🔵 Kemi Badenoch says she has a plan. But can she save the Conservatives? Tax cuts, Tory nostalgia and at least one dividing line with Reform UK. In @PolitlcsUK , @MHBennington assesses Badenoch’s conference speech and the existential threat facing her party. 👇 politicsuk.substack.com/p/cl…

Some of my followers might remember that I appeared on a podcast earlier this month. It's now out on YouTube. Spotify and Apple podcast links to follow if you don't want to see my ugly mug. piped.video/qEFMsPkupQ0?is=20Ro… open.spotify.com/episode/43C… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…

🚨BREAKING: Electoral Commission Data reveals that 60% of Reform’s donations are from cryptocurrency investors. [@TheIndependent]

🚨NEW: 35 newly-elected Reform councillors have left or been suspended from their positions since May. [@BestforBritain]

Yes! Someone finally said it. A real plan, not useless rhetoric. This is how you Stop The Boats! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8dn…

Binface was fun. Outcome was predictable. Silly season election. So why was Clacton the most important by-election of the year? piped.video/NeQUrQQsGDM?si=xidG…

Attention seeking algorithms are a far right propaganda machine. Radicalisation and engagement farming are encouraged. Liberals and democrats are reluctant to use the state to fix this corrosive force, but they must. Watch our report below. 👇 piped.video/watch?v=Pe09gJG2…

Today our Editor, @MHBennington laments the state of British politics, as silly season officially arrives with news of the epic political showdown between Nigel Farage and Count Binface. Will the perennial joke candidate, who continues to shine an absurd light on British politics find the Count a harder opponent than he anticipates? Find out here: politicsuk.com/news/farage-d…

Nigel Farage called for “pure cold rage” on Tuesday morning. By Tuesday night, eleven police officers had been injured on Southampton’s streets. At PMQs today, he refused to condemn it. These are the Farage Riots.

Opinium and @CuriaUK polling shows that while protections for bats and newts might annoy roughly 1 in 7, a majority of the public currently support these environmental protections. In the same polling we found 30% even think these same protections do not go far enough.

Even when cornered Trump is still the absolute master of the Attention Economy. Politicians on both sides of the Atlantic must study how he communicates. open.substack.com/pub/milesb…

Can Ofcom’s Melanie Dawes save us from the algorithmic chaos of the attention economy? tinyurl.com/4s9e3e7x

Happy Sunday everyone. I've been thinking a lot recently about how the internet makes us feel and why, and how that is bleeding over into real life. I've compressed these thoughts into this article, enjoy! open.substack.com/pub/milesb…

Why did a 33-year-old left-wing firebrand just beat a political heavyweight in NYC? It’s not about policy—it’s about attention. Scandals, algorithms, and the rise of SEO politics: open.substack.com/pub/milesb…

On this gorgeous afternoon, please find below my latest ray of sunshine! Attention Economy: Five Reasons The State Is Justified To Intervene open.substack.com/pub/milesb…

View my latest article about our worrying situation here: Democracy Is in Crisis and It Won’t Heal on Its Own open.substack.com/pub/milesb…

Failed to get my Cal Newport inspired, Digital Minimalism walk without checking my phone or listening to a podcast today. But here's a picture from Saturday's (... does taking a picture count as a digital free walk?) Trying to make this a habit.