Use Of Weapons
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Everybody knows the war is over.
Everybody knows the good guys lost.
Everybody knows the good guys lost.
Paperwork blunder by UK bookmaker reveals possible illegal offshore operation www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Paperwork blunder by UK bookmaker reveals possible illegal offshore operation
Gambling Commission may launch inquiry after finding potentially incriminating evidence hidden in documents, sources say
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Paperwork blunder by UK bookmaker reveals possible illegal offshore operation www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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There’s a good chance the British Prime Minister’s main adviser on AI is an OpenAI shareholder - but the government refuses to say whether she is.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
There’s a good chance the British Prime Minister’s main adviser on AI is an OpenAI shareholder - but the government refuses to say whether she is.
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Just watched Farage talking about Trump and BBC and it makes me so miserable that his career has been so helped by an institution he is committed to destroy - I am bewildered
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Just watched Farage talking about Trump and BBC and it makes me so miserable that his career has been so helped by an institution he is committed to destroy - I am bewildered
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The utter preposterousness of this interview. A media figure talking about BBC bias while describing the president as his "friend". A child could see trough it.
It’s already started - the BBC allows Newsmax boss to opine about bias, suggest some of the Jan 6 mob were merely innocent tourists visiting Congress, without pushback
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The utter preposterousness of this interview. A media figure talking about BBC bias while describing the president as his "friend". A child could see trough it.
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
Needed this for my mental health today. How does anyone not live by the sea?
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Needed this for my mental health today. How does anyone not live by the sea?
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When Donald Trump threatens to sue the BBC ("for $1bn" in true Dr Evil style) now is the time for every other media organisation to stand with the BBC
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
When Donald Trump threatens to sue the BBC ("for $1bn" in true Dr Evil style) now is the time for every other media organisation to stand with the BBC
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if i were part of a dying publishing industry i would simply not discourage people from reading in public
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
if i were part of a dying publishing industry i would simply not discourage people from reading in public
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It would be funny, if it wasn't tragic, reading this from four years ago about the 'independent' expert who wrote the report into purported leftwing bias at the BBC. It's just embarrassingly amateur - but it works because the Government is awol. www.theguardian.com/media/2021/n...
Lobbyist at firm with close ties to Tories will help select Ofcom chair
Appointment of Michael Prescott as interviewer follows move to give Paul Dacre chance to reapply
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It would be funny, if it wasn't tragic, reading this from four years ago about the 'independent' expert who wrote the report into purported leftwing bias at the BBC. It's just embarrassingly amateur - but it works because the Government is awol. www.theguardian.com/media/2021/n...
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There are many subtle and complex arguments one can have about the future of the BBC — but I guarantee you that no other channel or streaming service will be as committed to factual programming, children’s education, history shows, religious discussion, poetry, arts, or state of the nation debate
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
There are many subtle and complex arguments one can have about the future of the BBC — but I guarantee you that no other channel or streaming service will be as committed to factual programming, children’s education, history shows, religious discussion, poetry, arts, or state of the nation debate
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Obviously, it’s been a tough day for the BBC. Big organisations, working under big pressure, will sadly make errors
But I still feel huge pride in hosting a BBC podcast, and having previously spent 11 years making a world-renowned children’s show that no other broadcaster would have made
But I still feel huge pride in hosting a BBC podcast, and having previously spent 11 years making a world-renowned children’s show that no other broadcaster would have made
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Obviously, it’s been a tough day for the BBC. Big organisations, working under big pressure, will sadly make errors
But I still feel huge pride in hosting a BBC podcast, and having previously spent 11 years making a world-renowned children’s show that no other broadcaster would have made
But I still feel huge pride in hosting a BBC podcast, and having previously spent 11 years making a world-renowned children’s show that no other broadcaster would have made
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NEW | if the BBC *is* biased, it’s not against the right…
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/arsonists-...
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/arsonists-...
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
The resignation of Tim Davie as BBC Director-General is the next stage in the corporation's collapse into cowardice.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
NEW | if the BBC *is* biased, it’s not against the right…
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/arsonists-...
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/arsonists-...
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The fundamental point about the Trump/BBC scandal is: Did Trump incite an insurrection?
1. If he did, the BBC edit was justified.
2. If he didn't, the BBC edit was not justified.
3. The Trump regime says he didn't.
4. Facts and an indictment trial say he did.
5. Let's decide that in a British court.
1. If he did, the BBC edit was justified.
2. If he didn't, the BBC edit was not justified.
3. The Trump regime says he didn't.
4. Facts and an indictment trial say he did.
5. Let's decide that in a British court.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The fundamental point about the Trump/BBC scandal is: Did Trump incite an insurrection?
1. If he did, the BBC edit was justified.
2. If he didn't, the BBC edit was not justified.
3. The Trump regime says he didn't.
4. Facts and an indictment trial say he did.
5. Let's decide that in a British court.
1. If he did, the BBC edit was justified.
2. If he didn't, the BBC edit was not justified.
3. The Trump regime says he didn't.
4. Facts and an indictment trial say he did.
5. Let's decide that in a British court.
I bitch about BBC News night and day, and will continue to do so, but Trump can fuck off with his extortion attempt and take his little Bollock-Goblin, Farage with him
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I bitch about BBC News night and day, and will continue to do so, but Trump can fuck off with his extortion attempt and take his little Bollock-Goblin, Farage with him
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Not the same Michael Prescott who was a spokesman for a friend of Putin, I presume. www.theguardian.com/world/2009/j...
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Not the same Michael Prescott who was a spokesman for a friend of Putin, I presume. www.theguardian.com/world/2009/j...
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Michael Prescott's report makes vital points about the importance of being accurate, and also how difficult that is. For instance, he describes himself as having been Political Editor of the Sunday Times for 10 years, which is not what the Guardian reported when he left the job.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Michael Prescott's report makes vital points about the importance of being accurate, and also how difficult that is. For instance, he describes himself as having been Political Editor of the Sunday Times for 10 years, which is not what the Guardian reported when he left the job.
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Take a look round social media and you’ll see the Trump fans think it was about the Donald; the terves think it was about gender and Israel partisans think they’ve shattered Hamas. And they’re all correct in a way, because it’s another win for the global fascist movement that they’re all part of.
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Take a look round social media and you’ll see the Trump fans think it was about the Donald; the terves think it was about gender and Israel partisans think they’ve shattered Hamas. And they’re all correct in a way, because it’s another win for the global fascist movement that they’re all part of.
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the only things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the 'Right-Wing Coup' Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the only things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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Eight Palestinians killed daily in Gaza since ceasefire: rights group
"Israeli army continues to violate ceasefire daily through aerial, artillery bombardment, gunfire, ongoing destruction of homes, buildings," says the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor.
"Israeli army continues to violate ceasefire daily through aerial, artillery bombardment, gunfire, ongoing destruction of homes, buildings," says the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor.
TRT World - Eight Palestinians killed daily in Gaza since ceasefire: rights group
"Israeli army continues to violate ceasefire daily through aerial, artillery bombardment, gunfire, ongoing destruction of homes, buildings," says the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor.
www.trtworld.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Eight Palestinians killed daily in Gaza since ceasefire: rights group
"Israeli army continues to violate ceasefire daily through aerial, artillery bombardment, gunfire, ongoing destruction of homes, buildings," says the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor.
"Israeli army continues to violate ceasefire daily through aerial, artillery bombardment, gunfire, ongoing destruction of homes, buildings," says the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor.
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“Do you always scream when a bus passes you?”
Bus driver banned for terrifying close pass, after defence team blames cyclist for riding in “middle of the lane” and not moving to “allow driver to pass”
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Bus driver banned for terrifying close pass, after defence team blames cyclist for riding in “middle of the lane” and not moving to “allow driver to pass”
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Near Miss of the Day 940: “Do you always scream when a bus passes you?” Bus driver banned for terrifying close pass, after defence team blames cyclist for riding in “middle of the lane” and not moving...
Fining the driver £1,350 and banning him from the roads for 56 days, the judge branded the bus driver “ignorant of Highway Code” and warned that he was inches away from “facing a charge of death by ca...
road.cc
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“Do you always scream when a bus passes you?”
Bus driver banned for terrifying close pass, after defence team blames cyclist for riding in “middle of the lane” and not moving to “allow driver to pass”
road.cc/content/news...
Bus driver banned for terrifying close pass, after defence team blames cyclist for riding in “middle of the lane” and not moving to “allow driver to pass”
road.cc/content/news...
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Incidentally, I don't think I notice a black person at that event, other than Aurora. And this is the second time recently she gets booed at one of their pressers.
Mhari Aurora asks a pretty fair question, is booed by the crowd and told off by Dear Leader. Then Noa Hoffman, lobs a dogwhistle soft ball about making "our high streets beautiful again", not "covered in illegal migrant vape shops," to great applause.
Genuinely ugly moment. ~AA
Genuinely ugly moment. ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Incidentally, I don't think I notice a black person at that event, other than Aurora. And this is the second time recently she gets booed at one of their pressers.
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You’re going to have to start calling them fascists lads, it’s what they are and they aren’t even embarrassed about it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
You’re going to have to start calling them fascists lads, it’s what they are and they aren’t even embarrassed about it.
