Dominic Minghella
@dminghella.bsky.social
Screenwriter / Producer / Showrunner / Writer, Creator of TV series eg ITV's Doc Martin / Political, Charity & Business Strategy & Comms /
www.minghella.com/about
www.minghella.com/about
Horrible politician abandons horrible party for even more horrible party.
January 26, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Horrible politician abandons horrible party for even more horrible party.
Fella who avoided Vietnam draft with a "heel spur" accuses Nato troops in Afghanistan - thousands dead and injured - of "staying back ... off the front lines".
January 23, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Fella who avoided Vietnam draft with a "heel spur" accuses Nato troops in Afghanistan - thousands dead and injured - of "staying back ... off the front lines".
The dregs of British politics continue their grotesque gathering.
January 15, 2026 at 6:27 PM
The dregs of British politics continue their grotesque gathering.
Me: Can you improve this photo of me?
AI: I cannot work on images of public figures.
Me: Who do you think this is?
AI: Michael Wolff, the journalist.
Me: This is a picture of me.
AI (..thinks..): In that case, hello Mr Wolff.
AI: I cannot work on images of public figures.
Me: Who do you think this is?
AI: Michael Wolff, the journalist.
Me: This is a picture of me.
AI (..thinks..): In that case, hello Mr Wolff.
January 15, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Me: Can you improve this photo of me?
AI: I cannot work on images of public figures.
Me: Who do you think this is?
AI: Michael Wolff, the journalist.
Me: This is a picture of me.
AI (..thinks..): In that case, hello Mr Wolff.
AI: I cannot work on images of public figures.
Me: Who do you think this is?
AI: Michael Wolff, the journalist.
Me: This is a picture of me.
AI (..thinks..): In that case, hello Mr Wolff.
Is this meant to be some kind of proud boast?
January 13, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Is this meant to be some kind of proud boast?
The chaos in international politics, frightening though it may be, presents a domestic opportunity to the Labour government: they can be (and will need to be) far more radical. Labour should reset, rebrand, and build a bold new narrative for the middle half of the 21st Century. It's time.
January 8, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The chaos in international politics, frightening though it may be, presents a domestic opportunity to the Labour government: they can be (and will need to be) far more radical. Labour should reset, rebrand, and build a bold new narrative for the middle half of the 21st Century. It's time.
Beautiful views flying into Heathrow last night. Tired and grumpy, but nothing beats the thrill of returning to the greatest city in the world.
#LoveLondon
#LoveLondon
January 6, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Beautiful views flying into Heathrow last night. Tired and grumpy, but nothing beats the thrill of returning to the greatest city in the world.
#LoveLondon
#LoveLondon
Interesting to hear Starmer starting the year with the suggestion that feeling better off is paramount. Sure, but it's only half the story. In these upside-down times, we need not just a sense of financial security, but a sense of security, full stop. We need a safer world.
January 6, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Interesting to hear Starmer starting the year with the suggestion that feeling better off is paramount. Sure, but it's only half the story. In these upside-down times, we need not just a sense of financial security, but a sense of security, full stop. We need a safer world.
Here we go again, with another would-be birthday for our Anthony, born on this day in 1954. It's not just that he was so absurdly talented, or that he was taken so shockingly early. It's that, somehow, he made the sun shine, and no sky has ever felt quite right since.
Anthony Minghella 1954 - 2008
Anthony Minghella 1954 - 2008
January 6, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Here we go again, with another would-be birthday for our Anthony, born on this day in 1954. It's not just that he was so absurdly talented, or that he was taken so shockingly early. It's that, somehow, he made the sun shine, and no sky has ever felt quite right since.
Anthony Minghella 1954 - 2008
Anthony Minghella 1954 - 2008
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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Martin Parr, photographer acclaimed for observations of British life, dies aged 73. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Martin Parr, photographer acclaimed for observations of British life, dies aged 73
Known for acute observations of class system, Parr’s images were often in vivid colour with more than a dash of humour
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Martin Parr, photographer acclaimed for observations of British life, dies aged 73. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Turns out taking bribes to spout Russian propaganda WILL come back to bite you. To the tune of ten and a half years in prison.
There must be a few nerves jangling today.
There must be a few nerves jangling today.
November 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Turns out taking bribes to spout Russian propaganda WILL come back to bite you. To the tune of ten and a half years in prison.
There must be a few nerves jangling today.
There must be a few nerves jangling today.
Michael Gove's reflections on the Covid crisis this morning were absolutely triggering. Cosy, slippery, patronising - the kind of excusatory word salad which became his sorry, science-denying brand.
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Michael Gove's reflections on the Covid crisis this morning were absolutely triggering. Cosy, slippery, patronising - the kind of excusatory word salad which became his sorry, science-denying brand.
On the Sutton train just now
A pale stylish girl
A sad beauty, maybe 25
Peered silently at her phone
As if it contained some revelation.
Betrayal maybe. Then a fat tear drifted down her left cheek.
She didn't move but her tongue reached out to catch it.
A pale stylish girl
A sad beauty, maybe 25
Peered silently at her phone
As if it contained some revelation.
Betrayal maybe. Then a fat tear drifted down her left cheek.
She didn't move but her tongue reached out to catch it.
November 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
On the Sutton train just now
A pale stylish girl
A sad beauty, maybe 25
Peered silently at her phone
As if it contained some revelation.
Betrayal maybe. Then a fat tear drifted down her left cheek.
She didn't move but her tongue reached out to catch it.
A pale stylish girl
A sad beauty, maybe 25
Peered silently at her phone
As if it contained some revelation.
Betrayal maybe. Then a fat tear drifted down her left cheek.
She didn't move but her tongue reached out to catch it.
You don't play Queensbury rules in a fist fight.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
You don't play Queensbury rules in a fist fight.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
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Russia lost 1,157,400 troops in Ukraine since Feb 2022, reported on Nov. 15. Including 1,000 casualties in the past day. Also 11,350 tanks, 23,588 armoured vehicles, 67,396 vehicles-fuel tanks, 34,443 artillery, 1,541 rocket systems, 1,244 air defense, 428 planes, kyivindependent.com/general-staf...
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,157,400 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The number includes 1,000 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
kyivindependent.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Russia lost 1,157,400 troops in Ukraine since Feb 2022, reported on Nov. 15. Including 1,000 casualties in the past day. Also 11,350 tanks, 23,588 armoured vehicles, 67,396 vehicles-fuel tanks, 34,443 artillery, 1,541 rocket systems, 1,244 air defense, 428 planes, kyivindependent.com/general-staf...
Just remembered with a stab of shame the comments of one of my Oxford philosophy tutors on my homework: "jejune arguments". I had to look up jejune. Ouch.
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Just remembered with a stab of shame the comments of one of my Oxford philosophy tutors on my homework: "jejune arguments". I had to look up jejune. Ouch.
"What we need is a bit of compassion in it politics."
‐ Lord Alf Dubs, this morning.
‐ Lord Alf Dubs, this morning.
November 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
"What we need is a bit of compassion in it politics."
‐ Lord Alf Dubs, this morning.
‐ Lord Alf Dubs, this morning.
Fella given unprecedented repeat royal
red carpet state hullabaloo is hardly back on the plane before he threatens to smash same state's cultural crown jewels.
red carpet state hullabaloo is hardly back on the plane before he threatens to smash same state's cultural crown jewels.
November 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Fella given unprecedented repeat royal
red carpet state hullabaloo is hardly back on the plane before he threatens to smash same state's cultural crown jewels.
red carpet state hullabaloo is hardly back on the plane before he threatens to smash same state's cultural crown jewels.
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That renowned and respected lover of truth and journalistic integrity.... THE KREMLIN.... has stepped up to defend Trump in his battle against the BBC.
SO that's Farage, Netanyahu, Putin, and Boris Johnson...
SO that's Farage, Netanyahu, Putin, and Boris Johnson...
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
That renowned and respected lover of truth and journalistic integrity.... THE KREMLIN.... has stepped up to defend Trump in his battle against the BBC.
SO that's Farage, Netanyahu, Putin, and Boris Johnson...
SO that's Farage, Netanyahu, Putin, and Boris Johnson...
Crazy few days. First the BBC eats its own legs, then the Government eats its own legs.
November 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Crazy few days. First the BBC eats its own legs, then the Government eats its own legs.
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Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary Nigel Huddleston tells GB News that the BBC should "grovel" to Trump.
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary Nigel Huddleston tells GB News that the BBC should "grovel" to Trump.
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
Great piece. Just has "Tim Davie has legitimised the critique which has toppled him," so the BBC has appeased the very forces now ranged against it.
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Great piece. Just has "Tim Davie has legitimised the critique which has toppled him," so the BBC has appeased the very forces now ranged against it.
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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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The improvement in the employment rate of non-EU migrants to the UK over the past 15 years is remarkable, especially since the pandemic.
www.ons.gov.uk/employmentan...
www.ons.gov.uk/employmentan...
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The improvement in the employment rate of non-EU migrants to the UK over the past 15 years is remarkable, especially since the pandemic.
www.ons.gov.uk/employmentan...
www.ons.gov.uk/employmentan...