Ed Wilson
@eddwilson.bsky.social
Lefty liberal by temperament, exasperated by experience.
Not strictly qualified for most arguments, but I do read a lot.
Stockport, UK
Not strictly qualified for most arguments, but I do read a lot.
Stockport, UK
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Reposted by Ed Wilson
Shameful.
No 10 signals PM will not intervene in dispute between Trump and BBC, and says it's for corporation to decide on apology - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Tim Davie tells BBC staff ‘we have to fight for our journalism’ but does not address Trump’s $1bn lawsuit threat – live
Outgoing director general says freedom of press under pressure and that he sees ‘weaponisation’
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Shameful.
Starmer and Lammy now own all the problems with the justice system, but I can remember years of questions in the Commons before July 2024, pointing out the ongoing, burgeoning causes of most of them.
#BBCPM
#BBCPM
November 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Starmer and Lammy now own all the problems with the justice system, but I can remember years of questions in the Commons before July 2024, pointing out the ongoing, burgeoning causes of most of them.
#BBCPM
#BBCPM
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Reposted by Ed Wilson
I'm not sure if others have noticed this, but interesting that one of the Prescott criticisms of the BBC is based on those of the 'History Reclaimed' group, which is also associated with the 'Restore Trust' group's attacks on & so far unsuccessful attempts to take control of the National Trust. 1/3
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I'm not sure if others have noticed this, but interesting that one of the Prescott criticisms of the BBC is based on those of the 'History Reclaimed' group, which is also associated with the 'Restore Trust' group's attacks on & so far unsuccessful attempts to take control of the National Trust. 1/3
NEW
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
emptycity.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The Commons will finally be doing something this afternon.
commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/988...
#WATO
commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/988...
#WATO
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The Commons will finally be doing something this afternon.
commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/988...
#WATO
commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/988...
#WATO
Really worrying piece with General Nick Parker
- he fears there will be "soldiers who are vulnerable to the law"
- in an incoherent sequence he says "we have to be absolutely above the law" then interprets that as "we've go to behave better than everybody"
#WATO
- he fears there will be "soldiers who are vulnerable to the law"
- in an incoherent sequence he says "we have to be absolutely above the law" then interprets that as "we've go to behave better than everybody"
#WATO
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Really worrying piece with General Nick Parker
- he fears there will be "soldiers who are vulnerable to the law"
- in an incoherent sequence he says "we have to be absolutely above the law" then interprets that as "we've go to behave better than everybody"
#WATO
- he fears there will be "soldiers who are vulnerable to the law"
- in an incoherent sequence he says "we have to be absolutely above the law" then interprets that as "we've go to behave better than everybody"
#WATO
The Laffer curve is a hoax.
Tax rate A, lower than tax rate B, might bring in more money on a particular day. "Lower taxes always bring in more" is just wrong.
#WATO
Tax rate A, lower than tax rate B, might bring in more money on a particular day. "Lower taxes always bring in more" is just wrong.
#WATO
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The Laffer curve is a hoax.
Tax rate A, lower than tax rate B, might bring in more money on a particular day. "Lower taxes always bring in more" is just wrong.
#WATO
Tax rate A, lower than tax rate B, might bring in more money on a particular day. "Lower taxes always bring in more" is just wrong.
#WATO
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The BBC should meet Trump's demands in advance by announcing - soon - a programme in the Panorama slot, and advertising it across BBC networks. The programme would play Trump's 6 January 2021 speech in full, unedited and without comment.
news.sky.com/story/bbc-re...
#R4Today
news.sky.com/story/bbc-re...
#R4Today
BBC latest: Trump threatens to sue corporation for $1bn if it misses deadline 'to comply' with three demands
Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC over an edit of his speech before the January 6 2021 riots. The corporation's chair has admitted the edit was an "error of judgement", and its director-gener...
news.sky.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Both Tories and Labour are claiming to have halved the number of hotels used for asylum seekers.
fullfact.org/immigration/...
#r4today
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Labour hasn’t ‘halved’ the number of asylum hotels – Full Fact
In recent days we’ve seen a number of inaccurate and misleading claims about Labour’s record on closing asylum hotels.
fullfact.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
If you want a break from a certain story currently eating up the timelines, may I suggest this...
NEW: I wrote about Nasa's rather incredible system for detecting tsunamis, in near real-time, by *analysing GNSS signals*.
Some tsunamis are so big, they cause ripples in the Earth's atmosphere big enough to affect GPS.
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
Some tsunamis are so big, they cause ripples in the Earth's atmosphere big enough to affect GPS.
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
November 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Not many people want to talk about the rape clause in the two-child benefit cap policy.
#PoliticsLive
#PoliticsLive
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Not many people want to talk about the rape clause in the two-child benefit cap policy.
#PoliticsLive
#PoliticsLive
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Fire authority 'in disarray' amid Reform UK leak row in Kent
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#KemkaranMustGo
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#KemkaranMustGo
Kent fire authority 'in disarray' amid Reform UK video leak row - BBC News
A firefighters union claims Reform UK suspending councillors is impacting the local fire authority.
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Fire authority 'in disarray' amid Reform UK leak row in Kent
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#KemkaranMustGo
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#KemkaranMustGo
BBC board - contract ends
Samir Shah - 3/3/28
Shumeet Banerji - 31/12/25
Damon Buffini - 31/12/25
Robbie Gibb - 6/5/28
Muriel Gray - 2/1/30
Chris Jones - 23/7/27
Michael Plaut - 31/5/28
Michael Smyth - 19/7/27
Marinella Soldi - 10/9/26
Leigh Tavaziva - 31/1/2027
Caroline Thomson - 2/4/29
#R4Today
Samir Shah - 3/3/28
Shumeet Banerji - 31/12/25
Damon Buffini - 31/12/25
Robbie Gibb - 6/5/28
Muriel Gray - 2/1/30
Chris Jones - 23/7/27
Michael Plaut - 31/5/28
Michael Smyth - 19/7/27
Marinella Soldi - 10/9/26
Leigh Tavaziva - 31/1/2027
Caroline Thomson - 2/4/29
#R4Today
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
BBC board - contract ends
Samir Shah - 3/3/28
Shumeet Banerji - 31/12/25
Damon Buffini - 31/12/25
Robbie Gibb - 6/5/28
Muriel Gray - 2/1/30
Chris Jones - 23/7/27
Michael Plaut - 31/5/28
Michael Smyth - 19/7/27
Marinella Soldi - 10/9/26
Leigh Tavaziva - 31/1/2027
Caroline Thomson - 2/4/29
#R4Today
Samir Shah - 3/3/28
Shumeet Banerji - 31/12/25
Damon Buffini - 31/12/25
Robbie Gibb - 6/5/28
Muriel Gray - 2/1/30
Chris Jones - 23/7/27
Michael Plaut - 31/5/28
Michael Smyth - 19/7/27
Marinella Soldi - 10/9/26
Leigh Tavaziva - 31/1/2027
Caroline Thomson - 2/4/29
#R4Today
The left-wing BBC Is somehow unlikely to cover discussions like these from a professor of economic policy at the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University, concerning new work from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
#R4Today
#R4Today
New post: Labour’s Brexit stance is as untenable as their tax pledge
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/11/labo...
As public perception and econometric estimates of the damage caused by Brexit rise, Labour's refusal to discuss rejoining the EU's customs union or single market means more self harm.
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/11/labo...
As public perception and econometric estimates of the damage caused by Brexit rise, Labour's refusal to discuss rejoining the EU's customs union or single market means more self harm.
Labour’s Brexit stance is as untenable as their tax pledge
In my last post about the prospect of Labour breaking its tax pledge, I did something I don’t often do, which is indulge in some ‘I told y...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The left-wing BBC Is somehow unlikely to cover discussions like these from a professor of economic policy at the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University, concerning new work from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
#R4Today
#R4Today
I don't assume that Lewis Goodall gives me the whole truth. I do value the parts of the truth he offers.
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
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goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
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The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I don't assume that Lewis Goodall gives me the whole truth. I do value the parts of the truth he offers.
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
#R4Today
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
#R4Today
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The breadth of services maintained by the BBC, Damian Collins, has been made more and more difficult by the intervention of the governments you supported.
#R4Today
#R4Today
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The breadth of services maintained by the BBC, Damian Collins, has been made more and more difficult by the intervention of the governments you supported.
#R4Today
#R4Today
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM