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I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
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the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
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The "hard-men" of Gondor were getting their shit kicked in until they were rescued by foreigners and a girl.
The Shire was doing fine until they let a fascist demagogue ("Sharkey" aka Saruman) take over, close the gates, impose a bunch of thug-enforced rules, and despoil nature for profit.
The Shire was doing fine until they let a fascist demagogue ("Sharkey" aka Saruman) take over, close the gates, impose a bunch of thug-enforced rules, and despoil nature for profit.
October 29, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The "hard-men" of Gondor were getting their shit kicked in until they were rescued by foreigners and a girl.
The Shire was doing fine until they let a fascist demagogue ("Sharkey" aka Saruman) take over, close the gates, impose a bunch of thug-enforced rules, and despoil nature for profit.
The Shire was doing fine until they let a fascist demagogue ("Sharkey" aka Saruman) take over, close the gates, impose a bunch of thug-enforced rules, and despoil nature for profit.
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Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.
October 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.
This is the most important story for the last few years in Birmingham. The equal pay bill is significantly lower than the estimate that put the city into bankruptcy. www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
Revealed - how much Birmingham City Council has paid out in equal pay claims
Exclusive - the extent of Birmingham City Council's equal pay claims revealed
www.birminghammail.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
This is the most important story for the last few years in Birmingham. The equal pay bill is significantly lower than the estimate that put the city into bankruptcy. www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
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Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴🏴🏴🇬🇧
October 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴🏴🏴🇬🇧
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Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
October 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem
Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...
bylinetimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
Dan does some beautiful stuff but this is sterling work.
Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone's company, PPE Medpro, has just been ordered to refund the Government £122m from a PPE contract.
There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m...
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There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m...
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October 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Dan does some beautiful stuff but this is sterling work.
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I’ve been frustrated to see so much of the ongoing story about asylum seekers and the protests against them covered without hearing from those seeking asylum and now being met with hostility and hatred
I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇
I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇
We escaped war and torture but now we feel unsafe in Britain
Special report: Amid protests and rising aggression towards asylum seekers across the country, we spoke to those being targeted
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I’ve been frustrated to see so much of the ongoing story about asylum seekers and the protests against them covered without hearing from those seeking asylum and now being met with hostility and hatred
I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇
I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇
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So Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives, who have repeatedly pledged to fight for "free speech" and a free press have just banned me and Byline Times from attending their conference.
Has never happened before under any previous leader
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/04/k...
Has never happened before under any previous leader
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/04/k...
Kemi Badenoch's 'Free Speech' Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Party Conference
The ban on covering the party's annual gathering came despite Badenoch's repeated commitment to "fight" for free speech and a free press
bylinetimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
So Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives, who have repeatedly pledged to fight for "free speech" and a free press have just banned me and Byline Times from attending their conference.
Has never happened before under any previous leader
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/04/k...
Has never happened before under any previous leader
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/04/k...
I'm a card carrying Labour member. This is not what I signed up for. "I kept the faith and I kept voting, Not for the iron fist but for the helping hand" @billybragg.bsky.social I don't know how much longer I can keep the faith.
No10 spokesman not prepared to criticise anything about Farage speech today.
Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.
Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.
August 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I'm a card carrying Labour member. This is not what I signed up for. "I kept the faith and I kept voting, Not for the iron fist but for the helping hand" @billybragg.bsky.social I don't know how much longer I can keep the faith.
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In Q2 of this year, a record level of renewable energy capacity was given planning permission in Britain
There's also a surge in battery storage planning applications as the govt plan for clean power seems to be gathering pace
www.ft.com/content/926a...
There's also a surge in battery storage planning applications as the govt plan for clean power seems to be gathering pace
www.ft.com/content/926a...
August 21, 2025 at 7:35 AM
In Q2 of this year, a record level of renewable energy capacity was given planning permission in Britain
There's also a surge in battery storage planning applications as the govt plan for clean power seems to be gathering pace
www.ft.com/content/926a...
There's also a surge in battery storage planning applications as the govt plan for clean power seems to be gathering pace
www.ft.com/content/926a...
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And wow — beyond caution here, to a bold rejection of the emerging orthodoxies. Ed Prideaux & BBCRadio4 on the perils of our uncritical & lucrative rush to embrace psychedelics as therapy & recreation.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - File on 4 Investigates, Trip Shocked
Psychedelics are going mainstream. But are we ignoring the risks?
www.bbc.co.uk
August 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
And wow — beyond caution here, to a bold rejection of the emerging orthodoxies. Ed Prideaux & BBCRadio4 on the perils of our uncritical & lucrative rush to embrace psychedelics as therapy & recreation.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Trump thinks Judge Dredd is DC but everyone else knows it's 2000AD.
August 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Trump thinks Judge Dredd is DC but everyone else knows it's 2000AD.
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To cater for Bearwood's rapidly-growing tourism industry, the council have taken over the old Webb's shop and turned it into a Tourist Information Centre.
Here, you can:
• buy tickets to top attractions.
• pick up guides to The Grand Vanyon and Global Wines Car Park.
• purchase cheese.
Here, you can:
• buy tickets to top attractions.
• pick up guides to The Grand Vanyon and Global Wines Car Park.
• purchase cheese.
August 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
To cater for Bearwood's rapidly-growing tourism industry, the council have taken over the old Webb's shop and turned it into a Tourist Information Centre.
Here, you can:
• buy tickets to top attractions.
• pick up guides to The Grand Vanyon and Global Wines Car Park.
• purchase cheese.
Here, you can:
• buy tickets to top attractions.
• pick up guides to The Grand Vanyon and Global Wines Car Park.
• purchase cheese.
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This will forever be the most amazing email.
August 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This will forever be the most amazing email.
I wonder how many people are currently watching the Supreme Court stream trying the work out which way they are going to go on motor finance?
August 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I wonder how many people are currently watching the Supreme Court stream trying the work out which way they are going to go on motor finance?
I really hope this turns out to be a good thing. share.google/obfNeqhu573X...
West Midlands Trains transfers to public ownership in February
WMT says customers can be "assured" the change will not impact its train services, timetables or stations.
share.google
July 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I really hope this turns out to be a good thing. share.google/obfNeqhu573X...
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we love a story with a happy ending
July 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
we love a story with a happy ending
Or you could just fund the criminal justice system properly. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Jury-free trials proposed to save criminal justice system from collapse
Senior judge Sir Brian Leveson unveils radical proposals to clear huge backlog in crown courts in England and Wales
www.theguardian.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Or you could just fund the criminal justice system properly. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
In Birmingham we have a number of 20mph roads but they switch from 20 to 30 all the time so I find myself doing 30 in a 20. I'd welcome a blanket 20mph save for major roads.
The initial results are in for Phase 1 of Wirral's 20mph rollout. An amazing success. Imagine arguing against this stuff
"A 23% reduction in the number of people killed or seriously injured (KSI)"
Article here featuring a quote by me www.birkenhead.news/fewer-casual...
"A 23% reduction in the number of people killed or seriously injured (KSI)"
Article here featuring a quote by me www.birkenhead.news/fewer-casual...
July 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
In Birmingham we have a number of 20mph roads but they switch from 20 to 30 all the time so I find myself doing 30 in a 20. I'd welcome a blanket 20mph save for major roads.
This is absolutely brilliant, insightful, gentle probing from Nick Robinson on BBC's Political Thinking. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
BBC Sounds - Political Thinking with Nick Robinson - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Political Thinking with Nick Robinson on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is absolutely brilliant, insightful, gentle probing from Nick Robinson on BBC's Political Thinking. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
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This is the way to stand up to these bullies! Respect ✊
June 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This is the way to stand up to these bullies! Respect ✊