Roger Batten
@woodfalls.bsky.social
Woodfalls, Wiltshire.
Socialist, Republican, live music. Aged table tennis player. Non-running walking footballer.
Lucky husband and proud Dad.
Ivor Lewis veteran.
Socialist, Republican, live music. Aged table tennis player. Non-running walking footballer.
Lucky husband and proud Dad.
Ivor Lewis veteran.
Government minister coming up with platitudes and catch phrases. Stop waffling around and do your job. #newsnight
November 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Government minister coming up with platitudes and catch phrases. Stop waffling around and do your job. #newsnight
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It was not that long ago that the BBC would be apologising for platforming someone who used the phrase 'Pakistani rape gangs' on #Newsnight. Now it is fine for Reform person Laila Cunningham to go there and use that phrase unchallenged
November 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
It was not that long ago that the BBC would be apologising for platforming someone who used the phrase 'Pakistani rape gangs' on #Newsnight. Now it is fine for Reform person Laila Cunningham to go there and use that phrase unchallenged
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Watching #Newsnight , Laila Cunningham, what a terrible human 😡
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Watching #Newsnight , Laila Cunningham, what a terrible human 😡
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Ranty Reform person just said "Pakistani rape gangs" are the Home Secretary's "political base." Vile. #newsnight
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Ranty Reform person just said "Pakistani rape gangs" are the Home Secretary's "political base." Vile. #newsnight
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#Newsnight platforming and allowing an out and out racist to broadcast her racism as though it’s truth.
Disgusting and disgraceful.
Disgusting and disgraceful.
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
#Newsnight platforming and allowing an out and out racist to broadcast her racism as though it’s truth.
Disgusting and disgraceful.
Disgusting and disgraceful.
There was a time that racists weren't given air time on the telly #newsnight
November 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
There was a time that racists weren't given air time on the telly #newsnight
#newsnight Polanski nailing the racist as a racist.
November 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
#newsnight Polanski nailing the racist as a racist.
After 6 good nights, the Ivor Lewis reflux attacked last night. Was it the red wine or the whisky?
November 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM
After 6 good nights, the Ivor Lewis reflux attacked last night. Was it the red wine or the whisky?
Power cut in SP5! Thank heavens for woodburners
November 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Power cut in SP5! Thank heavens for woodburners
3.5 years after my Ivor Lewis I thought, "I would love to try fish and chips from a chippy"
Big mistake.
Lesson learnt - for now anyway.
Big mistake.
Lesson learnt - for now anyway.
November 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
3.5 years after my Ivor Lewis I thought, "I would love to try fish and chips from a chippy"
Big mistake.
Lesson learnt - for now anyway.
Big mistake.
Lesson learnt - for now anyway.
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Then let's asylum seekers to work you dozy bint #newsnight
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Then let's asylum seekers to work you dozy bint #newsnight
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Getting a brown person to be racist doesn't make the message any less racist #newsnight
November 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Getting a brown person to be racist doesn't make the message any less racist #newsnight
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When Keir Starmer’s strongest defender is Lord Glasman you know he must be in trouble…
Glasman is mad. He wants to leave the ECHR. He’s a self-described “socialist”, yet he’s vocally against “progressives” and “leftists”.
Blue Labour people wish Reform were more economically left-wing.
#Newsnight
Glasman is mad. He wants to leave the ECHR. He’s a self-described “socialist”, yet he’s vocally against “progressives” and “leftists”.
Blue Labour people wish Reform were more economically left-wing.
#Newsnight
November 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
When Keir Starmer’s strongest defender is Lord Glasman you know he must be in trouble…
Glasman is mad. He wants to leave the ECHR. He’s a self-described “socialist”, yet he’s vocally against “progressives” and “leftists”.
Blue Labour people wish Reform were more economically left-wing.
#Newsnight
Glasman is mad. He wants to leave the ECHR. He’s a self-described “socialist”, yet he’s vocally against “progressives” and “leftists”.
Blue Labour people wish Reform were more economically left-wing.
#Newsnight
#newsnight Gardiner sent over the top by Streeting?
November 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
#newsnight Gardiner sent over the top by Streeting?
November 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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BBC leaders resigned for misrepresenting Trump, but not for misrepresenting Corbyn
open.substack.com/pub/councile...
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BBC leaders resigned for misrepresenting Trump, but not for misrepresenting Corbyn
The head of the BBC, Tim Davie, and the head of BBC News, Deborah Turness, have been forced to resign after misrepresenting Donald Trump.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
BBC leaders resigned for misrepresenting Trump, but not for misrepresenting Corbyn
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open.substack.com/pub/councile...
Toby Jones gets everywhere. It's because he's a special talent. Mr Burton is a great watch.
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Toby Jones gets everywhere. It's because he's a special talent. Mr Burton is a great watch.
Whenever the media interview students at school they are always festooned with badges (prefect, librarian, head boy/girl etc).
I wonder why the headteacher chose them?
I wonder why the headteacher chose them?
November 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Whenever the media interview students at school they are always festooned with badges (prefect, librarian, head boy/girl etc).
I wonder why the headteacher chose them?
I wonder why the headteacher chose them?
Does anyone know where Sangeeta Bhabra is? She's not been on itv news meridian for ages.
@itvnews.bsky.social
@itvnews.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Does anyone know where Sangeeta Bhabra is? She's not been on itv news meridian for ages.
@itvnews.bsky.social
@itvnews.bsky.social
#newsnight Mark Edwards - stereotypical maths teacher and I was one!
November 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
#newsnight Mark Edwards - stereotypical maths teacher and I was one!
#newsnight fuck off m8, keep fucking off until you can't fuck off anymore. Then fuck off
November 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
#newsnight fuck off m8, keep fucking off until you can't fuck off anymore. Then fuck off
Slow Horses watched for 2025. Roll on the next series.
October 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Slow Horses watched for 2025. Roll on the next series.
What purpose does this 4 month jail sentence serve? A formal conviction plus some community penalty would surely been enough.
Juror jailed after web search halts Treforest murder trial - BBC News share.google/euxmg1hcQ6je...
Juror jailed after web search halts Treforest murder trial - BBC News share.google/euxmg1hcQ6je...
Juror jailed after web search halts Treforest murder trial
A juror who collapsed a murder trial after doing his own internet research is jailed for four months.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
What purpose does this 4 month jail sentence serve? A formal conviction plus some community penalty would surely been enough.
Juror jailed after web search halts Treforest murder trial - BBC News share.google/euxmg1hcQ6je...
Juror jailed after web search halts Treforest murder trial - BBC News share.google/euxmg1hcQ6je...
Thank you Bob, Paul and Ted. Another beautiful Gone Fishing
October 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Thank you Bob, Paul and Ted. Another beautiful Gone Fishing