Sam Bright

While it’s probs a tad early to judge whether the modestly-named “Amol Rajan Connection” will be a success – given YouTube’s bias towards established platforms – @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social has here written most of the things I’ve been thinking in relation to Rajan’s post-BBC self-adoration crusade

Badenoch’s smugness has been making me angry, so I decided to write about it

Dudley was unceremoniously dumped from his role in Reform for saying the deadly blaze, which led to the deaths of 72 people, was a “tragedy” but that “everyone dies in the end”. He’s now welcomed back as if he’s never been away.

🔴 NEW 🔴 Simon Dudley was apparently sacked by Reform in April after making - in the words of Farage - “shocking” comments about Grenfell. Now, just a few months later, it seems he’s back in the fold

I'm not sure declaring war on the RNLI is a well-thought out strategy. My fellow supporters overlap with National Trust, WI, RSPB and the biggest faith communities on these islands in the conviction that we will put our bodies on the line before we let this stand.

Rancid policy straight out of the Orbán playbook

We’ve now been covering Farage for long enough to remember the last time one of his political parties tried to set up a “TV” channel. It ended up platforming a man who was receiving Russian bribes

We’ve now been covering Farage for long enough to remember the last time one of his political parties tried to set up a “TV” channel. It ended up platforming a man who was receiving Russian bribes

The anti-AI uprising is here https://writesbright.substack.com/p/the-anti-ai-uprising-has-begun?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=yzyk

🔴 Who Funds Reform UK? The Business Interests of Nigel Farage’s Major Donors Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne aren’t the party’s only big money backers. 📝 @mc00.bsky.social

"Rather than welcoming these aliens into our homes, and building giant computer warehouses to fuel their malevolent little minds, we should consider whether incubating our own extinction is such a bright idea" writesbright.substack.com/p/the-anti-a...

Sorry at what point do the government feel the need to do something about BBC funding, or are they just going to watch it be salami-sliced to extinction?

One of Reform’s defences over the Verbatim sting is that Dan Jukes, Farage’s right-hand man, was a private contractor with multiple clients so wasn’t working on behalf of the party. Tenuous though that defence is, it’s also funny that one of Jukes’s clients in recent years has been… Michelle Mone

NEW: How does Burnham’s conference speech land with voters when they see it it? In short, very well it seems. A thread on some new video testing of the PM’s speech among voters by @persuasionuk.bsky.social Top line findings and some caveats below! 🧵👇

Have been listening to some smart people over the past few days on how Labour can beat Reform. Here are a few things they said 👇🏻

Have been listening to some smart people over the past few days on how Labour can beat Reform. Here are a few things they said 👇🏻

🔴 NEW - Tony Blair Institute Brings Gas-Guzzling Tech Giants to Labour Conference The think tank has received extensive funding from U.S. tech interests. 📝 @writesbright.bsky.social

The RNLI aren’t traitors; they’re heroes writesbright.substack.com/p/the-rnli-a...

As the Tories recover a smidgen of lost ground, it's worth remembering where their interests lie.

🔴 What do Farage’s crypto billionaires want?

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🔴 NEW - UAE Influence on Reform Should be Investigated –Report The Gulf petrostate is forging alliances with radical right-wing parties across the world. 📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social

What do Farage’s crypto billionaires want? An industry with a lot on the line via @writesbright.bsky.social writesbright.substack.com/p/what-do-fa...

🔴 What do Farage’s crypto billionaires want?

Rupert Murdoch’s media empire paid £8,000+ for Kemi Badenoch to attend various meetings in Greece with company execs a few weeks ago

a powerful case for appointing a secretary of state specialising in media and culture

NEW: Don Trump Jr’s luxurious wedding was secretly bankrolled by a Russian oligarch close to Putin. A saga involving private islands, the Olympics, and a Russian government-backed biker gang: www.propublica.org/article/dona...

"It’s some feat to be out-manoeuvred by a party facing multiple parliamentary and police investigations, but Labour has somehow pulled it off." Embarrassing.

We’re on the brink of becoming a crypto tyranny, and Labour has been asleep at the wheel

🔴 As I revealed, Christopher Harborne’s crypto investments are being boosted by the White House - which has introduced pro-crypto laws that Farage wants to replicate in the UK

Not to be pedantic but Christopher Harborne has already given £25 million to Reform and Ben Delo £8 million. So the figure isn’t £72 million - it’s £105 million.

Had a rant.

🔴 As I revealed, Christopher Harborne’s crypto investments are being boosted by the White House - which has introduced pro-crypto laws that Farage wants to replicate in the UK

Labour should have acted quicker to stop this - and it may seriously regret not doing so

This continues to be a great write up on Ben Delo

Me and Aditya Chakrabortty in conversation on anti-racism and building working-class unity. Join us next week! Tickets here: www.waterstones.com/book/come-wh...

🌩️ NEW EPISODE 🌩️ 👉 Heatwaves & Net Zero: Who sets the climate agenda? How did long established climate science become a culture war? How does the news cycle run on fossil fuels? 🗣️ with @thediyora.bsky.social & @writesbright.bsky.social from @desmog.com

🔴 NEW 🔴 Reform accepted £5 million from international investors in the second quarter of this year - putting further pressure on the party over its foreign donors. 📝 @desmog.com

As their former Head of Policy put it, on the recent Channel 4 expose, "We just don't have British resident donors that would support us ... That's the grim reality".

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🔴 NEW 🔴 Reform accepted £5 million from international investors in the second quarter of this year - putting further pressure on the party over its foreign donors. 📝 @desmog.com

Having reported on the climate crisis for 20 years I am here to inform you that warnings we've unleashed something with a >10% of destroying humanity will have less of an impact than you'd expect.

The Reform leadership race has begun And it will take the party even further away from the country writesbright.substack.com/p/the-reform...

The Reform leadership race has begun. Thoughts on the shadow contest (the narcissism derby) between Jenrick and Yusuf