I’ve got a piece in this edition on Labour, lobbying and lewd texts. Available not online!
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’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...
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 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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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-...
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 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...
www.newstatesman.com
Thousands are rallying against the ban, and the government that passed it
