ARCHIVE ▸ RAYMOND SNODDY
21 Jan 2026
What does a young Beckham have in common with a young Windsor? Both are content to vent their rage in public to the detriment of future happiness.
In the wake of an ICE officer's killing of Renee Good, the Trump administration flooded the zone with easily verifiable lies. US and UK news media took the bait anyway.
07 Jan 2026
What does 2026 have in store for the BBC, Trump and the tech giants? Ray Snoddy offers his forecast.
Ray Snoddy casts his mind back over the past 12 months to pick out the plotlines and politicos that informed his weekly column.
10 Dec 2025
Could Labour campaign to overturn Brexit at the next election? The numbers add up and the UK press can be influential, explains Ray Snoddy.
03 Dec 2025
A modernisation of the merger rules is long overdue, but change in the public interest is afoot, explains Ray Snoddy.
26 Nov 2025
According to the Daily Mail, culture secretary Lisa Nandy is paving the way for a 'timely' sale of The Daily Telegraph to DMGT. Not so fast, says Ray Snoddy. Is this really a good idea?
19 Nov 2025
The Daily Telegraph may have broken the story that has plunged the BBC into crisis, but the newspaper group is facing a crisis of its own, as Ray Snoddy explains.
Who should be the next director-general of the BBC? How about someone with proven experience of successfully fighting for a channel's survival, suggests Ray Snoddy.
05 Nov 2025
Is the media finally beginning to scrutinise Reform UK and Nigel Farage properly? Not before time says Ray Snoddy.
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