Brian Coventry
@briancoventry.bsky.social
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The BBC now a target of the MAGA censorship playbook
Trump Threatens to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion After Jan. 6 Documentary
They should learn some lessons from @therickwilson.bsky.social and @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social and push back
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
Trump Threatens to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion After Jan. 6 Documentary
They should learn some lessons from @therickwilson.bsky.social and @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social and push back
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
Trump Threatens to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion After Jan. 6 Documentary
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The BBC now a target of the MAGA censorship playbook
Trump Threatens to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion After Jan. 6 Documentary
They should learn some lessons from @therickwilson.bsky.social and @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social and push back
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
Trump Threatens to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion After Jan. 6 Documentary
They should learn some lessons from @therickwilson.bsky.social and @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social and push back
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
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Today, the Chancellor named Brexit as one of the main reasons for expected tax rises and lower productivity.
Wasn't Brexit supposed to put £350 million a week into the economy? 🤔 One of just many lies it seems...
Wasn't Brexit supposed to put £350 million a week into the economy? 🤔 One of just many lies it seems...
November 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Today, the Chancellor named Brexit as one of the main reasons for expected tax rises and lower productivity.
Wasn't Brexit supposed to put £350 million a week into the economy? 🤔 One of just many lies it seems...
Wasn't Brexit supposed to put £350 million a week into the economy? 🤔 One of just many lies it seems...
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Musk's Grok was asked to verify if a tweet featuring a graphic image of the attack on the LNER train was real.
I'm not sharing the whole image but here is part of it and the text.
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I'm not sharing the whole image but here is part of it and the text.
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November 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Musk's Grok was asked to verify if a tweet featuring a graphic image of the attack on the LNER train was real.
I'm not sharing the whole image but here is part of it and the text.
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I'm not sharing the whole image but here is part of it and the text.
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🎶🎶…Thunder, thunder, thunder, thunder
Thunder, thunder, thunder, thunder
Thunder, thunder…🎶🎶
#Rock #HeavyMetal #AcDc
Thunder, thunder, thunder, thunder
Thunder, thunder…🎶🎶
#Rock #HeavyMetal #AcDc
AC/DC - Thunderstruck (Live At River Plate, December 2009)
YouTube video by acdcVEVO
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October 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🎶🎶…Thunder, thunder, thunder, thunder
Thunder, thunder, thunder, thunder
Thunder, thunder…🎶🎶
#Rock #HeavyMetal #AcDc
Thunder, thunder, thunder, thunder
Thunder, thunder…🎶🎶
#Rock #HeavyMetal #AcDc
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PS (to last post) ... And the INXS self-titled debut, of course. Gave this album an absolute thrashing in 1981 when I was 16 and in Year 11. Still like it!
INXS - On A Bus
YouTube video by Mystify
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October 31, 2025 at 5:52 AM
PS (to last post) ... And the INXS self-titled debut, of course. Gave this album an absolute thrashing in 1981 when I was 16 and in Year 11. Still like it!
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As the media provides the Reform Leader with a prominent platform once more during this general election campaign, Peter Jukes considers all the concerning lines of enquiry that journalists never confront him with
The Five Questions Nigel Farage is Never Asked About Brexit, Trump and Russia
bylinetimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:41 AM
As the media provides the Reform Leader with a prominent platform once more during this general election campaign, Peter Jukes considers all the concerning lines of enquiry that journalists never confront him with
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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Everything about his body language whenever a question is asked about the Russian bribes speaks of panic. Farage is vulnerable on this.
Farage is asked about another two of his MEPs, who made the same pro-Russia statements that Nathan Gill has now pled guilty to being bribed to make.
"Opinions are opinions."
Farage's defence seems to be that they arrived at those views independently and it has nowt to do with him.
Hmm. 🤔 ~AA
"Opinions are opinions."
Farage's defence seems to be that they arrived at those views independently and it has nowt to do with him.
Hmm. 🤔 ~AA
October 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Everything about his body language whenever a question is asked about the Russian bribes speaks of panic. Farage is vulnerable on this.
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Superb piece by @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social in this month's @bylinetimes.bsky.social mag: "Britain's Media Has Let Nigel Farage Reshape Political Journalism - Why?" This article alone was worth my annual sub to one of the very few news outlets still doing proper journalism
October 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Superb piece by @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social in this month's @bylinetimes.bsky.social mag: "Britain's Media Has Let Nigel Farage Reshape Political Journalism - Why?" This article alone was worth my annual sub to one of the very few news outlets still doing proper journalism
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Good point from @adambienkov.bsky.social - if the massed ranks of the right wing press with BBC boosting, plus the vast amount of money (and foreign social media bots) couldn’t get Reform over the line, what will?
🔴The Reform Backlash: Caerphilly By-Election Result Shows Nigel Farage’s Party Is Much Weaker Than It Looks
Despite widespread media predictions of a Reform victory on Thursday, Farage’s defeat shows his party continues to be overestimated, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social
Despite widespread media predictions of a Reform victory on Thursday, Farage’s defeat shows his party continues to be overestimated, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social
The Reform Backlash: Caerphilly By-Election Result Shows Nigel Farage’s Party Is Much Weaker Than It Looks
Despite widespread media predictions of a Reform victory on Thursday, Farage's defeat shows his party continues to be overestimated, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Good point from @adambienkov.bsky.social - if the massed ranks of the right wing press with BBC boosting, plus the vast amount of money (and foreign social media bots) couldn’t get Reform over the line, what will?
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Ed Davey, "I know members opposite are relieved, they're finally allowed to say the Conservative's Brexit deal is a disaster"
"Will the Prime Minister act now to repair the Brexit damage by negotiating a new UK-EU Customs Union to boost Britain's trade and grow our economy?"
Keir Starmer, "No"
"Will the Prime Minister act now to repair the Brexit damage by negotiating a new UK-EU Customs Union to boost Britain's trade and grow our economy?"
Keir Starmer, "No"
October 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Ed Davey, "I know members opposite are relieved, they're finally allowed to say the Conservative's Brexit deal is a disaster"
"Will the Prime Minister act now to repair the Brexit damage by negotiating a new UK-EU Customs Union to boost Britain's trade and grow our economy?"
Keir Starmer, "No"
"Will the Prime Minister act now to repair the Brexit damage by negotiating a new UK-EU Customs Union to boost Britain's trade and grow our economy?"
Keir Starmer, "No"
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As his landmark Brexit has proved, Farage is a fraud.
Nothing else has worked – so Starmer and Reeves are finally telling the truth about Brexit | Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Nothing else has worked – so Starmer and Reeves are finally telling the truth about Brexit | Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Nothing else has worked – so Starmer and Reeves are finally telling the truth about Brexit | Rafael Behr
It is the right way to go, but taking the long way round to such an obvious point has cost Labour precious time and credibility, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
As his landmark Brexit has proved, Farage is a fraud.
Nothing else has worked – so Starmer and Reeves are finally telling the truth about Brexit | Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Nothing else has worked – so Starmer and Reeves are finally telling the truth about Brexit | Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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BDO chief pledges fight over ‘falsehoods’ on First Brands work on.ft.com/47m0S9V
BDO chief pledges fight over ‘falsehoods’ on First Brands work
Firm leader says auditor may face years of scrutiny and will take ‘decisive action to protect our reputation’
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October 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
BDO chief pledges fight over ‘falsehoods’ on First Brands work on.ft.com/47m0S9V
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Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
October 20, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
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Mollie O’Callaghan 200m freestyle short course world record, swimming World Cup, time, latest news, video
https://www.newsbeep.com/195022/
Australian Mollie O’Callaghan clocked a short course world record of 1min 49.77sec to win the 200m freestyle at…
https://www.newsbeep.com/195022/
Australian Mollie O’Callaghan clocked a short course world record of 1min 49.77sec to win the 200m freestyle at…
Mollie O’Callaghan 200m freestyle short course world record, swimming World Cup, time, latest news, video - News Beep
Australian Mollie O’Callaghan clocked a short course world record of 1min 49.77sec to win the 200m freestyle at the swimming World Cup stop in Westmont,
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October 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Mollie O’Callaghan 200m freestyle short course world record, swimming World Cup, time, latest news, video
https://www.newsbeep.com/195022/
Australian Mollie O’Callaghan clocked a short course world record of 1min 49.77sec to win the 200m freestyle at…
https://www.newsbeep.com/195022/
Australian Mollie O’Callaghan clocked a short course world record of 1min 49.77sec to win the 200m freestyle at…
October 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM