Greg
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Greg
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· Jun 2
In other news, I took a 35mm camera to the Cup Final and got the shots back today. #CPFC
Unelected Brussels bureaucrats though 😂
‘It’s this week’s tributes from a vassal state.’
Andrew Marr asks: ‘is our ancient democracy becoming an obedient subsidiary of Trump’s America?’
Andrew Marr asks: ‘is our ancient democracy becoming an obedient subsidiary of Trump’s America?’
September 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Unelected Brussels bureaucrats though 😂
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This is hugely problematic. The overwhelming majority in the UK reject the far right yet our views aren‘t being properly articulated in the public sphere: the papers largely support it, the BBC is a mix of supportive & supine, the government simply absent
Still absolutely nothing to say about far right thugs rioting and attacking the police while a US tech billionaire calls for a violent insurrection on our streets
September 14, 2025 at 8:34 AM
This is hugely problematic. The overwhelming majority in the UK reject the far right yet our views aren‘t being properly articulated in the public sphere: the papers largely support it, the BBC is a mix of supportive & supine, the government simply absent
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How can voters believe government will stand up for them if it can’t even stand up for itself?
September 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
How can voters believe government will stand up for them if it can’t even stand up for itself?
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There is enough evidence of enablement of hate crimes to warrant a full Ofcom investigation into how it is using financial incentives to promote hate, harassment and real-world violence. The first responsibility of the State is to protect its people, and in 2025 that includes online.
September 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
There is enough evidence of enablement of hate crimes to warrant a full Ofcom investigation into how it is using financial incentives to promote hate, harassment and real-world violence. The first responsibility of the State is to protect its people, and in 2025 that includes online.
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Look, I know it means well but I really don’t think it’s a good idea to mock the appearance of some of the fash out today, nor their incoherence - not least because their process of online radicalisation is driven by both a sense of material helplessness and information overload
September 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Look, I know it means well but I really don’t think it’s a good idea to mock the appearance of some of the fash out today, nor their incoherence - not least because their process of online radicalisation is driven by both a sense of material helplessness and information overload
Out of interest, how many police officers have been attacked and injured by Palestine Action?
September 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Out of interest, how many police officers have been attacked and injured by Palestine Action?
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Will this get picked up on BBC and Sky like the BMG outlier showing them on 35% last week was. I doubt it. A
📊 Ref lead of 5pts
Westminster voting intention
REF: 27% (-2)
LAB: 22% (+2)
CON: 17% (-)
LDEM: 15% (-)
GRN: 12% (+2)
via @YouGov, 07 - 08 Sep
Chgs. w/ 01 Sep
britainelects.com
Westminster voting intention
REF: 27% (-2)
LAB: 22% (+2)
CON: 17% (-)
LDEM: 15% (-)
GRN: 12% (+2)
via @YouGov, 07 - 08 Sep
Chgs. w/ 01 Sep
britainelects.com
britainelects.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Will this get picked up on BBC and Sky like the BMG outlier showing them on 35% last week was. I doubt it. A
Baller. Such a shame we could only have him for that one season. Wish we could have had him back when he went on loan to Fulham. Not sure if I loved him or Gallagher more. #CPFC
🚨 EXCL: Ruben Loftus-Cheek called into England squad for upcoming 2026 World Cup qualifiers. AC Milan midfielder last appeared for national team in 2018 but Thomas Tuchel knows 29yo from Chelsea & now included for Andorra + Serbia fixtures 🚨 @theathleticfc.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/658...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/658...
Ruben Loftus-Cheek called into England squad for first time in six years
The 29-year-old has not played for England since November 2018.
www.nytimes.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Baller. Such a shame we could only have him for that one season. Wish we could have had him back when he went on loan to Fulham. Not sure if I loved him or Gallagher more. #CPFC
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It brings me no joy at all to see that it’s even dumber, more crass, more wildly reckless and more empty of thought than even I had believed it was
September 2, 2025 at 7:51 AM
It brings me no joy at all to see that it’s even dumber, more crass, more wildly reckless and more empty of thought than even I had believed it was
I know it's not going to happen but I would love a Rak-Sakyi redemption arc. He's not innocent in this but Palace have handled his development atrociously. #CPFC
September 2, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I know it's not going to happen but I would love a Rak-Sakyi redemption arc. He's not innocent in this but Palace have handled his development atrociously. #CPFC
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Sierra Leone imported enough solar panels in one year to make up 65% of their entire nation's generating capacity. If you're not preparing for massive drops in fossil fuel demand, you're not paying attention.
electrek.co/2025/08/25/c...
electrek.co/2025/08/25/c...
China-made panels drive Africa’s 15 GW solar import milestone
Africa’s solar imports soared 60% to 15 GW in 2025, fueled by China, reshaping power and cutting diesel reliance.
electrek.co
August 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Sierra Leone imported enough solar panels in one year to make up 65% of their entire nation's generating capacity. If you're not preparing for massive drops in fossil fuel demand, you're not paying attention.
electrek.co/2025/08/25/c...
electrek.co/2025/08/25/c...
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Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
August 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
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This has been the position of about half of Britain’s national newspapers roughly since 2002, when Naomi Campbell successfully cited Article 10 in her case against Mirror Group for violating her privacy by taking pictures of her
August 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
This has been the position of about half of Britain’s national newspapers roughly since 2002, when Naomi Campbell successfully cited Article 10 in her case against Mirror Group for violating her privacy by taking pictures of her
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“I don’t remember anyone ever saying to us ‘Oh I just don't think we're properly reflecting the Green Party view, or the liberal-left view on this story’,” one former BBC journalist told me.
“It was always just slanted in one direction – which was basically the nativist, authoritarian direction.”
“It was always just slanted in one direction – which was basically the nativist, authoritarian direction.”
The BBC's Plan to Appease Nigel Farage
News that BBC executives plan to alter their programming in order to win over Reform voters is the latest sign of a corporation that has become dangerously cowed by the right
www.adambienkov.co.uk
August 26, 2025 at 8:37 AM
“I don’t remember anyone ever saying to us ‘Oh I just don't think we're properly reflecting the Green Party view, or the liberal-left view on this story’,” one former BBC journalist told me.
“It was always just slanted in one direction – which was basically the nativist, authoritarian direction.”
“It was always just slanted in one direction – which was basically the nativist, authoritarian direction.”
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It’s a pretty common newsroom practice to say that protests of a few hundred (or even a few thousand) people aren’t headline news because they happen all the time. And it’s largely true.
What I can’t explain is why even Ofcom regulated TV is determined to make *these* protests news.
What I can’t explain is why even Ofcom regulated TV is determined to make *these* protests news.
Sunday protests seem to be < 500 nationwide, maybe < 300, across 4-6 locations
Yet ITV news using language of "erupt nationwide" (!)
Epping: 100-150
London: 20
Birmingham: 30
Stevenage: 30-50
Norwich: ? anything of any scale
Manchester: ? anything of any scale
Dudley: ? anything of any scale?
Yet ITV news using language of "erupt nationwide" (!)
Epping: 100-150
London: 20
Birmingham: 30
Stevenage: 30-50
Norwich: ? anything of any scale
Manchester: ? anything of any scale
Dudley: ? anything of any scale?
August 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
It’s a pretty common newsroom practice to say that protests of a few hundred (or even a few thousand) people aren’t headline news because they happen all the time. And it’s largely true.
What I can’t explain is why even Ofcom regulated TV is determined to make *these* protests news.
What I can’t explain is why even Ofcom regulated TV is determined to make *these* protests news.
Yeah, seeing that new Everton stadium… 8 years wasted on a single stand when we should have been going balls to the wall to replace the whole lot. #CPFC
New Main Stand is lipstick on a pig without an ongoing plan for the other three stands. I know S London is difficult but, with Wooderson, the footprint is there for a whole new stadium, a la Spurs. I would happily accept playing at Fulham/Charlton for 3/4 seasons if it meant a whole new stadium.
August 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Yeah, seeing that new Everton stadium… 8 years wasted on a single stand when we should have been going balls to the wall to replace the whole lot. #CPFC
Just seen rumours that Forest are looking at sacking Nuno due to tensions between him and Marinakis.
Given the timeline we are all living through, I'm going to start mentally preparing for how that one might end... #CPFC
Given the timeline we are all living through, I'm going to start mentally preparing for how that one might end... #CPFC
August 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Just seen rumours that Forest are looking at sacking Nuno due to tensions between him and Marinakis.
Given the timeline we are all living through, I'm going to start mentally preparing for how that one might end... #CPFC
Given the timeline we are all living through, I'm going to start mentally preparing for how that one might end... #CPFC
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It is very nearly the tenth anniversary of that brief moment when, for 2 or 3 days, British newspapers remembered refugees are desperate human beings who need our help, rather than scum that it's okay to threaten with violence.
August 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It is very nearly the tenth anniversary of that brief moment when, for 2 or 3 days, British newspapers remembered refugees are desperate human beings who need our help, rather than scum that it's okay to threaten with violence.
If Josh Harris has finally been convinced Palace are worth more involvement on his side and he is making this move so he can more freely put in the funds to progress us on and off the pitch then bring it on. That stadium he is planning in Washington is 🔝 + you know his wealth exists. #CPFC
August 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
If Josh Harris has finally been convinced Palace are worth more involvement on his side and he is making this move so he can more freely put in the funds to progress us on and off the pitch then bring it on. That stadium he is planning in Washington is 🔝 + you know his wealth exists. #CPFC
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August 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Only this bloody club could be coming off the back of winning the FA Cup and making me feel pretty despondent about the upcoming season. I would say "never change, Palace!" but... yeah, definitely change. #CPFC
August 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Only this bloody club could be coming off the back of winning the FA Cup and making me feel pretty despondent about the upcoming season. I would say "never change, Palace!" but... yeah, definitely change. #CPFC
August 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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I think the most absurd thing about the Palace demotion is that being so pedantic and hardline on this case doesn't actually touch the multiple problems that multi-club ownership actually throws up.
As someone in Uefa put to me, it's being strong on the negligible aspects.
As someone in Uefa put to me, it's being strong on the negligible aspects.
August 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I think the most absurd thing about the Palace demotion is that being so pedantic and hardline on this case doesn't actually touch the multiple problems that multi-club ownership actually throws up.
As someone in Uefa put to me, it's being strong on the negligible aspects.
As someone in Uefa put to me, it's being strong on the negligible aspects.