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Henry Porter

@henrycporter.bsky.social

Writer, activist, fundraiser, and occasional painter. Latest book The Enigma Girl. 'SURPRISING, ENGROSSING, WITH A BLAZING MORAL ENERGY' Rory Stewart. Buy here: https://tinyurl.com/5t2tafyk Latest charity project: tents for Gaza (event coming early 2025)

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Henry Porter@henrycporter.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Utter Shit. Disgraced hedge funder Crispin Odey’s reaction after a temp agency complained about his behaviour to a young female assistant and refused to have anything more to do with his firm.

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Henry Porter@henrycporter.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Palestinian Action activists remanded for nearly 2 yrs. Yet no one jailed for Enabling abuser Mohammed Fayed Banking scandals Grenfell cladding Post Office scandal PPE frauds. Try to stop a genocide in the UK and you get prison without trial.Anything else is fine.

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Henry Porter@henrycporter.bsky.social · 6mo ago

There was a UK Epstein. His name was Mohammed Fayed and Vanity Fair did go after him and then I spent two years investigating allegations of sexual abuse in defence of a libel suit. We proved the case beyond doubt. But this wasn't just about libel laws; police corruption was key to his survival.

Dan Neidle@danneidle.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Edward Lucas is dead right. If Epstein had been British he’d never have been exposed. Our libel law is an ongoing disgrace. www.thetimes.com/article/1786...

Henry Porter@henrycporter.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This is the final paragraph of Conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch's opinion on Trump's illegal tariffs. These 250 words are all you need to understand the issue at stake and why yesterday's decision was so important. Worth a read.

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Shane Harris@shaneharris.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I spent 7 years at the @washingtonpost.com. Did some of the best work of my career. Had some of the best times of my life. The people responsible for the misery that is about to unfold will probably fail up, which is a damn shame. There will be a time for recriminations. But today...

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world

Pinned lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · Aug 19, 2021 Almost three years ago, my editor called me early one November morning. A wildfire had sparked near a town called Paradise, he said. Could I go? (1/13) 0:02 / 0:10 lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · 47m I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated. Quote lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · Jan 25 Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp.
Henry Porter@henrycporter.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I just signed a petition calling for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm? Sign now: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ma...

The Government must reveal all details of Peter Mandelson’s links to Palantir - Foxglove

Sign the petition for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm?

foxglove.org.uk

Henry Porter@henrycporter.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This May’s elections are expected to bring chaos because our voting system is broken. I’ve written to my MP to push for fairer elections before it’s too late. It takes 2 minutes to do the same here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell... @compassoffice.bsky.social

Tell your MP: our democracy shouldn’t be a gamble!

Our democracy shouldn’t be a gamble. First Past the Post fails 70% of voters. We urgently need to scrap it. I’ve asked my MP to attend a crucial briefing on how to do just that. Join me 👉

actionnetwork.org

Kye@gxldsociety.bsky.social · last yr.

BREAKING: A woman was kicked out of a women’s bathroom at a Massachusetts hotel by a security guard who demanded she “prove her gender.” No badge gives you the right to sexually harass someone in a bathroom. This is what fascism looks like in real time. And it’s coming to your city next.

Prospect Magazine@prospectmagazine.co.uk · last yr.

Nigel Farage may dress up like a farmer to address rural constituents, but his attire is “a parody, and betrays the truth that Farage has spent most of his life in London and its suburbs,” writes @henrycporter.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine...

What Farage's fashion choices tell us about his politics

Farage's country cosplay is meant to communicate support for rural voters, but it reveals more about Reform's leader than he may have intended

prospectmagazine.co.uk