Arabella Munro
@arabellamunro.bsky.social
Producer & broadcast journalist. Into politics, cooking, reading and wandering around trying to enjoy the beautiful bits of life. Funny offline.
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Almost every contestant on the Celebrity Traitors: God I'm having a great time here.
Ross Kemp: I'm a bear tied to a stake. They're trying to break my mind. But they can only do that if you let them. I won't let them. I won't. I fucking will not.
Ross Kemp: I'm a bear tied to a stake. They're trying to break my mind. But they can only do that if you let them. I won't let them. I won't. I fucking will not.
October 15, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Almost every contestant on the Celebrity Traitors: God I'm having a great time here.
Ross Kemp: I'm a bear tied to a stake. They're trying to break my mind. But they can only do that if you let them. I won't let them. I won't. I fucking will not.
Ross Kemp: I'm a bear tied to a stake. They're trying to break my mind. But they can only do that if you let them. I won't let them. I won't. I fucking will not.
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You're laughing. Princess Beatrice's friend Alice Naylor-Leyland has been attacked by a rogue owl during a chaotic photoshoot and you're laughing.
We don’t do the Daily Mail, but as a public service, here is someone with far too much money being attacked by an owl.
October 3, 2026 at 12:15 PM
You're laughing. Princess Beatrice's friend Alice Naylor-Leyland has been attacked by a rogue owl during a chaotic photoshoot and you're laughing.
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Well, this is a marmalade dropper
Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
channel4news.substack.com
September 3, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Well, this is a marmalade dropper
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PSA: Phoebe Bridgers's new album is so so good.
August 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
PSA: Phoebe Bridgers's new album is so so good.
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'Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it' (copyright @magnets.eurosky.social), Edinburgh edition
July 19, 2026 at 11:03 PM
'Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it' (copyright @magnets.eurosky.social), Edinburgh edition
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A real shame, this. One of the best ministerial appointments of recent times:
The day’s first casualty: James Timpson resigns as prisons minister. This is a big surprise! Timpson had a long history as a prisons reformer before entering government and seen as one of Starmer’s more innovative & exciting appointments. He’s also delivered a big change programme in gov. So: why?
Prisons minister Lord Timpson quits government
The businessman said it was an "honour" to serve in the post, but the BBC understands he feels he has achieved all he can in the role.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 20, 2026 at 10:11 AM
A real shame, this. One of the best ministerial appointments of recent times:
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He was shadow Treasury for three years and then a Treasury special advisor under Gordon Brown for nearly eight years. It's not a *bad* CV for the job, is it.
These journalists do realise I presume that Ed Miliband was literally the leader of the party in 2015 and fairly few people were expecting him to be Mitterand then. Plus there’s very little HMT experience in Labour and Ed has tons of it.
I've had 2 journalists today asking if Miliband as Chancellor would be a "Liz Truss moment" and find it difficult not to just respond "are you on crack?".
June 22, 2026 at 2:03 PM
He was shadow Treasury for three years and then a Treasury special advisor under Gordon Brown for nearly eight years. It's not a *bad* CV for the job, is it.
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There are those who feel obliged to make excuses for Donald Trump. But for the rest of us, writes Alan Rusbridger , it is time to speak bluntly about what we see: the guy is nuts
We need to talk about Donald
The increasingly incoherent and volatile president is much easier to understand if we come to terms with one thing
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
April 19, 2026 at 10:01 AM
There are those who feel obliged to make excuses for Donald Trump. But for the rest of us, writes Alan Rusbridger , it is time to speak bluntly about what we see: the guy is nuts
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If I was Qatar, I’d probably ask for my $400m jet back.
March 19, 2026 at 1:13 PM
If I was Qatar, I’d probably ask for my $400m jet back.
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An Iranian tycoon alleged to be a proxy for the Ayatollah was given permission by Barnet Council to build 33 luxury apartments in north London - without any affordable housing being required.
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
Iranian tycoon ‘amassed £150m property empire for Ayatollah’s son’
Ali Ansari is alleged to have bought mansions and apartments in London on behalf of Mojtaba Khamenei, frontrunner to become supreme leader
www.thetimes.com
March 16, 2026 at 2:19 PM
An Iranian tycoon alleged to be a proxy for the Ayatollah was given permission by Barnet Council to build 33 luxury apartments in north London - without any affordable housing being required.
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
I am also ruling myself out as next James Bond
March 17, 2026 at 8:26 AM
I am also ruling myself out as next James Bond
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As journalists working today many of us are taught to recognise disinformation when we see it and fight back against it.
Unfortunately there are some who willingly seek it out and put it on their front pages. A disgrace to the profession.
Unfortunately there are some who willingly seek it out and put it on their front pages. A disgrace to the profession.
March 1, 2026 at 6:35 AM
As journalists working today many of us are taught to recognise disinformation when we see it and fight back against it.
Unfortunately there are some who willingly seek it out and put it on their front pages. A disgrace to the profession.
Unfortunately there are some who willingly seek it out and put it on their front pages. A disgrace to the profession.
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Which way, British man (woman, person)?
Me on Gorton and Denton for SEC Newgate News. As we look ahead to the next general election, the two most realistic outcomes are currently a hard right shift - or a Labour led patchwork of progressive parties.
www.secnewgate.co.uk/our-insights...
Me on Gorton and Denton for SEC Newgate News. As we look ahead to the next general election, the two most realistic outcomes are currently a hard right shift - or a Labour led patchwork of progressive parties.
www.secnewgate.co.uk/our-insights...
Gorton and Denton is a taste of what is to come – but that could mean two very different things
Until yesterday La
www.secnewgate.co.uk
February 28, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Which way, British man (woman, person)?
Me on Gorton and Denton for SEC Newgate News. As we look ahead to the next general election, the two most realistic outcomes are currently a hard right shift - or a Labour led patchwork of progressive parties.
www.secnewgate.co.uk/our-insights...
Me on Gorton and Denton for SEC Newgate News. As we look ahead to the next general election, the two most realistic outcomes are currently a hard right shift - or a Labour led patchwork of progressive parties.
www.secnewgate.co.uk/our-insights...
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This is a very, very stupid letter. It doesn't, I think, even really work for its target audience of Labour MPs - let alone the audience it has found.
If sincere, it also reveals a fundamental unreality and objectionable mindset.
If sincere, it also reveals a fundamental unreality and objectionable mindset.
Keir Starmer has written to all Labour MPs attacking the Green Party for embracing "divisive" and "sectarian" politics
I'm picking up concern among Labour MPs about how this letter will come across to people who have voted/are tempted to vote Green, as it could risk further alienating these voters
I'm picking up concern among Labour MPs about how this letter will come across to people who have voted/are tempted to vote Green, as it could risk further alienating these voters
February 27, 2026 at 4:40 PM
This is a very, very stupid letter. It doesn't, I think, even really work for its target audience of Labour MPs - let alone the audience it has found.
If sincere, it also reveals a fundamental unreality and objectionable mindset.
If sincere, it also reveals a fundamental unreality and objectionable mindset.
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Some positive news around the UK economy - inflation down, retail sales up, tax receipts up, tentantive signs of higher productivity....
But also rising unemployment, falling wage increases, and flat GDP.
You wouldn't call it a recovery yet, but there's maybe a prospect of one.
But also rising unemployment, falling wage increases, and flat GDP.
You wouldn't call it a recovery yet, but there's maybe a prospect of one.
February 20, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Some positive news around the UK economy - inflation down, retail sales up, tax receipts up, tentantive signs of higher productivity....
But also rising unemployment, falling wage increases, and flat GDP.
You wouldn't call it a recovery yet, but there's maybe a prospect of one.
But also rising unemployment, falling wage increases, and flat GDP.
You wouldn't call it a recovery yet, but there's maybe a prospect of one.
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Weird and almost universal revisionism today. Even at the time, it was pretty clear that Mandelson wasn't appointed *despite* his dodgy links but *because* of them. Trump's Washington is a dirty swamp. Mandelson was deemed a man able to swim in it. This wasn't a secret. Everybody said it out loud.
February 4, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Weird and almost universal revisionism today. Even at the time, it was pretty clear that Mandelson wasn't appointed *despite* his dodgy links but *because* of them. Trump's Washington is a dirty swamp. Mandelson was deemed a man able to swim in it. This wasn't a secret. Everybody said it out loud.
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when American presidents die, it is the Star Spangled Penguin who has the task of leading them into the world beyond
Apart from anything else there are no penguins in Greenland. Unless he’s invading the South Pole too….
January 23, 2026 at 11:40 PM
when American presidents die, it is the Star Spangled Penguin who has the task of leading them into the world beyond
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Charlotte Bailey’s article on asbestos has been named one of Longreads’ Best of 2025:
Asbestos: a public health catastrophe
In the UK, thousands of people are still dying every year from exposure to the asbestos fibres in our homes, schools and workplaces. My dad was one of...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Charlotte Bailey’s article on asbestos has been named one of Longreads’ Best of 2025:
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Everything they do should be about what best sets up whichever fresh-faced MP becomes the leader in January 2029 to go 'I'm new! Inflation is down, interest rates are down, bin collections are weekly, GP appointments are up and the police catch criminals again!'
November 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Everything they do should be about what best sets up whichever fresh-faced MP becomes the leader in January 2029 to go 'I'm new! Inflation is down, interest rates are down, bin collections are weekly, GP appointments are up and the police catch criminals again!'
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Thanks to months of pitch rolling, the Labour government has now effectively told anyone paying attention that income tax rises are necessary, but they’re not going to do them because they’re politically weak. Let’s see how that plays!
November 14, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Thanks to months of pitch rolling, the Labour government has now effectively told anyone paying attention that income tax rises are necessary, but they’re not going to do them because they’re politically weak. Let’s see how that plays!
It’s November and the narcissi are flowering. Is this good?
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It’s November and the narcissi are flowering. Is this good?
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did a Halloween bit with @arabellamunro.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
did a Halloween bit with @arabellamunro.bsky.social
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Yes, because Badenoch’s was a criminal offence carrying a custodial sentence, whereas Reeves’ was not.
Badenoch says hacking into Harriet Harman's website 17 years ago 'not the same' as Reeves breaking law
Badenoch says hacking into Harriet Harman's website 17 years ago 'not the same' as Reeves breaking law
Kemi Badenoch has said hacking into Harriet Harman's website when she was younger is "not the same" as Rachel Reeves failing to get a £900 rental licence for her home.
news.sky.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Yes, because Badenoch’s was a criminal offence carrying a custodial sentence, whereas Reeves’ was not.
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I’m really starting to suspect that most of the tech bros haven’t actually read Tolkien, as they certainly don’t understand it.
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I’m really starting to suspect that most of the tech bros haven’t actually read Tolkien, as they certainly don’t understand it.
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!