@johncdg.bsky.social
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You may have missed this gem yesterday. From which we learn that:
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
You may have missed this gem yesterday. From which we learn that:
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
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Incidentally, I don't think I notice a black person at that event, other than Aurora. And this is the second time recently she gets booed at one of their pressers.
Mhari Aurora asks a pretty fair question, is booed by the crowd and told off by Dear Leader. Then Noa Hoffman, lobs a dogwhistle soft ball about making "our high streets beautiful again", not "covered in illegal migrant vape shops," to great applause.
Genuinely ugly moment. ~AA
Genuinely ugly moment. ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Incidentally, I don't think I notice a black person at that event, other than Aurora. And this is the second time recently she gets booed at one of their pressers.
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History will recall that a hideous man took power, and cowardice bloomed a thousand rotten sycophants. Yet, it will also recall that they failed in their overreach and malice.
We will make it through. Have no doubt about that.
steveschmidt.substack.com/p/america-wi...
We will make it through. Have no doubt about that.
steveschmidt.substack.com/p/america-wi...
America will prevail
Judge Mark Wolf is 78 years old, and has served on the federal bench since 1985.
steveschmidt.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
History will recall that a hideous man took power, and cowardice bloomed a thousand rotten sycophants. Yet, it will also recall that they failed in their overreach and malice.
We will make it through. Have no doubt about that.
steveschmidt.substack.com/p/america-wi...
We will make it through. Have no doubt about that.
steveschmidt.substack.com/p/america-wi...
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If the BBC caves to Trump and hands over licence fee payers' cash to him, it will lose far more from non-renewals by licence fee payers than it would ever risk having to pay to Trump in court
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If the BBC caves to Trump and hands over licence fee payers' cash to him, it will lose far more from non-renewals by licence fee payers than it would ever risk having to pay to Trump in court
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Billionaires and corporations are causing climate breakdown.
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
You can't solve a crisis with the same thinking that caused it
Billionaires and corporations are driving climate breakdown. It’s time to tax their wealth and build a fairer future.
www.newstatesman.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Billionaires and corporations are causing climate breakdown.
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
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‘I once planned to sue the bbc for suggesting I encouraged an insurrection the time I encouraged an insurrection on live tv’
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
‘I once planned to sue the bbc for suggesting I encouraged an insurrection the time I encouraged an insurrection on live tv’
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Greed is not the only way
The super-rich are paying less in tax than their cleaners; with shedloads of money, they are laughing all the way to the bank!
#BylinesNetwork
northeastbylines.co.uk/business/eco...
The super-rich are paying less in tax than their cleaners; with shedloads of money, they are laughing all the way to the bank!
#BylinesNetwork
northeastbylines.co.uk/business/eco...
Greed is not the only way
The super-rich are paying less in tax than their cleaners; with shedloads of money, they are laughing all the way to the bank
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Greed is not the only way
The super-rich are paying less in tax than their cleaners; with shedloads of money, they are laughing all the way to the bank!
#BylinesNetwork
northeastbylines.co.uk/business/eco...
The super-rich are paying less in tax than their cleaners; with shedloads of money, they are laughing all the way to the bank!
#BylinesNetwork
northeastbylines.co.uk/business/eco...
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It would be funny, if it wasn't tragic, reading this from four years ago about the 'independent' expert who wrote the report into purported leftwing bias at the BBC. It's just embarrassingly amateur - but it works because the Government is awol. www.theguardian.com/media/2021/n...
Lobbyist at firm with close ties to Tories will help select Ofcom chair
Appointment of Michael Prescott as interviewer follows move to give Paul Dacre chance to reapply
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It would be funny, if it wasn't tragic, reading this from four years ago about the 'independent' expert who wrote the report into purported leftwing bias at the BBC. It's just embarrassingly amateur - but it works because the Government is awol. www.theguardian.com/media/2021/n...
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The new Caroline Flack documentary on Disney+, which follows her mum, Chris, as she unpicks why her daughter was charged - and why the tabloids tore her to shreds - is full of details that leave you stunned. As much as it’s about how Caroline’s life was wrecked, it’s about how anyone’s could be
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The new Caroline Flack documentary on Disney+, which follows her mum, Chris, as she unpicks why her daughter was charged - and why the tabloids tore her to shreds - is full of details that leave you stunned. As much as it’s about how Caroline’s life was wrecked, it’s about how anyone’s could be
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The latest #BBC controversy is pat of a long culture war about the BBC & UK. The BBC is not a neutral organisation as some of its defenders think. It sits in an ideological space articulating British liberal democratic values. These are under attack from right, left, Scottish independenistas & more.
November 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The latest #BBC controversy is pat of a long culture war about the BBC & UK. The BBC is not a neutral organisation as some of its defenders think. It sits in an ideological space articulating British liberal democratic values. These are under attack from right, left, Scottish independenistas & more.
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Me, for @ukandeu.bsky.social, on why we might be going back to talking about money in the UK-EU relationship
@oupolitics.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social
@oupolitics.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social
💶"But as the UK has started to develop new links with the EU, so too has it generated new financial obligations."
✍️ @simonusherwood.bsky.social explains financial flows between the UK and the EU since the UK’s withdrawal & how they may be affected by the UK-EU reset
🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/the-sleeping...
✍️ @simonusherwood.bsky.social explains financial flows between the UK and the EU since the UK’s withdrawal & how they may be affected by the UK-EU reset
🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/the-sleeping...
The sleeping dog of UK-EU finances - UK in a changing Europe
Simon Usherwood explains financial flows between the UK and the EU since the UK's withdrawal and how they may be affected by the UK-EU reset.
ukandeu.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Me, for @ukandeu.bsky.social, on why we might be going back to talking about money in the UK-EU relationship
@oupolitics.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social
@oupolitics.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social
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What an incredible act of self harm Brexit was.
New Brexit economic impact report. It’s even worse than was predicted
A 6-8% reduction in GDP
Investment reduced 12-18%
Employment and productivity down 3-4%
New Brexit economic impact report. It’s even worse than was predicted
A 6-8% reduction in GDP
Investment reduced 12-18%
Employment and productivity down 3-4%
Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions?
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
What an incredible act of self harm Brexit was.
New Brexit economic impact report. It’s even worse than was predicted
A 6-8% reduction in GDP
Investment reduced 12-18%
Employment and productivity down 3-4%
New Brexit economic impact report. It’s even worse than was predicted
A 6-8% reduction in GDP
Investment reduced 12-18%
Employment and productivity down 3-4%
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I wonder when he will start suing news outlets for describing his barefaced lies about the 2020 election as barefaced lies…
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I wonder when he will start suing news outlets for describing his barefaced lies about the 2020 election as barefaced lies…
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I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/gb-news-ca... GB News Calls For Trump's America to 'Save Britain’ - GB News’ new show broadcast live from the US features non-stop praise for Donald Trump – with the channel’s co-owner begging ‘MAGA’ politicians to save the UK, reports Josiah Mortimer
GB News Calls For Trump's America to 'Save Britain’
GB News’ new show broadcast live from the US features non-stop praise for Donald Trump – with the channel’s co-owner begging ‘MAGA’ politicians to save the UK, reports Josiah Mortimer
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/gb-news-ca... GB News Calls For Trump's America to 'Save Britain’ - GB News’ new show broadcast live from the US features non-stop praise for Donald Trump – with the channel’s co-owner begging ‘MAGA’ politicians to save the UK, reports Josiah Mortimer
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When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the only things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the 'Right-Wing Coup' Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the only things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
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Michael Prescott's report makes vital points about the importance of being accurate, and also how difficult that is. For instance, he describes himself as having been Political Editor of the Sunday Times for 10 years, which is not what the Guardian reported when he left the job.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Michael Prescott's report makes vital points about the importance of being accurate, and also how difficult that is. For instance, he describes himself as having been Political Editor of the Sunday Times for 10 years, which is not what the Guardian reported when he left the job.
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Ex-Channel 5 head David Elstein says that "the idea there is a right-wing pile on the BBC is plain bonkers." Obviously he is living in a parallel universe not connected to the present-day #BBC and UK.
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Ex-Channel 5 head David Elstein says that "the idea there is a right-wing pile on the BBC is plain bonkers." Obviously he is living in a parallel universe not connected to the present-day #BBC and UK.
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Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.