Chris Davison
@chrisdavison6363.bsky.social
#ProEU. Art educator BA 3D Design Ceramics. Berni Inns Shrewsbury, Hampshire Education ICT, SEGfL Manager (Blue Peter Badge), Brexitflüchtling seit 2017, Kitzbühel, Tirol. #RejoinEU. 🇪🇺
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£41 million! That’s how much more the Post Office has just agreed to pay Fujitsu to keep using the faulty Horizon IT system. It's a slap in the face to all those wrongfully convicted Post Office staff. Fujitsu needs to be held to account. Sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ho...
Hold Fujitsu to account for Post Office scandal
£41 million! That’s how much more the Post Office has just agreed to pay Fujitsu to keep using the faulty Horizon IT system. And that's on top of another whopping £65m the Government paid the scandal ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
£41 million! That’s how much more the Post Office has just agreed to pay Fujitsu to keep using the faulty Horizon IT system. It's a slap in the face to all those wrongfully convicted Post Office staff. Fujitsu needs to be held to account. Sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ho...
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Verhofstadt’s remark “a wake-up call” says First Minister John Swinney
Verhofstadt’s remark “a wake-up call” says First Minister John Swinney
“Europe’s political moderates must urgently counter threats to stability and prosperity,” says leading European politician Guy Verhofstadt in Edinburgh
bylines.scot
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Verhofstadt’s remark “a wake-up call” says First Minister John Swinney
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Billionaires shouldn't be able to buy a bigger voice in politics. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to cap how much they can donate and get big money out of politics
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November 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Billionaires shouldn't be able to buy a bigger voice in politics. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to cap how much they can donate and get big money out of politics
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If we're talking about bias, why do BBC politics programmes, from Politics Live to the Laura Kuennsberg Show, still always begin with a look at the newspaper front pages, which are overwhelmingly biased in one direction. Helps frame the entire news agenda and debate in their favour
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If we're talking about bias, why do BBC politics programmes, from Politics Live to the Laura Kuennsberg Show, still always begin with a look at the newspaper front pages, which are overwhelmingly biased in one direction. Helps frame the entire news agenda and debate in their favour
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Die ehemalige „Göttin des Wohlstands“ Qian wurde wegen umfangreichen Betrugs und Geldwäsche verurteilt. Sie floh vor den chinesischen Behörden, lebte unauffällig in Großbritannien und wurde 2024 festgenommen. 61.000 Bitcoins im Wert von fünf Milliarden Euro wurden beschlagnahmt.
„Kryptoqueen“ in London verurteilt
In London ist am Dienstag ein aufsehenerregender Prozess mit einem Schuldspruch zu Ende gegangen: Zhimin Qian soll via Schneeballsystem mehr als 128.000 Menschen in China betrogen haben – den Erlös wandelte sie in Bitcoin um. Das und ihr extravaganter Lebenswandel brachten ihr in britischen Medien den Namen „Kryptoqueen“ ein. Wegen Geldwäsche wurde sie zu elf Jahren und acht Monaten Haft verurteilt. Die Richterin sprach von „reiner Gier“.
orf.at
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Die ehemalige „Göttin des Wohlstands“ Qian wurde wegen umfangreichen Betrugs und Geldwäsche verurteilt. Sie floh vor den chinesischen Behörden, lebte unauffällig in Großbritannien und wurde 2024 festgenommen. 61.000 Bitcoins im Wert von fünf Milliarden Euro wurden beschlagnahmt.
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It's like the crocodile story Ken Clarke once told me. You can feed buns to the crocodiles until the cows come home.
Once you run out of buns, they'll eat you anyway.
They'll never stop.
Once you run out of buns, they'll eat you anyway.
They'll never stop.
Two heads rolling won’t stop rot at the BBC
The corporation’s mindset is hermetically sealed and cannot cope with any dissenting view
www.thetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It's like the crocodile story Ken Clarke once told me. You can feed buns to the crocodiles until the cows come home.
Once you run out of buns, they'll eat you anyway.
They'll never stop.
Once you run out of buns, they'll eat you anyway.
They'll never stop.
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Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
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"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
Yorkshire Water: it’s time to end the rip-off
Handing the company back to local people would return both control and value to those who need it most
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
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Remembrance: 75 years of the ECHR
The European Convention on Human Rights celebrates its 75th birthday this month – like all elders, it has a lifetime of wisdom to share
By Dr Pam Jarvis
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@drpam.bsky.social
The European Convention on Human Rights celebrates its 75th birthday this month – like all elders, it has a lifetime of wisdom to share
By Dr Pam Jarvis
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@drpam.bsky.social
Remembrance: 75 years of the ECHR
The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) celebrates its 75th birthday this month – like all elders, it has a lifetime of wisdom to share
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Remembrance: 75 years of the ECHR
The European Convention on Human Rights celebrates its 75th birthday this month – like all elders, it has a lifetime of wisdom to share
By Dr Pam Jarvis
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@drpam.bsky.social
The European Convention on Human Rights celebrates its 75th birthday this month – like all elders, it has a lifetime of wisdom to share
By Dr Pam Jarvis
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@drpam.bsky.social
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Honestly. My loathing for that man is boundless. Never a situation where he’s not looking to manipulate, divide, grift, self-promote, vilify, ruin…
He’s repulsive. And the damage he does to our country is catastrophic. And that is no exaggeration.
He’s repulsive. And the damage he does to our country is catastrophic. And that is no exaggeration.
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Honestly. My loathing for that man is boundless. Never a situation where he’s not looking to manipulate, divide, grift, self-promote, vilify, ruin…
He’s repulsive. And the damage he does to our country is catastrophic. And that is no exaggeration.
He’s repulsive. And the damage he does to our country is catastrophic. And that is no exaggeration.
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"This entire saga has a smell hanging over it. The people of Teesside, Hartlepool and Darlington are no fools. That smell will not go away until there is a full, transparent and independent inquiry."
Teesworks scandal: a dark tale of public wealth lost and private gain
Teesworks - a story that reads like a screenplay for a dark political drama
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
"This entire saga has a smell hanging over it. The people of Teesside, Hartlepool and Darlington are no fools. That smell will not go away until there is a full, transparent and independent inquiry."
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UK politics is SO dull at the moment.
1. Labour mess up
2. Labour cultists attack anyone who points that out
3. Labour's poll numbers drop
4. Labour cultists attack anyone who points that out
5. Labour remains utterly stuck on Brexit
6. Labour cultists attack anyone who points that out
7. Go to 1
1. Labour mess up
2. Labour cultists attack anyone who points that out
3. Labour's poll numbers drop
4. Labour cultists attack anyone who points that out
5. Labour remains utterly stuck on Brexit
6. Labour cultists attack anyone who points that out
7. Go to 1
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
UK politics is SO dull at the moment.
1. Labour mess up
2. Labour cultists attack anyone who points that out
3. Labour's poll numbers drop
4. Labour cultists attack anyone who points that out
5. Labour remains utterly stuck on Brexit
6. Labour cultists attack anyone who points that out
7. Go to 1
1. Labour mess up
2. Labour cultists attack anyone who points that out
3. Labour's poll numbers drop
4. Labour cultists attack anyone who points that out
5. Labour remains utterly stuck on Brexit
6. Labour cultists attack anyone who points that out
7. Go to 1
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Trump's White House & fawning hacks here don't really care about the 0.001% that the BBC gets wrong. They care about all the stuff it gets right.
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Trump's White House & fawning hacks here don't really care about the 0.001% that the BBC gets wrong. They care about all the stuff it gets right.
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Nach seinem Rücktritt wegen einer irreführenden Trump-Dokumentation rief der scheidende BBC-Generaldirektor Tim Davie die Mitarbeiter zur Verteidigung der Pressefreiheit auf und räumte Fehler in der Berichterstattung ein.
Scheidender BBC-Chef ruft zu Kampf für Pressefreiheit auf
Nach seinem Rücktritt wegen einer irreführenden Trump-Dokumentation rief der scheidende BBC-Generaldirektor Tim Davie die Mitarbeiter zur Verteidigung der Pressefreiheit auf und räumte Fehler in der Berichterstattung ein.
orf.at
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Nach seinem Rücktritt wegen einer irreführenden Trump-Dokumentation rief der scheidende BBC-Generaldirektor Tim Davie die Mitarbeiter zur Verteidigung der Pressefreiheit auf und räumte Fehler in der Berichterstattung ein.
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Almost a year on and Nigel Farage has still not given any explanation as to what was going on here bylinetimes.com/2025/01/30/n...
Nigel Farage Pictured With Far-Right Activists Who Posted 'Pride Swastikas' and Racist Rants
EXCLUSIVE: The Reform UK leader posed for pictures with the group of prominent far-right activists known for their extreme, racist and Islamophobic posts
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Almost a year on and Nigel Farage has still not given any explanation as to what was going on here bylinetimes.com/2025/01/30/n...
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We're 16 months into Labour's 5-year term and they haven't materially improved our relationship with the EU yet.
They agreed a few minor things but almost none of those have come to pass yet, and they're still haggling over process and details.
Plus none of it moves the needle on Brexit's damage.
They agreed a few minor things but almost none of those have come to pass yet, and they're still haggling over process and details.
Plus none of it moves the needle on Brexit's damage.
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
We're 16 months into Labour's 5-year term and they haven't materially improved our relationship with the EU yet.
They agreed a few minor things but almost none of those have come to pass yet, and they're still haggling over process and details.
Plus none of it moves the needle on Brexit's damage.
They agreed a few minor things but almost none of those have come to pass yet, and they're still haggling over process and details.
Plus none of it moves the needle on Brexit's damage.
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"On another occasion, a BBC executive forbade me from writing for the New Statesman, imploring me to ask The Spectator instead, saying that would be perfectly fine."
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The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"On another occasion, a BBC executive forbade me from writing for the New Statesman, imploring me to ask The Spectator instead, saying that would be perfectly fine."
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
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The Telegraph has published its "editorial view" on the recent BBC resignations, claiming that they want "to ask legitimate questions about the accuracy of its journalism". If only The Telegraph would hold their own reporting to the same standards. 1/2
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The Telegraph has published its "editorial view" on the recent BBC resignations, claiming that they want "to ask legitimate questions about the accuracy of its journalism". If only The Telegraph would hold their own reporting to the same standards. 1/2
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🔴The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the ‘Right-Wing Coup’ Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the 'Right-Wing Coup' Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🔴The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the ‘Right-Wing Coup’ Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
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Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
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◾ >9 years since Tees Valley voted for supposed benefits of Brexit
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
Houchen’s deprivation failure exposed – official
Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
◾ >9 years since Tees Valley voted for supposed benefits of Brexit
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
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At the 2024 General Election, 263 women were elected, and 387 men.
Equality would be a @5050parliament.bsky.social.
It took some support and encouragement for me to stand for election, so when I meet an impressive woman I often #AskHerToStand
Join me: 5050parliament.co.uk/ask-her-to-s...
Equality would be a @5050parliament.bsky.social.
It took some support and encouragement for me to stand for election, so when I meet an impressive woman I often #AskHerToStand
Join me: 5050parliament.co.uk/ask-her-to-s...
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
At the 2024 General Election, 263 women were elected, and 387 men.
Equality would be a @5050parliament.bsky.social.
It took some support and encouragement for me to stand for election, so when I meet an impressive woman I often #AskHerToStand
Join me: 5050parliament.co.uk/ask-her-to-s...
Equality would be a @5050parliament.bsky.social.
It took some support and encouragement for me to stand for election, so when I meet an impressive woman I often #AskHerToStand
Join me: 5050parliament.co.uk/ask-her-to-s...
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1945 the British made sure that Germanys public broadcasting system would never be taken over by an authoritarian leader again by creating a complicated federal system.
They didn’t see to that at home which has left the BBC vulnerable.
This needs to change now.
They didn’t see to that at home which has left the BBC vulnerable.
This needs to change now.
Well, this is quite a serious allegation. I do hope the BBC shows true impartiality and investigate whether or not some of its Board members are systemically biased. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 AM
1945 the British made sure that Germanys public broadcasting system would never be taken over by an authoritarian leader again by creating a complicated federal system.
They didn’t see to that at home which has left the BBC vulnerable.
This needs to change now.
They didn’t see to that at home which has left the BBC vulnerable.
This needs to change now.
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„Ich glaube nicht mehr länger, dass Demokratie und Freiheit miteinander vereinbar sind.“
Dieser Satz kommt von Peter Thiel, dem Mitbegründer von #Palantir. Von solchen Typen sollten wir uns gerade mit Blick auf unsere Sicherheit niemals abhängig machen.
Dieser Satz kommt von Peter Thiel, dem Mitbegründer von #Palantir. Von solchen Typen sollten wir uns gerade mit Blick auf unsere Sicherheit niemals abhängig machen.
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
„Ich glaube nicht mehr länger, dass Demokratie und Freiheit miteinander vereinbar sind.“
Dieser Satz kommt von Peter Thiel, dem Mitbegründer von #Palantir. Von solchen Typen sollten wir uns gerade mit Blick auf unsere Sicherheit niemals abhängig machen.
Dieser Satz kommt von Peter Thiel, dem Mitbegründer von #Palantir. Von solchen Typen sollten wir uns gerade mit Blick auf unsere Sicherheit niemals abhängig machen.