Meg Howarth
@howarthm.bsky.social
☀️ Campaigner. 🕊️⚖️ Philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways. The point is to change it 🕊️⚖️ In order to do so we must understand and change ourselves ☀️
1/ Michael Prescott of Hanover Communications, whose leaked memo alleging left-wing bias led to the BBC meltdown.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
November 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
British "patriots" assaulting the BBC to gain approval from American fascists is just fucking weird on a deep level.
November 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Reposted by Meg Howarth
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...
💔 #pedestrian #KSI #London 💔
😡 Michael McLaughlin was arrested on a motorway in #NorthernIreland by #PSNI officers following a #HitAndRun in #Lewisham. He was escorted to #England, where he was I/viewed at a south #London police station 😡
@londonls.bsky.social
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😡 Michael McLaughlin was arrested on a motorway in #NorthernIreland by #PSNI officers following a #HitAndRun in #Lewisham. He was escorted to #England, where he was I/viewed at a south #London police station 😡
@londonls.bsky.social
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Man charged following a collision in Lewisham
Michael McLaughlin was charged on Saturday, 8 November.
news.met.police.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
💔 #pedestrian #KSI #London 💔
😡 Michael McLaughlin was arrested on a motorway in #NorthernIreland by #PSNI officers following a #HitAndRun in #Lewisham. He was escorted to #England, where he was I/viewed at a south #London police station 😡
@londonls.bsky.social
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😡 Michael McLaughlin was arrested on a motorway in #NorthernIreland by #PSNI officers following a #HitAndRun in #Lewisham. He was escorted to #England, where he was I/viewed at a south #London police station 😡
@londonls.bsky.social
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Is this a good time to recall this 1960 case on defamation?
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
🚨 The 67-year-old sociologist and opponent of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is serving a five-year sentence for “justifying terrorism.” The justification for the criminal prosecution was his comments about the explosion on the #CrimeanBridge 🚨
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
🚨 The 67-year-old sociologist and opponent of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is serving a five-year sentence for “justifying terrorism.” The justification for the criminal prosecution was his comments about the explosion on the #CrimeanBridge 🚨
Rachel Reeves lets the cat out of the (already threadbare) bag about the looming break to the manifesto:
“It would of course be possible to stick with the manifesto commitments but that would require things like deep cuts in capital spending.”
www.ft.com/content/a502...
“It would of course be possible to stick with the manifesto commitments but that would require things like deep cuts in capital spending.”
www.ft.com/content/a502...
Rachel Reeves signals she will break manifesto pledge with Budget tax rises
Chancellor hopes to win support from Labour MPs by lifting two-child benefit cap
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Nearly two years ago, I wrote about the extraordinary influence of former Tory spin doctor Sir Robbie Gibb on the BBC. It's still a helpful backgrounder for what's going on now. New readers start here: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
How the government captured the BBC
A right-wing cabal, largely unaccountable, is waging war on the principles that made our public broadcaster great. It must not succeed
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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🗣️ “With time increasingly running out…the urgency has never been flashing red in quite the way it is here.”
In our latest Channel 4 News FourGround newsletter, Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson looks at what COP30 might bring this week:
channel4news.substack.com/p/cop30-dema...
In our latest Channel 4 News FourGround newsletter, Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson looks at what COP30 might bring this week:
channel4news.substack.com/p/cop30-dema...
COP30: Demands, conflicting interests and a timetable
Now the heads of state have left Brazil, it’s left to the climate negotiators to find a way to stop global heating, writes Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson from Belém.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
🗣️ “With time increasingly running out…the urgency has never been flashing red in quite the way it is here.”
In our latest Channel 4 News FourGround newsletter, Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson looks at what COP30 might bring this week:
channel4news.substack.com/p/cop30-dema...
In our latest Channel 4 News FourGround newsletter, Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson looks at what COP30 might bring this week:
channel4news.substack.com/p/cop30-dema...
Reposted by Meg Howarth
Absolutely right. I criticise BBC News, because we need it to be as good as we know it can be. People like Farage criticise the BBC, because they work for its competitors and don't want it to exist.
🎯 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 2:42 PM
Absolutely right. I criticise BBC News, because we need it to be as good as we know it can be. People like Farage criticise the BBC, because they work for its competitors and don't want it to exist.
🚨 #BBC ➡️ #JournalismMatters
⚡️ the departure of #Davie and #Turness is not about standards. It is a result of a political attack that exposes structural flaws in the #BBC’s independence⚡️
#RobbieGibb, former #Conservative press sec at No.10, was appointed to the #BBC board by #Johnson govt in 2021.
⚡️ the departure of #Davie and #Turness is not about standards. It is a result of a political attack that exposes structural flaws in the #BBC’s independence⚡️
#RobbieGibb, former #Conservative press sec at No.10, was appointed to the #BBC board by #Johnson govt in 2021.
November 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
🚨 #BBC ➡️ #JournalismMatters
⚡️ the departure of #Davie and #Turness is not about standards. It is a result of a political attack that exposes structural flaws in the #BBC’s independence⚡️
#RobbieGibb, former #Conservative press sec at No.10, was appointed to the #BBC board by #Johnson govt in 2021.
⚡️ the departure of #Davie and #Turness is not about standards. It is a result of a political attack that exposes structural flaws in the #BBC’s independence⚡️
#RobbieGibb, former #Conservative press sec at No.10, was appointed to the #BBC board by #Johnson govt in 2021.
#Housing
🚨 the destruction of #CouncilHousing in the early 1980s was a big mistake. An alternative now cld be for govt to borrow more to build houses: nobody can doubt..that housing is an asset..govt could argue that investing in additional #housing was a sensible reason for increasing its debts🚨
🚨 the destruction of #CouncilHousing in the early 1980s was a big mistake. An alternative now cld be for govt to borrow more to build houses: nobody can doubt..that housing is an asset..govt could argue that investing in additional #housing was a sensible reason for increasing its debts🚨
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
#Housing
🚨 the destruction of #CouncilHousing in the early 1980s was a big mistake. An alternative now cld be for govt to borrow more to build houses: nobody can doubt..that housing is an asset..govt could argue that investing in additional #housing was a sensible reason for increasing its debts🚨
🚨 the destruction of #CouncilHousing in the early 1980s was a big mistake. An alternative now cld be for govt to borrow more to build houses: nobody can doubt..that housing is an asset..govt could argue that investing in additional #housing was a sensible reason for increasing its debts🚨
🚨 #JournalismMatters
#BBC sources report that a statement [re #Panorama] was drafted, but⚡️the board refused to sign off⚡️on it allowing #Trump #BorisJohnson and a small host of #BBC haters to fill the vacuum. #Trump’s press secretary #KarolineLeavitt.. instructed people to watch #GBNews instead.🚨
#BBC sources report that a statement [re #Panorama] was drafted, but⚡️the board refused to sign off⚡️on it allowing #Trump #BorisJohnson and a small host of #BBC haters to fill the vacuum. #Trump’s press secretary #KarolineLeavitt.. instructed people to watch #GBNews instead.🚨
The BBC is now in a fight for its life. It enemies will be happy www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC is in a fight for its survival
The BBC only has itself to blame for its handling of a serious error in a documentary on Trump. But its demise—as the US media landscape shows—would l...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🚨 #JournalismMatters
#BBC sources report that a statement [re #Panorama] was drafted, but⚡️the board refused to sign off⚡️on it allowing #Trump #BorisJohnson and a small host of #BBC haters to fill the vacuum. #Trump’s press secretary #KarolineLeavitt.. instructed people to watch #GBNews instead.🚨
#BBC sources report that a statement [re #Panorama] was drafted, but⚡️the board refused to sign off⚡️on it allowing #Trump #BorisJohnson and a small host of #BBC haters to fill the vacuum. #Trump’s press secretary #KarolineLeavitt.. instructed people to watch #GBNews instead.🚨
#HeathrowAirport ➡️ #DisabilityMatters
Calling @heathrow.com Calling @heathrow.com Anybody there??
Sorry to hear this, Tom ❤️
Calling @heathrow.com Calling @heathrow.com Anybody there??
Sorry to hear this, Tom ❤️
I have been paralysed & a wheelchair user for 17 years. Since then, I have flown hundreds of times. I have never had worse service than this morning at Heathrow T4 Arrivals.
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
#HeathrowAirport ➡️ #DisabilityMatters
Calling @heathrow.com Calling @heathrow.com Anybody there??
Sorry to hear this, Tom ❤️
Calling @heathrow.com Calling @heathrow.com Anybody there??
Sorry to hear this, Tom ❤️
Reposted by Meg Howarth
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/...
Reposted by Meg Howarth
The world has seen faster climate change than expected since the Paris Agreement a decade ago.
Landmark Paris Agreement set a path to slow warming. The world hasn't stayed on it
The world has seen faster climate change than expected since the Paris Agreement a decade ago. Scientists say Earth's warming has outpaced efforts to reduce fossil fuel pollution that came out of the 2015 accord.
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The world has seen faster climate change than expected since the Paris Agreement a decade ago.
#Salut #PedroEliasGarzonDelvaux
✨ The real story was simple. Pedro, his mother and grandfather had come to visit the Louvre ✨
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✨ The real story was simple. Pedro, his mother and grandfather had come to visit the Louvre ✨
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
#Salut #PedroEliasGarzonDelvaux
✨ The real story was simple. Pedro, his mother and grandfather had come to visit the Louvre ✨
❤️
✨ The real story was simple. Pedro, his mother and grandfather had come to visit the Louvre ✨
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This might be the first spy who appears to be literally wearing one of those 'spy disguises' you could pick up in a joke shop in Newquay in 1993.
Russian activist held in Poland admits he worked as FSB agent, court papers say
Igor Rogov, who left Russia in 2021, due to go on trial accused of informing on other Russian opposition activists
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
#PPE
😷 #TheodoreAgnew @houseoflords.parliament.uk was the [unelected #BorisJohnson appointee] who introduced #Uniserve to the #VIP lane. Asked “on what basis did you consider #Uniserve' offers merited urgent or priority consideration w/in the lane, Agnew replied: ⚡️I can’t remember⚡️
😷 #TheodoreAgnew @houseoflords.parliament.uk was the [unelected #BorisJohnson appointee] who introduced #Uniserve to the #VIP lane. Asked “on what basis did you consider #Uniserve' offers merited urgent or priority consideration w/in the lane, Agnew replied: ⚡️I can’t remember⚡️
🚨 Revealed: The billion-pound PPE contractor with a Tory MP on site
Great report by David Conn.
We now know that former Conservative minister Julia Lopez was in contact with Uniserve prior to its huge VIP lane deal💥
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Great report by David Conn.
We now know that former Conservative minister Julia Lopez was in contact with Uniserve prior to its huge VIP lane deal💥
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 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
#PPE
😷 #TheodoreAgnew @houseoflords.parliament.uk was the [unelected #BorisJohnson appointee] who introduced #Uniserve to the #VIP lane. Asked “on what basis did you consider #Uniserve' offers merited urgent or priority consideration w/in the lane, Agnew replied: ⚡️I can’t remember⚡️
😷 #TheodoreAgnew @houseoflords.parliament.uk was the [unelected #BorisJohnson appointee] who introduced #Uniserve to the #VIP lane. Asked “on what basis did you consider #Uniserve' offers merited urgent or priority consideration w/in the lane, Agnew replied: ⚡️I can’t remember⚡️
Reposted by Meg Howarth
Sde Teiman - where the leak is the crime not the rape and abuse - includes my comments to Al Jazeera Egnlish's 'The Listening Post' about this horrific Israeli abuse of Palestinians www.caabu.org/news/video/s...
Sde Teiman - where the leak is the crime not the rape and abuse
Chris Doyle contributes to Al Jazeera English's "The Listening Post" about the Sde Teiman scandal in Israel involving the abuse and rape of a Palestinian detainee by Israeli soldiers - 9 November 2025
www.caabu.org
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Sde Teiman - where the leak is the crime not the rape and abuse - includes my comments to Al Jazeera Egnlish's 'The Listening Post' about this horrific Israeli abuse of Palestinians www.caabu.org/news/video/s...
🚲 #cycling #roads #London 🚲
💔 Another day, another #KSI, this time in #Croydon 💔
@wandsworthls.bsky.social @londonls.bsky.social @croydoncyclists.bsky.social @croydongreens.bsky.social
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💔 Another day, another #KSI, this time in #Croydon 💔
@wandsworthls.bsky.social @londonls.bsky.social @croydoncyclists.bsky.social @croydongreens.bsky.social
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Police appeal after cyclist injured in Croydon
The 46-year-old man is in a life-threatening condition.
news.met.police.uk
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 AM
🚲 #cycling #roads #London 🚲
💔 Another day, another #KSI, this time in #Croydon 💔
@wandsworthls.bsky.social @londonls.bsky.social @croydoncyclists.bsky.social @croydongreens.bsky.social
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💔 Another day, another #KSI, this time in #Croydon 💔
@wandsworthls.bsky.social @londonls.bsky.social @croydoncyclists.bsky.social @croydongreens.bsky.social
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Reform UK and Labour need to face much more scrutiny over the donations they have received. It’s naive to assume that there is no correlation between the policies they are putting forward and the donations they have received ✍️Martin Shipton
When parties become vehicles for vested corporate interests, democracy is fatally undermined
Martin Shipton It was Deep Throat in All The President’s Men, the film based on the Watergate scandal that led to Richard Nixon’s resignation as US President, who popularised the phrase “follow the mo...
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November 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Reposted by Meg Howarth
Learn from Mandela by the late much missed Peter Weiss (h/t @johncavanaugh.org & @ips-dc.org ) otherwords.org/three-lesson...
Three Lessons from Mandela - OtherWords
Everyone seems to agree that Nelson Mandela, like Martin Luther King Jr., is one of the great figures not only of the 20th century but, indeed, of the long trail of history. Here are three lessons we ...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Learn from Mandela by the late much missed Peter Weiss (h/t @johncavanaugh.org & @ips-dc.org ) otherwords.org/three-lesson...
#PrisonMatters
Excellent from @francescrook.bsky.social
@c4ciaran.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social #ICYMI
Excellent from @francescrook.bsky.social
@c4ciaran.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social #ICYMI
Stop building more prisons and do things differently to reduce crime and give money to local communities. Simple.
francescrook.substack.com/p/labour-mus...
francescrook.substack.com/p/labour-mus...
Labour must be bold on prison reform
Take money from prisons to give to local people
francescrook.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The idea of UK learning from Denmark on immigration and asylum is primarily rhetorical: pick fights with the left about how tough we are willing to sound.
The integration context is very different. The broader immigration context is very different.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The integration context is very different. The broader immigration context is very different.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK to announce plans to emulate stringent Danish immigration system
Proposals draw scorn from some Labour MPs who say it is a ‘dangerous path’ to take, while others want the government to go further
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM