Anthony Glees
@anthonyglees.bsky.social
I'm a professor of politics with a special interest in intelligence-led security policies and practices
http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/directory/professor-anthony-glees/
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Gullis & Truss, surely a defector too far?
December 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Gullis & Truss, surely a defector too far?
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Yes, we’re used to the madness but this sort of thing is still utterly ridiculous.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Yes, we’re used to the madness but this sort of thing is still utterly ridiculous.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Ca 60% of us now want leave to Remain, and Leave to leave…
🖊️ Heather Rolfe argues there are two key risks of Labour's plan to tighten rules on Indefinite Leave to Remain:
1️⃣ Loss of voters
2️⃣ Potential harm to provision of key services and to economic growth
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/labour-risks-leaving-its-voters-behind-over-settlement-proposals/
1️⃣ Loss of voters
2️⃣ Potential harm to provision of key services and to economic growth
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/labour-risks-leaving-its-voters-behind-over-settlement-proposals/
Labour risks leaving its voters behind over settlement proposals - UK in a changing Europe
Following policies from Labour, the Conservatives and Reform UK to either make it more difficult or impossible for migrants to obtain Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK, Heather Rolfe explores how the public feels about these proposals.
ukandeu.ac.uk
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Ca 60% of us now want leave to Remain, and Leave to leave…
As a distinguished (& fascinating) Reith lecturer in 2023, have you written about the removal of the reference to Trump in this year’s (feisty) lecturer Rutger Bregman?
Very good piece this by John Harris about Labour’s distaste for their squeezed middle class voter base. Connects to a lot of what I said a few week’s back in my Substack piece.
benansell.substack.com/p/british-po...
benansell.substack.com/p/british-po...
November 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
As a distinguished (& fascinating) Reith lecturer in 2023, have you written about the removal of the reference to Trump in this year’s (feisty) lecturer Rutger Bregman?
‘Your Party’ may today become ‘Our Party’. But Corbyn & Sultana regard it as ‘My Party’ & neither wants the other to join it Hopeless.
November 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
‘Your Party’ may today become ‘Our Party’. But Corbyn & Sultana regard it as ‘My Party’ & neither wants the other to join it Hopeless.
It’s surprising that LAB don’t address this head-on. Are they afraid of our rt wg media (weak)? Or think they can be ignored (arrogant)? A LAB chancellor attacked (1) bc she’s spent cash she’s not got but then (b) having more cash to spend on defence. Wallop the media!
Agree - Mail Sun Telegraph never stop slagging off Labour in a way they never did to Johnson , Truss - etc
Lifting 500k kids from poverty ✔️
Gambling Tax ✔️
Mansion Tax ✔️
Energy Bills down £150✔️
Min Wage up ✔️
Pensions up ✔️
Tourist Tax for local communities✔️
I’d say it was a bloody good budget myself.
Gambling Tax ✔️
Mansion Tax ✔️
Energy Bills down £150✔️
Min Wage up ✔️
Pensions up ✔️
Tourist Tax for local communities✔️
I’d say it was a bloody good budget myself.
November 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
It’s surprising that LAB don’t address this head-on. Are they afraid of our rt wg media (weak)? Or think they can be ignored (arrogant)? A LAB chancellor attacked (1) bc she’s spent cash she’s not got but then (b) having more cash to spend on defence. Wallop the media!
Farage needs to be held responsible for many things, Brexit, destroying the Tory party etc - but not his teen right-wing ghastliness. It was very common in public schools & unis at the time; one knew plenty of Farages. He’s not a racist: think his line on ‘Robinson’ & his choice of Zia Yusuf.
"Perhaps Farage was admitting there to less than his accusers recall, but it sounded as if he was suggesting that songs about gassing Jews, Asians and Black people amount to no more than “banter”. That’s not schoolboy Farage talking, but the Farage of 2025."
Antisemitism allegations against the teenage Farage matter – look at what he went on to do | Jonathan Freedland
Farage has cosied up to US figures who espoused conspiracy theories about Jews. That kind of talk is becoming alarmingly mainstream on the Maga right, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Farage needs to be held responsible for many things, Brexit, destroying the Tory party etc - but not his teen right-wing ghastliness. It was very common in public schools & unis at the time; one knew plenty of Farages. He’s not a racist: think his line on ‘Robinson’ & his choice of Zia Yusuf.
Fascinating. But why is the UK thriving??
Is welfare spending ''out of control''?
It's estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP this financial year.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️ buff.ly/s5mz97u
It's estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP this financial year.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️ buff.ly/s5mz97u
November 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Fascinating. But why is the UK thriving??
mol.im/a/15333219
Tremendous piece from a great journo
Tremendous piece from a great journo
TOM UTLEY: After writing for 50 years, this is my last column
Someone asked me the other day to name the proudest achievements of my 50-year career in journalism. I found it a hard one to answer.
mol.im
November 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
mol.im/a/15333219
Tremendous piece from a great journo
Tremendous piece from a great journo
November 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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*GARGANTUAN* 💥
Economist for Brexit admits
🟥 Brexit made Britain poorer
🟥 Biz investment collapsed
🟥 Productivity weakened
🟥 EU-facing firms cut jobs & spending
🟥 Trade barriers drag economy down
🟥 Brexit deepened fiscal crisis
🟥 No meaningful upsides
🟥 The damage undeniable in data
🧵
Economist for Brexit admits
🟥 Brexit made Britain poorer
🟥 Biz investment collapsed
🟥 Productivity weakened
🟥 EU-facing firms cut jobs & spending
🟥 Trade barriers drag economy down
🟥 Brexit deepened fiscal crisis
🟥 No meaningful upsides
🟥 The damage undeniable in data
🧵
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
*GARGANTUAN* 💥
Economist for Brexit admits
🟥 Brexit made Britain poorer
🟥 Biz investment collapsed
🟥 Productivity weakened
🟥 EU-facing firms cut jobs & spending
🟥 Trade barriers drag economy down
🟥 Brexit deepened fiscal crisis
🟥 No meaningful upsides
🟥 The damage undeniable in data
🧵
Economist for Brexit admits
🟥 Brexit made Britain poorer
🟥 Biz investment collapsed
🟥 Productivity weakened
🟥 EU-facing firms cut jobs & spending
🟥 Trade barriers drag economy down
🟥 Brexit deepened fiscal crisis
🟥 No meaningful upsides
🟥 The damage undeniable in data
🧵
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Almost forgot I wrote this piece with the tail end of my bubble plots. But if you want to know how many Reform voters think white people face worse discrimination than ethnic minorities, I’ve got the goods.
Finally got round to giving @benansell.bsky.social's latest. It's also one of his very best - especially if you want to understand the extent to which Reform voters (often talked of as 'the people' and, apparently therefore, representative of all UK voters) are real outliers, culturally-speaking.
Odd Ones Out
Mapping Britain's social values and the marginalisation of the 'anti-woke'
benansell.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Almost forgot I wrote this piece with the tail end of my bubble plots. But if you want to know how many Reform voters think white people face worse discrimination than ethnic minorities, I’ve got the goods.
Economic growth will of course suffer as a result.
So we are already back to the levels of migration of the early 2010s and declining faster... let's hope all those new restrictions, based on previous higher numbers, don't make Britain massively unattractive to those migrants the government DOES wish to attract.
Net migration fell sharply agaim to 204,000 in the year to June 2025, having been 344k in 2024 and 848k in 2023. But falling immigration has been the biggest secret - and it is time for the media and political debate to catch up with this change
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November 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Economic growth will of course suffer as a result.
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Net migration to UK drops 69% www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Net migration to UK drops 69% year on year, ONS says
Figure of 204,000 in 12 months to June 2025 is lowest since 2021, statistics body says
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Net migration to UK drops 69% www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Puppet on a string’. What bizarre optics. Whoever is responsible should be fired.
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
‘Puppet on a string’. What bizarre optics. Whoever is responsible should be fired.
MI5 should be doing this for the Govt. The Intel & Security Cmtee of Parliament could also investigate. Simples.
Lib Dem leader Edward Davey calls for a national investigation into Russian political interference in British politics:
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
MI5 should be doing this for the Govt. The Intel & Security Cmtee of Parliament could also investigate. Simples.
The current public conflict between Dr Shah & Mr Bannerjee is not just destructive of faith in the mgt of the BBC it mirrors the conflict within the LAB party, on tax & now on bring rid of juries. Our institutions seem hollowed out & impotent. Like the UK more generally.
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The current public conflict between Dr Shah & Mr Bannerjee is not just destructive of faith in the mgt of the BBC it mirrors the conflict within the LAB party, on tax & now on bring rid of juries. Our institutions seem hollowed out & impotent. Like the UK more generally.
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Hard to imagine anyone being so foolish & ill-informed as to think Putin wants a peace deal - unless by that Witkoff meant Ukrainian capitulatn. Will we ever reach the point when European leaders accept the US is now acting against Ukraine's & Europe's interests, & they must protect themselves?
“I told the president that the Russian Federation has always wanted a peace deal. That’s my belief. [...] And I believe the issue is is that we have two nations that are having a hard time coming to a compromise,” Witkoff told Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Hard to imagine anyone being so foolish & ill-informed as to think Putin wants a peace deal - unless by that Witkoff meant Ukrainian capitulatn. Will we ever reach the point when European leaders accept the US is now acting against Ukraine's & Europe's interests, & they must protect themselves?
Ditto Chiltern Lines. Pathetic.
Why is train WiFi in the UK so uniformly rubbish? Yeah atm that’s you @greateranglia.bsky.social
a close up of a cartoon character with a very angry face and a tie .
ALT: a close up of a cartoon character with a very angry face and a tie .
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November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Ditto Chiltern Lines. Pathetic.
USA - You’ve lost your marbles, bigly.
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
USA - You’ve lost your marbles, bigly.
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Yeah basically it’s: “Keep sudentenland and send us a cut of the stuff you stole from the people being sent to the camps”
Tom Friedman’s piece in the NYT today again brings up the specter of Neville Chamberlain in ‘39. I disagree.
A better analogy is saying to Hitler: “keep the Sudetenland, don’t worry about the Holocaust, & we’ll give you a few years to rearm to attack into Belgium again. Let’s sign that!”
A better analogy is saying to Hitler: “keep the Sudetenland, don’t worry about the Holocaust, & we’ll give you a few years to rearm to attack into Belgium again. Let’s sign that!”
@nicollewallace.bsky.social @mcfaulmike.bsky.social @benrhodes.bsky.social @markhertling.bsky.social have we lost all ability to put oneself in someone else’s shoes? If not, then why is this hard? We’d never consider a proposal like the one we/Putin (gross) offered Ukraine
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Yeah basically it’s: “Keep sudentenland and send us a cut of the stuff you stole from the people being sent to the camps”
Compare the actual clip with the (yes) edited clip on BBC News at Ten. Amazingly the actual clip is far more incriminating than the edited version. After seeing Shah & Gibb today, it’s harder to trust the BBC alas, when the Right is on display.
ITV News, "Did you racially insult pupils at school?
Nigel Farage, "I would never do it in a hurtful or insulting way.. Not with intent"
ITV News, "I don't understand what you mean?"
Nigel Farage, "You wouldn't do"
Nigel Farage, "I would never do it in a hurtful or insulting way.. Not with intent"
ITV News, "I don't understand what you mean?"
Nigel Farage, "You wouldn't do"
November 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Compare the actual clip with the (yes) edited clip on BBC News at Ten. Amazingly the actual clip is far more incriminating than the edited version. After seeing Shah & Gibb today, it’s harder to trust the BBC alas, when the Right is on display.
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This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.