Leigh Jones
Freelance journalist. Investigations, writing, broadcast, newsreading, BBC Radio Newcastle etc
Editor, The Teesside Lead.
🔗 https://theteessidelead.substack.com
Used to work in music. Ex-Yorkshire Post Teesworks expert. Oh, and once I saw a blimp.
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- Reposted by Leigh JonesDo they understand how mad they sound? As if anyone has ever decided to cross the Channel in a small boat because, if they make it, they might get to take a free taxi to a doctor's appointment? "Pull factors" on steroids. www.bbc.com/news/article...
- It's not a lie when I say I've never read a work of fiction. I wanted to fix that by reading the biggest book I could find. And because I'm a man it's impossible to do something without it being a podcast. The first episode is out now 🐳🐳🐳
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- Reposted by Leigh Jonesagain we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are his net worth is $253.2 billion. so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire and then do it again tomorrow and again the day after that and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
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- Reposted by Leigh Jonesalways bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
- Hartlepool's current MP has used Parliamentary privilege to call Peter Mandelson (his predecessor in that seat) a traitor.
- I'm launching a new podcast tomorrow and I'm really excited about it. Go and follow/subscribe and get the first one delivered straight to you when it's out.
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- Among all the stories from journalists and politicos now breaking cover to share how awful, rude and entitled Mandelson was in person, what was it he had that meant people put up with his terrible behaviour?
- I went to Newcastle Civic Centre and made this little video.
- Reposted by Leigh JonesCan you imagine if someone told you that they were clowning on your goofy ass in the Epstein secret chats
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- Reposted by Leigh JonesIt's 1998. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour. It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour. It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour. It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
- "I don't remember" is what you say if you said something inappropriate and there's doubt about accuracy. Who on earth has no memory of receiving $75,000? How often was he receiving sums like that?
- Reposted by Leigh JonesIt's sometimes hard to convey just how nuts it is that in this pathetic gilded age, the most 'successful' human on the planet is also, right out there in public, one of its most ridiculous losers
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- The first edition of The Valleys Lead was published today. Independent journalism covering the south Wales valleys as the country prepares for what is likely to be the biggest Senedd election since 1999. Go and follow/subscribe for free!
- Reposted by Leigh Joneswas epstein uniquely responsible for evil or is he just the one obscenely wealthy person whose emails we're getting to read
- Canadians watching TV.
- One of the suppliers given a share of a £4bn contract only last year is urgently seeking a buyer. Hartlepool Pipes is part of the Liberty Steel group, and has already made 51,000 tonnes of pipes for the planned carbon capture project at Teesworks.
- Reposted by Leigh Joneswe said all along that they wanted Gawker dead not because we embarrassed a pro wrestler but because the Epstein story is one Gawker was covering a decade before most other people caught up & was just one of many stories exposing powerful people and their misdeeds
- Among the batch of newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein: Epstein telling Peter Thiel he would “gladly share…expenses for the Gawker suit.” This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
- The kicker to this is that I have never read a book. The first episode will be out this week. 🐳🐳🐳
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- It's more than 24 hours since former Wrexham captain James McClean liked and shared a Holocaust-denial video on his Instagram and there's not been a single article written about it. He left the club less than a month ago.
- Reposted by Leigh JonesThis week I’ve had a look at some of the economic data in Tees Valley – one of only two parts of the North to see productivity growth below the national average in recent years. And this data tells a complicated story. 🧵 1/7
- Newcastle Civic Centre, today.
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- I just don't know what it's going to take for the government to take any action in regard to this. It isn't a case of the dam bursting, it's been springing leaks for years and everyone is already soaked.
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- Two men were given 90% of Teesworks on the promise they would take on responsibility of remediating the site. I've discovered they were charging BP for remediation on a project the oil giant eventually pulled out of. Teesworks overspent and then asked them for more cash.
- "Wet and windy when she comes, and when she leaves she takes your house". I got soaked filming this. Enjoy.
- I've got a big Teesworks story in tomorrow's Teesside Lead. It feels pretty big in a lot of ways, but for anyone who's been following the Teesworks saga it might be a case of "who could have predicted this except everybody?!". Just a grim inevitability with each new part of this story,
- For three years my job as a journalist covering Teesworks full time goes something like this... They said they would do x, are they doing x? No. Is anybody going to do anything about it? Also no.
- This is the latest in a load of recent decisions by South Wales Police to protect officers who are found guilty of misconduct.
- Reposted by Leigh JonesIdk I kinda think we should bring beliefs like this back. Tell them we gotta fix global warming asap or the Leviathan will escape. We gotta sacrifice another billionaire to the ocean or the harvest will be bad and food will get more expensive
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- Whom amongst us has not battled with the black dog of joining Reform?
- Reposted by Leigh JonesGraham Linehan proves the point that trans liberationists have been saying from the start: If you'll permit dehumanising and stripping the rights of trans people, you will dehumanise and strip the rights of anyone on a long enough timeline.
- This is exactly the same playbook Graham Linehan uses against trans people, where defending trans rights is cast as defending "rape" and "paedophilia." He uses "rape" and "paedophilia" as punchlines, and, therefore, all of his hate speech and advocation for violence against his enemies is justified.
