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Broadcaster, author, journalist, dad, grandpa, heroic Substacker to be found at davidaaronovitch.substack.com. Recovering tweeter

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The Borgias versus the Lawyers Are the Starmers destined to lose?

In the battle between the predators and the human rights lawyers must the liberals always lose? open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...

06.03.2026 07:57 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
 This article was amended on 5 March 2026. An earlier version said low-skilled workers would β€œreceive immediate access to welfare and social housing” if Labour did not make them wait longer to apply for settlement. In fact, settlement status only gives people the eligibility to apply for welfare and social housing, it does not give them instant or automatic access to such benefits. This has been clarified.

From breaking news to huge investigative proje

This article was amended on 5 March 2026. An earlier version said low-skilled workers would β€œreceive immediate access to welfare and social housing” if Labour did not make them wait longer to apply for settlement. In fact, settlement status only gives people the eligibility to apply for welfare and social housing, it does not give them instant or automatic access to such benefits. This has been clarified. From breaking news to huge investigative proje

Guardian has now [after my complaint] corrected Mahmood's deliberate & incendiary false claim settlement gives immigrants "immediate access to welfare and social housing".

Good for Gdn but embarrassing/shameful that Home Secretary deliberately misled the public for political gain like this.

05.03.2026 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 612    πŸ” 259    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 15
Judith Leyster self portrait

Judith Leyster self portrait

And look at this fabulously confident self portrait by Leyster

06.03.2026 06:49 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
Young Woman Being Harassed by a Man

Young Woman Being Harassed by a Man

This is Judith Leyster's amazing 1631 painting β€˜Young Woman Being Harassed by a Man’.

She was well known in her day but SURPRISE! her works were later misattributed either to Frans Hals, her local contemporary, or her husband, Jan Miense Molenaer.
www.thetimes.com/article/f41d...

06.03.2026 06:20 β€” πŸ‘ 196    πŸ” 71    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 6
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The Borgias versus the Lawyers Are the Starmers destined to lose?

In the battle between the predators and the human rights lawyers must the liberals always lose? open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...

06.03.2026 07:57 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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!

04.03.2026 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Goodwin on the road to Damascus And other stories of radical right conversion

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21.02.2026 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

It may be his way of making up to them after forcing them to go to Epstein's Island when they were little

21.02.2026 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Goodwin on the road to Damascus And other stories of radical right conversion

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21.02.2026 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

A very good question. The stats are beginning to suggest not

16.02.2026 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Epstein and the pictures in our attics How America voted for abuse and how we tolerate it

How America voted for Epstein. open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...

12.02.2026 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Epstein and the pictures in our attics How America voted for abuse and how we tolerate it

How America voted for Epstein. open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...

12.02.2026 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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The untold story that is told constantly and isn’t really true

07.02.2026 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1239    πŸ” 212    πŸ’¬ 172    πŸ“Œ 78
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Oh Mandy A fatal need to impress

A personal view of the Mandelson scandal open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...

03.02.2026 09:19 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh Mandy A fatal need to impress

A personal view of the Mandelson scandal open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...

03.02.2026 09:19 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Should British Jews flee to America? A reply to an invitation

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26.01.2026 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Should British Jews flee to America? A reply to an invitation

No thanks Mr Trump. A free post open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...

26.01.2026 08:12 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Veep, the Mogul and the Antichrist The strange intellectual origins of the new Trumpism

Thiel, Vance and the Second Coming. Or how to govern a humanity that you despise
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23.01.2026 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Veep, the Mogul and the Antichrist The strange intellectual origins of the new Trumpism

Thiel, Vance and the Second Coming. Or how to govern a humanity that you despise
open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...

23.01.2026 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Are there any powers that Donald Trump thinks he doesn't have?

19.01.2026 07:52 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s Greenland Threats Reopen Tariff Wounds in Europe President Donald Trump’s fixation on Greenland offers an ice-cold reminder to leaders in Europe and abroad: No deal is ever final.

Worth noting - "Both Lipsky and Lincicome [respected US trade policy folk] said that they think it’s unlikely, with the Supreme Court case and other factors, that the tariffs actually kick in Feb. 1."

One big reason Europe chooses not to over-react. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

19.01.2026 07:11 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome to Trumplezuela! A country like the world has never seen before

Welcome to Trumpezuela! A free introduction to a country like no other open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...

18.01.2026 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome to Trumplezuela! A country like the world has never seen before

Welcome to Trumpezuela! A free introduction to a country like no other open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...

18.01.2026 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Of course this isn't fascism... So what is it?

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11.01.2026 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4
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Of course this isn't fascism... So what is it?

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11.01.2026 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4
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BBC Sounds - The Briefing Room - Available Episodes Listen to the latest episodes of The Briefing Room on BBC Sounds.

That Venezuela thing. What was it really all about? Whos running the place? Is it an oil bonanza? And who's next? All in 28 minutes www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

08.01.2026 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The truth about affordability Voters in rich countries are angry about prices. Politicians could make things worse

"Maddeningly, voters want contradictory things: low prices when they shop, high wages for themselves; not many immigrants but lots of cheap labour; rising house prices when they own and lower ones when their children want to buy"
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
From The Economist

02.01.2026 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 183    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 17
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Luigi Mangione and the class of 2026 On murder as the ultimate act of entitlement

Free post on entitlement to murder open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...

02.01.2026 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Backward Christian soldiers The Right's attempt to re-Christianise Britain

To liven up the perineum of the holidays, a feature length piece on the New Right's domestic crusade open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...

28.12.2025 09:39 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3
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This is how it appears on the page...

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