Steve Anglesey

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The argument over the design of Britain’s banknotes is absurd, and misses a much more important financial decision taken in Westminster that most politicians seem to have missed or ignored ✏️ Patience Wheatcroft thenewworld.co.uk/patience-wheat…

People have asked what they can do about GB News turning into Reform TV. ⁦@TheNewWorldmag⁩ has had the inspired idea of suggesting lots of people watch an hour of programming and then let them (and ⁦@Ofcom⁩) know what you think thenewworld.co.uk/matt-kelly-do-…

Inside the GB News scandal - with Alan Rusbridger @the2Matts from @TheNewWorldmag open.spotify.com/episode/6HVhnz…

🔥 It’s happened almost by stealth. GB News has effectively become Reform TV. A major UK political leader, Nigel Farage, hosts his own “news” show: something that would have been unthinkable in British broadcasting. A review by 20 experienced journalists found: • systemic bias • lack of challenge • factual inaccuracies • and overwhelming alignment with Reform talking points ☠️ Average compliance with @Ofcom rules? 1.5 out of 5. Meanwhile Ofcom has largely waved it through: even a Trump interview rated zero for impartiality was cleared because “balance” came hours later in a different programme. This is about something really fundamental: 👉 In the UK, newspapers can be partisan. 👉 Broadcasters are supposed to be impartial by law. That line is now being blurred or ignored. Even @afneil says the channel became something entirely different from what was promised: “A kind of Fox News… they worshipped the ground Farage walked on.” When a political movement effectively gains its own TV platform, with minimal regulation, it doesn’t just shape debate. It reshapes democracy. The question isn’t whether you agree with the politics. It’s whether the rules that underpin trust in broadcast news are still being enforced at all.

Here's the programme-by-programme dossier in which the @TheNewWorldmag reviewers tracked the breaches of broadcasting codes which @Ofcom seems happy to ignore thenewworld.co.uk/the-gb-news-sc…

A massively consequential investigation by Alan Rusbridger into GB News: how "one political party in Britain has effectively ended up with its own television station". Raises deep questions about hi-jacking of British media/political culture: thenewworld.co.uk/alan-rusbridge…

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: don't miss this important @TheNewWorldmag report by editor-at-large Alan Rusbridger into GB News and Ofcom's dismal failure to regulate its broadcasts @arusbridger thenewworld.co.uk/alan-rusbridge…

The Quislings of the British right have abandoned patriotism. By siding with Trump in a war that could crash the global economy Badenoch, Farage and their media backers have sold Britain to the MAGA cult ... my op-ed in @TheNewWorldmag thenewworld.co.uk/paul-mason-the…

His new album is merely OK - but the former Smith is now more saga than singer ✏️ David Quantick thenewworld.co.uk/david-quantick…

Tommy Shelby's mythic return in PEAKY BLINDERS: THE IMMORTAL MAN leads this week's culture picks in @TheNewWorldmag @ThePeakyBlinder thenewworld.co.uk/matthew-dancon…

The greatnes of Ken Burns and the lessons of his series on "The American Revolution" for today Me for @TheNewWorldmag @KenBurns thenewworld.co.uk/matthew-dancon…

Author David Marsh spoke to 160 key players - and they painted a picture of a continent losing its way ✏️ JP O'Malley thenewworld.co.uk/jp-o-malley-ho…

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The battle now for Labour is to keep US-style bigotry out of Britain. To do that, it cannot simply change its language on immigration and race. It must also change policies ✏️ @sundersays thenewworld.co.uk/sunder-katwala…

This is something I had wanted to write for ages, but 10 years on from the Brexit vote made the most sense. What would Britain still inside the EU look like? Incredibly powerful, is the answer. thenewworld.co.uk/luke-mcgee-the…

The British honours system has never looked so dishonourable. Why not dump it altogether? ✏️ @sanglesey thenewworld.co.uk/steve-anglesey…

Reform UK's Lincolnshire Mayor @andreajenkyns just announced the appointment of a £130,000 Chief Executive with £10,000 performance bonus if key performance indicators (KPIs) are met in the first year. It's clear she can't do the job, so has hired someone to do it for her. Who remembers DOGE? The most important question: Andrea, why haven't you shared with anyone YOUR KPIs? #JenkynsKPIs

Just going to press … this week’s cover

My piece for @NewWorldMag today about why Britain’s political journalism is at least part of what’s wrong with Britain’s politics. thenewworld.co.uk/tom-baldwin-th…