain. So why do Reform get all the coverage? Listen to our conversation with the Lib Dem leader here 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...