Lord Dannatt urged ministers to crack down on Palestine Action at request of US firm
Police officer was concerned ex-army chief, a Teledyne adviser, sought to have ‘input’ into factory attack investigation
Exclusive with @robevansgdn.bsky.social: Lord Dannatt twice wrote to Home Office ministers, at request of US defence firm he works for, urging them to crack down on Palestine Action.
He asked ministers to address the “threat” posed by the group after its activists targeted a factory in 2022.
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That's true!
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As a data journo I tend to be a more data the better person - agree with Stephen's presumption towards transparency. Perhaps some official release alongside the data contextualising and explaining it would be good though
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Good article - though you could maybe make a similar argument - ethnic minorities skew younger - for not releasing ethnic crime rate data (younger people tend to do more crime) as you could about releasing ethnic pay gap data (younger people get paid less)
05.08.2025 11:49 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
And demographic shift!
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According to 2021 census for England, Wales and NI (and 2022 for Scotland) 16% of the population were born outside of the UK. Which is more than one-in-eight.
Meaning foreign born people are underrepresented in prison, despite recent rises due to remand/courts backlog.
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Very cool to be nominated as best podcast host alongside some actual legends. Bet Louis Theroux is quaking in his boots. I’m nothing without the amazing Today in Focus team @theguardian.com #BritishPodcastAwards
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Press release saying: fraid to say Gay? LGB employees face hostility for ‘wrong’ views at work
First ever survey of LGB employees reveals how staff LGBTQ+ groups drive “Compelled Conformity” in the workplace
London, 15 July 2025: Workplace equality initiatives are fostering a culture of hostility towards LGB employees who do not conform to ‘correct’ opinions on sex and gender, new research today reveals.
Footnote which says: AMARTA Research conducted an online survey with 235 lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) supporters of LGB Alliance
LGB alliance press release: Survey of all lesbian gay and bi employees finds many are being targeted for their opinions particularly around trans people.
Small print: Not a representative poll, all of the survey respondents are supporters of (noted trans-exclusionary organisation) LGB Alliance.
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"Nigel Farage is right" the 2025 "I agree with Nick"
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The Gambia (named after the river Gambia) chose to hang onto the 'The' after independence from the Brits because they were worried a load of post would get sent to Zambia iirc
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Great work!
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My research for @globalwitness.org in
- @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- @drilledmedia.bsky.social: drilled.media/news/Senate-...
- and my write-up: globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
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I remember when microsoft's chatbot tay did this it was very much against the will of its creators, not because they'd tweaked the code to make it more right wing
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Actually hilarious that you can find an article every year saying jorts are back. Mainstream media is in the pocket of big jort
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Might email the managing eds to clarify whether jorts are allowed or not
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Exactly! I politely told him I doubt I'd be the last data journalist to ask about it and that he should update it. There were a couple of other MPs who I had to clarify hours with too and said they'd made errors
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When i contacted him for this article he said he had actually averaged less than one hour per week but mistakenly put his pre-election hours in the register when he became an MP (so I left him out of the article)
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When your editors ask you what you plan to say in the story you were supposed to file that afternoon:
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Citing Matt Goodwin, of course
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A screenshot of an interactive map of London, show cool areas and locations of various cool spaces and drinking fountains.
🥵 Hot in #London? Find cool spaces 🥶 and water fountains 💧near you, with our interactive map: apps.london.gov.uk/cool-spaces/ 👍
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in before someone coins 'vibe legislating'
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