Jacob
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Anybody who had a vision to bring American levels of political, cultural and social polarisation to Britain - whether their motive was clicks or cash, ideology, boredom or anything else - would make it their top strategic priority to abolish the BBC, or to damage and diminish it at the very least
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Anybody who had a vision to bring American levels of political, cultural and social polarisation to Britain - whether their motive was clicks or cash, ideology, boredom or anything else - would make it their top strategic priority to abolish the BBC, or to damage and diminish it at the very least
@cmcgwatchmaking.bsky.social did you see my election map what did you think?
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
@cmcgwatchmaking.bsky.social did you see my election map what did you think?
canada-election.pages.dev This is my election map of Canada by polling district - interested what you think!
Canadian Election Results 2021-2025
Interactive map showing Canadian federal election results and vote swing analysis between 2021 and 2025
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November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
canada-election.pages.dev This is my election map of Canada by polling district - interested what you think!
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Half a decade after his passing, the late Chief Rabbi's words have experienced a major growth in popularity - both in Israel and the wider diaspora
The increasingly important voice of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Half a decade after his passing, the late Chief Rabbi's words have experienced a major growth in popularity - both in Israel and the wider diaspora
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November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Half a decade after his passing, the late Chief Rabbi's words have experienced a major growth in popularity - both in Israel and the wider diaspora
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Mail Online reports Nigel Farage says that the BBC may have no future.
He imagines bringing to an end century of public service broadcasting in the UK - because the populist politician and his US political ally Donald Trump do not want the BBC to survive
No thanks, Nigel.
No thanks, Donald
He imagines bringing to an end century of public service broadcasting in the UK - because the populist politician and his US political ally Donald Trump do not want the BBC to survive
No thanks, Nigel.
No thanks, Donald
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Mail Online reports Nigel Farage says that the BBC may have no future.
He imagines bringing to an end century of public service broadcasting in the UK - because the populist politician and his US political ally Donald Trump do not want the BBC to survive
No thanks, Nigel.
No thanks, Donald
He imagines bringing to an end century of public service broadcasting in the UK - because the populist politician and his US political ally Donald Trump do not want the BBC to survive
No thanks, Nigel.
No thanks, Donald
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Tips for the next DG:
1 - Don't stake your future on impartiality. Perfect impartiality is impossible. Focus on accuracy and accountability. Let journalists and producers do their job. If they get it badly wrong, sack them.
2 - Reverse the deliberate, prolonged cut to arts programming.
1 - Don't stake your future on impartiality. Perfect impartiality is impossible. Focus on accuracy and accountability. Let journalists and producers do their job. If they get it badly wrong, sack them.
2 - Reverse the deliberate, prolonged cut to arts programming.
November 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Tips for the next DG:
1 - Don't stake your future on impartiality. Perfect impartiality is impossible. Focus on accuracy and accountability. Let journalists and producers do their job. If they get it badly wrong, sack them.
2 - Reverse the deliberate, prolonged cut to arts programming.
1 - Don't stake your future on impartiality. Perfect impartiality is impossible. Focus on accuracy and accountability. Let journalists and producers do their job. If they get it badly wrong, sack them.
2 - Reverse the deliberate, prolonged cut to arts programming.
@nutedawn.bsky.social @cjterry.bsky.social I have found my ideology represented on wikipedia
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
@nutedawn.bsky.social @cjterry.bsky.social I have found my ideology represented on wikipedia
@jayzedbee.bsky.social @cjterry.bsky.social I get dr who is british but most of it involves fighting aliens to the death so I struggle to relate to it as much
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
@jayzedbee.bsky.social @cjterry.bsky.social I get dr who is british but most of it involves fighting aliens to the death so I struggle to relate to it as much
@jayzedbee.bsky.social what is your opinion on threads? it is my favourite movie as it describes life in britain
November 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
@jayzedbee.bsky.social what is your opinion on threads? it is my favourite movie as it describes life in britain
@cjterry.bsky.social @nutedawn.bsky.social did you favour or oppose the gulf war at the time? Also why is congress empty, I am guessing they all agreed war was good?
November 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
@cjterry.bsky.social @nutedawn.bsky.social did you favour or oppose the gulf war at the time? Also why is congress empty, I am guessing they all agreed war was good?
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@ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social @jayzedbee.bsky.social @danwaterfield.bsky.social thatcher wins in 1987. a shadow is cast over britain, a nation condemned to another decade of misery, sorrow and bitter infighting. what does christopher hitchens have to say? www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0Vu...
Christopher Hitchens 1987
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November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
@ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social @jayzedbee.bsky.social @danwaterfield.bsky.social thatcher wins in 1987. a shadow is cast over britain, a nation condemned to another decade of misery, sorrow and bitter infighting. what does christopher hitchens have to say? www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0Vu...
@ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social @jayzedbee.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=IipL... the red and the blue is from socialist films it is an account of the important party conferences from that year
The Red and The Blue (1983)
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November 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
@ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social @jayzedbee.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=IipL... the red and the blue is from socialist films it is an account of the important party conferences from that year
@tyron.bsky.social @cjterry.bsky.social @danwaterfield.bsky.social I was once of the view that the sum of all human struggle and endeavour, of all art and beauty, of all glory and significance, was to get the labour party a majority. now that is not the case what is there?
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
@tyron.bsky.social @cjterry.bsky.social @danwaterfield.bsky.social I was once of the view that the sum of all human struggle and endeavour, of all art and beauty, of all glory and significance, was to get the labour party a majority. now that is not the case what is there?
@jayzedbee.bsky.social @tyron.bsky.social is there a deeper message to "fight for this love" I am missing. I remember this being a cultural artefact of the time www.youtube.com/watch?v=4umc...
Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love
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November 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
@jayzedbee.bsky.social @tyron.bsky.social is there a deeper message to "fight for this love" I am missing. I remember this being a cultural artefact of the time www.youtube.com/watch?v=4umc...
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgRT... @cjterry.bsky.social @danwaterfield.bsky.social @nutedawn.bsky.social this will cheer you up it is an hour long interview between william f buckley and kissinger
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.: The Politics of Henry Kissinger
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November 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgRT... @cjterry.bsky.social @danwaterfield.bsky.social @nutedawn.bsky.social this will cheer you up it is an hour long interview between william f buckley and kissinger
@tyron.bsky.social you might like this remix of lana www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqdX...
Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans (RAC Remix)
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November 9, 2025 at 8:59 AM
@tyron.bsky.social you might like this remix of lana www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqdX...
@nutedawn.bsky.social @cjterry.bsky.social many say Obama was the greatest Irish president of all time I liked this clip www.instagram.com/reel/DOTmpLs...
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November 9, 2025 at 8:43 AM
@nutedawn.bsky.social @cjterry.bsky.social many say Obama was the greatest Irish president of all time I liked this clip www.instagram.com/reel/DOTmpLs...
@nutedawn.bsky.social @danwaterfield.bsky.social @cjterry.bsky.social @abradacabla.bsky.social potential campaign sign?
November 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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