CarolD
@carolwildbird.bsky.social
Mad dog woman. Ex Public & Univ. sector (science/tech policy, funding, VC); Politics (centre left), rural life & regen. agriculture, gardening & garden design, art & pottery, fellwalking, sailing (ex yacht gypsy), the outdoor life.
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
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 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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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
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Actually speechless at Stormzy’s progress today. He woke up and decided to attack the week.
Listen out for the cutest little bark ever ❤️
Listen out for the cutest little bark ever ❤️
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Actually speechless at Stormzy’s progress today. He woke up and decided to attack the week.
Listen out for the cutest little bark ever ❤️
Listen out for the cutest little bark ever ❤️
I've just signed "Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ma... @StopFundingHate
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November 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I've just signed "Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ma... @StopFundingHate
Such a joy to listen to intelligent and informed conversation, and great guests. The only podcast I ALWAYS listen to (I'm more selective about all the others I subscribe to - oh apart from Podyssey, from the same stable).
Putting this together was actually a HUGE amount of fun.
Feel free to share it - here or on whatever platform and with whichever friend or family member you think would enjoy our vibe and the gorgeous community we have become.
Feel free to share it - here or on whatever platform and with whichever friend or family member you think would enjoy our vibe and the gorgeous community we have become.
November 8, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Such a joy to listen to intelligent and informed conversation, and great guests. The only podcast I ALWAYS listen to (I'm more selective about all the others I subscribe to - oh apart from Podyssey, from the same stable).
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From the Guardian.
Cartoonist Ella Baron.
Cartoonist Ella Baron.
November 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
From the Guardian.
Cartoonist Ella Baron.
Cartoonist Ella Baron.
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I confess that I'd never heard of Cat Burns before "Celebrity Traitors", but I've been really enjoying getting to know her music.
This one's lovely.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB9q...
This one's lovely.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB9q...
Cat Burns - I Hope It's Me (Official Visualiser)
YouTube video by CatBurnsVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I confess that I'd never heard of Cat Burns before "Celebrity Traitors", but I've been really enjoying getting to know her music.
This one's lovely.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB9q...
This one's lovely.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB9q...
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X is designed to radicalise people.
The algorithm promotes Elon Musk's agenda to promote racists and people who want violence bought - specifically - to the streets of Britain.
Members of Parliament, major institutions and the media should not be there.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
The algorithm promotes Elon Musk's agenda to promote racists and people who want violence bought - specifically - to the streets of Britain.
Members of Parliament, major institutions and the media should not be there.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:53 AM
X is designed to radicalise people.
The algorithm promotes Elon Musk's agenda to promote racists and people who want violence bought - specifically - to the streets of Britain.
Members of Parliament, major institutions and the media should not be there.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
The algorithm promotes Elon Musk's agenda to promote racists and people who want violence bought - specifically - to the streets of Britain.
Members of Parliament, major institutions and the media should not be there.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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I had a really fascinating chat with @emilythornberry.bsky.social for this episode and no better way to start in my new billet at Quiet Riot with @pimlicat.bsky.social, @sturdyalex.bsky.social and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social
EXTREMELY excited that the superb foreign policy podcast Behind The Lines is now part of the Quiet Riot family of shows and WHO better to kick us off than the marvellous @emilythornberry.bsky.social
And a huge welcome to @snellarthur.bsky.social
🎧👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
And a huge welcome to @snellarthur.bsky.social
🎧👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Emily Thornberry on British Foreign Policy
Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 05/11/2025 · 56m
podcasts.apple.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I had a really fascinating chat with @emilythornberry.bsky.social for this episode and no better way to start in my new billet at Quiet Riot with @pimlicat.bsky.social, @sturdyalex.bsky.social and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social
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No, mate. We’re not hobbits. We’re Peaky Blinders.
November 5, 2025 at 7:14 AM
No, mate. We’re not hobbits. We’re Peaky Blinders.
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Trump destroys the East Wing for a $300 million ballroom and doesn't get a single "thank you"??
October 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Trump destroys the East Wing for a $300 million ballroom and doesn't get a single "thank you"??
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Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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7 days ago they wanted to put him to sleep.
Today storm can 100% stand on his own.
He is still building back up but just look at the little kiss and tail wag at the end. He knows he’s safe now ❤️
Today storm can 100% stand on his own.
He is still building back up but just look at the little kiss and tail wag at the end. He knows he’s safe now ❤️
October 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
7 days ago they wanted to put him to sleep.
Today storm can 100% stand on his own.
He is still building back up but just look at the little kiss and tail wag at the end. He knows he’s safe now ❤️
Today storm can 100% stand on his own.
He is still building back up but just look at the little kiss and tail wag at the end. He knows he’s safe now ❤️
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"To say 'Zelenskyy is no friend of the working class' is an insulting, facile distraction from the fact that Sultana refuses to support the Ukrainian people’s fight for existence."
Proper cold fury and moral clarity from @paulmason.bsky.social on Sultana.
open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/c...
Proper cold fury and moral clarity from @paulmason.bsky.social on Sultana.
open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/c...
Coventry South needs a by-election soon
Zarah Sultana has no mandate for disarming the people of Britain and betraying Ukraine
open.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"To say 'Zelenskyy is no friend of the working class' is an insulting, facile distraction from the fact that Sultana refuses to support the Ukrainian people’s fight for existence."
Proper cold fury and moral clarity from @paulmason.bsky.social on Sultana.
open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/c...
Proper cold fury and moral clarity from @paulmason.bsky.social on Sultana.
open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/c...
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Sultana’s position on Ukraine is not just morally reprehensible but juvenile and trite
There is always money for war, never for the poor.
Every penny spent on bombs, tanks and missiles is stolen from our homes, schools and hospitals.
We are not going to take it anymore.
Every penny spent on bombs, tanks and missiles is stolen from our homes, schools and hospitals.
We are not going to take it anymore.
October 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Sultana’s position on Ukraine is not just morally reprehensible but juvenile and trite
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1980:
NHS spending as a % of GDP: 5.1%
Defence spending as a % of GDP: 5%
2024:
NHS spending as a % of GDP: 10.9%
Defence spending as a % of GDP: 2.2%
This is such a common applause line, but it’s also total bullshit.
NHS spending as a % of GDP: 5.1%
Defence spending as a % of GDP: 5%
2024:
NHS spending as a % of GDP: 10.9%
Defence spending as a % of GDP: 2.2%
This is such a common applause line, but it’s also total bullshit.
There is always money for war, never for the poor.
Every penny spent on bombs, tanks and missiles is stolen from our homes, schools and hospitals.
We are not going to take it anymore.
Every penny spent on bombs, tanks and missiles is stolen from our homes, schools and hospitals.
We are not going to take it anymore.
October 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
1980:
NHS spending as a % of GDP: 5.1%
Defence spending as a % of GDP: 5%
2024:
NHS spending as a % of GDP: 10.9%
Defence spending as a % of GDP: 2.2%
This is such a common applause line, but it’s also total bullshit.
NHS spending as a % of GDP: 5.1%
Defence spending as a % of GDP: 5%
2024:
NHS spending as a % of GDP: 10.9%
Defence spending as a % of GDP: 2.2%
This is such a common applause line, but it’s also total bullshit.
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Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley. Perfection.
October 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley. Perfection.
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This is deranged and dangerous from the Conservatives, and similarly from Reform. If they could enact it, it would rip British society apart, destroy the economy & NHS, & make the UK an international pariah. Every decent politician & political journalist/commentator needs to push back hard.
The draft legislation is crackers. It would fail immediately if we stayed in the ECHR but it disappears the human rights act. if passed after that it would involve mandatory loss of ILR for up to 400,000 people + refusal of 2-3 million others, though without no credible means to identify or remove
Here Lam explicitly sets out her proposal - which is official Conservative Party policy - to deport long-standing legal permanent residents who have *ever* claimed any benefit, including the state pension or child benefit (even if the child is British), or who earn less than £39K.
October 22, 2025 at 6:36 AM
This is deranged and dangerous from the Conservatives, and similarly from Reform. If they could enact it, it would rip British society apart, destroy the economy & NHS, & make the UK an international pariah. Every decent politician & political journalist/commentator needs to push back hard.
Oh.. Brought up short by today's news about Charlie Dalin-one of my sailing heros, and the winner of the 2024 Vendee Globe (round the world sailing race for those non sailors). His courage, resilience and bravery, doing the race whilst under treatment for cancer (sadly now recurred).
« Un pamplemousse dans le ventre, vous imaginez ? » : Charlie Dalin révèle avoir gagné le Vendée Globe malgré un cancer
Le skipper de Macif, lauréat du tour du monde en solitaire, révèle dans un livre à paraître ce jeudi avoir disputé l’épreuve en étant attein
www.leparisien.fr
October 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Oh.. Brought up short by today's news about Charlie Dalin-one of my sailing heros, and the winner of the 2024 Vendee Globe (round the world sailing race for those non sailors). His courage, resilience and bravery, doing the race whilst under treatment for cancer (sadly now recurred).
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Far from being rip-off, these r core to UK’s soft power, economy, & identity:
Innovators & storytellers who export creativity
Researchers who shape public policy & global thought
Ppl capable of critical thinking, empathy, & dialogue, the foundation of any healthy society - no wonder they hate them 🙄
Innovators & storytellers who export creativity
Researchers who shape public policy & global thought
Ppl capable of critical thinking, empathy, & dialogue, the foundation of any healthy society - no wonder they hate them 🙄
October 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Far from being rip-off, these r core to UK’s soft power, economy, & identity:
Innovators & storytellers who export creativity
Researchers who shape public policy & global thought
Ppl capable of critical thinking, empathy, & dialogue, the foundation of any healthy society - no wonder they hate them 🙄
Innovators & storytellers who export creativity
Researchers who shape public policy & global thought
Ppl capable of critical thinking, empathy, & dialogue, the foundation of any healthy society - no wonder they hate them 🙄
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Brutally on target from @rafaelbehr.bsky.social.
October 8, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Brutally on target from @rafaelbehr.bsky.social.
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“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”
“Because that’s what they are.”
“Because that’s what they are.”
October 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”
“Because that’s what they are.”
“Because that’s what they are.”
Good for Michael -- at last someone of prominence standing up and stating the obvious.
Michael Heseltine tells @europeanmovement.co.uk event that the Farage's Reform and European populist far right parties are “equivalents to the fascists of the thirties” and adds: ”We have to deal with President Trump for the next 3 years. We don't need his mouthpiece anywhere near No.10.” ~AA 🔥
October 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Good for Michael -- at last someone of prominence standing up and stating the obvious.