Marged Sosban Fach 🏴🇬🇧🇪🇺🇫🇷
@margedsfach.bsky.social
Brexit😢, pro-tactical voting, #FBPPR, #FBPE, #KTTO. Europhile centrist linguist.
Liberal Democrat in Guildford, UK, but non-tribal.
Supporter of Macron/Lecornu, Harris/Walz and Zelensky/Ukraine.
Anti-authoritarian. Pro-social justice & the environment
Liberal Democrat in Guildford, UK, but non-tribal.
Supporter of Macron/Lecornu, Harris/Walz and Zelensky/Ukraine.
Anti-authoritarian. Pro-social justice & the environment
Pinned
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“A sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric is fuelling a growing cesspool of racism, including against international and ethnic minority nursing staff, without whom our health and care system would simply cease to function.”
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
“A sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric is fuelling a growing cesspool of racism, including against international and ethnic minority nursing staff, without whom our health and care system would simply cease to function.”
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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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 7:34 AM
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...
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Trump wants to destroy the BBC and take our money. And Nigel Farage is egging him on.
All true patriots should tell them both: hands off our BBC.
All true patriots should tell them both: hands off our BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Trump wants to destroy the BBC and take our money. And Nigel Farage is egging him on.
All true patriots should tell them both: hands off our BBC.
All true patriots should tell them both: hands off our BBC.
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Absolutely right. I criticise BBC News, because we need it to be as good as we know it can be. People like Farage criticise the BBC, because they work for its competitors and don't want it to exist.
🎯 Davey is spot on. "We can have criticism of the BBC, but within that, we need to recognise how valuable an institution it is [and how] precious to our country. And that's one of the reasons why people like President Trump and Nigel Farage, want to undermine the BBC." 👏🏽~AA
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Absolutely right. I criticise BBC News, because we need it to be as good as we know it can be. People like Farage criticise the BBC, because they work for its competitors and don't want it to exist.
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The BBC isn't perfect. But it remains an institution defending British values against a populist, Trump-style takeover.
Party leaders must unite to defend it.
Party leaders must unite to defend it.
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The BBC isn't perfect. But it remains an institution defending British values against a populist, Trump-style takeover.
Party leaders must unite to defend it.
Party leaders must unite to defend it.
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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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If you care about the BBC, stand up and defend it: this could be the beginning of the end | Polly Toynbee
If you care about the BBC, stand up and defend it: this could be the beginning of the end | Polly Toynbee
Replacing the TV licence with a means-tested alternative may help disarm the right of one of its most effective weapons, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
If you care about the BBC, stand up and defend it: this could be the beginning of the end | Polly Toynbee
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It’s like Whackamole - the institutions that the Right want to destroy - from the National Trust to the BBC to the NHS.
And like Brexit they won’t give up, but will leave us more polarised, worse off & lied to.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
And like Brexit they won’t give up, but will leave us more polarised, worse off & lied to.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If you care about the BBC, stand up and defend it: this could be the beginning of the end | Polly Toynbee
Replacing the TV licence with a means-tested alternative may help disarm the right of one of its most effective weapons, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It’s like Whackamole - the institutions that the Right want to destroy - from the National Trust to the BBC to the NHS.
And like Brexit they won’t give up, but will leave us more polarised, worse off & lied to.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
And like Brexit they won’t give up, but will leave us more polarised, worse off & lied to.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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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
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Incredible that Robbie Gibb - most influential person on BBC board by many accounts and from journalists I speak in BBC - was involved in setting up GB News.
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Enforced veganism’: Ofcom lets GB News flout accuracy rules, say climate campaigners
Exclusive: Regulator has received 1,221 complaints about UK broadcasters since 2020 but found no breaches of its code
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Incredible that Robbie Gibb - most influential person on BBC board by many accounts and from journalists I speak in BBC - was involved in setting up GB News.
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I swear to god, I bang on about the BBC News programmes that make me rage if I watch them (I haven’t for ages) but damn, if that infirm, dementia addled, egomaniac comes for them you’d best believe I’ll stand up for them.
The BBC is so much more than news.
#HandsOffTheBBC
The BBC is so much more than news.
#HandsOffTheBBC
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I swear to god, I bang on about the BBC News programmes that make me rage if I watch them (I haven’t for ages) but damn, if that infirm, dementia addled, egomaniac comes for them you’d best believe I’ll stand up for them.
The BBC is so much more than news.
#HandsOffTheBBC
The BBC is so much more than news.
#HandsOffTheBBC
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Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
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A free, independent BBC is vital to a free, informed democracy.
Don’t let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.
Don’t let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.
November 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A free, independent BBC is vital to a free, informed democracy.
Don’t let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.
Don’t let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.
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"The BBC belongs to Britain."
"We cant allow the Trumpification of our politics and our media landscape."
@munirawilson.bsky.social
"We cant allow the Trumpification of our politics and our media landscape."
@munirawilson.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
"The BBC belongs to Britain."
"We cant allow the Trumpification of our politics and our media landscape."
@munirawilson.bsky.social
"We cant allow the Trumpification of our politics and our media landscape."
@munirawilson.bsky.social
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
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I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
From The Guardian this morning.
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
From The Guardian this morning.
Analysis shows that Brexit has proved to be worse for the country than was foretold.
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 11:25 AM
Analysis shows that Brexit has proved to be worse for the country than was foretold.
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Reform says Kent CC is their "shop window", where the country can see what a Farage gov't would be like.
Well... chaos, suspensions, defections, paralysis, zero "DOGE" savings, tax rises, and a leader making mad-dictator speeches, sounds about right. ~AA
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Well... chaos, suspensions, defections, paralysis, zero "DOGE" savings, tax rises, and a leader making mad-dictator speeches, sounds about right. ~AA
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK suspends another member of Kent county council
Isabella Kemp’s departure means party has lost nine of 57 councillors elected in May, including four after video leak
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Reform says Kent CC is their "shop window", where the country can see what a Farage gov't would be like.
Well... chaos, suspensions, defections, paralysis, zero "DOGE" savings, tax rises, and a leader making mad-dictator speeches, sounds about right. ~AA
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Well... chaos, suspensions, defections, paralysis, zero "DOGE" savings, tax rises, and a leader making mad-dictator speeches, sounds about right. ~AA
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The Lib Dems have told supporters "we are the only party with the conviction to stand up and fight for what we believe in" by still backing proportional representation, "not because it benefits us, but because we think it’s right"
"We must not, and will not, give up the fight for electoral reform."
"We must not, and will not, give up the fight for electoral reform."
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The Lib Dems have told supporters "we are the only party with the conviction to stand up and fight for what we believe in" by still backing proportional representation, "not because it benefits us, but because we think it’s right"
"We must not, and will not, give up the fight for electoral reform."
"We must not, and will not, give up the fight for electoral reform."
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Meanwhile, in Reform's Lancashire CC, the councillor in charge of care homes, owns a private care home, and is closing council care homes. 👀
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Meanwhile, in Reform's Lancashire CC, the councillor in charge of care homes, owns a private care home, and is closing council care homes. 👀
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The Fire Brigades Union has branded the situation in Kent “a shambles and a threat to public safety”, dubbing council leader Linden Kemkaran “captain chaos”
The union says that local union reps had written to the new council leader on asking for a meeting but has had no response.
The union says that local union reps had written to the new council leader on asking for a meeting but has had no response.
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The Fire Brigades Union has branded the situation in Kent “a shambles and a threat to public safety”, dubbing council leader Linden Kemkaran “captain chaos”
The union says that local union reps had written to the new council leader on asking for a meeting but has had no response.
The union says that local union reps had written to the new council leader on asking for a meeting but has had no response.