A Different Bias

Phil Moorhouse, better known online as A Different Bias, is an English YouTuber from Yorkshire, United Kingdom. His channel is dedicated to discussing the implications of political news, mostly UK political news. He has released 4,212 videos, and has 191K subscribers and 197,733,965 views as of 2024.
A member of the Labour Party, Phil is best known for the videos he made discussing the poor record of Conservative governments, particularly under Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, as well as the various Conservative scandals. He also frequently criticised Brexit, having voted Remain. After Labour won the 2024 general election and Keir Starmer became prime minister, Phil has shifted his focus to videos discussing the Labour government.
==History==
===Early career===
Before he became a YouTuber, Phil worked as a science and maths teacher. Before making political videos, Phil had another channel where he made videos about . The channel did not gain much traffic, resulting in Phil deleting it and starting another channel.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlnYgsDvlh8&t=1s
===A different bias===
Phil created his political themed YouTube account in 2018, during the premiership of . He later transitioned to making his political videos full time, and passed the 100,000 subscribers mark in July 2021. Phil has released 4,212 videos, and has 191K subscribers and 197,733,965 views as of June 2024. Amid his channel's success, Phil made spreadsheets of his channel's views data, and has redesigned his thumbnails and channel banner on a few occasions to appeal to the YouTube algorithm. 
Phil is a supporter and a member of the , is a socialist, and is pro-EU, with a lot of his videos focusing on the political impact of . He is known for his videos on various scandals and issues within the during their period of government from 2010 to 2024, particularly during the premierships of , and Rishi Sunak. Conservative scandals Phil discussed included Brexit, , the , and the . Some of these scandals, in addition to the politically chaotic downfalls of the Johnson and Truss premierships, contributed to Phil's channel gaining a major increase in viewership.
A supporter and member of the Labour Party, Phil made videos about the Labour Party under the leaderships of the former leader and incumbent leader and prime minister Keir Starmer. Phil made several videos about the 2019 general election, in which the Conservatives won a majority. During the 2024 general election, in which Labour won a landslide victory and returned to government, Phil made several videos about the election (such as discussing party manifestos, policies and debates), and encouraged his audience to vote tactically to remove as many Conservative candidates as possible (via StopTheTories.vote). Tactical voting ended up being a key factor in the election, with many senior Conservatives including Truss losing their seats to either Labour or Liberal Democrat candidates. 
Aside from his YouTube content, Phil also has a Patreon page which is intended to support his political discussion, but with content that would be problematic on a more public platform. He said this gives him "the chance to explore themes that wouldn't be advertiser friendly and even live discussions without an onslaught of Internet trolls."https://www.patreon.com/adifferentbias/about 
===Labour Social===
Phil is a member of Labour Social, an independent political channel that stands alongside the Labour Party. The channel's aim was to galvanise change, help propel Labour into power, and when Labour gained power in 2024, their focus is now ensuring they uphold their promises now they're in office. Other members of the group include Graham Hughes, SuperTanskiii, Ollie Bowlerhatman, Ben Chambers, Femi Oluwole and Aid Thompsin.https://www.youtube.com/@laboursocial
==Personal life==
Phil's grandfather was a miner while his father worked as a rail engineer and later got his own business. Phil was the first person in his family go to to university.
Phil used to be a science and maths teacher before he became a YouTuber, and spent two decades teaching STEM subjects. In September 1998, Phil was issued the Post Graduate Certificate in Education from the University of Manchester. He is due to marry his long-term girlfriend, who is also a Labour supporter.
Phil has attended several Rejoin EU marches, and is a vocal critic of Nigel Farage.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-unvc2YxAYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlN5piuG0cw
==References==
Category:News YouTubers
Category:English YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2018