Robert Wright
@reporterrwright.ft.com
Newsroom reporter at the Financial Times, clergy spouse, rider of bicycles.
"I just wanted to see something new every day and tell a story with it": Gus Haynes.
"I just wanted to see something new every day and tell a story with it": Gus Haynes.
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That these cases are still occurring with great regularity and apparently minimal effort to resolve them expeditiously suggests that the core problem lies in the Home Office, rather than necessarily the government of the day.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
‘I’m part of this country’: Windrush man left homeless by Home Office inaction
George Campbell, 69, slept in bus station as officials questioned his right to live in the UK after hospital stay
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:55 PM
That these cases are still occurring with great regularity and apparently minimal effort to resolve them expeditiously suggests that the core problem lies in the Home Office, rather than necessarily the government of the day.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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we call our cat Harold Pinter because of his long paws!!! also he had an affair with Joan Bakewell
January 27, 2026 at 3:11 PM
we call our cat Harold Pinter because of his long paws!!! also he had an affair with Joan Bakewell
Finally, an explanation for why her ambition was always so transparent:
enjoyed 5 live news describing Suella Braverman as a former conservatory.
January 26, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Finally, an explanation for why her ambition was always so transparent:
I presume I’d already be too late to sign up Steve Coogan to play Andy Burnham in Kjng of the North, my bleakly comic retelling of the last few months in the career of Manchester’s elected mayor.
January 25, 2026 at 6:48 PM
I presume I’d already be too late to sign up Steve Coogan to play Andy Burnham in Kjng of the North, my bleakly comic retelling of the last few months in the career of Manchester’s elected mayor.
Make the hat a bowler and he could get lucrative work come July in parts of Northern Ireland.
Hokkun is a minimalistic orange mascot from Shimonoseki City, inspired by the oranges and sunsets there.
January 23, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Make the hat a bowler and he could get lucrative work come July in parts of Northern Ireland.
The banter outcome is surely that David Milliband unexpectedly beats Burnham to selection and then becomes PM after Streeting launches a leadership challenge.
January 23, 2026 at 5:09 PM
The banter outcome is surely that David Milliband unexpectedly beats Burnham to selection and then becomes PM after Streeting launches a leadership challenge.
It remains weird that this is how a UK member of parliament resigns his or her seat:
January 23, 2026 at 4:46 PM
It remains weird that this is how a UK member of parliament resigns his or her seat:
While I agree with the sentiment, I personally would feel far calmer if presented with a poster that correctly paired a plural subject with a plural verb.
January 23, 2026 at 4:14 PM
While I agree with the sentiment, I personally would feel far calmer if presented with a poster that correctly paired a plural subject with a plural verb.
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For the record, nine Hungarian soldiers gave their lives while serving on NATO missions
And not just us, or just in Afghanistan.
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January 22, 2026 at 10:22 PM
For the record, nine Hungarian soldiers gave their lives while serving on NATO missions
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I was praying for Minneapolis and the US earlier, for those living in fear of abduction and detention, and for those resisting, and I found I had the line “I have heard Him in the whistles of the ones of watch for ICE,” so I share that in case it encourages anyone.
January 23, 2026 at 8:29 AM
I was praying for Minneapolis and the US earlier, for those living in fear of abduction and detention, and for those resisting, and I found I had the line “I have heard Him in the whistles of the ones of watch for ICE,” so I share that in case it encourages anyone.
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Showing my age - again.
January 23, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Showing my age - again.
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*grumbling* I agree with the Commissioner of the Met.
Reckoned Monday's policing white paper would just be about police mergers? Not if Sir Mark Rowley has his way: as.ft.com/r/d0246067-1...
Met Police should lose counterterror role, says commissioner Mark Rowley
[FREE TO READ] Home Secretary is due to publish a white paper on Monday outlining changes to London’s police force
as.ft.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:39 PM
*grumbling* I agree with the Commissioner of the Met.
Reckoned Monday's policing white paper would just be about police mergers? Not if Sir Mark Rowley has his way: as.ft.com/r/d0246067-1...
Met Police should lose counterterror role, says commissioner Mark Rowley
[FREE TO READ] Home Secretary is due to publish a white paper on Monday outlining changes to London’s police force
as.ft.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Reckoned Monday's policing white paper would just be about police mergers? Not if Sir Mark Rowley has his way: as.ft.com/r/d0246067-1...
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SOLICITOR: the police want you to come in on a voluntary
LIAM: WHAT, FOR A CONSPIRACY
SOLICITOR: it is something to do with an incident involving a vehicle
LIAM: WHAT ABOUT THE CONSPIRACY?!
SOLICITOR: you want me to tip them off that you’re in a conspiracy?
LIAM: I THINK THEY ALREADY KNOW TBF
LIAM: WHAT, FOR A CONSPIRACY
SOLICITOR: it is something to do with an incident involving a vehicle
LIAM: WHAT ABOUT THE CONSPIRACY?!
SOLICITOR: you want me to tip them off that you’re in a conspiracy?
LIAM: I THINK THEY ALREADY KNOW TBF
January 22, 2026 at 9:01 AM
SOLICITOR: the police want you to come in on a voluntary
LIAM: WHAT, FOR A CONSPIRACY
SOLICITOR: it is something to do with an incident involving a vehicle
LIAM: WHAT ABOUT THE CONSPIRACY?!
SOLICITOR: you want me to tip them off that you’re in a conspiracy?
LIAM: I THINK THEY ALREADY KNOW TBF
LIAM: WHAT, FOR A CONSPIRACY
SOLICITOR: it is something to do with an incident involving a vehicle
LIAM: WHAT ABOUT THE CONSPIRACY?!
SOLICITOR: you want me to tip them off that you’re in a conspiracy?
LIAM: I THINK THEY ALREADY KNOW TBF
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In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.
I have translated some of the highlights
I have translated some of the highlights
January 20, 2026 at 12:30 AM
In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.
I have translated some of the highlights
I have translated some of the highlights
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One thing I do like about modernity is the sense of silos. I mean, I am only vaguely aware of Brooklyn Beckham’s existence and now you tell me I have to be aware of some story around him? I don’t, do I? I don’t. This is modernity. We live in completely separate silos. It’s great.
January 20, 2026 at 1:06 PM
One thing I do like about modernity is the sense of silos. I mean, I am only vaguely aware of Brooklyn Beckham’s existence and now you tell me I have to be aware of some story around him? I don’t, do I? I don’t. This is modernity. We live in completely separate silos. It’s great.
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Good morning to all the sketchwriters currently trying to shoehorn a Brooklyn Beckham reference into their Chagos piece
January 20, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Good morning to all the sketchwriters currently trying to shoehorn a Brooklyn Beckham reference into their Chagos piece
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guys guys the Americans are waking up. Everyone act normal and maybe they'll follow our lead. maybe.
good morning, americans
good morning, americans
January 19, 2026 at 12:38 PM
guys guys the Americans are waking up. Everyone act normal and maybe they'll follow our lead. maybe.
good morning, americans
good morning, americans
An excellent and thought-provoking @ftweekend.com piece: What Rewatching The Wire Taught Me About Nostalgia for a lost America: www.ft.com/content/0e86...
What rewatching ‘The Wire’ taught me about nostalgia for a lost America
The best show to understand the Trump era turns out to be the best show of the pre-Trump era
www.ft.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:21 AM
An excellent and thought-provoking @ftweekend.com piece: What Rewatching The Wire Taught Me About Nostalgia for a lost America: www.ft.com/content/0e86...
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Wondered when West Midlands' chief constable would be sacked? Wonder no more - he's retired: www.ft.com/content/fbda...
West Midlands police chief retires amid row over Maccabi fan ban
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood had expressed regret she lacked the power to dismiss Craig Guildford
www.ft.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Wondered when West Midlands' chief constable would be sacked? Wonder no more - he's retired: www.ft.com/content/fbda...
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pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
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"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."
January 16, 2026 at 10:29 AM
"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."
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watched a bit of traitors, they do not solve mysteries using archeology, firm pass
January 15, 2026 at 8:37 PM
watched a bit of traitors, they do not solve mysteries using archeology, firm pass
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Trump pictured proudly taking someone else’s Nobel medal has me cringeing at a molecular level.
January 16, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Trump pictured proudly taking someone else’s Nobel medal has me cringeing at a molecular level.