Steve Brooks
stevebrooks.bsky.social
Steve Brooks
@stevebrooks.bsky.social
Sometime silly.
Sometimes angry.
Sometimes sober.
Warning: There will also be The Archers posts.
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Reposted by Steve Brooks
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
We're not a particularly high tax country.
Laffer is full of shit and always has been. His imaginary curve was famously drawn on a napkin during a well lubricate lunch with fellow employees of the elite.
#wato
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
So, is the claim that soldiers on duty should be above the law?
#wato
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Trump's "success" with legal cases against media companies in the US is more about his ability, as President, to disrupt the commercial plans of their parent companies than any legal merit.
Mostly they have just folded in cases they could almost certainly have won in court.
#wato
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Oh Good. Oligarchs' shill, Laffer, spouting his nonsense.
#wato
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Does Philp really think "local people" have a right to say certain people cannot live in their area?
Sounds like a dangerous idea to me.
Also, he's criticising something that was set up by his government.
#wato
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Reposted by Steve Brooks
But that is not enough. No.10 should never have been in a position to install Gibb in the first place. It shouldn't control the board membership, the DG appointment, or the purse strings. What's required is genuine independence for the BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
These people are fucking dangerous and also distinctly un-British.
news.sky.com/story/the-ri...
The rise of Christian nationalism in Britain and its relationship with the far right
A new type of Christianity - more militant, more political - is on the rise. But some in the Church of England claim this is a "corruption" of their faith.
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
It's not just pressure from outside. Robbie Gibb is trying to undermine from within.
#c4news
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
It amazes me how much faith people seem to put in "influencers". If someone is trying to sell you something, they are not a neutral source of info.
#c4news
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
It sounds like the day when George goes postal is drawing close.
#thearchers
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"Is Jakob going to be okay waiting in the car?"
Yes. I've opened a window a crack.
#thearchers
November 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Extra maths homework?
Are we sure she's a Grundy?
#thearchers
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Gin Lilian. Gin is the ultimate solution.
#thearchers
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Amber has clearly never cleaned any part of a house.
#thearchers
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I feel sorry for Phoebe already.
#thearchers
November 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"Kate is determined to get her own way."
Always.
#thearchers
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Reposted by Steve Brooks
We've had over two decades of the right wing press and billionaire backed hard right lobbyists (posing as think tanks) constantly ramming home the message that the BBC is biased to the left often because the corporation chose to report the facts about poverty or immigration or taxes.

#bbcpm
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The BBC is socially on the left. Economically, on the right.
This is why people get confused about its biases.
#bbcpm
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
To be fair to the BBC, Donald Trump did encourage violence. He just didn't do it in precisely the form broadcast.
#bbcpm
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Reposted by Steve Brooks
I haven’t seen any reporting of this on the BBC. And yet, you’d think the Archbishop of York being ordered out of the West Bank would be sufficiently newsworthy

www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
Israeli police order C of E delegation to leave West Bank village after stand-off with armed settlers
Archbishop of York’s pastoral visit to the south Hebron hills was cut short
www.churchtimes.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I don't know about AI. But, my experience is that a Google search for any medical symptom will rapidly lead to a description of a condition which is invariably fatal within 12 months.
#bbcpm
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
As I remember the BBC's coverage of the climate crisis, they spent years both siding it. Putting up that fool Lord Lawson to lie for the denial side and giving him equal standing with genuine experts.
#bbcpm
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM