Jane Jackson
@janejjackson.bsky.social
Borderlines Film Festival, Open Screen, former filmmaker and TV director/producer
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This thread is a summary of this brilliant piece by my former colleague Rosan Smits. It went viral in the Netherlands—and you can read the English translation now -->
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This is fascism
Fascism starts with talk, not tanks. With democratic elections, not a coup. And it takes hold thanks to people who think things won’t move quickly—until they do just that.
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June 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This thread is a summary of this brilliant piece by my former colleague Rosan Smits. It went viral in the Netherlands—and you can read the English translation now -->
decorrespondent.nl/16177/this-...
decorrespondent.nl/16177/this-...
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I share this with respect for the many excellent journalists at the BBC.
And with the hope that transparency helps strengthen, not weaken, our democratic culture. /5
And with the hope that transparency helps strengthen, not weaken, our democratic culture. /5
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I share this with respect for the many excellent journalists at the BBC.
And with the hope that transparency helps strengthen, not weaken, our democratic culture. /5
And with the hope that transparency helps strengthen, not weaken, our democratic culture. /5
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The truth is that the sentence wasn’t inaccurate – it was removed because of legal fears. And that’s exactly the concern my lecture raises: when institutions start censoring themselves out of fear of those in power. /3
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The truth is that the sentence wasn’t inaccurate – it was removed because of legal fears. And that’s exactly the concern my lecture raises: when institutions start censoring themselves out of fear of those in power. /3
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The BBC's has responded in The Guardian that this was a routine editorial decision, but also that it was made on legal advice. Those two explanations don’t fit together. /1
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 2:40 PM
The BBC's has responded in The Guardian that this was a routine editorial decision, but also that it was made on legal advice. Those two explanations don’t fit together. /1
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Wow. BBC journalists are now not even allowed to report the censored line from my Reith Lecture, that Trump is “the most openly corrupt president in American history.”
You can hear how carefully they’re forced to tiptoe around it. So chilling...
You can hear how carefully they’re forced to tiptoe around it. So chilling...
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Wow. BBC journalists are now not even allowed to report the censored line from my Reith Lecture, that Trump is “the most openly corrupt president in American history.”
You can hear how carefully they’re forced to tiptoe around it. So chilling...
You can hear how carefully they’re forced to tiptoe around it. So chilling...
Billionaires shouldn't be able to buy a bigger voice in politics. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to put a cap on how much they can donate in the #ElectionsBill
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November 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Billionaires shouldn't be able to buy a bigger voice in politics. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to put a cap on how much they can donate in the #ElectionsBill
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Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe76.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
@markcunliffe76.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
A new survey reveals negative attitudes to Reform UK Ltd
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests, provoking negative reactions
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November 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe76.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
@markcunliffe76.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
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Sheer cruelty on display in the Home Secretary's proposed new asylum laws, which could see refugee families with children suddenly uprooted and deported after spending years rebuilding their lives in Britain. Shameful capitulation to Reform's agenda at the expense of the most vulnerable.
November 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Sheer cruelty on display in the Home Secretary's proposed new asylum laws, which could see refugee families with children suddenly uprooted and deported after spending years rebuilding their lives in Britain. Shameful capitulation to Reform's agenda at the expense of the most vulnerable.
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
I have signed @weownit.org.uk's petition to block Thames Water's plans to dump sewage in our rivers for the next 15 years. We have until 21st Oct to stop it. Add your name now.
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Thames Water wants to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.
Thames Water wants to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years
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October 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I have signed @weownit.org.uk's petition to block Thames Water's plans to dump sewage in our rivers for the next 15 years. We have until 21st Oct to stop it. Add your name now.
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here's how to explain the shutdown to those who are puzzled -- great video!
October 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
here's how to explain the shutdown to those who are puzzled -- great video!
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🔴 Brexiteers hate the world they created
They claim that Britain is broken, while still clutching the hammer.
📝 New post 👇🏻
They claim that Britain is broken, while still clutching the hammer.
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Brexiteers hate the world they created
A rant...
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August 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
🔴 Brexiteers hate the world they created
They claim that Britain is broken, while still clutching the hammer.
📝 New post 👇🏻
They claim that Britain is broken, while still clutching the hammer.
📝 New post 👇🏻
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Don’t let Reform get away with it.
We’re over halfway there!
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August 16, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Don’t let Reform get away with it.
We’re over halfway there!
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Please help us commission a special team to uncover everything about Reform.
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Please help us commission a special team to uncover everything about Reform.
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“It is a portrait of two Britains, one of which barely comprehends the challenges facing the other.” My @theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Britain’s social fabric has been torn but it’s just easie...
The real causes of serious problems are ignored and those responsible are let off the hook
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August 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
“It is a portrait of two Britains, one of which barely comprehends the challenges facing the other.” My @theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Domestic abuse and public violence: will the state now accept the two go hand in hand? | Joan Smith Brilliant article!
July 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Domestic abuse and public violence: will the state now accept the two go hand in hand? | Joan Smith Brilliant article!
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American journalists have a lot to learn from Scotland.
July 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
American journalists have a lot to learn from Scotland.
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This is why I love @bylinesnetwork.co.uk - unexpected treasures pop up.
"Citizen journalism" is so much more than just reporting events or political comment.
That's how it changes everything.
"Citizen journalism" is so much more than just reporting events or political comment.
That's how it changes everything.
The starfish delusion: why care, not strategy, is the real driver of change
Care is the ground all systems stand on: it is the refusal to be paralysed by the size of the problem, but to act in spite of it
By Mike Chitty
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Care is the ground all systems stand on: it is the refusal to be paralysed by the size of the problem, but to act in spite of it
By Mike Chitty
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
The starfish delusion: why care, not strategy, is the real driver of change
Care is the ground all systems stand on: it is the refusal to be paralysed by the size of the problem, but to act in spite of it
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
July 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This is why I love @bylinesnetwork.co.uk - unexpected treasures pop up.
"Citizen journalism" is so much more than just reporting events or political comment.
That's how it changes everything.
"Citizen journalism" is so much more than just reporting events or political comment.
That's how it changes everything.
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When it comes to taxing wealth, the spreadsheets are less important than the government rhetoric, writes @tom-clark.bsky.social.
www.prospectmagazine...
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How to tax wealth
In the end, the spreadsheets are less important than brute politics. A history lesson
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
July 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
When it comes to taxing wealth, the spreadsheets are less important than the government rhetoric, writes @tom-clark.bsky.social.
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🔥 “The stupidest thing any country has ever done.” Michael Bloomberg said it out loud — but we’re still pretending Brexit is untouchable. Read why nobody dares reopen the conversation – and who’s benefiting from that silence | Peter Thurlow
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New bid to join the EU does not need a referendum
Labour hides behind claims of the need for a new referendum, to hide the true reason why they don’t want real progress towards the EU
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July 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
🔥 “The stupidest thing any country has ever done.” Michael Bloomberg said it out loud — but we’re still pretending Brexit is untouchable. Read why nobody dares reopen the conversation – and who’s benefiting from that silence | Peter Thurlow
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @peterthurlow.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @peterthurlow.bsky.social
The Employment Rights Bill could deliver the biggest boost for workers in a generation – but it’s under threat. Add your name now to demand it passes in full.
June 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The Employment Rights Bill could deliver the biggest boost for workers in a generation – but it’s under threat. Add your name now to demand it passes in full.
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Reform care so much about the process of local government that they can't be bothered to turn up to their first meetings and are causing chaos in councils across the country.
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Reform UK councils in ‘shambles’ as newly elected councillors fail to show up
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June 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Reform care so much about the process of local government that they can't be bothered to turn up to their first meetings and are causing chaos in councils across the country.
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Really pleased the government has listened to my and others' long-standing campaigning and will require solar panels on all new homes—a no-brainer policy. Now we must go further: ensure new homes have proper insulation, flood resilience, and protection from overheating.
June 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Really pleased the government has listened to my and others' long-standing campaigning and will require solar panels on all new homes—a no-brainer policy. Now we must go further: ensure new homes have proper insulation, flood resilience, and protection from overheating.
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EXCLUSIVE: Neil Kinnock slams Labour’s strategy on Reform as “100% wrong” and “mortally stupid” in a new Prospect interview with @arusbridger.bsky.social. “Appeasers get eaten,” he says.
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Neil Kinnock: Labour is ‘100 per cent wrong’ to fight Reform UK on its own turf
The former Labour leader on his party’s ‘mortally stupid’ strategy to combat Reform
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June 7, 2025 at 6:56 AM
EXCLUSIVE: Neil Kinnock slams Labour’s strategy on Reform as “100% wrong” and “mortally stupid” in a new Prospect interview with @arusbridger.bsky.social. “Appeasers get eaten,” he says.
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
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In an exclusive Prospect interview, Neil Kinnock delivers a powerful critique of Labour’s strategy in the face of rising populism—calling it “mortally stupid”.
From tax reform to immigration to rebuilding ties with Europe, Kinnock lays out a compelling—and urgent—agenda.
www.prospectmagazine...
From tax reform to immigration to rebuilding ties with Europe, Kinnock lays out a compelling—and urgent—agenda.
www.prospectmagazine...
June 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
In an exclusive Prospect interview, Neil Kinnock delivers a powerful critique of Labour’s strategy in the face of rising populism—calling it “mortally stupid”.
From tax reform to immigration to rebuilding ties with Europe, Kinnock lays out a compelling—and urgent—agenda.
www.prospectmagazine...
From tax reform to immigration to rebuilding ties with Europe, Kinnock lays out a compelling—and urgent—agenda.
www.prospectmagazine...