Antony Carpen
@acarpen.bsky.social
Ex-Whitehall type still with views on public policy, but now local historian in Cambridge (UK) blogging at https://lostcambridge.com/ - also writing about the future of the city on The Cambridge Town Owl.
Was that before or after the BBC launched a paid subscription service? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... (which also shines a light on the US response now that the BBC is a financial competitor to US news networks)
BBC website in US launches paid subscription service - BBC News
US-based users will have to pay $49.99 (£36) a year for access to most BBC News content.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Was that before or after the BBC launched a paid subscription service? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... (which also shines a light on the US response now that the BBC is a financial competitor to US news networks)
Campaigning work still ongoing by the looks of it www.transporteast.gov.uk/east-unites-...
www.transporteast.gov.uk
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Campaigning work still ongoing by the looks of it www.transporteast.gov.uk/east-unites-...
Noting also the additional commercial competition www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC website in US launches paid subscription service - BBC News
US-based users will have to pay $49.99 (£36) a year for access to most BBC News content.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Noting also the additional commercial competition www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Antony Carpen
4/ Robbie Gibb was heard last year to say that if he didn’t get his way with the BBC, he would “blow the place up”.
Someone has certainly blown the place up very effectively.
observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
Someone has certainly blown the place up very effectively.
observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
4/ Robbie Gibb was heard last year to say that if he didn’t get his way with the BBC, he would “blow the place up”.
Someone has certainly blown the place up very effectively.
observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
Someone has certainly blown the place up very effectively.
observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
Reposted by Antony Carpen
It does rather seem that the only surviving people are the Board members who have all presided over the errors or issues they are so keen to castigate others/the institution for.
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
It does rather seem that the only surviving people are the Board members who have all presided over the errors or issues they are so keen to castigate others/the institution for.
More at www.gov.uk/government/n... “Clean up [local] politics”
Tough new powers to clean up local politics
Sweeping reforms will strengthen standards and rebuild confidence in local government.
www.gov.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
More at www.gov.uk/government/n... “Clean up [local] politics”