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K M Flett
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Socialist Beard Wearer Historian, Trade Unionist, Anti-Racist Tottenham & Cardiff, cat lover,CAMRA member since 1975
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lewisgoodall.com Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 11h
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.

New piece from me.

open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
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November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
keithbeard.bsky.social
some good Tottenham news. Climate activist Marcus Decker wins appeal against draconian deportation decision
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Jailed climate activist wins appeal against deportation from UK
Marcus Decker was served with deportation order while in prison for unveiling Just Stop Oil banner over Dartford Crossing
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November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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note the Spectator is suggesting a man from Muswell Hill should be the next BBC DG. Fortunately we're in the clear & it's not Ray Davies either @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
keithbeard.bsky.social
Farage wants a 'slimmed down' BBC where the World Service is a key element presumably as a joint operation with Russia Today
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BBC: Farage wants to scrap The Archers, Test Match Special and the Traitors
Nigel Farage is another of his ‘news’ conference has repeated his view that the BBC should become a subscription broadcaster like Netflix and Sky. The exception apparently is the news a…
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November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
keithbeard.bsky.social
Just when you thought it was safe to be Woke, the return of Liz Truss
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The return of Liz Truss
Pictured is Liz Truss at the Cenotaph on 9th November She was there with ex-Tory Prime Ministers, Dave Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak. She has of course been busy on Twitter ba…
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November 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Two paragraphs from the article, pointing out Telegraph hypocrisy
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Trust in news sources underlines why the right attack the BBC
The above is a YouGov poll from June 2025, graphic The Guardian. YouGov now are a relatively reliable polling source. They do a lot of commercial polling as well as political polling and business d…
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November 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Whose existential crisis? The BBC or the Daily Telegraph
According to the Daily Telegraph (10th November) the BBC is in an ‘existential crisis’. Noting that the Telegraph may not be quite on top of the works of Sartre, it can be agreed that t…
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November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Monday….
Trump claims he is taking a case against the BBC for $1bn. Meanwhile is telling air traffic controllers who have been working for nothing during the shutdown to get back to work…
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November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Tim Davie out at the BBC, Robbie Gibb leads the Great Moving Right Show
Robbie Gibb Tim Davie out at the BBC, Robbie Gibb remains: the Great Moving Right Show continues With the resignation of Tim Davie as BBC DG because of ‘bias’ the great moving right show at least i…
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November 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
keithbeard.bsky.social
Liz Truss is back. This time backing Trump against the BBC
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The return of Liz Truss
Pictured is Liz Truss at the Cenotaph on 9th November She was there with ex-Tory Prime Ministers, Dave Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak. She has of course been busy on Twitter ba…
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November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
keithbeard.bsky.social
Farage says BBC must be 'slimmed down'. Farewell to Strictly, Match of the Day, Traitors & all that
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BBC: Farage wants to scrap The Archers, Test Match Special and the Traitors
Nigel Farage is another of his ‘news’ conference has repeated his view that the BBC should become a subscription broadcaster like Netflix and Sky. The exception apparently is the news a…
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November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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radicalposters.bsky.social
A new book about Sheffield based revolutionary Samuel Holberry was published a couple of weeks ago. Holberry, frustrated by the failure of Chartism, took part in organising an uprising in Sheffield. He died in appalling conditions in prison. Book is getting great reviews - here's the press release:
Press release advertising the publication of a new book: Samuel Holberry - Revolutionary Democrat 1814 - 1842, by John Baxter and Steven Kay. Holberry was imprisoned for his part in organising an uprising in Sheffield, where the appalling conditions imposed by the state killed him. Contact 1889books@gmail.com for more information.
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
keithbeard.bsky.social
wp.me/s15p2Q-monday
Monday….
Trump claims he is taking a case against the BBC for $1bn. Meanwhile is telling air traffic controllers who have been working for nothing during the shutdown to get back to work…
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November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
keithbeard.bsky.social
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Whose existential crisis? The BBC or the Daily Telegraph
According to the Daily Telegraph (10th November) the BBC is in an ‘existential crisis’. Noting that the Telegraph may not be quite on top of the works of Sartre, it can be agreed that t…
wp.me
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
keithbeard.bsky.social
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The return of Liz Truss
Pictured is Liz Truss at the Cenotaph on 9th November She was there with ex-Tory Prime Ministers, Dave Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak. She has of course been busy on Twitter ba…
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November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
keithbeard.bsky.social
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BBC: Farage wants to scrap The Archers, Test Match Special and the Traitors
Nigel Farage is another of his ‘news’ conference has repeated his view that the BBC should become a subscription broadcaster like Netflix and Sky. The exception apparently is the news a…
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November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Socialist History Seminar Mon 17th Nov 5.30pm. Steve Cushion: The Legacies of African Enslavement & the Case for Reparations
Monday 17th November 5.30pm Room 301 Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, Malet St, London WC1. This is an in person seminar only and it is currently fully booked. However it is often th…
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November 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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keithbeard.bsky.social
A brief history of farting from Shakespeare to Engels & Celia Imrie
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Farting from Sir Toby Belch to Marx & Engels & Celia Imrie
Farting from Sir Toby Belch to Marx and Engels and Celia Imrie Celia Imrie’s fart in the now concluded series of Celebrity Traitors continues to make the news but as often with little or no histori…
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November 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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forget Michael Foot's 1981 'duffle coat' this was Boris Johnson at the Cenotaph on 9th November 2025
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Boris Johnson Cenotaph 2025. Dedicated follower of fashion
The Remembrance Ceremony at the Cenotaph is a solemn occasion and invariably the great, good and not so good are officially there including former Prime Ministers. 2025 provided a reminder, if it w…
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November 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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Tim Davie out at the BBC, Robbie Gibb remains. The Great Moving Right Show continues
Robbie Gibb Tim Davie out at the BBC, Robbie Gibb remains: the Great Moving Right Show continues With the resignation of Tim Davie as BBC DG because of ‘bias’ the great moving right show at least i…
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November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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BBC Director General resigns. Boris Johnson & Rupert Murdoch advance campaign to abolish BBC
Rupert Murdoch has made no secret over the years that he would like to see the BBC abolished. It would be in the business interests of the Murdoch empire (Rupert is meant to have retired, sort of).…
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November 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
keithbeard.bsky.social
forget Michael Foot's 1981 'duffle coat' this was Boris Johnson at the Cenotaph on 9th November 2025
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Boris Johnson Cenotaph 2025. Dedicated follower of fashion
The Remembrance Ceremony at the Cenotaph is a solemn occasion and invariably the great, good and not so good are officially there including former Prime Ministers. 2025 provided a reminder, if it w…
wp.me
November 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
keithbeard.bsky.social
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BBC Director General resigns. Boris Johnson & Rupert Murdoch advance campaign to abolish BBC
Rupert Murdoch has made no secret over the years that he would like to see the BBC abolished. It would be in the business interests of the Murdoch empire (Rupert is meant to have retired, sort of).…
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November 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM