Charlie Phillips
@charliechar.bsky.social
Documentary person doing documentary things. Formerly of the Guardian. Lots of #lufc stuff
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Our Land — Dir. Orban Wallace
Our Land interrogates the connections between land, power and a sense of belonging following the Right to Roam movement in Engand and Wales now it's gaining real traction.
www.leedsfilm.com
Putting this out into the void because I know some people follow me on here who are from the promised land of Leeds. Come see my films next month!
Our Land / Leeds - www.leedsfilm.com/whats-on/our...
Blue Has No Borders / Bradford - www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/cinema/blue-...
Our Land / Leeds - www.leedsfilm.com/whats-on/our...
Blue Has No Borders / Bradford - www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/cinema/blue-...
We lost that because of Farke’s decision making. A good performance that became a bad one at the worst time, because he doesn’t know how to make the right subs. It’s time for him to go, it won’t get better under him. #lufc
November 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
We lost that because of Farke’s decision making. A good performance that became a bad one at the worst time, because he doesn’t know how to make the right subs. It’s time for him to go, it won’t get better under him. #lufc
That’s unfortunate, it was definitely a handball. And you can’t protect against skill like Rogers’ free kick, but you can select a team and make subs that make the best of a good performance, and Farke hasn’t done that today. Again. Maybe we still get away with it. #lufc
November 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
That’s unfortunate, it was definitely a handball. And you can’t protect against skill like Rogers’ free kick, but you can select a team and make subs that make the best of a good performance, and Farke hasn’t done that today. Again. Maybe we still get away with it. #lufc
Aaronson had a decent first half, but he’s been really bad this second half. It’s obvious to replace him. If he doesn’t, we lose this. If Farke then gets sacked it’s his own fault.
60 - 'He's here, he's there, he's every fucking where, Daniel James, Daniel James,' sings the South Stand. The Kop join in.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Aaronson had a decent first half, but he’s been really bad this second half. It’s obvious to replace him. If he doesn’t, we lose this. If Farke then gets sacked it’s his own fault.
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"Thank goodness we disagree with him on NATO otherwise we'd have to support the take care of the poors anti-racism candidate not the vicious racist Labour right ghouls & that'd simply be too ghastly", the Sensibles all collectively sighed
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"Thank goodness we disagree with him on NATO otherwise we'd have to support the take care of the poors anti-racism candidate not the vicious racist Labour right ghouls & that'd simply be too ghastly", the Sensibles all collectively sighed
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This might be one of the most disturbing pieces I’ve ever read. Staggering investigative work from Sirin Kale and Lucy Osbourne www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM
This might be one of the most disturbing pieces I’ve ever read. Staggering investigative work from Sirin Kale and Lucy Osbourne www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
That’s exactly how we should be playing. Still don’t think this is our best team but this aggression and discipline is exactly what we should be doing #lufc
November 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
That’s exactly how we should be playing. Still don’t think this is our best team but this aggression and discipline is exactly what we should be doing #lufc
If Farke goes, he’ll have his constant faith in Aaronson as a prime reason for why it happened. It makes no sense
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
If Farke goes, he’ll have his constant faith in Aaronson as a prime reason for why it happened. It makes no sense
Even with the lowest of expectations of him, the accounts here of Farage’s racist bullying at school are a shocker podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Nazi salutes and racism: the allegations about Nigel Farage’s school days
Podcast Episode · Today in Focus · 21/11/2025 · 27m
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November 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Even with the lowest of expectations of him, the accounts here of Farage’s racist bullying at school are a shocker podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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What does this echo? Which other countries took jewellery/valuables off people they decided didn't belong?
"Alex Norris, a Home Office minister, has confirmed that refugees could have jewellery or other valuables taken to pay for the costs of processing their cases."
"Alex Norris, a Home Office minister, has confirmed that refugees could have jewellery or other valuables taken to pay for the costs of processing their cases."
November 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
What does this echo? Which other countries took jewellery/valuables off people they decided didn't belong?
"Alex Norris, a Home Office minister, has confirmed that refugees could have jewellery or other valuables taken to pay for the costs of processing their cases."
"Alex Norris, a Home Office minister, has confirmed that refugees could have jewellery or other valuables taken to pay for the costs of processing their cases."
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Just seen someone argue Labour's rabidly hostile anti-asylum policies are actually a deflection so they can bring in more safe routes. I give up. That's not how this works. Pretty much any new routes announced will be massively restricted and exclusionary, and don't offset the harm being done. 1/
November 17, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Just seen someone argue Labour's rabidly hostile anti-asylum policies are actually a deflection so they can bring in more safe routes. I give up. That's not how this works. Pretty much any new routes announced will be massively restricted and exclusionary, and don't offset the harm being done. 1/
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Your regular reminder that there is absolutely nothing "hard" or "tough" about targeting the poorest, most vulnerable, and least able to defend themselves groups of people on the entire planet
November 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Your regular reminder that there is absolutely nothing "hard" or "tough" about targeting the poorest, most vulnerable, and least able to defend themselves groups of people on the entire planet
I like my labour MP a lot but honestly fuck this, he needs to join the greens. Why is he spending another day in labour? www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Starmer braced for backlash from Labour MPs as Mahmood sets out asylum plans – UK politics live
Home secretary to announce a drastic tightening of rules, including requiring asylum seekers to wait 20 years before getting the right to permanently settle in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I like my labour MP a lot but honestly fuck this, he needs to join the greens. Why is he spending another day in labour? www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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It is weird how much travelling in this country is just making a short term interest free loan to a train company/government.
train to Oxford yesterday and from Oxford today both cancelled, lovely free weekend trip thanks to Delay Repay, love travelling on British trains
November 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
It is weird how much travelling in this country is just making a short term interest free loan to a train company/government.
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Of course, because this is precisely why they were put up and what they’re for.
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
NHS staff who care for patients in their own homes fear some areas have become “no-go zones” for them because of the presence of St George’s flags, health leaders have said.
Black and Asian staff have been left feeling “deliberately intimidated” as a result of the flags that were put up in many parts of England during the summer, according to the chief executive of one NHS trust in England, who asked to remain anonymous. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Of course, because this is precisely why they were put up and what they’re for.
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A superb article by Lewis Goodall on the background to the current crisis within the BBC
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 10:32 PM
A superb article by Lewis Goodall on the background to the current crisis within the BBC
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Just to get this straight in my head, we've gone from "BBC badly edited a piece about Trump, but was accurate overall", to the "BBC isn't transphobic enough and is all woke", and we're still arguing, regardless of the myriad of issues with the BBC, whether there's a genuine right wing attack on it?
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Just to get this straight in my head, we've gone from "BBC badly edited a piece about Trump, but was accurate overall", to the "BBC isn't transphobic enough and is all woke", and we're still arguing, regardless of the myriad of issues with the BBC, whether there's a genuine right wing attack on it?
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Panorama made a stupid editing mistake. But compare this to the deliberate and systemic attempt, sustained across years, to ensure that BBC output aligns ever more closely to the demands of economic power. Against your straw of bias, I raise you a haystack.
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Panorama made a stupid editing mistake. But compare this to the deliberate and systemic attempt, sustained across years, to ensure that BBC output aligns ever more closely to the demands of economic power. Against your straw of bias, I raise you a haystack.
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …