Gill West
@gillwest.bsky.social
Poiché è difficile distinguere i profeti veri dai falsi, è bene avere in sospetto tutti i profeti...(Primo Levi)
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Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
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One of the demands being put forward here is a compensation to the geriatric orange felon.
Are we now seriously in a position where the national broadcaster is being shaken down by the president of the United States?
What. The. Actual. Fuck.
Are we now seriously in a position where the national broadcaster is being shaken down by the president of the United States?
What. The. Actual. Fuck.
November 11, 2025 at 6:54 AM
One of the demands being put forward here is a compensation to the geriatric orange felon.
Are we now seriously in a position where the national broadcaster is being shaken down by the president of the United States?
What. The. Actual. Fuck.
Are we now seriously in a position where the national broadcaster is being shaken down by the president of the United States?
What. The. Actual. Fuck.
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The more I think about, the more I realise that the attack on the BBC really is terribly thinly veiled - and listening to @newsagents.bsky.social’s episode today, you can see just how dangerous things are right now.
A very good episode from the people who know the BBC best.
A very good episode from the people who know the BBC best.
Inside the BBC: What really went on
Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 10/11/2025 · 35m
podcasts.apple.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The more I think about, the more I realise that the attack on the BBC really is terribly thinly veiled - and listening to @newsagents.bsky.social’s episode today, you can see just how dangerous things are right now.
A very good episode from the people who know the BBC best.
A very good episode from the people who know the BBC best.
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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 6:40 PM
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
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Ant Middleton combines racism with ignorance about the world wars as he continues his racist campaign to lose his Mayor of London deposit (when he advocates a racist bar on the current Mayor from offiice + over two-thirds of the London electorate if their grandparents weren't born here!)
"I wouldn't expect someone like Adil Ray to understand...I'd love to have grabbed Adil Ray by the scruff of the neck & thrown him back to 1944... on the beaches of Normandy... and also for him to look to his left and his right and realise they look nothing like him."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkng...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkng...
'Grab Adil Ray By The Scruff Of The Neck' Says Former UK Special Forces Officer Ant Middleton
YouTube video by TalkTV
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Ant Middleton combines racism with ignorance about the world wars as he continues his racist campaign to lose his Mayor of London deposit (when he advocates a racist bar on the current Mayor from offiice + over two-thirds of the London electorate if their grandparents weren't born here!)
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🎯 Davey is spot on. "We can have criticism of the BBC, but within that, we need to recognise how valuable an institution it is [and how] precious to our country. And that's one of the reasons why people like President Trump and Nigel Farage, want to undermine the BBC." 👏🏽~AA
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🎯 Davey is spot on. "We can have criticism of the BBC, but within that, we need to recognise how valuable an institution it is [and how] precious to our country. And that's one of the reasons why people like President Trump and Nigel Farage, want to undermine the BBC." 👏🏽~AA
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The BBC should just say sorry again, and promise to play his Jan 6th speech in full. It feels like some are trying to argue that the BBC have somehow distorted the speech. Then play it in full. It’s all there in its full inciteful glory.
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The BBC should just say sorry again, and promise to play his Jan 6th speech in full. It feels like some are trying to argue that the BBC have somehow distorted the speech. Then play it in full. It’s all there in its full inciteful glory.
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No one who listened to Trump’s speech at the time can have had their interpretation altered by a BBC edit of the whole damned thing.
He incited a failed insurrection.
A man who lies habitually is extorting millions from broadcasters, having comedians fired, and forcing resignations.
He incited a failed insurrection.
A man who lies habitually is extorting millions from broadcasters, having comedians fired, and forcing resignations.
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
No one who listened to Trump’s speech at the time can have had their interpretation altered by a BBC edit of the whole damned thing.
He incited a failed insurrection.
A man who lies habitually is extorting millions from broadcasters, having comedians fired, and forcing resignations.
He incited a failed insurrection.
A man who lies habitually is extorting millions from broadcasters, having comedians fired, and forcing resignations.
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You can be assured that tendentious memo by Michael Prescott, and the co-ordinated combination of the Telegraph, Mail, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and the White House means that the BBC hit job has been long in the planning, and has some insider help
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
You can be assured that tendentious memo by Michael Prescott, and the co-ordinated combination of the Telegraph, Mail, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and the White House means that the BBC hit job has been long in the planning, and has some insider help
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Absolutely this.
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Absolutely this.
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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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...
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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.
While the BBC is not perfect and should have moved quickly to apologise for & fix the Panorama-Trump Jan 6 speech edit, the baying for blood & heads on a spike looks even more of a capitulation when we today read: www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Trump pardons Giuliani and allies accused of trying to subvert 2020 election – latest updates
Directive could prevent future administrations from prosecuting more than 70 people named
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
While the BBC is not perfect and should have moved quickly to apologise for & fix the Panorama-Trump Jan 6 speech edit, the baying for blood & heads on a spike looks even more of a capitulation when we today read: www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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I don't often call for resignations. But Sir Robbie Gibb's role in the BBC boardroom coup makes his continued role there untenable. He must resign or be removed
‘Gibb’s supporters say he is trying to save the BBC from itself; he was also heard last year to say that if he didn’t get his way, he would “blow the place up”.’
“a group of politically-appointed directors has forced the hand of Samir Shah,the chair, and the departure of the two most senior people in the organisation. Their resignations should be called out for what they are: political interference..”1/
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I don't often call for resignations. But Sir Robbie Gibb's role in the BBC boardroom coup makes his continued role there untenable. He must resign or be removed
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A big win for people more outraged by a silly edit at the BBC than by a man impeached by Congress for literally inciting an insurrection being back in the White House. Pathetic.
🔴 Breaking I Davie faced mounting criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by Donald Trump
➡️ Read more: trib.al/I0iw7aP
➡️ Read more: trib.al/I0iw7aP
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A big win for people more outraged by a silly edit at the BBC than by a man impeached by Congress for literally inciting an insurrection being back in the White House. Pathetic.
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Trevor Philips tries to get Zack Polanski to trip up on the issue of trans
Polanski responds with a slam dunk, a home run, a touchdown - whatever your sports metaphor is 👏
Polanski responds with a slam dunk, a home run, a touchdown - whatever your sports metaphor is 👏
November 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Trevor Philips tries to get Zack Polanski to trip up on the issue of trans
Polanski responds with a slam dunk, a home run, a touchdown - whatever your sports metaphor is 👏
Polanski responds with a slam dunk, a home run, a touchdown - whatever your sports metaphor is 👏
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Tim Davie and Deborah Turness both resigning at the BBC. 💥
November 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Tim Davie and Deborah Turness both resigning at the BBC. 💥
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Not a moment too soon. Several years too late.
Political Editor New Statesman “SCOOP: Tim Davie is about to announce his resignation as Director General of the BBC, according to a person familiar with the matter.”
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Not a moment too soon. Several years too late.
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It’s been a brutal year for progressives - but @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's victory and the Green Party surge show that hope can still be strategy, not sentiment.
This is a long one.
Pour something strong.
This is a long one.
Pour something strong.
It Turns Out, Hope Still Polls Well
An unexpected victory, a surge for the Greens in the UK, one slightly overcaffeinated political commentator and a reminder that optimism still has teeth.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
It’s been a brutal year for progressives - but @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's victory and the Green Party surge show that hope can still be strategy, not sentiment.
This is a long one.
Pour something strong.
This is a long one.
Pour something strong.
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