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Tech, policy, politics | Political editor @TheNewWorldMag | Fellow @Demos | Advisory Council @NewDiplomacyUK | Author | Personal account.

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@TheNewWorldmag
The New World: New ideas. New magazine
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EXCLUSIVE 🚨 Michael Prescott's BBC report accusing the BBC of manufacturing quotes HAS ITSELF doctored Trump quotes. ✏️ @jamesrbuk https://t.co/wAY3noCZf2
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thenewworld.co.uk
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
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@TheNewWorldmag
The New World: New ideas. New magazine
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Inside story 🚨 No 10’s briefings about a plot against the prime minister are the work of his unpopular chief of staff ✏️ @jamesrbuk Read story 👉 https://t.co/oGp0TiTYf7
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@alexgibneyfilm
Alex Gibney
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If you some background on the resignation of the two BBC execs, read this piece by @jamesrbuk https://t.co/79IezVb4pV .The doc was fair. The resignations are a victory for authoritarian rule and a loss for the BBC which is unwilling to put its big boy pants on.
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@jamesrbuk
James Ball
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Flags don’t mean what they used to just months ago. I’ve written about how I think the same is happening to the poppy. One thing I noticed today on that: so many people are wearing poppies that look nothing like the ones the Royal British Legion sells… https://t.co/FcJAmeMQZp
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thenewworld.co.uk
A sombre display of remembrance is being weaponised and policed by nationalists
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@TheNewWorldmag
The New World: New ideas. New magazine
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🗞️ Our special edition is now on sale - Read Against Racism! Featuring @sundersays, @MatthewdAncona, @soniasodha, @campbellclaret, @jamesrbuk and more Get 10 weeks for £10 plus a free tote 👇 https://t.co/z3KKx2SDcC
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@CapX
CapX
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The Aylesham Community Action opposes plans to build 877 homes on a site in Peckham. And the group has celebrity support: comedians Nish Kumar and James Acaster performed at fundraising gigs, helping it raise £46,000 to oppose the development. Is Nish Kumar a big Nimby then?
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@theipaper
The i Paper
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Opinion | Vance is doing everything he can to please Trumpworld, trying to position himself as the obvious successor. But Trump loves drama, and loves to be courted – he is never going to anoint a successor without a fight 🖋 @jamesrbuk Read more: https://t.co/0vY1Qxh4j8
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@CapX
CapX
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🚨New Nimby Watch🚨: After a three-year process to consider a 495-home development on a disused gasworks, Brighton and Hove Council – whose local plan suggests a need for almost 2,000 new homes in the area – rejected the proposals. Plot twist: the developers appealed to the
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@prospect_uk
Prospect
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Is the universities regulator protecting free expression or, as @jamesrbuk asks, are some beliefs more protected than others? https://t.co/YYMsWIyXXP
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prospectmagazine.co.uk
Is the universities regulator protecting free expression, or are some beliefs more protected than others?
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@CapX
CapX
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Latest Nimby Watch🚨: Fewer affordable homes is a price worth paying to get more houses built ✍️@jamesrbuk on the battle of Brighton Gasworks https://t.co/Z2waQIUkrJ
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capx.co
Fewer affordable homes is a price worth paying to get more built
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@ShakeelHashim
Shakeel
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I enjoyed this thoughtful piece from @jamesrbuk for @ReadTransformer on what happens if/when the AI bubble pops.
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@MatthewdAncona
Matthew d'Ancona
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The Power-Broker - inside Paul Marshall’s extraordinary network of rightwing influence @The2Matts talk to @TheNewWorldmag political editor @jamesrbuk about his must-read cover piece
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open.spotify.com
The Two Matts · Episode
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James Ball
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Really enjoyed doing a deep dive for @ReadTransformer on what an AI collapse might look like – how much bigger than the dotcom boom would it be? Would it leave infrastructure behind to build upon? Could we get a 2008-style chain reaction? https://t.co/U0KFCJneTy
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transformernews.ai
The world is prepping for an AI crash. History points to what that might look like
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@TheNewWorldmag
The New World: New ideas. New magazine
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🗞️ Our latest issue is on sale: The Power Broker - A Special Report Featuring: @jamesrbuk, Matt Kelly, @rosamundmtaylor, @youngvulgarian, @philosophybites and more Get 10 weeks for £10: https://t.co/rc3PKdT8kT
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@TheNewWorldmag
The New World: New ideas. New magazine
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SPECIAL REPORT 🚨 The multimillionaire controls a network of news channels, publications and think tanks that the left could only dream of. If Reform or the Tories win the next election, he will become the country’s most influential non-politician ✏️ @jamesrbuk 🔗 Read report:
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@RenaudFoucart
Renaud Foucart
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Econ nobel should go to the highest bidder if we want it to be allocated efficiently
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@TheNewWorldmag
The New World: New ideas. New magazine
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BREAKING: @metpoliceuk arrest a man for carrying a copy of our magazine. This is a threat to both journalism and freedom to protest
@HudaAmmori
Huda Ammori
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BREAKING: A man was arrested in London for holding up The New World magazine, featuring the "sign of the times" with the seven outlawed words: "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"
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@TheNewWorldmag
The New World: New ideas. New magazine
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The party cannot stay in power without dominating in the capital – party insiders are now worried the city is about to slip from the government’s grasp ✏️ @jamesrbuk https://t.co/vPGBqGMNsE
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thenewworld.co.uk
The party cannot stay in power without dominating in the capital – party insiders are now worried the city is about to slip from the government’s grasp
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@jamesrbuk
James Ball
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Looking forward to interviewing Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina at the @BarbicanCentre next month about her memoir, and the fight against authoritarianism in Russia. Please do come along if you can! Tickets:
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barbican.org.uk
Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina joins award-winning investigative journalist James Ball to discuss her memoir Political Girl and her fight against authoritarianism.
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@marcsidwell
Marc Sidwell
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The Hoover Dam was built in less than five years – we can't even approve a pub canopy in that time 🤦🏼‍♂️ Brilliant, infuriating piece from @jamesrbuk on the hoops a pub in London Fields is having to jump through to keep its all-weather canopy – and what it says about our mess of a
@CapX
CapX
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Hackney council is coming down on a popular East London pub ✍️@jamesrbuk https://t.co/qSGhHyRTrP
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