Roibeárd Meillear
@beaniebob.bsky.social
Accidental Anarchist. Retired journalist and NUJ Life member but still a union activist. Garage artist just for the joy of it. Stout drinker again just for the joy of it. Ex-rugby union player. For my sins in a past/current life still a ManU fan.
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Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
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I’m not sure that people realise how much of the UK’s broadcast output is controlled by Trump acolytes.
It’s an unhealthy situation and makes supporting the BBC, which is a news source respected worldwide, essential.
It’s an unhealthy situation and makes supporting the BBC, which is a news source respected worldwide, essential.
November 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I’m not sure that people realise how much of the UK’s broadcast output is controlled by Trump acolytes.
It’s an unhealthy situation and makes supporting the BBC, which is a news source respected worldwide, essential.
It’s an unhealthy situation and makes supporting the BBC, which is a news source respected worldwide, essential.
US-Style Culture Wars Have Come to Britain but Who Is Starting Them? – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
US-Style Culture Wars Have Come to Britain but Who Is Starting Them?
A new study raises stark questions about the link between extreme rhetoric in the media and politics and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues Professor Bo...
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
US-Style Culture Wars Have Come to Britain but Who Is Starting Them? – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
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Everything on our news agenda is being driven by a corrupted disinformation machine, run by a billionaire who sponsors Tommy Robinson and who keeps trying to foment civil war in the UK.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Everything on our news agenda is being driven by a corrupted disinformation machine, run by a billionaire who sponsors Tommy Robinson and who keeps trying to foment civil war in the UK.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
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Having considered this further, don’t pay him, let Trump sue for defamation.
It would be in a British court, good luck to him trying to prove that someone with 34 felony convictions can have their reputation damaged.
This is all about Trump trying to bring down the BBC, we can’t let that happen.
It would be in a British court, good luck to him trying to prove that someone with 34 felony convictions can have their reputation damaged.
This is all about Trump trying to bring down the BBC, we can’t let that happen.
The extortionist will never be satisfied.
Cave once and he’ll chew you up for ever.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Cave once and he’ll chew you up for ever.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
BBC chair apologises for 'error of judgement' over Trump speech edit in documentary
Donald Trump has sent a letter threatening legal action, which the BBC will respond to
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Having considered this further, don’t pay him, let Trump sue for defamation.
It would be in a British court, good luck to him trying to prove that someone with 34 felony convictions can have their reputation damaged.
This is all about Trump trying to bring down the BBC, we can’t let that happen.
It would be in a British court, good luck to him trying to prove that someone with 34 felony convictions can have their reputation damaged.
This is all about Trump trying to bring down the BBC, we can’t let that happen.
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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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Irish Independent: “Long-Covid is still here. I can’t walk, cook, work, socialise or live independently – and I am not alone”
“When Lydia Fischer Dooley got Covid..she didn’t expect to be still dealing with the fallout 3 years later - wants to raise awareness..”
www.independent.ie/life/health-...
“When Lydia Fischer Dooley got Covid..she didn’t expect to be still dealing with the fallout 3 years later - wants to raise awareness..”
www.independent.ie/life/health-...
Long-Covid is still here. I can’t walk, cook, work, socialise or live independently – and I am not alone
The country, and the rest of the world, was in the grip of a global pandemic, so when Lydia Fischer Dooley, developed a dry cough, fatigue, weakness and lack of appetite at the start of 2022, she righ...
www.independent.ie
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Irish Independent: “Long-Covid is still here. I can’t walk, cook, work, socialise or live independently – and I am not alone”
“When Lydia Fischer Dooley got Covid..she didn’t expect to be still dealing with the fallout 3 years later - wants to raise awareness..”
www.independent.ie/life/health-...
“When Lydia Fischer Dooley got Covid..she didn’t expect to be still dealing with the fallout 3 years later - wants to raise awareness..”
www.independent.ie/life/health-...
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Stephen really does have the best take on this. It’s not clear that the BBC Board or indeed the rest of the News team really understood the message of the previous reviews, which were about getting detail right. Instead they wanted to know what was ‘biased’ or not like they were blotting out stains.
The impossible dream some people on the British right are chasing is that you can have a BBC News operation that retreats from detail and expertise, that takes dictation from the government, but this will only create incompetence and failure when it suits you:
To fix the BBC, focus on competence and cash
Corporation fails to learn from criticism, while politicians have consciously reduced its scope for quality journalism
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Stephen really does have the best take on this. It’s not clear that the BBC Board or indeed the rest of the News team really understood the message of the previous reviews, which were about getting detail right. Instead they wanted to know what was ‘biased’ or not like they were blotting out stains.
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Note that still in post at the BBC is Robbie Gibb, who helped set up GB News, and John McAndrew, formerly director of news and programmes at GB News.
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Note that still in post at the BBC is Robbie Gibb, who helped set up GB News, and John McAndrew, formerly director of news and programmes at GB News.
GB News is full of right wing propagandists… give it a miss and save yourself from having to wobble your brain back into shape.
November 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
GB News is full of right wing propagandists… give it a miss and save yourself from having to wobble your brain back into shape.
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If they only knew how to zoom in, they might just be able to make out the red poppy too....
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
If they only knew how to zoom in, they might just be able to make out the red poppy too....
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Hi Bluesky,
God just needs 17k followers to hit 600k. And then 66k more after that to hit 666k. That will be funny.
Thanks,
God
God just needs 17k followers to hit 600k. And then 66k more after that to hit 666k. That will be funny.
Thanks,
God
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Hi Bluesky,
God just needs 17k followers to hit 600k. And then 66k more after that to hit 666k. That will be funny.
Thanks,
God
God just needs 17k followers to hit 600k. And then 66k more after that to hit 666k. That will be funny.
Thanks,
God
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Maximum monthly State Pension.
Luxembourg £5,426
Norway £1,839
Switzerland £1,657
Denmark £1,486
Sweden £1,373
Belgium £1,338
Netherlands £1,322
France £1,254
Spain £1,238
UK £997
Guess which is unaffordable?
Luxembourg £5,426
Norway £1,839
Switzerland £1,657
Denmark £1,486
Sweden £1,373
Belgium £1,338
Netherlands £1,322
France £1,254
Spain £1,238
UK £997
Guess which is unaffordable?
November 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Maximum monthly State Pension.
Luxembourg £5,426
Norway £1,839
Switzerland £1,657
Denmark £1,486
Sweden £1,373
Belgium £1,338
Netherlands £1,322
France £1,254
Spain £1,238
UK £997
Guess which is unaffordable?
Luxembourg £5,426
Norway £1,839
Switzerland £1,657
Denmark £1,486
Sweden £1,373
Belgium £1,338
Netherlands £1,322
France £1,254
Spain £1,238
UK £997
Guess which is unaffordable?
NUJ submits evidence on the safety and surveillance of journalists in Northern Ireland
The NUJ has responded to the Northern Ireland Select Committee’s call for evidence on policing and security in Northern Ireland.
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
The NUJ has responded to the Northern Ireland Select Committee’s call for evidence on policing and security in Northern Ireland.
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
NUJ submits evidence on the safety and surveillance of journalists in Northern Ireland
The NUJ has responded to the Northern Ireland Select Committee’s call for evidence on policing and security in Northern Ireland.
www.nuj.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
NUJ submits evidence on the safety and surveillance of journalists in Northern Ireland
The NUJ has responded to the Northern Ireland Select Committee’s call for evidence on policing and security in Northern Ireland.
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
The NUJ has responded to the Northern Ireland Select Committee’s call for evidence on policing and security in Northern Ireland.
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
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When I first brought this up about 7 years ago in the wake of Brexit - an elderly gentleman rang into the local radio station I was appearing on and said that "while he respected my opinion" I should be shot.
That was it for me. After a lifetime of poppy wearing, I stopped.
That was it for me. After a lifetime of poppy wearing, I stopped.
Flags don’t mean what they used to just months ago. I’ve written about how I think the same is happening to the poppy.
One thing I noticed today on that topic: so many people are wearing poppies that look nothing like the various ones the Royal British Legion sells…
One thing I noticed today on that topic: so many people are wearing poppies that look nothing like the various ones the Royal British Legion sells…
First the flag. Now the poppy
A sombre display of remembrance is being weaponised and policed by nationalists
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
When I first brought this up about 7 years ago in the wake of Brexit - an elderly gentleman rang into the local radio station I was appearing on and said that "while he respected my opinion" I should be shot.
That was it for me. After a lifetime of poppy wearing, I stopped.
That was it for me. After a lifetime of poppy wearing, I stopped.
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If any trade union wants to replicate this, I’ll help them
In Italy labor unions helped start a network of left-leaning news/music radio stations that have become some of the staples of public information in much of the country. They now run on a donation / ads model, but initial investment was from labor. I think about this often.
The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact
November 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
If any trade union wants to replicate this, I’ll help them
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Don’t they jack off over starving the poor?
November 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Don’t they jack off over starving the poor?
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Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
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A criminal court in Brussels on Wednesday convicted two Polish nationals – including a current European Parliament assistant – of misusing EU funds tied to political entities associated with Brexit-backer Nigel Farage.
https://bit.ly/4oSrA0R
https://bit.ly/4oSrA0R
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group | Euractiv
Verdict ends decade-long probe into alleged misuse of EU funds by associates of top Brexit campaigner
www.euractiv.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A criminal court in Brussels on Wednesday convicted two Polish nationals – including a current European Parliament assistant – of misusing EU funds tied to political entities associated with Brexit-backer Nigel Farage.
https://bit.ly/4oSrA0R
https://bit.ly/4oSrA0R
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Lowe doesn't need the money but the 'thrill' of engagment can be just as corrupting as the love of cash & if engagement/cash increase according to the extremity of the opinions expressed then you need integrity to resist the temptation to become ever more offensive. This is what Musk has engineered.
Human trafficking.
Rupert Lowe makes more money from using Elon Musk’s website than any other MP.
There is money to be made from mass deportations and talking about mass deportations.
Rupert Lowe makes more money from using Elon Musk’s website than any other MP.
There is money to be made from mass deportations and talking about mass deportations.
November 7, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Lowe doesn't need the money but the 'thrill' of engagment can be just as corrupting as the love of cash & if engagement/cash increase according to the extremity of the opinions expressed then you need integrity to resist the temptation to become ever more offensive. This is what Musk has engineered.
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Does Nationalism Help or Hurt Us? youtu.be/1BoQijWkuLA?...
Does Nationalism Help or Hurt Us?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Does Nationalism Help or Hurt Us? youtu.be/1BoQijWkuLA?...
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