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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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See the reply from Douglas Bader’s (WW2 hero) relatives
Superb!
Superb!
September 16, 2025 at 11:31 AM
See the reply from Douglas Bader’s (WW2 hero) relatives
Superb!
Superb!
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Queen
September 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Queen
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There were no small boat arrivals before 2017.
Brexit happened in 2016.
Farage is making capital out of promising to solve a problem HE CREATED.
Brexit happened in 2016.
Farage is making capital out of promising to solve a problem HE CREATED.
August 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
There were no small boat arrivals before 2017.
Brexit happened in 2016.
Farage is making capital out of promising to solve a problem HE CREATED.
Brexit happened in 2016.
Farage is making capital out of promising to solve a problem HE CREATED.
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We've put all the videos and posters in one place for you to watch and download. If you want to know more about the humanist approach to life, head to the #thatshumanism website today. We hope you enjoy!
humanists.uk/thatshumanism/
humanists.uk/thatshumanism/
That's humanism!
We've teamed up with our patron Stephen Fry, to explore humanist ideas about some of life’s big questions in four animated shorts.
humanists.uk
August 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
We've put all the videos and posters in one place for you to watch and download. If you want to know more about the humanist approach to life, head to the #thatshumanism website today. We hope you enjoy!
humanists.uk/thatshumanism/
humanists.uk/thatshumanism/
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I once almost drowned on a school trip to a wave pool. I remember just being trapped below the surface, far too exhausted to thrash or even swim. A tiny old German lady spotted me, dragged me out and yelled at me while I lay there & choked. Likely she saved my life and I never even said danke schön
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
June 21, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I once almost drowned on a school trip to a wave pool. I remember just being trapped below the surface, far too exhausted to thrash or even swim. A tiny old German lady spotted me, dragged me out and yelled at me while I lay there & choked. Likely she saved my life and I never even said danke schön
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It's Europe Day! A celebration of peace, unity, cooperation, diversity and inclusion!
There are events happening all over the UK this weekend for Rejoin Day '25, so don't forget to check out the interactive map!
Take a look 👉 www.marchforrejoin.co.uk
There are events happening all over the UK this weekend for Rejoin Day '25, so don't forget to check out the interactive map!
Take a look 👉 www.marchforrejoin.co.uk
May 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
It's Europe Day! A celebration of peace, unity, cooperation, diversity and inclusion!
There are events happening all over the UK this weekend for Rejoin Day '25, so don't forget to check out the interactive map!
Take a look 👉 www.marchforrejoin.co.uk
There are events happening all over the UK this weekend for Rejoin Day '25, so don't forget to check out the interactive map!
Take a look 👉 www.marchforrejoin.co.uk
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This would get my vote everyday of the week and twice on a Sunday!.
Come on Ed, do it!.
Watch how many people follow you!.
Come on Ed, do it!.
Watch how many people follow you!.
Every single day, it makes more and more sense for Ed Davey and the Liberal Democrats to wheel out a soapbox - perhaps a literal soapbox, since he loves his stunts - and shout: "LET'S REJOIN THE EU".
Not the CU. Not the SM. Go the whole hog and be done with it.
Millions of people will cheer.
Not the CU. Not the SM. Go the whole hog and be done with it.
Millions of people will cheer.
April 8, 2025 at 5:33 AM
This would get my vote everyday of the week and twice on a Sunday!.
Come on Ed, do it!.
Watch how many people follow you!.
Come on Ed, do it!.
Watch how many people follow you!.
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So this is exciting! I have a book launch for the paperback edition of #NormandySailors at the Scottish Maritime Museum on 8 May, really hope to meet some of you there! Details 👇
www.scottishmaritimemuseum.org/event/hear-n...
www.scottishmaritimemuseum.org/event/hear-n...
Hear Nick Hewitt talking about his new book - Scottish Maritime Museum
The Sailors’ Story: A Naval History of D-Day and the Battle for France Nick is a naval historian working for Orkney Islands Council. Formerly head of collections and research at…
www.scottishmaritimemuseum.org
April 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
So this is exciting! I have a book launch for the paperback edition of #NormandySailors at the Scottish Maritime Museum on 8 May, really hope to meet some of you there! Details 👇
www.scottishmaritimemuseum.org/event/hear-n...
www.scottishmaritimemuseum.org/event/hear-n...
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As the world waits to see who's included in latest round of Trump Tariffs... Perhaps the only way Scotland can get back at him is to confiscate Turnberry. Just a thought.
April 2, 2025 at 6:39 AM
As the world waits to see who's included in latest round of Trump Tariffs... Perhaps the only way Scotland can get back at him is to confiscate Turnberry. Just a thought.
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Two weeks PAID work experience working at The Guardian’s London Headquarters for Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic aspiring journalists. Closes 30th March.
Details in link.
Please share :)
workforus.theguardian.com/entry-level-...
Details in link.
Please share :)
workforus.theguardian.com/entry-level-...
March 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Two weeks PAID work experience working at The Guardian’s London Headquarters for Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic aspiring journalists. Closes 30th March.
Details in link.
Please share :)
workforus.theguardian.com/entry-level-...
Details in link.
Please share :)
workforus.theguardian.com/entry-level-...
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Dear allies, the investigation of the Lithuanian prosecutor’s office has confirmed our suspicions that responsible for setting fires to shopping centres in Vilnius and Warsaw are the Russian secret services. Good to know before negotiations. Such is the nature of this state.
March 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Dear allies, the investigation of the Lithuanian prosecutor’s office has confirmed our suspicions that responsible for setting fires to shopping centres in Vilnius and Warsaw are the Russian secret services. Good to know before negotiations. Such is the nature of this state.
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British comic book creator Becky Burke is still being held in a USA detention camp, without news of release or repatriation bleedingcool.com/comics/briti...
British Comics Artist R.E. Burke Still Being Held In US Detention Camp
British comic book creator R.E. Burke, or Becky Burke, is still being held in a USA detention camp, without news of release or repatriation
bleedingcool.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
British comic book creator Becky Burke is still being held in a USA detention camp, without news of release or repatriation bleedingcool.com/comics/briti...
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Trump (the genius) is about to place a 200% tax on Guinness the week of St Patrick's Day...
March 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Trump (the genius) is about to place a 200% tax on Guinness the week of St Patrick's Day...
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Also he should wear a suit while doing this
March 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Also he should wear a suit while doing this
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Tomorrow, join @ukstoptrump.bsky.social to build the resistance to Donald Trump's state visit.
Exact venue confirmed when you register: www.eventbrite.com/e/stop-the-s...
With @owenjones.bsky.social, @zoejardiniere.bsky.social, @ayoub.bsky.social, @seemasyeda.bsky.social and Mykhailo Kondrashyn.
Exact venue confirmed when you register: www.eventbrite.com/e/stop-the-s...
With @owenjones.bsky.social, @zoejardiniere.bsky.social, @ayoub.bsky.social, @seemasyeda.bsky.social and Mykhailo Kondrashyn.
March 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Tomorrow, join @ukstoptrump.bsky.social to build the resistance to Donald Trump's state visit.
Exact venue confirmed when you register: www.eventbrite.com/e/stop-the-s...
With @owenjones.bsky.social, @zoejardiniere.bsky.social, @ayoub.bsky.social, @seemasyeda.bsky.social and Mykhailo Kondrashyn.
Exact venue confirmed when you register: www.eventbrite.com/e/stop-the-s...
With @owenjones.bsky.social, @zoejardiniere.bsky.social, @ayoub.bsky.social, @seemasyeda.bsky.social and Mykhailo Kondrashyn.
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In light of Trump’s latest catastrophe, here’s a musical reinterpretation of the Star Spangled Banner by the brilliant Bill Bailey youtu.be/_dVFknALySA?...
Bill Bailey - Major / Minor (We Are Most Amused and Amazed 2018)
YouTube video by King's Trust Music
youtu.be
March 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
In light of Trump’s latest catastrophe, here’s a musical reinterpretation of the Star Spangled Banner by the brilliant Bill Bailey youtu.be/_dVFknALySA?...
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How lucky it was for the world that America then had a president who understood the powerful symbolism of a democratic statesman living in a war zone dressing in a way appropriate to an existential struggle for freedom on the frontier of western civilisation. Now, not so much.
Just in case anyone is interested, here is a picture of Winston Churchill in 1943, wearing his wartime 'siren suit' on his way to meet President Roosevelt. He wore the same suit when he went to ask for more money under Lend-Lease the year before.
March 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
How lucky it was for the world that America then had a president who understood the powerful symbolism of a democratic statesman living in a war zone dressing in a way appropriate to an existential struggle for freedom on the frontier of western civilisation. Now, not so much.
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Jeez, guys. This is bad. We should arrange some sort of Union of Europeans, or something.
February 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Jeez, guys. This is bad. We should arrange some sort of Union of Europeans, or something.
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Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
February 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
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Hope Elon is impressed with all our hard work.
#visitinverness
#visitinverness
February 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Hope Elon is impressed with all our hard work.
#visitinverness
#visitinverness
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This is an excellent speech by the new Chancellor of Oxford University, William Hague.
Lots of good jokes, but also a staunch defence of what a university should be. We're going to need a lot of that in the years ahead.
Lots of good jokes, but also a staunch defence of what a university should be. We're going to need a lot of that in the years ahead.
"We do not need a foreign policy: we are not a country. Nor do we need a view on every occurrence: we are not a newspaper. The concern of a university is that opinions are reached on the basis of truth, reason & knowledge, which requires thinking & speaking with freedom"
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-02...
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-02...
Lord Hague's Chancellor admission speech | University of Oxford
Speech by Lord Hague of Richmond on his admission as Chancellor of the University of Oxford, 19 February 2025
www.ox.ac.uk
February 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This is an excellent speech by the new Chancellor of Oxford University, William Hague.
Lots of good jokes, but also a staunch defence of what a university should be. We're going to need a lot of that in the years ahead.
Lots of good jokes, but also a staunch defence of what a university should be. We're going to need a lot of that in the years ahead.
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Wow, good diplomatic move - Macron reportedly joining in the meeting with Trump by Starmer.
Not sure whether anything or anyone can make Trump change course, but this is a strong signal of Europeans moving together to speak to the US.
Not sure whether anything or anyone can make Trump change course, but this is a strong signal of Europeans moving together to speak to the US.
#Macron joining Starmer on his visit to Washington next week. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Wow, good diplomatic move - Macron reportedly joining in the meeting with Trump by Starmer.
Not sure whether anything or anyone can make Trump change course, but this is a strong signal of Europeans moving together to speak to the US.
Not sure whether anything or anyone can make Trump change course, but this is a strong signal of Europeans moving together to speak to the US.