Peter Savage.
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Retired TU Official. Interested in Law, Good food, Wine, Running and unfortunately Everton. Not necessarily in that order. I have friends everywhere.
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Peter Savage.
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· Aug 12
Pinned post at the other place said. The correct response to about 95% of political tweets is "it's more complicated than that."
Shocked, shocked!
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Trump fan and financier named over Tube ‘racist abuse’ police appeal
Philip Ostermann and Melissa Rein Lively have been named as the subjects of the British Transport Police appeal
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November 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Shocked, shocked!
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But it's only the Kenyans who cheat . "Bracy-Williams is the second sprinter from the USA podium sweep of the 2022 world 100m to fall foul of anti-doping regulations."
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Marvin Bracy-Williams given 45-month ban for doping violations
Former world 100m silver medallist Marvin Bracy-Williams is given a 45-month ban for doping offences after a whistleblower triggers an investigation.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
But it's only the Kenyans who cheat . "Bracy-Williams is the second sprinter from the USA podium sweep of the 2022 world 100m to fall foul of anti-doping regulations."
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I'm sure others can confirm if the laws mentioned in this are correct but if they are the BBC should just apologise and move on.
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Here's Why Donald Trump's Bid To Sue The BBC For $1 Billion May Already Be Doomed
The US president has given the corporation until Friday night to respond to his legal threat.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I'm sure others can confirm if the laws mentioned in this are correct but if they are the BBC should just apologise and move on.
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Another case of Reform saying one thing then doing the other:
A Reform-led council is planning to double council tax on second homes six months after party leader Nigel Farage denounced such policies as “madness” and “extortion”
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A Reform-led council is planning to double council tax on second homes six months after party leader Nigel Farage denounced such policies as “madness” and “extortion”
By me, for Politics Home www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Reform Council To Double Tax On Second Homes Despite Nigel Farage Calling The Idea 'Madness'
A Reform-led council is planning to double council tax on second homes six months after party leader Nigel Farage denounced such policies as “madne...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Another case of Reform saying one thing then doing the other:
A Reform-led council is planning to double council tax on second homes six months after party leader Nigel Farage denounced such policies as “madness” and “extortion”
By me, for Politics Home www.politicshome.com/news/article...
A Reform-led council is planning to double council tax on second homes six months after party leader Nigel Farage denounced such policies as “madness” and “extortion”
By me, for Politics Home www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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I will restate my modest proposal to save the BBC: ban the BBC from covering itself.
Every BBC scandal goes huge, because every BBC News show wants to assert its independence by covering it prominently, even if several other shows already did. So it gets blanket headlines.
Every BBC scandal goes huge, because every BBC News show wants to assert its independence by covering it prominently, even if several other shows already did. So it gets blanket headlines.
November 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I will restate my modest proposal to save the BBC: ban the BBC from covering itself.
Every BBC scandal goes huge, because every BBC News show wants to assert its independence by covering it prominently, even if several other shows already did. So it gets blanket headlines.
Every BBC scandal goes huge, because every BBC News show wants to assert its independence by covering it prominently, even if several other shows already did. So it gets blanket headlines.
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Why can't the BBC just be more impartial towards President Trump, like GB News, says Nigel Farage.
GB News:
GB News:
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Why can't the BBC just be more impartial towards President Trump, like GB News, says Nigel Farage.
GB News:
GB News:
That is exactly the point of the flags.
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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
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November 11, 2025 at 7:41 AM
That is exactly the point of the flags.
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The Judean People’s Front or the People’s Front of Judea?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Your Party row erupts over hundreds of thousands of pounds in donations
Clash the latest in months of political infighting between the camps of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana
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November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The Judean People’s Front or the People’s Front of Judea?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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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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A remarkable choice of booking...
BBC slammed for asking Kelvin Mackenzie about journalism standards
Liverpool fans and others staggered by choice to invite former S*n editor on to discuss ongoing issues at the BBC
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November 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A remarkable choice of booking...
Fancy some social #running over the Christmas break? Get together with friends and enter this in #Nottingham.
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Christmas Relays - Entries Open
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November 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Fancy some social #running over the Christmas break? Get together with friends and enter this in #Nottingham.
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Seeing so many posts about who “Starmer and Nandy” will appoint as director general. Easy mistake but the government does not appoint the director general! The BBC board, whose members are appointed for rolling terms by the culture secretary, appoints the director general.
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Seeing so many posts about who “Starmer and Nandy” will appoint as director general. Easy mistake but the government does not appoint the director general! The BBC board, whose members are appointed for rolling terms by the culture secretary, appoints the director general.
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Appeasement never works
It’s ironic but predictable that the BBC duo -who tried so hard to please the right wing papers-are removed by the right wing papers.
November 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Appeasement never works
Of course all this gives the BBC what it likes best of all. A reason to talk about the BBC.
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Of course all this gives the BBC what it likes best of all. A reason to talk about the BBC.
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This is the most abysmal, pathetic thing. The BBC head resigning because the corporation is not supine *enough* to the far-right.
🔴 Breaking I Davie faced mounting criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by Donald Trump
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November 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is the most abysmal, pathetic thing. The BBC head resigning because the corporation is not supine *enough* to the far-right.
Odds on Trump pardoning him?
November 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Odds on Trump pardoning him?
I ran the Seagrave Challenge this morning a 16.5 mile trail run in Leicestershire. About 10 miles in I was definitely thinking that I should have stuck to #parkrun #knackered
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I ran the Seagrave Challenge this morning a 16.5 mile trail run in Leicestershire. About 10 miles in I was definitely thinking that I should have stuck to #parkrun #knackered
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Chris Mason is what happens when a Hospital Radio DJ, whose sole qualification appears to be a sort of soporific inoffensiveness, is somehow promoted to BBC Politics Editor - a position that demands unflinching insight, objectivity, and sharpness. It's like a puddle trying to be the ocean.
November 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Chris Mason is what happens when a Hospital Radio DJ, whose sole qualification appears to be a sort of soporific inoffensiveness, is somehow promoted to BBC Politics Editor - a position that demands unflinching insight, objectivity, and sharpness. It's like a puddle trying to be the ocean.
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He’s worked jolly hard for that $1tn
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
He’s worked jolly hard for that $1tn
Tell me me you didn't bother watching the movie before writing the headline.
November 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Tell me me you didn't bother watching the movie before writing the headline.
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The UK Labour Party defines itself as a "democratic socialist" part in the first sentence of Clause IV. And has since the 1990s.
That's how woeful the BBC claiming it's a term with no definition is. Good grief.
That's how woeful the BBC claiming it's a term with no definition is. Good grief.
I don't know what is more depressing. That the BBC seems to have no clue what democratic socialism is or that someone who comments on politics for a living thinks it's the same as communism.
Jesus wept, indeed. GCSE, Introduction to Politics, Chapter 1, stuff.
Jesus wept, indeed. GCSE, Introduction to Politics, Chapter 1, stuff.
November 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The UK Labour Party defines itself as a "democratic socialist" part in the first sentence of Clause IV. And has since the 1990s.
That's how woeful the BBC claiming it's a term with no definition is. Good grief.
That's how woeful the BBC claiming it's a term with no definition is. Good grief.
This sounds bonkers! "owners would have to estimate, and pay for, their road usage for the year ahead. If, at the end of the year, they had driven fewer miles they would have a credit to carry over, but if they had driven more they would face a top-up charge."
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EV drivers could face new tax in Budget
The BBC understands there have been
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November 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
This sounds bonkers! "owners would have to estimate, and pay for, their road usage for the year ahead. If, at the end of the year, they had driven fewer miles they would have a credit to carry over, but if they had driven more they would face a top-up charge."
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In which Nottingham University moves closer to being a Polytechnic.
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Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
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November 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
In which Nottingham University moves closer to being a Polytechnic.
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Probably an unpopular opinion but this seems reasonable given he did serve and was shot at.
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Andrew allowed to keep Falklands medal despite losing royal and military titles
King Charles has agreed to his brother retaining South Atlantic medal for service during 1982 conflict
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November 6, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Probably an unpopular opinion but this seems reasonable given he did serve and was shot at.
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