Imaan Irfan

Our latest issue is out today! With excellent writing from @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social, @philtinline.bsky.social, @okhromeychuk.bsky.social, @katemaltby.bsky.social, @imaanirfan.bsky.social and so many others. Please read!

BREAKING: McSweeney’s think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists Labour Together put private investigators onto journalists writing about its funding. Starmer's right-hand man knew.

🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding

Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted

*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it

Full story:
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Sudan’s story is far from a tragedy The country’s revolution was a successful and nonviolent democratic uprising. The west should remember that

Sudan’s war is not “nihilistic” chaos, nor is it a “civil conflict”, writes @yassmin.bsky.social. This is a war against civilians, punishment for the people’s audacity in standing up to the military regime—and the international community is enabling it.

Sudan’s story is far from a tragedy The country’s revolution was a successful and nonviolent democratic uprising. The west should remember that

My latest, the first for 2026 - a reminder that the Sudanese people are forever inspiring.

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/africa...

A must-read. Hunger strikers shackled while hospitalitalised, even when using toilet facilities; covid-masks being denied; humiliating comments. None are over the age of 30. None have even gone to trial yet. All have written their wills

How Palantir infiltrated the state Plus: how Israel destroyed Gaza’s buildings

In today’s Lightbulb, Prospect’s free daily newsletter, @imaanirfan.bsky.social introduces our new issue—including our cover story by @libertyhq.bsky.social’s Mark Wilding on Peter Thiel’s controversial company.

Want to know more about JCB's big yellow diggers? Read this excellent piece by @imaanirfan.bsky.social on the right's love affair with JCB, in which she also pretty much predicted that Bamford and his firm would become a major Reform donor

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/uk/...

Called it lol

Thanks Alona!

In April, I tried to tell Sudan's recent history through the lives of two boys who met in a refugee camp, having survived the Darfur genocide. Today, the same culprits are enacting the same cycles of violence—fuelled by gold and foreign involvement. @prospectmagazine.co.uk

a shocking tale of international digger politics, blunt use of physical raw power, neatly bookended with bizarre antics at an English agricultural show.

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Happy birthday to JCB! My present... 🎁

Conor Gearty: ‘Let’s have some fights with the right enemies’ In his final interview, the barrister and human rights professor told Prospect that UK protest—and our civil liberties—are in danger

In his final interview, the late barrister and human rights professor Conor Gearty told @imaanirfan.bsky.social and @ellenhalliday.bsky.social that UK protest—and our civil liberties—are in danger.

Shocked and saddened to hear of the passing of Conor Gearty. He was funny, and kind, generous with his time, and unafraid to speak truth to power. Someone who spoke with such rare clarity and force on the dangers to civil liberties and human rights at this moment in the UK

The six rules of ReformTok I doomscrolled on the Reform UK TikTok account so you don’t have to

Reform UK’s TikTok output is high-quality, very polished, and not specifically targeted to young people. This is shrewd—and other parties could learn from it, writes @imaanirfan.bsky.social‬.
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The book publisher prepping for Trump censorship Indie publisher Melville House is racing to preserve history, before the US government buries the evidence

Indie publisher
@melvillehouse.bsky.social is racing to preserve historical documents, like the Tulsa Race Massacre report, before the US government buries the evidence, writes @imaanirfan.bsky.social.
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