Simon Evans
@evssimon.bsky.social
Retired lifelong educator. Living on God's own coastline. Attempted guitarist, has been cricketer, EU citizen in Wales definitely not moving on. #rejoin #fbpe #neverTrumpMuskPutin 🏴🇪🇺🇺🇦
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This is a genuinely intolerable reality…
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This is a genuinely intolerable reality…
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The "appropriate response" is to broadcast everything that Trump did and said on that appalling day for American democracy and then to tell this moron to sling his hook.
I might be wrong, but this stinks of Pharage involvement.
November 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The "appropriate response" is to broadcast everything that Trump did and said on that appalling day for American democracy and then to tell this moron to sling his hook.
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If I had only 6 letters to describe Britain, they would be NHS-BBC.
Both have been under sustained attack by politicians for over decade.
And I would be dishonest if I didn’t point out the BBC has played a major role in attacking our NHS.
Nevertheless, both are utterly essential to our democracy.
Both have been under sustained attack by politicians for over decade.
And I would be dishonest if I didn’t point out the BBC has played a major role in attacking our NHS.
Nevertheless, both are utterly essential to our democracy.
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
If I had only 6 letters to describe Britain, they would be NHS-BBC.
Both have been under sustained attack by politicians for over decade.
And I would be dishonest if I didn’t point out the BBC has played a major role in attacking our NHS.
Nevertheless, both are utterly essential to our democracy.
Both have been under sustained attack by politicians for over decade.
And I would be dishonest if I didn’t point out the BBC has played a major role in attacking our NHS.
Nevertheless, both are utterly essential to our democracy.
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This is the most deranged situation. We are literally being kicked about by fake-newsers threatening to bankrupt our own public service broadcaster, to shield an insurrectionist from a reality that he can’t accept.
November 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
This is the most deranged situation. We are literally being kicked about by fake-newsers threatening to bankrupt our own public service broadcaster, to shield an insurrectionist from a reality that he can’t accept.
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I do not understand the Labour government's reticence over defending the BBC and social media regulation. Their long-term survival basically depends on it. Their cowardice in the face of it may be the single thing they are most remembered for.
on.ft.com/3JVxC1Z via @FT
on.ft.com/3JVxC1Z via @FT
BBC faces ‘existential’ threat after exit of top executives
Broadcaster’s deepest crisis in recent history comes amid fresh questions over its future role in British society
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November 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I do not understand the Labour government's reticence over defending the BBC and social media regulation. Their long-term survival basically depends on it. Their cowardice in the face of it may be the single thing they are most remembered for.
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It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
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Joyce Carol Oates may be the best poster of our time.
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Joyce Carol Oates may be the best poster of our time.
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Simple solution. Apologise, issue a 'retraction' then show the full speech on Jan 6th. Utterly unedited. Just the whole speech. Do it every day at 7.00pm for a week. As a goodwill gesture. Fuck the orange turd
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Simple solution. Apologise, issue a 'retraction' then show the full speech on Jan 6th. Utterly unedited. Just the whole speech. Do it every day at 7.00pm for a week. As a goodwill gesture. Fuck the orange turd
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So Trump wants $1bn from the BBC for giving the entirely accurate impression that he incited an attempted insurrection in which people died.
November 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
So Trump wants $1bn from the BBC for giving the entirely accurate impression that he incited an attempted insurrection in which people died.
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The BBC isn't perfect, but it belongs to Britain not Trump.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The BBC isn't perfect, but it belongs to Britain not Trump.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
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For so many years the rightwing UK media, especially the Murdoch press, has gaslit us that the BBC is leftwing.
They think we are idiots and we haven’t noticed stuff like the relentless platforming of Farage.
They think we are idiots and we haven’t noticed stuff like the relentless platforming of Farage.
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
For so many years the rightwing UK media, especially the Murdoch press, has gaslit us that the BBC is leftwing.
They think we are idiots and we haven’t noticed stuff like the relentless platforming of Farage.
They think we are idiots and we haven’t noticed stuff like the relentless platforming of Farage.
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Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
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The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
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I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
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I wonder when he will start suing news outlets for describing his barefaced lies about the 2020 election as barefaced lies…
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I wonder when he will start suing news outlets for describing his barefaced lies about the 2020 election as barefaced lies…
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Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
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A very apt post by @jamesbacon.bsky.social on 🧵s
'So GB News presenter (and part-time MP) Nigel Farage has been chatting to Trump about a BBC programme…
…and now Trump is suing our national broadcaster for $1 billion.
Thanks Nigel.'
'So GB News presenter (and part-time MP) Nigel Farage has been chatting to Trump about a BBC programme…
…and now Trump is suing our national broadcaster for $1 billion.
Thanks Nigel.'
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A very apt post by @jamesbacon.bsky.social on 🧵s
'So GB News presenter (and part-time MP) Nigel Farage has been chatting to Trump about a BBC programme…
…and now Trump is suing our national broadcaster for $1 billion.
Thanks Nigel.'
'So GB News presenter (and part-time MP) Nigel Farage has been chatting to Trump about a BBC programme…
…and now Trump is suing our national broadcaster for $1 billion.
Thanks Nigel.'
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Meh! BBC should apologise again and agree to air Trump's speech from 06 January, in full, for 'balance'. 😉
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Meh! BBC should apologise again and agree to air Trump's speech from 06 January, in full, for 'balance'. 😉
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this is brilliant satire:
“Given what I took to be the anti-Trump nature of the Sketch, I of course assumed there would be a similar, balancing Sketch discussing the possibility that the Capitol building had attacked the rioters....."
“Given what I took to be the anti-Trump nature of the Sketch, I of course assumed there would be a similar, balancing Sketch discussing the possibility that the Capitol building had attacked the rioters....."
Crisis at the Critic Sketchcasting Corporation!
Crisis at the CSC | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
From the desk of Lord Kronsteen, founder and proprietor of the Critic Sketchcasting Corporation. To all staff, It is with a heavy heart that I take pen in hand to inform you of the resignation of both…
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November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
this is brilliant satire:
“Given what I took to be the anti-Trump nature of the Sketch, I of course assumed there would be a similar, balancing Sketch discussing the possibility that the Capitol building had attacked the rioters....."
“Given what I took to be the anti-Trump nature of the Sketch, I of course assumed there would be a similar, balancing Sketch discussing the possibility that the Capitol building had attacked the rioters....."
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Fascinating that Nick Robinson names Robbie Gibb as the instigator of the coup at the BBC
He was promoted to ensure that Brexit went ahead
He is the sort of shadowy character who is essential to the unpicking of democracy
This should be the end of his time on the BBC board
He was promoted to ensure that Brexit went ahead
He is the sort of shadowy character who is essential to the unpicking of democracy
This should be the end of his time on the BBC board
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Fascinating that Nick Robinson names Robbie Gibb as the instigator of the coup at the BBC
He was promoted to ensure that Brexit went ahead
He is the sort of shadowy character who is essential to the unpicking of democracy
This should be the end of his time on the BBC board
He was promoted to ensure that Brexit went ahead
He is the sort of shadowy character who is essential to the unpicking of democracy
This should be the end of his time on the BBC board
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Michael Prescott's report makes vital points about the importance of being accurate, and also how difficult that is. For instance, he describes himself as having been Political Editor of the Sunday Times for 10 years, which is not what the Guardian reported when he left the job.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Michael Prescott's report makes vital points about the importance of being accurate, and also how difficult that is. For instance, he describes himself as having been Political Editor of the Sunday Times for 10 years, which is not what the Guardian reported when he left the job.
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Surely Gibb has a huge conflict of interest and either should resign or be removed from the BBC board.
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Surely Gibb has a huge conflict of interest and either should resign or be removed from the BBC board.
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Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
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To provide some news 'balance' to the BBC's grovelling apology for suggesting Trump tried to get his MAGA mob to overthrow the US Government, here's some pictures of Trump's MAGA mob trying to overthrow the US Government...
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
To provide some news 'balance' to the BBC's grovelling apology for suggesting Trump tried to get his MAGA mob to overthrow the US Government, here's some pictures of Trump's MAGA mob trying to overthrow the US Government...
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The BBC is the latest part of ‘the public realm’ to feel the wrath of the right.
The playbook is wearyingly similar.
Underfund them. Hold them (piously) to the highest standards. Pillory them for all errors. And then co-opt, or neuter, them. 1/2
The playbook is wearyingly similar.
Underfund them. Hold them (piously) to the highest standards. Pillory them for all errors. And then co-opt, or neuter, them. 1/2
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The BBC is the latest part of ‘the public realm’ to feel the wrath of the right.
The playbook is wearyingly similar.
Underfund them. Hold them (piously) to the highest standards. Pillory them for all errors. And then co-opt, or neuter, them. 1/2
The playbook is wearyingly similar.
Underfund them. Hold them (piously) to the highest standards. Pillory them for all errors. And then co-opt, or neuter, them. 1/2