James Foster #FBPE
@jamesfoster83.bsky.social
Twitter refugee, work in education. Dog lover 🐕.Spellthorn CLP member. Interested in science, history, politics Harry Potter and a bit of football CFC. I’m dyslexic so spelling mistakes are my own #FBPE
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Is it just me or is no one addressing the content of this infamous #Panorama episode!
It’s utterly terrifying!!
Corruption on a scale not seen in a long time, in my opinion the whole lot should end up behind bars!!
It’s utterly terrifying!!
Corruption on a scale not seen in a long time, in my opinion the whole lot should end up behind bars!!
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Is it just me or is no one addressing the content of this infamous #Panorama episode!
It’s utterly terrifying!!
Corruption on a scale not seen in a long time, in my opinion the whole lot should end up behind bars!!
It’s utterly terrifying!!
Corruption on a scale not seen in a long time, in my opinion the whole lot should end up behind bars!!
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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 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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...
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Lest it might be useful as an aide memoire, my "American Week" for @eddiemair.bsky.social's programme on @lbc.co.uk that first aired on January 8th 2021. Please feel free to share with anyone who might benefit from hearing it at a time when some memories are faulty.
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/776778...
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/776778...
January 8, 2021 - "American Week": American Carnage
Simon's live weekly roundup for Eddie Mair's programme on LBC. Live every Friday at 4:50pm.
audioboom.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Lest it might be useful as an aide memoire, my "American Week" for @eddiemair.bsky.social's programme on @lbc.co.uk that first aired on January 8th 2021. Please feel free to share with anyone who might benefit from hearing it at a time when some memories are faulty.
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/776778...
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/776778...
Reposted by James Foster #FBPE
Cry more, gammons
Number 1 for eleven years running. But who’s counting?
Greatest city in the world.
www.londonandpartners.com/newsroom/new...
Greatest city in the world.
www.londonandpartners.com/newsroom/new...
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Cry more, gammons
I will never go fully on the cloud, I will always be a physical medium man.
November 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I will never go fully on the cloud, I will always be a physical medium man.
November 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I have to say for once I vehemently disagree with you @matthew-wright.bsky.social 40 minutes into your show today you called the Sun a book! X 😉😅
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I have to say for once I vehemently disagree with you @matthew-wright.bsky.social 40 minutes into your show today you called the Sun a book! X 😉😅
Never too late in the year for sunbathing…
November 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Never too late in the year for sunbathing…
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Red Dwarf is how society should be, a black guy (who’s not exactly gender conforming), a mixed race dude & two white guys, one of whom is dead, the other is an android.
& at no point do you even stop to think about it, everyone is accepted into the group 💜🤖👩🏻🚀
& at no point do you even stop to think about it, everyone is accepted into the group 💜🤖👩🏻🚀
November 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Red Dwarf is how society should be, a black guy (who’s not exactly gender conforming), a mixed race dude & two white guys, one of whom is dead, the other is an android.
& at no point do you even stop to think about it, everyone is accepted into the group 💜🤖👩🏻🚀
& at no point do you even stop to think about it, everyone is accepted into the group 💜🤖👩🏻🚀
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The Vredefort Crater in South Africa —
Earth’s largest verified impact crater
300 km wide and 2 billion years old!
Formed by a city-sized asteroid that reshaped the land.
Earth’s largest verified impact crater
300 km wide and 2 billion years old!
Formed by a city-sized asteroid that reshaped the land.
November 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The Vredefort Crater in South Africa —
Earth’s largest verified impact crater
300 km wide and 2 billion years old!
Formed by a city-sized asteroid that reshaped the land.
Earth’s largest verified impact crater
300 km wide and 2 billion years old!
Formed by a city-sized asteroid that reshaped the land.
Reposted by James Foster #FBPE
Trying to explain Quantum Physics to a five year-old…
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Trying to explain Quantum Physics to a five year-old…
Is it just me or in this picture does Trump not looking like he’s doing a crap Hannibal Lecter impression with his aids looking like they’re trying to resuscitate a manikin!!
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Is it just me or in this picture does Trump not looking like he’s doing a crap Hannibal Lecter impression with his aids looking like they’re trying to resuscitate a manikin!!
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My "American Week" for @tomswarbrick.bsky.social's programme on the UK's @lbc.co.uk. Listen live every Friday or find it here on-demand afterwards.
This week: the Democrats rout Trump's Republicans in off-year elections, and former VP Dick Cheney dies at 84.
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/880364...
This week: the Democrats rout Trump's Republicans in off-year elections, and former VP Dick Cheney dies at 84.
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/880364...
November 7, 2025 - "American Week": The Democrats dare to dream
Simon's weekly chronicle of events in the United States for Tom Swarbrick's Friday drivetime programme on the UK's LBC. Listen live every Friday at 5:50pm or find it on catch-up here after...
audioboom.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
My "American Week" for @tomswarbrick.bsky.social's programme on the UK's @lbc.co.uk. Listen live every Friday or find it here on-demand afterwards.
This week: the Democrats rout Trump's Republicans in off-year elections, and former VP Dick Cheney dies at 84.
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/880364...
This week: the Democrats rout Trump's Republicans in off-year elections, and former VP Dick Cheney dies at 84.
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/880364...
Reposted by James Foster #FBPE
Joey Barton convicted re social media posts
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Joey Barton found guilty of sending offensive posts on social media
Former footballer guilty over posts directed at football pundits Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko, and broadcaster Jeremy Vine
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Joey Barton convicted re social media posts
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
RIP James Watson
You’re influence will forever live on in the DNA of science 🧬
DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 97 www.bbc.com/news/article...
You’re influence will forever live on in the DNA of science 🧬
DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 97 www.bbc.com/news/article...
DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 97
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
RIP James Watson
You’re influence will forever live on in the DNA of science 🧬
DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 97 www.bbc.com/news/article...
You’re influence will forever live on in the DNA of science 🧬
DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 97 www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Excellent observation
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Excellent observation
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Domination is now available as an audiobook - read by me! books.apple.com/gb/audiobook...
November 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Domination is now available as an audiobook - read by me! books.apple.com/gb/audiobook...
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Well this was FUN.
And I obviously can’t not be funny having spent so much time witn Jon Sopel. Right?
Have I Got News For You. BBC1. 9pm.
And I obviously can’t not be funny having spent so much time witn Jon Sopel. Right?
Have I Got News For You. BBC1. 9pm.
November 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Well this was FUN.
And I obviously can’t not be funny having spent so much time witn Jon Sopel. Right?
Have I Got News For You. BBC1. 9pm.
And I obviously can’t not be funny having spent so much time witn Jon Sopel. Right?
Have I Got News For You. BBC1. 9pm.
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Wrote a thing about why it’s probably time to ban X in the UK - substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Time to Ban X in the UK?
Probably.... But How Do You Stand Up to a Trillionaire?
substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Wrote a thing about why it’s probably time to ban X in the UK - substack.com/inbox/post/1...
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A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Bloody hell!
You can’t argue with statistics, something has gone wrong!
You can’t argue with statistics, something has gone wrong!
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Bloody hell!
You can’t argue with statistics, something has gone wrong!
You can’t argue with statistics, something has gone wrong!
Just ordered 4.5 Kg of bread flour!
I’m properly addicted to baking!! 🙈
I’m properly addicted to baking!! 🙈
November 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Just ordered 4.5 Kg of bread flour!
I’m properly addicted to baking!! 🙈
I’m properly addicted to baking!! 🙈
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If this is what happens when Reform runs a council, just imagine Farage running the country.
Care homes closed and vulnerable people abandoned.
We cannot let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.
Care homes closed and vulnerable people abandoned.
We cannot let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
If this is what happens when Reform runs a council, just imagine Farage running the country.
Care homes closed and vulnerable people abandoned.
We cannot let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.
Care homes closed and vulnerable people abandoned.
We cannot let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.
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Farage 🇷🇺 was savaged in the Commons for lining his pockets with £1m from second jobs while sneering at young workers’ right to a fair wage, a display of hypocrisy so brazen it practically reeked through the chamber. #ukpolitics
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Farage 🇷🇺 was savaged in the Commons for lining his pockets with £1m from second jobs while sneering at young workers’ right to a fair wage, a display of hypocrisy so brazen it practically reeked through the chamber. #ukpolitics