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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
He reminds me of my dear Dad during his later stage of dementia. He always had to sway along to any music. Trump has been doing that a lot lately.
They had to write that down for him too, he’s certainly slurring his words even more than usual.
November 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
He reminds me of my dear Dad during his later stage of dementia. He always had to sway along to any music. Trump has been doing that a lot lately.
Censorship by fear.
"We should be honest: the BBC will not report on Trump freely now. It won’t need to be told not to" | Jay Robinson
Fake news: the BBC, Trump and the fight for impartiality
"We should be honest: the BBC will not report on Trump freely now. It won’t need to be told not to"
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Censorship by fear.
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Well the target to remain below 1.5C above 1850 levels wasn’t created out of thin air.
The idea was to avoid finding out which tipping points exist and which thresholds we might breach.
By colossal failure we are about to find out.
The idea was to avoid finding out which tipping points exist and which thresholds we might breach.
By colossal failure we are about to find out.
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Well the target to remain below 1.5C above 1850 levels wasn’t created out of thin air.
The idea was to avoid finding out which tipping points exist and which thresholds we might breach.
By colossal failure we are about to find out.
The idea was to avoid finding out which tipping points exist and which thresholds we might breach.
By colossal failure we are about to find out.
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Another non-linear signal in the Earth system:
SSW events happen now regular over the Arctic breaking down the polar vortex
5-6 events per decade had been normal
Just the last two winters we had 4-5
Now we have the next
Starts now also Antarctica...
#climate #arctic
SSW events happen now regular over the Arctic breaking down the polar vortex
5-6 events per decade had been normal
Just the last two winters we had 4-5
Now we have the next
Starts now also Antarctica...
#climate #arctic
Polar Vortex Watch: A Stratospheric Warming event is about to start, with Cold Weather and Snow to follow behind
A Stratospheric Warming event will disrupt the Polar Vortex, bringing cold weather and snow into the United States, Canada in December
www.severe-weather.eu
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
So this is straight from Farage.
David Allen Green - extracts:
“The inconvenient truth: the programme was not actually broadcast in the United States.
There is no evidence in the letter that anyone in the United States, let alone Florida, either saw the programme or even know of its existence”
davidallengreen.com/2025/11/a-cl...
“The inconvenient truth: the programme was not actually broadcast in the United States.
There is no evidence in the letter that anyone in the United States, let alone Florida, either saw the programme or even know of its existence”
davidallengreen.com/2025/11/a-cl...
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
So this is straight from Farage.
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It’s not just Farage. This is an orchestrated campaign, with the whiff of Cummings.
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 8:45 AM
It’s not just Farage. This is an orchestrated campaign, with the whiff of Cummings.
Fag ash Farage and Cummings should be in there
@bjennings90.bsky.social absolutely nails it. (www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...)
November 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Fag ash Farage and Cummings should be in there
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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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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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End political appointments to the BBC.
Now.
We badly need a properly functioning BBC.
It is essential for our democracy.
Now.
We badly need a properly functioning BBC.
It is essential for our democracy.
But that is not enough. No.10 should never have been in a position to install Gibb in the first place. It shouldn't control the board membership, the DG appointment, or the purse strings. What's required is genuine independence for the BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
End political appointments to the BBC.
Now.
We badly need a properly functioning BBC.
It is essential for our democracy.
Now.
We badly need a properly functioning BBC.
It is essential for our democracy.
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Yorkshire Water flouted director pay rules, secretly handed £660k bonus through offshore parent company.
Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet.
Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/9rYlp
Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet.
Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/9rYlp
Ofwat says off-shore payments to Yorkshire Water boss do not flout bonus ban
Campaigners have slammed Ofwat after the water regulator found that the undisclosed off-shore payment of £660,000 to Yorkshire Water boss Nicola Shaw did not flout the Government’s bonus ban rule.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Yorkshire Water flouted director pay rules, secretly handed £660k bonus through offshore parent company.
Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet.
Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/9rYlp
Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet.
Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/9rYlp
Creaky creek
Shit creak
This is a genuinely intolerable reality…
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Creaky creek
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This is yet another example of outrageous profiteering by energy companies. The National Grid should be publicly owned to reduce #energy costs for the public and businesses alike. Read @unitetheunion.bsky.social 's energy report ➡️ shorturl.at/XJO5A
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
This is yet another example of outrageous profiteering by energy companies. The National Grid should be publicly owned to reduce #energy costs for the public and businesses alike. Read @unitetheunion.bsky.social 's energy report ➡️ shorturl.at/XJO5A
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“A sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric is fuelling a growing cesspool of racism, including against international and ethnic minority nursing staff, without whom our health and care system would simply cease to function.”
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
“A sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric is fuelling a growing cesspool of racism, including against international and ethnic minority nursing staff, without whom our health and care system would simply cease to function.”
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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A 2% wealth tax on assets over £10 million is reasonable - that's why 75% of the public support it along with 80% of millionaires.
Our member @stephenstroud.bsky.social chats to GB News.
Our member @stephenstroud.bsky.social chats to GB News.
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
A 2% wealth tax on assets over £10 million is reasonable - that's why 75% of the public support it along with 80% of millionaires.
Our member @stephenstroud.bsky.social chats to GB News.
Our member @stephenstroud.bsky.social chats to GB News.
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Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Shit creak
November 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Shit creak
Let’s hope that these examples of having the clown party in power are enough to make voters realise what useless idiots they are.
ReformUK‘s slogan should be ….
‘Say one thing, do another and blame someone else‘.
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
‘Say one thing, do another and blame someone else‘.
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Reform Council To Double Tax On Second Homes Despite Nigel Farage Calling The Idea 'Madness'
A Reform-led council is planning to double council tax on second homes six months after party leader Nigel Farage denounced such policies as “madne...
www.politicshome.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Let’s hope that these examples of having the clown party in power are enough to make voters realise what useless idiots they are.
Exactly that. So now Farage, constantly platformed and promoted by bbc news, bites one of the hands that feeds him. It would be funny if it wasn’t so dangerous. It’s also a great distraction from claims of Russian interference.
For the last 9 years, especially during the Cambridge Analytica/Vote Leave/Russian embassy era, I’ve had my documented criticism of the BBC’s political coverage.
But I still support its mission and its many great journalists, some now finally speaking up against the obvious coup
But I still support its mission and its many great journalists, some now finally speaking up against the obvious coup
November 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Exactly that. So now Farage, constantly platformed and promoted by bbc news, bites one of the hands that feeds him. It would be funny if it wasn’t so dangerous. It’s also a great distraction from claims of Russian interference.
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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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The North-South divide is as wide as ever
Ninety years after Orwell exposed northern hardship, new data shows deprivation remains stark across England’s North
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
Ninety years after Orwell exposed northern hardship, new data shows deprivation remains stark across England’s North
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
The North-South divide is as wide as ever
Ninety years after Orwell exposed northern hardship, new data shows deprivation remains stark across England’s North
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The North-South divide is as wide as ever
Ninety years after Orwell exposed northern hardship, new data shows deprivation remains stark across England’s North
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
Ninety years after Orwell exposed northern hardship, new data shows deprivation remains stark across England’s North
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
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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 5:44 AM
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 …
He is a public liability.
I don’t think he wasn’t allowed! GB News reported he had something to do with sorting out the Public liability insurance apparently….
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
He is a public liability.