Editor (ex-Observer)

Central London
Joined June 2009
Jane Ferguson retweeted
Being a total idiot I left my black laptop bag on the tube on Thursday at around 9.10pm. It was on the High Barnet branch of northern line. It’s got my laptop and two recorders in it. If anybody has handed it on/picked it up, it would be amazing to get back. Please share
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I marvel at how often & in so many different ways #BBCQT makes so many questionable editorial decisions. There is a by election happening in north London exactly 1 week after this show but only 1 of the 2 leading parties is represented here. How is this remotely fair or balanced?
This week, join Question Time in North London On the panel: Miatta Fahnbulleh, Julia Lopez, Suella Braverman, and Oli Dugmore Thursday 1st October, 9pm on @BBCiPlayer, @BBCSounds, and the @BBCNews channel, 10:40pm on @BBCOne Apply now: eu.castitreach.com/ag/mentor… #bbcqt
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Jane Ferguson retweeted
In memory of Michael Wynn Jones⁠ ⁠ It is with great sadness that we received the news of the death of Michael Wynn Jones, Delia’s beloved husband and partner of more than 55 years.⁠ ⁠ Michael died peacefully at home on Monday 28 September, aged 85.⁠ ⁠ We will remember Michael with enormous affection and gratitude, and we will always be grateful that, right from the very beginning of Delia Online, he was there behind the scenes, helping us along the way.⁠ ⁠ We all send our deepest sympathy and love to Delia, Tom, Hannah and all of Michael’s family and friends.⁠ ⁠ Read our tribute to Michael via the link in our bio and select the image of Michael Wynn Jones⁠ ⁠ Delia Online Team⁠ ⁠ #MichaelWynnJones
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Jane Ferguson retweeted
NEW Stewart Lee column The collapse of compassion in post-Brexit Britain suggests it’s now time for Roman-style lethal spectacles. The alternative – stopping malign global influences from destabilising our society, say - seems beyond us This week’s column by Stewart Lee
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Jane Ferguson retweeted
“You come away from a traumatic scene and you discuss it. You cry together. Of course, that’s not for broadcasts” A Q&A with @bbclysedoucet by @UrsulaKenny
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Jane Ferguson retweeted
Seven charges against @Nigel_Farage are made in my book - the book he doesn't want you to read. One, that he was a Nazi at school. 34 witnesses say he said things like "SSSSS!" and "Hitler was right!" to a Jewish classmate. He denies it. Two, that he is serially irresponsible about safeguarding public money. For example, two of his UKIP MEPs went to prison for stealing money. They were not properly vetted. He denies it. Three, that he has been cruel to his lovers. He denies it. Four, that he wrongly demonised a Pole, Arek Jozwik, killed in the wake of the Brexit vote. He denies it. Five, that when a rich man gives him a lot of money, he takes it and not enough questions are asked. He denies it. Six, that his Reform UK party leader in Wales took bribes from a Russian spy - and this erodes trust in democracy. He denies it. Seven, that in denying being a Nazi at school he is lying and that is why he should never be PM or anywhere near power. He denies it. Farage has said of me that I "caused him more misery than any other in 25 years in politics." This evening I'm at Chorleywood Library at 7pm. chilternbookshops.co.uk/even… On Friday I am at the @frontlineclub with Peter Ettedgui and Yinka Bankole, two boys at school Farage bullied. He denies it and doesn't want you to read this book. eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk…
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Labour has so badly fucked up. It failed to regulate when it had the chance. This is the Americanisation of UK politics. Harborne has specific crypto & defence interests which we’ve detailed extensively in @thenerve_news thenerve.news/the-harborne-r…
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Jane Ferguson retweeted
For @thenerve_news I go to @reformparty_uk conference. I don’t apply for a media pass. I just hang out in the boozer. And lo @Nigel_Farage and his minders come to me. I ask him about the @Channel4News investigation and he pulls a face. But his adepts love him. Political leader? Or living god? You decide. Watch out for my piece in @thenerve_news coming soon. And my book The Real Nigel Farage, out September 10.
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Jane Ferguson retweeted
“When I hear people in the west preaching fatalism from our more comfortable position, I feel it is a terrible betrayal of those women who are desperately trying still to heal and rebuild our world” Natasha Walter on why we mustn’t give in to climate fatalism
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Jane Ferguson retweeted
President Milei’s plans to turn Argentina into an anarcho-capitalist AI paradise makes him just the latest in the nation’s long history of chancers and dictators, writes Uki Goñi
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Jane Ferguson retweeted
She’s not giving up To support Carole and our investigative work, please sign up as a paying member (for less than two coffees a month!). Or simply sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date - we are a paywall-free zone👇 thenerve.news/membership
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1) It’s *literally* your job to regulate this platform. 2) If you can’t, what does that mean? Tell us. 3) The Dept of Culture is not ‘your’ department, it’s ours. You’re its temporary custodian 5) But Facebook is ok? Really?
I've decided to leave this platform and my Department will too. A platform originally designed for free speech and expression now favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate. It isn't healthy for our democracy or our communities and I don’t want to support it.
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Jane Ferguson retweeted
Georgia has a world record vision 💭 After running a solo 1:55 800m last week and a near world lead 3:55.63 to win the #ParisDL 1500m today, Georgia Hunter Bell has the confidence to say she can break the 800m world record, and she knows exactly how she’d want to do it. 🎥 FULL INTERVIEW: youtu.be/dIq4QLBWCl4?is=snms…
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RT @SangitaMyska: I’m proud to work with The Nerve @thenerve_news. Please sign up for the free newsletter and (if you can) subscribe to…
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NEW Stewart Lee column It’s not been a great week for denying climate change. But the global far-right tried anyway!
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NEW Stewart Lee column It’s not been a great week for denying climate change. But the global far-right tried anyway!
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Harborne’s gift of £5m to Farage wasn’t his first act of generosity. He also gave £1m to Johnson *after* he left office. What for, you ask? Neither are saying. But in contrast to the flights, he did declare this. 2 months later he flew on Harborne’s jet to Ukraine 4/
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Harborne provided his private jet & pilot to Johnson in Jan 2023, after he’d resigned as PM but when still an MP. There is no record of the gift in Johnson’s Register of Members Interests. 3/
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Jane Ferguson retweeted
How it started..: Meta’s lawyers silenced Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams for her @hayfestival panel with @superwuster and @carolecadwalla… 🧵1/ (Here’s a clip of what that looked like)
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