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Timely warning from @pollytoynbee.bsky.social
The hard right is out to destroy the BBC (for both commercial & ideological reasons) just as Trump’s Maga are doing in the USA.
They want to replace facts with propaganda.
Dangerous times.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The hard right is out to destroy the BBC (for both commercial & ideological reasons) just as Trump’s Maga are doing in the USA.
They want to replace facts with propaganda.
Dangerous times.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Timely warning from @pollytoynbee.bsky.social
The hard right is out to destroy the BBC (for both commercial & ideological reasons) just as Trump’s Maga are doing in the USA.
They want to replace facts with propaganda.
Dangerous times.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The hard right is out to destroy the BBC (for both commercial & ideological reasons) just as Trump’s Maga are doing in the USA.
They want to replace facts with propaganda.
Dangerous times.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
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One nice detail that can easily be lost in this graph - even right wingers trust the BBC more than the right wing tabloids
Here’s the same data, but with trust broken down by political views (circles are trust among people on the left, +s the right).
It’s not just that the BBC is widely consumed — it also has solid trust on both left & right, whereas trust in the biggest US media brands is hugely polarised.
It’s not just that the BBC is widely consumed — it also has solid trust on both left & right, whereas trust in the biggest US media brands is hugely polarised.
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
One nice detail that can easily be lost in this graph - even right wingers trust the BBC more than the right wing tabloids
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“The Guardian asked Farage if he still adheres to his lifelong support for Proportional Representation. Silence. It’s become clear he has changed his mind, now that our wildly distorting First Past the Post system is his only path to power.”
✒️ @pollytoynbee.bsky.social
✒️ @pollytoynbee.bsky.social
It’s the Nigel Farage chameleon show – flashy, ever-changing pledges, but only one real policy: xenophobia | Polly Toynbee
The Reform leader’s speech was full of contradictions and damaging cuts. But if he makes it to No 10, Labour will be to blame, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“The Guardian asked Farage if he still adheres to his lifelong support for Proportional Representation. Silence. It’s become clear he has changed his mind, now that our wildly distorting First Past the Post system is his only path to power.”
✒️ @pollytoynbee.bsky.social
✒️ @pollytoynbee.bsky.social
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only in the small print of this article do they make clear that the pensioners paying an extra £2,500 of tax would have to have
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
only in the small print of this article do they make clear that the pensioners paying an extra £2,500 of tax would have to have
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wise words from @pollytoynbee.bsky.social here
Note also #brexit has taken away £110bn of spending
@uklabour.bsky.social please note
Wise words from @pollytoynbee.bsky.social here
Note also #brexit has taken away £110bn of spending
@uklabour.bsky.social please note
What kind of country puts its pensioners ahead of children in poverty? | Polly Toynbee
As long as a third of children are living below the poverty line, the government cannot justify keeping the pensions triple lock, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wise words from @pollytoynbee.bsky.social here
Note also #brexit has taken away £110bn of spending
@uklabour.bsky.social please note
Wise words from @pollytoynbee.bsky.social here
Note also #brexit has taken away £110bn of spending
@uklabour.bsky.social please note
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🗣@otsfestival.bsky.social is just around the corner!
Grab your tickets to @martinplaut.bsky.social's event: Unbroken Chains: A 5,000-Year History of African Enslavement.
‘An eye-opening revelation and a transfixing read.’
@pollytoynbee.bsky.social
🗓12th October
⏰2 pm GMT
🎟️ tinyurl.com/4xbeayve
Grab your tickets to @martinplaut.bsky.social's event: Unbroken Chains: A 5,000-Year History of African Enslavement.
‘An eye-opening revelation and a transfixing read.’
@pollytoynbee.bsky.social
🗓12th October
⏰2 pm GMT
🎟️ tinyurl.com/4xbeayve
October 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🗣@otsfestival.bsky.social is just around the corner!
Grab your tickets to @martinplaut.bsky.social's event: Unbroken Chains: A 5,000-Year History of African Enslavement.
‘An eye-opening revelation and a transfixing read.’
@pollytoynbee.bsky.social
🗓12th October
⏰2 pm GMT
🎟️ tinyurl.com/4xbeayve
Grab your tickets to @martinplaut.bsky.social's event: Unbroken Chains: A 5,000-Year History of African Enslavement.
‘An eye-opening revelation and a transfixing read.’
@pollytoynbee.bsky.social
🗓12th October
⏰2 pm GMT
🎟️ tinyurl.com/4xbeayve
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And that's a wrap!
You can watch back our event - Snakes and ladders: The shifting sands of wealth in Britain - with @pollytoynbee.bsky.social Professor Mike Savage @mollybroome.bsky.social & Lord Willetts here
www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/snake...
You can watch back our event - Snakes and ladders: The shifting sands of wealth in Britain - with @pollytoynbee.bsky.social Professor Mike Savage @mollybroome.bsky.social & Lord Willetts here
www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/snake...
Snakes and ladders • Resolution Foundation
The story of wealth across Britain has, until recently, been a straightforward one – decades of rising prices, benefiting those lucky enough to own assets. But that story has been upended in the past ...
www.resolutionfoundation.org
October 8, 2025 at 9:41 AM
And that's a wrap!
You can watch back our event - Snakes and ladders: The shifting sands of wealth in Britain - with @pollytoynbee.bsky.social Professor Mike Savage @mollybroome.bsky.social & Lord Willetts here
www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/snake...
You can watch back our event - Snakes and ladders: The shifting sands of wealth in Britain - with @pollytoynbee.bsky.social Professor Mike Savage @mollybroome.bsky.social & Lord Willetts here
www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/snake...
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Some very kind words in @pollytoynbee.bsky.social's latest column about Full Fact, "the exceptionally valuable UK factchecker whose word is a gold standard for honesty" - she highlights the financial challenges we and other fact checkers are currently facing
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
October 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Some very kind words in @pollytoynbee.bsky.social's latest column about Full Fact, "the exceptionally valuable UK factchecker whose word is a gold standard for honesty" - she highlights the financial challenges we and other fact checkers are currently facing
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Kinnock is one of the finest proponents of progressive thought in this country and the best prime minister we never had.
In 2010, an interviewer told Neil Kinnock that the Labour Party "never used to understand aspiration".
Kinnock gave an absolutely brilliant answer that should be learned by heart by every Labour MP. (0.42 to 1.22)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGhP...
Kinnock gave an absolutely brilliant answer that should be learned by heart by every Labour MP. (0.42 to 1.22)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGhP...
Neil Kinnock goes berserk
YouTube video by Vadrigar
www.youtube.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Kinnock is one of the finest proponents of progressive thought in this country and the best prime minister we never had.
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🎤 💬 Tonight's annual Jeremy Tunstall Lecture with @pollytoynbee.bsky.social and David Walker at @citystgeorges.
Jeremy Tunstall Lecture: In Conversation with Polly Toynbee and David Walker | City St George's, University of London
We are delighted to welcome Polly Toynbee and David Walker to give this year’s Jeremy Tunstall Lecture in memory of Professor Jeremy Tunstall.
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October 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM
🎤 💬 Tonight's annual Jeremy Tunstall Lecture with @pollytoynbee.bsky.social and David Walker at @citystgeorges.
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@pollytoynbee.bsky.social makes the clear social democratic case for taxation. Which Cabinet minister will be bold enough to follow? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves, just tell voters why taxes must go up – and then do it | Polly Toynbee
The Thatcherite notion of tax as wicked must be challenged in the upcoming budget. Target unearned wealth; explain that tax creates a decent society, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
@pollytoynbee.bsky.social makes the clear social democratic case for taxation. Which Cabinet minister will be bold enough to follow? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Finding today harder than yesterday. As so many British Jews have said, the attack wasn't a surprise.
But the instant protests, plus the stream of "takes" explaining why Israel is actually to blame and it's fine to target a Synagogue if it has "Zionist" ties... That's harder.
Maybe time to log off
But the instant protests, plus the stream of "takes" explaining why Israel is actually to blame and it's fine to target a Synagogue if it has "Zionist" ties... That's harder.
Maybe time to log off
October 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Finding today harder than yesterday. As so many British Jews have said, the attack wasn't a surprise.
But the instant protests, plus the stream of "takes" explaining why Israel is actually to blame and it's fine to target a Synagogue if it has "Zionist" ties... That's harder.
Maybe time to log off
But the instant protests, plus the stream of "takes" explaining why Israel is actually to blame and it's fine to target a Synagogue if it has "Zionist" ties... That's harder.
Maybe time to log off
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@pollytoynbee.bsky.social : The core argument against leaving the #ECHR is not that it would harm trade, or hinder the fight against crime, but that it would place the UK outside the family of civilised nations that respect the rule of law & uphold human rights.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If you liked Brexit, you’re going to love what the Conservatives want next | Polly Toynbee
Leaving the ECHR could mean higher food prices and an even bigger blow to trade. The Tories’ new proposals will end the party for good, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
@pollytoynbee.bsky.social : The core argument against leaving the #ECHR is not that it would harm trade, or hinder the fight against crime, but that it would place the UK outside the family of civilised nations that respect the rule of law & uphold human rights.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Councillors keep winning with less than a third of the vote – what can England and Wales learn from Scotland? electoral-reform.org.uk/councillors-... Electoral Reform Society – ERS
Councillors keep winning with less than a third of the vote – what can England and Wales learn from Scotland?
Each week, usually on a Thursday, a number of local council by-elections take place around Britain. As with UK parliamentary by-elections, these take place when a representative either r
electoral-reform.org.uk
September 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Councillors keep winning with less than a third of the vote – what can England and Wales learn from Scotland? electoral-reform.org.uk/councillors-... Electoral Reform Society – ERS
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Worth coming back to this @pollytoynbee.bsky.social piece.
“ID cards are a social democratic cause, because they help define security not only as border controls for who comes in, but as the right for everyone here to share in our mutual social security.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“ID cards are a social democratic cause, because they help define security not only as border controls for who comes in, but as the right for everyone here to share in our mutual social security.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Digital ID cards would be good for Britain – and a secret weapon for Labour against Reform | Polly Toynbee
The BritCard project would cut down on bureaucracy, help guard our borders and prove Labour has pride in British identity, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Worth coming back to this @pollytoynbee.bsky.social piece.
“ID cards are a social democratic cause, because they help define security not only as border controls for who comes in, but as the right for everyone here to share in our mutual social security.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“ID cards are a social democratic cause, because they help define security not only as border controls for who comes in, but as the right for everyone here to share in our mutual social security.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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One of the most important things to do in the face of Christian nationalism (as with any ethnic nationalism) is to name it. Then civil society and politicians start to have the tools to understand it and take it on. Bravo to @pollytoynbee.bsky.social 👏 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The hard right are claiming the cross – and true Christians should not allow it | Polly Toynbee
British church leaders have finally spoken out about the dangerous rise of Christian nationalism. But their message was far too timid, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
One of the most important things to do in the face of Christian nationalism (as with any ethnic nationalism) is to name it. Then civil society and politicians start to have the tools to understand it and take it on. Bravo to @pollytoynbee.bsky.social 👏 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Writing in the Guardian, @pollytoynbee.bsky.social calls out dangerous supremacism:
“On the Robinson march in London, the great wooden crosses looked like armaments… The marchers’ “Christ is King” flags declared a radicalised ethno-supremacism.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“On the Robinson march in London, the great wooden crosses looked like armaments… The marchers’ “Christ is King” flags declared a radicalised ethno-supremacism.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The hard right are claiming the cross – and true Christians should not allow it | Polly Toynbee
British church leaders have finally spoken out about the dangerous rise of Christian nationalism. But their message was far too timid, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Writing in the Guardian, @pollytoynbee.bsky.social calls out dangerous supremacism:
“On the Robinson march in London, the great wooden crosses looked like armaments… The marchers’ “Christ is King” flags declared a radicalised ethno-supremacism.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“On the Robinson march in London, the great wooden crosses looked like armaments… The marchers’ “Christ is King” flags declared a radicalised ethno-supremacism.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Labour’s refusal to implement Jenkins was in retrospect one of its greatest mistake. I’m sure @pollytoynbee.bsky.social was aghast, but I wonder who else was? I suppose it’s still on the shelf and could be put to a referendum or put in a manifesto very quickly.
September 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Labour’s refusal to implement Jenkins was in retrospect one of its greatest mistake. I’m sure @pollytoynbee.bsky.social was aghast, but I wonder who else was? I suppose it’s still on the shelf and could be put to a referendum or put in a manifesto very quickly.
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From religious state schools, to the legalisation of assisted dying, @pollytoynbee.bsky.social guarantees to address some of the hard hitting questions of today. Join Polly and @andrewcopson.bsky.social 14 August, 12:15-13:15 @standcomedyclub.bsky.social #edfringe www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
August 11, 2025 at 10:27 AM
From religious state schools, to the legalisation of assisted dying, @pollytoynbee.bsky.social guarantees to address some of the hard hitting questions of today. Join Polly and @andrewcopson.bsky.social 14 August, 12:15-13:15 @standcomedyclub.bsky.social #edfringe www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...