Kaye Johnson
@kayejohnson.bsky.social
Liberal socialist, atheist. Anti-brexit, anti-monarchy 🇺🇦
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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
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
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"Mamdani's victory is less significant than you think. It will change nothing about how we write about anything at the NYT."
November 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"Mamdani's victory is less significant than you think. It will change nothing about how we write about anything at the NYT."
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USA has never had such an inconsistent, incompetent and immoral foreign policy. Trump is an imbecile who can't delegate. A cretin who understands nothing, yet thinks he knows everything. A corrupt criminal, devoid of empathy or any sense or right or wrong. He only cares about gaining power and money
November 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
USA has never had such an inconsistent, incompetent and immoral foreign policy. Trump is an imbecile who can't delegate. A cretin who understands nothing, yet thinks he knows everything. A corrupt criminal, devoid of empathy or any sense or right or wrong. He only cares about gaining power and money
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This chimes with what I've been hearing.
“Our negotiators had never seen this before in any international talks. People being summoned to the U.S. Embassy in London — intimidation, threats of cessation of business, threats of family members losing visas."
“Our negotiators had never seen this before in any international talks. People being summoned to the U.S. Embassy in London — intimidation, threats of cessation of business, threats of family members losing visas."
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
www.politico.eu
November 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This chimes with what I've been hearing.
“Our negotiators had never seen this before in any international talks. People being summoned to the U.S. Embassy in London — intimidation, threats of cessation of business, threats of family members losing visas."
“Our negotiators had never seen this before in any international talks. People being summoned to the U.S. Embassy in London — intimidation, threats of cessation of business, threats of family members losing visas."
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dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience
October 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience
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That we know of.
October 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
That we know of.
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Rory Stewart, "Trump is destroying the global order. Trump is on Putin's side"
"Trump wants a deal, a pro Putin deal. Putting Ukraine and Europe in a vulnerable position"
"I'm worried we'll get a repeat of what he did in Gaza. He will declare peace and victory when it really isn't a peace at all"
"Trump wants a deal, a pro Putin deal. Putting Ukraine and Europe in a vulnerable position"
"I'm worried we'll get a repeat of what he did in Gaza. He will declare peace and victory when it really isn't a peace at all"
October 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Rory Stewart, "Trump is destroying the global order. Trump is on Putin's side"
"Trump wants a deal, a pro Putin deal. Putting Ukraine and Europe in a vulnerable position"
"I'm worried we'll get a repeat of what he did in Gaza. He will declare peace and victory when it really isn't a peace at all"
"Trump wants a deal, a pro Putin deal. Putting Ukraine and Europe in a vulnerable position"
"I'm worried we'll get a repeat of what he did in Gaza. He will declare peace and victory when it really isn't a peace at all"
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Never mind every other single abominable or corrupt thing to this miserable moment, the extrajudicial and unevidenced execution of 34 human beings by the U.S. Navy on the orders of a U.S. President acting in peacetime is sufficient for his impeachment and conviction.
If we were a republic, I mean.
If we were a republic, I mean.
October 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Never mind every other single abominable or corrupt thing to this miserable moment, the extrajudicial and unevidenced execution of 34 human beings by the U.S. Navy on the orders of a U.S. President acting in peacetime is sufficient for his impeachment and conviction.
If we were a republic, I mean.
If we were a republic, I mean.
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Faith schools are failing children across the UK. That’s why we’ve launched #EveryChildEveryChance – our annual campaign against faith school discrimination, and for a fairer education system for all. 🧵
October 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Faith schools are failing children across the UK. That’s why we’ve launched #EveryChildEveryChance – our annual campaign against faith school discrimination, and for a fairer education system for all. 🧵
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Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
October 20, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
I’m surprised that as large a percentage as 43 think that the BBC is independent from the government
October 17, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I’m surprised that as large a percentage as 43 think that the BBC is independent from the government
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“Don’t be fooled by those in Epstein’s circle who say they didn’t know what he was doing. Epstein…took a certain glee in making people watch. And people did watch – scientists, fundraisers from the Ivy League and other heralded institutions, titans of industry. They watched and they didn’t care.”
‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother
In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“Don’t be fooled by those in Epstein’s circle who say they didn’t know what he was doing. Epstein…took a certain glee in making people watch. And people did watch – scientists, fundraisers from the Ivy League and other heralded institutions, titans of industry. They watched and they didn’t care.”
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Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean.
If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.
If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.
October 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean.
If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.
If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.
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It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.
October 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.
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BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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So, Sunday Times runs with latest poll showing Farage winning if there was an election now. But makes NO mention of Reform’s collusion with Russia. And this is how democracy gets beaten to death in the dark. Voters are not being told the truth. Reform is given the stage but is NEVER held to account.
September 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
So, Sunday Times runs with latest poll showing Farage winning if there was an election now. But makes NO mention of Reform’s collusion with Russia. And this is how democracy gets beaten to death in the dark. Voters are not being told the truth. Reform is given the stage but is NEVER held to account.
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Johnson and Farage and their American equivalents for that matter get a free pass from the nice boys and girls in the media, because their confidence is mistaken for Oxford Debating Society Swagger. It’s not. It’s flat roofed pub tedium. You need to be exposed to more of it growing up.
September 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Johnson and Farage and their American equivalents for that matter get a free pass from the nice boys and girls in the media, because their confidence is mistaken for Oxford Debating Society Swagger. It’s not. It’s flat roofed pub tedium. You need to be exposed to more of it growing up.
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Trump making Gadaffi's UN speech look normal.
Trump to the UN: "I'm really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell."
September 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Trump making Gadaffi's UN speech look normal.
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UK HEALTH SEC: Pregnant mothers should not pay "any attention whatsoever" to the US president's unfounded claims.
$KVUE
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www.bbc.com/news/article...
$KVUE
@bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/news/article...
September 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
UK HEALTH SEC: Pregnant mothers should not pay "any attention whatsoever" to the US president's unfounded claims.
$KVUE
@bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/news/article...
$KVUE
@bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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This speech is such an extraordinary combination of lies, delusions, narcissism, hatefulness, ignorance and lunacy that it could have been given by no other person than the president of the United States. It could well be the low point of US public diplomacy in our history.
September 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This speech is such an extraordinary combination of lies, delusions, narcissism, hatefulness, ignorance and lunacy that it could have been given by no other person than the president of the United States. It could well be the low point of US public diplomacy in our history.
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New Lib Dem campaign poster.
September 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
New Lib Dem campaign poster.
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What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How the simmering UK freedom of speech row reached boiling point
How did we reach a point where the UK is being compared to a 'tin pot Third World dictatorship'?
www.bbc.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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once again, if tylenol caused autism, america would have a better rail system
September 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
once again, if tylenol caused autism, america would have a better rail system