Samantha Asumadu
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Are the Criminal Police Class Bonded by Drugs, Abuse, Misogyny and Rape?
And if so, what's the solution?
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The results of a little experiment I and @hleehurley.bsky.social carried out over a few months..
Are the Criminal Police Class Bonded by Drugs, Abuse, Misogyny and Rape?
And if so, what's the solution? #PoliceCrimeDaily samanthaasumadu.substack.com/p/are-the-cr...
Are the Criminal Police Class Bonded by Drugs, Abuse, Misogyny and Rape?
And if so, what's the solution? #PoliceCrimeDaily samanthaasumadu.substack.com/p/are-the-cr...
I am interested in which news platforms DID take Hungary's money between 2015 and 2025. Reuters reports that France's Le Figaro, Spain's ABC, and Denmark's Jyllands-Posten did, but that there may be others..
September 24, 2026 at 12:36 AM
I am interested in which news platforms DID take Hungary's money between 2015 and 2025. Reuters reports that France's Le Figaro, Spain's ABC, and Denmark's Jyllands-Posten did, but that there may be others..
If you want to keep up with what the far right are doing in Belfast, the rest of Ireland their connections with English fascists and paramilitaries you should follow the work of End Deportations Belfast.
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September 23, 2026 at 10:44 PM
If you want to keep up with what the far right are doing in Belfast, the rest of Ireland their connections with English fascists and paramilitaries you should follow the work of End Deportations Belfast.
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It had really been bothering me: why hadn't @timeshighered.bsky.social reported anything about James Orr, when even Former editor of the Financial Times, Lionel Barber describes Orr as,
"Always destined for glittering prizes. Born in Brussels, he attended Winchester and Oxford..
"Always destined for glittering prizes. Born in Brussels, he attended Winchester and Oxford..
So I think maybe I just figured out why @timeshighered.bsky.social has not reported anything negative about James Orr. I could very well be wrong, but here we go: In 2024, THE signed an agreement with Hungary's Culture and Innovation Ministry which oversees Hungarian higher education..
There is one article that mentions Cambridge Associate Professor James Orr on the @timeshighered.bsky.social site since 2025. There is no photo of him in it. No mention of his alleged misconduct. No mention of his alleged criminal conduct or indeed Christofascism or ethnonationalism.
September 23, 2026 at 10:31 PM
It had really been bothering me: why hadn't @timeshighered.bsky.social reported anything about James Orr, when even Former editor of the Financial Times, Lionel Barber describes Orr as,
"Always destined for glittering prizes. Born in Brussels, he attended Winchester and Oxford..
"Always destined for glittering prizes. Born in Brussels, he attended Winchester and Oxford..
Carole agrees..
September 23, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Carole agrees..
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He called himself a ‘genocidal racist monster’ while deliberately and repeatedly trying to sabotage people trying to do the right thing because of their skin. The biggest difference between him and so many others is that he’s able to admit that he’s a ‘racist monster’.
A HMRC official was sacked because he was caught on camera saying he gives wrong information to black and brown people when they call for advice in a bid to sabotage them. He was a member of the far right group Patriotic Alternative.
How many more?
How many more?
September 13, 2026 at 8:24 AM
He called himself a ‘genocidal racist monster’ while deliberately and repeatedly trying to sabotage people trying to do the right thing because of their skin. The biggest difference between him and so many others is that he’s able to admit that he’s a ‘racist monster’.
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Evan Davis on PM asked if ‘Danny Tommo’ “had any kind of point” by puncturing a dinghy with a knife because “the [authorities] should be doing that themselves”.
He went on to describe it as “vigilante action”.
He went on to describe it as “vigilante action”.
September 23, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Evan Davis on PM asked if ‘Danny Tommo’ “had any kind of point” by puncturing a dinghy with a knife because “the [authorities] should be doing that themselves”.
He went on to describe it as “vigilante action”.
He went on to describe it as “vigilante action”.
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As @bylinetimes.bsky.social to has extensively reported, James Orr is a trustee of the Roger Scruton Legacy Foundation (RSLF), which has received over £512,500 (more than 90% of its funding) since 2023 from Orbán’s state-funded Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) think tank.
September 23, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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Making an author read their book after they're no longer able to revise it should be banned by the Geneva Conventions.
September 23, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Making an author read their book after they're no longer able to revise it should be banned by the Geneva Conventions.
I should probably write that up as a Substack or something
September 23, 2026 at 8:46 PM
I should probably write that up as a Substack or something
So I think maybe I just figured out why @timeshighered.bsky.social has not reported anything negative about James Orr. I could very well be wrong, but here we go: In 2024, THE signed an agreement with Hungary's Culture and Innovation Ministry which oversees Hungarian higher education..
There is one article that mentions Cambridge Associate Professor James Orr on the @timeshighered.bsky.social site since 2025. There is no photo of him in it. No mention of his alleged misconduct. No mention of his alleged criminal conduct or indeed Christofascism or ethnonationalism.
September 23, 2026 at 8:41 PM
So I think maybe I just figured out why @timeshighered.bsky.social has not reported anything negative about James Orr. I could very well be wrong, but here we go: In 2024, THE signed an agreement with Hungary's Culture and Innovation Ministry which oversees Hungarian higher education..
It didn't register with me at the time, but MD published an article about spy cops (SDS) as far back as 2015!
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Watching the Detectives
The Monitoring Group has often been approached to support people who report police misconduct. Recently, we were approached by a young Jamaican woman from North London who had been beaten by a poli…
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September 23, 2026 at 6:46 PM
It didn't register with me at the time, but MD published an article about spy cops (SDS) as far back as 2015!
mediadiversified.org/watching-the...
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🧵 Please read this.
British media is intentionally enabling and playing cover for the right wing.
British media is intentionally enabling and playing cover for the right wing.
'New analysis on UK media: British media is not delivering the news to its readers. They are delivering an agenda.
The seven days after Channel 4 filmed James Orr are a damning indictment of the British press. Orr is a Cambridge associate professor.'
via @newscord.org
The seven days after Channel 4 filmed James Orr are a damning indictment of the British press. Orr is a Cambridge associate professor.'
via @newscord.org
September 23, 2026 at 4:02 PM
🧵 Please read this.
British media is intentionally enabling and playing cover for the right wing.
British media is intentionally enabling and playing cover for the right wing.
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Sickening at every level. Please can academics at least wake up to this now. We are puppets in far right agendas.
'New analysis on UK media: British media is not delivering the news to its readers. They are delivering an agenda.
The seven days after Channel 4 filmed James Orr are a damning indictment of the British press. Orr is a Cambridge associate professor.'
via @newscord.org
The seven days after Channel 4 filmed James Orr are a damning indictment of the British press. Orr is a Cambridge associate professor.'
via @newscord.org
September 23, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Sickening at every level. Please can academics at least wake up to this now. We are puppets in far right agendas.
Breaking 🙄
‘For the Kims, nuclear weapons have never been an end in themselves; they are an insurance policy against attack by their powerful and proximate enemies.’
Richard Lloyd Parry (@dicklp.bsky.social) on North Korea.
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Richard Lloyd Parry (@dicklp.bsky.social) on North Korea.
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Richard Lloyd Parry · Keeping up with the Kims
For the Kims, nuclear weapons have never been an end in themselves; they are an insurance policy against attack by their...
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September 23, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Breaking 🙄
Cooking up a new season of On the Rack. Which I really should get funding/backing for at some point as it is very good imo. I always have fascinating guests and a lively chat. Plus the Mad Geniuses part of each episode is fun!
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On the Rack
Society & Culture Podcast · Updated Weekly · Culture, Politics and Everything in Between
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September 23, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Cooking up a new season of On the Rack. Which I really should get funding/backing for at some point as it is very good imo. I always have fascinating guests and a lively chat. Plus the Mad Geniuses part of each episode is fun!
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Wrote this four years ago. Still relevant I guess.
Britain is Just as Culpable as Saudi Arabia for the War in Yemen
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Britain is Just as Culpable as Saudi Arabia for the War in Yemen
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Britain is Just as Culpable as Saudi Arabia for the War in Yemen
Media Diversified founder Samantha Asumadu reflects on Britain’s culpability for the hundreds of thousands of deaths in the ongoing Yemen war. The United Nations reports that fatalities could…
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September 23, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Wrote this four years ago. Still relevant I guess.
Britain is Just as Culpable as Saudi Arabia for the War in Yemen
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Britain is Just as Culpable as Saudi Arabia for the War in Yemen
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Andy Burnham decision to provide military assistance to Saudi Arabia is continuing Britain’s bloody legacy in Yemen, Coll McCail writes👇
👉 www.thenational.scot/politi...
👉 www.thenational.scot/politi...
September 23, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Andy Burnham decision to provide military assistance to Saudi Arabia is continuing Britain’s bloody legacy in Yemen, Coll McCail writes👇
👉 www.thenational.scot/politi...
👉 www.thenational.scot/politi...
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Another one for BBC News to cover. Come on @joepike.bsky.social, you can cover this one!!
A former student, previously found to have been bullied by the Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion and former Reform UK policy chief James Orr, is reopening their case against the University of Cambridge.
www.varsity.co.uk/news/32094
www.varsity.co.uk/news/32094
Former student of James Orr reopens case against University
The former PhD candidate has alleged that the University failed to discipline Orr after accusations of bullying and academic negligence were partially upheld
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September 23, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Another one for BBC News to cover. Come on @joepike.bsky.social, you can cover this one!!
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NEW | I’m not surprised, but I am livid.
BBC NEWS, ‘DANNY TOMMO’ AND THE DINGHY ATTACK THAT DISAPPEARED
While the rest of the media – even the very worst parts – report on Daniel Thomas’ actions, BBC News fails to give its audience the facts.
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BBC NEWS, ‘DANNY TOMMO’ AND THE DINGHY ATTACK THAT DISAPPEARED
While the rest of the media – even the very worst parts – report on Daniel Thomas’ actions, BBC News fails to give its audience the facts.
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BBC News, ‘Danny Tommo’ and the dinghy attack that disappeared
While the rest of the media – even the very worst parts – report on Daniel Thomas’ actions, BBC News fails to give its audience the facts.
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September 23, 2026 at 9:43 AM
NEW | I’m not surprised, but I am livid.
BBC NEWS, ‘DANNY TOMMO’ AND THE DINGHY ATTACK THAT DISAPPEARED
While the rest of the media – even the very worst parts – report on Daniel Thomas’ actions, BBC News fails to give its audience the facts.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/bbc-news-d...
BBC NEWS, ‘DANNY TOMMO’ AND THE DINGHY ATTACK THAT DISAPPEARED
While the rest of the media – even the very worst parts – report on Daniel Thomas’ actions, BBC News fails to give its audience the facts.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/bbc-news-d...
A former student, previously found to have been bullied by the Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion and former Reform UK policy chief James Orr, is reopening their case against the University of Cambridge.
www.varsity.co.uk/news/32094
www.varsity.co.uk/news/32094
Former student of James Orr reopens case against University
The former PhD candidate has alleged that the University failed to discipline Orr after accusations of bullying and academic negligence were partially upheld
www.varsity.co.uk
September 23, 2026 at 10:05 AM
A former student, previously found to have been bullied by the Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion and former Reform UK policy chief James Orr, is reopening their case against the University of Cambridge.
www.varsity.co.uk/news/32094
www.varsity.co.uk/news/32094
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Excellent thread on the structural racism in the media 🧵👇
'New analysis on UK media: British media is not delivering the news to its readers. They are delivering an agenda.
The seven days after Channel 4 filmed James Orr are a damning indictment of the British press. Orr is a Cambridge associate professor.'
via @newscord.org
The seven days after Channel 4 filmed James Orr are a damning indictment of the British press. Orr is a Cambridge associate professor.'
via @newscord.org
September 23, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Excellent thread on the structural racism in the media 🧵👇
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This is an excellent, much-needed that lays bare the naked racism in the British media.
'New analysis on UK media: British media is not delivering the news to its readers. They are delivering an agenda.
The seven days after Channel 4 filmed James Orr are a damning indictment of the British press. Orr is a Cambridge associate professor.'
via @newscord.org
The seven days after Channel 4 filmed James Orr are a damning indictment of the British press. Orr is a Cambridge associate professor.'
via @newscord.org
September 22, 2026 at 6:37 PM
This is an excellent, much-needed that lays bare the naked racism in the British media.
Ayesha Siddiqi on "looksmaxxing"
September 22, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Ayesha Siddiqi on "looksmaxxing"
Nathan Cofnas and America’s Protection for Anti-Black Racism
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The reinstatement by Ghent University of a key figure in the Jason Arday affair followed pressure from Trump’s State Department. It reveals a wider ideology of ‘injustice as illusion’. Karam Bales rep...
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This thread is enough to make you feel ill.
Note The Guardian's statistics. Thry too are damning, it's awful.
Note The Guardian's statistics. Thry too are damning, it's awful.
'New analysis on UK media: British media is not delivering the news to its readers. They are delivering an agenda.
The seven days after Channel 4 filmed James Orr are a damning indictment of the British press. Orr is a Cambridge associate professor.'
via @newscord.org
The seven days after Channel 4 filmed James Orr are a damning indictment of the British press. Orr is a Cambridge associate professor.'
via @newscord.org
September 22, 2026 at 12:35 PM
This thread is enough to make you feel ill.
Note The Guardian's statistics. Thry too are damning, it's awful.
Note The Guardian's statistics. Thry too are damning, it's awful.