Alan Johnson
@alan-johnson.bsky.social
Lover of dance music & parkrun; occasional presenter @phoenixfm.com
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It's clear that the Green Party are the way to keep Reform out of Manchester.
We are already on the ground in Gorton and Denton - and we are going to be campaigning for every single vote.
A new Green MP representing the community.
Let's go!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
We are already on the ground in Gorton and Denton - and we are going to be campaigning for every single vote.
A new Green MP representing the community.
Let's go!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Join the Green Party
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January 25, 2026 at 1:37 PM
It's clear that the Green Party are the way to keep Reform out of Manchester.
We are already on the ground in Gorton and Denton - and we are going to be campaigning for every single vote.
A new Green MP representing the community.
Let's go!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
We are already on the ground in Gorton and Denton - and we are going to be campaigning for every single vote.
A new Green MP representing the community.
Let's go!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Good morning! Here's what you can hear today on Phoenix FM ...
January 18, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Good morning! Here's what you can hear today on Phoenix FM ...
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Week by week - Laura Kuenssberg is interviewing the party leaders.
When I agreed to come on the show, I was told Nigel Farage was also doing it.
He's now pulled out - and they've sent the deputy instead.
The same Nigel Farage who's refusing to debate me.
A pattern emerging...
When I agreed to come on the show, I was told Nigel Farage was also doing it.
He's now pulled out - and they've sent the deputy instead.
The same Nigel Farage who's refusing to debate me.
A pattern emerging...
January 18, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Week by week - Laura Kuenssberg is interviewing the party leaders.
When I agreed to come on the show, I was told Nigel Farage was also doing it.
He's now pulled out - and they've sent the deputy instead.
The same Nigel Farage who's refusing to debate me.
A pattern emerging...
When I agreed to come on the show, I was told Nigel Farage was also doing it.
He's now pulled out - and they've sent the deputy instead.
The same Nigel Farage who's refusing to debate me.
A pattern emerging...
I remember doing something similar with the cellophane from a Lucozade bottle!
Coronation Street - written by John Stevenson (9th January 1978). Hilda is still annoyed to have missed out on a colour television in the sales, but Eddie has a solution ....
January 9, 2026 at 1:22 PM
I remember doing something similar with the cellophane from a Lucozade bottle!
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If a new app was produced which had, as its core features, the generation of sexual deep fake images of children and calls for a violent global far-right revolution, then not only would it be swiftly banned, but you wouldn't have a single mainstream politician willing to associate themselves with it
January 9, 2026 at 10:30 AM
If a new app was produced which had, as its core features, the generation of sexual deep fake images of children and calls for a violent global far-right revolution, then not only would it be swiftly banned, but you wouldn't have a single mainstream politician willing to associate themselves with it
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Good morning! Here's what you can hear today on Phoenix FM ...
January 4, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Good morning! Here's what you can hear today on Phoenix FM ...
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There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
NEW: People are using Elon Musk's chatbot, Grok, to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women
People are asking Elon Musk's Grok chatbot to alter images to depict women being sexually abused, humiliated, and even killed.
futurism.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
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The world’s 500 richest people have total wealth of $11.9tn.
Their wealth up by $2.2tn in 2025. 8 billionaires accounting for a 25% of the gains.
No one becomes this rich by working.
They fund right-wing parties, oppose worker/human rights, cause more pollution than normal people.
Their wealth up by $2.2tn in 2025. 8 billionaires accounting for a 25% of the gains.
No one becomes this rich by working.
They fund right-wing parties, oppose worker/human rights, cause more pollution than normal people.
Billionaires added record $2.2tn in wealth in 2025
Just eight billionaires accounted for a quarter of the gains, led by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison and Larry Page
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:21 AM
The world’s 500 richest people have total wealth of $11.9tn.
Their wealth up by $2.2tn in 2025. 8 billionaires accounting for a 25% of the gains.
No one becomes this rich by working.
They fund right-wing parties, oppose worker/human rights, cause more pollution than normal people.
Their wealth up by $2.2tn in 2025. 8 billionaires accounting for a 25% of the gains.
No one becomes this rich by working.
They fund right-wing parties, oppose worker/human rights, cause more pollution than normal people.
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In Impact! this week, we digest the profound & varied implications of the recently published US National Security Strategy, undoubtedly one of the most important policy documents of recent years, looking where our prayers and intentions may be most needed. Listen at: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-4seu2...
America First: A Strategy to Shape the World
This week we turn our attention to one of the most important policy documents of recent years, the U.S. 2025 National Security Strategy, released earlier this month. As the USA approaches its 250th bi...
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December 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
In Impact! this week, we digest the profound & varied implications of the recently published US National Security Strategy, undoubtedly one of the most important policy documents of recent years, looking where our prayers and intentions may be most needed. Listen at: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-4seu2...
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The UK Government is unlikely to see most of the £148m it is owed by a faulty PPE supplier linked to Baroness Michelle Mone after the company was wound up.
Who saw that coming?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Who saw that coming?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm liquidated and unlikely to repay £148m
The firm led by Baroness Mone's husband Douglas Barrowman breached a contract to supply surgical gowns during the Covid pandemic.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The UK Government is unlikely to see most of the £148m it is owed by a faulty PPE supplier linked to Baroness Michelle Mone after the company was wound up.
Who saw that coming?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Who saw that coming?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The worst, most dishonest prime minister we’ve ever had, rocks back and forth in his Daily Mail cubbyhole spewing out idiotic bilge to kid himself that he and his disastrous Brexit weren’t an almighty national fuck-up.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
December 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The worst, most dishonest prime minister we’ve ever had, rocks back and forth in his Daily Mail cubbyhole spewing out idiotic bilge to kid himself that he and his disastrous Brexit weren’t an almighty national fuck-up.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
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Good morning! Here's what you can hear today on Phoenix FM ...
December 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Good morning! Here's what you can hear today on Phoenix FM ...
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Good morning! Here's what you can hear today on Phoenix FM ...
December 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Good morning! Here's what you can hear today on Phoenix FM ...
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This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
December 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
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🎧 Resurrection #380 is now online!
Indie, punk and post-punk from old favourites and emerging artists.
🔗 phoenixfm.com/2025/12/14/r...
#Resurrection #Indie #Punk #CommunityRadio
Indie, punk and post-punk from old favourites and emerging artists.
🔗 phoenixfm.com/2025/12/14/r...
#Resurrection #Indie #Punk #CommunityRadio
Resurrection – show 380
Click here to listen again: Thanks for listening! I’m on my travels again – this week’s show was recorded on <a class="read-more" href="https://phoenixfm.com/2025/12/14/resurrection-show-380/"><b>read...
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December 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
🎧 Resurrection #380 is now online!
Indie, punk and post-punk from old favourites and emerging artists.
🔗 phoenixfm.com/2025/12/14/r...
#Resurrection #Indie #Punk #CommunityRadio
Indie, punk and post-punk from old favourites and emerging artists.
🔗 phoenixfm.com/2025/12/14/r...
#Resurrection #Indie #Punk #CommunityRadio
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Lineker & now Ince. Even for those not paying attention it should now be obvious that the sort of people who whine loudest about “cancel culture” are the ones doing the cancelling.
The far right’s commitment to “freedom of speech” is an authoritarian joke & the BBC has disgraced itself.
The far right’s commitment to “freedom of speech” is an authoritarian joke & the BBC has disgraced itself.
December 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Lineker & now Ince. Even for those not paying attention it should now be obvious that the sort of people who whine loudest about “cancel culture” are the ones doing the cancelling.
The far right’s commitment to “freedom of speech” is an authoritarian joke & the BBC has disgraced itself.
The far right’s commitment to “freedom of speech” is an authoritarian joke & the BBC has disgraced itself.
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Unlike Clarkson, or Sugar, Andrew Neil actually fronted BBC politics programmes, at the same time was the publisher of a right-wing Conservative magazine and freely expressed his very right wing opinions on Twitter.
Not once did he come under pressure to step down
Not once did he come under pressure to step down
December 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Unlike Clarkson, or Sugar, Andrew Neil actually fronted BBC politics programmes, at the same time was the publisher of a right-wing Conservative magazine and freely expressed his very right wing opinions on Twitter.
Not once did he come under pressure to step down
Not once did he come under pressure to step down
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December 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Good morning! Here's what you can hear today on Phoenix FM ...
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If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
December 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
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Not enough prominent people are calling this out and too many politicians and journalists in the mainstream media keep doing this.
Refugee = not illegal immigrant
Refugee = not criminal
Refugee = person fleeing persecution or conflict
This is a matter of law, not opinion.
Refugee = not illegal immigrant
Refugee = not criminal
Refugee = person fleeing persecution or conflict
This is a matter of law, not opinion.
The conflation of "foreign criminals" and "illegal migrants" is disgusting.
Vile when some people don't have a safe route to flee from the utter detestation & brutality of war.
It's all grim enough without the Labour Government pushing further misinformation.
Vile when some people don't have a safe route to flee from the utter detestation & brutality of war.
It's all grim enough without the Labour Government pushing further misinformation.
The Home Office continues to use language that its own data refutes
December 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Not enough prominent people are calling this out and too many politicians and journalists in the mainstream media keep doing this.
Refugee = not illegal immigrant
Refugee = not criminal
Refugee = person fleeing persecution or conflict
This is a matter of law, not opinion.
Refugee = not illegal immigrant
Refugee = not criminal
Refugee = person fleeing persecution or conflict
This is a matter of law, not opinion.
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Fabulous! Amazing work by my brilliant colleague, Al Pinkerton MP. The Prime Minister must now listen to the will of Parliament.
🚨BREAKING🚨
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
December 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Fabulous! Amazing work by my brilliant colleague, Al Pinkerton MP. The Prime Minister must now listen to the will of Parliament.
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Interesting that the BBC will call National Rally "Far Right" (in an article about Bardella meeting Farage) - when they would never use that term for Reform. Their policies are very similar. If anything Reform's are more authoritarian.
December 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Interesting that the BBC will call National Rally "Far Right" (in an article about Bardella meeting Farage) - when they would never use that term for Reform. Their policies are very similar. If anything Reform's are more authoritarian.
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I always thought it was brave of the Tories to front a mayoral candidate who was the batty neighbour from a 70s sitcom that they can't repeat any more because attitudes have changed.
Nothing says getting into the festive spirit like going online to shout at some biscuits
December 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I always thought it was brave of the Tories to front a mayoral candidate who was the batty neighbour from a 70s sitcom that they can't repeat any more because attitudes have changed.
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Susan Hall's condition has now reached the 'shouting at biscuits' stage.
December 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Susan Hall's condition has now reached the 'shouting at biscuits' stage.