Jim Prescott
@jimprescott.bsky.social
It's important to remember that the inventor of the aeroplane also invented the plane crash.
Politics with a bit of rugby.
#Annibyniaeth #FBIW #RejoinEU
Politics with a bit of rugby.
#Annibyniaeth #FBIW #RejoinEU
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Jim Prescott
@jimprescott.bsky.social
· Nov 16
"Stay focused and stay determined. Don't look to anyone else to be your determination - have self-determination. It will take you very far."
#annibyniaeth
#annibyniaeth
I'm glad Cymru got that 7th goal, it was starting to get boring... 😂
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I'm glad Cymru got that 7th goal, it was starting to get boring... 😂
Beautiful crisp morning on the Taff Trail near Radyr
November 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Beautiful crisp morning on the Taff Trail near Radyr
Anyone who reads my posts should see that I didn't only just notice this, but some replies are leftysplaining it to me!
They seem to be missing the context - my point is that this was after a furore at the BBC where the DG & News CEO resigned, ostensibly *for not dealing with left/liberal bias*...
They seem to be missing the context - my point is that this was after a furore at the BBC where the DG & News CEO resigned, ostensibly *for not dealing with left/liberal bias*...
Just watched Laura K's interviews with Mahmood, Philp & Davy on #BBCLauraK. Maybe it's my own bias, but she certainly seemed to me to interrupt Philp far less than the other two.
November 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Anyone who reads my posts should see that I didn't only just notice this, but some replies are leftysplaining it to me!
They seem to be missing the context - my point is that this was after a furore at the BBC where the DG & News CEO resigned, ostensibly *for not dealing with left/liberal bias*...
They seem to be missing the context - my point is that this was after a furore at the BBC where the DG & News CEO resigned, ostensibly *for not dealing with left/liberal bias*...
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Just watched Laura K's interviews with Mahmood, Philp & Davy on #BBCLauraK. Maybe it's my own bias, but she certainly seemed to me to interrupt Philp far less than the other two.
November 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Just watched Laura K's interviews with Mahmood, Philp & Davy on #BBCLauraK. Maybe it's my own bias, but she certainly seemed to me to interrupt Philp far less than the other two.
She really is a cunt
Liz Truss on Fox News supporting Trump suing the BBC
"There are lots of people in Britain who are cheering President Trump on and want him to sue the BBC"
"And I believe the organisation needs to be defunded"
"There are lots of people in Britain who are cheering President Trump on and want him to sue the BBC"
"And I believe the organisation needs to be defunded"
November 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
She really is a cunt
November 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
So her tax plans will be regressive. Quite on brand for this government.
I'm not surprised she's abandoned the "2 up, 2 down" plan that would have left employed income largely taxed the same - they seemed far too sensible to me.
I'm not surprised she's abandoned the "2 up, 2 down" plan that would have left employed income largely taxed the same - they seemed far too sensible to me.
Rachel Reeves will reportedly freeze thresholds for an extra two years after abandoning her plans to hike income tax in the budget
Reeves to freeze thresholds after ditching planned income tax hike – reports
Rachel Reeves will reportedly freeze thresholds for an extra two years after abandoning her plans to hike income tax in the budget. She could also bring in a new levy on high-value properties, in the ...
wp.me
November 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
So her tax plans will be regressive. Quite on brand for this government.
I'm not surprised she's abandoned the "2 up, 2 down" plan that would have left employed income largely taxed the same - they seemed far too sensible to me.
I'm not surprised she's abandoned the "2 up, 2 down" plan that would have left employed income largely taxed the same - they seemed far too sensible to me.
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Happy Birthday Nye Bevin !
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"They fought him tooth and nail all the way.
The Tories, Churchill, the British Medical Association.
The newspapers called him a communist and a fascist.
They ran propaganda films in the cinemas against him.
But he got it through and established.
This Miner
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"They fought him tooth and nail all the way.
The Tories, Churchill, the British Medical Association.
The newspapers called him a communist and a fascist.
They ran propaganda films in the cinemas against him.
But he got it through and established.
This Miner
November 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Happy Birthday Nye Bevin !
1️⃣
"They fought him tooth and nail all the way.
The Tories, Churchill, the British Medical Association.
The newspapers called him a communist and a fascist.
They ran propaganda films in the cinemas against him.
But he got it through and established.
This Miner
1️⃣
"They fought him tooth and nail all the way.
The Tories, Churchill, the British Medical Association.
The newspapers called him a communist and a fascist.
They ran propaganda films in the cinemas against him.
But he got it through and established.
This Miner
A must read
This is the real threat to BBC impartiality. A weekend read by me setting the shambles of the last fortnight in proper context www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The real threat to BBC impartiality
The BBC has suffered a week of mistakes, resignations and the threat of a $1bn lawsuit. But the biggest risks of bias are in the boardroom, not the ne...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A must read
Trump lying about what the BBC actually did is not a great way to start a legal action...
November 15, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Trump lying about what the BBC actually did is not a great way to start a legal action...
Most reasonable people with a functioning brain first raised concerns at the time of Gibbs' appointment and then concerns were consistently raised from then on, yet Nandy has noticed today??
NEW: Lisa Nandy to look again at political appointments to the BBC’s board as part of charter renewal discussions.
She said concerns have been raised over the appointment of Sir Robbie Gibb, a Conservative first appointed to the board by Boris Johnson.
She said concerns have been raised over the appointment of Sir Robbie Gibb, a Conservative first appointed to the board by Boris Johnson.
November 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Most reasonable people with a functioning brain first raised concerns at the time of Gibbs' appointment and then concerns were consistently raised from then on, yet Nandy has noticed today??
Now that's what I call a left wing politician 👍
Mayor Mamdani with a venti-sized endorsement of the @SBWorkersUnited #StarbucksStrike
November 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Now that's what I call a left wing politician 👍
The BBC wrongly defines impartiality as giving equal time to 2 sides of an argument, irrespective of their relative weights. So 99.9% of climate scientists are represented but the 0.1% of deniers are treated equally - same for Brexit.
Balance is not impartiality.
We need the BBC, but a better BBC.
Balance is not impartiality.
We need the BBC, but a better BBC.
People on the Left often complain about the BBC being too right wing, while people on the Right accuse it of left wing bias. Now, to me that says it must be fairly balanced.
And YES - I have a show on BBC Sounds. But this isn't about me, and I genuinely think it would be a tragedy to lose the BBC.
And YES - I have a show on BBC Sounds. But this isn't about me, and I genuinely think it would be a tragedy to lose the BBC.
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The BBC wrongly defines impartiality as giving equal time to 2 sides of an argument, irrespective of their relative weights. So 99.9% of climate scientists are represented but the 0.1% of deniers are treated equally - same for Brexit.
Balance is not impartiality.
We need the BBC, but a better BBC.
Balance is not impartiality.
We need the BBC, but a better BBC.
In an economy as unequal as ours, GDP is an even worse indicator of prosperity than it usually is. If the wealth of the super rich is increasing faster than GDP, then everyone else is effectively getting poorer. Deluded Neoliberal fools call this "freedom".
November 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
In an economy as unequal as ours, GDP is an even worse indicator of prosperity than it usually is. If the wealth of the super rich is increasing faster than GDP, then everyone else is effectively getting poorer. Deluded Neoliberal fools call this "freedom".
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X is in clear + systemic breach of its legal duties in the UK to remove unlawful content from its platform.
Proof: when X users abuse + harass others with the racial slur "paki", X reporting system defends the racist abuse in more than 90% of cases reported.
A new thread documenting this.
Proof: when X users abuse + harass others with the racial slur "paki", X reporting system defends the racist abuse in more than 90% of cases reported.
A new thread documenting this.
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
X is in clear + systemic breach of its legal duties in the UK to remove unlawful content from its platform.
Proof: when X users abuse + harass others with the racial slur "paki", X reporting system defends the racist abuse in more than 90% of cases reported.
A new thread documenting this.
Proof: when X users abuse + harass others with the racial slur "paki", X reporting system defends the racist abuse in more than 90% of cases reported.
A new thread documenting this.
This is such a good thread.
Revealing division in my timeline between (1) my insider friends who have lived privileged lives who are very keen that we defend the BBC and think it's important it survives and (2) my outsider friends who feel (at best) ambivalent about the BBC's survival.
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
This is such a good thread.
Please @steverichards.bsky.social or @greenmirandahere.bsky.social - make sure Iain sees this 👍:
"These estimates suggest that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%..."
www.nber.org/papers/w34459
"These estimates suggest that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%..."
www.nber.org/papers/w34459
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Please @steverichards.bsky.social or @greenmirandahere.bsky.social - make sure Iain sees this 👍:
"These estimates suggest that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%..."
www.nber.org/papers/w34459
"These estimates suggest that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%..."
www.nber.org/papers/w34459
Excuse the pun, but I won't be holding my breath...
Well, this is quite a serious allegation. I do hope the BBC shows true impartiality and investigate whether or not some of its Board members are systemically biased. 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 8:33 AM
Excuse the pun, but I won't be holding my breath...
No doubt Michael Prescott (no relation, thank God) is similarly shocked when Carol the Weather forecasts rain on BBC Breakfast and then fails to balance it with another forecast predicting a heatwave...
Michael Prescott was ‘“shocked” that after an hour-long Panorama documentary dealing with Trump and the January 6 insurgency, there was no “similar, balancing” programme about Kamala Harris.’
More read about the machinations between the BBC resignations, the more worrying it becomes
More read about the machinations between the BBC resignations, the more worrying it becomes
The departure of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness means the BBC is leaderless when it needs leadership more than ever. Where are the people at the head of the BBC standing up for it?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
No doubt Michael Prescott (no relation, thank God) is similarly shocked when Carol the Weather forecasts rain on BBC Breakfast and then fails to balance it with another forecast predicting a heatwave...
This morning anyone watching BBC news and uninitiated in the ways of the UK media establishment could legitimately think that Trump on Jan 6th was akin to MLK in the March on Washington and that Tim Davie resigned because he has failed to deal with left wing bias in BBC News output.
I shit you not.
I shit you not.
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
This morning anyone watching BBC news and uninitiated in the ways of the UK media establishment could legitimately think that Trump on Jan 6th was akin to MLK in the March on Washington and that Tim Davie resigned because he has failed to deal with left wing bias in BBC News output.
I shit you not.
I shit you not.
Fantastic Grand Prix today. I just love Interlagos.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Fantastic Grand Prix today. I just love Interlagos.
The problem is the media & the centrist establishment is perfectly happy not to interrogate Starmer's persistent broken promises because it suited them to neuter the left and be rid of a risk to their cosy status quo:
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The problem is the media & the centrist establishment is perfectly happy not to interrogate Starmer's persistent broken promises because it suited them to neuter the left and be rid of a risk to their cosy status quo:
Nothing sums up Rachel Reeves' character quite like the things she refused to countenance:
- equalising the taxation of capital with income
- taxing wealth fairly
- serving in a Corbyn shadow cabinet
- equalising the taxation of capital with income
- taxing wealth fairly
- serving in a Corbyn shadow cabinet
November 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Nothing sums up Rachel Reeves' character quite like the things she refused to countenance:
- equalising the taxation of capital with income
- taxing wealth fairly
- serving in a Corbyn shadow cabinet
- equalising the taxation of capital with income
- taxing wealth fairly
- serving in a Corbyn shadow cabinet
Tax wealth not work...
We will win in the end. If we haven't won, it isn't the end.
We will win in the end. If we haven't won, it isn't the end.
November 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Tax wealth not work...
We will win in the end. If we haven't won, it isn't the end.
We will win in the end. If we haven't won, it isn't the end.