NEW Why holding a placard is a terrorist act, while causing disruption in a balaclava is not The mess caused by ministers and the police not taking terrorism law seriously By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Imaan Irfan
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We’re 2 weeks into Burnham’s Britain Fun to take stock with @ellenhalliday.bsky.social & @imaanirfan.bsky.social of what’s really changed & whether Labour’s new cheer can last TUNE IN to the @prospectmagazine.co.uk PODCAST www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/pro...
How long will the ‘Burnham bounce’ last?
As the PM marks his first two weeks in office, will the honeymoon hold?
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Great to speak to @misanharriman.bsky.social about protest for Prospect's summer double magazine ☀️
Prospect Magazine@prospectmagazine.co.uk · 3mo ago“I’ve seen Holocaust survivors dancing with Nakba survivors—old men in the twilight years of their lives,” Misan Harriman says, “and if that’s not hope, I don’t know what is. It’s certainly not hate.”
@countbinface.bsky.social is the hero Clacton needs but doesn't deserve. Revisiting my favourite interview from a few solar years ago... www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/ele...
Lifting the lid on Count Binface
Political rogue, intergalactic space warrior...Prospect reader?
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“We have been treated extremely brutally,” Al-Karib says. “I think Sudanese [people] will remember this for generations.” My interview with @halaalkarib.bsky.social for @prospectmagazine.co.uk on Sudan entering the 4th year of the counterrevolutionary war www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people...
Hala Al-Karib: Sexual violence is meant to crush the spirit
The women’s rights activist on three years of war in Sudan—and the world’s part in the catastrophe
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Matthew Doyle was a Labour peer for all of 14 working days, a metaphor for a zombie government. app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/73126/...
Starmer is leading a zombie government—the Matthew Doyle saga proves it
The prime minister’s days appear numbered. Dare we hope he might be replaced by someone of vision, competence and integrity?
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Our latest issue is out today! With excellent writing from @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social, @philtinline.bsky.social, @okhromeychuk.bsky.social, @katemaltby.bsky.social, @imaanirfan.bsky.social and so many others. Please read!
Prospect Magazine@prospectmagazine.co.uk · 7mo ago📰 Prospect’s latest issue hits newsstands today! Here’s a peek at what’s inside... 1/7 For the cover essay, @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social considers the parallels between today’s tech bros and the robber barons of yesteryear: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united...
🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted *And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it Full story: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
BREAKING: McSweeney’s think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists
Labour Together put private investigators onto journalists writing about its funding. Starmer's right-hand man knew.
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Sudan’s war is not “nihilistic” chaos, nor is it a “civil conflict”, writes @yassmin.bsky.social. This is a war against civilians, punishment for the people’s audacity in standing up to the military regime—and the international community is enabling it.
Sudan’s story is far from a tragedy
The country’s revolution was a successful and nonviolent democratic uprising. The west should remember that
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My latest, the first for 2026 - a reminder that the Sudanese people are forever inspiring. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/africa...
Sudan’s story is far from a tragedy
The country’s revolution was a successful and nonviolent democratic uprising. The west should remember that
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A must-read. Hunger strikers shackled while hospitalitalised, even when using toilet facilities; covid-masks being denied; humiliating comments. None are over the age of 30. None have even gone to trial yet. All have written their wills
Prospect Magazine@prospectmagazine.co.uk · 9mo agoFive hunger strikers being held on remand are in a critical state, after protesting prison conditions. The government has chosen not to engage, reports Anandita Abraham
In today’s Lightbulb, Prospect’s free daily newsletter, @imaanirfan.bsky.social introduces our new issue—including our cover story by @libertyhq.bsky.social’s Mark Wilding on Peter Thiel’s controversial company.
How Palantir infiltrated the state
Plus: how Israel destroyed Gaza’s buildings
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Want to know more about JCB's big yellow diggers? Read this excellent piece by @imaanirfan.bsky.social on the right's love affair with JCB, in which she also pretty much predicted that Bamford and his firm would become a major Reform donor www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/uk/...
The right’s love affair with JCB
The British firm has acquired an obsessive fanbase and influential political allies in the UK. But in India and the West Bank, its big yellow diggers ...
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Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 11mo agoTory donor Anthony Bamford’s company donates £200,000 to Reform UK on.ft.com/3WNoNKx
In April, I tried to tell Sudan's recent history through the lives of two boys who met in a refugee camp, having survived the Darfur genocide. Today, the same culprits are enacting the same cycles of violence—fuelled by gold and foreign involvement. @prospectmagazine.co.uk
Prospect Magazine@prospectmagazine.co.uk · 11mo agoSatellite images of mass killings are coming out of El Fasher, Sudan. For our May issue, @imaanirfan.bsky.social reported on the roots of the conflict, the scramble for gold and how a key UK ally is involved.
a shocking tale of international digger politics, blunt use of physical raw power, neatly bookended with bizarre antics at an English agricultural show. @imaanirfan.bsky.social @prospectmagazine.co.uk 1/
In his final interview, the late barrister and human rights professor Conor Gearty told @imaanirfan.bsky.social and @ellenhalliday.bsky.social that UK protest—and our civil liberties—are in danger.
Conor Gearty: ‘Let’s have some fights with the right enemies’
In his final interview, the barrister and human rights professor told Prospect that UK protest—and our civil liberties—are in danger
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Shocked and saddened to hear of the passing of Conor Gearty. He was funny, and kind, generous with his time, and unafraid to speak truth to power. Someone who spoke with such rare clarity and force on the dangers to civil liberties and human rights at this moment in the UK
The Empty City@davidallengreen.bsky.social · last yr.This was Conor Gearty only a week or so ago at @prospectmagazine.co.uk on ECHR withdrawal and the Palestine Action ban.
Reform UK’s TikTok output is high-quality, very polished, and not specifically targeted to young people. This is shrewd—and other parties could learn from it, writes @imaanirfan.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine...
The six rules of ReformTok
I doomscrolled on the Reform UK TikTok account so you don’t have to
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Indie publisher @melvillehouse.bsky.social is racing to preserve historical documents, like the Tulsa Race Massacre report, before the US government buries the evidence, writes @imaanirfan.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine...
The book publisher prepping for Trump censorship
Indie publisher Melville House is racing to preserve history, before the US government buries the evidence
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