Oly Duff

Editor-in-chief @theipaper | | 2025 UK News Website of the Year | 2024 UK Newspaper of the Year | Unique pledge on politics | @olyduff.bsky.social

[Emily Dugan @emilydugan]

Honoured to win Journalist of the Year at last night’s @editorsuk Media Freedom Awards for reporting on Andrew Malkinson and threats to our justice system.
Proud to work with an incredibly talented team at The Sunday Times, who also won National News Organisation with @thetimes

[The i Paper @theipaper]

Joe Duggan's investigation into the deadly lung disease silicosis helped force new safety rules, a criminal investigation and a parliamentary bill

Read more: https://t.co/KMBWCntSEf

[christinalamb @christinalamb]

Congratulations to my fantastic colleague @emilydugan for winning Journalist of the Year for her amazing reporting on Andrew Malkinson

[The i Paper @theipaper]

🔴 Exclusive | Acclaimed scientist Geoffrey Hinton has given his candid, arresting views on the future of AI – both the dangers and opportunities. 

Read more: https://t.co/4KGlyKjdKc

[The i Paper @theipaper]

Friday's front page: 'Godfather of AI warns humanity: it's all hurtling out of control'

Read the full story: https://t.co/XFhuBTVlgs

#tomorrowspaperstoday

[Jonathan Joseph @Jonathanjoseph0]

https://t.co/SQglC8Zbl7

[The i Paper @theipaper]

APPLY NOW | The i Paper is recruiting two school or college leaver apprentices to complete a diploma in journalism and gain invaluable experience from our busy newsroom.

Apply now:  https://t.co/7oK4vMglPe

[Edward Lucas @edwardlucas]

thoughts from me here, and from the great @Pabriks
https://t.co/YVB51jW8hU

[The i Paper @theipaper]

The i Paper is now on Substack!

Expect the day’s biggest story explained by our Editor-in-Chief @olyduff, alongside brilliant opinion and insight and an inside look at our journalists' work.

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[The i Paper @theipaper]

Joe Duggan‘s reporting on the deadly lung disease silicosis and subsequent Killer Kitchens campaign has been nominated for the News Media Association’s “Making a Difference” award

Read more: https://t.co/Xaoz54wTA7

[Kitty Donaldson @kitty_donaldson]

Andy Burnham’s tendency to shoot from the hip is starting to raise eyebrows in Whitehall (as officials have to deal with the fallout).

My column this evening:

https://t.co/ROLe7rq3ub

[John Foreman CBE @John_ForemanCBE]

Strangely, this did actually happen this week:

‘I was [at RAF Molesworth] saying why does Russia and other state actors use that [offset] strategy – because it’s to try to offset against our superiority, our information superiority, our conventional superiority, our economic superiority’.

Foreman said. ‘As Russia’s relative inferiority broadens against the West, we can expect them to step up these attacks, and I think they’ll be taking more risks’.

https://t.co/9mBV3rA471

[Oly Duff @olyduff]

@swinfan69 @theipaper Afternoon Neil. As others have pointed out, this article is from The Times..

[caroline wheeler @cazjwheeler]

Exclusive: Andy Burnham is leaving the door open to a snap general election next year, The i Paper has been told.

Multiple sources close to the No 10 operation have suggested that an early general election in May has not been ruled out, despite the Prime Minister publicly insisting that there will be no early poll.

In a round of interviews last week, Burnham appeared to shut down the prospect of an election, saying: “No, no election any time soon. I’m focused on the job as prime minister doing what I said I would do.”

Asked by ITV Calendar whether the next general election would be in 2029, he was even more emphatic: “Yes, that’s when the next election will be. All of this speculation on an early election, I can knock that dead.”

He went on to say that calling an election would mean putting “self-serving politics” ahead of delivering for the public, adding: “I’m not going to do that.”

However, behind the scenes, some of Burnham’s closest advisers concede there is still a chance he could go to the country in May.

A source close to the PM told The i Paper: “There is a growing school of thought that there might be a ‘sweet spot’ for an early general.”
The argument is that Burnham could call an election before the right has a chance to reunite, given Labour’s much weaker performance in 2019 when the right was more united than it was in 2024.

Another No 10 source suggested Burnham would “give the country time to get to know the new PM” before making a final decision, which would likely depend on how well the Budget lands and the size of any “Burnham bounce”.

Labour officials have also been instructed to “be ready” for an early election, although a senior party source stressed that no decision has been made.

Story 👇 with @whazell and @singharj

[Kitty Donaldson @kitty_donaldson]

EXC: How the UK is resisting Abu Dhabi pressure over Man City cheating case

https://t.co/EZhjMLBQvf

[Ian Herbert @ianherbs]

When I wrote about this image rights sham for The Independent in 2018, Manchester City threatened to sue us and demanded I tweet out a personal apology on here. We fought them. They did not sue us.
City's sham is confirmed by the Premier League today https://t.co/Fzemh3f8CA

[Kitty Donaldson @kitty_donaldson]

EXC: Senior No 10 staffers have held private discussions about the level of polling support they would need to call an election.

BUT, crucially, there are no plans to press ahead.

💫No 10 Chief of Staff James Purnell has privately told Labour MPs there are no plans for an early election

💫Amid vintage cars, a Vespa rally and live jazz at the Goodwood Revival race meeting last weekend, an unofficial but clear message was passed to outriders from the King that Burnham has no plans to call an election

💫The YouGov MRP poll published this week still puts Labour short of an outright majority. However well he did, Burnham would win far fewer seats than Sir Keir Starmer.

💫“It would be unforgivably reckless to throw it all away,” as a Cabinet minister put it.

💫Labour isn't ready for an election. New General Secretary Joe Fortune only started last week, the party is about to appoint a new head of fundraising

💫There will be no substantive retail offers in either Burnham's conference speech or the Budget, which there would be if an election was about to be called

💫Read this and more detail about the No 10 party for donors here:

https://t.co/gAVmoLUsQo

[Mark Douglas @MsiDouglas]

💣 Genuine bombshell for the @premierleague as #mcfc 'found guilty' on '115 case'.

Club set to appeal. No punishment set yet but relegation, stripping of titles and huge points deductions speculated on.

This is the biggest story of the Premier League era. Details: https://t.co/zSmnjvrRjK

[London Press Club @londonpressclub]

Congratulations to @patrickkmaguire @duncanrobinson @Steven_Swinford @cazjwheeler on being shortlisted for Political Journalist of the Year. https://t.co/kDixRsLdoL

[Joe Duggan @joeduggan1]

A real honour to see @theipaper's Killer Kitchens campaign on rising silicosis cases among young stonemasons nominated for the @EditorsUK Media Freedom Awards.