'Deciding to leave Erasmus wasn’t about money, it was about ideology, about proving a point: that Britain was no longer beholden to Europe, even if that meant abandoning a scheme that benefited tens of thousands of young people each year.'
Assa Samake-Roman, via The National
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Assa Samake-Roman, via The National
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May 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
'Deciding to leave Erasmus wasn’t about money, it was about ideology, about proving a point: that Britain was no longer beholden to Europe, even if that meant abandoning a scheme that benefited tens of thousands of young people each year.'
Assa Samake-Roman, via The National
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Assa Samake-Roman, via The National
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Merci Hamidou Samaké !
May 3, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Merci Hamidou Samaké !
How do you talk to someone about shaping the future of a nation when they don’t even believe they can shape their own life? asks Assa Samake-Roman ✍️
February 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
How do you talk to someone about shaping the future of a nation when they don’t even believe they can shape their own life? asks Assa Samake-Roman ✍️
I don’t know who can stop Reform. But we know what might, and it’s staring us in the face: tax justice, writes Assa Samake-Roman ✍️
Assa Samake-Roman: We can tackle Reform UK with tax plan from this economist
www.thenational.scot
October 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I don’t know who can stop Reform. But we know what might, and it’s staring us in the face: tax justice, writes Assa Samake-Roman ✍️
Fantastic presentation by Naomi Samake-Backert of the RE:SHaRE team as part of the @cshhh.bsky.social seminar series this evening. Naomi spoke to us on her important research on virginity testing and reproductive surveillance at Heathrow airport in the late 70s. #histmed
March 10, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Fantastic presentation by Naomi Samake-Backert of the RE:SHaRE team as part of the @cshhh.bsky.social seminar series this evening. Naomi spoke to us on her important research on virginity testing and reproductive surveillance at Heathrow airport in the late 70s. #histmed
"Morgan McSweeney has much to answer for..."
Assessing the wreckage of #Labour election campaign.
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social with @adambienkov.bsky.social and Assa Samake Roman
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Assessing the wreckage of #Labour election campaign.
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social with @adambienkov.bsky.social and Assa Samake Roman
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BYLINE TIMES PODCAST: Election Special: Labour Pains, Turquoise Tide, Nats Bite
Adrian Goldberg assesses the election results in England, Scotand and Wales with Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov and Assa Samake Roman, a freelance journalist and columnist for The Natio...
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May 10, 2026 at 3:57 PM
"Morgan McSweeney has much to answer for..."
Assessing the wreckage of #Labour election campaign.
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social with @adambienkov.bsky.social and Assa Samake Roman
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Assessing the wreckage of #Labour election campaign.
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social with @adambienkov.bsky.social and Assa Samake Roman
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Social media giants have failed childhood, yes. But more fundamentally, they have failed society entirely, writes Assa Samake-Roman✍️
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Read more: www.thenational.scot/politi...
June 17, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Social media giants have failed childhood, yes. But more fundamentally, they have failed society entirely, writes Assa Samake-Roman✍️
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Read more: www.thenational.scot/politi...
You don’t need to be a Westminster insider to recognise that something is off, writes Assa Samake-Roman ✍️
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
You don’t need to be a Westminster insider to recognise that something is off, writes Assa Samake-Roman ✍️
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
At last intelligent comment about the reality of benefits!
Assa Samake-Roman: The myth of ‘generous welfare’ needs to be put to bed
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Assa Samake-Roman: The myth of ‘generous welfare’ needs to be put to bed
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Assa Samake-Roman: The myth of ‘generous welfare’ needs to be put to bed
ON Question Time from Paisley last week there was a question about benefits, about the two-child cap, which has now, finally, been scrapped
www.thenational.scot
December 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
At last intelligent comment about the reality of benefits!
Assa Samake-Roman: The myth of ‘generous welfare’ needs to be put to bed
www.thenational.scot/politics/257...
Assa Samake-Roman: The myth of ‘generous welfare’ needs to be put to bed
www.thenational.scot/politics/257...
If progressives vacate the terrain of anger, the far right will take it, Assa Samake-Roman writes ✍️
Read the full article: www.thenational.scot/politics/254...
Read the full article: www.thenational.scot/politics/254...
August 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
If progressives vacate the terrain of anger, the far right will take it, Assa Samake-Roman writes ✍️
Read the full article: www.thenational.scot/politics/254...
Read the full article: www.thenational.scot/politics/254...
The scandal is not just that rents are high, it is that public subsidy meant to address a housing crisis ends up underwriting a model designed to reward shareholders, writes Assa Samake-Roman ✍️
www.thenational.scot/politi...
www.thenational.scot/politi...
September 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The scandal is not just that rents are high, it is that public subsidy meant to address a housing crisis ends up underwriting a model designed to reward shareholders, writes Assa Samake-Roman ✍️
www.thenational.scot/politi...
www.thenational.scot/politi...
What the debate often gets wrong is the idea that independence is a distraction from everyday concerns. But for many people, it comes directly from them, writes Assa Samake-Roman ✍️
🔗https://www.thenational.scot/politics/26021754.independence-will-keep-coming-holyrood-election/
🔗https://www.thenational.scot/politics/26021754.independence-will-keep-coming-holyrood-election/
April 15, 2026 at 2:46 PM
What the debate often gets wrong is the idea that independence is a distraction from everyday concerns. But for many people, it comes directly from them, writes Assa Samake-Roman ✍️
🔗https://www.thenational.scot/politics/26021754.independence-will-keep-coming-holyrood-election/
🔗https://www.thenational.scot/politics/26021754.independence-will-keep-coming-holyrood-election/
'The far-right doesn’t deal in goodwill or compromise, they deal in exploitation. And, as Barnier is now learning, they will use and discard you the moment it suits them.'
Assa Samake-Roman, via @scotnational.bsky.social.
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Assa Samake-Roman, via @scotnational.bsky.social.
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Assa Samake-Roman: The far-right is not a partner, it’s a predator
As we witness the latest political farce unfolding in France, it’s hard not to think we’re living through one of La Fontaine’s fables. The…
www.thenational.scot
December 5, 2024 at 9:00 AM
'The far-right doesn’t deal in goodwill or compromise, they deal in exploitation. And, as Barnier is now learning, they will use and discard you the moment it suits them.'
Assa Samake-Roman, via @scotnational.bsky.social.
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Assa Samake-Roman, via @scotnational.bsky.social.
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We are delighted to share our call for papers for Medical Humanities. @georgesevers.bsky.social, Naomi Samake-Bäckert and I are guest editing a topic collection titled “Race, Sexual and Reproductive Health: Histories, Inequalities, Futures. Deadline: 31 October 2026
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Topic Collection: Race, Sexual and Reproductive Health: Histories, Inequalities, Futures | Medical Humanities
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January 26, 2026 at 12:40 PM
We are delighted to share our call for papers for Medical Humanities. @georgesevers.bsky.social, Naomi Samake-Bäckert and I are guest editing a topic collection titled “Race, Sexual and Reproductive Health: Histories, Inequalities, Futures. Deadline: 31 October 2026
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In Scotland today, amid crises in housing, care, and trust, we need more than policy tweaks. We need imagination, writes Assa Samake-Roman ✍️
Assa Samake-Roman: When we work for the mutual benefit of all, everyone wins
www.thenational.scot
July 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
In Scotland today, amid crises in housing, care, and trust, we need more than policy tweaks. We need imagination, writes Assa Samake-Roman ✍️
From Scotland, this heatwave feels distant because, for now, we can still look at it as something happening elsewhere. But that distance is deceptive. Scotland is not outside the problem, writes Assa Samake-Roman ✍️
🔗 www.thenational.scot/commen...
🔗 www.thenational.scot/commen...
July 1, 2026 at 5:27 PM
From Scotland, this heatwave feels distant because, for now, we can still look at it as something happening elsewhere. But that distance is deceptive. Scotland is not outside the problem, writes Assa Samake-Roman ✍️
🔗 www.thenational.scot/commen...
🔗 www.thenational.scot/commen...
When voters are angry, it is reassuring to think that the problem is misunderstanding rather than the choices themselves, writes Assa Samake-Roman ✍️
May 27, 2026 at 8:53 AM
When voters are angry, it is reassuring to think that the problem is misunderstanding rather than the choices themselves, writes Assa Samake-Roman ✍️
Dream team of @carorusterholz.bsky.social @georgesevers.bsky.social & Naomi Samake-Bäckert starting day two at #MBS26 with their panel on 'Race and sexual reproductive health in post-war Britain'
June 4, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Dream team of @carorusterholz.bsky.social @georgesevers.bsky.social & Naomi Samake-Bäckert starting day two at #MBS26 with their panel on 'Race and sexual reproductive health in post-war Britain'
Yes, the UK has a serious redistribution problem. It also has a deeper problem. If the left wants to change that, it has to talk about ownership, power and decision-making. It has to think much bigger, writes Assa Samake-Roman✍️
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Read more: www.thenational.scot/politi...
January 28, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Yes, the UK has a serious redistribution problem. It also has a deeper problem. If the left wants to change that, it has to talk about ownership, power and decision-making. It has to think much bigger, writes Assa Samake-Roman✍️
Read more: www.thenational.scot/politi...
Read more: www.thenational.scot/politi...
The distinction should not be difficult to state: respect the voters, refuse the politics. Respect, however, is not absolution. It does not require us to pretend Reform voters have no idea what they are endorsing, writes Assa Samake-Roman ✍️
May 13, 2026 at 8:04 AM
The distinction should not be difficult to state: respect the voters, refuse the politics. Respect, however, is not absolution. It does not require us to pretend Reform voters have no idea what they are endorsing, writes Assa Samake-Roman ✍️
'Over the past four decades, the UK has reorganised its essential services around a specific model – privatisation, fragmentation and the systematic extraction of value. Energy is a clear example.'
Assa Samaké-Roman , via The National
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Assa Samaké-Roman , via The National
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April 4, 2026 at 8:00 AM
'Over the past four decades, the UK has reorganised its essential services around a specific model – privatisation, fragmentation and the systematic extraction of value. Energy is a clear example.'
Assa Samaké-Roman , via The National
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Assa Samaké-Roman , via The National
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The government is calling out the damage Brexit has done - finally.
"It was not a radical statement. It was simply true. But in British politics, where truth about Brexit has been treated like contraband, its plainness landed like a rupture."
https://bit.ly/3MfM99B
"It was not a radical statement. It was simply true. But in British politics, where truth about Brexit has been treated like contraband, its plainness landed like a rupture."
https://bit.ly/3MfM99B
Assa Samake-Roman: Keir Starmer finally says what everyone knows about Brexit
I WAS in France last week, and as I often do when I go home, I organised a long lunch with friends, the kind that stretches across an entire...
www.thenational.scot
December 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The government is calling out the damage Brexit has done - finally.
"It was not a radical statement. It was simply true. But in British politics, where truth about Brexit has been treated like contraband, its plainness landed like a rupture."
https://bit.ly/3MfM99B
"It was not a radical statement. It was simply true. But in British politics, where truth about Brexit has been treated like contraband, its plainness landed like a rupture."
https://bit.ly/3MfM99B
Where are the people? Where does collective intelligence still emerge? Where do conversations actually take place, and where do people feel legitimate enough to speak? asks Assa Samake-Roman ✍️
🔗 www.thenational.scot/politi...
🔗 www.thenational.scot/politi...
February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Where are the people? Where does collective intelligence still emerge? Where do conversations actually take place, and where do people feel legitimate enough to speak? asks Assa Samake-Roman ✍️
🔗 www.thenational.scot/politi...
🔗 www.thenational.scot/politi...
"I'd say these results are less about massive public enthusiasm for Reform - it's about dissatisfaction and disappointment in the government."
@adambienkov.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social with
@goldbergradio.bsky.social & Assa Samake Roman
pod.fo/e/411262
@adambienkov.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social with
@goldbergradio.bsky.social & Assa Samake Roman
pod.fo/e/411262
BYLINE TIMES PODCAST: Election Special: Labour Pains, Turquoise Tide, Nats Bite
Adrian Goldberg assesses the election results in England, Scotand and Wales with Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov and Assa Samake Roman, a freelance journalist and columnist for The Natio...
pod.fo
May 10, 2026 at 4:59 PM
"I'd say these results are less about massive public enthusiasm for Reform - it's about dissatisfaction and disappointment in the government."
@adambienkov.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social with
@goldbergradio.bsky.social & Assa Samake Roman
pod.fo/e/411262
@adambienkov.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social with
@goldbergradio.bsky.social & Assa Samake Roman
pod.fo/e/411262
Voters are being asked to believe that a government which has embraced a market-led renewables model under devolution will transform into a public ownership state post-independence, writes Assa Samake-Roman ✍️
www.thenational.scot/politi...
www.thenational.scot/politi...
December 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Voters are being asked to believe that a government which has embraced a market-led renewables model under devolution will transform into a public ownership state post-independence, writes Assa Samake-Roman ✍️
www.thenational.scot/politi...
www.thenational.scot/politi...