John L @JohnLowe56.bsky.social
@johnlowe56.bsky.social
Contemporary History and Politics MA. Green Party. Appalled by world events currently. Like football, cats, dogs, Scotland.
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One bit of the BBC story that needs more scrutiny - and which might be the most important - is, why did Michael Grade look at the 'report' produced by Michael Prescott and demand the BBC act rather than, as an independent regulator would have done, toss it in the bin?
November 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
One bit of the BBC story that needs more scrutiny - and which might be the most important - is, why did Michael Grade look at the 'report' produced by Michael Prescott and demand the BBC act rather than, as an independent regulator would have done, toss it in the bin?
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A landlord on the Today programme just described landlords as “a race of people who are being targeted”. Parasites playing as victims.
November 14, 2025 at 6:55 AM
A landlord on the Today programme just described landlords as “a race of people who are being targeted”. Parasites playing as victims.
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UK album chart 14 Nov 1973
8. Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd
7. These Foolish Things Bryan Ferry
6. Sladest Slade
5. Hello Status Quo
4. And I Love You So Perry Como
3. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John
2. Quadrophenia The Who
1. Pin Ups David Bowie
What a chart!
#70srule
8. Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd
7. These Foolish Things Bryan Ferry
6. Sladest Slade
5. Hello Status Quo
4. And I Love You So Perry Como
3. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John
2. Quadrophenia The Who
1. Pin Ups David Bowie
What a chart!
#70srule
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
UK album chart 14 Nov 1973
8. Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd
7. These Foolish Things Bryan Ferry
6. Sladest Slade
5. Hello Status Quo
4. And I Love You So Perry Como
3. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John
2. Quadrophenia The Who
1. Pin Ups David Bowie
What a chart!
#70srule
8. Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd
7. These Foolish Things Bryan Ferry
6. Sladest Slade
5. Hello Status Quo
4. And I Love You So Perry Como
3. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John
2. Quadrophenia The Who
1. Pin Ups David Bowie
What a chart!
#70srule
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It doesn't follow that rejoining will give a 6-8% boost to GDP, as much of the hit came from uncertainty reducing business investment, & we mightn't get this back. If a man's been hit by a bus you don't restore him to health by reversing the bus.
November 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It doesn't follow that rejoining will give a 6-8% boost to GDP, as much of the hit came from uncertainty reducing business investment, & we mightn't get this back. If a man's been hit by a bus you don't restore him to health by reversing the bus.
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This series is quality BBC - first 5 mins are just beautiful
Once Upon a Time in Space, Series 1: 1. America First: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002hyt8
Once Upon a Time in Space, Series 1: 1. America First: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002hyt8
Once Upon a Time in Space - Series 1: 1. America First
With the dawn of the Space Shuttle, the US gains ground on Cold War rivals. A pioneering class of astronauts takes flight, but when tragedy strikes, NASA are left reeling.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This series is quality BBC - first 5 mins are just beautiful
Once Upon a Time in Space, Series 1: 1. America First: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002hyt8
Once Upon a Time in Space, Series 1: 1. America First: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002hyt8
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14 Nov 1969, 'Sugar Sugar' by The Archies was at No.1 on the UK singles chart. The single was the longest running 1 hit wonder in the UK with 8 weeks at the top of the charts. It was the first No.1 performed by cartoon characters (actually session musicians). It also made No.1 in the US. #TheArchies
November 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
14 Nov 1969, 'Sugar Sugar' by The Archies was at No.1 on the UK singles chart. The single was the longest running 1 hit wonder in the UK with 8 weeks at the top of the charts. It was the first No.1 performed by cartoon characters (actually session musicians). It also made No.1 in the US. #TheArchies
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This is the way
Pope Leo XIV has inaugurated the operation of a modern outpatient clinic for the poor and homeless—the St. Martin's Clinic. It is located in the Vatican under Bernini's colonnade. It will help diagnose and treat the most common diseases affecting people living in poverty.
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is the way
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Starmer and Reeves wave white flags on tough decisions yet still oversee the collapse of the Labour vote as frustrated voters on the Left go to Greens, Centre to Plaid, LibDems or SNP and the Right to Reform that will lead their own MPs to replace them sooner rather than later
Futile cowardice
Futile cowardice
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Starmer and Reeves wave white flags on tough decisions yet still oversee the collapse of the Labour vote as frustrated voters on the Left go to Greens, Centre to Plaid, LibDems or SNP and the Right to Reform that will lead their own MPs to replace them sooner rather than later
Futile cowardice
Futile cowardice
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#Israel
#UK
"June April 2024, in a phone call with ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan, then-Foreign Secretary David Cameron privately threatened to defund the court if it proceeded with arrest warrants for Israeli leaders."
www.middleeasteye.net/news/frances...
#Israel
#UK
"June April 2024, in a phone call with ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan, then-Foreign Secretary David Cameron privately threatened to defund the court if it proceeded with arrest warrants for Israeli leaders."
www.middleeasteye.net/news/frances...
Francesca Albanese says Starmer helped 'manufacture' consensus for Israeli genocide
UN special rapporteur tells MEE that Britain participated 'in the creation of the conditions' that enabled ethnic cleansing and mass killing of Palestinians in Gaza
www.middleeasteye.net
November 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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#Israel
#UK
"June April 2024, in a phone call with ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan, then-Foreign Secretary David Cameron privately threatened to defund the court if it proceeded with arrest warrants for Israeli leaders."
www.middleeasteye.net/news/frances...
#Israel
#UK
"June April 2024, in a phone call with ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan, then-Foreign Secretary David Cameron privately threatened to defund the court if it proceeded with arrest warrants for Israeli leaders."
www.middleeasteye.net/news/frances...
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My brain still breaks a bit when I think about the first time I posted this & about the people on Substack Notes who didn't read it but got angry because they thought I was plugging a piece in the Daily Telegraph magazine about someone called Phillipa Islington-Smythe (even though she doesn't exist)
THREAD. In her exclusive interview in today's Daily Telegraph Magazine, the actor, influencer and designer Philippa Islington-Smythe (pictured) discusses the price of fame, her controversial new perfume, working with Margot Robbie and how becoming a parent changed her perspective on the world...
November 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
My brain still breaks a bit when I think about the first time I posted this & about the people on Substack Notes who didn't read it but got angry because they thought I was plugging a piece in the Daily Telegraph magazine about someone called Phillipa Islington-Smythe (even though she doesn't exist)
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The besieged Palestinian enclave has the world's highest number of child amputees per capita.
Amputees from Israel’s Gaza war use homemade prosthetics to re-enter life
The besieged Palestinian enclave has the world's highest number of child amputees per capita.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The besieged Palestinian enclave has the world's highest number of child amputees per capita.
Well, yes, unions are a type of cartel. That's why striking works. As a retired NHS employee I will always support unions and always disapprove of a Health Secretary.
'Don't tell me you don't want to be out on strike - because that is exactly where you are. Own it.'
As resident doctors walk out again, Wes Streeting calls out the 'reprehensible and cartel-like behaviour' of their union.
As resident doctors walk out again, Wes Streeting calls out the 'reprehensible and cartel-like behaviour' of their union.
November 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Well, yes, unions are a type of cartel. That's why striking works. As a retired NHS employee I will always support unions and always disapprove of a Health Secretary.
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A Labour Party has jettisoned plans to increase taxes on unearned income - disproportionately enjoyed by the wealthy - and is increasing them instead on the earned income of normal people. What a shocking indictment.
November 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
A Labour Party has jettisoned plans to increase taxes on unearned income - disproportionately enjoyed by the wealthy - and is increasing them instead on the earned income of normal people. What a shocking indictment.
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Either the BBC is independent or it isn’t. If it is, why interview Lisa Nandy about, if it isn’t, why won’t she answer?!
November 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Either the BBC is independent or it isn’t. If it is, why interview Lisa Nandy about, if it isn’t, why won’t she answer?!
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'When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.'
-- Socrates; who's clearly a woke libtard.
-- Socrates; who's clearly a woke libtard.
November 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
'When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.'
-- Socrates; who's clearly a woke libtard.
-- Socrates; who's clearly a woke libtard.
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Sen. John Kennedy on Epstein: "I just don't think this issue is gonna go away until it's addressed and answered to the American people's satisfaction. And I may end up with a Sombrero on my head for saying that, but that's the way I see it."
November 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Sen. John Kennedy on Epstein: "I just don't think this issue is gonna go away until it's addressed and answered to the American people's satisfaction. And I may end up with a Sombrero on my head for saying that, but that's the way I see it."
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None of this could happen without wealth so extreme as to make one essentially above the law.
November 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
None of this could happen without wealth so extreme as to make one essentially above the law.
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'Battling' Bessie Braddock (1899-1970) died on this day 1970. Labour MP for Liverpool Exchange from 1945-70, she won a national reputation for her forthright campaigns on housing, public health and other social issues
November 13, 2025 at 8:16 AM
'Battling' Bessie Braddock (1899-1970) died on this day 1970. Labour MP for Liverpool Exchange from 1945-70, she won a national reputation for her forthright campaigns on housing, public health and other social issues
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Wes Streeting blaming striking doctors for striking because Wes Streeting, like so many of his predecessors, such as Jeremy Hunt, is an awful health secretary
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Wes Streeting blaming striking doctors for striking because Wes Streeting, like so many of his predecessors, such as Jeremy Hunt, is an awful health secretary
