Alain Tolhurst
@alaintolhurst.bsky.social
Chief Reporter at @PoliticsHome.bsky.social and host of The Rundown podcast 🎧Listen here: bit.ly/3M8d963 📧Alain.Tolhurst@politicshome.com
Going to Labour conference? Head to 4A on Sunday at 15:45 where @alaintolhurst.bsky.social will be talking to The House mag's @siennarodgers.bsky.social and Environment Secretary @angelaeagle1.bsky.social for a live recording of PolHome podcast The Rundown Listen, ask questions, meet the PH team!
🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 How to deal with big money in politics 💰 MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social, campaigner Olly Buston and journalist @petergeoghegan.bsky.social join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social to discuss whether Reform's mega-donations will lead to changes in how British politics is funded 🎧 pod.fo/e/6271c5
🚨 New PolHome pod 🚨 After two record-breaking donations to Reform, how do we deal with big money in politics? I spoke to @stellacreasy.bsky.social, @petergeoghegan.bsky.social and @ollybuston.bsky.social about why a cap on donors is needed to help protect our democracy 🎧 here:
The Rundown by PoliticsHome: How to deal with big money in politics
After a pair of record-breaking donations to Reform UK, host Alain Tolhurst looks at the role of big money in politics, the influence it can bring, why campaigners want to see caps on the amount pe...
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Exclusive: Unison general secretary Andrea Egan has accused Shabana Mahmood of putting up a “wall of silence” by refusing to meet with the union over its immigration reform concerns: www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Unison Head Hits Out At “Wall Of Silence” From Shabana Mahmood Over Immigration Changes
Exclusive: Unison general secretary Andrea Egan has accused Shabana Mahmood of putting up a “wall of silence” by refusing to meet with the union ra...
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🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 🪴 Ahead of Green Party conference, The Rundown is joined by @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social, @russellwarfield.bsky.social, @moreincommonuk.bsky.social’s Louis O'Geran & @zoecrowther.bsky.social to discuss the party's future & Zack Polanski's chances of becoming an MP 🎧 pod.fo/e/5fb012
"It is hard not to draw the conclusion that the police and Home Office seem to be incapable of an appropriate response to the threat of far-right activity and violence."
Did Kent Police ignore a 999 call?
Contrary to their public statement, HOPE not hate can exclusively reveal that Kent Police were tipped off about the Patriot Platform mobilisation – and seemingly did not act on the information.
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Business reps told @politicshome.bsky.social they were "unimpressed" with Reform's engagement at conference One business source complained that it was a "shitshow", while another said: "If that's how they run a conference day for business, I don't know how they're going to run an entire country."
Business Leaders Left Disappointed By Reform UK Conference After “Disaster” Dinner And Donations Row
Business leaders and stakeholders have told PoliticsHome that they have been left frustrated by Reform UK's annual party conference in Birmingham.
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My latest for @politicshome.bsky.social
A bunch of narcissistic, psychopathic, Machiavellians? Britain's party members and their leaders
In 1964, Fact magazine sent a survey to over 12,000 American psychiatrists, asking them whether they believed that the ultra-conservative Republica...
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👔🚨 OUT NOW 🚨🚄 As Parliament returns & conference season begins, Rundown host @alaintolhurst.bsky.social is joined by PolHome Editor @adampayne26.bsky.social, House mag Deputy Editor @siennarodgers.bsky.social and Lib Dem MP Joshua Reynolds to look at the weeks ahead podfollow.com/politicshome...
Check out my piece in Politics Home, where i talk of the need to steer away from the unworkable First-Past-The-Post system: www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
The time has come for electoral reform
“PR’s time has definitely come – because I think the world we are in now demands a new politics. It demands a new approach.” That was Andy Burnham ...
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“Reform.... present themselves as the anti-establishment insurgents, but banning independent journalists like me from party conference isn’t anti-establishment. It’s the establishment playbook.” Am taking being barred from Reform conference as badge of honour! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK bans three journalists who have investigated party from its conference
Guardian City editor Anna Isaac, investigative reporter Peter Geoghegan and broadcaster Michael Crick refused entry
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Reform UK has banned some journalists from its annual conference who have reported critically on the party and Nigel Farage. It includes the Guardian’s City editor, Anna Isaac, who uncovered the £5m gift. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK bans three journalists from its conference after critical reporting
Guardian City editor Anna Isaac among those who had credentials to cover event declined
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Keir Starmer has announced that he is standing down as an MP The former PM told his local newspaper it was the “right time” to leave the House of Commons, adding that he plans to take up work in international affairs
Keir Starmer Standing Down As MP To Work In International Affairs
Keir Starmer is standing down as Labour MP for Holborn and St Pancras, after having resigned as prime minister in June.
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Trying to make local journalism works as a business is hard. That's why I'm proud to announce that London Centric is diversifying into the capital's ice cream trade. www.londoncentric.media/p/ice-cream-...
Intimidation, illegality and Mr Whippy: We join London’s ice cream wars
London Centric enters the ice cream trade • The capital’s soft serve vendors act like they can ignore the law • It turns out they probably can
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Great to chat to @alaintolhurst.bsky.social & @zoecrowther.bsky.social Have a listen here and let me know what you think. ➡️ www.politicshome.com/news/article... Or your preferred streamer platform, mine is here: ➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/0bsI... #LifeLongSexEducation #SexEducation
🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 Labour MP @samanthaniblett.bsky.social speaks to @zoecrowther.bsky.social and @alaintolhurst.bsky.social about her ‘summer of sex’ campaign, the backlash she's faced, and the importance of moral ambition in politics 🎧https://pod.fo/e/58cd0f
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, The Great Kingdom of Northern Britain and United Ireland, The Kongdom of Nerthen Grate Airland and Oonited Brittern…
🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 Michelin-starred chef and hospitality campaigner Chef Tom Kerridge speaks to @alaintolhurst.bsky.social about his fight to convince the government to reduce VAT in his sector & why hospitality needs help from Andy Burnham 🎧https://pod.fo/e/562ba7
Exclusive: A rare bookseller suspected his books were being bought by AI companies. He stuck an AirTag in a book and we tracked it to a secretive Amazon facility in Las Vegas where they scan and destroy books called VGT3: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 Former Conservative Cabinet Minister Sir David Lidington speaks to @adampayne26.bsky.social about the state of the Tory party + He explains why the Tories should pledge to scrap the triple lock on pensions and build more new homes 🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/542145
Come for a great chat about how government is still being cowed by big tech on online safety, stay for a discussion on where ‘dick pics’ fall in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
PoliticsHome@politicshome.bsky.social · 2mo ago🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 Jess Phillips on trying to make the internet safer 👩 Former safeguarding minister @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social joins @alaintolhurst.bsky.social to discuss the government's battle with big tech to make the internet safer for women and children 🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/50fbe2
🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 Jess Phillips on trying to make the internet safer 👩 Former safeguarding minister @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social joins @alaintolhurst.bsky.social to discuss the government's battle with big tech to make the internet safer for women and children 🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/50fbe2
🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 Baroness Smith: Youngest peer on trying to abolish the Lords 🗣️ Plaid Cymru peer and former carer @carmensmith.bsky.social joins @alaintolhurst.bsky.social to discuss her fight for constitutional reform and the new PM's pledge to fix the social care system 🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/4de3aa
NEW: Lord Glasman Wrote A Song For The Exiled Crown Prince Of Iran And Played It To Him: www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Lord Glasman Wrote A Song For The Exiled Crown Prince Of Iran And Played It To Him
Exclusive: Labour peer Maurice Glasman wrote and recorded a song dedicated to Reza Pahlavi, the son of the last Shah of Iran, in support of his exi...
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🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 Burnham's first week @adampayne26.bsky.social, @siennarodgers.bsky.social & @alaintolhurst.bsky.social take a look at Andy Burnham’s first week in No 10 Plus Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride discusses new Chancellor John Healey & how the Tories plan to take on Reform 🎧: pod.fo/e/4a15f4
🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 What will Andy Burnham's first hours in Downing St be like? @alaintolhurst.bsky.social brings together former policy directors and press advisers to discuss what Burnham and his team can expect as soon as they step through that famous black door 🎧: pod.fo/e/44ccc6
My investigation into the network that pioneered the "dodgy shop" model just landed. I trace the group’s mid-2000s takeover of the West End souvenir trade, their expansion across the UK, and follow the money used to fuel it all the way to the badlands of Afghanistan the-fence.com/article/grav...
The Graveyard of Empires
Cormac Kehoe went shopping for a souvenir.
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