Nick Diable
@defencebrief.bsky.social
UK based criminal defence lawyer
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Absolutely right. I criticise BBC News, because we need it to be as good as we know it can be. People like Farage criticise the BBC, because they work for its competitors and don't want it to exist.
🎯 Davey is spot on. "We can have criticism of the BBC, but within that, we need to recognise how valuable an institution it is [and how] precious to our country. And that's one of the reasons why people like President Trump and Nigel Farage, want to undermine the BBC." 👏🏽~AA
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Absolutely right. I criticise BBC News, because we need it to be as good as we know it can be. People like Farage criticise the BBC, because they work for its competitors and don't want it to exist.
Currently experiencing that annoyed feeling when the sizing guide on a website was wrong and now they've completely sold out of all their stock of the jacket I wanted :(
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Currently experiencing that annoyed feeling when the sizing guide on a website was wrong and now they've completely sold out of all their stock of the jacket I wanted :(
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Gary Lineker for DG
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Gary Lineker for DG
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He explicitly encouraged the Capitol riot
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
He explicitly encouraged the Capitol riot
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A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
November 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
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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 6:38 PM
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
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The fact that the BBC is reporting on what the BBC did wrong is why we need the BBC. Critical self examination is one sign of a serious news organisation. Meanwhile, the Daily Mail still hasn’t admitted it supported Hitler.
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The fact that the BBC is reporting on what the BBC did wrong is why we need the BBC. Critical self examination is one sign of a serious news organisation. Meanwhile, the Daily Mail still hasn’t admitted it supported Hitler.
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Elon Musk is genuine proof that money doesn’t buy you happiness
November 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Elon Musk is genuine proof that money doesn’t buy you happiness
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A strange post from the Ukip leader, pictured at the Aldershot memorial, but seeming to want people to believe/imagine it was the Cenotaph
November 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
A strange post from the Ukip leader, pictured at the Aldershot memorial, but seeming to want people to believe/imagine it was the Cenotaph
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I admin a FB group for the high school I graduated from. This is what I received the other day from “someone” requesting to join our group.
Same sort of brackets!
Same sort of brackets!
November 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I admin a FB group for the high school I graduated from. This is what I received the other day from “someone” requesting to join our group.
Same sort of brackets!
Same sort of brackets!
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The latest example of this, just in, was an email where the name of the supposed writer at the end, when signing the email, is in brackets, to be filled later. 😂
At Bolts, we are sometimes submerged with evidently fake pitches from evidently fake writers, where the email is evidently written entirely by AI.
One email we just got includes the sentence: "This story is locally grounded in [specific county or city]."
One email we just got includes the sentence: "This story is locally grounded in [specific county or city]."
November 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The latest example of this, just in, was an email where the name of the supposed writer at the end, when signing the email, is in brackets, to be filled later. 😂
I think I've been banned by channel 4 news. I must have upset @krishgm.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I think I've been banned by channel 4 news. I must have upset @krishgm.bsky.social
Watching Channel 4 News. Paul Smith, the fashion designer, is doing a collaboration with the Opera House to promote his brand... and complaining that people have forgotten the meaning of Christmas 🙄
November 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Watching Channel 4 News. Paul Smith, the fashion designer, is doing a collaboration with the Opera House to promote his brand... and complaining that people have forgotten the meaning of Christmas 🙄
I just came across this BS story. Narrative is that bosses want unskilled people to earn less so they don't have to pay graduates more. Worth noting that Watkin Chapman Rollits pays close to minimum wage despite making a £31.3M profit last year! Maybe pay grads more.
www.ft.com/content/b436...
www.ft.com/content/b436...
City bosses warn on pay as minimum wage closes in on graduate salaries
Chief executives voice fears about impact on recruitment ahead of expected rise in Budget
www.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I just came across this BS story. Narrative is that bosses want unskilled people to earn less so they don't have to pay graduates more. Worth noting that Watkin Chapman Rollits pays close to minimum wage despite making a £31.3M profit last year! Maybe pay grads more.
www.ft.com/content/b436...
www.ft.com/content/b436...
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‼️ This is important.
Russia and its propaganda machine targeting the Global South seek to build a cheap & inexhaustible reserve of expendable soldiers.
Many impoverished people, poisoned&deceived by Kremlin propaganda and anti-Western rhetoric,head to the war in Ukraine in hopes of earning money⤵️
Russia and its propaganda machine targeting the Global South seek to build a cheap & inexhaustible reserve of expendable soldiers.
Many impoverished people, poisoned&deceived by Kremlin propaganda and anti-Western rhetoric,head to the war in Ukraine in hopes of earning money⤵️
November 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
‼️ This is important.
Russia and its propaganda machine targeting the Global South seek to build a cheap & inexhaustible reserve of expendable soldiers.
Many impoverished people, poisoned&deceived by Kremlin propaganda and anti-Western rhetoric,head to the war in Ukraine in hopes of earning money⤵️
Russia and its propaganda machine targeting the Global South seek to build a cheap & inexhaustible reserve of expendable soldiers.
Many impoverished people, poisoned&deceived by Kremlin propaganda and anti-Western rhetoric,head to the war in Ukraine in hopes of earning money⤵️
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As Stephen says, this is an incredible line. The previous government cut National Insurance by 4p and had future spending plans that the independent forecaster basically called fictional!
They seem to have expected reality to be more respectful of their manifesto.
They seem to have expected reality to be more respectful of their manifesto.
“Nobody thought a Labour government would have to raise taxes by more than £70bn,” claims one insider in this excellent piece. Shows the problem of the climate of fear in meetings created by some of Starmer’s aides, in that plenty of Labour insiders, did, in fact, think this!
The politics of breaking manifesto promises
The history of politicians who go back on their words has lessons for Rachel Reeves as she mulls raising taxes
www.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
As Stephen says, this is an incredible line. The previous government cut National Insurance by 4p and had future spending plans that the independent forecaster basically called fictional!
They seem to have expected reality to be more respectful of their manifesto.
They seem to have expected reality to be more respectful of their manifesto.
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The government claims to be pro-business, yet every budget hits small businesses and employers hard.
It’s time for a new plan that delivers the change they promised.
It’s time for a new plan that delivers the change they promised.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The government claims to be pro-business, yet every budget hits small businesses and employers hard.
It’s time for a new plan that delivers the change they promised.
It’s time for a new plan that delivers the change they promised.
1. Save for your retirement.
2. We won't raise taxes on working people.
3. Steal money from working people trying to save for retirement.
I honestly have no idea what this government stands for.
www.ft.com/content/556b...
2. We won't raise taxes on working people.
3. Steal money from working people trying to save for retirement.
I honestly have no idea what this government stands for.
www.ft.com/content/556b...
Reeves plans £2bn Budget raid on UK retirement savings
Move would reduce tax benefits from salary sacrifice pension schemes as chancellor aims to fill fiscal hole
www.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
1. Save for your retirement.
2. We won't raise taxes on working people.
3. Steal money from working people trying to save for retirement.
I honestly have no idea what this government stands for.
www.ft.com/content/556b...
2. We won't raise taxes on working people.
3. Steal money from working people trying to save for retirement.
I honestly have no idea what this government stands for.
www.ft.com/content/556b...
I don't know whether this is a good idea or not but I don't think labour are going to benefit from continuing Tory attacks on immigrants and attempting to out do Farage on immigration.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK seeks inspiration from Denmark to shake up immigration system
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is taking cues from some of the toughest migration laws in Europe.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I don't know whether this is a good idea or not but I don't think labour are going to benefit from continuing Tory attacks on immigrants and attempting to out do Farage on immigration.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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No. Stop. Whatever will they do without you. Don’t go.
November 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
No. Stop. Whatever will they do without you. Don’t go.
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only in the small print of this article do they make clear that the pensioners paying an extra £2,500 of tax would have to have
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
only in the small print of this article do they make clear that the pensioners paying an extra £2,500 of tax would have to have
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
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Trump approved a pardon for a retired NY police officer who was sentenced in April to 18 months in prison for his participation in a Chinese government plot to locate, surveil and intimidate a family in the New Jersey suburbs.
Will he claim he knows nothing about it?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Will he claim he knows nothing about it?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Trump Approves Pardon for Ex-Officer Convicted in a Chinese Government Plot
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Trump approved a pardon for a retired NY police officer who was sentenced in April to 18 months in prison for his participation in a Chinese government plot to locate, surveil and intimidate a family in the New Jersey suburbs.
Will he claim he knows nothing about it?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Will he claim he knows nothing about it?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
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"If it pleases the court, our position is that the poor people should go hungry"
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
"If it pleases the court, our position is that the poor people should go hungry"
Just to confirm that I'm old and miserable, I'd like to add that Celebrity Traitors is not news. Nothing about it is news. Stop telling me about it on the news.
I propose a new law. Any business putting out Christmas adverts before the 1 Dec will be fined £1m for each offence.
Just seen two adverts for Xmas jewellery and at least one "greatest Xmas music of all time" channels.
Just seen two adverts for Xmas jewellery and at least one "greatest Xmas music of all time" channels.
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Just to confirm that I'm old and miserable, I'd like to add that Celebrity Traitors is not news. Nothing about it is news. Stop telling me about it on the news.