Pamela Duncan

None of it would have been possible without the sheer determination of the indefatigable @c-aguilargarcia.bsky.social

Almost two years in the making, this project was made real through the statistical brilliance of the Guardian data scientists, members of UCL's Centre for Data Intensive Science and Industry and the wonderful Garry Blight & @michaelsavage.bsky.social

Hugely proud to be a part of it.

Behind the Guardian’s analysis of 100 years of MPs’ language on immigration Methodology: how we trained a machine learning model to analyse rhetoric on immigration in the UK parliament over the course of a century

...this is how we did it.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

How rightwing rhetoric has risen sharply in the UK parliament – an exclusive visual analysis In the past five years, MPs’ attitudes in the House of Commons towards immigration have swung harder to the right than at almost any other time in the last century

We all instinctively know that sentiment towards immigrants has reached new lows in the UK.

Well this proves it.

Labour and Conservative MPs are speaking in a more hostile way about immigration than at almost any other time in the last century...

www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

Erm...thanks I guess?

Thanks so much Eliz. I intend on sleeping until November 😴💤

Now we're cooking on gas (quite literally)

You're welcome

"He was very tolerant and kind, maintaining a gentle temperament even while others grew aggressive." Now I see the resemblance.

Zero offence...but he may be (even) more handsome

news.janegoodall.org/2015/09/29/t...

I require a side-by-side comparison please and thank you

@ebersi.bsky.social
@cpshaw.bsky.social @cemredemircioglu.bsky.social
@cvallentin.bsky.social @dominikuhlig.bsky.social @pulsa.fi

@journalismarena.eu @jelena-prtoric.bsky.social @elizmizon.com @annelinn.bsky.social @rubensolvang.bsky.social @zanderventer.bsky.social
@elsadl.bsky.social @sdemeulemeester.bsky.social
@driesdeschepper.bsky.social

‪Sandra Laville, @patrickbarkham.bsky.social @rachelkeenan.bsky.social Raphael Boyd
@olivialeejourno.bsky.social Yassin El-Moudden, Gracie Daw, Matthew Holmes, Mariam Amini, Gabriel Smith, @patrickbarkham.bsky.social and Emma Russell @bibivanderzee.bsky.social

It's almost impossible to credit everyone who worked on it but here goes... @leosal.bsky.social @raphaelleaubert.bsky.social @zeynepsentek.bsky.social @hannanik.bsky.social @lottanarhi.bsky.social @ruohosenanna.bsky.social @journalismarena.eu

Green to Grey – How Europe is squandering the little nature it has left Green to Grey is a pioneering collaboration between journalists and scientists counting every green space lost in Europe between January 2018 and December 2023.

Here is the (AMAZING) Arena story:
greentogrey.eu

And the (promised) link to the methodology:
greentogrey.eu/methodology/

‘It’s been beyond difficult’: earthworks of HS2 take toll on Chilterns residents Locals complain of a changed landscape, flooding, dust and disruption as rail project cuts through area of outstanding natural beauty

...some of it due to HS2

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Desecration of landscape’: the fight over development in areas of outstanding natural beauty Residents of Woodgate estate in West Sussex enjoy its open spaces and wildlife but conservationists say it has set worrying precedent

...including 12 sq km in areas designited to be of outstanding natural beauty...

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK fifth-worst country in Europe for loss of green space to development Exclusive: 1,680 football pitches of protected natural land in England, Wales and Northern Ireland lost in five years

🌲🚜💨 Nature and farmland equivalent in size to that of the New Forest – 604 sq km – was lost to concrete and bricks and mortar in the UK

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a day Investigation shows extent of green land lost across UK and mainland Europe to development from 2018 to 2023

An area the size of Cyprus – was turned from green to grey between 2018 and 2023, according to the data (which is v. clever...link to methododolgy at the end)

That's 9,000 km2 – 30km2 a week – or 600 football pitches a day 🤯

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Santa Claus effect: how expanding tourism ate into Lapland’s green space The number of visitors to the region has risen 160% in 30 years as concerns grow for its fragile ecosystem and indigenous practices

🎅🏻 The “Santa Claus effect”: booming tourism in Lapland is eating into green space in Finland, with a huge number of UK and Irish Irish tourists descending in Nov/Dec

The finding is part of a major cross-border investigation into landtake in Euro 🧵👇🏻

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Also @michaelgoodier.bsky.social for the moral support/sense checks

Thank yous to @hernandesraph.bsky.social @elenamorresi.bsky.social @lydia-rachel.bsky.social @robynvinter.bsky.social @pablogutierrez.bsky.social @c-aguilargarcia.bsky.social @olivialeejourno.bsky.social @aaronsharp.bsky.social and Garry Blight

Legends all!

Reading the post-riot posts: how we traced far-right radicalisation across 51,000 Facebook messages Tracing profiles of those charged with online offences in summer 2024 helped us map a thriving social ecosystem trading far-right sentiment and political disillusionment

We used genAI for the categorisations, applying rigourous checks, in keeping with our editorial guidance on its use.
Our full methodology is here 👇

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Far-right Facebook groups are engine of radicalisation in UK, data investigation suggests Rioters were influenced by network that exposes hundreds of thousands of Britons to racist disinformation, Guardian research indicates

Immigrants and muslims bore the brunt of the most vicious posts: you can see some of them here👇

Facebook told us it had reviewed the three main groups analysed by the Guardian but that the content did not violate its hateful conduct policy.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Experts say the posts include content that is far-right and extremist including far-right tropes, the use of racist slurs and evidence of white nativism.

We analysed 51,000 posts from three of the biggest groups in the wake of the summer 2024 riots.

We found a community deeply distrustful of government and its institutions, trading in posts containing anti-immigrant sentiment, nativism, conspiracy and misinfo.

Inside the everyday Facebook networks where far-right ideas grow The Guardian spent a year studying an online community trading in anti-immigration sentiment and misinformation. Experts say such spaces can play a role in radicalisation

I’m a few days late to this (busy life, what can I say)...

🚨 EXCLUSIVE 🚨Guardian data analysis shows how a public Facebook network helps incubate far-right ideas in the UK.

The scale is staggering: the combined membership is >600k and rising week-on-week👇

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...