Chrissy Brand
@chrissyfirebrand.bsky.social
☆Journalist (radio, music, podcasts)☆ ☆vegan, Internationalist, ecosocialist☆
🏠 Hastings or Manchester (UK)
or off travelling somewhere🚶🏼♀️🌍
🏠 Hastings or Manchester (UK)
or off travelling somewhere🚶🏼♀️🌍
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For November's The Spectrum Monitor, I travelled to Devon to rescue some vintage radios from their Stately Home storage. Also, listening to innovative radio at Somerset House in London.
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Tonight, Green peers voted with Lib Dems and Tories to water down measures to stop zero hour contracts. 🤢
votes.parliament.uk/votes/lords/...
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Employment Rights Bill - Lords' votes in Parliament - UK Parliament
Employment Rights Bill
votes.parliament.uk
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Tonight, Green peers voted with Lib Dems and Tories to water down measures to stop zero hour contracts. 🤢
votes.parliament.uk/votes/lords/...
votes.parliament.uk/votes/lords/...
I urge anyone in the radio, podcast or audio industry to sign up to Radio TechCon for a diverse day of fun, mind-blowing ideas, technical solutions, peak innovation ... and cake 🎂
#RadioTechCon 2025 at the IEEE in London, Tuesday 25th November #RadTechCon
www.radiotechcon.com/2025/sessions
#RadioTechCon 2025 at the IEEE in London, Tuesday 25th November #RadTechCon
www.radiotechcon.com/2025/sessions
Sessions - Radio TechCon
Radio TechCon 2025 sessions - all the information about what's happening during Radio TechCon 2025 at IET London: Savoy Place on Tuesday, 25th November 2025.
www.radiotechcon.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I urge anyone in the radio, podcast or audio industry to sign up to Radio TechCon for a diverse day of fun, mind-blowing ideas, technical solutions, peak innovation ... and cake 🎂
#RadioTechCon 2025 at the IEEE in London, Tuesday 25th November #RadTechCon
www.radiotechcon.com/2025/sessions
#RadioTechCon 2025 at the IEEE in London, Tuesday 25th November #RadTechCon
www.radiotechcon.com/2025/sessions
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A huge thank you to everyone buying the book. It genuinely means a lot.
Please do also follow and subscribe to @bylinetimes.bsky.social and be the first to read any new investigations on the VIP Lane scandal 🙏
Please do also follow and subscribe to @bylinetimes.bsky.social and be the first to read any new investigations on the VIP Lane scandal 🙏
📣I am very pleased to announce my book "VIP Lane" which covers 5 years of investigation uncovering the previous governments PPE procurement scandal + much more is now on sale.
👀 Buy a copy here: viplanebook.com
🚨Now the subject of a major ITV documentary hitting the screen next week.
🧵
👀 Buy a copy here: viplanebook.com
🚨Now the subject of a major ITV documentary hitting the screen next week.
🧵
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A huge thank you to everyone buying the book. It genuinely means a lot.
Please do also follow and subscribe to @bylinetimes.bsky.social and be the first to read any new investigations on the VIP Lane scandal 🙏
Please do also follow and subscribe to @bylinetimes.bsky.social and be the first to read any new investigations on the VIP Lane scandal 🙏
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Wes Streeting has been urged to 'come clean' about the benefits private healthcare companies are gaining from alleged donations of more than £200,000 made to the Labour MP by individuals linked to the sector
Wes Streeting urged to 'come clean over £200k from private-health linked donors'
www.thenational.scot
November 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Wes Streeting has been urged to 'come clean' about the benefits private healthcare companies are gaining from alleged donations of more than £200,000 made to the Labour MP by individuals linked to the sector
www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/...
"If the men who wage war were at #COP30, it would be much cheaper to spend $1.3 trillion a year to end the #climate problem than $2.7 trillion to wage war as they did last year" - Brazilian President Lula.
www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/...
#militarismfuelsclimatecrisis
"If the men who wage war were at #COP30, it would be much cheaper to spend $1.3 trillion a year to end the #climate problem than $2.7 trillion to wage war as they did last year" - Brazilian President Lula.
www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/...
#militarismfuelsclimatecrisis
Brazil's president urges world leaders to 'defeat' climate crisis deniers at opening of COP30
Lula rejects defense spending as distraction from real global climate crisis - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr
November 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/...
"If the men who wage war were at #COP30, it would be much cheaper to spend $1.3 trillion a year to end the #climate problem than $2.7 trillion to wage war as they did last year" - Brazilian President Lula.
www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/...
#militarismfuelsclimatecrisis
"If the men who wage war were at #COP30, it would be much cheaper to spend $1.3 trillion a year to end the #climate problem than $2.7 trillion to wage war as they did last year" - Brazilian President Lula.
www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/...
#militarismfuelsclimatecrisis
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Trump's illegal murders in the Caribbean just got worse. An internal DOJ memo on the bombings says the victims are waging war on the US, but per NYT, it extensively cites the WH's *own claims* to this effect as evidence!
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
Trump Boat Bombings Take Dark, Unnerving Turn with Leaked Memo Stunner
A new Trump administration memo argues that those carrying out the boat attacks can’t be prosecuted. Why? Because the administration says so!
newrepublic.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Trump's illegal murders in the Caribbean just got worse. An internal DOJ memo on the bombings says the victims are waging war on the US, but per NYT, it extensively cites the WH's *own claims* to this effect as evidence!
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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‘No Music for Genocide’ continues boycott of Israel www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...
Why more than 1,000 musicians are boycotting Israel with 'No Music for Genocide'
Artists including Lorde, Björk and Massive Attack have joined an international initiative to geo-block their music from being streamed in Israel.
www.npr.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:34 AM
‘No Music for Genocide’ continues boycott of Israel www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"because of a toxic combination of unhealthy diets, mass inactivity and soaring levels of obesity, according to the largest review of its kind"
"because of a toxic combination of unhealthy diets, mass inactivity and soaring levels of obesity, according to the largest review of its kind"
High blood pressure rates in children nearly doubled in 20 years, global review finds
Poor diet, inactivity and obesity believed to have caused hypertension for millions of under-19s around the world
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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"because of a toxic combination of unhealthy diets, mass inactivity and soaring levels of obesity, according to the largest review of its kind"
"because of a toxic combination of unhealthy diets, mass inactivity and soaring levels of obesity, according to the largest review of its kind"
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I signed the petition to stop deep sea mining. We need more people to do the same.
Will you sign the petition to help amplify all the voices across the globe? >> act.gp/3ySn7Xe
Will you sign the petition to help amplify all the voices across the globe? >> act.gp/3ySn7Xe
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I signed the petition to stop deep sea mining. We need more people to do the same.
Will you sign the petition to help amplify all the voices across the globe? >> act.gp/3ySn7Xe
Will you sign the petition to help amplify all the voices across the globe? >> act.gp/3ySn7Xe
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“History Reclaimed,” cited as objective, is stacked with Conservative-aligned figures (e.g., Tombs, Abulafia; advisers Biggar, Gebreyohanes) and culture-war voices used to indict BBC “bias.”
8/12 bylinetimes.com/2024/07/17/t...
8/12 bylinetimes.com/2024/07/17/t...
The Daily Telegraph’s Disinformation Campaign About the British Empire Laid Bare
The newspaper has waged a culture war on anyone spreading awareness of verifiable truths about the British Empire and its legacies
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“History Reclaimed,” cited as objective, is stacked with Conservative-aligned figures (e.g., Tombs, Abulafia; advisers Biggar, Gebreyohanes) and culture-war voices used to indict BBC “bias.”
8/12 bylinetimes.com/2024/07/17/t...
8/12 bylinetimes.com/2024/07/17/t...
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🚨🚨 " Surprise, surprise"; new @bylinetimes.bsky.social report by @nafeez.bsky.social reveals that BBC bias memo fuelling #trump's attack was authored by no else than... lobbyist Michael Prescott tied to #trump's pro-tech giants, #Oracle. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM
🚨🚨 " Surprise, surprise"; new @bylinetimes.bsky.social report by @nafeez.bsky.social reveals that BBC bias memo fuelling #trump's attack was authored by no else than... lobbyist Michael Prescott tied to #trump's pro-tech giants, #Oracle. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
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@alastaircampbell.bsky.social speaks openly about SENIOR members of the BBC being “so far over in the JK Rowling (read: ‘gender critical’ obsessive transphobe) camp”
Let’s just stop and think about this for a moment…
Let’s just stop and think about this for a moment…
November 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
@alastaircampbell.bsky.social speaks openly about SENIOR members of the BBC being “so far over in the JK Rowling (read: ‘gender critical’ obsessive transphobe) camp”
Let’s just stop and think about this for a moment…
Let’s just stop and think about this for a moment…
As families face rising bills, and extreme weather causes devastation around the world, oil and gas companies shouldn’t get a tax break. Tell Chancellor Rachel Reeves to not turn her back on climate and communities. Add your name act.gp/3LrcnFI
Don’t scrap the Windfall Tax
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November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
As families face rising bills, and extreme weather causes devastation around the world, oil and gas companies shouldn’t get a tax break. Tell Chancellor Rachel Reeves to not turn her back on climate and communities. Add your name act.gp/3LrcnFI