146 - James Ball

James Ball is a journalist and the current Global Editor of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. He worked with WikiLeaks on the Iraq War documents leak in 2010 and was part of The Guardian team that helped published the Edward Snowden sneaks about the NSA.  Last week I sat down with James in a London heatwave to reflect on Boris Johnson becoming PM, stockpiling for a no-deal Brexit, the way bullshit works in today's politics, the anti-Semitism scandal in the British Labour Party and the plight of Julian Assange.  You can be a hero in this world and support this show by becoming a Patron now if you like ENOUGH starts at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival tomorrow night! 9pm at the Monkey Barrel for the rest of the month Then ENOUGH is at the Soho Theatre from Monday September 2nd I'm on the latest episode of The Bugle with Andy Zaltzman & Nato Green @jamesrbuk jamesrball.com James' writing at The New Statesman James' writing at Buzzfeed James' writing at The Guardian James' speech Bathing in Bullshit, 2017 ARTICLE: Inside the Strange, Paranoid World of Julian Assange by James Ball ARTICLE: Chelsea Manning is in jail. Our silence is shameful by James Ball ARTICLE: Labour says it will would end the welfare freeze (BBC NEWS) ARTICLE: The Strange Case of Julian Assange by Bernard Keane Cause of the Week: Overgate Hospice (overgatehospice.co.uk)