Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴🇪🇺
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Retired news, editorial & PR photographer. Anglo-French Guardian Reading Tofu Eating Wokerati. Pro-EU. Atheist, anti-monarchist and recluse. Struggling with PPMS. Currently in Northampton.
Retired news, editorial & PR photographer. Anglo-French Guardian Reading Tofu Eating Wokerati. Pro-EU. Atheist, anti-monarchist and recluse. Struggling with PPMS. Currently in Northampton.
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... and then there came a knock on the door of Donald Trump's apartment at Mar-a-Lago...
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Show me that you have a gambling industry donor without actually saying that you have a gambling industry donor!
November 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Show me that you have a gambling industry donor without actually saying that you have a gambling industry donor!
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Trump's threat to sue is not about legitimate grievance and recompense; it is about power and extortion. If the BBC fights, they will lose access to him. If that's so, then they should pay that price.
The alternative is to - in effect - appoint Trump as editor-in-chief.
Those are the stakes.
The alternative is to - in effect - appoint Trump as editor-in-chief.
Those are the stakes.
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Trump's threat to sue is not about legitimate grievance and recompense; it is about power and extortion. If the BBC fights, they will lose access to him. If that's so, then they should pay that price.
The alternative is to - in effect - appoint Trump as editor-in-chief.
Those are the stakes.
The alternative is to - in effect - appoint Trump as editor-in-chief.
Those are the stakes.
The BBC's offence was so awful that no-one even noticed it when it was originally broadcast last October. Trump had to be told how offended he was a year later by the Daily Telegraph.
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The BBC's offence was so awful that no-one even noticed it when it was originally broadcast last October. Trump had to be told how offended he was a year later by the Daily Telegraph.
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The BBC must reassert its independence and learn to resist political interference and stand up for robust scrutiny and news values.
The Culture Sec Lisa Nandy must also resist Trumpian pressure in appointing the new DG. It's messy and the Beeb is in trouble, but we should fight for its future.
The Culture Sec Lisa Nandy must also resist Trumpian pressure in appointing the new DG. It's messy and the Beeb is in trouble, but we should fight for its future.
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The BBC must reassert its independence and learn to resist political interference and stand up for robust scrutiny and news values.
The Culture Sec Lisa Nandy must also resist Trumpian pressure in appointing the new DG. It's messy and the Beeb is in trouble, but we should fight for its future.
The Culture Sec Lisa Nandy must also resist Trumpian pressure in appointing the new DG. It's messy and the Beeb is in trouble, but we should fight for its future.
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Billionaires and corporations are causing climate breakdown.
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
You can't solve a crisis with the same thinking that caused it
Billionaires and corporations are driving climate breakdown. It’s time to tax their wealth and build a fairer future.
www.newstatesman.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Billionaires and corporations are causing climate breakdown.
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
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It turns out sucking up to a racist authoritarian with sycophantic royal parades doesn't protect you from his childish rants and legal warfare.
The BBC case should be our Canada moment.
The British don't like bullies - we stand up to them.
The BBC case should be our Canada moment.
The British don't like bullies - we stand up to them.
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It turns out sucking up to a racist authoritarian with sycophantic royal parades doesn't protect you from his childish rants and legal warfare.
The BBC case should be our Canada moment.
The British don't like bullies - we stand up to them.
The BBC case should be our Canada moment.
The British don't like bullies - we stand up to them.
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Went on LBC News earlier to discuss the BBC shambles.
I said the BBC has kowtowed to Trump in the US and conservative outlets here - both of which want the Beeb dead.
Two of the most senior people quit over a 10-second clip using Trump’s exact words, albeit put closer together than he’d like.
I said the BBC has kowtowed to Trump in the US and conservative outlets here - both of which want the Beeb dead.
Two of the most senior people quit over a 10-second clip using Trump’s exact words, albeit put closer together than he’d like.
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Went on LBC News earlier to discuss the BBC shambles.
I said the BBC has kowtowed to Trump in the US and conservative outlets here - both of which want the Beeb dead.
Two of the most senior people quit over a 10-second clip using Trump’s exact words, albeit put closer together than he’d like.
I said the BBC has kowtowed to Trump in the US and conservative outlets here - both of which want the Beeb dead.
Two of the most senior people quit over a 10-second clip using Trump’s exact words, albeit put closer together than he’d like.
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Ok President Trump, if you sue the BBC for $1bn for spreading lies, I’ll sue you for the same amount. I reckon Planet Earth would crowdfund that. Then I’ll buy Mar A Largo, turn it into a climate change research centre, free Melania, and put a 1000% tariff on orange face paint.
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Ok President Trump, if you sue the BBC for $1bn for spreading lies, I’ll sue you for the same amount. I reckon Planet Earth would crowdfund that. Then I’ll buy Mar A Largo, turn it into a climate change research centre, free Melania, and put a 1000% tariff on orange face paint.
"Liberal bias" at the BBC Jan 2010 - July 2019
November 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"Liberal bias" at the BBC Jan 2010 - July 2019
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I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
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This by Lewis Goodall on the internal ugliness at the BBC is very well worth reading:
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This by Lewis Goodall on the internal ugliness at the BBC is very well worth reading:
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
Hear, hear. We need to remove the fascist undermining the BBC from within!
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Hear, hear. We need to remove the fascist undermining the BBC from within!
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Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
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When was the last time anyone at the BBC had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger?
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
When was the last time anyone at the BBC had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger?
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Trump & Musk, aided & abetted by Fartage et al, are really trying to get their claws into UK.
Don't let them.
Don't let them.
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Trump & Musk, aided & abetted by Fartage et al, are really trying to get their claws into UK.
Don't let them.
Don't let them.
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Yes. That's why the BBC backdown is so dangerous.
1. The fundamental question is, did Trump incite an insurrection?
2. If he did, the edit was justified.
3. If he didn't, it was not justified.
4. The Trump regime says he didn't.
5. Facts and trials say he did.
6. Who should journalists believe?
1. The fundamental question is, did Trump incite an insurrection?
2. If he did, the edit was justified.
3. If he didn't, it was not justified.
4. The Trump regime says he didn't.
5. Facts and trials say he did.
6. Who should journalists believe?
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Yes. That's why the BBC backdown is so dangerous.
1. The fundamental question is, did Trump incite an insurrection?
2. If he did, the edit was justified.
3. If he didn't, it was not justified.
4. The Trump regime says he didn't.
5. Facts and trials say he did.
6. Who should journalists believe?
1. The fundamental question is, did Trump incite an insurrection?
2. If he did, the edit was justified.
3. If he didn't, it was not justified.
4. The Trump regime says he didn't.
5. Facts and trials say he did.
6. Who should journalists believe?
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I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking that this is just yet another fabrication from Farage.
Are we meant to believe that the man who didn't extend an invitation to 'his great friend Nigel' for his inauguration spoke with him? I call BS from the #ReformSpiv
Are we meant to believe that the man who didn't extend an invitation to 'his great friend Nigel' for his inauguration spoke with him? I call BS from the #ReformSpiv
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking that this is just yet another fabrication from Farage.
Are we meant to believe that the man who didn't extend an invitation to 'his great friend Nigel' for his inauguration spoke with him? I call BS from the #ReformSpiv
Are we meant to believe that the man who didn't extend an invitation to 'his great friend Nigel' for his inauguration spoke with him? I call BS from the #ReformSpiv
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I wonder when he will start suing news outlets for describing his barefaced lies about the 2020 election as barefaced lies…
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I wonder when he will start suing news outlets for describing his barefaced lies about the 2020 election as barefaced lies…
If you don't want to be accused of inciting an insurrection, it's probably a good idea not to incite an insurrection.
You can shove your $1bn lawsuit against the BBC up your arse!
You can shove your $1bn lawsuit against the BBC up your arse!
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If you don't want to be accused of inciting an insurrection, it's probably a good idea not to incite an insurrection.
You can shove your $1bn lawsuit against the BBC up your arse!
You can shove your $1bn lawsuit against the BBC up your arse!
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The BBC isn't perfect, but it belongs to Britain not Trump.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The BBC isn't perfect, but it belongs to Britain not Trump.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
