RobWilliams100
@robwilliams100.bsky.social
Portfolio career. Writing, journalism, tour guiding PR, PA, etc. Tweet as RobWilliams100 but the sky is bluer here. Still #FBPE Writes stuff, including for The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/profile/robwilliamsy
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Well, a short bio of the good bits I'm Rob. Or Robbie. Did European Studies at university and feel like a luddite now. A big fan of more trams, and more electrified railways, good walks, hikes and bike rides, and #France. Think Belgium is criminally underrated. Take the occasional decent photo.
Victoria Derbyshire looked very, very pissed off tonight #newsnight
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Victoria Derbyshire looked very, very pissed off tonight #newsnight
Gillian Tett for BBC Director General #newsnight. And Jacob Rees Mogg really is a piece of fucking shit
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Gillian Tett for BBC Director General #newsnight. And Jacob Rees Mogg really is a piece of fucking shit
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A very useful analysis that give the bigger picture.
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The BBC is in a fight for its survival
The BBC only has itself to blame for its handling of a serious error in a documentary on Trump. But its demise—as the US media landscape shows—would l...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
A very useful analysis that give the bigger picture.
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Raging. How dare Donald Trump come for the BBC. If you feel similarly, here's the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save Our BBC
I've just signed the petition calling on the government to stop their attack on our BBC. We need an independent national broadcaster we can trust. Please sign and share today.
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Raging. How dare Donald Trump come for the BBC. If you feel similarly, here's the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions?
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions?
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I mean, what kind of legal action would this be exactly? Defamation? I would truly love to see it. 'They made it look like I instigated a coup during my very well recorded coup attempt.'
The US president has sent a letter to the corporation threatening legal action.
Donald Trump Preparing To Sue BBC Over Panorama Speech Row
The US president has sent a letter to the corporation threatening legal action.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I mean, what kind of legal action would this be exactly? Defamation? I would truly love to see it. 'They made it look like I instigated a coup during my very well recorded coup attempt.'
Donald Trump did try to orchestrate a coup @tomswarbrick.bsky.social . You don't shill for the Tories any more. You're meant to be a journalist
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Donald Trump did try to orchestrate a coup @tomswarbrick.bsky.social . You don't shill for the Tories any more. You're meant to be a journalist
Ian is absolutely spot on here. It's way past time for #Labour to grow a fucking spine
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Ian is absolutely spot on here. It's way past time for #Labour to grow a fucking spine
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
No tears for Tim Davie's resignation, even though it was over the wrong issue. I'd very much like the dreadful Robbie Gibb to follow him
November 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
No tears for Tim Davie's resignation, even though it was over the wrong issue. I'd very much like the dreadful Robbie Gibb to follow him
Hi @christianwolmar.bsky.social I think this deserves a "more in anger than disappointment" column. This short sighted idiocy is worthy of Grant Shapps. I thought Heidi was supposed to know what she's doing....
Can’t wait to hear fuel duty get frozen again in the budget in ten days or so!!
Govt scraps all electrification investment. Midland Main Line to stay forever diesel Leicester Nottingham Derby Sheffield. Hugely embarrassing and inexplicable
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Hi @christianwolmar.bsky.social I think this deserves a "more in anger than disappointment" column. This short sighted idiocy is worthy of Grant Shapps. I thought Heidi was supposed to know what she's doing....
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In America the revolving door is very clear across several arms of Government
And Peter Theil has a finger in most of these pies.
But this is now spreading to Europe.
Including the U.K.
And Peter Theil has a finger in most of these pies.
But this is now spreading to Europe.
Including the U.K.
November 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In America the revolving door is very clear across several arms of Government
And Peter Theil has a finger in most of these pies.
But this is now spreading to Europe.
Including the U.K.
And Peter Theil has a finger in most of these pies.
But this is now spreading to Europe.
Including the U.K.
The Sheffield Tribune article is here: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
November 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I'm sure you are aware of this scandal @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social but you could use it as an opportunity to highlight the work you are doing on #LeaseholdReform
The Sheffield Tribune article is here: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I'm sure you are aware of this scandal @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social but you could use it as an opportunity to highlight the work you are doing on #LeaseholdReform
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The Sheffield Tribune article is here: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
November 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The Sheffield Tribune article is here: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
November 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Also it is just so deeply corrosive not least because it exists in such an already corroded body politic.
Not doing anything about that, in fact deepening it, is a choice a Government with a huge majority just doesn't have to make.
Not doing anything about that, in fact deepening it, is a choice a Government with a huge majority just doesn't have to make.
In addition to everything Dylan says in this thread, it’s just a bit tragic for *a government four years from an election* to be saying “they hate him more than us“. That just shouldn’t be your focus four years out!
The crucial bit of this tactical 'only Labour or Reform can win here' VI poll, though, is that Labour and Reform would be tied.
Not enough Lib Dem or Green voters are (right now) prepared to tactically vote for Labour to offset the number of Tories willing to tactically vote for Reform.
Not enough Lib Dem or Green voters are (right now) prepared to tactically vote for Labour to offset the number of Tories willing to tactically vote for Reform.
November 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Also it is just so deeply corrosive not least because it exists in such an already corroded body politic.
Not doing anything about that, in fact deepening it, is a choice a Government with a huge majority just doesn't have to make.
Not doing anything about that, in fact deepening it, is a choice a Government with a huge majority just doesn't have to make.
Also summed up as either McSweeney goes or the #LabourParty is existentially fucked
November 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Also summed up as either McSweeney goes or the #LabourParty is existentially fucked
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He's not done yet eynsham-pc.gov.uk/news.aspx?ni...
Eynsham Parish Council News: Budget survey not from Parish Council (3 Nov 2025). Oxfordshire
Residents may have received a survey about our Budget
eynsham-pc.gov.uk
November 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM
He's not done yet eynsham-pc.gov.uk/news.aspx?ni...
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She is telling an accurate story of recent history - the triple punch of austerity, Brexit and covid. It's spot on. But it is terribly strange to say it now in government when you were not prepared to say it in opposition.
November 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
She is telling an accurate story of recent history - the triple punch of austerity, Brexit and covid. It's spot on. But it is terribly strange to say it now in government when you were not prepared to say it in opposition.
You are on fire today @mrjamesob.bsky.social An excoriating denunciation of the absolute mess we're in
November 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
You are on fire today @mrjamesob.bsky.social An excoriating denunciation of the absolute mess we're in
The point to remember is that #ZiaYusuf is a fucking liar #Newsnight
November 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The point to remember is that #ZiaYusuf is a fucking liar #Newsnight
Trump's fascist America is a rogue state. Repeat as bloody nauseum
November 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Trump's fascist America is a rogue state. Repeat as bloody nauseum
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🚨🚨Things are just getting worse. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/us-a...
www.politico.eu/article/us-a...
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
www.politico.eu
November 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
🚨🚨Things are just getting worse. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/us-a...
www.politico.eu/article/us-a...