This is one of the most entertaining pod conversations I’ve had in ages, as Tom Phillips walks me through the history of politicians believing batshit things. Listen.

Are MPs becoming more susceptible to conspiracy theories?

In today's Bunker, Tom Phillips talks to Andrew Harrison about why politicians are increasingly falling for dark fantasies about plots and secret control ➡️listen.podmasters.uk/BNKR_240319_Co…

apropos of nothing, got a bunch of invite codes for the 🟦sky place, it's quite nice right now. DM if we kind of vaguely know each other here and you want a lil lifeboat

you can tell quite how long I banged on about this from the number of edits required Tom Phillips

Great Tom Phillips feature on disinfo in 2023 and what it means for the next election politicshome.com/thehouse/artic…

Interesting article thinking through the implications of deep fakes on elections:
politicshome.com/thehouse/artic…

The Misinfo Election: Will it be a fake news nightmare? Tom Phillips via PoliticsHome, with comment by me for Full Fact - with a GenAI-infected election campaign ahead I call on politicians to be useful: get your house in order! #GE24 politicshome.com/thehouse/artic…

🗞️ NEW The House magazine has dropped in Parliament today

🤖 Francis Elliott's first proper edition as our new editor is full of interesting features on AI – from fake news at the GE (@flashboy) to NHS data (@sophiealichurch) to not-a-tech-bro AI minister Viscount Camrose (@TaliFraser)

think I'm going to be on LBC just after 11 talking about conspiracy theories, if anybody wants to hear me talking about conspiracy theories

blocked. blocked. blocked. youre all blocked. none of you are free of sin

Usually if a group of writers and actors are united against you that means you are the antagonist of a Muppet movie

Frankie Goodway Jasper Jackson ...my sometime co-author Tom Phillips has written about the Tory tailspin, and a short history of battles that never really were, and the results are so good I'm now a bit frightened by him

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Agnes was a light, and the world of everyone who knew her just got darker

Nice try, boat

[whispers the incantation] one of *those* spells

joe root engaging naughty mode, always good

food waste is a real problem, good to see creative solutions being proposed

strong 'texting your ex at midnight three days after you broke up with them' vibes