Stuart McGurk

Kit-Kat heists! Baby formula theft! Trucks full of sex toys stolen! Excited to make my @gdnlongread debut with this piece about the cargo crime crisis, and the sole detective tracking it down theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/m…

You want the NATO allies to join you in a war you started without ever consulting these allies about the war or explaining your war aims. We’re meant just to meekly fall in line. You recently supported a US invasion of a NATO ally (Denmark/Greenland) but now you want these same allies to join your war. Your president disparaged and misrepresented the role of NATO allies in Afghanistan. But now you want them to join with you again in a war of your making. You went to war with Iran without a thought of how to keep the Strait of Hormuz open and without involving your allies in the matter. But now you want the NATO allies to bail you out, even though there’s still no plan for Hormuz. You want the NATO allies to join you in a war in which you still cannot articulate the endgame. Or what victory would look like. You went to war thinking the Iranian regime would quickly topple, that Tehran would not attack the Gulf States or close Hormuz. Why would we align with such Epic Stupidity? You and other know-nothing blowhards started this war all on your own. You can finish it on your own. If you’re able to …

A howlingly funny @d_whitehouse masterpiece

"The ones [media outlets] that have failed have abandoned what made them great as a print model, they've chased clicks or they've chased just pure traffic. The ones that I think have done well you've kept hold of what made you great, the quality, reporting and the trust" - @TomMcTague, Editor-in-Chief of the @NewStatesman, tells #SirHarrySummit

Some personal-professional news: ... Introducing Dispatch — a new magazine fuelled by frontier spirit. Link and more info below.

The man’s output is increasingly sinister and antisemitic as well as deranged. He is a @GBNEWS host and I have yet to hear his colleagues condemn this stuff or see them extend the duty of care.

@AaronBastani Legacy media - prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/polic…

Our aircraft carriers, which we don’t need for a European land war, don’t work, & our entire set up is designed for collaboration with Americans. Loads of basic kit seemingly doesn’t function, despite spending £59 BILLION last year. Yet you won’t hear a peep from legacy media.

Today Starmer has announced defence spending will increase from 2.3% of GDP to 2.5% &, later, 3%. But Britain already spends £10 BILLION more a year than the French on defence. Yet they have more soldiers & a fully independent nuclear capability. How much do we already waste?!

As the UK raises its defence spending @stuartmcgurk investigates the £6bn splashed on two aircraft carriers. It's a monumental piece of reporting prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/polic…

New #longread! Great to make my @prospect_uk debut with this deep dive about aircraft carriers: have we built yesterday's ships for tomorrow's war?

@d_whitehouse @Phil_Hilton @Phoenix_Bks Mate, this sounds amazing. Can’t wait

I fell down a rabbit hole, and then I wrote a book about it. It’s called Saltwater Mansions and it’s out in June. @Phoenix_Bks thebookseller.com/rights/phoenix…

Book blurbing! I am going to be writing something about this. If you are an author or a publishing professional with something you would like to get off your chest, positive or negative, in strictest secrecy, about the practice of book blurbing: please DM me. You can be anonymous

And so we move into the next phase of reality’s Squid Game: the end of fact-checking. From now on, what happened, what you think happened, what you wanted to have happened, and what other people said happened, are all of equal value. Other than people getting killed, what could possibly go wrong?

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While everyone else was waiting for this year's Christmas ads, I've been waiting for this magisterial @stuartmcgurk longread on the Christmas ad industry. It is merry, it is bright, it deserves a breathy Ellie Goulding cover ft.com/content/5cbd49…

@ameliargh @OhHiRalphJones Thanks mate!

Just a sensational feature, with remarkable access - @stuartmcgurk on the battle to make the year's best Christmas ad. ft.com/content/5cbd49…

A fantastic piece from @stuartmcgurk who went inside Sainsbury's Christmas ad campaign to tell the story of the ad execs that spend the whole year working out how to make the nation cry. Its ... joyful? on.ft.com/3ZTX79h via @financialtimes

Deeply topical since the fall of Hama an hour ago, my long read investigation for @BritishGQ about Hama and Qashoush, the Songbird of Syria: gq-magazine.co.uk/article/syria-…

@chrisriddell50 Hi Chris, would you be able to follow me back? I wanted to drop you a line about a story I'm writing. Thank you!

Five years…a sketchbook of political drawings.