Staff at Radio Rwanda were given thirty years in prison for their role in enabling genocide, and rightly so.
Tom Blackburn
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You wouldn't even know the sun was up unless there was a press release on it
I wrote this for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social on Burnham's rebadged Help to Buy and why, in the post-ZIRP era, it likely won't have the effects the government is hoping it will: tribunemag.co.uk/2026/09/burn...
Burnham Must Not Repeat the Tories’ Disastrous Housing Policies
Labour’s new homeownership scheme is a copycat of Help to Buy: subsidising renters to purchase properties at inflated prices.
tribunemag.co.uk
Labour’s new homeownership scheme is a copycat of Help to Buy: subsidising renters to purchase properties at inflated prices.
Burnham Must Not Repeat the Tories’ Disastrous Housing Policies
Labour’s new homeownership scheme is a copycat of Help to Buy: subsidising renters to purchase properties at inflated prices.
tribunemag.co.uk
I wrote this for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social on Burnham's rebadged Help to Buy and why, in the post-ZIRP era, it likely won't have the effects the government is hoping it will: tribunemag.co.uk/2026/09/burn...
Burnham Must Not Repeat the Tories’ Disastrous Housing Policies
Labour’s new homeownership scheme is a copycat of Help to Buy: subsidising renters to purchase properties at inflated prices.
tribunemag.co.uk
I wrote this for Middle East Eye on Ed Miliband's conference speech - both on what it included and, perhaps more tellingly, what it left out: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/mili...
Miliband speaks of a Middle East policy shift - so it's time to pick a side
The UK government cannot credibly tell Palestinians and their supporters that they were right about Gaza, while simultaneously enabling Israeli atrocities
middleeasteye.net
I wrote this for Middle East Eye on Ed Miliband's conference speech - both on what it included and, perhaps more tellingly, what it left out: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/mili...
Miliband speaks of a Middle East policy shift - so it's time to pick a side
The UK government cannot credibly tell Palestinians and their supporters that they were right about Gaza, while simultaneously enabling Israeli atrocities
middleeasteye.net
On the radio from 8-10pm tonight with tunes from Earth, The Fall, Broadcast, Muslimgauze and Pharoah Sanders. Listen here: radiom29.com/player/
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On the radio from 8-10pm tonight with tunes from Earth, The Fall, Broadcast, Muslimgauze and Pharoah Sanders. Listen here: radiom29.com/player/
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I've relaunched my old Patreon and I'll be writing 2-3 articles a month on there for the foreseeable. £5 a month gets you access to everything. I've started with an article on the coming Labour conference, and why Palestine will remain at the centre of it: www.patreon.com/malaiseforev...
Palestine is still the issue at Labour conference | Tom Blackburn
Palestine is still the issue at Labour conference by Tom Blackburn on Patreon. Join Tom Blackburn's community for exclusive content and updates.
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I've relaunched my old Patreon and I'll be writing 2-3 articles a month on there for the foreseeable. £5 a month gets you access to everything. I've started with an article on the coming Labour conference, and why Palestine will remain at the centre of it: www.patreon.com/malaiseforev...
Palestine is still the issue at Labour conference | Tom Blackburn
Palestine is still the issue at Labour conference by Tom Blackburn on Patreon. Join Tom Blackburn's community for exclusive content and updates.
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It says something about our times that "tap into" is regarded as admirable initiative rather than parasitism. The Blair family increasingly look like the British equivalent of the Trump family in their lack of talent, hyper-confidence and ability to sniff out easy money.
His head is shaped like the orange jewel from Columns
flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · 2w agoSweet nostalgia, they’re playing the oldies from 2010/11. Except we’re now in a vastly worse position, thanks to these clowns getting their way back then.
Beneath the row over Reform donors there is a simple fact: our system is one in which politicians can be bought.
Under Capitalism, Democracy is Always For Sale
Beneath the row over Reform donors there is a simple fact: our system is one in which politicians can be bought.
tribunemag.co.uk
Forgot to plug this on here sooner, but I wrote this for Tribune earlier this week:
Tribune@tribunemagazine.bsky.social · 3mo agoRushed through Parliament at a moment’s notice, new legislation aims to stem the free flow of information from places like the Middle East.
I wrote this for Middle East Eye on the likely coronation of Andy Burnham and why it'll take more than a change of figurehead to dig Labour out of its hole: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/repl...
Replacing Starmer with Burnham is not enough to save Labour
The removal of an unpopular leader leaves many questions unanswered, including how to reunite a deeply divided party
middleeasteye.net
I wrote this for Middle East Eye on the likely coronation of Andy Burnham and why it'll take more than a change of figurehead to dig Labour out of its hole: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/repl...
Replacing Starmer with Burnham is not enough to save Labour
The removal of an unpopular leader leaves many questions unanswered, including how to reunite a deeply divided party
middleeasteye.net
Wrote for Middle East Eye on the Makerfield by-election and the Labour leadership contest that's likely to follow: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/can-...
Can Andy Burnham offer Labour a new destiny?
The mayor of Greater Manchester and potential UK prime minister has more charisma than Keir Starmer, but critics lament he's a political weather vane
middleeasteye.net
Pleased to have written this for Tribune:
Tribune@tribunemagazine.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe resignations of John Healey and Al Carns are a cynical attempt to make higher military spending the defining priority of Britain’s next government — whatever the cost to welfare, public services and living standards.
Wrote for Middle East Eye on the Makerfield by-election and the Labour leadership contest that's likely to follow: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/can-...
Can Andy Burnham offer Labour a new destiny?
The mayor of Greater Manchester and potential UK prime minister has more charisma than Keir Starmer, but critics lament he's a political weather vane
middleeasteye.net
Pleased to have written this for Tribune:
Tribune@tribunemagazine.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe resignations of John Healey and Al Carns are a cynical attempt to make higher military spending the defining priority of Britain’s next government — whatever the cost to welfare, public services and living standards.
I wrote for Middle East Eye about last week's elections and the existential crisis now facing the Labour Party: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/afte...
After electoral collapse, UK Labour risks political oblivion
A new leader may dislodge Starmer, only to discover that the social foundations underpinning the party machinery have permanently eroded
middleeasteye.net
I wrote for Middle East Eye about last week's elections and the existential crisis now facing the Labour Party: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/afte...
After electoral collapse, UK Labour risks political oblivion
A new leader may dislodge Starmer, only to discover that the social foundations underpinning the party machinery have permanently eroded
middleeasteye.net
Breaking my silence round these parts to say I'm currently at a loose end for work. If anyone knows of any (paid) writing or editing gigs they think I might be a decent fit for, I would appreciate being kept in mind
Breaking my silence round these parts to say I'm currently at a loose end for work. If anyone knows of any (paid) writing or editing gigs they think I might be a decent fit for, I would appreciate being kept in mind
I know I've used this account little enough as it is, but I'm also on Upscrolled and hope to make more use of that
Neglected to mention it on here before now but I've started hosting a fortnightly radio show on Monday nights - nothing political really, just me and a few tunes. You can listen to the first show here: www.mixcloud.com/radiom29/the...