Archie Bland

“The illusion Labour relies on – that there is no money – has gone up in a puff of smoke. If there’s cash to keep pensioners warm in winter, why aren’t there ways to raise funds to do the same for children or disabled people?” My col. on Starmer’s u-turns theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

I wrote about the Vylanising of the Gaza discourse, and what happens if you keep telling people things they can see aren’t true. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Thank you, @archiebland for speaking with our Vice Chair, @katieghose and for featuring our research in the First Edition newsletter. “You might have a two-year-old waiting half their life before they get their foot in the door for the help they need.” theguardian.com/world/2025/may…

The great Today In Focus team of @helenpidd @samikent and Alex Atack made an episode about Max and did him proud. You can listen to it here: theguardian.com/news/audio/202…

“If you’re marketing something as a true story…you have a greater responsibility to honour that by telling a real version of the truth.” A new Netflix film promotes an experimental treatment that has “no good available evidence”, says @ArchieBland, whose son has cerebral palsy

Here’s a piece by me and @ruths about a really heinous @Netflix movie, no. 1 non-English title in the world right now, treating some extremely dubious claims about a magical treatment for cerebral palsy like fact. Don’t put this shit out Netflix!! theguardian.com/commentisfree/…