"I've just finished @profkepickett.bsky.social's new book, The Good Society (Bodley Head, 2026), and I can't recommend it highly enough...Buy it, read it, press it on people."
Here, I talk about the Palma Ratio, which the book introduced me to - ajustsociety.substack.com/p/the-number...
@hopenothate.org.uk's State of Hate 2026 report calls for a cohesion strategy. Here's what one would actually look like.
@kenanmalik.bsky.social @compassoffice.bsky.social
How does a group of 800 members with no published accounts reshape school guidance, CPS practice, healthcare policy - and now threaten broadcasting regulation? Our new essay:
@tbij.bsky.social
@transsafety.network
@genderedintelligence.co.uk
@ofcom.bsky.social
Allister Heath The Allister Heath madness proves that the West has lost the will to survive ALLISTER HEATH The Telegraph
My view on the current Bluesky trend
I had the same thought, here's mine 😁
My feed is full of these, so thought I'd join in on the fun 😁
Yes this! 😁
The data is in. Britain's immigration crisis was built in Westminster, not on the boats.
@msumption.bsky.social
@robfordmancs.bsky.social
@c-aguilargarcia.bsky.social
@michaelsavage.bsky.social
@willforster.bsky.social
Keir Starmer called the Greens' drug reform 'disgusting.' The UK has one of the highest overdose death tolls in Western Europe. Someone's got their priorities wrong.
@minnierahman.bsky.social
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
@greenparty.org.uk
@transformdrugs.bsky.social
Claims of a "Christian revival" based on Bible sales are a perfect example of why we should be rigorous with data. We have an obligation to describe our reality accurately, not as we might wish it to be.
⏲️ New episode out 🌆 @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social are back with a bonus episode on 15-Minute Cities.
How did such a sensible and benign approach to urban planning give birth to a wild conspiracy theory about authoritarianism?
Listen / watch now ➡️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...
@dorianlynsky.bsky.social re Power Broker. 99 Percent Invisible has a great podcast series on the book... entertaining & easier than reading the book...though having read it myself, I'd recommend reading it too. 99percentinvisible.org/power-broker...
These people are poison. They will unleash racist thugs on the streets of this country and call it security. They will subjugate us to the US and call it patriotism. They must be stopped. There is no more important task in politics.
A eulogy for two publications that made their own bed, caught fire in it, and are now complaining about the flames.
@greenslader.bsky.social
@briancathcart.bsky.social
@andrewgraystone.bsky.social
In 1900, the richest 1% held 70% of Britain's wealth. Policy brought that down to under 20% by 1990.
Now, inequality is surging again, and neither major party is even arguing for structural reform. We've been here before. We know the way out.
CC: @scottsantens.com
Incredibly proud to be chairing this editorial board. I mean, just look at it. Actually a bit ridiculous how impressive it is.
A Sore Loser's Guide to Statistics:
Sex Matters encouraged people to respond to the Hampstead Ponds consultation. They didn't like the answer. So now they're attacking the process.
@goodlawproject.org
@goodlawproject.bsky.social
Parliament Is Falling Down. What If That's an Opportunity?
With thanks to the work of @hansardsociety.bsky.social & @ruthfox.bsky.social.
FYI @stellacreasy.bsky.social & @judithcummins.bsky.social
What @dsmitheconomics.bsky.social gets wrong about UBI in his @thetimes.com piece this weekend.
cc @scottsantens.com
again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
Not yet ...that's one of my suggestions, amongst others in the piece.
Beyond Essentials: Why the @jrf-uk.bsky.social Poverty Report Demands Transformative Ambition.
Great episode, kept me entertained as I drove to Heathrow this morning at half 5!
Knowing my luck, I didn't. 😬
Oh I'm VERY aware of that particular Wiki page, thank you! 😂
Indeed!
From my fortune cookie after tonight's Chinese....and there was me thinking life was already TOO interesting! 😳
The right-wing media say women were "denied justice" over Hampstead Ponds. They ignored what 38,445 people - most of them actual pond users - said: 86% support trans inclusion, 81% report positive experiences, and every segregationist "compromise" failed spectacularly. Evidence beats ideology.
"The idea that trans inclusion at the ponds is somehow imposed against the wishes of users simply does not survive contact with reality. Londoners have looked at the evidence... and overwhelmingly said: this works, this is fair, and this reflects our values."
celord.com/2026/01/29/h...
This isn't debate about balancing competing rights. It's a campaign to establish that some people's rights, recognition, and dignity are inherently less legitimate than others'. That's not liberalism. And it's not a foundation on which any genuine women's movement can be built. 15/15
