Alice Woolley
@alicewoolley.bsky.social
Journalist. Ex-editor of Education Guardian. Also ex-Indie. Feminist. European. Labrador lover. Beetroot hater. Born in Chipping Norton. Surrey, Oxon, Arizona.
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1/5 In May 2021, Boris Johnson appointed Robbie Gibb to the BBC board and the Common Sense Group of hard right Tory MPs published its manifesto calling for the break up of the broadcaster as part of a ‘complete reconfiguration’ of society. www.spectator.co.uk/article/tori...
Tories unveil anti-woke manifesto
The Queen’s Speech yesterday may have seen the government’s fairly dry vision for modern Britain but a group of Conservative backbench MPs and peers have now banded together to propose their own alter...
www.spectator.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
1/5 In May 2021, Boris Johnson appointed Robbie Gibb to the BBC board and the Common Sense Group of hard right Tory MPs published its manifesto calling for the break up of the broadcaster as part of a ‘complete reconfiguration’ of society. www.spectator.co.uk/article/tori...
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It’s one hundred and six miles to Chicago, he has half a tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark, and he’s wearing sunglasses.
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 8:12 AM
It’s one hundred and six miles to Chicago, he has half a tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark, and he’s wearing sunglasses.
Give Pope Leo the Nobel peace prize
Breaking News: America’s Roman Catholic bishops issued a rare statement rebuking the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation campaign.
Catholic Bishops Rebuke Trump’s Immigration Tactics in Rare Statement
“We feel compelled now in this environment to raise our voices in defense of God-given human dignity,” they said in the statement.
nyti.ms
November 13, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Give Pope Leo the Nobel peace prize
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Breaking News: America’s Roman Catholic bishops issued a rare statement rebuking the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation campaign.
Catholic Bishops Rebuke Trump’s Immigration Tactics in Rare Statement
“We feel compelled now in this environment to raise our voices in defense of God-given human dignity,” they said in the statement.
nyti.ms
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Breaking News: America’s Roman Catholic bishops issued a rare statement rebuking the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation campaign.
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Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:
wapo.st/448fDw6
wapo.st/448fDw6
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:
wapo.st/448fDw6
wapo.st/448fDw6
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The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
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just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
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November 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Rep Don Bacon tells MSNBC he will vote yes on fully releasing the Epstein files alongside colleagues Thomas Massie, Nancy Mace, Lauren Boebert, and Marjorie Taylor Greene.
November 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Rep Don Bacon tells MSNBC he will vote yes on fully releasing the Epstein files alongside colleagues Thomas Massie, Nancy Mace, Lauren Boebert, and Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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Rep Adelita Grijalva has signed the petition to force a House vote on releasing the Epstein Files. It now has the required 218 signatures.
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Rep Adelita Grijalva has signed the petition to force a House vote on releasing the Epstein Files. It now has the required 218 signatures.
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Things gradually slotting into place.
Jeffrey Epstein claims he gave Russians insight into Trump
Jeffrey Epstein claims he gave Russians insight into Trump
Newly released emails show the late convicted sex offender’s extensive network of foreign contacts, whom he corresponded with about Trump’s policy decisions.
dlvr.it
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Things gradually slotting into place.
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Reform in Kent are “a threat to public safety”, the Fire Brigades Union said.
Reform haven’t signed off on fire brigade budgets, “failed to govern and lead the fire service” and haven’t even met with the fire service which is one of their responsibilities.
Reform haven’t signed off on fire brigade budgets, “failed to govern and lead the fire service” and haven’t even met with the fire service which is one of their responsibilities.
Reform leader branded “captain chaos” as Kent fire authority in disarray
The Fire Brigades Union has slammed the record of Reform’s ‘flagship council’ as it emerged that Kent and Medway Fire Authority was in disarray following the removal of five councillors, including its...
www.fbu.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Reform in Kent are “a threat to public safety”, the Fire Brigades Union said.
Reform haven’t signed off on fire brigade budgets, “failed to govern and lead the fire service” and haven’t even met with the fire service which is one of their responsibilities.
Reform haven’t signed off on fire brigade budgets, “failed to govern and lead the fire service” and haven’t even met with the fire service which is one of their responsibilities.
I’ve been out all day, have Target Karen and friend been located?
Police have named the couple they’re looking for in connection to a racist incident on the tube and they’re wealthy Trump supporters and founders of an “anti-woke” PR firm.
Trump supporter and financier named as couple in Bond Street Tube ‘assault and racist abuse’ police appeal — The Standard
Philip Ostermann and Melissa Rein Lively have been named as the subjects of the British Transport Police appeal
apple.news
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I’ve been out all day, have Target Karen and friend been located?
Was the song right? Did he only have one ball?
The Nazi dictator had Kallmann syndrome, which hinders normal puberty and the development of sexual organs, according to groundbreaking research
Hitler had hidden genetic sexual disorder, DNA analysis reveals
www.thetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Was the song right? Did he only have one ball?
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Trump’s gold bling in the WH reminded me of a clip I posted 5 years ago of Charlie Sheen in the UK telling a story of the time Trump gave him a wedding gift.
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Trump’s gold bling in the WH reminded me of a clip I posted 5 years ago of Charlie Sheen in the UK telling a story of the time Trump gave him a wedding gift.
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The largest organisation overseeing schools, by pupil numbers, in this LA area is still the LA itself. But the LA director of children and young people’s services was paid less than the CEOs of nine MATs operating there.
November 12, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The largest organisation overseeing schools, by pupil numbers, in this LA area is still the LA itself. But the LA director of children and young people’s services was paid less than the CEOs of nine MATs operating there.
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And in Lancashire
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
And in Lancashire
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
If this means less of the Rancid Herring on BBC, hell yeah
Nothing to do with the Trump row all to do with Reform being a shit Show of bigoted Chaos
November 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
If this means less of the Rancid Herring on BBC, hell yeah
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This really is worth reading.
How the author of the leaked memo, Michael Prescott, working for Hanover that earns $$$ lobbying for American tech, was ushered into oversight of OfCom selection by Johnson and into a key position of power on the BBC by Robbie Gibbs.
How the author of the leaked memo, Michael Prescott, working for Hanover that earns $$$ lobbying for American tech, was ushered into oversight of OfCom selection by Johnson and into a key position of power on the BBC by Robbie Gibbs.
🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
'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 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This really is worth reading.
How the author of the leaked memo, Michael Prescott, working for Hanover that earns $$$ lobbying for American tech, was ushered into oversight of OfCom selection by Johnson and into a key position of power on the BBC by Robbie Gibbs.
How the author of the leaked memo, Michael Prescott, working for Hanover that earns $$$ lobbying for American tech, was ushered into oversight of OfCom selection by Johnson and into a key position of power on the BBC by Robbie Gibbs.
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In case you missed it: *of course* the guy who wrote the BBC memo was a paid lobbyist.
🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
'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 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
In case you missed it: *of course* the guy who wrote the BBC memo was a paid lobbyist.
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My post yesterday on the $Ibn Trump legal threat against the BBC has been picked up by newspapers around the world. It would appear few had gone through the letter and spotted that, well, it contained no evidence in support of its claims of damage.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
My post yesterday on the $Ibn Trump legal threat against the BBC has been picked up by newspapers around the world. It would appear few had gone through the letter and spotted that, well, it contained no evidence in support of its claims of damage.
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Buried news of the day IMO
"Government vows to phase out animal tests as alternative methods come on stream with new strategy welcomed as ‘ambitious’ and ‘timely’ by animal welfare & life sciences organisations."
Plus new £75 million funding to bring forward new testing methods for health products
"Government vows to phase out animal tests as alternative methods come on stream with new strategy welcomed as ‘ambitious’ and ‘timely’ by animal welfare & life sciences organisations."
Plus new £75 million funding to bring forward new testing methods for health products
Animal testing to be phased out faster as UK unveils roadmap for alternative methods
New plan backs researchers to seize on new and developing opportunities to phase out animal tests with specific commitments for the coming years.
www.gov.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Buried news of the day IMO
"Government vows to phase out animal tests as alternative methods come on stream with new strategy welcomed as ‘ambitious’ and ‘timely’ by animal welfare & life sciences organisations."
Plus new £75 million funding to bring forward new testing methods for health products
"Government vows to phase out animal tests as alternative methods come on stream with new strategy welcomed as ‘ambitious’ and ‘timely’ by animal welfare & life sciences organisations."
Plus new £75 million funding to bring forward new testing methods for health products
Ordinary People, wow ♥️. I sobbed for half an hour after that movie 😭
Pope Leo has shared his four favorite movies of all time, as the Vatican prepares to host dozens of actors and directors in a “World of Cinema” gathering on Saturday at his official residence. See which films made the pope's list. nyti.ms/4p3exK9
Pope Leo Shares His Favorite Movies Ahead of Vatican Event
The list leans heavily on uplifting classics.
nyti.ms
November 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Ordinary People, wow ♥️. I sobbed for half an hour after that movie 😭
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Ladies and gentlemen, Sir Robbie Gibb, the BBC Board Member with the impartiality remit
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, Sir Robbie Gibb, the BBC Board Member with the impartiality remit