Cathy
@cathyhoward.bsky.social
I like cycling, tennis and this planet.
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Morning Bluesky.
November 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Morning Bluesky.
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Everything is so incredibly stupid.
May 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Everything is so incredibly stupid.
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
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New piece from me.
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The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
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November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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@bjennings90.bsky.social absolutely nails it. (www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...)
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
@bjennings90.bsky.social absolutely nails it. (www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...)
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
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CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
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CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
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BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
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HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
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HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
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HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
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HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreibw4ldc3fhslbvxgy2oqrof2oys5kpgh7zu6a5f3usmx3lf4547qm@jpeg)
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No hurry.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
November 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
No hurry.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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Immigration, indecency, and incompetence. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. The ever-more indecent terms of the immigration 'debate' are another failure of Brexit, which links to the ever-more obvious incompetence of Reform in local government: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/immi...
October 31, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Immigration, indecency, and incompetence. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. The ever-more indecent terms of the immigration 'debate' are another failure of Brexit, which links to the ever-more obvious incompetence of Reform in local government: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/immi...
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Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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Trump’s Gaza Triumph
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
October 15, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Trump’s Gaza Triumph
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
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It's the golden rule of grievance politics: you will never be happy. You are a permanent captive to the infinity goalpost.
October 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
It's the golden rule of grievance politics: you will never be happy. You are a permanent captive to the infinity goalpost.
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Everyone, from big business CEOs to small business owners to highly paid professionals and lowly paid service staff, has urged the Chancellor to tax someone else.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
September 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Everyone, from big business CEOs to small business owners to highly paid professionals and lowly paid service staff, has urged the Chancellor to tax someone else.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Women behind the lens: ‘A quiet act of resistance where words are silenced’
Women behind the lens: ‘A quiet act of resistance where words are silenced’
Fatimazohra Serri’s photography grew from a desire to question and resist roles imposed on Moroccan women
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Women behind the lens: ‘A quiet act of resistance where words are silenced’
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The Arse of the Deal
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
August 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
The Arse of the Deal
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
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Blood red carpet. By Mykhailo Dunakovskiy.
August 18, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Blood red carpet. By Mykhailo Dunakovskiy.
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Who’s behind the Centre for Migration Control? This so-called “research organisation” has been cited in The Sun, The Telegraph, The Times and Express - but it appears to be run by one man with a Brexit campaign past, publishing opaque and selective data and wild claims about migrants.
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August 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Who’s behind the Centre for Migration Control? This so-called “research organisation” has been cited in The Sun, The Telegraph, The Times and Express - but it appears to be run by one man with a Brexit campaign past, publishing opaque and selective data and wild claims about migrants.
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Ferrand-Prévot’s Tour win ignites all of France in a joy missing from the men’s race www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...
Ferrand-Prévot’s Tour win ignites all of France in a joy missing from the men’s race
Popular winner is now a national icon as women step out of the shadow of their male cycling counterparts
www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Ferrand-Prévot’s Tour win ignites all of France in a joy missing from the men’s race www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...
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Sleeping Antelope, Tin Taghirt, Tassili n'Ajjer in Algeria, c. 8,000 BCE
August 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Sleeping Antelope, Tin Taghirt, Tassili n'Ajjer in Algeria, c. 8,000 BCE
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Israel destroyed a Palestinian seed bank today. This is such a specific kind of evil, targeting literal hope for the future. Attempting to further alienate Palestinians from their home and land. So much destroyed just for the sake of destroying. It's awful.
August 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Israel destroyed a Palestinian seed bank today. This is such a specific kind of evil, targeting literal hope for the future. Attempting to further alienate Palestinians from their home and land. So much destroyed just for the sake of destroying. It's awful.
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Such an important feature on TotalEnergies by ITV Cycling and Matt Rendell on the Tour de France rest day programme this evening. In support: a repost of this drawing.
July 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Such an important feature on TotalEnergies by ITV Cycling and Matt Rendell on the Tour de France rest day programme this evening. In support: a repost of this drawing.
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A lot of Bluesky discourse on Palestine Action is confused.
Breaking into an airbase and damaging military equipment is at the very least terrorist-adjacent behaviour.
We can't operate on a "to the pure all things are pure" basis.
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Breaking into an airbase and damaging military equipment is at the very least terrorist-adjacent behaviour.
We can't operate on a "to the pure all things are pure" basis.
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July 20, 2025 at 7:10 AM
A lot of Bluesky discourse on Palestine Action is confused.
Breaking into an airbase and damaging military equipment is at the very least terrorist-adjacent behaviour.
We can't operate on a "to the pure all things are pure" basis.
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Breaking into an airbase and damaging military equipment is at the very least terrorist-adjacent behaviour.
We can't operate on a "to the pure all things are pure" basis.
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‘Literature has completely changed my life’: footballer Héctor Bellerín’s reading list www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
‘Literature has completely changed my life’: footballer Héctor Bellerín’s reading list
Former Arsenal player wins admiration for his taste in books, but admits one novel defeated him
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July 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
‘Literature has completely changed my life’: footballer Héctor Bellerín’s reading list www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
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Stick it to your loved ones by blowing through their inheritance at The Onion store before you croak.
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July 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Stick it to your loved ones by blowing through their inheritance at The Onion store before you croak.
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"The Potato Eight". 🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔
These "glamour girls" of the Potato Marketing Board toured British seaside resorts in summer 1939 to promote eating potatoes as a route to health and efficiency and "overturn old fashioned notions about the potato being taboo for the woman who wants to keep her figure" 🤸
These "glamour girls" of the Potato Marketing Board toured British seaside resorts in summer 1939 to promote eating potatoes as a route to health and efficiency and "overturn old fashioned notions about the potato being taboo for the woman who wants to keep her figure" 🤸
July 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
"The Potato Eight". 🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔
These "glamour girls" of the Potato Marketing Board toured British seaside resorts in summer 1939 to promote eating potatoes as a route to health and efficiency and "overturn old fashioned notions about the potato being taboo for the woman who wants to keep her figure" 🤸
These "glamour girls" of the Potato Marketing Board toured British seaside resorts in summer 1939 to promote eating potatoes as a route to health and efficiency and "overturn old fashioned notions about the potato being taboo for the woman who wants to keep her figure" 🤸
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‘Our food, our heritage, our culture’: the chef highlighting Palestinian cuisine
‘Our food, our heritage, our culture’: the chef highlighting Palestinian cuisine
For Sami Tamimi, preparing the food of his homeland is an act of resilience and keeping his culture alive
www.theguardian.com
July 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
‘Our food, our heritage, our culture’: the chef highlighting Palestinian cuisine
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