Xavier Greenwood
@xaviergreenwood.bsky.social
Senior editor at The Observer. I edit The Sensemaker and report across print and digital. Previously made podcasts for Tortoise.
Exclusive: a Conservative councillor has been suspended after @theobserveruk.bsky.social found her name on a member list for a white supremacist dating site. Another member has several details in common with a Reform councillor.
White supremacist dating site profiles linked to Tory and...
Conservative councillor suspended after her account is included on a leaked user list from WhiteDate site
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Trump’s visit to Scotland may have local, national and global consequences. @theobserveruk.bsky.social
Trump’s Scotland visit will have local and global consequ...
The president’s return to his maternal homeland has triggered the country’s biggest security operation since the death of the Queen
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Unite’s £112m white elephant. An internal report claims building firm behind trade union’s disastrous hotel project provided a private jet to take Len McCluskey to the Champions League final. Read more:
Unite’s £112m white elephant | The Observer
An internal report claims building firm behind trade union’s disastrous hotel project provided a private jet to take Len McCluskey to the Champions Leagu...
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I've written for @theobserveruk.bsky.social about Len McCluskey, the Flanagan Group and Unite's £112 million white elephant.
Unite’s £112m white elephant | The Observer
An internal report claims building firm behind trade union’s disastrous hotel project provided a private jet to take Len McCluskey to the Champions Leagu...
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I've written a short piece for @theobserveruk.bsky.social about Oasis and the songs that have no meaning. Lots to capture in 350 words, but I gave it a go
I sobbed along to Oasis at Heaton Park. Why? It’s complic...
The band’s return to Manchester has created a mix of powerful emotions. Even with the songs that have no meaning
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My piece for @theobserveruk.bsky.social on what esports has in common with traditional sports... Saudi Arabia for one thing.
Esports is another plank in Saudi Arabia’s cultural takeover
There are power plays behind the screen as a new era of gaming championships emerges
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France says au revoir to public smoking. Me on the myths and realities of the French love affair with tobacco in today's @theobserveruk.bsky.social
France says au revoir to public smoking | The Observer
This week’s restrictions are the latest step towards the country’s target of creating a tobacco-free generation by 2032
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Zohran Mamdani’s primary win in New York should be a warning for Democrats. Me for @theobserveruk.bsky.social
Zohran Mamdani: out of left field | The Observer
Zohran Mamdani’s primary win in New York should be a warning for Democrats
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Canada seeks to break sport’s strangest losing streak Edmonton Oilers face-off against Florida Panthers with the weight of history – and geopolitics – on the line. 🖋️ @xaviergreenwood.bsky.social
Canada seeks to break sport’s strangest losing streak
Edmonton Oilers face-off against Florida Panthers with the weight of history – and geopolitics – on the line
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The Stanley Cup begins this evening with the weight of history – and geopolitics – on the line. Here's my piece for @theobserveruk.bsky.social on sport's strangest losing streak...
Canada seeks to break sport’s strangest losing streak
Edmonton Oilers face-off against Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup with the weight of history – and geopolitics – on the line
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My analysis of Labour’s immigration plans in today’s @theobserveruk.bsky.social. They won’t beat Reform but may unintentionally show voters that reducing migration carries an economic and social cost:
Labour’s new immigration plans won’t beat Reform | The Observer
But they might show voters that reducing migration carries an economic and social cost
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A toxic takeover turned Manchester United from a powerhouse into football’s laughing stock. The 20-year anniversary of the Glazer family buyout does not mark a happy day for fans. ✍️ @xaviergreenwood.bsky.social Read more:
A toxic takeover turned United from a powerhouse into football’s laughing stock | The Observer
The 20-year anniversary of the Glazer family buyout does not mark a happy day for fans
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In today's @observeruk.bsky.social, I've written about 20 years of the Glazers at Manchester United. Time flies!
A toxic takeover turned United from a powerhouse into football’s laughing stock | The Observer
The 20-year anniversary of the Glazer family buyout does not mark a happy day for fans
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I’ve invented a new social media trend. It’s called the leave the Sentinelese people alone challenge. My story in @observeruk.bsky.social today about the growing threats to uncontacted tribes.
Uncontacted tribes are under threat from developers, extractors… and influencers
An isolated people that Marco Polo called ‘violent and cruel’ just want to be left alone
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Manchester United is a club used to success. But it is languishing in the league and saddled with debt. This week's Slow Newscast tells the story of how one of the world's most successful football clubs fell apart. 🗣️ @xaviergreenwood.bsky.social Listen now: lnk.to/HyBIHwBS
For this week’s @tortoisemedia.bsky.social Slow Newscast, I’ve told the two-decade story of Manchester United’s decline. Listen if you enjoy football, business shenanigans or schadenfreude.
How to ruin a football club
The Slow Newscast · Episode
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@chefboibex.bsky.social @ktriley.bsky.social and others have been working on an incredible new tool to track climate misinformation online. Check it out here @tortoisemedia.bsky.social
Hot Air – Explore the Tool
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Some fantastic jobs coming up at the Observer, namely a chief international correspondent position as well as correspondent jobs in Africa, the Middle East, the US, Latin America and Europe. Take a look!
Chief International Correspondent, The Observer
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Come work with us! The Observer is looking for a chief international correspondent and a slate of new contributors across the world. It's a fantastic chance to join a revamped international team and play a role in shaping global coverage in the new Observer. www.tortoisemedia.com/2025/03/13/c...
Chief International Correspondent, The Observer
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Exclusive: Labour failed to declare five figure donation to Cabinet minister, citing "administrative error" The sum came from an opaque firm whose accounts don't show if it made a profit - something which the govt is considering banning www.tortoisemedia.com/2025/03/07/e...
Exclusive: Labour fails to declare minister’s five-figure donation
The party blamed an administrative error for not declaring the sum, revealed as part of a joint investigation between Tortoise and BBC R4’s The Naked Week
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Such nice words for Football on Trial in the Project Brazen newsletter! Listen to the first two eps on BBC Radio 5 Live at 7pm or catch the whole thing here now: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @mrabutler.bsky.social @tortoisemedia.bsky.social
Multi-millionaire stunt giveaway YouTuber MrBeast is one of the biggest influences on children. On the set of his Amazon series, a 24-year-old has been left disabled after part of a building fell on him. Team Beast offered him $1,000 in gift cards. www.businessinsider.com/beast-games-...
How a 'Beast Games' crew member was nearly crushed on set: 'I don't want to die'
A 24-year-old crew member had been on the set of MrBeast's "Beast Games" for only a few hours when disaster struck.
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Football on Trial – hosted by the great Clive Myrie – is a four part series telling the story of Manchester City and investigating its ongoing legal battle with the Premier League. Here are four things I learned writing + producing the series ↓
Football on Trial: The Manchester City Charges - 1. A New Hope - BBC Sounds
Clive Myrie tells the inside story of Manchester City’s takeover by Abu Dhabi royalty.
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🎧 New podcast out today – very pleased to announce the four-part podcast series I've co-produced with my @tortoisemedia.bsky.social colleague @xaviergreenwood.bsky.social is out now on BBC Sounds. Full series on BBC Sounds: bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand... First 2 eps on Apple/Spotify: lnk.to/FOTTMCC
BBC Sounds - Football on Trial: The Manchester City Charges - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Football on Trial: The Manchester City Charges on BBC Sounds.
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I spent countless childhood evenings listening to BBC Radio 5 Live in my mum’s car, so it’s a dream to have written this series for 5 Live about Man City. All four eps out on BBC Sounds and on the radio soon. Produced with @mrabutler.bsky.social & hosted by Clive Myrie. @tortoisemedia.bsky.social
BBC Sounds - Football on Trial: The Manchester City Charges - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Football on Trial: The Manchester City Charges on BBC Sounds.
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We're in the happy place of starting to advertise for the roles that will help make up The Observer in its next chapter! Please take a look and share! First off we need a production editor with an eye for detail and a flair for writing headlines to manage a small production team on The New Review.
Production Editor, Observer New Review
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Kendrick Lamar has 22 Grammies and a damn Pulitzer if you don’t know who he is that’s a You problem
I looked at where Donald Trump's executive orders, pledges and press junket boasts have met with reality. In today's @tortoisemedia.bsky.social Sensemaker.
What Trump has said vs What Trump has done
Some executive orders are having an impact in the real world; many aren’t
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The now well-worn formula of a MailOnline story: 1. See the Super Bowl is being headlined by a Black artist. 2. Recognise the innate need to dunk on said artist. 3. Find a few critical tweets that allow you to attack the artist. 4. Invite thousands of comments calling the performance 'woke'.
