@lurlinesmith.bsky.social
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🚨 BREAKING — Ministers look at depoliticising top BBC jobs as Farage rides high in polls
About time.. the huge pro Farage & Reform bias at BBC & determination to undermine the Govt constantly by spinning news has been vom inducing 🤢
It’s a Public News & Entertainment channel not Reform PR machine❗️
About time.. the huge pro Farage & Reform bias at BBC & determination to undermine the Govt constantly by spinning news has been vom inducing 🤢
It’s a Public News & Entertainment channel not Reform PR machine❗️
Ministers look at depoliticising top BBC jobs as Farage rides high in polls
Crucial talks begin on corporation’s future amid efforts to protect it from government influence
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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"Robbie Gibb should have no role in appointing the next Director General, and given the Royal Charter gives the government the power to remove him will the Prime Minister sack him now?" asks Ed Davey.
Starmer says he won't interfere in running the BBC
Starmer says he won't interfere in running the BBC
November 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
"Robbie Gibb should have no role in appointing the next Director General, and given the Royal Charter gives the government the power to remove him will the Prime Minister sack him now?" asks Ed Davey.
Starmer says he won't interfere in running the BBC
Starmer says he won't interfere in running the BBC
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Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
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Those facts in themselves, speaks volumes about how far the governance of this country fell, between 2010 & 2024. Yet no shame or any sign of contrition from those “ in charge “, or the appalling ghouls in the media that cheered them on….
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Those facts in themselves, speaks volumes about how far the governance of this country fell, between 2010 & 2024. Yet no shame or any sign of contrition from those “ in charge “, or the appalling ghouls in the media that cheered them on….
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Jon Craig on Sky News clutching his pearls over the accidental release of a prisoner and Lammy's poppy is risible.
Wish Sky hacks could get equally outraged at important issues, not just trivia.
Wish Sky hacks could get equally outraged at important issues, not just trivia.
November 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Jon Craig on Sky News clutching his pearls over the accidental release of a prisoner and Lammy's poppy is risible.
Wish Sky hacks could get equally outraged at important issues, not just trivia.
Wish Sky hacks could get equally outraged at important issues, not just trivia.
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Can anyone remember BBC News reporting on all the migrant prisoners the Tories released❓
Nope me either.. 🤷🏼♂️ And yet now🤔🤔
Nope me either.. 🤷🏼♂️ And yet now🤔🤔
BBC News bulletins leading on the story of an Algerian man being mistakenly released by the prison service.
Funnily enough I don't remember these cases ever leading the bulletins when an average of ten prisoners were mistakenly released a month in the final year of the last Government
Funnily enough I don't remember these cases ever leading the bulletins when an average of ten prisoners were mistakenly released a month in the final year of the last Government
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Can anyone remember BBC News reporting on all the migrant prisoners the Tories released❓
Nope me either.. 🤷🏼♂️ And yet now🤔🤔
Nope me either.. 🤷🏼♂️ And yet now🤔🤔
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The right wing hacks and their paymasters may be outraged about a likely rise in tax but most of us who use public services know their dire state.
Labour needs to be bold, for a change, and do the right thing.
Labour needs to be bold, for a change, and do the right thing.
November 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The right wing hacks and their paymasters may be outraged about a likely rise in tax but most of us who use public services know their dire state.
Labour needs to be bold, for a change, and do the right thing.
Labour needs to be bold, for a change, and do the right thing.
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Every time Reform claims to be neither racist or fascist one of its ambassadors says something racist or fascist.
It's a matter of time before this risible Alf Garnett tribute act is rumbled and consigned to the dustbin of political history like its hard right forebears.
It's a matter of time before this risible Alf Garnett tribute act is rumbled and consigned to the dustbin of political history like its hard right forebears.
October 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Every time Reform claims to be neither racist or fascist one of its ambassadors says something racist or fascist.
It's a matter of time before this risible Alf Garnett tribute act is rumbled and consigned to the dustbin of political history like its hard right forebears.
It's a matter of time before this risible Alf Garnett tribute act is rumbled and consigned to the dustbin of political history like its hard right forebears.
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With an ally of Nigel Farage pleading guilty to taking bribes for making pro-Russian statements, it’s clear we need an in-depth investigation into Russian money in our politics.
Today I asked the Prime Minister whether he would back an investigation.
Today I asked the Prime Minister whether he would back an investigation.
October 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
With an ally of Nigel Farage pleading guilty to taking bribes for making pro-Russian statements, it’s clear we need an in-depth investigation into Russian money in our politics.
Today I asked the Prime Minister whether he would back an investigation.
Today I asked the Prime Minister whether he would back an investigation.
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The BBC is leading all its news bulletins on the escaped criminal asylum seeker. He needs catching and deporting.
Its prominence is because
-Embarrasses the government
-Requires zero analysis by Chris Mason
-Pleases the Reform loving management
Its prominence is because
-Embarrasses the government
-Requires zero analysis by Chris Mason
-Pleases the Reform loving management
October 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The BBC is leading all its news bulletins on the escaped criminal asylum seeker. He needs catching and deporting.
Its prominence is because
-Embarrasses the government
-Requires zero analysis by Chris Mason
-Pleases the Reform loving management
Its prominence is because
-Embarrasses the government
-Requires zero analysis by Chris Mason
-Pleases the Reform loving management
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Streeting may not be everyone's cup of tea but he cuts through to the politically unobsessed.
Labour needs more representatives like him doing the media rounds. Darren Jones, Anna Turley, Torsten Bell to name three.
Labour needs more representatives like him doing the media rounds. Darren Jones, Anna Turley, Torsten Bell to name three.
October 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Streeting may not be everyone's cup of tea but he cuts through to the politically unobsessed.
Labour needs more representatives like him doing the media rounds. Darren Jones, Anna Turley, Torsten Bell to name three.
Labour needs more representatives like him doing the media rounds. Darren Jones, Anna Turley, Torsten Bell to name three.
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"Tesco has upgraded its earnings outlook for the year, with expectations of full-year profits of between £2.9bn and £3.1bn."
Lidl revealed its "pre-tax profits hit £156.8m in the year to 28 February, up from £43.6m a year earlier."
Yet prices are expected to go up...
Via BBC News
Lidl revealed its "pre-tax profits hit £156.8m in the year to 28 February, up from £43.6m a year earlier."
Yet prices are expected to go up...
Via BBC News
Tax rises could push food prices higher, warn supermarkets
The bosses of the UK's largest supermarkets warn the chancellor against imposing higher taxes on the industry.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
"Tesco has upgraded its earnings outlook for the year, with expectations of full-year profits of between £2.9bn and £3.1bn."
Lidl revealed its "pre-tax profits hit £156.8m in the year to 28 February, up from £43.6m a year earlier."
Yet prices are expected to go up...
Via BBC News
Lidl revealed its "pre-tax profits hit £156.8m in the year to 28 February, up from £43.6m a year earlier."
Yet prices are expected to go up...
Via BBC News
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At last the Impact of Brexit is being called out
“When we left the European Union we left the Dublin Convention & that means where as before we could have returned people to the continent, back to the first safe country they arrived in, that doesn’t exist anymore”
Wes Streeting
“When we left the European Union we left the Dublin Convention & that means where as before we could have returned people to the continent, back to the first safe country they arrived in, that doesn’t exist anymore”
Wes Streeting
October 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
At last the Impact of Brexit is being called out
“When we left the European Union we left the Dublin Convention & that means where as before we could have returned people to the continent, back to the first safe country they arrived in, that doesn’t exist anymore”
Wes Streeting
“When we left the European Union we left the Dublin Convention & that means where as before we could have returned people to the continent, back to the first safe country they arrived in, that doesn’t exist anymore”
Wes Streeting
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Good point from @adambienkov.bsky.social - if the massed ranks of the right wing press with BBC boosting, plus the vast amount of money (and foreign social media bots) couldn’t get Reform over the line, what will?
🔴The Reform Backlash: Caerphilly By-Election Result Shows Nigel Farage’s Party Is Much Weaker Than It Looks
Despite widespread media predictions of a Reform victory on Thursday, Farage’s defeat shows his party continues to be overestimated, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social
Despite widespread media predictions of a Reform victory on Thursday, Farage’s defeat shows his party continues to be overestimated, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social
The Reform Backlash: Caerphilly By-Election Result Shows Nigel Farage’s Party Is Much Weaker Than It Looks
Despite widespread media predictions of a Reform victory on Thursday, Farage's defeat shows his party continues to be overestimated, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Good point from @adambienkov.bsky.social - if the massed ranks of the right wing press with BBC boosting, plus the vast amount of money (and foreign social media bots) couldn’t get Reform over the line, what will?
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“You left Europe because you wanted less boats, and you have more boats. You left Europe because you wanted more investment. You have less investment. You left Europe because you wanted more happiness. Now you are depressed." Albanian PM
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Visiting PM says UK paying price for Brexit with dig at Nigel Farage 'theatrics'
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama referenced 'Brexit boats' and said leaving the EU had made Britons more depressed as he took a veiled swipe at Nigel Farage
www.mirror.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“You left Europe because you wanted less boats, and you have more boats. You left Europe because you wanted more investment. You have less investment. You left Europe because you wanted more happiness. Now you are depressed." Albanian PM
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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At the end of the day the next election will be Reform and what remains of the Tories vs the parties that represent the majority of people in the UK.
I will happily vote for any of the rest even though I will not agree with quite a few of their policies.
Politics is chess not Big Brother.
I will happily vote for any of the rest even though I will not agree with quite a few of their policies.
Politics is chess not Big Brother.
October 16, 2025 at 8:43 AM
At the end of the day the next election will be Reform and what remains of the Tories vs the parties that represent the majority of people in the UK.
I will happily vote for any of the rest even though I will not agree with quite a few of their policies.
Politics is chess not Big Brother.
I will happily vote for any of the rest even though I will not agree with quite a few of their policies.
Politics is chess not Big Brother.
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It’s time to put children before Big Tech and limit social media to over-15s only
It’s time to put children before Big Tech and limit social media to over-15s only
Today, foreign tech giants freely profit from our children’s attention — while we know that social media can have profoundly negative effects on their health and well-being. This needs to stop to protect children from a digital world run by algorithms beyond control. That is why we call for a European age limit of 15 for social media.
euobserver.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It’s time to put children before Big Tech and limit social media to over-15s only
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The Times finds it "unacceptable" that people who came here legally in 2021 and have been living and working here since should allowed to stay.
The sad decline of a once great newspaper into ignorant xenophobia and casual racism
archive.ph/TFZY9
The sad decline of a once great newspaper into ignorant xenophobia and casual racism
archive.ph/TFZY9
October 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The Times finds it "unacceptable" that people who came here legally in 2021 and have been living and working here since should allowed to stay.
The sad decline of a once great newspaper into ignorant xenophobia and casual racism
archive.ph/TFZY9
The sad decline of a once great newspaper into ignorant xenophobia and casual racism
archive.ph/TFZY9
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Andy Burnham seems like a very decent man who does a great job in his current role. But no one with any knowledge or serious influence thinks he would make a good PM.
All he’s currently doing is helping Farage and making himself even less popular in the Labour Party as a result.
All he’s currently doing is helping Farage and making himself even less popular in the Labour Party as a result.
September 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Andy Burnham seems like a very decent man who does a great job in his current role. But no one with any knowledge or serious influence thinks he would make a good PM.
All he’s currently doing is helping Farage and making himself even less popular in the Labour Party as a result.
All he’s currently doing is helping Farage and making himself even less popular in the Labour Party as a result.
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Kind of feels like a big deal that a Reform/Brexit Party former MEP has been convicted of taking bribes to promote Russian interests in Ukraine, and it feels like a bigger deal that this isn’t being treated as the major scandal that it clearly is.
September 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Kind of feels like a big deal that a Reform/Brexit Party former MEP has been convicted of taking bribes to promote Russian interests in Ukraine, and it feels like a bigger deal that this isn’t being treated as the major scandal that it clearly is.
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I really think you have got this one wrong and I hope you change your stance when looking at the wider advantages for people and business, and not just in response to the current headlines. It’s not about immigration. It’s about the UK growing up in our digital age.
September 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I really think you have got this one wrong and I hope you change your stance when looking at the wider advantages for people and business, and not just in response to the current headlines. It’s not about immigration. It’s about the UK growing up in our digital age.
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If the UK govt wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership.
High price of energy and water fuels inflation, poverty, deplietes people's purchasing power
Industries like water, energy have extracted dividends, neglected investment.
High price of energy and water fuels inflation, poverty, deplietes people's purchasing power
Industries like water, energy have extracted dividends, neglected investment.
If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership
Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.
leftfootforward.org
September 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
If the UK govt wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership.
High price of energy and water fuels inflation, poverty, deplietes people's purchasing power
Industries like water, energy have extracted dividends, neglected investment.
High price of energy and water fuels inflation, poverty, deplietes people's purchasing power
Industries like water, energy have extracted dividends, neglected investment.
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Hello Jonathan. Former Times night editor here.
Yes, there appears to be no interest or effort made anymore to fact-check columnists or for that matter news and features. It's not the subs, it's political. The Times has not been a newspaper for some time.
Murdoch gained editorial control in 2022.
Yes, there appears to be no interest or effort made anymore to fact-check columnists or for that matter news and features. It's not the subs, it's political. The Times has not been a newspaper for some time.
Murdoch gained editorial control in 2022.
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hello Jonathan. Former Times night editor here.
Yes, there appears to be no interest or effort made anymore to fact-check columnists or for that matter news and features. It's not the subs, it's political. The Times has not been a newspaper for some time.
Murdoch gained editorial control in 2022.
Yes, there appears to be no interest or effort made anymore to fact-check columnists or for that matter news and features. It's not the subs, it's political. The Times has not been a newspaper for some time.
Murdoch gained editorial control in 2022.
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Farage is living rent free in her head, Mason's head, the heads at the BBC and the MSM. They have glorified the runt for headlines and clicks and they need to blame others. The sick media
Beth Rigby proves she as big a Farage sycophant as Mason and Kuenssberg in her “analysis” AKA Reform PR re Ed Davey’s attack on Farage👇🏼👇🏼😡
She opens saying Farage is “living rent free” in Davey’s head, suggesting an irrational obsession then pushes that theme..
Journalist no❌
#ReformPROfficer yes✅🙄
She opens saying Farage is “living rent free” in Davey’s head, suggesting an irrational obsession then pushes that theme..
Journalist no❌
#ReformPROfficer yes✅🙄
Why Ed Davey is taking the fight to Farage - despite the Lib Dems and Reform sharing few voters
Ed Davey has increased his attacks on Reform, as he defines how the battle for British politics is shaping up.
news.sky.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Farage is living rent free in her head, Mason's head, the heads at the BBC and the MSM. They have glorified the runt for headlines and clicks and they need to blame others. The sick media
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MSM may have swept Farage’s dodgy property dealings under the carpet but it doesn’t mean we can’t keep the story alive..
So do please repost because Nige deserves it 😁👍🏼
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Odd how quiet it’s gone with MSM over Farage’s dodgy house dealings in #Clacton clouded by a blanket of his lies..
Have MSM lost interest whether he avoided stamp duty❓🤔
So it only matter if it’s Angela Rayner in which case the media furore is deafening.. but as it’s Farage it’s hush so schhh 🤫🤫
Have MSM lost interest whether he avoided stamp duty❓🤔
So it only matter if it’s Angela Rayner in which case the media furore is deafening.. but as it’s Farage it’s hush so schhh 🤫🤫
Nigel Farage faces fresh tax questions as he changes his story over luxury home
The Mirror can reveal that Reform Leader Nigel Farage changed his story twice over the purchase of his luxury Clacton pad, which saved him and his partner £44k in stamp duty
www.mirror.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
MSM may have swept Farage’s dodgy property dealings under the carpet but it doesn’t mean we can’t keep the story alive..
So do please repost because Nige deserves it 😁👍🏼
Anytime you want to join in @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social @skynewsrss.bsky.social etc do feel free.. 🤷🏼♂️
So do please repost because Nige deserves it 😁👍🏼
Anytime you want to join in @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social @skynewsrss.bsky.social etc do feel free.. 🤷🏼♂️