Ben Fenton

Author: TO BE FAIR - the Ultimate Guide to Fairness(Mensch): Formerly FT/DTel; Chair, Orwell Journalism Prize.

[Ben Fenton @benfenton]

To Be Fair: 3 short words. 8 letters. In our DNA. Ancient. Modern. A word unique to English; an instinct common to humanity. All of life is here -fairness underpins: business, politics, law, race, tax, love, sex, war, sport.
2 more short words: Out. Now.

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Moving house. Please follow me to https://t.co/jgsp3AoChN if you don't already follow me there.

Sad times. Plot lost.

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@David_25 @SophieEB Cheese and onion (obvs) Taytos.

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@davidblack @Google Don’t you think they should the work themselves, David? Or is dependency on technology a good thing for the future of our species?

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@RichmondFC1861 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BEST RICHMOND SIDE I’VE SEEN IN A DECADE.

Last night’s win was easily Championship class. BRILLIANT!!!!

[Richmond Rugby @RichmondFC1861]

𝗦𝗘𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣! 🏆

Results across the league today mean it’s mathematically impossible for anyone to catch us.

Richmond Rugby are National League 1 champions and we’re going up! 🔥

#AClubForLife 💛❤️🖤

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@Blackheath_1858 @RotherhamRugby Thank you, Club. We owe you one. Look forward to your visit on the 26th for the big game of our season!

[Steven Swinford @Steven_Swinford]

All the very best to @michaelsavage in his new gig - a total gent, scoop-getter par excellence and stalwart of the lobby. You will be missed!

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Very important thread about cuts to BBC World Service

[Laura Phillips 💙 @LauraPh222]

World in chaos. Reliable info at premium.What’s going on @bbcworldservice? Govt gave WS extra £32.6m 2025-26, yet #BBC cutting 130 more WS jobs to save £6m. Why? #TimDavie told @rogermosey he wants to double investment in WS+govt to pay for it. Why mutilate WS more in advance? 1/

[Laura Phillips 💙 @LauraPh222]

World in chaos. Reliable info at premium.What’s going on @bbcworldservice? Govt gave WS extra £32.6m 2025-26, yet #BBC cutting 130 more WS jobs to save £6m. Why? #TimDavie told @rogermosey he wants to double investment in WS+govt to pay for it. Why mutilate WS more in advance? 1/

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Luigi Mangione as the “folk hero” at the centre of America’s confrontation with unfairness.

Online @prospect_uk now

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@montie But he woke on the third day

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I have made a small contribution to this epic edition of @TheNewEuropean, guest edited by @feargal_sharkey (who I first interviewed in about 1983 for the Oxford Mail) - writing about the Cummeragh river in Co. Kerry: https://t.co/fNBiC2rgM0

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Ladies and gentlemen here it is, a very special, one-off collector’s edition of @TheNewEuropean devoted to the sewage scandal and edited by me.

A huge, massive, humongous thank you to Matt Kelly and all of the editorial team for such a brilliant job, immense, you’re all rock stars. 👏👏👏

Available from all good outlets…

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@melialfp @gideonrachman It is not state-funded; it is publicly-funded.

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If you are using the For You feed, then yes it is deliberately set up for you to see content you will "be engaged with" although that really means "get enraged at". It's the old newspaper trick of making the readers angry, but on a sinister scale. Switch to "Following" feed or go to Bluesky - much better, more interaction with real people and most of the people you want to follow will be there. I am on my last legs with this place.

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@christopherhope @Channel4 @WeAreWhisperTV That’s absolutely wonderful, Chris. Just fantastic. What an inspiration she is. Many congratulations to her and all of you for the support you’ve given her.

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Thanks to all replies on the blistered leg. Consensus is giant hogweed. Confirms what his mum thought might be one of the suspects. Everyone very kind and quick. Twitter at its best - the hive mind is one thing Musk has not killed yet.

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A friend’s son had this reaction to something, probably outdoors, possibly insect, possibly plant - happened in semi-rural area on outskirts of Dublin. Doctors baffled. Anyone got any ideas on a diagnosis?

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I see Elon Musk was right: a very civil war against intolerance has broken out in Britain this evening.

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If I live to be 150 I will never, never call Twickenham “the Allianz Stadium”. What a travesty, a sacrilege.

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@krishgm On the bridge, Krish?