@roswelsh.bsky.social
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"It is as if the division of our politics... has created a kind of public bloodlust for toppling anyone who does not align exactly with our individual worldview."
Fake news: the BBC, Trump and the fight for impartiality
"We should be honest: the BBC will not report on Trump freely now. It won’t need to be told not to"
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"It is as if the division of our politics... has created a kind of public bloodlust for toppling anyone who does not align exactly with our individual worldview."
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The hard cost of #Brexit!
A group of international economists now estimate the economic cost of leaving the EU at 6–8% of GDP, exceeding earlier forecasts.
www.nber.org/papers/w34459
A group of international economists now estimate the economic cost of leaving the EU at 6–8% of GDP, exceeding earlier forecasts.
www.nber.org/papers/w34459
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The hard cost of #Brexit!
A group of international economists now estimate the economic cost of leaving the EU at 6–8% of GDP, exceeding earlier forecasts.
www.nber.org/papers/w34459
A group of international economists now estimate the economic cost of leaving the EU at 6–8% of GDP, exceeding earlier forecasts.
www.nber.org/papers/w34459
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I mean, the line, from the IEA's Chair Linda Edwards, is just a flat lie. The Charity Commission has all the savage of a dead sheep, when it comes to Tufton Street anyway, but as I explain they got by its standards a bollocking.
www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/regulat...
www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/regulat...
Regulator issues guidance to think tank and closes case
www.civilsociety.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I mean, the line, from the IEA's Chair Linda Edwards, is just a flat lie. The Charity Commission has all the savage of a dead sheep, when it comes to Tufton Street anyway, but as I explain they got by its standards a bollocking.
www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/regulat...
www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/regulat...
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🔴 The Pro-Trump Bias of the ‘Neutral’ Sources in the Leaked BBC ‘Prescott Dossier’
Byline Times’ analysis of key sources in the memo about the BBC’s alleged ‘progressive bias’ shows it relied on highly partisan, Trump-aligned organisations.
@nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/p...
Byline Times’ analysis of key sources in the memo about the BBC’s alleged ‘progressive bias’ shows it relied on highly partisan, Trump-aligned organisations.
@nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/p...
The Pro-Trump Bias of the 'Neutral' Sources in the Leaked BBC 'Prescott Dossier'
Byline Times’ analysis of key sources in the memo about the BBC’s alleged ‘progressive bias’ shows it relied on highly partisan right-wing, Trump-aligned organisations
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🔴 The Pro-Trump Bias of the ‘Neutral’ Sources in the Leaked BBC ‘Prescott Dossier’
Byline Times’ analysis of key sources in the memo about the BBC’s alleged ‘progressive bias’ shows it relied on highly partisan, Trump-aligned organisations.
@nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/p...
Byline Times’ analysis of key sources in the memo about the BBC’s alleged ‘progressive bias’ shows it relied on highly partisan, Trump-aligned organisations.
@nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/p...
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No self-respecting worker or trade unionist, let alone fully-fledged socialist, should have anything to do with 21st-century Labour, writes Richie Venton ✍️
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
No self-respecting worker or trade unionist, let alone fully-fledged socialist, should have anything to do with 21st-century Labour, writes Richie Venton ✍️
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
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Nigel Farage will probably use his 39th appearance on Question Time to complain about the BBC's leftwing bias
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Nigel Farage will probably use his 39th appearance on Question Time to complain about the BBC's leftwing bias
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Israel's parliament has advanced a bill which would bring in the death penalty for Palestinian 'terrorists'
Israeli parliament advances new death penalty law
www.thenational.scot
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Israel's parliament has advanced a bill which would bring in the death penalty for Palestinian 'terrorists'
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North Herefordshire residents: Do you have experience in adult social care as a service user, unpaid carer, or care worker?
Come share your thoughts with me on how we can improve the system. No need to RSVP, simply come along!
🕗: Nov 14, 9-11am
🗺️: 9 The Buttercross, HR6 8BN
Come share your thoughts with me on how we can improve the system. No need to RSVP, simply come along!
🕗: Nov 14, 9-11am
🗺️: 9 The Buttercross, HR6 8BN
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
North Herefordshire residents: Do you have experience in adult social care as a service user, unpaid carer, or care worker?
Come share your thoughts with me on how we can improve the system. No need to RSVP, simply come along!
🕗: Nov 14, 9-11am
🗺️: 9 The Buttercross, HR6 8BN
Come share your thoughts with me on how we can improve the system. No need to RSVP, simply come along!
🕗: Nov 14, 9-11am
🗺️: 9 The Buttercross, HR6 8BN
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There's no point in ever compromising with fascists. Because they'll never stick to their word and will always want more. They'll never be happy until they destroy democracy completely and pocket the winnings. The gatekeepers put in place to protect us from fascism are finding that out the hard way.
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
There's no point in ever compromising with fascists. Because they'll never stick to their word and will always want more. They'll never be happy until they destroy democracy completely and pocket the winnings. The gatekeepers put in place to protect us from fascism are finding that out the hard way.
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The BBC has shown deep, systemic bias against Palestinian lives and has repeatedly demonstrated bias against transgender rights, writes Ellie Gomersall ✍️
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The BBC has shown deep, systemic bias against Palestinian lives and has repeatedly demonstrated bias against transgender rights, writes Ellie Gomersall ✍️
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
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If we're talking about bias, why do BBC politics programmes, from Politics Live to the Laura Kuennsberg Show, still always begin with a look at the newspaper front pages, which are overwhelmingly biased in one direction. Helps frame the entire news agenda and debate in their favour
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If we're talking about bias, why do BBC politics programmes, from Politics Live to the Laura Kuennsberg Show, still always begin with a look at the newspaper front pages, which are overwhelmingly biased in one direction. Helps frame the entire news agenda and debate in their favour
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
So - where is the campaign to take the BBC out of the hands of the RW populists?
Why can’t all the party leaders of the centre and left back this?
So - where is the campaign to take the BBC out of the hands of the RW populists?
Why can’t all the party leaders of the centre and left back this?
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 11:02 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
So - where is the campaign to take the BBC out of the hands of the RW populists?
Why can’t all the party leaders of the centre and left back this?
So - where is the campaign to take the BBC out of the hands of the RW populists?
Why can’t all the party leaders of the centre and left back this?
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🔴'BBC Bias’ Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🔴'BBC Bias’ Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
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You may have seen that BBC News online’s Middle East editor is taking legal action against me over my work on the BBC’s editorial approach to Israel/Palestine.
I strongly disagree with his claims, and, if necessary, I look forward to vigorously defending my reporting in court.
I strongly disagree with his claims, and, if necessary, I look forward to vigorously defending my reporting in court.
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
You may have seen that BBC News online’s Middle East editor is taking legal action against me over my work on the BBC’s editorial approach to Israel/Palestine.
I strongly disagree with his claims, and, if necessary, I look forward to vigorously defending my reporting in court.
I strongly disagree with his claims, and, if necessary, I look forward to vigorously defending my reporting in court.
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A woman who lives in Dubai & never actually watches the BBC tells us who should be its next Director General.😳
She then tells us who should be chief of an NHS she never uses. Not only that, she comments about Govt. departments that don’t actually govern her!
SmallTalk TV! 😂
She then tells us who should be chief of an NHS she never uses. Not only that, she comments about Govt. departments that don’t actually govern her!
SmallTalk TV! 😂
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
A woman who lives in Dubai & never actually watches the BBC tells us who should be its next Director General.😳
She then tells us who should be chief of an NHS she never uses. Not only that, she comments about Govt. departments that don’t actually govern her!
SmallTalk TV! 😂
She then tells us who should be chief of an NHS she never uses. Not only that, she comments about Govt. departments that don’t actually govern her!
SmallTalk TV! 😂
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The man with the job of enforcing impartiality at the BBC is former head of comms to a rightwing Tory prime minister. Let's leave it there, OK?
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The man with the job of enforcing impartiality at the BBC is former head of comms to a rightwing Tory prime minister. Let's leave it there, OK?
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"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
Yorkshire Water: it’s time to end the rip-off
Handing the company back to local people would return both control and value to those who need it most
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
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England's water industry and govt put out inflated numbers about the cost of nationalisation.
I asked the Minister to explain the social cost of leaving water in private hands, likely to be over £1 trillion by 2050. Question was notified in advance.
Watch his reply.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eCV...
I asked the Minister to explain the social cost of leaving water in private hands, likely to be over £1 trillion by 2050. Question was notified in advance.
Watch his reply.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eCV...
House of Lords social cost of water 29Oct2025
YouTube video by Prem Sikka
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
England's water industry and govt put out inflated numbers about the cost of nationalisation.
I asked the Minister to explain the social cost of leaving water in private hands, likely to be over £1 trillion by 2050. Question was notified in advance.
Watch his reply.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eCV...
I asked the Minister to explain the social cost of leaving water in private hands, likely to be over £1 trillion by 2050. Question was notified in advance.
Watch his reply.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eCV...
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"This entire saga has a smell hanging over it. The people of Teesside, Hartlepool and Darlington are no fools. That smell will not go away until there is a full, transparent and independent inquiry."
Teesworks scandal: a dark tale of public wealth lost and private gain
Teesworks - a story that reads like a screenplay for a dark political drama
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
"This entire saga has a smell hanging over it. The people of Teesside, Hartlepool and Darlington are no fools. That smell will not go away until there is a full, transparent and independent inquiry."
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👉NEW -- Forgotten photos expose UK army abuses in Iraq
by Irfan Chowdhury
Images never-before published by British media show hooded detainees in stress positions weeks before death of Baha Mousa in 2003.
www.declassifieduk.org/forgotten-ph...
by Irfan Chowdhury
Images never-before published by British media show hooded detainees in stress positions weeks before death of Baha Mousa in 2003.
www.declassifieduk.org/forgotten-ph...
Forgotten photos expose UK army abuses in Iraq
Images never-before published by British media show hooded detainees in stress positions weeks before death of Baha Mousa in 2003
www.declassifieduk.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
👉NEW -- Forgotten photos expose UK army abuses in Iraq
by Irfan Chowdhury
Images never-before published by British media show hooded detainees in stress positions weeks before death of Baha Mousa in 2003.
www.declassifieduk.org/forgotten-ph...
by Irfan Chowdhury
Images never-before published by British media show hooded detainees in stress positions weeks before death of Baha Mousa in 2003.
www.declassifieduk.org/forgotten-ph...
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Asked if Keir Starmer has made any representations to Donald Trump about his attacks on our national broadcaster, the Prime Minister's spokesman replies that "it is for the corporation to respond to questions about their editorial decisions".
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Asked if Keir Starmer has made any representations to Donald Trump about his attacks on our national broadcaster, the Prime Minister's spokesman replies that "it is for the corporation to respond to questions about their editorial decisions".
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Tory Donor, Reform Host, and a Trail of Debt: The Filthy Life in the UK of Russian Harpy Lubov Chernukhin 👇
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Tory Donor, Reform Host, and a Trail of Debt: The Filthy Life in the UK of Russian Harpy Lubov Chernukhin
You’d think someone who handed over more than £2 million to the Conservative Party, plus a tidy £70,000 to Priti Patel’s leadership bid, might have a soft spot for Britain’s struggling businesses and ...
substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Tory Donor, Reform Host, and a Trail of Debt: The Filthy Life in the UK of Russian Harpy Lubov Chernukhin 👇
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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“Measures used to ban groups such as Palestine Action should be restricted so that they are only used to protect the public from terrorism”
Translation: Palestine Action is not a terrorist organisation.
inews.co.uk/news/law-use...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
Translation: Palestine Action is not a terrorist organisation.
inews.co.uk/news/law-use...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
Law used to ban Palestine Action being used too widely, report says
Major review also says use of Prevent scheme is 'not fit for purpose' with referrals increasingly involving people with complex vulnerabilities
inews.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
“Measures used to ban groups such as Palestine Action should be restricted so that they are only used to protect the public from terrorism”
Translation: Palestine Action is not a terrorist organisation.
inews.co.uk/news/law-use...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
Translation: Palestine Action is not a terrorist organisation.
inews.co.uk/news/law-use...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org