Clare Bonetree
@blooyonder.bsky.social
Poetry, trees, active hope, fairness, equality, Herefordshire; also: mental health, rheumatoid arthritis, disability, anarchism, radical hope
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"the BBC is unique and probably irreplaceable. [...] Imagine a country where most political discourse takes place on social media. You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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The BBC is bigger than news | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"the BBC is unique and probably irreplaceable. [...] Imagine a country where most political discourse takes place on social media. You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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If Epping Council won it'd have been disastrous. That doesn't mean hotels are an acceptable form of accommodation, only the other day @ramfel.bsky.social released a report into how bad conditions are in them. It's that this government's alternatives are worse 3/
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rats, overcrowding and malnutrition common at UK asylum hotels, report finds
Home Office’s three accommodation providers made combined profit of £380m over five years, charity estimates
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
If Epping Council won it'd have been disastrous. That doesn't mean hotels are an acceptable form of accommodation, only the other day @ramfel.bsky.social released a report into how bad conditions are in them. It's that this government's alternatives are worse 3/
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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This.
It's almost like this press generated storm has a political agenda
It's almost like this press generated storm has a political agenda
BBC impartiality: A full list of all the British MEPs who appeared on BBC Question Time.
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
This.
It's almost like this press generated storm has a political agenda
It's almost like this press generated storm has a political agenda
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The poetry of Coral Rumble
It’s Anti Bullying Week, Nov 10-14th. Brian Moses has put together a helpful collection of poems, over on X. If you don’t venture over to The Dark Side, here’s one that might encourage discussion with your older pupils.
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The poetry of Coral Rumble
In case you need some hopeful and encouraging news: earthshotprize.org/winners-fina...
City of Bogotá - The Earthshot Prize 2025 Finalist
The City of Bogotá’s bold clean air policies have cut air pollution by 24% since 2018 and built a healthier, greener city for its 8 million citizens.
earthshotprize.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
In case you need some hopeful and encouraging news: earthshotprize.org/winners-fina...
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🎯 Davey is spot on. "We can have criticism of the BBC, but within that, we need to recognise how valuable an institution it is [and how] precious to our country. And that's one of the reasons why people like President Trump and Nigel Farage, want to undermine the BBC." 👏🏽~AA
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🎯 Davey is spot on. "We can have criticism of the BBC, but within that, we need to recognise how valuable an institution it is [and how] precious to our country. And that's one of the reasons why people like President Trump and Nigel Farage, want to undermine the BBC." 👏🏽~AA
Thank fk indeed
Thank f**k for that. Honestly the way the US is right now I was convinced the Supreme Court would take the case and overturn same sex marriage. A little bit of good news, with the caveat of "for now".
apnews.com/article/supr...
apnews.com/article/supr...
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Thank fk indeed
So #AntBullyingWeek gets off to a roaring start with the Government standing up to a foreign power bullying our state broadcaster... oh hang on... well, maybe they're wearing odd socks at least
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
So #AntBullyingWeek gets off to a roaring start with the Government standing up to a foreign power bullying our state broadcaster... oh hang on... well, maybe they're wearing odd socks at least
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"Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were."
-- Marcel Proust
-- Marcel Proust
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were."
-- Marcel Proust
-- Marcel Proust
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yes the question is not "are the BBC perfect?"
(obviously not, sometimes they are awful)
it's "if we let them fall, will we like what comes next to fill the vacuum they leave?"
(no. no one on Bluesky will like it unless they are purely on here to hate-read.)
(obviously not, sometimes they are awful)
it's "if we let them fall, will we like what comes next to fill the vacuum they leave?"
(no. no one on Bluesky will like it unless they are purely on here to hate-read.)
BBC needs to be protected. While they certainly have leanings towards bias on many issues (imo) & can be infuriating, alternative is a media controlled by ratings driving advertising revenue & drowning in bad actors w/ personal agendas - the poison will spread through UK media landscape as a whole
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
yes the question is not "are the BBC perfect?"
(obviously not, sometimes they are awful)
it's "if we let them fall, will we like what comes next to fill the vacuum they leave?"
(no. no one on Bluesky will like it unless they are purely on here to hate-read.)
(obviously not, sometimes they are awful)
it's "if we let them fall, will we like what comes next to fill the vacuum they leave?"
(no. no one on Bluesky will like it unless they are purely on here to hate-read.)
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
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As the chancellor prepares to give pre-budget speech, want to focus on the cost of inaction on child poverty. Yes, abolishing the two-child limit & benefit cap is expensive but inaction costs much more (see vital @actionforchildren.bsky.social analysis) www.actionforchildren.org.uk/our-work-and...
Paying the price of child poverty
4.5 million children are now paying the price of poverty in the UK. Without sustained policy action, a further 400,000 children will be pulled into poverty by the end of the decade.
www.actionforchildren.org.uk
November 4, 2025 at 8:16 AM
As the chancellor prepares to give pre-budget speech, want to focus on the cost of inaction on child poverty. Yes, abolishing the two-child limit & benefit cap is expensive but inaction costs much more (see vital @actionforchildren.bsky.social analysis) www.actionforchildren.org.uk/our-work-and...
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I can’t envisage a child poverty strategy which garners any credibility without fully scrapping the two-child limit.
Unconvinced? Check out (even better share) this summary of the peer-reviewed evidence base @kittyjstewart.bsky.social @aaronreeves.bsky.social
largerfamilies.study/publications...
Unconvinced? Check out (even better share) this summary of the peer-reviewed evidence base @kittyjstewart.bsky.social @aaronreeves.bsky.social
largerfamilies.study/publications...
November 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I can’t envisage a child poverty strategy which garners any credibility without fully scrapping the two-child limit.
Unconvinced? Check out (even better share) this summary of the peer-reviewed evidence base @kittyjstewart.bsky.social @aaronreeves.bsky.social
largerfamilies.study/publications...
Unconvinced? Check out (even better share) this summary of the peer-reviewed evidence base @kittyjstewart.bsky.social @aaronreeves.bsky.social
largerfamilies.study/publications...
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Anyone else feel as happy as a bunny when surrounded by autumn leaves?
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Anyone else feel as happy as a bunny when surrounded by autumn leaves?
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inspired by this, I have done a free extract of this section of the book here. it is about understanding that *with all its problems* the BBC is as important for our intellectual health as the NHS is for our physical health:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
inspired by this, I have done a free extract of this section of the book here. it is about understanding that *with all its problems* the BBC is as important for our intellectual health as the NHS is for our physical health:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
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It’s easy to see why Trump wants to destroy the world’s number one news source. We can’t let him.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It’s easy to see why Trump wants to destroy the world’s number one news source. We can’t let him.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
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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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All the evidence shows that transphobes are actually a minority, as with most form of bigots.
Problem is they are a very vocal minority and because of that are taken as the "voice of the people". Make your voice heard against them👇
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Problem is they are a very vocal minority and because of that are taken as the "voice of the people". Make your voice heard against them👇
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Scrap the Bathroom Ban
🚨This is urgent🚨
Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities, has a decision to make. The EHRC, a regulator mired in controversy over anti-trans views, has sent a new draft Code of Prac...
actionnetwork.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
All the evidence shows that transphobes are actually a minority, as with most form of bigots.
Problem is they are a very vocal minority and because of that are taken as the "voice of the people". Make your voice heard against them👇
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Problem is they are a very vocal minority and because of that are taken as the "voice of the people". Make your voice heard against them👇
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Bringing together #StandingStoneSunday with #SelfEsteemSunday (is that a thing? It is now) here's a pic from September trip to Avebury, the furthest I had driven to date
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Bringing together #StandingStoneSunday with #SelfEsteemSunday (is that a thing? It is now) here's a pic from September trip to Avebury, the furthest I had driven to date
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The long detailed reports don't really suit the blog structure of our website. Eventually, when we're not having to catch up with the rushed inquiry, we'll rejig it so it's simple & intuitive. In the meantime, all our inquiry reports are indexed here (@copscampaign.bsky.social)
November 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The long detailed reports don't really suit the blog structure of our website. Eventually, when we're not having to catch up with the rushed inquiry, we'll rejig it so it's simple & intuitive. In the meantime, all our inquiry reports are indexed here (@copscampaign.bsky.social)
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'Boab tree's by contemporary Australian artist and printmaker Rachel Newling #womensart
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
'Boab tree's by contemporary Australian artist and printmaker Rachel Newling #womensart
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Alongside the British war dead, especially my own family members, this Remembrance Sunday I shall remember all American liberators but especially these African-American liberators.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Alongside the British war dead, especially my own family members, this Remembrance Sunday I shall remember all American liberators but especially these African-American liberators.
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The trenches have vanished long under the plough
There's no gas, no barbed wire, no guns firing now
But here in this graveyard it's still no man's land
And countless white crosses in mute witness stand
To man's blind indifference to his fellow man
And a whole generation who were butchered + damned
There's no gas, no barbed wire, no guns firing now
But here in this graveyard it's still no man's land
And countless white crosses in mute witness stand
To man's blind indifference to his fellow man
And a whole generation who were butchered + damned
June Tabor - No Mans Land
YouTube video by paddy brennan
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November 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The trenches have vanished long under the plough
There's no gas, no barbed wire, no guns firing now
But here in this graveyard it's still no man's land
And countless white crosses in mute witness stand
To man's blind indifference to his fellow man
And a whole generation who were butchered + damned
There's no gas, no barbed wire, no guns firing now
But here in this graveyard it's still no man's land
And countless white crosses in mute witness stand
To man's blind indifference to his fellow man
And a whole generation who were butchered + damned
Thinking today about the generation of young people, somewhere in the dark at the back of this photo, about to have to face the challenge of writing a new future for themselves, with no training or role models for this
The Berlin Wall, which divided Berlin and Europe for 28 years, fell on 9 November 1989.
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Thinking today about the generation of young people, somewhere in the dark at the back of this photo, about to have to face the challenge of writing a new future for themselves, with no training or role models for this