Paul David Gould
@pauldavidgould.bsky.social
Author: Last Dance at the Disco for Deviants, a state-of #Russia novel/ #LGBT #thriller set in 1990s Moscow | buy @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social | alum @unibirmingham.bsky.social + @faberacademy.bsky.social | #Brighton based | sub-editor @financialtimes.com
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We need to defend ourselves from Trump's attack on free speech. It started with Stephen Colbert....it's spread across the Atlantic with Taco and Musk attacking the BBC
stoptrump.org.uk/petition-bbc/
stoptrump.org.uk/petition-bbc/
Petition: Defend BBC independence from Trump’s interference
Stop Trump Coalition
stoptrump.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We need to defend ourselves from Trump's attack on free speech. It started with Stephen Colbert....it's spread across the Atlantic with Taco and Musk attacking the BBC
stoptrump.org.uk/petition-bbc/
stoptrump.org.uk/petition-bbc/
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The right hate the BBC for its committment to truthfulness. It's our patriotic duty to defend our national broadcaster from Trump, Musk, Zuckerberg and all the others who want their warped world view to dominate.
November 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The right hate the BBC for its committment to truthfulness. It's our patriotic duty to defend our national broadcaster from Trump, Musk, Zuckerberg and all the others who want their warped world view to dominate.
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Yes we've all felt immensely pissed off with the BBC from time to time
But it's clear that the attacks on it come from fascists and proto-fascists who want to shut down our powerful public-service broadcaster
For the sake of democracy we all need to defend the BBC as an institution
But it's clear that the attacks on it come from fascists and proto-fascists who want to shut down our powerful public-service broadcaster
For the sake of democracy we all need to defend the BBC as an institution
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Yes we've all felt immensely pissed off with the BBC from time to time
But it's clear that the attacks on it come from fascists and proto-fascists who want to shut down our powerful public-service broadcaster
For the sake of democracy we all need to defend the BBC as an institution
But it's clear that the attacks on it come from fascists and proto-fascists who want to shut down our powerful public-service broadcaster
For the sake of democracy we all need to defend the BBC as an institution
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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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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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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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"The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together."
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together."
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As the #Ukraine #war grinds on (with no #ceasefire in sight), step back to 1990s #Moscow, to #arms reductions and more freedoms — yet also an era that paved the way for #Putin
#Soviet collapse, jungle #capitalism, covert #gay love — all in 'Last Dance' in the #Russia section @dauntbooks.bsky.social
#Soviet collapse, jungle #capitalism, covert #gay love — all in 'Last Dance' in the #Russia section @dauntbooks.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
As the #Ukraine #war grinds on (with no #ceasefire in sight), step back to 1990s #Moscow, to #arms reductions and more freedoms — yet also an era that paved the way for #Putin
#Soviet collapse, jungle #capitalism, covert #gay love — all in 'Last Dance' in the #Russia section @dauntbooks.bsky.social
#Soviet collapse, jungle #capitalism, covert #gay love — all in 'Last Dance' in the #Russia section @dauntbooks.bsky.social
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Interested in #1990s #Russia pre- #Putin, #Soviet collapse #capitalism, #gay rights?
Join me & @docdoak.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social #Russian dept *6pm *MON 3 NOV* to discuss my #novel 'Last Dance', a tale of intrigue, heartbreak💔 + #discos🪩
📍Humanities Rsch Space
7 Woodland Road BS8 1TB
Join me & @docdoak.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social #Russian dept *6pm *MON 3 NOV* to discuss my #novel 'Last Dance', a tale of intrigue, heartbreak💔 + #discos🪩
📍Humanities Rsch Space
7 Woodland Road BS8 1TB
October 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Interested in #1990s #Russia pre- #Putin, #Soviet collapse #capitalism, #gay rights?
Join me & @docdoak.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social #Russian dept *6pm *MON 3 NOV* to discuss my #novel 'Last Dance', a tale of intrigue, heartbreak💔 + #discos🪩
📍Humanities Rsch Space
7 Woodland Road BS8 1TB
Join me & @docdoak.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social #Russian dept *6pm *MON 3 NOV* to discuss my #novel 'Last Dance', a tale of intrigue, heartbreak💔 + #discos🪩
📍Humanities Rsch Space
7 Woodland Road BS8 1TB
Interested in #1990s #Russia pre- #Putin, #Soviet collapse #capitalism, #gay rights?
Join me & @docdoak.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social #Russian dept *6pm *MON 3 NOV* to discuss my #novel 'Last Dance', a tale of intrigue, heartbreak💔 + #discos🪩
📍Humanities Rsch Space
7 Woodland Road BS8 1TB
Join me & @docdoak.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social #Russian dept *6pm *MON 3 NOV* to discuss my #novel 'Last Dance', a tale of intrigue, heartbreak💔 + #discos🪩
📍Humanities Rsch Space
7 Woodland Road BS8 1TB
October 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Interested in #1990s #Russia pre- #Putin, #Soviet collapse #capitalism, #gay rights?
Join me & @docdoak.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social #Russian dept *6pm *MON 3 NOV* to discuss my #novel 'Last Dance', a tale of intrigue, heartbreak💔 + #discos🪩
📍Humanities Rsch Space
7 Woodland Road BS8 1TB
Join me & @docdoak.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social #Russian dept *6pm *MON 3 NOV* to discuss my #novel 'Last Dance', a tale of intrigue, heartbreak💔 + #discos🪩
📍Humanities Rsch Space
7 Woodland Road BS8 1TB
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Bravo @edwardluce.bsky.social for calling out #Trump's indulgence of #Putin (and for reminding us of #Ukraine's resilience) — plus the #Russian casualties and utter bloody pointlessness of the #kremlin's #invasion #slavaukraini #РоссиябезПутина
on.ft.com/47caV2F
on.ft.com/47caV2F
Putin’s mesmeric sway on Trump
[FREE TO READ] Russia bets it can gain in US negotiations what it cannot win on the battlefield
on.ft.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Bravo @edwardluce.bsky.social for calling out #Trump's indulgence of #Putin (and for reminding us of #Ukraine's resilience) — plus the #Russian casualties and utter bloody pointlessness of the #kremlin's #invasion #slavaukraini #РоссиябезПутина
on.ft.com/47caV2F
on.ft.com/47caV2F
Bravo @edwardluce.bsky.social for calling out #Trump's indulgence of #Putin (and for reminding us of #Ukraine's resilience) — plus the #Russian casualties and utter bloody pointlessness of the #kremlin's #invasion #slavaukraini #РоссиябезПутина
on.ft.com/47caV2F
on.ft.com/47caV2F
Putin’s mesmeric sway on Trump
[FREE TO READ] Russia bets it can gain in US negotiations what it cannot win on the battlefield
on.ft.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Bravo @edwardluce.bsky.social for calling out #Trump's indulgence of #Putin (and for reminding us of #Ukraine's resilience) — plus the #Russian casualties and utter bloody pointlessness of the #kremlin's #invasion #slavaukraini #РоссиябезПутина
on.ft.com/47caV2F
on.ft.com/47caV2F
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Read this and weep (and never let #Netanyahu off the hook) — a list of the 18,457 children on #Gaza’s list of war dead
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead
Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Read this and weep (and never let #Netanyahu off the hook) — a list of the 18,457 children on #Gaza’s list of war dead
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Read this and weep (and never let #Netanyahu off the hook) — a list of the 18,457 children on #Gaza’s list of war dead
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead
Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Read this and weep (and never let #Netanyahu off the hook) — a list of the 18,457 children on #Gaza’s list of war dead
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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Wow, my #Russian #novel 'Last Dance' featured in an article by Connor Doak @docdoak.bsky.social of @bristoluni.bsky.social for @aseees.bsky.social
Set pre- #Putin in post- #Soviet #Russia, it tackles #gay/ #lgbtq #identity #capitalism #homophobia #coldwar #glasnost AND discos
tinyurl.com/48w8cfsv
Set pre- #Putin in post- #Soviet #Russia, it tackles #gay/ #lgbtq #identity #capitalism #homophobia #coldwar #glasnost AND discos
tinyurl.com/48w8cfsv
September 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Wow, my #Russian #novel 'Last Dance' featured in an article by Connor Doak @docdoak.bsky.social of @bristoluni.bsky.social for @aseees.bsky.social
Set pre- #Putin in post- #Soviet #Russia, it tackles #gay/ #lgbtq #identity #capitalism #homophobia #coldwar #glasnost AND discos
tinyurl.com/48w8cfsv
Set pre- #Putin in post- #Soviet #Russia, it tackles #gay/ #lgbtq #identity #capitalism #homophobia #coldwar #glasnost AND discos
tinyurl.com/48w8cfsv
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Why #Ukraine could defeat #Russia in the brutal, pointless #war launched by #Putin — free-to-read #comment by Yuval Noah Harari in @financialtimes.com
#slavaUkraini #Russiaisaterroriststate
on.ft.com/3KhpSHH
#slavaUkraini #Russiaisaterroriststate
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Why Ukraine is winning the war
[FREE TO READ] Russia has failed to achieve its core aim — the destruction of the Ukrainian nation
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September 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Why #Ukraine could defeat #Russia in the brutal, pointless #war launched by #Putin — free-to-read #comment by Yuval Noah Harari in @financialtimes.com
#slavaUkraini #Russiaisaterroriststate
on.ft.com/3KhpSHH
#slavaUkraini #Russiaisaterroriststate
on.ft.com/3KhpSHH
Why #Ukraine could defeat #Russia in the brutal, pointless #war launched by #Putin — free-to-read #comment by Yuval Noah Harari in @financialtimes.com
#slavaUkraini #Russiaisaterroriststate
on.ft.com/3KhpSHH
#slavaUkraini #Russiaisaterroriststate
on.ft.com/3KhpSHH
Why Ukraine is winning the war
[FREE TO READ] Russia has failed to achieve its core aim — the destruction of the Ukrainian nation
on.ft.com
September 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Why #Ukraine could defeat #Russia in the brutal, pointless #war launched by #Putin — free-to-read #comment by Yuval Noah Harari in @financialtimes.com
#slavaUkraini #Russiaisaterroriststate
on.ft.com/3KhpSHH
#slavaUkraini #Russiaisaterroriststate
on.ft.com/3KhpSHH
Wow, my #Russian #novel 'Last Dance' featured in an article by Connor Doak @docdoak.bsky.social of @bristoluni.bsky.social for @aseees.bsky.social
Set pre- #Putin in post- #Soviet #Russia, it tackles #gay/ #lgbtq #identity #capitalism #homophobia #coldwar #glasnost AND discos
tinyurl.com/48w8cfsv
Set pre- #Putin in post- #Soviet #Russia, it tackles #gay/ #lgbtq #identity #capitalism #homophobia #coldwar #glasnost AND discos
tinyurl.com/48w8cfsv
September 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Wow, my #Russian #novel 'Last Dance' featured in an article by Connor Doak @docdoak.bsky.social of @bristoluni.bsky.social for @aseees.bsky.social
Set pre- #Putin in post- #Soviet #Russia, it tackles #gay/ #lgbtq #identity #capitalism #homophobia #coldwar #glasnost AND discos
tinyurl.com/48w8cfsv
Set pre- #Putin in post- #Soviet #Russia, it tackles #gay/ #lgbtq #identity #capitalism #homophobia #coldwar #glasnost AND discos
tinyurl.com/48w8cfsv
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Is #America under #DonaldTrump in a new era of McCarthyism?
@financialtimes.com correspondent Christopher Grimes @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social reports on how the #Trump administration is using 1950s tactics to stifle criticism.
Free to read on
on.ft.com/4mmJKX2
@financialtimes.com correspondent Christopher Grimes @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social reports on how the #Trump administration is using 1950s tactics to stifle criticism.
Free to read on
on.ft.com/4mmJKX2
Is America entering a new era of McCarthyism?
[FREE TO READ] Since January, Donald Trump has used tactics reminiscent of the 1950s to stifle critical voices. Over the last week, the threats have intensified
on.ft.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Is #America under #DonaldTrump in a new era of McCarthyism?
@financialtimes.com correspondent Christopher Grimes @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social reports on how the #Trump administration is using 1950s tactics to stifle criticism.
Free to read on
on.ft.com/4mmJKX2
@financialtimes.com correspondent Christopher Grimes @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social reports on how the #Trump administration is using 1950s tactics to stifle criticism.
Free to read on
on.ft.com/4mmJKX2
Is #America under #DonaldTrump in a new era of McCarthyism?
@financialtimes.com correspondent Christopher Grimes @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social reports on how the #Trump administration is using 1950s tactics to stifle criticism.
Free to read on
on.ft.com/4mmJKX2
@financialtimes.com correspondent Christopher Grimes @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social reports on how the #Trump administration is using 1950s tactics to stifle criticism.
Free to read on
on.ft.com/4mmJKX2
Is America entering a new era of McCarthyism?
[FREE TO READ] Since January, Donald Trump has used tactics reminiscent of the 1950s to stifle critical voices. Over the last week, the threats have intensified
on.ft.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Is #America under #DonaldTrump in a new era of McCarthyism?
@financialtimes.com correspondent Christopher Grimes @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social reports on how the #Trump administration is using 1950s tactics to stifle criticism.
Free to read on
on.ft.com/4mmJKX2
@financialtimes.com correspondent Christopher Grimes @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social reports on how the #Trump administration is using 1950s tactics to stifle criticism.
Free to read on
on.ft.com/4mmJKX2
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Four arrested after images of Trump and Epstein projected onto Windsor Castle ahead of president’s visit
Four arrested after images of Trump and Epstein projected onto Windsor Castle ahead of president’s visit
Trump arrived in Britain late on Tuesday for an unprecedented second state visit in which he will be hosted by King Charles
Four people have been arrested after images of Donald Trump alongside deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were projected on to Windsor Castle, where the US president is set to be hosted by King Charles during his state visit to Britain.
Trump arrived in Britain late on Tuesday for an unprecedented second state visit, and will be greeted by Charles on Wednesday for a day of pomp at Windsor Castle, about 25 miles west of London. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Four arrested after images of Trump and Epstein projected onto Windsor Castle ahead of president’s visit
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Absolutely SICKENING to see #Trump *literally* roll out the red carpet for warmonger #Putin — AND comes away empty handed: no #ceasefire, no #sanctions, no deal. Vlad has played Donnie and won. Pathetic — and ominous for #Ukraine
August 16, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Absolutely SICKENING to see #Trump *literally* roll out the red carpet for warmonger #Putin — AND comes away empty handed: no #ceasefire, no #sanctions, no deal. Vlad has played Donnie and won. Pathetic — and ominous for #Ukraine
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Will a global plastics treaty save us from choking on a rising tide of our own waste? Every week, UK households dump 1.7 billion pieces of toxic plastic onto struggling wildlife.
Companies that pledged to change quietly quit as plastic production soared.
wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/news/global-...
Companies that pledged to change quietly quit as plastic production soared.
wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/news/global-...
Global Plastics Treaty hopes to tackle worsening problem
In spite of big commitments by key global players, plastic production is accelerating, writes David Burrows.
wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk
August 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Will a global plastics treaty save us from choking on a rising tide of our own waste? Every week, UK households dump 1.7 billion pieces of toxic plastic onto struggling wildlife.
Companies that pledged to change quietly quit as plastic production soared.
wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/news/global-...
Companies that pledged to change quietly quit as plastic production soared.
wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/news/global-...
Absolutely SICKENING to see #Trump *literally* roll out the red carpet for warmonger #Putin — AND comes away empty handed: no #ceasefire, no #sanctions, no deal. Vlad has played Donnie and won. Pathetic — and ominous for #Ukraine
August 16, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Absolutely SICKENING to see #Trump *literally* roll out the red carpet for warmonger #Putin — AND comes away empty handed: no #ceasefire, no #sanctions, no deal. Vlad has played Donnie and won. Pathetic — and ominous for #Ukraine