Ali Goldsworthy

It’s years too late, but at least Ed Davey is learning fr... The Lib Dem leader has finally taken action against a peer who was at the centre of 2013 inquiry involving complaints by four women

I'm not posting here as regularly as I should, but away from the headlines about Keir Starmer's fate, here's a smaller story about the Westminster Epstein fallout you may have missed. This isn't just a Mandelson scandal - it's about women's bodies and how we treat them
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

Abstract of "Reading Orwell in Moscow"

Russians are reading more books about living in dictatorships like Nazi Germany, since the invasion of Ukraine.

History is a safe way to dissent.

H/T @aligoldsworthy.bsky.social

And then she changed it. And changed the law. Congratulations Zelda and the team at Can’t Buy My Silence

Starmer, Cooper and King Charles mark 20th anniversary of 7/7 attacks PM says ‘those who tried to divide us failed’ while monarch says victims and stories of courage should be remembered

Today is the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on London on 7th July 2005, a terrible day on which 52 people were killed by four bombs on three tube trains and a bus. The King and Prime Minister Keir Starmer will lead national commemorations today

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025....

Waiting for Bluesky to develop push notifications to keep an eye on the interesting stuff here…

“Last weekend, the world’s richest man closed down the world’s largest humanitarian effort, and no one ever voted for him.”
I felt it needed saying.

It’s in proportion to my ability to mum and help. (I.e very little) x

Played a very small part in making this happen. @robblackie.bsky.social is the best.

Nigel Farage has been a threat to every recent UK prime minister. But this is something new Reform has surged in the polls, panicking both Labour and the Conservatives. It’s a trap, and the risks are high

My bit for tomorrow’s Observer on Farage’s rise, Tory existential crisis and the wobbling Labour Jenga tower www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Oddly emily talks (movingly) about how this loyalty comes from a Labour cllr helped her family when she was young and how she is paying it back.

Unintentionally this leads to such unhealthy dynamics. Party over principle. Excusing the inexcusable etc

But this interview also shows a toxicity at its heart. Emily talks about being loyal to Labour in all circumstances. Really, are there no circumstances under which you’d walk away?

A party isn’t a child. You don’t have to show it unconditional love. If you do, they can - and do- abuse it.

This is a fascinating interview. I recall being at an Islington count in 2006 when people (not Labour) who’d worked hard for years lost their seats and jobs. It’s politics it happens.

Emily stood their whooping over people losing their seats. Maybe she regrets that now

The account to follow for what’s going on in Korea

I want to write about something very stupid that happened to me yesterday. I don’t want to do it in a self-serving way but I do think it illustrates a good point. As the pardon news broke I was asked a question about it and I didn’t have a clear answer so I just said I had to think about it.

Very much enjoy and learn from this substack. Recommended 👇👇

Ex Cambridge MP Julian Huppert's mum used assisted dying laws The former MP says she was able to die with dignity and say

My mother was an amazing woman.

She died in August in Australia from breast cancer, via Voluntary Assisted Dying.

It was what she wanted; a chance to die on her own terms, with dignity, when she chose.

Anyone who wants such a good death should be allowed one here

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I hesitate to post given possible misreadings, but these regressions show wave 1 (Feb/Mar '24) variables predicting support for Trump (1) vs. Biden/Harris (-1).

Key finding: white respondents' anti-Black prejudice is no more predictive of candidate support in Sept./Oct. than in Feb/March.

My old colleagues at Freewill are hiring. They are simply outstanding and if you want to join a top team that will make you better … this is the Chief of Staff role for you. job-boards.greenhouse.io/freewill/job...

If any journalists reporting/ writing about the role of racism in the Exodus from X, keen to talk to you about it

I have some fresh personal experience of the further deterioration, some of which could be significant/useful if Musk/his people do get quizzed in parliament on X, the riots & racism

I am firmly in the Bartlett is a grifter school of thought. But he’s a pitch perfect study in making it work for you

Wtf is this from @theguardian.com Steven Bartlett is promoting his own personal manifesto as PAID content on your site.

This is not journalism.

H/t @mikebutcher.bsky.social

Yes - haven’t migrated everyone over yet but it’s decent

Work for one of the really good guys. On a hell of a new team 👇👇👇

There’s less evidence of filter bubbles and echo chambers than many think. But where is the evidence strong? among the politically active…. Exhibit A

t.co/qQdkqW33fL

Don’t start. We have to have a picnic at 7am every week outside to welcome them

one of my kids favourite habits is to call his gran and ask her her bin day. Why would I neglect such an educational opportunity and moment to get to go to the loo on my own?

Also kids gotta learn whats appropriate. Though ask me my views again on this in ten years.

How to Migrate Follows and Blocks from Twitter to Bluesky If you’re like me, and you’ve had just about enough of being on Twitter and would like to move to Bluesky, there’s a way to take your…

Given the influx - here is how to transfer your twitter follows and blocks to bluesky

dmuth.medium.com/how-to-migra...

Typo one = won’t 🤦‍♀️and for exactly the reasons you say I specified platforms.

It’s the organising online that gets tricky. IMHO

Yes and no. More akin to not being allowed to go to something where people are organising.

(My personal view and parenting approach is tech gets a lot of justified and quite a bit of unjustified blame. Still the kid one be super online on platforms.)