Grahame Lucas
@grahamelucas.bsky.social
Journalist based in the EU. UK reform needs PR, an elected second chamber representing the metros and regions, a written constitution and a return to the European Union #FBPE "Ensemble nous sommes plus forts" especially in the age of Trump 2.0 and Farage
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders.
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’ www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’ www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders.
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’ www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’ www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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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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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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Watch Lisa Nandy now make Robbie Gibb DG.
BBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness resign over Trump documentary edit
Davie says
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Watch Lisa Nandy now make Robbie Gibb DG.
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This Robbie Gibb?
Robbie Gibb who cancelled a BBC investigation into Farage's Leave dot EU campaign shortly before the EU Ref
Arron Banks thanked him for it
"Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down."
- @channel4news.bsky.social in 2019
Arron Banks thanked him for it
"Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down."
- @channel4news.bsky.social in 2019
Revealed: Brexit group covered up its targeting of right-wing extremists
Brexit-backer Arron Banks repeatedly denied that Leave.EU appealed to National Front supporters - in a bid to get the BBC to drop an investigation
www.channel4.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
This Robbie Gibb?
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Note that still in post at the BBC is Robbie Gibb, who helped set up GB News, and John McAndrew, formerly director of news and programmes at GB News.
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Note that still in post at the BBC is Robbie Gibb, who helped set up GB News, and John McAndrew, formerly director of news and programmes at GB News.
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Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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At a certain level of British society there is only one crime it's possible to commit: Failure to Sufficiently Launder and Glorify the Ruling Class
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
At a certain level of British society there is only one crime it's possible to commit: Failure to Sufficiently Launder and Glorify the Ruling Class
The BBC’s Road to Appeasement. As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish Adam Bienkov and Patrick Howse's 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
The BBC’s Road to Appeasement
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish Adam Bienkov and Patrick Howse's 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The BBC’s Road to Appeasement. As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish Adam Bienkov and Patrick Howse's 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
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Would recommend this interview Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s biographer Andrew Lownie gave to @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on how power and secrecy work in modern Britain.
Particularly interesting on the censoring of history and how the Prince was championed by Peter Mandelson and Tony Blair...
Particularly interesting on the censoring of history and how the Prince was championed by Peter Mandelson and Tony Blair...
Inside the Cover-up: How Prince Andrew was exposed
Behind the headlines lies a deeper story of privilege, protection and a public kept in the dark
democracyforsale.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Would recommend this interview Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s biographer Andrew Lownie gave to @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on how power and secrecy work in modern Britain.
Particularly interesting on the censoring of history and how the Prince was championed by Peter Mandelson and Tony Blair...
Particularly interesting on the censoring of history and how the Prince was championed by Peter Mandelson and Tony Blair...
Trump’s Maga coalition fractures over far-right interview
Heritage Foundation in turmoil after head defends airing of exchange with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes www.ft.com/content/17fc...
Heritage Foundation in turmoil after head defends airing of exchange with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes www.ft.com/content/17fc...
Trump’s Maga coalition fractures over far-right interview
Heritage Foundation in turmoil after head defends airing of exchange with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes
www.ft.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Trump’s Maga coalition fractures over far-right interview
Heritage Foundation in turmoil after head defends airing of exchange with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes www.ft.com/content/17fc...
Heritage Foundation in turmoil after head defends airing of exchange with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes www.ft.com/content/17fc...
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Got to hope the National Crime Agency or the COVID Corruption Commissioner have Uniserve in their sights as well as Michelle Mone and MedPro.
We all know there are other big players out there beyond Mone who need to be brought to justice!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
We all know there are other big players out there beyond Mone who need to be brought to justice!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Revealed: The billion-pound PPE contractor with a Tory MP on site
Special report: Uniserve was paid £1.4bn for Covid contracts that included supply of £178.5m in never-used equipment
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Got to hope the National Crime Agency or the COVID Corruption Commissioner have Uniserve in their sights as well as Michelle Mone and MedPro.
We all know there are other big players out there beyond Mone who need to be brought to justice!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
We all know there are other big players out there beyond Mone who need to be brought to justice!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Apart from MAGA is anyone surprised by this?
www.rawstory.com/james-comey-...
www.rawstory.com/james-comey-...
James Comey case 'coming apart at the seams' as crucial evidence collapses: report
The Department of Justice's case against former FBI Director James Comey appears to be unraveling, with new evidence casting significant doubt on the prosecution's central allegations, The New Republi...
www.rawstory.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Apart from MAGA is anyone surprised by this?
www.rawstory.com/james-comey-...
www.rawstory.com/james-comey-...
Trump is helping Putin and Orban again: US gives Hungary one-year exemption from Russia oil sanctions: White House
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Trump is helping Putin and Orban again: US gives Hungary one-year exemption from Russia oil sanctions: White House
The United States Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to temporarily withhold about $4bn in federal food aid for November, leaving 42 million low-income Americans in need uncertain about their benefits amid the nation’s longest-ever government shutdown - Reuters
November 8, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The United States Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to temporarily withhold about $4bn in federal food aid for November, leaving 42 million low-income Americans in need uncertain about their benefits amid the nation’s longest-ever government shutdown - Reuters
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump. It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:40 AM
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump. It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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US election results suggest Trump’s coalition of voters is collapsing theconversation.com/us-election-...
US election results suggest Trump’s coalition of voters is collapsing
Democrats have emerged from US elections triumphant, but they should temper their optimism.
theconversation.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:11 AM
US election results suggest Trump’s coalition of voters is collapsing theconversation.com/us-election-...
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No surprises here but anyone still on X should close their account now before it addles their brain.
For nine months, Sky News' Data and Forensics team has been investigating whether X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content. It does. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
For nine months, Sky News' Data and Forensics team has been investigating whether X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content. It does. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:05 AM
No surprises here but anyone still on X should close their account now before it addles their brain.
For nine months, Sky News' Data and Forensics team has been investigating whether X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content. It does. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
For nine months, Sky News' Data and Forensics team has been investigating whether X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content. It does. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
But of course Farage doesn‘t know them …..
A criminal court in Brussels on Wednesday convicted two Polish nationals – including a current European Parliament assistant – of misusing EU funds tied to political entities associated with Brexit-backer Nigel Farage.
https://bit.ly/4oSrA0R
https://bit.ly/4oSrA0R
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group | Euractiv
Verdict ends decade-long probe into alleged misuse of EU funds by associates of top Brexit campaigner
www.euractiv.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
But of course Farage doesn‘t know them …..
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Court convicts two donors for illegally diverting £100k to Eurosceptic think tank run by Nigel Farage's girlfriend.
November 5, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Court convicts two donors for illegally diverting £100k to Eurosceptic think tank run by Nigel Farage's girlfriend.
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Like you I am celebrating Tuesday's victories. However, my job is not to sugarcoat things and tell you it's all fixed. It is to warning about what to expect next and fight back.
That is why I wrote this and why I hope you read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
That is why I wrote this and why I hope you read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
What Comes Next After the 2025 Elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Like you I am celebrating Tuesday's victories. However, my job is not to sugarcoat things and tell you it's all fixed. It is to warning about what to expect next and fight back.
That is why I wrote this and why I hope you read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
That is why I wrote this and why I hope you read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
No surprises here but anyone still on X should close their account now before it addles their brain.
For nine months, Sky News' Data and Forensics team has been investigating whether X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content. It does. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
For nine months, Sky News' Data and Forensics team has been investigating whether X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content. It does. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:05 AM
No surprises here but anyone still on X should close their account now before it addles their brain.
For nine months, Sky News' Data and Forensics team has been investigating whether X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content. It does. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
For nine months, Sky News' Data and Forensics team has been investigating whether X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content. It does. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
US election results suggest Trump’s coalition of voters is collapsing theconversation.com/us-election-...
US election results suggest Trump’s coalition of voters is collapsing
Democrats have emerged from US elections triumphant, but they should temper their optimism.
theconversation.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:11 AM
US election results suggest Trump’s coalition of voters is collapsing theconversation.com/us-election-...
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The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report. The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK's infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could 'politicise' our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report. The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...