Sarah Cowley
@bournemouth4eu.bsky.social
No such group now as Bournemouth for Europe - it morphed into Dorset for Europe, which is thriving, so personal views here.
Pro-European, #FBPE #FB99%
Former academic and health visitor, DBE 2013
Grandma, political (UK), hate injustice and inequalities
Pro-European, #FBPE #FB99%
Former academic and health visitor, DBE 2013
Grandma, political (UK), hate injustice and inequalities
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... "MAGA ante portas" ...
In the past year, The Heritage Foundation — the conservative think tank behind Project 2025 — has held seven meetings with MEPs.
For European politicians, it's a way to get access to Trump’s people. For Heritage, it's a way to extend influence.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/the-...
For European politicians, it's a way to get access to Trump’s people. For Heritage, it's a way to extend influence.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/the-...
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
... "MAGA ante portas" ...
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No devout self respecting Christian would associate with the likes of tRump. They are living in an illusion of superstitious antinomian entitlement. kwr©
Politic$ & ✞religion have become rackets, not paragons of virtue & altruism. kwr©
Politic$ & ✞religion have become rackets, not paragons of virtue & altruism. kwr©
November 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
No devout self respecting Christian would associate with the likes of tRump. They are living in an illusion of superstitious antinomian entitlement. kwr©
Politic$ & ✞religion have become rackets, not paragons of virtue & altruism. kwr©
Politic$ & ✞religion have become rackets, not paragons of virtue & altruism. kwr©
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In the past year, The Heritage Foundation — the conservative think tank behind Project 2025 — has held seven meetings with MEPs.
For European politicians, it's a way to get access to Trump’s people. For Heritage, it's a way to extend influence.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/the-...
For European politicians, it's a way to get access to Trump’s people. For Heritage, it's a way to extend influence.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/the-...
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
In the past year, The Heritage Foundation — the conservative think tank behind Project 2025 — has held seven meetings with MEPs.
For European politicians, it's a way to get access to Trump’s people. For Heritage, it's a way to extend influence.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/the-...
For European politicians, it's a way to get access to Trump’s people. For Heritage, it's a way to extend influence.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/the-...
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If Keir Starmer’s election campaign was carrying a ming vase across an ice rink, then this budget – according to one minister – is like “wrestling a squirrel across a minefield”.
The squirrel is not the markets, but the PLP.
Our weekend read www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The squirrel is not the markets, but the PLP.
Our weekend read www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Breakfasts in No 10: the charm offensive to avoid a Labour MP budget backlash
Downing Street has been preparing MPs for going back on its manifesto pledge and raising income tax
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
If Keir Starmer’s election campaign was carrying a ming vase across an ice rink, then this budget – according to one minister – is like “wrestling a squirrel across a minefield”.
The squirrel is not the markets, but the PLP.
Our weekend read www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The squirrel is not the markets, but the PLP.
Our weekend read www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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Ten years ago, we fought hard in Paris for ambitious climate goals — it wasn’t easy, but together we made it happen.
Now, as leaders gather in Belém, Europe must step up, take responsibility, and lead the fight against climate change.
The clock is ticking. 🌍
Now, as leaders gather in Belém, Europe must step up, take responsibility, and lead the fight against climate change.
The clock is ticking. 🌍
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Ten years ago, we fought hard in Paris for ambitious climate goals — it wasn’t easy, but together we made it happen.
Now, as leaders gather in Belém, Europe must step up, take responsibility, and lead the fight against climate change.
The clock is ticking. 🌍
Now, as leaders gather in Belém, Europe must step up, take responsibility, and lead the fight against climate change.
The clock is ticking. 🌍
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"The row that has engulfed the BBC.. over allegations of bias is a self-incurred catastrophe for the organisation which has been a long time coming.
It stems from a gradually growing confusion between journalism, which can include expressions of opinion... and reporting"
It stems from a gradually growing confusion between journalism, which can include expressions of opinion... and reporting"
The BBC affair: a personal view
A reporter's view
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"The row that has engulfed the BBC.. over allegations of bias is a self-incurred catastrophe for the organisation which has been a long time coming.
It stems from a gradually growing confusion between journalism, which can include expressions of opinion... and reporting"
It stems from a gradually growing confusion between journalism, which can include expressions of opinion... and reporting"
The Telegraph's "attacks on the BBC are not remotely done in good faith & are the result of the publisher’s ideological & commercial interests. There is no world in which The Telegraph’s output would survive the level of scrutiny applied to the BBC’s journalism.”
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The Telegraph's "attacks on the BBC are not remotely done in good faith & are the result of the publisher’s ideological & commercial interests. There is no world in which The Telegraph’s output would survive the level of scrutiny applied to the BBC’s journalism.”
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
this fiasco "has played into Trump & MAGA’s hands, both in seeking to gag news organisations they dislike (see the legal threats to American broadcasters & newspapers) but in helping them to erase the truth about what happened that day & Trump’s central role in it" open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
this fiasco "has played into Trump & MAGA’s hands, both in seeking to gag news organisations they dislike (see the legal threats to American broadcasters & newspapers) but in helping them to erase the truth about what happened that day & Trump’s central role in it" open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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I like giving select committees these sorts of roles because they have a double democratic element - voted for by public and MPs - plus some degree of specialist knowledge.
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I like giving select committees these sorts of roles because they have a double democratic element - voted for by public and MPs - plus some degree of specialist knowledge.
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I agree with this, Q is how we make appointments in the BBC, then? Presumably the board should appoint the DG etc without political interference, but who selects the board? The Culture, Media, and Sport committee (by majority vote)?
We do need to maintain some democratic control over the BBC.
We do need to maintain some democratic control over the BBC.
But that is not enough. No.10 should never have been in a position to install Gibb in the first place. It shouldn't control the board membership, the DG appointment, or the purse strings. What's required is genuine independence for the BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I agree with this, Q is how we make appointments in the BBC, then? Presumably the board should appoint the DG etc without political interference, but who selects the board? The Culture, Media, and Sport committee (by majority vote)?
We do need to maintain some democratic control over the BBC.
We do need to maintain some democratic control over the BBC.
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Have no confidence in UK referendums after the 2016 disaster - incompetence, lies, deception and fraudulent funding.
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Have no confidence in UK referendums after the 2016 disaster - incompetence, lies, deception and fraudulent funding.
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And actual regulatory oversight for all broadcasters. Not whatever @ofcom.bsky.social is up to.
#FireTheBBCBoard
#FireTheBBCBoard
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
And actual regulatory oversight for all broadcasters. Not whatever @ofcom.bsky.social is up to.
#FireTheBBCBoard
#FireTheBBCBoard
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There is hope in this department:
Ministers to delegate some public appointments in attempt to cut delays
Under shake-up affecting about 4,000 roles, officials will run more of hiring process but ministers can have final say
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
There is hope in this department:
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I agree wholeheartedly with every single word of that!!
And in any case, show me where the BBC has been antisemitic, because I’ve never seen it… 🤷🏻♂️
They’ve platformed one-sided IDF propaganda merchants at every opportunity, allowing them to lie non stop about the genocide in Gaza… 🙄😒
And in any case, show me where the BBC has been antisemitic, because I’ve never seen it… 🤷🏻♂️
They’ve platformed one-sided IDF propaganda merchants at every opportunity, allowing them to lie non stop about the genocide in Gaza… 🙄😒
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I agree wholeheartedly with every single word of that!!
And in any case, show me where the BBC has been antisemitic, because I’ve never seen it… 🤷🏻♂️
They’ve platformed one-sided IDF propaganda merchants at every opportunity, allowing them to lie non stop about the genocide in Gaza… 🙄😒
And in any case, show me where the BBC has been antisemitic, because I’ve never seen it… 🤷🏻♂️
They’ve platformed one-sided IDF propaganda merchants at every opportunity, allowing them to lie non stop about the genocide in Gaza… 🙄😒
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Exactly what Nadine Dorries SHOULD have been saying. If her IQ was greater than her shoe size.
Channel Four, as set up by Jeremy Isaacs, was a remarkable innovation. It lost its way for a while but remains innovative, fresh, and effortlessly impartial.
Channel Four, as set up by Jeremy Isaacs, was a remarkable innovation. It lost its way for a while but remains innovative, fresh, and effortlessly impartial.
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Exactly what Nadine Dorries SHOULD have been saying. If her IQ was greater than her shoe size.
Channel Four, as set up by Jeremy Isaacs, was a remarkable innovation. It lost its way for a while but remains innovative, fresh, and effortlessly impartial.
Channel Four, as set up by Jeremy Isaacs, was a remarkable innovation. It lost its way for a while but remains innovative, fresh, and effortlessly impartial.
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The only connection between govt and the BBC should be at the time of charter review. The revolving door with no. 10 needs to stop now.
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The only connection between govt and the BBC should be at the time of charter review. The revolving door with no. 10 needs to stop now.
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And because now is the ideal time to do it, the government won't. They will do it in 6 months time when they will be accused by every right wing media outfit of interfering in the BBC independence etc etc.
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
And because now is the ideal time to do it, the government won't. They will do it in 6 months time when they will be accused by every right wing media outfit of interfering in the BBC independence etc etc.
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Further evidence of my complete decline as a human being: batch cooking makes me very happy. Control over calories and expenditure. I have become the kind of person Radiohead used to write ironic songs about.
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Further evidence of my complete decline as a human being: batch cooking makes me very happy. Control over calories and expenditure. I have become the kind of person Radiohead used to write ironic songs about.
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With millions in public money handed to private interests and serious questions over transparency and accountability, why hasn’t there been an inquiry into the goings-on on Teesside?
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
November 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
With millions in public money handed to private interests and serious questions over transparency and accountability, why hasn’t there been an inquiry into the goings-on on Teesside?
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
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Doesn't libel require you to have a good reputation to protect?
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Doesn't libel require you to have a good reputation to protect?
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Brexit the Elephant thinks it was wonderful to be able to travel and emigrate or relocate temporarily without a visa treating most of Europe as “home”.
“Wonder why some people want to make travel harder and more complicated”, he pondered.
#BrexitTheElephant
#VoicesofLostFOM #SaveFOM
“Wonder why some people want to make travel harder and more complicated”, he pondered.
#BrexitTheElephant
#VoicesofLostFOM #SaveFOM
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Brexit the Elephant thinks it was wonderful to be able to travel and emigrate or relocate temporarily without a visa treating most of Europe as “home”.
“Wonder why some people want to make travel harder and more complicated”, he pondered.
#BrexitTheElephant
#VoicesofLostFOM #SaveFOM
“Wonder why some people want to make travel harder and more complicated”, he pondered.
#BrexitTheElephant
#VoicesofLostFOM #SaveFOM
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Brexit the Elephant lives in Westminster in Number 10 Downing Street, London.
But he’s an immigrant from Thailand originally.
#BrexitTheElephant
But he’s an immigrant from Thailand originally.
#BrexitTheElephant
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Brexit the Elephant lives in Westminster in Number 10 Downing Street, London.
But he’s an immigrant from Thailand originally.
#BrexitTheElephant
But he’s an immigrant from Thailand originally.
#BrexitTheElephant
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SPOILER ALERT: The BBC told the truth about Liz Truss tanking the economy, and she's never forgiven them for it.🤦♂️
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
SPOILER ALERT: The BBC told the truth about Liz Truss tanking the economy, and she's never forgiven them for it.🤦♂️
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Yes. That's why the BBC backdown is so dangerous.
1. The fundamental question is, did Trump incite an insurrection?
2. If he did, the edit was justified.
3. If he didn't, it was not justified.
4. The Trump regime says he didn't.
5. Facts and trials say he did.
6. Who should journalists believe?
1. The fundamental question is, did Trump incite an insurrection?
2. If he did, the edit was justified.
3. If he didn't, it was not justified.
4. The Trump regime says he didn't.
5. Facts and trials say he did.
6. Who should journalists believe?
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Yes. That's why the BBC backdown is so dangerous.
1. The fundamental question is, did Trump incite an insurrection?
2. If he did, the edit was justified.
3. If he didn't, it was not justified.
4. The Trump regime says he didn't.
5. Facts and trials say he did.
6. Who should journalists believe?
1. The fundamental question is, did Trump incite an insurrection?
2. If he did, the edit was justified.
3. If he didn't, it was not justified.
4. The Trump regime says he didn't.
5. Facts and trials say he did.
6. Who should journalists believe?