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GUEST ~AA @SturdyAlex.bsky.social
Change Minds → Change Politics
CEO @pimlicat.bsky.social
GUEST ~AA @SturdyAlex.bsky.social
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
“His wife has shared the wonderful news that Sam woke up briefly yesterday, and she was able to speak with him for a short time. This is a truly positive step forward, though there is still a long journey ahead in his recovery.”
Excellent news. ~AA
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Excellent news. ~AA
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
‘Hero’ crew member injured in train mass stabbing regains consciousness
Samir Zitouni was wounded as he protected passengers during attack on an LNER train travelling from Doncaster to London
www.independent.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“His wife has shared the wonderful news that Sam woke up briefly yesterday, and she was able to speak with him for a short time. This is a truly positive step forward, though there is still a long journey ahead in his recovery.”
Excellent news. ~AA
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Excellent news. ~AA
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
"The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a long-shot attempt to overturn the landmark 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide."
Somne good news, amid the chaos. ~AA
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Somne good news, amid the chaos. ~AA
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court rejects long-shot effort to overturn same-sex marriage ruling
The court turned away an appeal filed by Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky who was sued after refusing to issue a marriage license to a gay couple.
www.nbcnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a long-shot attempt to overturn the landmark 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide."
Somne good news, amid the chaos. ~AA
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Somne good news, amid the chaos. ~AA
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Big pivot - and in the right direction. ~AA
NEW: Rachel Reeves signals she intends to remove the two-child cap *in full*
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Big pivot - and in the right direction. ~AA
🎯 Davey is spot on. "We can have criticism of the BBC, but within that, we need to recognise how valuable an institution it is [and how] precious to our country. And that's one of the reasons why people like President Trump and Nigel Farage, want to undermine the BBC." 👏🏽~AA
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🎯 Davey is spot on. "We can have criticism of the BBC, but within that, we need to recognise how valuable an institution it is [and how] precious to our country. And that's one of the reasons why people like President Trump and Nigel Farage, want to undermine the BBC." 👏🏽~AA
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 1:27 PM
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
Farage accuses the BBC of bias on Europe, immigration, the environment, Gaza, and Trump - to a hall of toadies roaring their approval.
And in the blink of an eye, turns to his actual employer "a much perkier GB News," then remembers "although I have to declare an interest." ~AA
And in the blink of an eye, turns to his actual employer "a much perkier GB News," then remembers "although I have to declare an interest." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Farage accuses the BBC of bias on Europe, immigration, the environment, Gaza, and Trump - to a hall of toadies roaring their approval.
And in the blink of an eye, turns to his actual employer "a much perkier GB News," then remembers "although I have to declare an interest." ~AA
And in the blink of an eye, turns to his actual employer "a much perkier GB News," then remembers "although I have to declare an interest." ~AA
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Last night, Dick Tice launched Students4Reform (See what they did there, the scamps? They replaced "for" WITH THE NUMBER).
It will be led by Matt Goodwin, a man in his mid-forties, and it looked exactly like you imagine. ~AA
It will be led by Matt Goodwin, a man in his mid-forties, and it looked exactly like you imagine. ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Last night, Dick Tice launched Students4Reform (See what they did there, the scamps? They replaced "for" WITH THE NUMBER).
It will be led by Matt Goodwin, a man in his mid-forties, and it looked exactly like you imagine. ~AA
It will be led by Matt Goodwin, a man in his mid-forties, and it looked exactly like you imagine. ~AA
Sky News just had Kelvin Mackenzie on, former editor of The Sun, one of the people at the centre of probably the most disgraceful front page in newspaper history, complaining about BBC journalists not being objective and 'fake news'. Astonishing. ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Sky News just had Kelvin Mackenzie on, former editor of The Sun, one of the people at the centre of probably the most disgraceful front page in newspaper history, complaining about BBC journalists not being objective and 'fake news'. Astonishing. ~AA
wHy tHe eCoNoMy dOiNg bEttEr iS teRRibLe fOr LaBoUr <commence eye-roll sequence> ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
wHy tHe eCoNoMy dOiNg bEttEr iS teRRibLe fOr LaBoUr <commence eye-roll sequence> ~AA
"What do I want from COP30? I want leaders who will look their children in the eye and say: We chose courage. We stopped subsidising destruction. We stood with the global majority who did not cause this crisis," writes @zackpolanski.bsky.social.
Read here: https://bit.ly/47ATlWg
Read here: https://bit.ly/47ATlWg
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"What do I want from COP30? I want leaders who will look their children in the eye and say: We chose courage. We stopped subsidising destruction. We stood with the global majority who did not cause this crisis," writes @zackpolanski.bsky.social.
Read here: https://bit.ly/47ATlWg
Read here: https://bit.ly/47ATlWg
Not forgetting that gagging clauses were written into contracts for charities working with the prison service preventing them from criticising any problems. ~AA
www.irishlegal.com/articles/doz...
www.irishlegal.com/articles/doz...
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Not forgetting that gagging clauses were written into contracts for charities working with the prison service preventing them from criticising any problems. ~AA
www.irishlegal.com/articles/doz...
www.irishlegal.com/articles/doz...
Meanwhile, in Reform's Lancashire CC, the councillor in charge of care homes, owns a private care home, and is closing council care homes. 👀
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
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 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Meanwhile, in Reform's Lancashire CC, the councillor in charge of care homes, owns a private care home, and is closing council care homes. 👀
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform says Kent CC is their "shop window", where the country can see what a Farage gov't would be like.
Well... chaos, suspensions, defections, paralysis, zero "DOGE" savings, tax rises, and a leader making mad-dictator speeches, sounds about right. ~AA
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Well... chaos, suspensions, defections, paralysis, zero "DOGE" savings, tax rises, and a leader making mad-dictator speeches, sounds about right. ~AA
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK suspends another member of Kent county council
Isabella Kemp’s departure means party has lost nine of 57 councillors elected in May, including four after video leak
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Reform says Kent CC is their "shop window", where the country can see what a Farage gov't would be like.
Well... chaos, suspensions, defections, paralysis, zero "DOGE" savings, tax rises, and a leader making mad-dictator speeches, sounds about right. ~AA
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Well... chaos, suspensions, defections, paralysis, zero "DOGE" savings, tax rises, and a leader making mad-dictator speeches, sounds about right. ~AA
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Zack Polanski’s substack for @bestforbritain.org is worth your time.
👏 @zackpolanski.bsky.social
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👏 @zackpolanski.bsky.social
substack.com/@pimlicat81/...
Naomi (@pimlicat81)
Well said Zack Polanski
substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Zack Polanski’s substack for @bestforbritain.org is worth your time.
👏 @zackpolanski.bsky.social
substack.com/@pimlicat81/...
👏 @zackpolanski.bsky.social
substack.com/@pimlicat81/...
Good morning, brave BfBers. @sturdyalex.bsky.social here, with your weekly news roundup.
Stay tuned for breaking stories, analysis, opinion, and video - on topics a little more diverse than whatever *one* thing the Westminster flock have decided should be the focus today. ~AA
Stay tuned for breaking stories, analysis, opinion, and video - on topics a little more diverse than whatever *one* thing the Westminster flock have decided should be the focus today. ~AA
a man is making a funny face and saying this is different .
ALT: a man is making a funny face and saying this is different .
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Good morning, brave BfBers. @sturdyalex.bsky.social here, with your weekly news roundup.
Stay tuned for breaking stories, analysis, opinion, and video - on topics a little more diverse than whatever *one* thing the Westminster flock have decided should be the focus today. ~AA
Stay tuned for breaking stories, analysis, opinion, and video - on topics a little more diverse than whatever *one* thing the Westminster flock have decided should be the focus today. ~AA
🇺🇸 "As Mr Trump’s popularity sinks amid ongoing cost-of-living concerns and high inflation, the hollowness of Maga pledges to improve blue-collar living standards is a major zone of vulnerability."
https://bit.ly/498hV1U
https://bit.ly/498hV1U
The Guardian view on Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York: the Democrats can build on an uplifting night | Editorial
Editorial: A historic campaign that focused on the theme of affordability can offer wider lessons to a re-energised opposition
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM
🇺🇸 "As Mr Trump’s popularity sinks amid ongoing cost-of-living concerns and high inflation, the hollowness of Maga pledges to improve blue-collar living standards is a major zone of vulnerability."
https://bit.ly/498hV1U
https://bit.ly/498hV1U
ICYMI: Selling off care homes? Is that really putting Britain first?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/05/lancashires-reform-run-council-plans-to-close-care-homes-to-save-4m-a-year
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/05/lancashires-reform-run-council-plans-to-close-care-homes-to-save-4m-a-year
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 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
ICYMI: Selling off care homes? Is that really putting Britain first?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/05/lancashires-reform-run-council-plans-to-close-care-homes-to-save-4m-a-year
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/05/lancashires-reform-run-council-plans-to-close-care-homes-to-save-4m-a-year
Simply laughable.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/06/reform-uk-suspends-another-member-kent-county-council-isabella-kemp
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/06/reform-uk-suspends-another-member-kent-county-council-isabella-kemp
Reform UK suspends another member of Kent county council
Isabella Kemp’s departure means party has lost nine of 57 councillors elected in May, including four after video leak
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
💸 Farage, who is Britain’s highest-paid MP because of his lucrative media side-hustles, normally charges £3,800 to promote a business on Cameo, the celebrity video message app.
https://hopenothate.org.uk/2025/11/05/reform-watch-14/
https://hopenothate.org.uk/2025/11/05/reform-watch-14/
Nigel Farage’s billionaire buddy
Perhaps you can help us answer a question we’ve been mulling over today. The bosses of Reform UK seem to be fascinated by a pothole-fixing machine called the Pothole Pro. They keep talking about it. N...
hopenothate.org.uk
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
💸 Farage, who is Britain’s highest-paid MP because of his lucrative media side-hustles, normally charges £3,800 to promote a business on Cameo, the celebrity video message app.
https://hopenothate.org.uk/2025/11/05/reform-watch-14/
https://hopenothate.org.uk/2025/11/05/reform-watch-14/
The Education Minister has said that the OBR will show “the damage of the chaotic Brexit we saw, the damage of years and years of austerity was even more serious than we anticipated”.
Opportunities down and prices up - it is the Cost of Brexit.
https://bit.ly/43Oh9mY
Opportunities down and prices up - it is the Cost of Brexit.
https://bit.ly/43Oh9mY
Brexit and austerity still causing ‘major problems’ for economy – Phillipson
The chaos of Brexit and years of austerity are to blame for the tax rises Rachel Reeves is expected to announce at the Budget, a Cabinet minister said. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson insisted ...
nation.cymru
November 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The Education Minister has said that the OBR will show “the damage of the chaotic Brexit we saw, the damage of years and years of austerity was even more serious than we anticipated”.
Opportunities down and prices up - it is the Cost of Brexit.
https://bit.ly/43Oh9mY
Opportunities down and prices up - it is the Cost of Brexit.
https://bit.ly/43Oh9mY
In the Weekend Wire 🗞️ 🗞️
🗽 The election of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City,
💸 Chancellor Rachel Reeves rolling the pitch for potential tax rises in the upcoming Budget
🌍 The Cop30 climate conference
Read for free here: https://bestforbritain.substack.com/
🗽 The election of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City,
💸 Chancellor Rachel Reeves rolling the pitch for potential tax rises in the upcoming Budget
🌍 The Cop30 climate conference
Read for free here: https://bestforbritain.substack.com/
November 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
In the Weekend Wire 🗞️ 🗞️
🗽 The election of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City,
💸 Chancellor Rachel Reeves rolling the pitch for potential tax rises in the upcoming Budget
🌍 The Cop30 climate conference
Read for free here: https://bestforbritain.substack.com/
🗽 The election of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City,
💸 Chancellor Rachel Reeves rolling the pitch for potential tax rises in the upcoming Budget
🌍 The Cop30 climate conference
Read for free here: https://bestforbritain.substack.com/
👎 Lord Paul Murphy said some small businesses in Britain simply “don’t bother” trading with Northern Ireland anymore because of the burden of bureaucracy created by the Windsor Framework.
https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/post-brexit-rules-something-you-32818224
https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/post-brexit-rules-something-you-32818224
Post-Brexit rules ‘something you wouldn’t make up unless you had to’
"A lot of money has been spent by government, either here or in Whitehall on all the different schemes that exist, it seems to me they are not actually working as well as they could do."
www.belfastlive.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
👎 Lord Paul Murphy said some small businesses in Britain simply “don’t bother” trading with Northern Ireland anymore because of the burden of bureaucracy created by the Windsor Framework.
https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/post-brexit-rules-something-you-32818224
https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/post-brexit-rules-something-you-32818224
🌎With COP 30 in full swing over in Brazil.
🇧🇷President Lula gives an empowered message - "We must recognise that the most vulnerable sectors of our society are the most affected by the impacts of climate change, just transition must combat inequality."
https://bit.ly/47L9Bmo
🇧🇷President Lula gives an empowered message - "We must recognise that the most vulnerable sectors of our society are the most affected by the impacts of climate change, just transition must combat inequality."
https://bit.ly/47L9Bmo
The era of fine speeches and good intentions is over. Brazil’s Cop30 will be about action | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
This is our message to world leaders: make this the ‘Cop of truth’, before people lose faith, says the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
🌎With COP 30 in full swing over in Brazil.
🇧🇷President Lula gives an empowered message - "We must recognise that the most vulnerable sectors of our society are the most affected by the impacts of climate change, just transition must combat inequality."
https://bit.ly/47L9Bmo
🇧🇷President Lula gives an empowered message - "We must recognise that the most vulnerable sectors of our society are the most affected by the impacts of climate change, just transition must combat inequality."
https://bit.ly/47L9Bmo