Marion Davis
@mariondavis.bsky.social
Social policy & research in Scotland. Honorary 'daughter of the rock'. Personal account and views.
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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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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
Oh so I interesting and explains a lot about the BBC Panarama debacle! 🔽
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...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Oh so I interesting and explains a lot about the BBC Panarama debacle! 🔽
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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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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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"This Week in Democracy – Week 42: Trump Pardons Crooks, Ignores Courts, and Threatens War"
Another week of Zeteo's project to document the ongoing growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term.
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Another week of Zeteo's project to document the ongoing growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term.
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This Week in Democracy – Week 42: Trump Pardons Crooks, Ignores Courts, and Threatens War
Another week of Zeteo's project to document the ongoing growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term.
zeteo.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
"This Week in Democracy – Week 42: Trump Pardons Crooks, Ignores Courts, and Threatens War"
Another week of Zeteo's project to document the ongoing growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term.
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Another week of Zeteo's project to document the ongoing growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term.
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The UN says October saw the highest number of Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in nearly 20 years of tracking that violence. More than half the attacks targeted olive harvesters. n.pr/3LT0ecL
The struggle to preserve the Palestinian olive and date harvest
The UN says October saw the highest number of Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in nearly 20 years of tracking that violence. More than half the attacks targeted olive harvesters.
n.pr
November 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The UN says October saw the highest number of Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in nearly 20 years of tracking that violence. More than half the attacks targeted olive harvesters. n.pr/3LT0ecL
'The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack.' Whatever our views on BBC coverage of Scotland, it should be defended from Trump's allies in the UK.🔽
The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it’s given in | Jane Martinson
The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it’s given in | Jane Martinson
The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories. Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to fold, says Jane Martinson, professor of financial journalism
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
'The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack.' Whatever our views on BBC coverage of Scotland, it should be defended from Trump's allies in the UK.🔽
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Just absolutely classic BBC. You've just broadcast the most successful programme of the year, uniting Gen Z kids online and Boomers on broadcast in a return to appointment television. And instead of celebrating, your DG reigns due to a made-up right-wing scandal.
November 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Just absolutely classic BBC. You've just broadcast the most successful programme of the year, uniting Gen Z kids online and Boomers on broadcast in a return to appointment television. And instead of celebrating, your DG reigns due to a made-up right-wing scandal.
This is disgraceful. Taking money from innocent children. 🔻
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK
Home Office travel records used in a trial of a controversial anti-fraud crackdown that under which thousands of parents lost their child benefit were so flawed that almost half of the families initially flagged as having emigrated were still living in the UK, it has emerged.
The pilot scheme saved HMRC £17m but left 46% of families targeted incorrectly suspected of fraud, a margin of error far in excess of the 1% to 5% scientifically acceptable. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This is disgraceful. Taking money from innocent children. 🔻
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“Everyone has been laughing at Apple because they have been nowhere in the AI race. But, in the final shakeout, they can still incorporate trained AI models into their devices as they grow more powerful but won't have spent billions on creating them.”
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
The Gist: AI, The Sound and Fury
We can calculate the amount of money flowing into AI. But what will the full cost be to society when the bubble pops? This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
November 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“Everyone has been laughing at Apple because they have been nowhere in the AI race. But, in the final shakeout, they can still incorporate trained AI models into their devices as they grow more powerful but won't have spent billions on creating them.”
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
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The inside story of the London lawyer demanding Sheffield residents pay up tens of thousands — or face him in court.
Full story here www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Full story here www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The inside story of the London lawyer demanding Sheffield residents pay up tens of thousands — or face him in court.
Full story here www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Full story here www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Finland also has free school meals for children in nurseries,primary & secondary schools and subsidised meals in higher education! 🍽 Improved health,wellbeing,educ outcomes and social equality 👏
Be like Finland, and have no 'poorly educated '
#education #understanding #criticalthinking #trumplovesthepoorlyeducated
#education #understanding #criticalthinking #trumplovesthepoorlyeducated
November 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Finland also has free school meals for children in nurseries,primary & secondary schools and subsidised meals in higher education! 🍽 Improved health,wellbeing,educ outcomes and social equality 👏
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
What a legend.🌹
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has responded to Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon after he called her a “witch”, saying, “If I had the power to make spells... I would use it to stop your crimes once and for all.”
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ihrv92
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ihrv92
November 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
What a legend.🌹
Agreed, Palantir and owner Peter Thiel are a threat to democracy not just in US but in UK. Hope they never get contracts in Scotland!
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Agreed, Palantir and owner Peter Thiel are a threat to democracy not just in US but in UK. Hope they never get contracts in Scotland!
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
👏👏🔻
City of London lawyer Andrew Milne bought up hundreds of freeholds on homes across Sheffield before advising leaseholders that, if they didn’t pay him exorbitant sums (upwards of £25,000), he’d see them in court. Well done @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social @joshiherrmann.bsky.social for exposing this.
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
👏👏🔻
This is really interesting and informative! China leading the way on green tech exports.🔻
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This is really interesting and informative! China leading the way on green tech exports.🔻
' £1 billion' to be spent by UK on weapons of war. Starmer's thankyou to Trump ...deplorable.
👉NEW -- The UK’s £1 billion Thank You to Uncle Sam
by Richard Norton-Taylor
The UK is set to buy a fleet of US fighter jets that can drop nuclear bombs. The purchase is purely political, say watchdogs
www.declassifieduk.org/the-uks-1-bi...
by Richard Norton-Taylor
The UK is set to buy a fleet of US fighter jets that can drop nuclear bombs. The purchase is purely political, say watchdogs
www.declassifieduk.org/the-uks-1-bi...
The UK’s £1 billion Thank You to Uncle Sam
The UK is set to buy a fleet of US fighter jets that can drop nuclear bombs. The purchase is purely political, say watchdogs
www.declassifieduk.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
' £1 billion' to be spent by UK on weapons of war. Starmer's thankyou to Trump ...deplorable.
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Baroness @sayeedawarsi.bsky.social asks the government about "Israel's support for and association with far-right activists in the United Kingdom", and Israel's invitation to Tommy Robinson.
#DCUKparliament
#DCUKparliament
November 7, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Baroness @sayeedawarsi.bsky.social asks the government about "Israel's support for and association with far-right activists in the United Kingdom", and Israel's invitation to Tommy Robinson.
#DCUKparliament
#DCUKparliament
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For anyone wondering what the baby box is. All expectant Mums registered with a midwife get this delivered to their home prior to the birth. Loads better than the Bounty bag freebies of the 1990s.
www.parentclub.scot/baby-box
www.parentclub.scot/baby-box
Baby box | Parent Club
The Baby Box helps families prepare for the arrival of their baby. New babies need a surprising amount of stuff! Scotland’s Baby Box is packed full of clothes, bedding and lots of other useful things ...
www.parentclub.scot
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
For anyone wondering what the baby box is. All expectant Mums registered with a midwife get this delivered to their home prior to the birth. Loads better than the Bounty bag freebies of the 1990s.
www.parentclub.scot/baby-box
www.parentclub.scot/baby-box