Duncan Hothersall
@dhothersall.bsky.social
Gay husband. Small businessman. Scottish Labour. #LGBWithTheT and women's rights. Pro-EU & pro-UK. Labourhame.com editor. Our Scottish Future board member.
"A detestable combination of deeply disingenuous and incredibly shirty"
- Stephen Bush
"A detestable combination of deeply disingenuous and incredibly shirty"
- Stephen Bush
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Supporting trans rights does not mean opposing women's rights.
Supporting women's rights does not mean opposing trans rights.
Please think about whose interests it serves to turn those who should be allies against misogyny and transphobia into each others' enemies instead.
#LGBWithTheT #always
Supporting women's rights does not mean opposing trans rights.
Please think about whose interests it serves to turn those who should be allies against misogyny and transphobia into each others' enemies instead.
#LGBWithTheT #always
So Sainsbury's has spent a fortune on the rights to the BFG and for two years running hasn't been able to think of anything good to do with them.
November 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
So Sainsbury's has spent a fortune on the rights to the BFG and for two years running hasn't been able to think of anything good to do with them.
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OK. Here's the thing. You just can't put on a jacket and pretend to be a security patrol in the UK. It's actually illegal. Who the actual F are these "Essex Spartans"? Government has laws and rules and they need to enforce them.
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
OK. Here's the thing. You just can't put on a jacket and pretend to be a security patrol in the UK. It's actually illegal. Who the actual F are these "Essex Spartans"? Government has laws and rules and they need to enforce them.
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I think it’s worse than you might think. After the puberty blocker study was cleared another article was published on the BBC that stated questions remained and linked to an article in the BMJ. Who were the authors of this? That’ll be the BBC journalists as well.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-...
Questions remain over puberty-blockers, as review clears study - BBC News
But questions remain over the use of puberty blockers, say Newsnight's Deb Cohen and Hannah Barnes.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I think it’s worse than you might think. After the puberty blocker study was cleared another article was published on the BBC that stated questions remained and linked to an article in the BMJ. Who were the authors of this? That’ll be the BBC journalists as well.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-...
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It’s the same tactic that trump was impeached for the first time: “just open up an investigation into Biden, and i’ll give you the weapons you need”
All you need is the appearance of an investigation, apparently
All you need is the appearance of an investigation, apparently
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It’s the same tactic that trump was impeached for the first time: “just open up an investigation into Biden, and i’ll give you the weapons you need”
All you need is the appearance of an investigation, apparently
All you need is the appearance of an investigation, apparently
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Looking forward to when the mainstream media picks up and publicises this story.
🔴'BBC Bias’ Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Looking forward to when the mainstream media picks up and publicises this story.
Really good thread here, reminding us just how dishonest this group of gender critical journalists operating within the BBC and BMJ were, and the horrific damage they did.
Emily Maitlis brags about her, Deb Cohen, and Hannah Barnes getting the Tavistock GIDS service shut down.
What she doesn't talk about is how Newsnight journalists manufactured outrage and concocted "scandals" based on unethical journalism - which they were called out for, but tried to hide...
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What she doesn't talk about is how Newsnight journalists manufactured outrage and concocted "scandals" based on unethical journalism - which they were called out for, but tried to hide...
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Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Really good thread here, reminding us just how dishonest this group of gender critical journalists operating within the BBC and BMJ were, and the horrific damage they did.
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A few posters saying the silence from Starmer vis a vis the BBC and Trump is deafening, took me 2 seconds to find this. Not sure Labour comms is the problem, it's people who expect to be personally spoon fed every statement and announcement and have simply missed the reports.
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
A few posters saying the silence from Starmer vis a vis the BBC and Trump is deafening, took me 2 seconds to find this. Not sure Labour comms is the problem, it's people who expect to be personally spoon fed every statement and announcement and have simply missed the reports.
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Maybe Itchy dreamt it all while Scratchy was having a shower?
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Maybe Itchy dreamt it all while Scratchy was having a shower?
Writers are struggling with the reboot of Itchy & Scratchy. A source close to the production claimed: "Writers are tearing their hair out. Scratchy didn't just vanish off a cliff or fake his death – he was decapitated and then a bomb exploded in his mouth. Everyone agrees it was a massive mistake."
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Writers are struggling with the reboot of Itchy & Scratchy. A source close to the production claimed: "Writers are tearing their hair out. Scratchy didn't just vanish off a cliff or fake his death – he was decapitated and then a bomb exploded in his mouth. Everyone agrees it was a massive mistake."
Lovely story about the last England Ashes squad to travel to Australia by sea, in 1962. First class cruising, a grumpy Fred Trueman, and a bittersweet experience for the young David Larter.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Lovely story about the last England Ashes squad to travel to Australia by sea, in 1962. First class cruising, a grumpy Fred Trueman, and a bittersweet experience for the young David Larter.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
I don't live in Edinburgh any more so I know I shouldn't opine, but... The only reason the Roseburn Path exists is because it was retained for eventual light rail use. Use it! The Orchard Brae route would be disastrously complex; better to leave out the northern stretch than attempt that. #trams
November 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I don't live in Edinburgh any more so I know I shouldn't opine, but... The only reason the Roseburn Path exists is because it was retained for eventual light rail use. Use it! The Orchard Brae route would be disastrously complex; better to leave out the northern stretch than attempt that. #trams
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whatthetrans.com/trans-allies...
The narrative put forward by Maitliss is the one you're likely to have heard.
But that isn't what really happened.
The kids lost their care. Some took their own lives. Nobody was 'saved'.
There is no 'trans ideology', just people who needed help.
The narrative put forward by Maitliss is the one you're likely to have heard.
But that isn't what really happened.
The kids lost their care. Some took their own lives. Nobody was 'saved'.
There is no 'trans ideology', just people who needed help.
Trans Allies Systematically Intimidated Inside Tavistock – What The Trans!?
whatthetrans.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
whatthetrans.com/trans-allies...
The narrative put forward by Maitliss is the one you're likely to have heard.
But that isn't what really happened.
The kids lost their care. Some took their own lives. Nobody was 'saved'.
There is no 'trans ideology', just people who needed help.
The narrative put forward by Maitliss is the one you're likely to have heard.
But that isn't what really happened.
The kids lost their care. Some took their own lives. Nobody was 'saved'.
There is no 'trans ideology', just people who needed help.
I hesitate to add to the BBC's woes but that was a shambolic bit of coverage of the 2 minutes silence on BBC News channel. Instead of the live feed from the arboretum and Princes St Gardens we got chunks of footage from earlier, including people speaking, albeit with the sound off. Amateur hour.
November 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I hesitate to add to the BBC's woes but that was a shambolic bit of coverage of the 2 minutes silence on BBC News channel. Instead of the live feed from the arboretum and Princes St Gardens we got chunks of footage from earlier, including people speaking, albeit with the sound off. Amateur hour.
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I think another important thing to note is that the 'Ideological Capture' existed only at the upper levels of British journalism & society, and that trans rights and healthcare were broadly supported in British society, until people like Maitlis intervened: yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I think another important thing to note is that the 'Ideological Capture' existed only at the upper levels of British journalism & society, and that trans rights and healthcare were broadly supported in British society, until people like Maitlis intervened: yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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And it closely reflects the bit of the Prescott memo, where he talks of being approached by GCs about a month into his role, in what looks like very planned ideological capture of him but he takes as being him doing his new job really well.
November 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
And it closely reflects the bit of the Prescott memo, where he talks of being approached by GCs about a month into his role, in what looks like very planned ideological capture of him but he takes as being him doing his new job really well.
I tend to have more head space in the mornings than the evenings, plus it's 11/11, so I watched the Festival of Remembrance this morning. Two recommendations: fast forward past Rod Stewart, and do watch the section on the new LGBT+ Armed Forces Community Memorial. And Hannah Waddingham was superb.
Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance - 2025
The Royal British Legion’s Festival of Remembrance from the Royal Albert Hall, with music from Sir Rod Stewart, Blessing Offor, Sam Ryder, Keala Settle and The Wellermen.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I tend to have more head space in the mornings than the evenings, plus it's 11/11, so I watched the Festival of Remembrance this morning. Two recommendations: fast forward past Rod Stewart, and do watch the section on the new LGBT+ Armed Forces Community Memorial. And Hannah Waddingham was superb.
What's fascinating here is that as she rhymes off the list of gender critical people at Newsnight pursuing an explicitly gender critical agenda, in the context of a discussion of ideological capture at the BBC, she doesn't recognise that she was part of the ideological capture of the BBC by GCs.
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
What's fascinating here is that as she rhymes off the list of gender critical people at Newsnight pursuing an explicitly gender critical agenda, in the context of a discussion of ideological capture at the BBC, she doesn't recognise that she was part of the ideological capture of the BBC by GCs.
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If only the BBC hadn’t spent years alienating all the people who might care to leap to its defence now…
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If only the BBC hadn’t spent years alienating all the people who might care to leap to its defence now…
I don't want to provoke unjustified optimism, and I know the right-wing press has it in for the BBC and will be cheering the tango toddler, but Trump threatening to thcweam and thcweam and thcweam until he is thick might just be what's needed finally to unite the British people behind the BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I don't want to provoke unjustified optimism, and I know the right-wing press has it in for the BBC and will be cheering the tango toddler, but Trump threatening to thcweam and thcweam and thcweam until he is thick might just be what's needed finally to unite the British people behind the BBC.
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These threats are grim, disgusting and unacceptable.
They’re really common among anti-trans obsessives.
Which is why they were banned so often from social networks. It wasn’t censorship, it was standards.
Removing those rules has only emboldened hate:
metro.co.uk/2025/11/08/d...
They’re really common among anti-trans obsessives.
Which is why they were banned so often from social networks. It wasn’t censorship, it was standards.
Removing those rules has only emboldened hate:
metro.co.uk/2025/11/08/d...
David Tennant’s wife Georgia issues plea to police after receiving death threats
The actress has been targeted by trolls several times before.
metro.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
These threats are grim, disgusting and unacceptable.
They’re really common among anti-trans obsessives.
Which is why they were banned so often from social networks. It wasn’t censorship, it was standards.
Removing those rules has only emboldened hate:
metro.co.uk/2025/11/08/d...
They’re really common among anti-trans obsessives.
Which is why they were banned so often from social networks. It wasn’t censorship, it was standards.
Removing those rules has only emboldened hate:
metro.co.uk/2025/11/08/d...
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I must say now the BBC has solved its bias problem I am looking forward to the new series of Ground Force with Fred West.
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I must say now the BBC has solved its bias problem I am looking forward to the new series of Ground Force with Fred West.
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black & white definitions, with-us-or-against-us mentality etc etc etc) in others, and have been sincerely involved in fighting it. It almost feels like it's BECAUSE of that they don't think themselves capable of it. It's a campaigner's disease.
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
black & white definitions, with-us-or-against-us mentality etc etc etc) in others, and have been sincerely involved in fighting it. It almost feels like it's BECAUSE of that they don't think themselves capable of it. It's a campaigner's disease.
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I think one of the most painful things about this is that so many of the people this happens to - and I'm absolutely not just talking about transphobia here - are incredibly adept at spotting radicalisation and the things that come with it (the cognitive dissonance, groupthink, slogan reliance,
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I think one of the most painful things about this is that so many of the people this happens to - and I'm absolutely not just talking about transphobia here - are incredibly adept at spotting radicalisation and the things that come with it (the cognitive dissonance, groupthink, slogan reliance,
Fascinating and hopeful stuff, this, but my mind leaps immediately to the question of connectivity and how this sort of operation can fail safely in the event that it is lost. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dundee and US surgeons achieve world-first stroke surgery using robot
A Dundee professor carried out the first remote thrombectomy on a human cadaver.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Fascinating and hopeful stuff, this, but my mind leaps immediately to the question of connectivity and how this sort of operation can fail safely in the event that it is lost. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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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 10:52 AM
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...