Peter Underwood
@peterunderwood.bsky.social
Journalist for nearly 60 years in UK. Newspapers, TV, Radio, Crisis PR.
Socialist, atheist, republican. Now sharing the life stories of my generation on YouTube.
Socialist, atheist, republican. Now sharing the life stories of my generation on YouTube.
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This is what happens when old, white bigits elect racist scum
BBC News - Staffordshire council leader quits after social media probe - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Staffordshire council leader quits after social media probe - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Staffordshire council leader quits after social media probe
Ian Cooper had already had his Reform UK membership revoked by the party.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This is what happens when old, white bigits elect racist scum
BBC News - Staffordshire council leader quits after social media probe - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Staffordshire council leader quits after social media probe - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I can't help feeling the far-right who are unconcerned about racist, corrupt party leaders and their impact on people are probably psychopathic already. I am bothered that there so many of these automatoms, with their robotic loyalty to crooks, demagogues abd charlatans.
December 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I can't help feeling the far-right who are unconcerned about racist, corrupt party leaders and their impact on people are probably psychopathic already. I am bothered that there so many of these automatoms, with their robotic loyalty to crooks, demagogues abd charlatans.
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The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
December 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
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Nigel Farage used an LBC appearance to accuse the Bank of England of being “dinosaurs” for putting restrictions on the use of Stablecoins by crypto firms like Tether.
He did not declare that Reform had just received £9 million from one of its biggest investors
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
He did not declare that Reform had just received £9 million from one of its biggest investors
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK as Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion'
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne's company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
bylinetimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Nigel Farage used an LBC appearance to accuse the Bank of England of being “dinosaurs” for putting restrictions on the use of Stablecoins by crypto firms like Tether.
He did not declare that Reform had just received £9 million from one of its biggest investors
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
He did not declare that Reform had just received £9 million from one of its biggest investors
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
The evidence piles up to confirm what we all suspected - that Farage has long been a nasty little racist and antisemitic.
Sadly the #Faragefanboys don’t care. They'll claim he's being stitched up; when, in reality, he's meeting all their expectations.
BBC News
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sadly the #Faragefanboys don’t care. They'll claim he's being stitched up; when, in reality, he's meeting all their expectations.
BBC News
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nigel Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate
Peter Ettedgui tells the BBC Nigel Farage targeted antisemitic abuse at him when they were teenagers.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The evidence piles up to confirm what we all suspected - that Farage has long been a nasty little racist and antisemitic.
Sadly the #Faragefanboys don’t care. They'll claim he's being stitched up; when, in reality, he's meeting all their expectations.
BBC News
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sadly the #Faragefanboys don’t care. They'll claim he's being stitched up; when, in reality, he's meeting all their expectations.
BBC News
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Free speech as long as you don't criticise the convicted criminal squatting in the White House?
The BBC has been nuetered
BBC News - Historian criticises BBC for removing Trump line from Radio 4 lecture
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The BBC has been nuetered
BBC News - Historian criticises BBC for removing Trump line from Radio 4 lecture
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Historian Rutger Bregman criticises BBC for removing Donald Trump line from Radio 4's Reith Lecture
Rutger Bregman says he is "genuinely dismayed" after a line about the US president was edited out.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Free speech as long as you don't criticise the convicted criminal squatting in the White House?
The BBC has been nuetered
BBC News - Historian criticises BBC for removing Trump line from Radio 4 lecture
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The BBC has been nuetered
BBC News - Historian criticises BBC for removing Trump line from Radio 4 lecture
www.bbc.com/news/article...
An appalling lack of a sense of justice. This places the fate of ordinary, sometimes innocent, people in the hands of cynical professional lawyers. Would you trust a lawyer with your freedom?
BBC News - Justice secretary wants most jury trials scrapped - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Justice secretary wants most jury trials scrapped - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Justice secretary wants most jury trials scrapped
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
An appalling lack of a sense of justice. This places the fate of ordinary, sometimes innocent, people in the hands of cynical professional lawyers. Would you trust a lawyer with your freedom?
BBC News - Justice secretary wants most jury trials scrapped - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Justice secretary wants most jury trials scrapped - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Weasel words from Farage won't change a very nasty reality
BBC News - Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody' after school racism claims
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody' after school racism claims
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nigel Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody'
The Reform UK leader was responding to reports he made racist remarks to his peers in school in the 1970s.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Weasel words from Farage won't change a very nasty reality
BBC News - Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody' after school racism claims
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody' after school racism claims
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles
Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Boris Johnson took 4 days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Thousands died.
Spent time walking his dog, riding motorcycle, hosting lunches/dinners.
He once said Covid was ‘nature’s way of dealing with old people’, ‘we should let the old people get it’.
Will he be held to account,?
Thousands died.
Spent time walking his dog, riding motorcycle, hosting lunches/dinners.
He once said Covid was ‘nature’s way of dealing with old people’, ‘we should let the old people get it’.
Will he be held to account,?
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Boris Johnson took 4 days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Thousands died.
Spent time walking his dog, riding motorcycle, hosting lunches/dinners.
He once said Covid was ‘nature’s way of dealing with old people’, ‘we should let the old people get it’.
Will he be held to account,?
Thousands died.
Spent time walking his dog, riding motorcycle, hosting lunches/dinners.
He once said Covid was ‘nature’s way of dealing with old people’, ‘we should let the old people get it’.
Will he be held to account,?
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54% of Labour members say Keir Starmer should go before the general election, with more than half saying either Burnham or Rayner should replace him
November 23, 2025 at 8:32 AM
54% of Labour members say Keir Starmer should go before the general election, with more than half saying either Burnham or Rayner should replace him
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Bishop of Norwich, Graham Usher, isn’t pulling punches: he accuses the Home Office of “lumping all asylum seekers together” and treating a diverse group as one problem to be fixed. Owen Sennitt reports
eastangliabylines.co.uk/immigration/...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/immigration/...
New: Bishop warns asylum plans will fuel division
A senior Church of England bishop has criticised government asylum reforms, warning they will make integration significantly harder
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Bishop of Norwich, Graham Usher, isn’t pulling punches: he accuses the Home Office of “lumping all asylum seekers together” and treating a diverse group as one problem to be fixed. Owen Sennitt reports
eastangliabylines.co.uk/immigration/...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/immigration/...
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The UK is a strongly pro-choice country with 86% of Britons wanting abortion to be legal in all or most cases. But the US anti-choice movement has been investing heavily into campaigns in Britain, and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party seems to be support the interference.
The worrying rise of US anti-abortion rhetoric is in full force - how deep is Reform UK's involvement?
Money is pouring into anti-abortion campaigns in Britain, and it seems Nigel Farage’s party isn’t pushing back…
www.cosmopolitan.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The UK is a strongly pro-choice country with 86% of Britons wanting abortion to be legal in all or most cases. But the US anti-choice movement has been investing heavily into campaigns in Britain, and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party seems to be support the interference.
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“Brexit was a waste of money that, now more than ever, we simply cannot afford.”
The political refusal to admit how badly they screwed us over with Brexit keeps us trapped in inevitable, snowballing failure. We can’t let them dodge this reality forever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The political refusal to admit how badly they screwed us over with Brexit keeps us trapped in inevitable, snowballing failure. We can’t let them dodge this reality forever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
“Brexit was a waste of money that, now more than ever, we simply cannot afford.”
The political refusal to admit how badly they screwed us over with Brexit keeps us trapped in inevitable, snowballing failure. We can’t let them dodge this reality forever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The political refusal to admit how badly they screwed us over with Brexit keeps us trapped in inevitable, snowballing failure. We can’t let them dodge this reality forever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Britain’s oil, gas and finance curses www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11... Why is the UK failing? It's not because we are no good: it's because the government squandered oil and then bowed down to finance. We never had a hope once our governments put them first.
Britain’s oil, gas and finance curses
In 1993, the economist Richard Auty coined the term “resource curse” to describe the paradox that countries with abundant natural resources often grow more slowly and less equitably than those without...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Britain’s oil, gas and finance curses www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11... Why is the UK failing? It's not because we are no good: it's because the government squandered oil and then bowed down to finance. We never had a hope once our governments put them first.
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These MPs have already committed to protecting our NHS from private finance.
Has yours? vist.ly/4fnk2
Has yours? vist.ly/4fnk2
November 23, 2025 at 8:26 AM
These MPs have already committed to protecting our NHS from private finance.
Has yours? vist.ly/4fnk2
Has yours? vist.ly/4fnk2
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Johnson spent years charming, bluffing, and backstabbing his way to the top.
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
Boris Johnson: The Covid Tragedy and England's Clown King
Get news direct from reporters you trust.
www.noosphere.app
November 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Johnson spent years charming, bluffing, and backstabbing his way to the top.
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
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"You can agree or disagree with him, but Polanski does not pretend to be something he is not.
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Zack Polanski: ‘People will have to find some other way to hurt me’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"You can agree or disagree with him, but Polanski does not pretend to be something he is not.
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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The right wing elite are ruthless in protecting their own and getting what they want.
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
The Confidence Trick That Put Boris Johnson Into Power Is Now Being Used on Nigel Farage
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The right wing elite are ruthless in protecting their own and getting what they want.
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
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Keir Starmer and his Cabinet
of Labour Friends of Israel
are perfectly aware that
British arms and intelligence
are being used
to perpetrate
war crimes
ethnic cleansing
and
genocide
#SocialistSunday
of Labour Friends of Israel
are perfectly aware that
British arms and intelligence
are being used
to perpetrate
war crimes
ethnic cleansing
and
genocide
#SocialistSunday
November 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Keir Starmer and his Cabinet
of Labour Friends of Israel
are perfectly aware that
British arms and intelligence
are being used
to perpetrate
war crimes
ethnic cleansing
and
genocide
#SocialistSunday
of Labour Friends of Israel
are perfectly aware that
British arms and intelligence
are being used
to perpetrate
war crimes
ethnic cleansing
and
genocide
#SocialistSunday
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes - BBC News
And, of course, no other greedy, soulless, populist, pretending to be a patriot under the ReformUK banner has been purchased by Putin, allegedly.....
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes - BBC News
And, of course, no other greedy, soulless, populist, pretending to be a patriot under the ReformUK banner has been purchased by Putin, allegedly.....
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes - BBC News
And, of course, no other greedy, soulless, populist, pretending to be a patriot under the ReformUK banner has been purchased by Putin, allegedly.....
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes - BBC News
And, of course, no other greedy, soulless, populist, pretending to be a patriot under the ReformUK banner has been purchased by Putin, allegedly.....