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Every single media lawyer I have spoken with this weeks agree that the BBC is doing exactly the right thing in admitting a mistake without admitting liability.
What serious lawyer would ever advise issuing an apology while there’s an imminent legal threat? How did the BBC not have lines and briefing ready?
Is it even capable of fighting a case when some near its top seem not to want it to win?
Is it even capable of fighting a case when some near its top seem not to want it to win?
November 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Every single media lawyer I have spoken with this weeks agree that the BBC is doing exactly the right thing in admitting a mistake without admitting liability.
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Without asylum:
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Without asylum:
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
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The president of the most powerful nation on Earth is so terrified of the tales that an imprisoned sex trafficker can tell that he plies her with a comfort puppy and custom meals and is holding out the prospect of a pardon.
77 million people voted for this.
77 million people voted for this.
November 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The president of the most powerful nation on Earth is so terrified of the tales that an imprisoned sex trafficker can tell that he plies her with a comfort puppy and custom meals and is holding out the prospect of a pardon.
77 million people voted for this.
77 million people voted for this.
brought to you by the children of the wealthy working for a billionaire who didn’t have to live in the seventies and watch the endless middle east oil crisis’ help greedy commodity traders (like Farage ) destroy our entire economy then blame it on unions
November 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
brought to you by the children of the wealthy working for a billionaire who didn’t have to live in the seventies and watch the endless middle east oil crisis’ help greedy commodity traders (like Farage ) destroy our entire economy then blame it on unions
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Farage, Boris Johnson & Rees-Mogg apparently plotting assaults on UK democracy with Bannon, who was reporting back to Epstein. Nothing to see here, newspaper folk…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Emails highlight Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon relationship
New documents show the pair discussing travel arrangements and UK politics in messages from 2018.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Farage, Boris Johnson & Rees-Mogg apparently plotting assaults on UK democracy with Bannon, who was reporting back to Epstein. Nothing to see here, newspaper folk…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Day to all who celebrate. Be sure to let all your screams out and then disappear.
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Day to all who celebrate. Be sure to let all your screams out and then disappear.
the president’s friends are largely pedophiles who wants to be on that list ?
Homan: "I don't think the UK is a friend to this country and friend of the president"
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
the president’s friends are largely pedophiles who wants to be on that list ?
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Taking Back Control of Remembrance - why war memorial selfies, Nigel Farage's moody wreath vignettes and giant plastic poppies risk obfuscating what we were told to never forget.
My Letter from London for @noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/taking-back-...
My Letter from London for @noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/taking-back-...
Taking back control of Remembrance
Get news direct from reporters you trust.
www.noosphere.app
November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Taking Back Control of Remembrance - why war memorial selfies, Nigel Farage's moody wreath vignettes and giant plastic poppies risk obfuscating what we were told to never forget.
My Letter from London for @noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/taking-back-...
My Letter from London for @noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/taking-back-...
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“Weaponising Migration”: How Russia’s War in Syria Fed the Brexit Propaganda Loop
Farage said Putin's handling of Syria was 'brilliant'. Leave EU campaign went on to weaponise the refugee wave that followed and defend Russia
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
Farage said Putin's handling of Syria was 'brilliant'. Leave EU campaign went on to weaponise the refugee wave that followed and defend Russia
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
“Weaponising Migration”: How Russia’s War in Syria Fed the Brexit Propaganda Loop
Farage said Putin's handling of Syria was 'brilliant' - and his Leave EU campaing went on to weaponise the refugee wave that followed the indiscriminate barrel bombing of civilians and defend Russia
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
“Weaponising Migration”: How Russia’s War in Syria Fed the Brexit Propaganda Loop
Farage said Putin's handling of Syria was 'brilliant'. Leave EU campaign went on to weaponise the refugee wave that followed and defend Russia
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
Farage said Putin's handling of Syria was 'brilliant'. Leave EU campaign went on to weaponise the refugee wave that followed and defend Russia
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
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"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
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Weak, weak, weak. Looking back on electoral failure with the knowledge that you did what was fiscally right & necessary is very different from looking back with the knowledge that you bottled it.
Thanks to months of pitch rolling, the Labour government has now effectively told anyone paying attention that income tax rises are necessary, but they’re not going to do them because they’re politically weak. Let’s see how that plays!
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Weak, weak, weak. Looking back on electoral failure with the knowledge that you did what was fiscally right & necessary is very different from looking back with the knowledge that you bottled it.
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It makes me wonder whether Prescott actually consulted the original source himself & doctored it or simply took dictation from someone else. A person, for example, who had helped insert a right-wing lobbyist who hadn’t done journalism for over 20 years into such a potentially important position…
The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) 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 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
It makes me wonder whether Prescott actually consulted the original source himself & doctored it or simply took dictation from someone else. A person, for example, who had helped insert a right-wing lobbyist who hadn’t done journalism for over 20 years into such a potentially important position…
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Finally the government is doing something I can get behind.
Police and crime commissioners to be abolished, government to announce
Police and crime commissioners to be abolished, government to announce
System introduced in 2012 across England and Wales has faced criticism from police chiefs
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UK politics live – latest updates
The controversial system of police and crime commissioners is to be abolished by the government, the Guardian has learned.
Under the system, introduced under the Conservatives, all 43 police forces covering local areas across England and Wales had to answer to an elected official. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Finally the government is doing something I can get behind.
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Ofwat PROPOSES £11m fine on Wessex Water for wastewater failures.
Company has 47+ criminal convictions, fleeced customers for yrs, allowed to negotiate fines. No fines on execs
Water industry is a prime example of rentier economy controlled by criminals. 1,135+ criminal convictions.
Company has 47+ criminal convictions, fleeced customers for yrs, allowed to negotiate fines. No fines on execs
Water industry is a prime example of rentier economy controlled by criminals. 1,135+ criminal convictions.
Wessex Water must pay £11m over wastewater failures, says regulator
Company failed to effectively operate, maintain and upgrade its wastewater assets, Ofwat finds
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Ofwat PROPOSES £11m fine on Wessex Water for wastewater failures.
Company has 47+ criminal convictions, fleeced customers for yrs, allowed to negotiate fines. No fines on execs
Water industry is a prime example of rentier economy controlled by criminals. 1,135+ criminal convictions.
Company has 47+ criminal convictions, fleeced customers for yrs, allowed to negotiate fines. No fines on execs
Water industry is a prime example of rentier economy controlled by criminals. 1,135+ criminal convictions.
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1. Placing these two graphs side by side shows why we have a prisons crisis. They can also be seen as a kind of Authoritarianism Index, showing the trend in state attitudes.
On the left is the Crime Survey for England and Wales.
On the right is the UK prison population.
🧵1/8
On the left is the Crime Survey for England and Wales.
On the right is the UK prison population.
🧵1/8
November 13, 2025 at 6:54 AM
1. Placing these two graphs side by side shows why we have a prisons crisis. They can also be seen as a kind of Authoritarianism Index, showing the trend in state attitudes.
On the left is the Crime Survey for England and Wales.
On the right is the UK prison population.
🧵1/8
On the left is the Crime Survey for England and Wales.
On the right is the UK prison population.
🧵1/8
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If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
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To knit together two stories: through intimidation, litigation & extortion, Trump is clearly trying to create a media ecosystem where nobody asks him about Epstein - or indeed anything discomfiting. It is appalling to see so many UK media individuals & institutions aiding & abetting his corruption.
November 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
To knit together two stories: through intimidation, litigation & extortion, Trump is clearly trying to create a media ecosystem where nobody asks him about Epstein - or indeed anything discomfiting. It is appalling to see so many UK media individuals & institutions aiding & abetting his corruption.
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Why do the emails exist? Because to the people concerned there was nothing wrong with the whole thing. This was a normal part of their privileged lives.
We need to keep perspective: the big picture is *far worse* than the detail.
We need to keep perspective: the big picture is *far worse* than the detail.
November 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Why do the emails exist? Because to the people concerned there was nothing wrong with the whole thing. This was a normal part of their privileged lives.
We need to keep perspective: the big picture is *far worse* than the detail.
We need to keep perspective: the big picture is *far worse* than the detail.
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One for the Brits.
Epstein wrote a list of names for Steve Bannon. The first one on it is Mandelson
Epstein wrote a list of names for Steve Bannon. The first one on it is Mandelson
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
One for the Brits.
Epstein wrote a list of names for Steve Bannon. The first one on it is Mandelson
Epstein wrote a list of names for Steve Bannon. The first one on it is Mandelson
Labour’s rebuttal to the Green party this week sums up the double standard that dogs our politics | Frances Ryan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour’s rebuttal to the Green party this week sums up the double standard that dogs our politics | Frances Ryan
Why is it that the politics of hope offered up by the left is dismissed as naive, while the policies of the centre and right are portrayed as all that is possible? asks Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Labour’s rebuttal to the Green party this week sums up the double standard that dogs our politics | Frances Ryan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Sigh 😕 just had my first phishing attempt on blue-sky @safety.bsky.app
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Sigh 😕 just had my first phishing attempt on blue-sky @safety.bsky.app
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We all know. They know. We know they know. They know we know they know.
As Karoline Leavitt concludes her press briefing and walks off, @andrewfeinberg.com asks: "What was the president doing with Virginia Giuffre for hours at Epstein's house?"
She did not respond.
She did not respond.
November 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
We all know. They know. We know they know. They know we know they know.