David Aaronovitch
@DAaronovitch
Presenter of BBC Radio 4's Briefing Room, author of Voodoo Histories, now Substacking with Notes from the Underground. Instagram: david_aaronovitch
If you miss me in the middle of The Times You can't find me nowhere Come on over to the Underground I'll be writing right there... davidaaronovitch.substack.com
‘Catholic commentator’? Only in the sense that Francisco Franco was a Catholic leader
Catholic commentator Pinesap has been fired from his job after his appearance on Jubilee debating Mehdi Hasan. Follow: @AFpost
This one is my favourite. It’s a sort of megahistorical version of ‘there ain’t no black in the Union Jack’. Disappointingly for this chap my mother was a Walmsley. Probably waved a pitchfork at Stamford Bridge
Aaronovitch? Is that a true British name? Many Aaronovitches fight at the Battle of Hastings?
This is the @GBNews regular recording conversations between @marksandspencer staff for speaking Hindi to each other. She agrees we should deport 20 million British citizens to their "ancestral homelands" and says this is a "starting point"? For what?
What a truly horrible post and a million miles away from true British values
Just landed in Heathrow Airport T3. Went into M&S. Three @marksandspencer staff speaking in another language. I asked them “What language are you speaking?” They responded “Hindi” I have a voice recording & their names to report to M&S. We must confront them every time.
Marks and Spencer was founded by Michael Marks (מיכאל מאַרקס) a Yiddish-speaking refugee from Belarus. Few of his original colleagues spoke much English. I imagine they faced a lot of racism, but not, thankfully for them, from employees of @GBNEWS.
I love the claim that the Greens are pedalling ideas
I don’t scoff at one. The opposite: I support one and have argued for one many times before on the record, including in a broadcast discussion with @ZackPolanski
Can't wait to join @BigBrotherWatch's @rebecca_vincent and the great @DAaronovitch at @IAI_TV's virtual event on anonymity on Aug 4 at 6pm GMT. Of course I wished to participate without being known publicly (true to the theme). But that did't fly! iai.tv/live/the-price…
Join us for the IAI Live on the 8th of August at 05:20PM BST, for a fascinating interview with acclaimed journalist, broadcaster and author @DAaronovitch. | iai.tv/live/the-price… Tap to book your ticket now to join Aaronovitch in this exclusive, interactive interview to hear…
Hulk Hogan: natural causes or did he know too much? #TrumpEpsteinCoverup
Shocking, predictable, avoidable. "testimonies from doctors, relief workers and Gazans this week make it clear that a worst-case scenario is finally unfolding: Nearly one in three people are going multiple days without eating" washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/…
Gaza faces a severe humanitarian crisis as Israeli restrictions on aid lead to widespread malnutrition and starvation, with hospitals overwhelmed by malnourished children. wapo.st/4o5O2Ek
This one has got to the stage at which angry anonyms are telling me it didn't happen.
Coming up on The Briefing Room at 4 on Radio 4 and @BBCSounds @DAaronovitch and guests discuss whether we’re seeing a closer relationship between the UK and the EU?@pmdfoster @jillongovt @anandMenon1 @Mij_Europe bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
Shout out to Abdul, a member of staff at Crystal Palace station. I was the only person on the last service - a rail replacement bus which completely failed to stop. Abdul told me to complain to @TfL - which subcontracts this service. And then he DROVE ME HOME. What a guy.
That such a person as Owens can make loads of money from fellow Americans and command the ear of the US president is beyond depressing
French president Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte are suing right-wing YouTuber Candace Owens over her claims that Brigitte is trans—and maybe Emmanuel's own father. Is this the end for Owens? I discuss with @SonnyBunch! thebulwark.com/p/candace-owen…
Unsurprisingly, Marjorie Taylor Greene is lying. This protest had absolutely nothing to do with Zelensky "refusing to make a peace deal" or "ending the war". I know, because I was actually there.
Huge protests erupt in Kyiv against Ukrainian President Zelensky as he is a dictator and refuses to make a peace deal and end the war. Good for the Ukrainian people! Throw him out of office! And America must STOP funding and sending weapons!!!
I get that “reform capital gains tax now” isn’t a great slogan, but in the end, evidence matters. We’re not getting a wealth tax under this, or any conceivable, government. For good reasons. The Left should focus on effective and achievable tax policy: pro equity and pro growth
Today I handed in my petition for a wealth tax, backed by over 80,000 people, to Downing Street. The campaign for a wealth tax is growing from strength to strength. Together, we will win this!
Or the appeasers and the social democrats might be another way of framing it
No 10 divided between deflectors and confronters, according to @DPJHodges dailymail.co.uk/debate/article…