Lionel Barber @lionelbarber
Editor, Financial Times 2005-20. Co-host Media Confidential podcast, biographer of SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son, Spurs fan ft.com London Joined January 2013-
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The government’s latest wheeze to fix the teacher recruitment crisis: axe funding to @NowTeachOrg which had been beating its targets in finding older people to be teachers. Bone-headed.
There was - rightly - a hue and cry over who could be allowed to own the Telegraph. I can’t remember a precedent for the true ownership of a paper being kept secret. That’s what’s happened with the Jewish Chronicle prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/65…
Watch this carefully: either The 22-mile trip for post-Brexit border controls will involve nugatory checks or the extra red tape - yes, that Brexit word - will lead to higher food prices ft.com/content/b0b1c3… via @FT
Well worth reading. lot of questions, next to no answers
Well worth reading. lot of questions, next to no answers
Beyond parody: the Conservative prisons minister who does not know Rwanda and Congo are different countries in the week the government’s flagship deportation plan finally gets through Parliament. Where’s the beef/brief? mol.im/a/13351441 via @MailOnline
This is very good - and very worrying: Every Day in Court Improves Trump’s Chances in November nytimes.com/2024/04/25/opi…
We wish you were more educated too. But coming from @Columbia …. A Must-Watch - to better understand the herd “activism” of the US students… 🎥 @RubinReport
Is Georgia Meloni’s right wing government in Italy censoring state media? In our latest podcast, @arusbridger and I discuss with La Repubblica editor @Maumoi the row over anti-fascism and whether Italy is heading toward Hungary 🇭🇺 illiberalism mediaconfidential.lnk.to/podcastlh
TikTok fortune of billionaire Republican mega-donor Jeff Yass threatened by Washington Fascinating tale of how all the money in the world can't buy you a ticket out of US-China tensions, by @rwmcmorrow @Tabby_Kinder @Dimi & @arogDC ft.com/content/256a45… @FT
Slow puncture in the City after Brexit - those who predicted as much were rubbished ft.com/content/515654… via @FT
Speaking truth to power
Speaking truth to power
How to deal with Majorie Taylor Greene misinformation about Nazis in Ukraine - a masterclass from Prof Tim Snyder
How to deal with Majorie Taylor Greene misinformation about Nazis in Ukraine - a masterclass from Prof Tim Snyder
"Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, once all other possibilities have been exhausted.”
"Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, once all other possibilities have been exhausted.”
“I’m first a journalist & a human being and then an Israeli. How could it be any other way?” The veteran @haaretzcom writer @gideonle on whether he ever feels a conflict between his identity and his craft. @mediaconfpod with @lionelbarber mediaconfidential.lnk.to/podcastAh
Exc: Liz Truss broke Whitehall rules by publishing her new book without agreement from the Cabinet Office. Former ministers are meant to abide by the 'Radcliffe Rules', requiring them to hand over a pre-publication copy of their memoir for vetting. Truss gave the Cabinet Office…
Lunch with the Deep State: @GeorgeWParker has a tasty encounter with Liz Truss who still won’t accept responsibility for crashing the economy. Plenty of conspiracy theories but lettuce not on menu ft.com/content/8e0046… via @FT
A v sobering interview with @gideonle from @haaretzcom who reports every week from the West Bank on daily life for the Palestinians. This is a much neglected story. Plus on @mediaconfpod @arusbridger and I discuss bolshy newsrooms at the New York Times and NPR - and saturation…
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84K Followers 2K Following Professor of Global History at Oxford. Director, Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research. Silk Roads. Environment & Climate Change. Co-host of the Legacy podcastI read the very sad news that ‘Klute’ nightclub in Durham has closed down. As a student there - a very long time ago - Klute was always the last stop of the night. Never remember leaving and struggle to remember arriving! But sad nonetheless! 😱🤣
You could make a better case that British politics is remaking itself but that it’s the Tory party which is broken and that Frost has very much helped to break it
"British politics as we know it is broken. Here's how we Conservatives must rebuild it" I have a long essay in the @Telegraph today on what has gone wrong in how we run our country and how we can start to fix it: telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/… I argue that Britain faces a complex…
Congrats to the @FT’s @MilesMJohnson for winning a big @opcofamerica award for his investigation into #Prigozhin’s criminal empire!
You may expect a Monaco financier who dabbles in crypto to move in different circles to local councillors in the north of England Yet a hard-charging trader based 1,000 miles away has become enmeshed in Warrington council’s finances ✍🏻 w/ @JenWilliams_FT ft.com/content/acf745…
Judge: "The impact of Theo Baker’s investigation and subsequent follow-ups transcends mere collegiate work — it stands alongside some of the most significant journalistic endeavors of the year."
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If Trump gets to speak live on TV, why can't this trial be televised?
*NEW COLUMN* ‘Moscow’ Marjorie Taylor Greene is Putin’s useful idiot and the real betrayer of America. nypost.com/2024/04/22/opi…
So sad to hear about the passing of #TerryAnderson. CPJ’s honorary chair spent nearly 7 years as a hostage in Lebanon. He knew the price too many journalists pay - on his release, he campaigned for other denied their freedom. A giant. apnews.com/article/terry-…
This year, I’ve taken four international trips so far to give talks in international security. Every single time, I am asked about what will happen to US foreign policy it if Tump is reelected. The assumption is that Trumps populist isolationism is Americas future. Yesterday’s…
The House vote right now in support of new aid to Ukraine was 311 vs 112 (one present) . This vote is almost exactly what it was last September. For all those of you who claimed that support for Ukraine was fading in the House, you were wrong.
Ukraine flags waving on the House floor as long awaited aid bill passes. Though worth noting that more Republicans voted against this bill than for it. Trump’s arm is long.
Going head-to-head with @mustafasuleyman in @WaterstonesPicc! A lovely mini-review, if you squint..
Philipp Sands, East West Street Impossible to forget.
What is the best book you've read so far this year? 📚✨
I interviewed Gordon Brown - possibly the model for an ex-prime minister, certainly the model for the next chancellor ft.com/content/7c0fb9…
🚨personal news🚨I’ll be leaving the BBC at the end of May. Newsnight in its current format will end then, so most posts will go. I decided not to apply for other BBC jobs. Working there for 35 yrs has been life defining: an eyewitness to history collaborating with such brilliant…
Spectator now reportedly going for £100m. We were valued at £20m in 2009. This sales process has been (and remains) tumultuous - but does vindicate the incredible work of a tiny team at 22 Old Queen St. IMO value can hit £150m in five yrs with right vision, plan and investment.
Whoever told Trump that “states rights” was a safe way out of the abortion fight must have been hiding out in a Southern golf club since 1954 with the TV turned off. my latest column: newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…
I agree with @michaelgove. Referendums are no way to run a country. My piece for @ConHome. conservativehome.com/2024/04/08/dav…