Martin Nicholls
@martinnicholls.bsky.social
Creative director, The New World. Love photoshop, hate AI. Centrist - probably. Dad - definitely.
Oh ffs. Why are they so astronomically shit at this?
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Oh ffs. Why are they so astronomically shit at this?
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November 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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EXCLUSIVE 🚨 A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
✏️ @jamesrball.com
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Exclusive: the error at the heart of Trump’s BBC attack
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 11:41 AM
EXCLUSIVE 🚨 A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
✏️ @jamesrball.com
✏️ @jamesrball.com
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This is now outside the paywall, please do read and share
EXCLUSIVE 🚨 A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
✏️ @jamesrball.com
✏️ @jamesrball.com
Exclusive: the error at the heart of Trump’s BBC attack
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
This is now outside the paywall, please do read and share
SCOOP: Turns out the report into Panorama selectively misquoting Trump, er, selectively misquotes Trump to make the BBC look worse.
This feels... significant.
This feels... significant.
EXCLUSIVE 🚨 A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
✏️ @jamesrball.com
✏️ @jamesrball.com
Exclusive: the error at the heart of Trump’s BBC attack
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
SCOOP: Turns out the report into Panorama selectively misquoting Trump, er, selectively misquotes Trump to make the BBC look worse.
This feels... significant.
This feels... significant.
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Exclusive: Reform’s flagship Kent administration is planning to shut down multiple council committees as it struggles to fill posts after losing nine of its own councillors
Reform Council in Chaos as It Prepares to Slash Scrutiny Committees Following Wave of Councillor Suspensions
EXCLUSIVE: Reform's flagship Kent administration is planning to shut down multiple council committees as it struggles to fill posts after suspending nine of its own councillors
bylinetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Exclusive: Reform’s flagship Kent administration is planning to shut down multiple council committees as it struggles to fill posts after losing nine of its own councillors
These self-proclaimed patriots have a funny way of showing it, don't they?
Trump is incredibly unpopular here! including amongst Tory voters. What are they doing?
Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary Nigel Huddleston tells GB News that the BBC should "grovel" to Trump.
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
These self-proclaimed patriots have a funny way of showing it, don't they?
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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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Trump's White House & fawning hacks here don't really care about the 0.001% that the BBC gets wrong. They care about all the stuff it gets right.
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Trump's White House & fawning hacks here don't really care about the 0.001% that the BBC gets wrong. They care about all the stuff it gets right.
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It’s already started - the BBC allows Newsmax boss to opine about bias, suggest some of the Jan 6 mob were merely innocent tourists visiting Congress, without pushback
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
It’s already started - the BBC allows Newsmax boss to opine about bias, suggest some of the Jan 6 mob were merely innocent tourists visiting Congress, without pushback
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The BBC isn't perfect, but it belongs to Britain not Trump.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The BBC isn't perfect, but it belongs to Britain not Trump.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
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No single US news source is consumed by more than 25% of Americans, whereas 60% of Brits regularly watch/read/listen to the BBC.
A single shared source of truth makes it harder for partisan echo chambers to form, or for divisive narratives to dominate. It’s good for social cohesion and compromise.
A single shared source of truth makes it harder for partisan echo chambers to form, or for divisive narratives to dominate. It’s good for social cohesion and compromise.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
No single US news source is consumed by more than 25% of Americans, whereas 60% of Brits regularly watch/read/listen to the BBC.
A single shared source of truth makes it harder for partisan echo chambers to form, or for divisive narratives to dominate. It’s good for social cohesion and compromise.
A single shared source of truth makes it harder for partisan echo chambers to form, or for divisive narratives to dominate. It’s good for social cohesion and compromise.
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
The BBC is in serious trouble and desperately needs us all to defend it or it will be gone forever.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The BBC is in serious trouble and desperately needs us all to defend it or it will be gone forever.
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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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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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Panorama made mistakes but this ‘scandal’ is the work of populists trying to control the airwaves. They won’t rest
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The malign right can't be allowed to destroy the BBC
Panorama made mistakes but this ‘scandal’ is the work of populists trying to control the airwaves. They won’t rest
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Panorama made mistakes but this ‘scandal’ is the work of populists trying to control the airwaves. They won’t rest
✏️ @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
✏️ @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
“Ask yourself – who wins from a BBC under constant attack? Whose agenda does it suit? You, the citizen? Or the Murdochs, Farages, and Paul Marshalls of this world?”
app.thenewworld.co.uk/story/144899...
app.thenewworld.co.uk/story/144899...
The malign right can’t be allowed to destroy the BBC
Panorama made mistakes but this ‘scandal’ is the work of populists trying to control the airwaves. They won’t rest
app.thenewworld.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM
“Ask yourself – who wins from a BBC under constant attack? Whose agenda does it suit? You, the citizen? Or the Murdochs, Farages, and Paul Marshalls of this world?”
app.thenewworld.co.uk/story/144899...
app.thenewworld.co.uk/story/144899...
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Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
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WATCH 🎥 @sonia-sodha.bsky.social talks about the new wave of politicians engaging in open race-baiting
Full video on YouTube: bit.ly/4omiSbs
Full video on YouTube: bit.ly/4omiSbs
Drunk on the Kool-Aid of hate
New World writer Sonia Sodha talks about the new wave of politicians that are engaging in open race-baiting. 💡 Read the full article: https://bit.ly/3WJ08qA 🔔 Subscribe for more bold takes, progressive analysis, and deep dives from The New World. 👉 https://bit.ly/4p1s2KA
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November 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
WATCH 🎥 @sonia-sodha.bsky.social talks about the new wave of politicians engaging in open race-baiting
Full video on YouTube: bit.ly/4omiSbs
Full video on YouTube: bit.ly/4omiSbs
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For Nigel Farage to emulate Keir Starmer of 2024 and win on 33% he also needs more of the people who don't like him much to be pretty indifferent about him winning.
But he is currently 50% very unfavouable.
But he is currently 50% very unfavouable.
October 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
For Nigel Farage to emulate Keir Starmer of 2024 and win on 33% he also needs more of the people who don't like him much to be pretty indifferent about him winning.
But he is currently 50% very unfavouable.
But he is currently 50% very unfavouable.
Nigel meets reality. Brilliant (and very funny) analysis of the Caerphilly byelection and what it means for us all, by @mattwithers.bsky.social
www.thenewworld.co.uk/matt-withers...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/matt-withers...
The Caerphilly vote shows Farage won’t be the next prime minister
Reform’s lack of a ground game and vulnerability to tactical voting were exposed on what was also a disastrous night for Labour
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October 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Nigel meets reality. Brilliant (and very funny) analysis of the Caerphilly byelection and what it means for us all, by @mattwithers.bsky.social
www.thenewworld.co.uk/matt-withers...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/matt-withers...
Caerphilly does it for Labour's Ming vase strategy
October 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Caerphilly does it for Labour's Ming vase strategy
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I've been working with Demos to turn the Verification, Deliberation, and Accountability (VDA) Framework into a report that lays out how it can be used to diagnose the state of democracy and build solutions around building the capacity for those functions in institutional and public spaces.
🧵 Across the world, democracy isn’t just under pressure, it’s facing epistemic collapse: a breakdown in the shared ability to know what’s true, to reason together and to hold power to account.
A new guest paper by @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social explores how to fix it.
A new guest paper by @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social explores how to fix it.
Verification, Deliberation, Accountability: A new framework for tackling epistemic collapse and renewing democracy
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
demos.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I've been working with Demos to turn the Verification, Deliberation, and Accountability (VDA) Framework into a report that lays out how it can be used to diagnose the state of democracy and build solutions around building the capacity for those functions in institutional and public spaces.