David Parkes
@davidparkes.bsky.social
NatTeaching Fellow, digital, art, psychogeography, heutagogy, megalithic, walking, music, history
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Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Exclusive: The BBC has issued an apology after one of its presenters failed to challenge a climate-sceptic lobbyist who runs a group that has received funding from fossil-fuel interests
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
BBC Apologises for Failing to Challenge 'Dark Money' Climate-Denial Lobbyist
EXCLUSIVE: BBC faces fresh allegations of bias after corporation admits interview with ‘Net Zero Watch’ lobbying chief Andrew Montford 'fell below usual standards'
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
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Иigel Faяage would really hate it if you signed and shared this petition.
I suspect ьoяis Johиsoи would too.
I suspect ьoяis Johиsoи would too.
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Иigel Faяage would really hate it if you signed and shared this petition.
I suspect ьoяis Johиsoи would too.
I suspect ьoяis Johиsoи would too.
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
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I'll also send one of these and a print entirely for free to one person who reposts this.
I know people love this book and I will not let it be lost.
I will not let my ex-publishers, who ran off with £20,000+ of my combined earnings from it and six other books, win.
Many thanks for any shares.
I know people love this book and I will not let it be lost.
I will not let my ex-publishers, who ran off with £20,000+ of my combined earnings from it and six other books, win.
Many thanks for any shares.
If you would like a signed Everything Will Swallow You hardback for RRP + P&P, I have a fabulous selection of art by my mum, Jo, which I'm sending out for free (one linoprint with each book). Let me know your address via hello@tom-cox.com while stocks last.
Sorry, this is just for UK folk, BUT...
Sorry, this is just for UK folk, BUT...
November 22, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I'll also send one of these and a print entirely for free to one person who reposts this.
I know people love this book and I will not let it be lost.
I will not let my ex-publishers, who ran off with £20,000+ of my combined earnings from it and six other books, win.
Many thanks for any shares.
I know people love this book and I will not let it be lost.
I will not let my ex-publishers, who ran off with £20,000+ of my combined earnings from it and six other books, win.
Many thanks for any shares.
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent trees I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent trees I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
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BBC News bulletins leading on the story of an Algerian man being mistakenly released by the prison service.
Funnily enough I don't remember these cases ever leading the bulletins when an average of ten prisoners were mistakenly released a month in the final year of the last Government
Funnily enough I don't remember these cases ever leading the bulletins when an average of ten prisoners were mistakenly released a month in the final year of the last Government
November 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
BBC News bulletins leading on the story of an Algerian man being mistakenly released by the prison service.
Funnily enough I don't remember these cases ever leading the bulletins when an average of ten prisoners were mistakenly released a month in the final year of the last Government
Funnily enough I don't remember these cases ever leading the bulletins when an average of ten prisoners were mistakenly released a month in the final year of the last Government
An exemplary Modernist masterpiece 1960s Schreiber House in Hampstead for sale for £9.5m search.savills.com/property-det...
West Heath Road, London, NW3 7UX | Property for sale | Savills
Property details for West Heath Road. One of many properties for sale in London, NW3 7UX from Savills, world leading estate agents.
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October 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
An exemplary Modernist masterpiece 1960s Schreiber House in Hampstead for sale for £9.5m search.savills.com/property-det...
For centuries we answered to the bell. Sound as community structure, the peel of bells across the fields for worship and warning, then the doorbell and the telephone. Now its a ping from our machines, we’re still still attuned to summons, shaped by sound - some by dog whistles
October 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
For centuries we answered to the bell. Sound as community structure, the peel of bells across the fields for worship and warning, then the doorbell and the telephone. Now its a ping from our machines, we’re still still attuned to summons, shaped by sound - some by dog whistles
Just got tickets for the Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui.
A small-time crook with big boss ambitions.
Feeding on fear, Ui's influence gains dangerous momentum and his venom threatens to seep through the city – and beyond. This is a man on a mission for power. Will anyone stop him?
A small-time crook with big boss ambitions.
Feeding on fear, Ui's influence gains dangerous momentum and his venom threatens to seep through the city – and beyond. This is a man on a mission for power. Will anyone stop him?
October 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Just got tickets for the Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui.
A small-time crook with big boss ambitions.
Feeding on fear, Ui's influence gains dangerous momentum and his venom threatens to seep through the city – and beyond. This is a man on a mission for power. Will anyone stop him?
A small-time crook with big boss ambitions.
Feeding on fear, Ui's influence gains dangerous momentum and his venom threatens to seep through the city – and beyond. This is a man on a mission for power. Will anyone stop him?
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No sudden rupture is now required for the far right to take power in this country. For what we're seeing is a steady normalisation of extremists by the Conservative and Labour Parties, BBC, Telegraph, Mail and others. A shift once considered unthinkable beings to look acceptable, even inevitable.🧵
October 7, 2025 at 7:43 AM
No sudden rupture is now required for the far right to take power in this country. For what we're seeing is a steady normalisation of extremists by the Conservative and Labour Parties, BBC, Telegraph, Mail and others. A shift once considered unthinkable beings to look acceptable, even inevitable.🧵
Love this book, so timely. An extraordinary true story of ex-servicemen fighting fascism in post-war Britain. By Daniel Sonabend
September 30, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Love this book, so timely. An extraordinary true story of ex-servicemen fighting fascism in post-war Britain. By Daniel Sonabend
A timely reminder, from the market place the Leicester Plaque jtojhumanrights.org.uk/local-storie....
@spaincivilwartours.bsky.social
@spaincivilwartours.bsky.social
September 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A timely reminder, from the market place the Leicester Plaque jtojhumanrights.org.uk/local-storie....
@spaincivilwartours.bsky.social
@spaincivilwartours.bsky.social
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We need to be very clear about this.
Rising Christian nationalism is a threat to us all.
humanists.uk/2025/09/17/r...
Rising Christian nationalism is a threat to us all.
humanists.uk/2025/09/17/r...
Rising Christian nationalism: a threat to us all
Scenes on Saturday of Christian preachers denouncing ‘Secular Humanism’ from the main stage of Tommy Robinson’s radical right Unite the Kingdom rally in London may have been surprising to see on the s...
humanists.uk
September 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
We need to be very clear about this.
Rising Christian nationalism is a threat to us all.
humanists.uk/2025/09/17/r...
Rising Christian nationalism is a threat to us all.
humanists.uk/2025/09/17/r...
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The Nigel Farage who wrote this about Charlie Kirk's murder will be furious at the Nigel Farage who made Lucy Connolly a star of the Reform conference
September 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The Nigel Farage who wrote this about Charlie Kirk's murder will be furious at the Nigel Farage who made Lucy Connolly a star of the Reform conference
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EXCLUSIVE - Today the Guardian is publishing the Boris Files
A trove of leaked data from the office of Boris Johnson.
It reveals how Johnson is using the relationships forged in the UK’s highest elected office to facilitate his personal enrichment.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
A trove of leaked data from the office of Boris Johnson.
It reveals how Johnson is using the relationships forged in the UK’s highest elected office to facilitate his personal enrichment.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
What are the Boris Files and what do they reveal about former PM’s conduct?
Leaked material from Johnson’s private office raises serious questions relating to his time in No 10 and since he resigned
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
EXCLUSIVE - Today the Guardian is publishing the Boris Files
A trove of leaked data from the office of Boris Johnson.
It reveals how Johnson is using the relationships forged in the UK’s highest elected office to facilitate his personal enrichment.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
A trove of leaked data from the office of Boris Johnson.
It reveals how Johnson is using the relationships forged in the UK’s highest elected office to facilitate his personal enrichment.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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THE LIBRARIANS | Official Trailer
OPENS IN U.K. THEATERS September 26th | OPENS IN U.S. THEATERS October 3rd youtu.be/Ykll4MWltsQ?... via @YouTube
OPENS IN U.K. THEATERS September 26th | OPENS IN U.S. THEATERS October 3rd youtu.be/Ykll4MWltsQ?... via @YouTube
THE LIBRARIANS | Official Trailer
YouTube video by The Librarians Film
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September 9, 2025 at 7:06 AM
THE LIBRARIANS | Official Trailer
OPENS IN U.K. THEATERS September 26th | OPENS IN U.S. THEATERS October 3rd youtu.be/Ykll4MWltsQ?... via @YouTube
OPENS IN U.K. THEATERS September 26th | OPENS IN U.S. THEATERS October 3rd youtu.be/Ykll4MWltsQ?... via @YouTube
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🔴The Fake Patriotism of Nigel Farage
Despite his claims to love this country, few politicians have done more to undermine its interests and assist its enemies than the leader of Reform
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-fake-p...
Despite his claims to love this country, few politicians have done more to undermine its interests and assist its enemies than the leader of Reform
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-fake-p...
The Fake Patriotism of Nigel Farage
Despite his claims to love this country, few politicians have done more to undermine its interests and assist its enemies than the leader of Reform
www.adambienkov.co.uk
September 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
🔴The Fake Patriotism of Nigel Farage
Despite his claims to love this country, few politicians have done more to undermine its interests and assist its enemies than the leader of Reform
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-fake-p...
Despite his claims to love this country, few politicians have done more to undermine its interests and assist its enemies than the leader of Reform
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-fake-p...
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Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
September 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
Writers declare against Fascism. Pamphlet 1938
September 2, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Writers declare against Fascism. Pamphlet 1938
Delighted to see a Weird Walk sign on Saltersford Lane today, a pre conquest salters lane near Alton Staffordshire
August 31, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Delighted to see a Weird Walk sign on Saltersford Lane today, a pre conquest salters lane near Alton Staffordshire
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I'm still stunned that @yorkshirebylines.co.uk put in the huge effort to collect all press-reported downsides of Brexit (David Davis had said there would be "none"!)...
...and has the sheer patience to collect 2,000 discrete incidences via media reports before giving up.
...and has the sheer patience to collect 2,000 discrete incidences via media reports before giving up.
The Davis Downside Dossier
David Davis famously said there would be no downsides to Brexit only considerable upsides - so we started recording them.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
August 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I'm still stunned that @yorkshirebylines.co.uk put in the huge effort to collect all press-reported downsides of Brexit (David Davis had said there would be "none"!)...
...and has the sheer patience to collect 2,000 discrete incidences via media reports before giving up.
...and has the sheer patience to collect 2,000 discrete incidences via media reports before giving up.
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Did Brexit cause the small boats?
Are any countries managing immigration well?
How do I stay calm when arguing with dickheads?
What can we all do to fight back against the hate?
Wonderful questions from the @bremaininspain.com community :) - my answers here www.bremaininspain.com/bremainers-a...
Are any countries managing immigration well?
How do I stay calm when arguing with dickheads?
What can we all do to fight back against the hate?
Wonderful questions from the @bremaininspain.com community :) - my answers here www.bremaininspain.com/bremainers-a...
Bremainers Ask ....... Zoe Gardner - Bremain in Spain
Bremain in Spain is campaigning for a strong & close relationship with the EU and to protect the rights of British migrants living in Spain.
www.bremaininspain.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Did Brexit cause the small boats?
Are any countries managing immigration well?
How do I stay calm when arguing with dickheads?
What can we all do to fight back against the hate?
Wonderful questions from the @bremaininspain.com community :) - my answers here www.bremaininspain.com/bremainers-a...
Are any countries managing immigration well?
How do I stay calm when arguing with dickheads?
What can we all do to fight back against the hate?
Wonderful questions from the @bremaininspain.com community :) - my answers here www.bremaininspain.com/bremainers-a...
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The UK electricity is already the most expensive in the world.
Price set to rise again in October as Ofgem's pricing formula lets companies rip people off.
Who protects the people?
Price set to rise again in October as Ofgem's pricing formula lets companies rip people off.
Who protects the people?
August 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The UK electricity is already the most expensive in the world.
Price set to rise again in October as Ofgem's pricing formula lets companies rip people off.
Who protects the people?
Price set to rise again in October as Ofgem's pricing formula lets companies rip people off.
Who protects the people?
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As several have pointed out, this also applies to the massive (100,000 or so) Trans Pride event. Almost entirely blanked.
Here's how the real two-tier Britain works:
1. Whatever Nigel Farage says, however stupid, is looped and discussed by the media, while left-wing voices are treated as noises off.
2. Tiny far-right protests get massive airtime, while 10s of 000s gathering for Palestine or green causes are ignored.🧵
1. Whatever Nigel Farage says, however stupid, is looped and discussed by the media, while left-wing voices are treated as noises off.
2. Tiny far-right protests get massive airtime, while 10s of 000s gathering for Palestine or green causes are ignored.🧵
August 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
As several have pointed out, this also applies to the massive (100,000 or so) Trans Pride event. Almost entirely blanked.
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Is the BBC Reform UK's mouthpiece? Yup.
"Researchers at Cardiff University have produced a detailed analysis of every episode of the BBC’s flagship Question Time programme broadcast between September 2014 and July 2023 to see if the broadcaster was balancing political viewpoints."
"Researchers at Cardiff University have produced a detailed analysis of every episode of the BBC’s flagship Question Time programme broadcast between September 2014 and July 2023 to see if the broadcaster was balancing political viewpoints."
Is the BBC now the official mouthpiece for Reform?
A study of the BBC’s Question Time has raised concerns about representation and political impartiality
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
August 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Is the BBC Reform UK's mouthpiece? Yup.
"Researchers at Cardiff University have produced a detailed analysis of every episode of the BBC’s flagship Question Time programme broadcast between September 2014 and July 2023 to see if the broadcaster was balancing political viewpoints."
"Researchers at Cardiff University have produced a detailed analysis of every episode of the BBC’s flagship Question Time programme broadcast between September 2014 and July 2023 to see if the broadcaster was balancing political viewpoints."