Ben Dickenson
@benjitoon.bsky.social
Dad. Hat wearer. Creative type. Lesser half of Nathalie. Grownup who annoys teenage son.
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Trustee @bohoarts.bsky.social
Read my “50 by 50” here: https://substack.com/@bendickenson
MD @bylinesnetwork.co.uk
Associate @alphabettitheatre.bsky.social
Trustee @bohoarts.bsky.social
Read my “50 by 50” here: https://substack.com/@bendickenson
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Every poll, survey, opinion piece, research and documentary confirms the disaster that is Brexit. Immeasurable damage, economically, socially, scientifically, security, politically.
It is utter madness not to start reversing Brexit.
@labourlewis.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l0G...
It is utter madness not to start reversing Brexit.
@labourlewis.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l0G...
Top 10 UK Industries That Collapsed After Brexit
YouTube video by EconomyTalk
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Every poll, survey, opinion piece, research and documentary confirms the disaster that is Brexit. Immeasurable damage, economically, socially, scientifically, security, politically.
It is utter madness not to start reversing Brexit.
@labourlewis.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l0G...
It is utter madness not to start reversing Brexit.
@labourlewis.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l0G...
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If this is true - this should have happened a long time ago.
The Green Party alongside campaigners have been calling for this - and it's good to see maybe they've finally listened.
Will reserve relief for all children being lifted out of poverty until we know it's happening.
The Green Party alongside campaigners have been calling for this - and it's good to see maybe they've finally listened.
Will reserve relief for all children being lifted out of poverty until we know it's happening.
NEW: Rachel Reeves signals she intends to remove the two-child cap *in full*
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
If this is true - this should have happened a long time ago.
The Green Party alongside campaigners have been calling for this - and it's good to see maybe they've finally listened.
Will reserve relief for all children being lifted out of poverty until we know it's happening.
The Green Party alongside campaigners have been calling for this - and it's good to see maybe they've finally listened.
Will reserve relief for all children being lifted out of poverty until we know it's happening.
Big news this.
The way the American right are trumpeting it (pun indented), and the way Tories & Reform are using it to push culture wars/close down journalism, is scary.
The BBC have got it wrong. Lots of times. They may well have with that Trump doc. But this mustn’t be used for other agendas.
The way the American right are trumpeting it (pun indented), and the way Tories & Reform are using it to push culture wars/close down journalism, is scary.
The BBC have got it wrong. Lots of times. They may well have with that Trump doc. But this mustn’t be used for other agendas.
BREAKING: Tim Davie resigns as BBC's director-general - with CEO of BBC News also stepping down
news.sky.com/story/tim-da...
news.sky.com/story/tim-da...
Tim Davie resigns as BBC's director-general - with CEO of BBC News also stepping down
Tim Davie has resigned as the BBC's director-general.
news.sky.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Big news this.
The way the American right are trumpeting it (pun indented), and the way Tories & Reform are using it to push culture wars/close down journalism, is scary.
The BBC have got it wrong. Lots of times. They may well have with that Trump doc. But this mustn’t be used for other agendas.
The way the American right are trumpeting it (pun indented), and the way Tories & Reform are using it to push culture wars/close down journalism, is scary.
The BBC have got it wrong. Lots of times. They may well have with that Trump doc. But this mustn’t be used for other agendas.
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Pleased to see this.
Everyone with any influence over the appointment needs to see this and realise the battle we’re engaged in.
Everyone with any influence over the appointment needs to see this and realise the battle we’re engaged in.
Trump Spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt Wasted No Time In Dancing On BBC Boss Tim Davie's Grave
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/trump-...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/trump-...
Trump Spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt Wasted No Time In Dancing On BBC Boss Tim Davie's Grave
She immediately took to X to mock the corporation's outgoing director general.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Pleased to see this.
Everyone with any influence over the appointment needs to see this and realise the battle we’re engaged in.
Everyone with any influence over the appointment needs to see this and realise the battle we’re engaged in.
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Survivors of abuse connected to Mohamed Al Fayed’s Harrods empire are discovering what “no one is above the law” really means | "Isabella"
When power is untouchable: the legal abyss facing Harrods survivors
Survivors of abuse connected to Mohamed Al Fayed’s Harrods empire are discovering what “no one is above the law” really means
sussexbylines.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Survivors of abuse connected to Mohamed Al Fayed’s Harrods empire are discovering what “no one is above the law” really means | "Isabella"
30 years without justice. Silenced, ignored and blocked. These survivors need your attention and support. Something needs to change.
If you do one thing before you retire to bed tonight, read this: bylinesnetwork.substack.com/p/when-power...
Isabella is one of 100s who deserve your time.
If you do one thing before you retire to bed tonight, read this: bylinesnetwork.substack.com/p/when-power...
Isabella is one of 100s who deserve your time.
November 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
30 years without justice. Silenced, ignored and blocked. These survivors need your attention and support. Something needs to change.
If you do one thing before you retire to bed tonight, read this: bylinesnetwork.substack.com/p/when-power...
Isabella is one of 100s who deserve your time.
If you do one thing before you retire to bed tonight, read this: bylinesnetwork.substack.com/p/when-power...
Isabella is one of 100s who deserve your time.
Interested to know what the lawyers amongst us think about the calls for change in this story of survivors of abuse at Harrods.
@stephenkinsella.bsky.social
@goodlawproject.org
@stephenkinsella.bsky.social
@goodlawproject.org
BYLINES NETWORK SPECIAL
For 30 years, survivors of abuse by Mohamed Al Fayed have been silenced, threatened and blocked from justice. Their voices must be heard.
Isabella reveals the barriers they face and the vital changes that need to happen.
Read it at sussexbylines.co.uk & bit.ly/LegalAbyss
For 30 years, survivors of abuse by Mohamed Al Fayed have been silenced, threatened and blocked from justice. Their voices must be heard.
Isabella reveals the barriers they face and the vital changes that need to happen.
Read it at sussexbylines.co.uk & bit.ly/LegalAbyss
November 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Interested to know what the lawyers amongst us think about the calls for change in this story of survivors of abuse at Harrods.
@stephenkinsella.bsky.social
@goodlawproject.org
@stephenkinsella.bsky.social
@goodlawproject.org
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The full interview with Andrew Lownie about how Prince Andrew was protected - and how documents about the royals are suppressed - is also up on YouTube
Would highly recommend watching it youtu.be/OJHaVsDVv-c?...
Would highly recommend watching it youtu.be/OJHaVsDVv-c?...
The Prince Andrew Cover Up: How Royal Files Are Hidden From Public
YouTube video by Democracy for Sale
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The full interview with Andrew Lownie about how Prince Andrew was protected - and how documents about the royals are suppressed - is also up on YouTube
Would highly recommend watching it youtu.be/OJHaVsDVv-c?...
Would highly recommend watching it youtu.be/OJHaVsDVv-c?...
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So close to £17,000!
If you love the @bylinesnetwork.co.uk are you're feeling kindly today, please do help nudge the crowdfunder over that milestone. 🙏
Link --> chuffed.org/project/byli...
If you love the @bylinesnetwork.co.uk are you're feeling kindly today, please do help nudge the crowdfunder over that milestone. 🙏
Link --> chuffed.org/project/byli...
November 9, 2025 at 9:16 AM
So close to £17,000!
If you love the @bylinesnetwork.co.uk are you're feeling kindly today, please do help nudge the crowdfunder over that milestone. 🙏
Link --> chuffed.org/project/byli...
If you love the @bylinesnetwork.co.uk are you're feeling kindly today, please do help nudge the crowdfunder over that milestone. 🙏
Link --> chuffed.org/project/byli...
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BYLINES NETWORK SPECIAL
For 30 years, survivors of abuse by Mohamed Al Fayed have been silenced, threatened and blocked from justice. Their voices must be heard.
Isabella reveals the barriers they face and the vital changes that need to happen.
Read it at sussexbylines.co.uk & bit.ly/LegalAbyss
For 30 years, survivors of abuse by Mohamed Al Fayed have been silenced, threatened and blocked from justice. Their voices must be heard.
Isabella reveals the barriers they face and the vital changes that need to happen.
Read it at sussexbylines.co.uk & bit.ly/LegalAbyss
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
BYLINES NETWORK SPECIAL
For 30 years, survivors of abuse by Mohamed Al Fayed have been silenced, threatened and blocked from justice. Their voices must be heard.
Isabella reveals the barriers they face and the vital changes that need to happen.
Read it at sussexbylines.co.uk & bit.ly/LegalAbyss
For 30 years, survivors of abuse by Mohamed Al Fayed have been silenced, threatened and blocked from justice. Their voices must be heard.
Isabella reveals the barriers they face and the vital changes that need to happen.
Read it at sussexbylines.co.uk & bit.ly/LegalAbyss
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When power is untouchable: the legal abyss facing Harrods survivors
Survivors of abuse connected to Mohamed Al Fayed’s Harrods empire are discovering what “no one is above the law” really means | Isabella
Survivors of abuse connected to Mohamed Al Fayed’s Harrods empire are discovering what “no one is above the law” really means | Isabella
When power is untouchable: the legal abyss facing Harrods survivors
Survivors of abuse connected to Mohamed Al Fayed’s Harrods empire are discovering what “no one is above the law” really means
sussexbylines.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
When power is untouchable: the legal abyss facing Harrods survivors
Survivors of abuse connected to Mohamed Al Fayed’s Harrods empire are discovering what “no one is above the law” really means | Isabella
Survivors of abuse connected to Mohamed Al Fayed’s Harrods empire are discovering what “no one is above the law” really means | Isabella
Which is why we need @bylinesnetwork.co.uk
One of the biggest problems with mainstream media is its regular platforming of lunatic people with mad ideas.
Particularly the BBC, which is meant to be about public education.
UK politics is broken in large part because we have lazy gatekeepers of MSM.
Which is why so many are turning off MSM.
Particularly the BBC, which is meant to be about public education.
UK politics is broken in large part because we have lazy gatekeepers of MSM.
Which is why so many are turning off MSM.
This complete nut (Jo White mp) on #r4today reckons processing asylum claims in IRAQ - setting up offshore processing centres with British civil servants processing claims IN IRAQ is actually a sane or even money saving plan??? 🤯🤯🤯
Lost the plot entirely.
Lost the plot entirely.
November 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Which is why we need @bylinesnetwork.co.uk
But my house! My house is happy. And he’s not in Norwich.
Norwich named as happiest place to live.....
Thoughts?
Article via Norwich Evening News
Thoughts?
Article via Norwich Evening News
Norwich revealed as happiest place to live in UK
A study by the online store Furniturebox has named Norwich the happiest place to live in the UK.
www.eveningnews24.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
But my house! My house is happy. And he’s not in Norwich.
No way. So I was a month old when WW arrived. No wonder I grew up thinking special whips and invisible planes were cool.
Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
November 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
No way. So I was a month old when WW arrived. No wonder I grew up thinking special whips and invisible planes were cool.
I need you all to know that I just spat my coffee across the living room. That is all @dgcomedy.bsky.social
I need you all to know that my mother sent me this. 🤣 That is all.
November 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I need you all to know that I just spat my coffee across the living room. That is all @dgcomedy.bsky.social
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"I am a Jew supporting the Maccabi ban: There must be no foul play in local democracy" 👏👏👏
I am a Jew supporting the Maccabi ban: There must be no foul play in local democracy
The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending the Aston Villa game
sussexbylines.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"I am a Jew supporting the Maccabi ban: There must be no foul play in local democracy" 👏👏👏
Easter coming very early on the BBC football website.
November 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Easter coming very early on the BBC football website.
No. You don’t what real news looks like.
Hard to think of anything in media that regularly brings me as much pure joy anymore as the headline in The New York Times' Trilobites section.
November 8, 2025 at 12:24 AM
No. You don’t what real news looks like.
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Funny that. And some think it’s a dirty word @stephenking.bsky.social. Maybe someone should cure them of that affliction.
Harry Truman: If it benefits all the people, they call it socialism.
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Funny that. And some think it’s a dirty word @stephenking.bsky.social. Maybe someone should cure them of that affliction.
Interesting story here. To stop the Reform rise - and we absolutely must - we need to know why people ar drawn towards them and offer something better. Too many seaside towns are left behind communities that need investment and opportunity.
13 East Anglian neighbourhoods are among England’s most deprived 1%. Every one lies on the coast. The poorest voted Reform. A warning about what happens when seaside towns are left behind.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
East Anglia: home to the richest and poorest
The Office for National Statistics has just published a report on deprivation in communities across England. What does it tell us about our deeply divided region?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Interesting story here. To stop the Reform rise - and we absolutely must - we need to know why people ar drawn towards them and offer something better. Too many seaside towns are left behind communities that need investment and opportunity.
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🔴We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...
We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🔴We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...
This is also now on Substack. Please do follow and subscribe to @bylinesnetwork.co.uk there. You’ll get our newsletter which, this weekend, will have a special edition with a very big new story in it. Something almost no one else is talking about - yet!
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Remember, remember, 5 November: Media Revolution campaigns to take back power from the billionaires
A new alliance says the media system is broken and is building a movement to fix it from the ground up, starting with what they are calling Media Liberation Day
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM
This is also now on Substack. Please do follow and subscribe to @bylinesnetwork.co.uk there. You’ll get our newsletter which, this weekend, will have a special edition with a very big new story in it. Something almost no one else is talking about - yet!
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesn...
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesn...
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Remember, remember, 5 November: Media Revolution campaigns to take back power from the billionaires
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/remembe...
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/remembe...
Remember, remember, 5 November: Media Revolution campaigns to take back power from the billionaires
A new alliance says the media system is broken and is building a movement to fix it from the ground up, starting with what they are calling Media Liberation Day
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Remember, remember, 5 November: Media Revolution campaigns to take back power from the billionaires
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/remembe...
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/remembe...