Cholmondley Warner 🇪🇺🔶
@chumleyprelude.bsky.social
Was over there, now dabbling over here. I guess we'll see how things end up!
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I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
Transpose ‘GOP’ for Tory/Reform and ‘Dems’ for Labour and you have the situation in the UK!
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Transpose ‘GOP’ for Tory/Reform and ‘Dems’ for Labour and you have the situation in the UK!
Now would be a good time for this episode in particular to be shown again (sadly it’s not on iPlayer)
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Two - Days That Shook the BBC with David Dimbleby, Series 1, Independence
David Dimbleby looks at how the BBC has kept its independence when under pressure.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Now would be a good time for this episode in particular to be shown again (sadly it’s not on iPlayer)
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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"All of these things should make each and every one of us sit up and pay attention - because whatever we think of the BBC, the moment that the Trump machine celebrates your decapitation, you can be almost certain you’ve found yourself smack bang in the middle of someone' else story"
Truly excellent.
Truly excellent.
The BBC’s week from hell might look like accountability - but there is more than a whiff of orchestration about it all.
When the Telegraph cheers and Trump claps, you have to ask yourself:
Who, exactly, benefits when the Beeb bleeds?
When the Telegraph cheers and Trump claps, you have to ask yourself:
Who, exactly, benefits when the Beeb bleeds?
The Beeb Bleeds, the Telegraph Cheers, and Trump Claps From the Balcony
The people who always hated public broadcasting finally smell blood - and the BBC seems too tired and compromised to fight back.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
"All of these things should make each and every one of us sit up and pay attention - because whatever we think of the BBC, the moment that the Trump machine celebrates your decapitation, you can be almost certain you’ve found yourself smack bang in the middle of someone' else story"
Truly excellent.
Truly excellent.
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This as not simply populism, it's an extreme assault on public institutions and structures. The last week has been about the BBC, but comes alongside mounting attacks on judicial independence/the European Court of Human Rights. Treating each issue in isolation will see them killed off one by one.
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 11:32 AM
This as not simply populism, it's an extreme assault on public institutions and structures. The last week has been about the BBC, but comes alongside mounting attacks on judicial independence/the European Court of Human Rights. Treating each issue in isolation will see them killed off one by one.
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This is a desperately sad story, one doubtless repeated across the country, but it’s also desperately stupid:
“an independent report … estimated the centre is saving the council more than £500,000 a year in costs that include services in mental health, youth justice and social care”
“an independent report … estimated the centre is saving the council more than £500,000 a year in costs that include services in mental health, youth justice and social care”
Last youth centre in one of England’s most deprived coastal areas faces closure
Pie Factory Music in Ramsgate, Kent, runs creative projects and provides a range of support services, but the building that houses the centre is due to be sold off in February
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This is a desperately sad story, one doubtless repeated across the country, but it’s also desperately stupid:
“an independent report … estimated the centre is saving the council more than £500,000 a year in costs that include services in mental health, youth justice and social care”
“an independent report … estimated the centre is saving the council more than £500,000 a year in costs that include services in mental health, youth justice and social care”
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The #BBC must remain impartial. Too many right wing appointments in recent years. Time for a reboot and a return to political balance. There is no doubt that periodically the right and other groups attack the BBC, because they want it dismantled for their own ends.
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The #BBC must remain impartial. Too many right wing appointments in recent years. Time for a reboot and a return to political balance. There is no doubt that periodically the right and other groups attack the BBC, because they want it dismantled for their own ends.
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The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump.
Political leaders across the spectrum must defend it.
Political leaders across the spectrum must defend it.
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump.
Political leaders across the spectrum must defend it.
Political leaders across the spectrum must defend it.
Beyond all likelihood, Taboo is going to manage to beat even The Night Manager in gaps between series one and two, isn’t it…
November 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Beyond all likelihood, Taboo is going to manage to beat even The Night Manager in gaps between series one and two, isn’t 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.
I think it’s bizarre that they’ve gone over this - edited for brevity or not, Trump did encourage the riot 🤷♂️
And meanwhile GBN churn out blatant lies without recompense.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
And meanwhile GBN churn out blatant lies without recompense.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
BBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness resign - live updates
It comes after a leaked memo criticised the editing of a documentary about Donald Trump and accused the BBC of bias in a number of areas.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I think it’s bizarre that they’ve gone over this - edited for brevity or not, Trump did encourage the riot 🤷♂️
And meanwhile GBN churn out blatant lies without recompense.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
And meanwhile GBN churn out blatant lies without recompense.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
This lovely warm-ish sunny daytime weather over the weekend has been bloody fab for cracking through jobs outside - but boy do you notice the temp drop when you’re still outside working when the sun goes down 😬
November 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This lovely warm-ish sunny daytime weather over the weekend has been bloody fab for cracking through jobs outside - but boy do you notice the temp drop when you’re still outside working when the sun goes down 😬
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
People who say ‘run more trains’: there isn’t enough capacity for the *existing* timetable.
Solution is, need a new line. Nothing else solves it.
If you build one, it’s better to build it high speed - cost is higher, but CBR is also better.
You could call it… I dunno… HS2 maybe?
Solution is, need a new line. Nothing else solves it.
If you build one, it’s better to build it high speed - cost is higher, but CBR is also better.
You could call it… I dunno… HS2 maybe?
November 8, 2025 at 10:51 AM
People who say ‘run more trains’: there isn’t enough capacity for the *existing* timetable.
Solution is, need a new line. Nothing else solves it.
If you build one, it’s better to build it high speed - cost is higher, but CBR is also better.
You could call it… I dunno… HS2 maybe?
Solution is, need a new line. Nothing else solves it.
If you build one, it’s better to build it high speed - cost is higher, but CBR is also better.
You could call it… I dunno… HS2 maybe?
Gone shopping but can’t decide which one.
Any suggestions?
Any suggestions?
November 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Gone shopping but can’t decide which one.
Any suggestions?
Any suggestions?
First experience of public ev charging.
What a fucking shambles.
Can’t plug in and just pay by card.
Tells you to download the app (unique app to them of course).
Set up all your details.
Type in the charger you’re at.
Plug it all in, press go.
“Unable to start charge”
No reason given.
What a fucking shambles.
Can’t plug in and just pay by card.
Tells you to download the app (unique app to them of course).
Set up all your details.
Type in the charger you’re at.
Plug it all in, press go.
“Unable to start charge”
No reason given.
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
First experience of public ev charging.
What a fucking shambles.
Can’t plug in and just pay by card.
Tells you to download the app (unique app to them of course).
Set up all your details.
Type in the charger you’re at.
Plug it all in, press go.
“Unable to start charge”
No reason given.
What a fucking shambles.
Can’t plug in and just pay by card.
Tells you to download the app (unique app to them of course).
Set up all your details.
Type in the charger you’re at.
Plug it all in, press go.
“Unable to start charge”
No reason given.
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NEWS! David Olusaga still not sure who the final traitor is newsthump.com/2025/11/07/d...
David Olusaga still not sure who the final traitor is
David Olusaga still thinks Nick or Joe might be the final traitor despite having straight up been told the solution, it has emerged today.
newsthump.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
NEWS! David Olusaga still not sure who the final traitor is newsthump.com/2025/11/07/d...
Modern car interfaces that are all touch screen and touch sensitive controls rather than real buttons, are… infuriating.
How using a mobile phone while driving counts as a distraction but these things don’t, is beyond me.
How using a mobile phone while driving counts as a distraction but these things don’t, is beyond me.
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Modern car interfaces that are all touch screen and touch sensitive controls rather than real buttons, are… infuriating.
How using a mobile phone while driving counts as a distraction but these things don’t, is beyond me.
How using a mobile phone while driving counts as a distraction but these things don’t, is beyond me.
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social actually did some actual polling on #CelebrityTraitors 😂
(I don’t think further comment is needed on the findings…)
(I don’t think further comment is needed on the findings…)
November 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social actually did some actual polling on #CelebrityTraitors 😂
(I don’t think further comment is needed on the findings…)
(I don’t think further comment is needed on the findings…)
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
November 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
November 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This is ridiculously tense - it’s just a game with a bunch of celebs… why am I this invested? 😂
(Love it!)
#CelebrityTraitors
(Love it!)
#CelebrityTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
November 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM