Honest Dave
@honestdave11.bsky.social
Interested in news, politics & classic cars, esp MGB's. Centre left, wanting truth and integrity in government, business and the media. Not on X. #FBPE, #FBPA, #FBPR, #FBNHS, #FarageOut, No DMs unless I know you. No porn, no bitcoin. No posts = no follow.
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It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
writesbright.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
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With millions in public money handed to private interests and serious questions over transparency and accountability, why hasn’t there been an inquiry into the goings-on on Teesside?
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
November 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
With millions in public money handed to private interests and serious questions over transparency and accountability, why hasn’t there been an inquiry into the goings-on on Teesside?
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
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Nothing says you’re the party of small business like taking £200k off Lord Bamford, who cares so much about the little guy that he’s being investigated for potentially £500million in offshored tax.
Reform UK don’t care about small business.
Reform UK don’t care about small business.
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Nothing says you’re the party of small business like taking £200k off Lord Bamford, who cares so much about the little guy that he’s being investigated for potentially £500million in offshored tax.
Reform UK don’t care about small business.
Reform UK don’t care about small business.
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Billionaires and corporations are causing climate breakdown.
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
You can't solve a crisis with the same thinking that caused it
Billionaires and corporations are driving climate breakdown. It’s time to tax their wealth and build a fairer future.
www.newstatesman.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Billionaires and corporations are causing climate breakdown.
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
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If this is true - this should have happened a long time ago.
The Green Party alongside campaigners have been calling for this - and it's good to see maybe they've finally listened.
Will reserve relief for all children being lifted out of poverty until we know it's happening.
The Green Party alongside campaigners have been calling for this - and it's good to see maybe they've finally listened.
Will reserve relief for all children being lifted out of poverty until we know it's happening.
NEW: Rachel Reeves signals she intends to remove the two-child cap *in full*
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
If this is true - this should have happened a long time ago.
The Green Party alongside campaigners have been calling for this - and it's good to see maybe they've finally listened.
Will reserve relief for all children being lifted out of poverty until we know it's happening.
The Green Party alongside campaigners have been calling for this - and it's good to see maybe they've finally listened.
Will reserve relief for all children being lifted out of poverty until we know it's happening.
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Putin must be relishing this
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Putin must be relishing this
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Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
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🔴 The Telegraph’s Record of Climate Falsehoods
The newspaper has been scolding the BBC for its editorial failings, while issuing a string of climate corrections.
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The newspaper has been scolding the BBC for its editorial failings, while issuing a string of climate corrections.
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The Telegraph’s Record of Climate Falsehoods
The Telegraph, which has accused the BBC of bias and a lack of editorial rigour, has been forced to amend a swathe of climate inaccuracies. The BBC’s director-general and CEO resigned this weekend aft...
www.desmog.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
🔴 The Telegraph’s Record of Climate Falsehoods
The newspaper has been scolding the BBC for its editorial failings, while issuing a string of climate corrections.
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The newspaper has been scolding the BBC for its editorial failings, while issuing a string of climate corrections.
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
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If, as several people are suggesting this morning, the DG and News CEO were prevented from issuing an apology re Panorama last week by the board, it seems extremely urgent that the chair of the board clarify what happened
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 AM
If, as several people are suggesting this morning, the DG and News CEO were prevented from issuing an apology re Panorama last week by the board, it seems extremely urgent that the chair of the board clarify what happened
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Robbie Gibb who cancelled a BBC investigation into Farage's Leave dot EU campaign shortly before the EU Ref
Arron Banks thanked him for it
"Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down."
- @channel4news.bsky.social in 2019
Arron Banks thanked him for it
"Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down."
- @channel4news.bsky.social in 2019
Revealed: Brexit group covered up its targeting of right-wing extremists
Brexit-backer Arron Banks repeatedly denied that Leave.EU appealed to National Front supporters - in a bid to get the BBC to drop an investigation
www.channel4.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Robbie Gibb who cancelled a BBC investigation into Farage's Leave dot EU campaign shortly before the EU Ref
Arron Banks thanked him for it
"Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down."
- @channel4news.bsky.social in 2019
Arron Banks thanked him for it
"Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down."
- @channel4news.bsky.social in 2019
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They don't just hate the journalism: they hate everything else about the BBC, not least that it is all things to all people.
"All people" is anathema to the Right. They'd put a contract out on David Attenborough if they had to.
"All people" is anathema to the Right. They'd put a contract out on David Attenborough if they had to.
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
They don't just hate the journalism: they hate everything else about the BBC, not least that it is all things to all people.
"All people" is anathema to the Right. They'd put a contract out on David Attenborough if they had to.
"All people" is anathema to the Right. They'd put a contract out on David Attenborough if they had to.
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“All the flags in England cannot conceal the unpleasant, repulsive nastiness and lunacy at the core of Reform. As Reform’s tax hikes and mismanagement in councils from Kent to Durham confirm, the party couldn’t run a bath.”
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'Nigel Farage exposes himself as Thatcher knock-off with spending cut plans'
Kevin Maguire issues a warning to anyone in the working class community who are considering voting for Nigel Farage and his Reform UK party, saying they will "hammer you"
www.mirror.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
“All the flags in England cannot conceal the unpleasant, repulsive nastiness and lunacy at the core of Reform. As Reform’s tax hikes and mismanagement in councils from Kent to Durham confirm, the party couldn’t run a bath.”
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Reform UK are trying to bring back Maria Caulfield as a candidate.
She’s a failed Tory Minister. Let’s not forget scandals she was involved in:
She’s a failed Tory Minister. Let’s not forget scandals she was involved in:
November 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Reform UK are trying to bring back Maria Caulfield as a candidate.
She’s a failed Tory Minister. Let’s not forget scandals she was involved in:
She’s a failed Tory Minister. Let’s not forget scandals she was involved in:
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It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄
Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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November 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄
Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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Labour’s reset with the EU may solve this boring, costly nightmare for British businesses.
But EU-phobic Farage and Tories say they would rip that agreement up again.
What an utterly childish response to the damage they’ve done.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
But EU-phobic Farage and Tories say they would rip that agreement up again.
What an utterly childish response to the damage they’ve done.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Plant importers say border delays in Kent could drive up prices and stop deliveries from EU
Traders report long waits at Sevington inspection post and claim trees and shrubs are repeatedly being damaged
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Labour’s reset with the EU may solve this boring, costly nightmare for British businesses.
But EU-phobic Farage and Tories say they would rip that agreement up again.
What an utterly childish response to the damage they’ve done.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
But EU-phobic Farage and Tories say they would rip that agreement up again.
What an utterly childish response to the damage they’ve done.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Chris Packham on the political shift on climate change: “It’s no secret that the fossil fuel companies are funding Reform and The Conservatives - that’s a fact. These people are either denying something extremely dangerous or they’re puppet-ing it for their paymasters”
#bbclaurak
#bbclaurak
November 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Chris Packham on the political shift on climate change: “It’s no secret that the fossil fuel companies are funding Reform and The Conservatives - that’s a fact. These people are either denying something extremely dangerous or they’re puppet-ing it for their paymasters”
#bbclaurak
#bbclaurak
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Anyone remember the time Boris Johnson turned up looking like a bag of rubbish and laid the wreath upside down. And the next time the ƁBC showed the footage, it showed a completely different ceremony and him laying a different wreath? When people noticed and complained, they said it was a mistake.
November 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Anyone remember the time Boris Johnson turned up looking like a bag of rubbish and laid the wreath upside down. And the next time the ƁBC showed the footage, it showed a completely different ceremony and him laying a different wreath? When people noticed and complained, they said it was a mistake.
He described himself as "the dancing equivalent of a JCB" when he took part in Strictly Come Dancing, but he was an excellent motoring journalist. RIP.
BBC News - Former Top Gear presenter Quentin Willson dies aged 68
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Former Top Gear presenter Quentin Willson dies aged 68
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Quentin Willson dies: Jeremy Clarkson and James May pay tribute to former Top Gear host
The presenter and campaigner was described by his family as a "true national treasure" and "consumer champion".
www.bbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
He described himself as "the dancing equivalent of a JCB" when he took part in Strictly Come Dancing, but he was an excellent motoring journalist. RIP.
BBC News - Former Top Gear presenter Quentin Willson dies aged 68
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Former Top Gear presenter Quentin Willson dies aged 68
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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I’d love to see the scale on this graph
November 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I’d love to see the scale on this graph
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A deep commitment to anti-wokeness
November 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A deep commitment to anti-wokeness
