I didn't write the headline, though. Writing @thetimes, talking @timesradio Monday-Thursday, 10am-1pm. Latest novel, Rabbits, at link below...
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My novel *Rabbits* is out today in paperback.
I feel you should definitely buy it.
Here are some of the lovely things readers have said about it over the last few months.
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🚨 Latest listening figures! 🚨
We're delighted to announce Times Radio has 10% more listeners than a year ago! There are 619,000 people tuning in each week, according to the latest radio industry figures.
And they're listening for 14% longer!
Why not join them and start listening today?
I'll be at JW3 next week discussing Jewish life in Lithuania (and and nearby) before the Holocaust with Philippe Sands and Deborah Posel. Come along: jw3.org.uk/whats-on/in-conve…
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I had the pleasure of talking today with @hugorifkind on the @TimesRadio on "Oil Wars," my new book. Hugo asked all the right questions. Enjoy: youtu.be/nehd82otj8Q?si=_T7W…
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Such a pleasure being interviewed by @hugorifkind on @TimesRadio. Proper questions designed to cast light on a difficult topic - terrorism. A million miles from the juvenile gotcha style of the Today programme on Radio 4.
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With Andy Burnham referring to ‘quasi-judicial’ processes to grant new oil and gas licences, Hugo Rifkind (unsuccessfully) attempts to discover the meaning behind Westminster’s latest word salad.
“Explain it to me!”
“I can’t”
@hugorifkind
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Elon Musk’s Doge promised $2 trillion in savings.
In reality it’s saved “zero” says Michael Lewis, author of The Big Short and Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State.
“The mess on the other side cost more than the benefits from the cuts.”
It's not rocket science to figure out why paedos gravitated to the BBC. Prestigious employer, gave them power, particularly gave them access to youth culture. So to do Jenrick's parallel properly, I'd love to know why he thinks this lot were attracted to Reform UK?
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“[They] pummel my midsection with their fists. Hood back off, they repeat the question, ‘who do you work for?’ That’s when the immense fear overtakes me.”
Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was wrongly imprisoned by Russia for 16 months under false espionage charges, tells Hugo Rifkind about the moment he was captured by the FSB.
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Looking forward to discussing my book with @hugorifkind on @TimesRadio tomorrow morning at 10:45am…
Watch four centrists shouting at each other about money.
“You can't bung people with their own money.”
Daniel Finkelstein explains why Kemi Badenoch’s inheritance tax cut gives the Conservatives hope.
🗳️ How To Win An Election
🎧 pod.fo/e/69a22a
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Yes, this was quite a common view for Jews before the war (both sets of my grandparents held roughly this view) , alongside the Jewish socialist view that only socialism would bring real delivery. After the war the Montagu position had much less support. Those of my grandparents who survived shifted to pragmatic support of Israel’s existence. Which is also my position, remaining aware of the power of the Montagu type position.
I'd absolutely love to give @ZackPolanski airtime. Alas, he's never yet agreed to come on. But I'm also not sure he'd want to "explain it from the Green perspective" given he didn't want to vote for it.
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The Greens have told “any observant Jews in the world, let alone just in Britain, that they are a racist”, says Times Radio presenter @HugoRifkind.
“That means if you believe in a two-state solution, you’re racist.”
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Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice says Andy Burnham is “going after pensioners” by altering the triple lock, but will not commit his party to retaining the policy beyond the next parliament.
“We just think, ultimately, this is about choices.”
@hugorifkind
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“Is this the warmest reception you’ve had all week?”
Hugo Rifkind and Ben Clatworthy go for a dip in the Mersey with a very cold Lisa Nandy and Al Carns.
@HugoRifkind | @benclatworthy | @AlistairCarns | @lisanandy
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This is a poor take that suggests he doesn't know much about Russia in the 1990s, including Russia-US or wider Russia-West relations in the 1990s. By giving only one part of the story, he is repeating the Russian political elite's line that it was all the West's fault. Long🧵
Finally looked this up after wondering about it forever and to be honest I still have some questions.
Funny old job, this.
Piff the Magic Dragon pays Times Radio a visit and performs a card trick… but Hugo’s reaction isn’t quite what he hoped for.
"Can you for once react like a human being?"
@hugorifkind | @thepiff
Guys, when you're say "but our relationship with crypto billionaires is only the same as Labour's with trade unions!" then you're actually completely agreeing with me. See?
