Alan Burkitt-Gray
@alanburkittgray.bsky.social
Full-time tech and telecoms journalist from 1973 to 2023. Now taking a break from daily journalism, but talking lots about the history of telecoms. Blackheath, London SE3
Guardian readers in or near London. A treat for you tonight. We have two tickets for this at the Barbican.
A year in Westminster: John Crace, Marina Hyde, and Pippa Crerar
Tue 2 Dec 2025
7:15 PM - 9:15 PM
Let me know and I'll email you the tickets in good time
A year in Westminster: John Crace, Marina Hyde, and Pippa Crerar
Tue 2 Dec 2025
7:15 PM - 9:15 PM
Let me know and I'll email you the tickets in good time
December 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Guardian readers in or near London. A treat for you tonight. We have two tickets for this at the Barbican.
A year in Westminster: John Crace, Marina Hyde, and Pippa Crerar
Tue 2 Dec 2025
7:15 PM - 9:15 PM
Let me know and I'll email you the tickets in good time
A year in Westminster: John Crace, Marina Hyde, and Pippa Crerar
Tue 2 Dec 2025
7:15 PM - 9:15 PM
Let me know and I'll email you the tickets in good time
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Senior MPs including Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick and Darren Jones are claiming tens of thousands of pounds a year in taxpayer-funded rent expenses while either calling for or implementing benefit cuts on the poorest
By me, for the Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
By me, for the Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
Revealed: MPs rack up huge rent expenses while pushing through cuts to benefits
MPs are allowed to rent a second home, but while they are simultaneously cutting benefits for the vulnerable, the cost feels hard to swallow.
www.bigissue.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Senior MPs including Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick and Darren Jones are claiming tens of thousands of pounds a year in taxpayer-funded rent expenses while either calling for or implementing benefit cuts on the poorest
By me, for the Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
By me, for the Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
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“The price of stopping a dictator always goes up. Meeting evil halfway is still a victory for evil." – Estonian PM Kaja Kalla
December 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
“The price of stopping a dictator always goes up. Meeting evil halfway is still a victory for evil." – Estonian PM Kaja Kalla
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Sadly relevant today.
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Sadly relevant today.
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Support @sbworkersunited.org in their fight for better wages, working conditions and their right to be represented by a union. #starbucks #boycottstarbucks
December 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Support @sbworkersunited.org in their fight for better wages, working conditions and their right to be represented by a union. #starbucks #boycottstarbucks
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Thou shalt not pretend that you’re at war with drug traffickers while pardoning drug traffickers.
Thou Shalt Not Murder Fishermen While Pardoning Drug Lords
This is evil.
www.thegodpodcast.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Thou shalt not pretend that you’re at war with drug traffickers while pardoning drug traffickers.
On BBC Radio 4 now: how the UK arrested August Pinochet, the friend of Margaret Thatcher, a friend who had his co-conspirators torture their rivals and throw them out of helicopters. Thatcher had some, er, interesting friends
December 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
On BBC Radio 4 now: how the UK arrested August Pinochet, the friend of Margaret Thatcher, a friend who had his co-conspirators torture their rivals and throw them out of helicopters. Thatcher had some, er, interesting friends
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This sounds like modern slavery to me. I've clients who've been recognised as victims with similar facts. People in authority shouldn't be afraid to make this connection and it will push back on the government's narrative that these people are somehow scamming the system.
December 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This sounds like modern slavery to me. I've clients who've been recognised as victims with similar facts. People in authority shouldn't be afraid to make this connection and it will push back on the government's narrative that these people are somehow scamming the system.
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To commemorate the 6th year of the pandemic, here's an animated map showing the early spread of SARS-CoV-2 from December 2019 to January 2020, based on the genomic sequences shared in GISAID.
Locations are approximate - typically country and state/province.
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Locations are approximate - typically country and state/province.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:22 AM
To commemorate the 6th year of the pandemic, here's an animated map showing the early spread of SARS-CoV-2 from December 2019 to January 2020, based on the genomic sequences shared in GISAID.
Locations are approximate - typically country and state/province.
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Locations are approximate - typically country and state/province.
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Free seminar at the UK Houses of Parliament.
The Post Office scandal is an example of the abuse of corporate power. Thousands of lives destroyed.
Date: 16 December 2025
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue: Committee Room 10, Houses of Parliament, London
Get ticket:
www.tickettailor.com/events/prems...
The Post Office scandal is an example of the abuse of corporate power. Thousands of lives destroyed.
Date: 16 December 2025
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue: Committee Room 10, Houses of Parliament, London
Get ticket:
www.tickettailor.com/events/prems...
Select tickets – The Post Office Scandal – Committee Room 10
The Post Office Scandal – Committee Room 10, Tue 16 Dec 2025 - After 30 years, victims of the Post Office scandal are still seeking justice. No perpetrator has been charged for false prosecutions and ...
www.tickettailor.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Free seminar at the UK Houses of Parliament.
The Post Office scandal is an example of the abuse of corporate power. Thousands of lives destroyed.
Date: 16 December 2025
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue: Committee Room 10, Houses of Parliament, London
Get ticket:
www.tickettailor.com/events/prems...
The Post Office scandal is an example of the abuse of corporate power. Thousands of lives destroyed.
Date: 16 December 2025
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue: Committee Room 10, Houses of Parliament, London
Get ticket:
www.tickettailor.com/events/prems...
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Inspiring. (Not) Always remember, following the Salisbury nerve agent attack, Corbyn called for the Russians to investigate who was responsible for it.
November 29, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Inspiring. (Not) Always remember, following the Salisbury nerve agent attack, Corbyn called for the Russians to investigate who was responsible for it.
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Agree 💯 With This Statement......
November 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Agree 💯 With This Statement......
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'The walls are closing in': Trump’s Epstein 'mess' keeps getting worse
www.alternet.org
'The walls are closing in': Trump’s Epstein 'mess' keeps getting worse
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November 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
'The walls are closing in': Trump’s Epstein 'mess' keeps getting worse
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U.S. is preparing to recognize Russia’s control of Crimea and other occupied Ukrainian territories as part of Trump’s proposed peace deal.
European allies are alarmed, a source says the U.S. “doesn’t care about the European position.”-Telegraph
European allies are alarmed, a source says the U.S. “doesn’t care about the European position.”-Telegraph
November 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
U.S. is preparing to recognize Russia’s control of Crimea and other occupied Ukrainian territories as part of Trump’s proposed peace deal.
European allies are alarmed, a source says the U.S. “doesn’t care about the European position.”-Telegraph
European allies are alarmed, a source says the U.S. “doesn’t care about the European position.”-Telegraph
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Rachel Reeves was frustrated that a Sussex development was delayed by “… some snails … a protected species or something, that are microscopic; you can’t even see them…”
The snail in question is one of Britain’s rarest and most endangered freshwater species, the lesser whirlpool ramshorn.
The snail in question is one of Britain’s rarest and most endangered freshwater species, the lesser whirlpool ramshorn.
Living alongside nature: humans must get better at it
The first of two articles inspired by COP30 explores some problems and the need to seek inclusive and nature-aligned solutions.
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Rachel Reeves was frustrated that a Sussex development was delayed by “… some snails … a protected species or something, that are microscopic; you can’t even see them…”
The snail in question is one of Britain’s rarest and most endangered freshwater species, the lesser whirlpool ramshorn.
The snail in question is one of Britain’s rarest and most endangered freshwater species, the lesser whirlpool ramshorn.
Americans: that's it. Today and Friday. That's most of our days off for the year. Need to hold some back in case we get sick.
Brits and other Europeans: Must ensure we take all of our six weeks before the end of the year
Brits and other Europeans: Must ensure we take all of our six weeks before the end of the year
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Americans: that's it. Today and Friday. That's most of our days off for the year. Need to hold some back in case we get sick.
Brits and other Europeans: Must ensure we take all of our six weeks before the end of the year
Brits and other Europeans: Must ensure we take all of our six weeks before the end of the year
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The shooting of two National Guard soldiers.
Trump: “Monstrous”
The murder of American journalist Jamāl Khāshqujī.
Trump: “Things happen”
Trump: “Monstrous”
The murder of American journalist Jamāl Khāshqujī.
Trump: “Things happen”
November 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The shooting of two National Guard soldiers.
Trump: “Monstrous”
The murder of American journalist Jamāl Khāshqujī.
Trump: “Things happen”
Trump: “Monstrous”
The murder of American journalist Jamāl Khāshqujī.
Trump: “Things happen”
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This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
This 👇
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
This 👇
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Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting.
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting.
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
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![[guy putting white makeup on face] i know that x helped elon buy the 2024 election
[guy putting makeup on eyes and lips] i know that x is a huge source of misinformation and conspiracy theories
[guy putting on clown wig] - i know that most activity on x is foreign trolls
[guy as a clown] i still use x.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lxm3v43kiuo4gdun45a4zivh/bafkreiesbhtn4x3qygm6aoautlaz7rtw5xo4mirwce4wudtyvkglefw2i4@jpeg)
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Badenoch: "HIKING TAXES TO PAY FOR WELFARE!"
Er. Yes. You see, you take money from people who have money, and use it to pay for things for everyone and help people who have too little money. That's... the whole point?
Er. Yes. You see, you take money from people who have money, and use it to pay for things for everyone and help people who have too little money. That's... the whole point?
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Badenoch: "HIKING TAXES TO PAY FOR WELFARE!"
Er. Yes. You see, you take money from people who have money, and use it to pay for things for everyone and help people who have too little money. That's... the whole point?
Er. Yes. You see, you take money from people who have money, and use it to pay for things for everyone and help people who have too little money. That's... the whole point?