Investigative Reporter for The House magazine and others. Politics, Policy, Business, News. Email: [email protected]
Ben Gartside
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Unlikely social media star Hiroshi Suzuki, Japan’s ambassador to the UK, talks his love of the UK and travels with his stuffed toy 🧸
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
“I’m not very political”, one woman in a Marshall and Millions shirt told us. “Apart from the Tommy marches”.
@bengartside.bsky.social and I dip into the world of pro-dog activists for @newstatesman1913.bsky.social:
www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-...
Here’s our story about the failure of the Soft Power Council, from last week’s House magazine. www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Launched with fanfare but sinking without trace, the Soft Power Council appears to be an object lesson in how the UK fails to leverage its cultural...
Great to have a short piece in London Centric about the capital's latest rogue landlord...Pizza Pilgrims. Have a read of the latest edition here: www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...
I’ve got a piece in this edition on Labour, lobbying and lewd texts. Available not online!
Morgan Jones
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Launched with fanfare but sinking without trace, the Soft Power Council appears to be a lesson in how the UK fails to leverage its cultural, sporting and educational assets 🏅
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/less-18-months-old-socalled-soft-power-council-drifting-towards-oblivion-fail
I’m in the New Statesman with @morganj0nes.bsky.social reporting on the remnants of the UK’s XL bully movement
Read about vigilante actions against animal abuse, support for Tommy Robinson and the general vibe of a hen party.
www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-...
I’ve written a feature on the collapse of Labour’s soft power council and what it means for the latest edition of The House magazine:
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
I’ve written a feature on the collapse of Labour’s soft power council and what it means for the latest edition of The House magazine:
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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Plus: Self-driving taxis with a human in the driver's seat • Pizza Pilgrims' HMO failings • Labour sued by one of its own ex-councillors
