Cllr Brian Wernham 🔶 C.Eng. MA History
@brianwernham.bsky.social
🔶 Lib Dem Councillor for Stanwix Urban Ward, Cumberland Council
📍Carlisle, Cumbria
Proud to be British 🇬🇧
Proud to be a Lib Dem 🔶
Proud to be an internationalist🌍, not a xenophobe
Promoted by Liberal Democrats, 66 Buckingham Gate, London
📍Carlisle, Cumbria
Proud to be British 🇬🇧
Proud to be a Lib Dem 🔶
Proud to be an internationalist🌍, not a xenophobe
Promoted by Liberal Democrats, 66 Buckingham Gate, London
Staffordshire Reform UK councillor & Portfolio holder for highways apologises for disgusting X posts last year
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Staffordshire Reform UK councillor & Portfolio holder for highways apologises for disgusting X posts last year
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC invited Kelvin McKenzie on BBC breakfast to talk about ethics
"Unless your editorial intent is explicitly to explore ethical failure through the eyes of those who perpetrated it, it’s a reputational risk with limited public-interest upside"
- ChatGPT pro
bsky.app/profile/bria...
"Unless your editorial intent is explicitly to explore ethical failure through the eyes of those who perpetrated it, it’s a reputational risk with limited public-interest upside"
- ChatGPT pro
bsky.app/profile/bria...
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
BBC invited Kelvin McKenzie on BBC breakfast to talk about ethics
"Unless your editorial intent is explicitly to explore ethical failure through the eyes of those who perpetrated it, it’s a reputational risk with limited public-interest upside"
- ChatGPT pro
bsky.app/profile/bria...
"Unless your editorial intent is explicitly to explore ethical failure through the eyes of those who perpetrated it, it’s a reputational risk with limited public-interest upside"
- ChatGPT pro
bsky.app/profile/bria...
It's almost as if the BBC can't stop shooting itself in the foot and another foot and another foot and another foot and another foot...
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It's almost as if the BBC can't stop shooting itself in the foot and another foot and another foot and another foot and another foot...
Red poppy trivia:
The fund is the Earl Haig Fund (now operating through Poppyscotland or the Royal British Legion).
The factory is Lady Haig’s Poppy Factory, where the poppies themselves are made.
The fund is the Earl Haig Fund (now operating through Poppyscotland or the Royal British Legion).
The factory is Lady Haig’s Poppy Factory, where the poppies themselves are made.
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Red poppy trivia:
The fund is the Earl Haig Fund (now operating through Poppyscotland or the Royal British Legion).
The factory is Lady Haig’s Poppy Factory, where the poppies themselves are made.
The fund is the Earl Haig Fund (now operating through Poppyscotland or the Royal British Legion).
The factory is Lady Haig’s Poppy Factory, where the poppies themselves are made.
"...along with 8 members of the Democratic caucus, many of whom are moderates"
Implies that some of these Democrat senators are not moderate
Does this mean that they are extreme, radical, fanatical & intemperate?
How can this be called objective reporting?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Implies that some of these Democrat senators are not moderate
Does this mean that they are extreme, radical, fanatical & intemperate?
How can this be called objective reporting?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"...along with 8 members of the Democratic caucus, many of whom are moderates"
Implies that some of these Democrat senators are not moderate
Does this mean that they are extreme, radical, fanatical & intemperate?
How can this be called objective reporting?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Implies that some of these Democrat senators are not moderate
Does this mean that they are extreme, radical, fanatical & intemperate?
How can this be called objective reporting?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I thought it would be useful to provide the clipped version and the original
It was a big mistake for BBC Panorama to do this. Very unprofessional.
Panorama has had a long history of 'crash & burn' where 'investigative reporting' was based on exaggeration and polemic
🧵1/…
It was a big mistake for BBC Panorama to do this. Very unprofessional.
Panorama has had a long history of 'crash & burn' where 'investigative reporting' was based on exaggeration and polemic
🧵1/…
November 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I thought it would be useful to provide the clipped version and the original
It was a big mistake for BBC Panorama to do this. Very unprofessional.
Panorama has had a long history of 'crash & burn' where 'investigative reporting' was based on exaggeration and polemic
🧵1/…
It was a big mistake for BBC Panorama to do this. Very unprofessional.
Panorama has had a long history of 'crash & burn' where 'investigative reporting' was based on exaggeration and polemic
🧵1/…
Headline associating Liberal Democrats with electoral disaster is biased
Overwhelmingly our electoral results for the last 5 years have been holds/gains in Parliament & Councils
Right now Andrew, you need to be careful to keep editorial standards high
Think
@andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social
Overwhelmingly our electoral results for the last 5 years have been holds/gains in Parliament & Councils
Right now Andrew, you need to be careful to keep editorial standards high
Think
@andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Headline associating Liberal Democrats with electoral disaster is biased
Overwhelmingly our electoral results for the last 5 years have been holds/gains in Parliament & Councils
Right now Andrew, you need to be careful to keep editorial standards high
Think
@andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social
Overwhelmingly our electoral results for the last 5 years have been holds/gains in Parliament & Councils
Right now Andrew, you need to be careful to keep editorial standards high
Think
@andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social
Unconscious bias?
Conscious bias?
All I know is that the BBC website editor today chose the picture on the left to illustrate immigration reform, not the picture on the right (Which is the way that 98% of immigrants arrive in UK)
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Conscious bias?
All I know is that the BBC website editor today chose the picture on the left to illustrate immigration reform, not the picture on the right (Which is the way that 98% of immigrants arrive in UK)
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Unconscious bias?
Conscious bias?
All I know is that the BBC website editor today chose the picture on the left to illustrate immigration reform, not the picture on the right (Which is the way that 98% of immigrants arrive in UK)
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Conscious bias?
All I know is that the BBC website editor today chose the picture on the left to illustrate immigration reform, not the picture on the right (Which is the way that 98% of immigrants arrive in UK)
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The serious, incisive and intelligent analysis that we need in politics right now 🙃
November 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The serious, incisive and intelligent analysis that we need in politics right now 🙃
Daktylios in Carlisle?
Hmmmm...
Hmmmm...
November 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Daktylios in Carlisle?
Hmmmm...
Hmmmm...
Accused 2012
S1 'Liam's Story'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Netflix
In which Gollum stalks Dr Who…
Amazing acting and wonderful script
S1 'Liam's Story'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Netflix
In which Gollum stalks Dr Who…
Amazing acting and wonderful script
November 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Accused 2012
S1 'Liam's Story'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Netflix
In which Gollum stalks Dr Who…
Amazing acting and wonderful script
S1 'Liam's Story'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Netflix
In which Gollum stalks Dr Who…
Amazing acting and wonderful script
A.I. generated parking information. Sign
I asked it to make it as complicated as possible, but quite honestly it looks like a lot of what I've seen...
I asked it to make it as complicated as possible, but quite honestly it looks like a lot of what I've seen...
November 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
A.I. generated parking information. Sign
I asked it to make it as complicated as possible, but quite honestly it looks like a lot of what I've seen...
I asked it to make it as complicated as possible, but quite honestly it looks like a lot of what I've seen...
A sad anecdote. Being on such a low dose, it is possible that she stopped eating regularly and underlying conditions did not give her resilience. But I'm speculating just like the article does.
One person is run over by a London bus every 6 weeks but we don't see have moral panics about that
One person is run over by a London bus every 6 weeks but we don't see have moral panics about that
November 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
A sad anecdote. Being on such a low dose, it is possible that she stopped eating regularly and underlying conditions did not give her resilience. But I'm speculating just like the article does.
One person is run over by a London bus every 6 weeks but we don't see have moral panics about that
One person is run over by a London bus every 6 weeks but we don't see have moral panics about that
I'm interested in fact checking headlines in the media
Quite often they will come to a particular number by adding together lots of other numbers and then get lots of clicks
Once you look into the detail things are a bit different
👇 Initial scare
Truth emerges 👇
Quite often they will come to a particular number by adding together lots of other numbers and then get lots of clicks
Once you look into the detail things are a bit different
👇 Initial scare
Truth emerges 👇
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I'm interested in fact checking headlines in the media
Quite often they will come to a particular number by adding together lots of other numbers and then get lots of clicks
Once you look into the detail things are a bit different
👇 Initial scare
Truth emerges 👇
Quite often they will come to a particular number by adding together lots of other numbers and then get lots of clicks
Once you look into the detail things are a bit different
👇 Initial scare
Truth emerges 👇
OK
Have it your way:
The Northumberland town that claims to be the geographical centre of the UK is Haltwhistle. This claim is based on it being the midpoint of the longest north-south meridian across Britain
Have it your way:
The Northumberland town that claims to be the geographical centre of the UK is Haltwhistle. This claim is based on it being the midpoint of the longest north-south meridian across Britain
November 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
OK
Have it your way:
The Northumberland town that claims to be the geographical centre of the UK is Haltwhistle. This claim is based on it being the midpoint of the longest north-south meridian across Britain
Have it your way:
The Northumberland town that claims to be the geographical centre of the UK is Haltwhistle. This claim is based on it being the midpoint of the longest north-south meridian across Britain
I attached two maps. The first one is direct commutable trains to London within 2 hours. The second is the same but to Birmingham
London is more convenient to travel to for more people then the geographic centre of the country
www.commutermaps.co.uk
London is more convenient to travel to for more people then the geographic centre of the country
www.commutermaps.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I attached two maps. The first one is direct commutable trains to London within 2 hours. The second is the same but to Birmingham
London is more convenient to travel to for more people then the geographic centre of the country
www.commutermaps.co.uk
London is more convenient to travel to for more people then the geographic centre of the country
www.commutermaps.co.uk
For a robot to be acceptable it would have to pass the Wernham robot test:
Being able to take a pile of white shirts and iron them and put them on hangers.
Being able to take a pile of white shirts and iron them and put them on hangers.
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM
For a robot to be acceptable it would have to pass the Wernham robot test:
Being able to take a pile of white shirts and iron them and put them on hangers.
Being able to take a pile of white shirts and iron them and put them on hangers.
I've got a feeling that by being the first mover into mass-produced electric cars Tesla will end up being like Blackberry was for mobile phones? MySpace for social media? Or Yahoo for search engines?
November 8, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I've got a feeling that by being the first mover into mass-produced electric cars Tesla will end up being like Blackberry was for mobile phones? MySpace for social media? Or Yahoo for search engines?
Not sure why the English get blamed for breakdown of the negotiations with Michael Collins when the UK Prime Minister was Welsh!
It was the British empire, not the English empire (and the Scots were enthusiastically in on it as well as the Welsh)
It was the British empire, not the English empire (and the Scots were enthusiastically in on it as well as the Welsh)
November 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Not sure why the English get blamed for breakdown of the negotiations with Michael Collins when the UK Prime Minister was Welsh!
It was the British empire, not the English empire (and the Scots were enthusiastically in on it as well as the Welsh)
It was the British empire, not the English empire (and the Scots were enthusiastically in on it as well as the Welsh)
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
19 days to Thanksgiving
New 'Trump Redux' edit of Steve Martin/John Candy classic
New 'Trump Redux' edit of Steve Martin/John Candy classic
November 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
19 days to Thanksgiving
New 'Trump Redux' edit of Steve Martin/John Candy classic
New 'Trump Redux' edit of Steve Martin/John Candy classic
Let me just correct that for you. Matt...
November 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Let me just correct that for you. Matt...
I quite fancy some decaffeinated tea now, but would that stop iron absorption from my last meal?
Yes, and no
Yes, and no
November 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I quite fancy some decaffeinated tea now, but would that stop iron absorption from my last meal?
Yes, and no
Yes, and no