Gareth
@gareth1995.bsky.social
History, archaeology, nature, curiosity, humanism, art, ideas, landscape, dogs. Reason and democracy. Rejoin EU
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👏 👏 @chelfulhamben.bsky.social: "The swiftest way to achieve growth is for the Government to be even more ambitious in negotiating with the European Union."
Exactly right. Closer relations with the EU will boost our economy.
Exactly right. Closer relations with the EU will boost our economy.
November 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
👏 👏 @chelfulhamben.bsky.social: "The swiftest way to achieve growth is for the Government to be even more ambitious in negotiating with the European Union."
Exactly right. Closer relations with the EU will boost our economy.
Exactly right. Closer relations with the EU will boost our economy.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Powerful.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Powerful.
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Five years since Brexit, and a British chancellor has finally called out Brexit for what it is. An act of pure economic sabotage and vandalism.
www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/2562303...
www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/2562303...
Brexit an 'act of pure economic sabotage and vandalism'
Five years since Brexit, and a British chancellor has finally called out Brexit for what it is. An act of pure economic sabotage and vandalism.
www.southwalesargus.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Five years since Brexit, and a British chancellor has finally called out Brexit for what it is. An act of pure economic sabotage and vandalism.
www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/2562303...
www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/2562303...
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The biggest risks of bias at the BBC are in the boardroom, not the newsroom, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.
The real threat to BBC impartiality
The BBC has suffered a week of mistakes, resignations and the threat of a $1bn lawsuit. But the biggest risks of bias are in the boardroom, not the ne...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The biggest risks of bias at the BBC are in the boardroom, not the newsroom, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.
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On the BBC’s difficult governance structure, this piece by @arusbridger.bsky.social has already been widely shared but is worth a read: buff.ly/5U3iTeH
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern
buff.ly
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
On the BBC’s difficult governance structure, this piece by @arusbridger.bsky.social has already been widely shared but is worth a read: buff.ly/5U3iTeH
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It makes me wonder whether Prescott actually consulted the original source himself & doctored it or simply took dictation from someone else. A person, for example, who had helped insert a right-wing lobbyist who hadn’t done journalism for over 20 years into such a potentially important position…
The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
It makes me wonder whether Prescott actually consulted the original source himself & doctored it or simply took dictation from someone else. A person, for example, who had helped insert a right-wing lobbyist who hadn’t done journalism for over 20 years into such a potentially important position…
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It’s ALL going to come out.
November 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
It’s ALL going to come out.
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The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
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To knit together two stories: through intimidation, litigation & extortion, Trump is clearly trying to create a media ecosystem where nobody asks him about Epstein - or indeed anything discomfiting. It is appalling to see so many UK media individuals & institutions aiding & abetting his corruption.
November 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
To knit together two stories: through intimidation, litigation & extortion, Trump is clearly trying to create a media ecosystem where nobody asks him about Epstein - or indeed anything discomfiting. It is appalling to see so many UK media individuals & institutions aiding & abetting his corruption.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Who?
Mike Graham sacked from TalkTV after ‘failure’ to assist inquiry into racist post
Mike Graham sacked from TalkTV after ‘failure’ to assist inquiry into racist post
Broadcaster suspended presenter last month over Facebook post he said happened after account was hacked
The presenter Mike Graham has been dismissed from Rupert Murdoch’s digital channel TalkTV, after the company said he had failed to cooperate with an investigation into a racist post that appeared on one of his social media accounts.
Graham, 65, was suspended by the broadcaster, owned by Murdoch’s News UK, after concerns were raised about the message, which was posted on his Facebook account last month. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Who?
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Who is Michael Prescott - the so called ex independent advisor to the BBC? Former political editor of the Sunday Times, Boris Johnson appointee and currently works for Hanover Communications. Funny there is NOTHING online about Prescott and/or Hanover’s clients. Funny that - a large rat is smelt.
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Who is Michael Prescott - the so called ex independent advisor to the BBC? Former political editor of the Sunday Times, Boris Johnson appointee and currently works for Hanover Communications. Funny there is NOTHING online about Prescott and/or Hanover’s clients. Funny that - a large rat is smelt.
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Beth Rigby: "Keir Starmer has changed his top team more than I've had hot dinners."
In two years before Starmer we had 3 PMs, 4 Chancellors, 3 Foreign Secretaries, 5 Home Secretaries, 5 Education Secretaries, 5 Cabinet Secretaries, etc. - total 221 ministerial departures.
Maybe Beth is on a diet.
In two years before Starmer we had 3 PMs, 4 Chancellors, 3 Foreign Secretaries, 5 Home Secretaries, 5 Education Secretaries, 5 Cabinet Secretaries, etc. - total 221 ministerial departures.
Maybe Beth is on a diet.
October 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Beth Rigby: "Keir Starmer has changed his top team more than I've had hot dinners."
In two years before Starmer we had 3 PMs, 4 Chancellors, 3 Foreign Secretaries, 5 Home Secretaries, 5 Education Secretaries, 5 Cabinet Secretaries, etc. - total 221 ministerial departures.
Maybe Beth is on a diet.
In two years before Starmer we had 3 PMs, 4 Chancellors, 3 Foreign Secretaries, 5 Home Secretaries, 5 Education Secretaries, 5 Cabinet Secretaries, etc. - total 221 ministerial departures.
Maybe Beth is on a diet.
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The Tory government’s post-Brexit deal, and specifically its failure to reach a 'returns agreement with the EU', whereby unauthorised migrants to the UK could be returned to the first safe EU country they had entered
www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/2555127...
www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/2555127...
Brexit led to opening for traffickers to send migrants to UK
The Tory government’s post-Brexit deal, and specifically its failure to reach a 'returns agreement with the EU', whereby unauthorised migrants to…
www.southwalesargus.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The Tory government’s post-Brexit deal, and specifically its failure to reach a 'returns agreement with the EU', whereby unauthorised migrants to the UK could be returned to the first safe EU country they had entered
www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/2555127...
www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/2555127...
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It looks even worse by video 😢
October 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
It looks even worse by video 😢
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The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”
October 19, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”
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282 former DOJ officials signed a letter sounding the alarm about "this administration’s degradation of DOJ’s vital work, and its assault on the public servants who do it."
The fact that hundreds felt compelled to say this speaks volumes.
The fact that hundreds felt compelled to say this speaks volumes.
Ex-Justice officials: 'It's our duty to sound the alarm'
Scores of officials who have resigned or been forced out of the Justice Department this year are speaking out against its "destruction."
www.msnbc.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
282 former DOJ officials signed a letter sounding the alarm about "this administration’s degradation of DOJ’s vital work, and its assault on the public servants who do it."
The fact that hundreds felt compelled to say this speaks volumes.
The fact that hundreds felt compelled to say this speaks volumes.
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Chris Murphy: "This is a country that's falling apart because Trump is in the middle of an authoritarian takeover. We're not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We're in the middle of it ... I have no moral obligation to vote for a budget that literally funds the destruction of our democracy"
October 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Chris Murphy: "This is a country that's falling apart because Trump is in the middle of an authoritarian takeover. We're not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We're in the middle of it ... I have no moral obligation to vote for a budget that literally funds the destruction of our democracy"
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Zack Polanski: "If the straight question is, ‘would I abolish the monarchy' - yeah, absolutely.”
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
Exclusive: Zack Polanski backs Scottish and Welsh independence
The eco-populist Green leader has called for sweeping change to Britain's political system, and spoken about potentially leading an explicitly ‘English’ party for the first time.
open.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Zack Polanski: "If the straight question is, ‘would I abolish the monarchy' - yeah, absolutely.”
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
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Seems the Narcissist-in-Chief is mad about the Time Mag cover neckgina pic so please don’t share it widely
Thank you for your attention to this matter
Thank you for your attention to this matter
October 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Seems the Narcissist-in-Chief is mad about the Time Mag cover neckgina pic so please don’t share it widely
Thank you for your attention to this matter
Thank you for your attention to this matter
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Russians are shocked by the surge of hatred toward Russia in Europe over the past four years. How could that be? Why?
It doesn’t occur to them that maybe invading a neighboring state has something to do with it.
It doesn’t occur to them that maybe invading a neighboring state has something to do with it.
October 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Russians are shocked by the surge of hatred toward Russia in Europe over the past four years. How could that be? Why?
It doesn’t occur to them that maybe invading a neighboring state has something to do with it.
It doesn’t occur to them that maybe invading a neighboring state has something to do with it.
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Farage is a con man who would burn his country to the ground to rule over the ashes!
Police-style mugshots and fingerprinting just to go on holiday around Europe are another major reason why Nigel Farage and Reform UK could never be trusted to run Britain.
Police-style mugshots and fingerprinting just to go on holiday around Europe are another major reason why Nigel Farage and Reform UK could never be trusted to run Britain.
'Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'
No Brexit champion, particularly Nigel Farage, is worthy of high office after proving so conclusively wrong on such a seismic issue, says Mirror Associate Editor Kevin Maguire
www.mirror.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Farage is a con man who would burn his country to the ground to rule over the ashes!
Police-style mugshots and fingerprinting just to go on holiday around Europe are another major reason why Nigel Farage and Reform UK could never be trusted to run Britain.
Police-style mugshots and fingerprinting just to go on holiday around Europe are another major reason why Nigel Farage and Reform UK could never be trusted to run Britain.