David Sword
@david-sword.bsky.social
Retired after a long career in education. Looking for a better future for my grandchildren. No DMs please.
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It's funny because it's true.
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
It's funny because it's true.
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There has now been 9 episodes of #BBCQT since it returned from its summer break
A Reform representative/mouthpiece has appeared on 5 of them:
Kruger - Nov 13
Goodwin - Oct 30
Dorries - Oct 23
Yusuf - Oct 9
Tice - Sept 25
But please tell me more about the BBC’s left wing bias
A Reform representative/mouthpiece has appeared on 5 of them:
Kruger - Nov 13
Goodwin - Oct 30
Dorries - Oct 23
Yusuf - Oct 9
Tice - Sept 25
But please tell me more about the BBC’s left wing bias
November 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
There has now been 9 episodes of #BBCQT since it returned from its summer break
A Reform representative/mouthpiece has appeared on 5 of them:
Kruger - Nov 13
Goodwin - Oct 30
Dorries - Oct 23
Yusuf - Oct 9
Tice - Sept 25
But please tell me more about the BBC’s left wing bias
A Reform representative/mouthpiece has appeared on 5 of them:
Kruger - Nov 13
Goodwin - Oct 30
Dorries - Oct 23
Yusuf - Oct 9
Tice - Sept 25
But please tell me more about the BBC’s left wing bias
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Oh, they're talking about it now, Mr Vance.
November 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Oh, they're talking about it now, Mr Vance.
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Another desperate attempt by this charlatan to attract attention from the "leader" who keeps ignoring him...
November 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Another desperate attempt by this charlatan to attract attention from the "leader" who keeps ignoring him...
This ... 👇
The Gibb brothers have been a danger to the fabric of our society.
The Gibb brothers have been a danger to the fabric of our society.
I don't often call for resignations. But Sir Robbie Gibb's role in the BBC boardroom coup makes his continued role there untenable. He must resign or be removed
‘Gibb’s supporters say he is trying to save the BBC from itself; he was also heard last year to say that if he didn’t get his way, he would “blow the place up”.’
November 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This ... 👇
The Gibb brothers have been a danger to the fabric of our society.
The Gibb brothers have been a danger to the fabric of our society.
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Well, this is quite a serious allegation. I do hope the BBC shows true impartiality and investigate whether or not some of its Board members are systemically biased. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Well, this is quite a serious allegation. I do hope the BBC shows true impartiality and investigate whether or not some of its Board members are systemically biased. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
@stopfundinghate.bsky.social
Just caught this on @lbc.co.uk news.
Glad I did as I certainly won't be using Checkatrade ever again
Just caught this on @lbc.co.uk news.
Glad I did as I certainly won't be using Checkatrade ever again
November 11, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Nigel Farage, who has appeared on BBC Question Time 38 times, says the BBC has been insitutionally biased for decades.
He may have a point.
He may have a point.
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Nigel Farage, who has appeared on BBC Question Time 38 times, says the BBC has been insitutionally biased for decades.
He may have a point.
He may have a point.
Yep. This ...
Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Yep. This ...
The stench of Reform corruption ...
Reform Party
not only despicable,
targeting the most needy
but corrupt too ...
'“Lancashire’s Reform-run council ... plans to save £4m a year by closing five council-run care homes and five day centres and moving residents into [Reform owned] private sector.'
not only despicable,
targeting the most needy
but corrupt too ...
'“Lancashire’s Reform-run council ... plans to save £4m a year by closing five council-run care homes and five day centres and moving residents into [Reform owned] private sector.'
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The stench of Reform corruption ...
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
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@iandunt.bsky.social sums up the situation well in his substack today substack.com/inbox/post/1... ....
"Why do they hate the BBC? It’s not for the reason they give. In fact it is the opposite. They do not hate its bias. They want it to adopt their bias."
"Why do they hate the BBC? It’s not for the reason they give. In fact it is the opposite. They do not hate its bias. They want it to adopt their bias."
Extra edition: The populist assault on the BBC
Johnson, Gibb and the Telegraph are trying to turn the BBC into GB News.
substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
@iandunt.bsky.social sums up the situation well in his substack today substack.com/inbox/post/1... ....
"Why do they hate the BBC? It’s not for the reason they give. In fact it is the opposite. They do not hate its bias. They want it to adopt their bias."
"Why do they hate the BBC? It’s not for the reason they give. In fact it is the opposite. They do not hate its bias. They want it to adopt their bias."
Has the world been stood on its head? Is the BBC news really being accused of an anti rw bias?!!! After everything it has done and is still doing to promote Fartage as the next PM? With Chris Mason almost acting as Reform's spokesman? And now we're told they should kowtow even more to Trump? FFS!
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Has the world been stood on its head? Is the BBC news really being accused of an anti rw bias?!!! After everything it has done and is still doing to promote Fartage as the next PM? With Chris Mason almost acting as Reform's spokesman? And now we're told they should kowtow even more to Trump? FFS!
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Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
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If only BBC’s Today Programme had been 1% as aggressive to the Tories over its 14 years in power as it is to every Labour MP it interviews.
The bias is off the scale.
The bias is off the scale.
I don’t know how Emma Barnett made it onto #r4today. She’s such an appalling interviewer.
November 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
If only BBC’s Today Programme had been 1% as aggressive to the Tories over its 14 years in power as it is to every Labour MP it interviews.
The bias is off the scale.
The bias is off the scale.
One to be refined by Cold War Steve?
This is officially one of the strangest pictures in American history, and I do not doubt that it will be considered iconic a hundred years from now.
100% serious here.
100% serious here.
November 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
One to be refined by Cold War Steve?
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Reform/Tories hate the Employment Rights Bill as it gives workers a bit more control over their lives.
They also moan about how many people are off work, sick and Farage says NMW is too high
“being pro-worker is not a barrier to success, but a launchpad to it.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
They also moan about how many people are off work, sick and Farage says NMW is too high
“being pro-worker is not a barrier to success, but a launchpad to it.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We can’t let the Tories sabotage this once-in-a-generation chance to reshape the world of work | Angela Rayner
The employment rights bill is in the Commons today. As Zohran Mamdani’s victory shows, people are desperate for policies that actually improve lives, says Labour MP Angela Rayner
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Reform/Tories hate the Employment Rights Bill as it gives workers a bit more control over their lives.
They also moan about how many people are off work, sick and Farage says NMW is too high
“being pro-worker is not a barrier to success, but a launchpad to it.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
They also moan about how many people are off work, sick and Farage says NMW is too high
“being pro-worker is not a barrier to success, but a launchpad to it.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A highlight of last night I'm not seeing much today:
Spanberger, Shirrell, and Mamdani all won clear majorities of young male voters last night.
Spanberger, Shirrell, and Mamdani all won clear majorities of young male voters last night.
November 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A highlight of last night I'm not seeing much today:
Spanberger, Shirrell, and Mamdani all won clear majorities of young male voters last night.
Spanberger, Shirrell, and Mamdani all won clear majorities of young male voters last night.
Let's hope so ...
November 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Let's hope so ...
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In our increasingly monetised country more & more public money goes to support private profit - benefits going to pay private rents, benefits supporting workers who are not paid decent wages by employers, taxpayers’ money going to support privatise firms in NHS and to subsidise private train firms…
We see something similar in the UK.
Most benefits go to people IN WORK.
Because there are not enough properly paid jobs.
Rather than insisting employers pay decent wages, governments use taxpayers’ money to subsidise employers who don’t.
Welfare was not meant to support employers.
This is wrong
Most benefits go to people IN WORK.
Because there are not enough properly paid jobs.
Rather than insisting employers pay decent wages, governments use taxpayers’ money to subsidise employers who don’t.
Welfare was not meant to support employers.
This is wrong
The fact a *single* Amazon full-time employee requires SNAP benefits should be a crime. The fact Amazon is the largest employer of SNAP recipients is a disgrace. Jeff Bezos shouldnt be that rich; he should be in jail.
November 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM
In our increasingly monetised country more & more public money goes to support private profit - benefits going to pay private rents, benefits supporting workers who are not paid decent wages by employers, taxpayers’ money going to support privatise firms in NHS and to subsidise private train firms…