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Anita Chaudhuri @anitachaudhuri.bsky.social · Sep 13

Back in the 1960s, my parents struggled to find a flat. No one wanted to rent to my Indian father. And they sure as hell didn’t want to rent to an interracial couple. It wasn’t unusual for them to be spat on. How great that times have changed, I used to think. How very, very wrong I was.

Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · Sep 11

I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/

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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · Sep 4

Happy publication day to the Two Roberts! Welcome back to the world, which loved you then almost forgot you and is now turning towards you again. My novel is a celebration of them and their bravery and brilliance, as artists, lovers, outsiders.
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A BEST FICTION BOOK OF 2025 FOR THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, HERALD AND BBC

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Patrick Strudwick @patrickstrudwick.bsky.social · Aug 24

EXCL: Scammers stole the identity of a real doctor in Gaza to make money - exploiting public sympathy by crowdfunding + promoting it on social media.

I tracked down the real doctor who reported it to Instagram - but it wasn't taken down.

Now a warning to the public:

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Scammers steal identity of real Gaza doctor to trick people out of online donations

Thousands of followers. Money streaming in. But an investigation by The i Paper reveals 'Dr Nabil Qudsi' as a fake

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The i Paper @theipaper.com · Aug 20

Russian anti-Putin protester found dead in London after asylum bid was rejected trib.al/nmOQEYX

Russian anti-Putin protester found dead in London after asylum bid was rejected

Friends of Alexander Frolov say long delays to his refugee claim and fears of jail back home led to depression

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Henry Dyer @direthoughts.com · Aug 18

great story from @robynvinter.bsky.social and @benquinn75.bsky.social

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Protester arrested over ‘Plasticine Action’ T-shirt: ‘How ridiculous is this?’

Miles Pickering says crowd at protest over Palestine Action ban was laughing at ‘silliness’ of scene as he was detained

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · Aug 7

A great interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social by @patrickstrudwick.bsky.social in @theipaper.com

The left’s outsider taking on Farage and Reform

The Green Party’s Zack Polanski reveals how the homophobic bullying he suffered as a child shaped his politics, and how he plans to beat Nigel Farage on immigration

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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · Aug 7

"[We need] to tell more powerful stories about how migration benefits this country, and why the elites, the multimillionaires and billionaires, are the problem, and not blame some of the poorest.”

@zackpolanski.bsky.social on great form

✍️ @patrickstrudwick.bsky.social

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The left's outsider taking on Farage and Reform

The Green Party's Zack Polanski reveals how the homophobic bullying he suffered as a child shaped his politics, and how he plans to beat Nigel Farage on immigration

inews.co.uk

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Aug 7

Love this!

"An intriguing mix of confidence and humility...

But like the Reform leader, once the tape starts rolling, he certainly knows how to punch (verbally)."

My conversation with @patrickstrudwick.bsky.social on why I'm running to be leader of the Green Party.

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The left's outsider taking on Farage and Reform

The Green Party's Zack Polanski reveals how the homophobic bullying he suffered as a child shaped his politics, and how he plans to beat Nigel Farage on immigration

inews.co.uk

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Sanya Burgess @sanyaburgess.bsky.social · Aug 7

This is a fascinating interview:

Patrick Strudwick @patrickstrudwick.bsky.social · Aug 7

I interviewed Zack Polanski, running to be Green Party leader. He reveals the violent homophobic bullying he endured, losing his friend in the Manchester Arena attack and how he thinks we would welcome migrants. Oh and he’s never drunk alcohol. His vice? Vegan chocolate.

inews.co.uk/news/bullied...

The left's outsider taking on Farage and Reform

The Green Party's Zack Polanski reveals how the homophobic bullying he suffered as a child shaped his politics, and how he plans to beat Nigel Farage on immigration

inews.co.uk

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Patrick Strudwick @patrickstrudwick.bsky.social · Aug 7

*I meant to say ‘should’ not ‘would’. He thinks we should welcome migrants and calls anti-immigration sentiment a “poison”. inews.co.uk/news/bullied...

The left's outsider taking on Farage and Reform

The Green Party's Zack Polanski reveals how the homophobic bullying he suffered as a child shaped his politics, and how he plans to beat Nigel Farage on immigration

inews.co.uk

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Patrick Strudwick @patrickstrudwick.bsky.social · Aug 7

I interviewed Zack Polanski, running to be Green Party leader. He reveals the violent homophobic bullying he endured, losing his friend in the Manchester Arena attack and how he thinks we would welcome migrants. Oh and he’s never drunk alcohol. His vice? Vegan chocolate.

inews.co.uk/news/bullied...

The left's outsider taking on Farage and Reform

The Green Party's Zack Polanski reveals how the homophobic bullying he suffered as a child shaped his politics, and how he plans to beat Nigel Farage on immigration

inews.co.uk

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Ian Birrell @ianbirrell.bsky.social · Aug 4

What's the point of a state watchdog if it simply serves as a government poodle? And why continue with an equalities quango if it ignores marginalised groups while driving open toxic divisions? My @theipaper.com column on the floundering Equality & Human Rights Commission inews.co.uk/opinion/an-a...

An academic, an arrogant minister and a fight for equality that has gone horribly wrong

Mary-Ann Stephenson has been appointed – with “utmost confidence” – as chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission

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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · Aug 1

NEW FOIA Files SCOOP: The FBI redacted Trump’s name—and the names of other prominent public figures—from the Epstein files under two privacy exemptions before DOJ & FBI concluded “no further disclosure” of the files “would be appropriate or warranted.”
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The FBI Redacted Trump’s Name in the Epstein Files

The bureau’s FOIA team tasked with conducting a final review of the records blacked out the names before higher-ups said last month that releasing the documents ‘would not be appropriate or warranted....

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Patrick Strudwick @patrickstrudwick.bsky.social · Jul 30

Extremely worrying story from @sanyaburgess.bsky.social

The i Paper @theipaper.com · Jul 30

In the 12 months since then, the number of “increasingly mainstream” abusive online comments against UK migrants has skyrocketed

Read more: https://trib.al/ErrBvAX

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Patrick Strudwick @patrickstrudwick.bsky.social · Jul 22

Point of order: think not thing.

The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · Jul 22

If House Republicans think they can just shut down floor votes and adjourn for 6 weeks and America will just stop talking about the Epstein cover up during that time, they have another thing coming.

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Patrick Strudwick @patrickstrudwick.bsky.social · Jul 22

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Patrick Strudwick @patrickstrudwick.bsky.social · Jul 22

The government has just introduced a new Section 28 that will harm a generation of gender-nonconforming kids. New column by me (below).

I grew up under Section 28. I know the damage it caused. This will be a new darkness, with more silence and fear. Another blackout.

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A new Section 28 is here – and it will harm gender-nonconforming children

This is idiocy and cruelty

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Patrick Strudwick @patrickstrudwick.bsky.social · Jul 17

EXCL: A Masterchef winner, a top university, and several experts have cut ties with Gregg Wallace’s health brand following the allegations about his conduct:

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MasterChef winner and top university cut ties with Gregg Wallace's health brand

Dr Saliha Mahmood Ahmed, a gastroenterologist and MasterChef winner in 2017, is among experts to have demanded they are removed from Wallace's health site

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Patrick Strudwick @patrickstrudwick.bsky.social · Jul 16

Excl: LGBT Afghans are at a higher risk of torture and murder following the data breach: inews.co.uk/news/lgbt-af...

LGBT Afghans 'at higher risk of torture and murder' due to UK data breach

Members of the LGBT community in Afghanistan were identified as being at particular risk by the UK government

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The i Paper @theipaper.com · Jul 9

"Being neurodiverse is not a free pass to behave badly or humiliate women. His comments are dangerous," writes @jessiehewitson.bsky.social

Read more: https://trib.al/DSUtbWC

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Patrick Strudwick @patrickstrudwick.bsky.social · Jul 9

lol maybe none?

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Patrick Strudwick @patrickstrudwick.bsky.social · Jul 9

After the Salt Path scandal, here’s the memoir I’d read: white, straight, middle-class person in late middle age goes on epic odyssey of self-discovery only to realise that they are in fact hollow and soulless. And only miserable because they haven’t had enough trauma in their life to appreciate it.

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Patrick Strudwick @patrickstrudwick.bsky.social · Jul 7

Fully agree that trans writers need to be on staff across the media. As it happens, I’m not sure what my gender identity is, but that’s besides the point - mostly trans people are spoken *about* without the security of a job to write about themselves. Or to be able to influence in media orgs.

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Patrick Strudwick @patrickstrudwick.bsky.social · Jul 7

What has a year of Starmer and a Labour government done for LGBT people?

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Labour promised LGBT voters a 'reset' - now many feel betrayed

Labour's first year in power has felt, for many, like a besiegement

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