Benedict Cooper

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Benedict Cooper

@Ben_JS_Cooper

Freelance journalist | @guardian @NewStatesman @DailyMirror @Telegraph @thetimes @PrivateEyeNews @PoliticsHome | Orwell Society press officer | NUJ branch chair

Nottingham Bergabung Ağustos 2009

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Benedict Cooper@Ben_JS_Cooper·29 Ağu

Introducing my substack, Behind the Wire, with my take on Reform UK vs Nottingham Post (and democracy). Behind the Wire is about fighting for journalism, and journalists, in the face of the many dire threats and pressures the industry is under today. open.substack.com/pub/frombehind…

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Benedict Cooper@Ben_JS_Cooper·17 Mar

@C4Countdown @Channel4 @Nicki_Chapman @ColinMurray @susie_dent @RachelRileyRR 25 + 7 = 32 32/4 = 8 8 x 75 = 600 3-1 = 2 600 + 2 = 602.

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COUNTDOWN@C4Countdown·17 Mar

Time to crunch the numbers! How close can you get to this tricky target? We're back to our usual time of 2.10pm this week on @Channel4 with @Nicki_Chapman, @ColinMurray, @susie_dent and @RachelRileyRR Countdown | Mon-Fri | 2.10pm on Channel 4 #Countdown

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Benedict Cooper@Ben_JS_Cooper·28 Şub

@dioscuri COBAR (COBRA)

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Henry Shevlin@dioscuri·28 Şub

Idea: a bar called The Situation Room. Like a sports bar but for politics. Cable news and live feeds on the screens instead of football. Atlases and copies of Jane’s Defence Weekly on every table. Multiple sets of Risk and Diplomacy behind the bar.

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Benedict Cooper@Ben_JS_Cooper·23 Şub

@DPJHodges The proprietary and ethics team, or Nixon's plumbers?

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(((Dan Hodges)))@DPJHodges·22 Şub

This is nuts.

Gabriel Pogrund@Gabriel_Pogrund

EXCL: The Cabinet Office’s propriety and ethics team broke into a safe and destroyed the department’s copy of a historic bullying investigation into Antonia Romeo, the new head of the civil service. thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

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Benedict Cooper@Ben_JS_Cooper·23 Şub

@Gabriel_Pogrund The "propriety and ethics team" behaving more like Nixon's plumbers...

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Benedict Cooper@Ben_JS_Cooper·9 Şub

@christiancalgie Cue lots of blinking

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Calgie@christiancalgie·9 Şub

Starmer’s spinners finding this tweet

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It was great to catch up with my old friend and the UK’s (relatively!) new Ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson @UKinUSA.

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Benedict Cooper@Ben_JS_Cooper·9 Şub

@griffwitte @AshleyRParker @washingtonpost My own small contribution to the discussion around this shameful move by Bezos is here on my substack. open.substack.com/pub/frombehind…

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Griff Witte@griffwitte·4 Şub

This piece by @AshleyRParker captures so much of what I loved about my 23 years with @washingtonpost and why today's cuts to every realm of the paper are such a tragedy. theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…

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Benedict Cooper@Ben_JS_Cooper·9 Şub

@karlaadam The whole journalism world sympathises with the plight of Post reporters, and shares your anger. I have written a substack post all about this latest shame and what it means for journalism. open.substack.com/pub/frombehind…

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Karla Adam@karlaadam·8 Şub

Work isn’t supposed to be this much fun. But for 20 years, it was. I covered Britain in all its glorious disorder, chasing stories from Downing Street to the Arctic Circle. Thanks Washington Post for the honor of a lifetime. We had some of the best foreign reporting in the world.

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Benedict Cooper@Ben_JS_Cooper·5 Şub

@PaulBrandITV Which just highlights Labour's abysmal record in bringing talented potential leaders to the top, leaving the membership time and time again with a least-terrible-option vote, and the party doomed to repeat present failures.

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Paul Brand@PaulBrandITV·5 Şub

Talk has turned to who replaces Starmer (again). Labour MP tonight: “As far as I'm concerned, Starmer is done. What matters is what's next. If it's Angela, the honeymoon lasts a week. If it's Wes, a month. If it's Al, 6 months. Hard to see how it turns around beyond that.”

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Benedict Cooper@Ben_JS_Cooper·5 Şub

Peter Mandelson, Westminster Politician of the Year 2009

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Benedict Cooper@Ben_JS_Cooper·26 Oca

@TimesRadio @johnmcdonnellMP @Jo_Coburn John McDonnell, who was central to a leadership team which abused, leaked against and sought to get MPs deselected for the lightest criticism of Corbyn, is now absolutely appalled because Burnham isn't being given a clear path back to Westminster to.. plot against the leadership?

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Times Radio@TimesRadio·26 Oca

“They could overturn it.” “I think you’re clutching at straws there.” “There’s been u-turn after u-turn.” @johnmcdonnellMP says Keir Starmer might as well u-turn on banning Andy Burnham from standing in the Gorton and Denton by-election. @Jo_Coburn

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Benedict Cooper@Ben_JS_Cooper·26 Oca

@hoffman_noa The Burnham faction don't even believe that - it's just a line they send gullible MPs out with. Burnham waited until other people got Labour back into government, and is now demanding a path be cleared for him to become Prime Minister. World class arrogance, ego and entitlement.

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Noa Hoffman@hoffman_noa·25 Oca

Are people seriously buying the line that Burnham's motivation to abandon Manchester when things are tough for his party and go back to the Commons is entirely selfless and all about what is doing best for the people. I mean, please.

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Benedict Cooper@Ben_JS_Cooper·11 Oca

@hwilliamssomers @shashj It’s been covered extensively. The ‘Why isn’t the media covering X?’ line invariably ignores the reality that can be checked by simply.. reading the news.

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Huw Williams@hwilliamssomers·11 Oca

@shashj Then why haven’t they put it on BBC UK?

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Benedict Cooper@Ben_JS_Cooper·11 Oca

@shashj x.com/Ben_JS_Cooper/…

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WHY ISN’T THE UK MEDIA COVERING THE <checks notes> UPRISING IN IRAN?! The UK media:

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Benedict Cooper@Ben_JS_Cooper·11 Oca

WHY ISN’T THE UK MEDIA COVERING THE <checks notes> UPRISING IN IRAN?! The UK media:

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@abandonedjessi Pyrocy

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jessi (Literally Just Jessi)@abandonedjessi·30 Ara

piracy. it's a crime.

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Metropolitan Police@metpoliceuk

Primrose Hill will be closed on New Year’s Eve this year ⛔There will be fencing, security and a police presence to prevent access. If you had planned to head there to get a view of the central London fireworks, please make alternative arrangements.

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Benedict Cooper@Ben_JS_Cooper·19 Ara

@sophwilkinson @Telegraph It’s always the ones you expect the most

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Sophie Wilkinson@sophwilkinson·19 Ara

Incredible work from the @Telegraph’s investigations team, getting THE story that journalists have been trying to tell for years now. Walliams has always been publicly creepy but this is another level. telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/1…

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Benedict Cooper@Ben_JS_Cooper·11 Ara

@MrMatthewTodd The “root cause of all problems and division”? Not nationalism, religion, intolerance, ignorance, greed? There were no problems or divisions among humans before mass media ownership? Or when dictators have controlled all state media? Social media is not a cause of division?

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Matthew Todd 🌏🔥@MrMatthewTodd·11 Ara

It's so frustrating. People cant see we CANNOT SOLVE ANY OF THE PROBLEMS WE FACE WHILE BILLIONAIRES OWN THE MEDIA. They are the root cause of all problems and division. Just because the print readership is down doesn't mean they don't have vast influence. Their stories, websites, podcasts, columnists, still set the entire media agenda.

BBC Radio 4 Today@BBCr4today

"Are you scared of the press?" Madeleine McCann's father has told Today that politicians haven't pursued the second phase of the Leveson Inquiry into unlawful action by the media, because they're afraid. @EmmaBarnett asks the Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy if that's true.

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Benedict Cooper@Ben_JS_Cooper·30 Kas

@iainjwatson @jeremycorbyn @zarahsultana Short term escape, sowing seeds of long term disaster

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iain watson@iainjwatson·30 Kas

Your Party has opted to have a ‘collective leadership’ - by committee - thus avoiding a leadership contest between @jeremycorbyn and @zarahsultana

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Benedict Cooper@Ben_JS_Cooper·21 Kas

'Your Party' is increasingly becoming 'Your Problem'

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🚨 NEW: Iqbal Mohamed has become the second Independent MP to resign from Your Party "The many false allegations and smears made against me and others, and reported as fact without evidence, have been surprising and disappointing"

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Benedict Cooper@Ben_JS_Cooper·21 Kas

@OliverKamm We were told that 'the establishment' and the media would bring down YP, and now we know how: by arranging for Sultana to hoard thousands of £s of members' money, a far-left revolt, a leadership row, and two MP resignations before the first conference. The deep state is powerful.

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Oliver Kamm@OliverKamm·20 Kas

Partisans of Jeremy Corbyn are wont to claim he’s unfairly treated by the media. The truth is he gets a very easy ride. Chalk this one up to his long record of appalling political judgment, on which he is insufficiently interrogated.

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@C4Countdown @Channel4 @Nicki_Chapman @ColinMurray @susie_dent @RachelRileyRR @dioscuri @DPJHodges