Helen Lofts
@hl-isca.bsky.social
Labour Party activist, Welsh🏴, pro EU 🇪🇺, humanist and republican.
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It will be interesting but predictable to see how Farage and the right wing press go about suppressing the fact that Nathan Gill is now in jail after working for the Russians. And all those useful idiots putting up flags because they think Reform stands for patriotism. Will they never learn!
November 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
It will be interesting but predictable to see how Farage and the right wing press go about suppressing the fact that Nathan Gill is now in jail after working for the Russians. And all those useful idiots putting up flags because they think Reform stands for patriotism. Will they never learn!
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Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
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Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles
Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Traitors to the West
November 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Traitors to the West
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Labour peer Lord Dubs: "To use children as a weapon, as the home secretary is doing, is I think a shabby thing. I’m lost for words, frankly."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
Labour Peer Who Fled The Nazis Condemns His Party's Immigration Crackdown
Lord Dubs said he was "lost for words".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Labour peer Lord Dubs: "To use children as a weapon, as the home secretary is doing, is I think a shabby thing. I’m lost for words, frankly."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
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This is another failure directly attributable to the Thatcherite policy of privatising everything.
UK and Norway won nature's lottery in 1970 - found oil/gas in the North Sea.
UK squandered wealth, appeased corporations.
Norway levied 78% tax, took direct stake in companies.
Norway now has $1.8 trillion sovereign fund. UK has public finance crisis.
UK Govts still appeasing corporations/rich.
UK squandered wealth, appeased corporations.
Norway levied 78% tax, took direct stake in companies.
Norway now has $1.8 trillion sovereign fund. UK has public finance crisis.
UK Govts still appeasing corporations/rich.
How sparsely populated Norway amassed $1.8 trillion | Fortune Europe
Launched in the early 1990s to invest mostly in bonds, the fund has grown to become the largest of its kind by acquiring small equity stakes in thousands of companies across the world.
fortune.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This is another failure directly attributable to the Thatcherite policy of privatising everything.
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BBC News - 'My father was very cool -he volunteered to fight fascism in Spain' - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'My father was very cool -he volunteered to fight fascism in Spain'
A woman whose father fought in the Spanish Civil War talks of his
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
BBC News - 'My father was very cool -he volunteered to fight fascism in Spain' - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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PERSON OF THE DAY. 15 November 1897. Aneurin Bevan was born in Tredegar, Wales. He spearheaded the creation of the NHS in 1948 by the Labour government. It offered treatment free at the point of delivery to all citizens, irrespective of income. It’s one of the key social reforms in British history.
November 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
PERSON OF THE DAY. 15 November 1897. Aneurin Bevan was born in Tredegar, Wales. He spearheaded the creation of the NHS in 1948 by the Labour government. It offered treatment free at the point of delivery to all citizens, irrespective of income. It’s one of the key social reforms in British history.
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I think, as an American who studied the speech to assess whether it constituted unlawful incitement, the BBC edit was poor journalistic form, but it did not convey something substantively different than reality. My thing? The apology doesn’t convey to me that the BBC gets Trump isn’t a fair broker.
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
I think, as an American who studied the speech to assess whether it constituted unlawful incitement, the BBC edit was poor journalistic form, but it did not convey something substantively different than reality. My thing? The apology doesn’t convey to me that the BBC gets Trump isn’t a fair broker.
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Raging. How dare Donald Trump come for the BBC. If you feel similarly, here's the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save Our BBC
I've just signed the petition calling on the government to stop their attack on our BBC. We need an independent national broadcaster we can trust. Please sign and share today.
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Raging. How dare Donald Trump come for the BBC. If you feel similarly, here's the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Even I thought this was one of mine!
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Even I thought this was one of mine!
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
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Court convicts two donors for illegally diverting £100k to Eurosceptic think tank run by Nigel Farage's girlfriend. She definitely doesn't sound like the sort of person who would get involved with tax fraud on a house purchase.
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Court convicts two donors for illegally diverting £100k to Eurosceptic think tank run by Nigel Farage's girlfriend. She definitely doesn't sound like the sort of person who would get involved with tax fraud on a house purchase.
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New Yorkers faced the choice between hope and fear, and just like we've seen in London, hope won.
Huge congratulations to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on his historic campaign.
Tonight you get your roti and your roses - enjoy!
Huge congratulations to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on his historic campaign.
Tonight you get your roti and your roses - enjoy!
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
New Yorkers faced the choice between hope and fear, and just like we've seen in London, hope won.
Huge congratulations to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on his historic campaign.
Tonight you get your roti and your roses - enjoy!
Huge congratulations to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on his historic campaign.
Tonight you get your roti and your roses - enjoy!
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Reform UK have performed so many u-turns on policy, here’s there new logo.
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Reform UK have performed so many u-turns on policy, here’s there new logo.
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Proud to be Welsh 🏴 🏴🏴
October 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Proud to be Welsh 🏴 🏴🏴
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PERSON OF THE DAY. 24 October 2005. American civil rights activist Rosa Parks died (aged 92). Her refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger during the 1955 Montgomery Alabama segregated bus protest was a pivotal moment in the history of the American civil rights movement.
October 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
PERSON OF THE DAY. 24 October 2005. American civil rights activist Rosa Parks died (aged 92). Her refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger during the 1955 Montgomery Alabama segregated bus protest was a pivotal moment in the history of the American civil rights movement.
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mason cheerfully calls reform an "upstart". what is "upstart" about reform? they are just ukip/reform by another name, led by the same establishment figure who took over a decade to find a constituency that would vote him in as an MP.
October 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
mason cheerfully calls reform an "upstart". what is "upstart" about reform? they are just ukip/reform by another name, led by the same establishment figure who took over a decade to find a constituency that would vote him in as an MP.
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We've updated our analysis of media coverage of the Caerphilly by-election to go in-depth on the final week of campaigning.
Including an analysis of Chris Mason's BBC News at Ten report which gave Reform UK's candidate twice the airtime of Labour's or Plaid Cymru's.
tinyurl.com/4kw6m5a6
Including an analysis of Chris Mason's BBC News at Ten report which gave Reform UK's candidate twice the airtime of Labour's or Plaid Cymru's.
tinyurl.com/4kw6m5a6
How broadcasters covered the final week of the Caerphilly by-election — Researching the impartiality of political news
Ahead of the Caerphilly by-election, we examined how BBC and ITV – two major sources of news in Wales – reported the final week of the campaign on TV and online between October 15 and 22. This include...
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October 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
We've updated our analysis of media coverage of the Caerphilly by-election to go in-depth on the final week of campaigning.
Including an analysis of Chris Mason's BBC News at Ten report which gave Reform UK's candidate twice the airtime of Labour's or Plaid Cymru's.
tinyurl.com/4kw6m5a6
Including an analysis of Chris Mason's BBC News at Ten report which gave Reform UK's candidate twice the airtime of Labour's or Plaid Cymru's.
tinyurl.com/4kw6m5a6
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: A mine rescue worker silently contemplates the Aberfan Disaster (1966). 📷 Getty images
October 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
PHOTO OF THE DAY: A mine rescue worker silently contemplates the Aberfan Disaster (1966). 📷 Getty images
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Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
October 20, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
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UK government should take note.
Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin.
www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’
Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...
www.volkskrant.nl
October 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
UK government should take note.