Dan Hind
@dannyhinduk.bsky.social
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“The BBC remains structurally bound to a concept of the political that is becoming intensely unpopular” This is great by Dan Hind. Tragic he clings to the Nazi X open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
Abolish the BBC?
The real crisis for the broadcaster is the rise of US-based digital media and the growing need for a democratic media
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
“The BBC remains structurally bound to a concept of the political that is becoming intensely unpopular” This is great by Dan Hind. Tragic he clings to the Nazi X open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
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Look at the quotes defending Starmer here. They have no positive case to make *even to their own MPs*. Just the same grim menu of blackmail and intimidation they serve up to the rest of us.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer allies say ousting PM would be ‘reckless’ as fears grow over leadership challenge
Exclusive: No 10 said to be in ‘full bunker mode’ over fears of challenge after this month’s budget or May local elections
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Look at the quotes defending Starmer here. They have no positive case to make *even to their own MPs*. Just the same grim menu of blackmail and intimidation they serve up to the rest of us.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Understanding what the private media sector is, and what it does, is a crucial function of public media in a democracy, and it's something the BBC goes through spectacular contortions of mind to avoid doing. (See also "navel-gazing")
Perhaps the bbc journalists who congratulate colleagues for getting new shiny jobs at the Mail/Sun/Spectator/GB news might want to think about their position in the industry, or even what this industry actually is
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Understanding what the private media sector is, and what it does, is a crucial function of public media in a democracy, and it's something the BBC goes through spectacular contortions of mind to avoid doing. (See also "navel-gazing")
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What do we think will happen if the next election hinges on the press being forced to choose whether to boost the Green Party, or Reform? Are we going to see the now-standard all-channels terrifying hate campaign aimed at Farage? I am going to say: No.
November 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
What do we think will happen if the next election hinges on the press being forced to choose whether to boost the Green Party, or Reform? Are we going to see the now-standard all-channels terrifying hate campaign aimed at Farage? I am going to say: No.
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📜 From the Archives Alert 📜
The BBC? To shreds, you say? Perhaps it needs reform?
A while back we talked with @dannyhinduk.bsky.social about his report for @cmmonwealth.bsky.social about turning the BBC into a cooperative.
www.podbean.com/ea/pb-48nut-...
The BBC? To shreds, you say? Perhaps it needs reform?
A while back we talked with @dannyhinduk.bsky.social about his report for @cmmonwealth.bsky.social about turning the BBC into a cooperative.
www.podbean.com/ea/pb-48nut-...
E359 - Big Beautiful Co-op ft. Dan Hind
Put on your Cyber-Gloves (after supplying your NI number and passing a test where you have to correctly rank the top ten funniest moments in 70s british comedy according to a panel of Da's) because we...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
📜 From the Archives Alert 📜
The BBC? To shreds, you say? Perhaps it needs reform?
A while back we talked with @dannyhinduk.bsky.social about his report for @cmmonwealth.bsky.social about turning the BBC into a cooperative.
www.podbean.com/ea/pb-48nut-...
The BBC? To shreds, you say? Perhaps it needs reform?
A while back we talked with @dannyhinduk.bsky.social about his report for @cmmonwealth.bsky.social about turning the BBC into a cooperative.
www.podbean.com/ea/pb-48nut-...
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The "why do you care so much about the NY mayoral election" takes strike me as pretty obtuse. The world's sole superpower is being taken over by fascists, and this was part of the struggle to define what the opposition to that will look like. That obviously has major implications for all of us?
November 5, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The "why do you care so much about the NY mayoral election" takes strike me as pretty obtuse. The world's sole superpower is being taken over by fascists, and this was part of the struggle to define what the opposition to that will look like. That obviously has major implications for all of us?
It's because the BBC takes its cues from the newspapers, which it uses as a proxy for public opinion as such. The alternative would be public media in which the public are actively and directly involved. This would require a few institutional changes. www.common-wealth.org/publications...
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It's because the BBC takes its cues from the newspapers, which it uses as a proxy for public opinion as such. The alternative would be public media in which the public are actively and directly involved. This would require a few institutional changes. www.common-wealth.org/publications...
Notice the collapse of Reform as the Greens surge. It would be a big mistake to think that Reform vote is rock solid, or can only be won over by Reform-lite pandering. Voters want to hear how their lives will improve, from politicians who don't look scared.
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Notice the collapse of Reform as the Greens surge. It would be a big mistake to think that Reform vote is rock solid, or can only be won over by Reform-lite pandering. Voters want to hear how their lives will improve, from politicians who don't look scared.
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Should we actually keep the BBC?
We talked about this "balance" and much more with @dannyhinduk.bsky.social and the @cmmonwealth.bsky.social report he co-wrote
www.podbean.com/ea/pb-48nut-...
We talked about this "balance" and much more with @dannyhinduk.bsky.social and the @cmmonwealth.bsky.social report he co-wrote
www.podbean.com/ea/pb-48nut-...
August 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Should we actually keep the BBC?
We talked about this "balance" and much more with @dannyhinduk.bsky.social and the @cmmonwealth.bsky.social report he co-wrote
www.podbean.com/ea/pb-48nut-...
We talked about this "balance" and much more with @dannyhinduk.bsky.social and the @cmmonwealth.bsky.social report he co-wrote
www.podbean.com/ea/pb-48nut-...
I was talking to my co-authors @tommills.bsky.social and Tom Chivers of the @mediareformuk.bsky.social about this last week. Clearing away the misconceptions deliberately or carelessly promoted by the media won't make our political controversies disappear, but it will transform them.
Yup. As I am constantly saying.
People say they want far less immigration when polled because they have been led to believe that immigration is primarily a small boats phenomemon.
I try to push back but jesus, they're funded by fucking billionaires.
People say they want far less immigration when polled because they have been led to believe that immigration is primarily a small boats phenomemon.
I try to push back but jesus, they're funded by fucking billionaires.
New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation
August 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I was talking to my co-authors @tommills.bsky.social and Tom Chivers of the @mediareformuk.bsky.social about this last week. Clearing away the misconceptions deliberately or carelessly promoted by the media won't make our political controversies disappear, but it will transform them.
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This is what got us e.g. austerity and the Iraq War, amongst others. Even mild skepticism might have averted either but that isn’t what this royal court-style system does: it instead accepts whatever the monarch decides, then steamrollers the fuck out of anyone who objects, regardless of who’s right
Something I’ve been trying to explain for years: there are rabid partisans but they are massively outnumbered by a horde of clueless, loudly yakking mouths repeating whatever they’ve heard from people they consider important and smart.
August 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This is what got us e.g. austerity and the Iraq War, amongst others. Even mild skepticism might have averted either but that isn’t what this royal court-style system does: it instead accepts whatever the monarch decides, then steamrollers the fuck out of anyone who objects, regardless of who’s right
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🚨 Mutualised Episode Alert 🚨
Dan Hind joins us to discuss if we should we simply destroy the BBC, or can it be reformed into a more mutualised into an actual democratic organ that holds power to account? Your answer in one podcast or less.
www.podbean.com/ea/pb-48nut-...
Dan Hind joins us to discuss if we should we simply destroy the BBC, or can it be reformed into a more mutualised into an actual democratic organ that holds power to account? Your answer in one podcast or less.
www.podbean.com/ea/pb-48nut-...
E359 - Big Beautiful Co-op ft. Dan Hind
Put on your Cyber-Gloves (after supplying your NI number and passing a test where you have to correctly rank the top ten funniest moments in 70s british comedy according to a panel of Da's) because we...
www.podbean.com
August 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🚨 Mutualised Episode Alert 🚨
Dan Hind joins us to discuss if we should we simply destroy the BBC, or can it be reformed into a more mutualised into an actual democratic organ that holds power to account? Your answer in one podcast or less.
www.podbean.com/ea/pb-48nut-...
Dan Hind joins us to discuss if we should we simply destroy the BBC, or can it be reformed into a more mutualised into an actual democratic organ that holds power to account? Your answer in one podcast or less.
www.podbean.com/ea/pb-48nut-...
Well worth reading. It's not at all clear who or what the Labour Party is for, if it is driving away people like Martin.
I've decided to leave the Labour Party, after over 31 years of membership. This wasn't an easy decision, but it certainly feels like the right thing for me to do.
I've written down a few thoughts on why I've come to this conclusion, which may be of interest to others who are in a similar position.
I've written down a few thoughts on why I've come to this conclusion, which may be of interest to others who are in a similar position.
Why I'm (Finally) Leaving the Labour Party
I've been a Labour member for 31 years, but now it's time to go.
open.substack.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Well worth reading. It's not at all clear who or what the Labour Party is for, if it is driving away people like Martin.
The BBC is in the early stages of a terminal crisis of legitimacy. It's not too late to save. But its defenders and admirers need to acknowledge the need for radically democratic reform. Friends don't let friends discredit themselves by pandering to the far right.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/07/resc...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/07/resc...
Rescuing the BBC From Itself
In recent years the BBC has sidelined the left while amplifying the right. The result has been a steady loss of authority and credibility. But with just a little imagination and effort it could begin ...
tribunemag.co.uk
July 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The BBC is in the early stages of a terminal crisis of legitimacy. It's not too late to save. But its defenders and admirers need to acknowledge the need for radically democratic reform. Friends don't let friends discredit themselves by pandering to the far right.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/07/resc...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/07/resc...
Land, labour and materials that will be deployed to create environmentally ruinous, car-dependent and vastly expensive sprawl could be redirected towards high quality public housing and resilient infrastructure. Zombie Thatcherism is not inevitable: we can make different choices.
"So what you're going to get is tens of thousands of new Barratt Homes estates, which are poorly built, incredibly poky, built with no attention to climate change whatsoever. Shit housing that will be obsolete in five years." - Owen Hatherley on Labour's housing policy:
July 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Land, labour and materials that will be deployed to create environmentally ruinous, car-dependent and vastly expensive sprawl could be redirected towards high quality public housing and resilient infrastructure. Zombie Thatcherism is not inevitable: we can make different choices.
On Wednesday the Guardian published two articles. The first, from the Mayor of Manchester, Andy Burnham, argued for a "housing first" approach to addressing public health and welfare. He also stressed the need for public ownership of housing stock. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
July 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
On Wednesday the Guardian published two articles. The first, from the Mayor of Manchester, Andy Burnham, argued for a "housing first" approach to addressing public health and welfare. He also stressed the need for public ownership of housing stock. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The billionaire is an increasingly absurd figure these days. The left can certainly come up with a more plausible model of human flourishing for the next generation than these gurning, babbling freaks who combine vast wealth with bottomless resentment, self-pity and psychedelic muddle.
"if billionaires didn’t exist, the incentive for young people to become extremely successful would be reduced" - kids these days don't get out of bed for less than [checks notes] a billion pounds
Good morning, New York. While you were sleeping, this was the most-read story https://on.ft.com/45KU46C
July 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The billionaire is an increasingly absurd figure these days. The left can certainly come up with a more plausible model of human flourishing for the next generation than these gurning, babbling freaks who combine vast wealth with bottomless resentment, self-pity and psychedelic muddle.
The BBC's position at the centre of our media system is looking increasingly precarious. And it's responding to the prospect of a far-right government by trying to win back the trust of Reform voters. But there is another way: the BBC could let us all into the room. tribunemag.co.uk/2025/07/resc...
Rescuing the BBC From Itself
In recent years the BBC has come to nurture right-wing populism and sideline the Left. But with just a little imagination and effort it could easily reclaim its radical democratic roots.
tribunemag.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The BBC's position at the centre of our media system is looking increasingly precarious. And it's responding to the prospect of a far-right government by trying to win back the trust of Reform voters. But there is another way: the BBC could let us all into the room. tribunemag.co.uk/2025/07/resc...
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Was everything going great for the left before we decided it was fine to call Hillary Clinton a shithead? I mean, perhaps it’s better to be co-opted, scammed and neutralised than it is to be screamed at and demonised, but the real world results seem fairly similar either way.
May 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Was everything going great for the left before we decided it was fine to call Hillary Clinton a shithead? I mean, perhaps it’s better to be co-opted, scammed and neutralised than it is to be screamed at and demonised, but the real world results seem fairly similar either way.
This book was published in 2023, long after Clegg had joined the Tories in kicking the social contract to bits, so how come it didn't have a chapter on the swinish liberal democrats then? And why does this self-serving dross get 1.3k likes? What the hell is going on here?
May 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This book was published in 2023, long after Clegg had joined the Tories in kicking the social contract to bits, so how come it didn't have a chapter on the swinish liberal democrats then? And why does this self-serving dross get 1.3k likes? What the hell is going on here?