Yesterday it emerged that longstanding Observer writer Carole Cadwalladr would not get her contract renewed as James Harding’s Tortoise Media takes over the paper. Cadwalladr was a leading figure in the large strike against the sale…
Last week, the new owners of the Observer wrote to tell me they would *not* be issuing me with a new contract.
So…I want to say publicly that it was an absolute privilege to speak on behalf of my Observer colleagues during our strike. I don’t regret doing so. And I learned so… https://t.co/MbaWUKg05w
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) February 25, 2025
The title will operationally pass to the new owners on 20 April this year. Carole says “it’s been the journalistic job of my dreams” and that “I felt sad about leaving my perch in a global news org but now I’m energised by the challenge ahead.” Thankfully Carole will still be around on her Substack: ‘How to Survive the Broligarchy‘…
Cadwalladr is also starting a podcast along with other media projects which she says are “the chance to respond to this extraordinary crisis with something new.” Guido wishes her well…
Speaking at an IPPR think tank event in London, the Health Secretary compared striking junior doctors to mutinous sailors.
“I feel like we’ve turned the ship, the boat’s going in the right direction, except some of the crew are trying to row in one direction while the rest of us are going in the other. You can’t make progress that way. We are seeing an improving NHS, and we’ve seen improvement despite resident doctors’ strikes, but the fact is, performance would have been better and there would have been more money to invest in staff and services if the BMA hadn’t been undertaking the strike action.”