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A lengthy article about politicians & their advisers getting involved in positions of power at the BBC.
Like most recent articles and comments about the BBC it demonstrates the BBC is not fit for purpose as a unbiased state broadcaster.Let the BBC become independent& free from political interference
Like most recent articles and comments about the BBC it demonstrates the BBC is not fit for purpose as a unbiased state broadcaster.Let the BBC become independent& free from political interference
Nearly two years ago, I wrote about the extraordinary influence of former Tory spin doctor Sir Robbie Gibb on the BBC. It's still a helpful backgrounder for what's going on now. New readers start here: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
How the government captured the BBC
A right-wing cabal, largely unaccountable, is waging war on the principles that made our public broadcaster great. It must not succeed
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A lengthy article about politicians & their advisers getting involved in positions of power at the BBC.
Like most recent articles and comments about the BBC it demonstrates the BBC is not fit for purpose as a unbiased state broadcaster.Let the BBC become independent& free from political interference
Like most recent articles and comments about the BBC it demonstrates the BBC is not fit for purpose as a unbiased state broadcaster.Let the BBC become independent& free from political interference
This is no innocent remark.Calculated to put pressure on Starmer for the May election results.
The health secretary has compared the Caerphilly defeat to the day the prime minister almost quit.
Wes Streeting Piles More Pressure On Keir Starmer In Wake Of Labour's By-Election Humiliation
The health secretary has compared the Caerphilly defeat to the day the prime minister almost quit.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 7:35 AM
This is no innocent remark.Calculated to put pressure on Starmer for the May election results.
Labour comms are poor because the message Labour are trying to sell is so poor.Blair & Cameron both had a clear message and product to sell.
I do wonder if Labour might look at the sorts of people dominating the discourse and dominating the content wars and maybe, just maybe, rethink the sorts of grey figures they routinely put up for interviews, instructed at that to be as cautious as possible. Things have changed. Their comms hasn’t.
October 10, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Labour comms are poor because the message Labour are trying to sell is so poor.Blair & Cameron both had a clear message and product to sell.
Why do Starmer & Reeves look so nervous in front of camera?They know that the magical growth is not going to happen,cuts will be required & their MPs will not vote for cuts.They know their jobs are on the line.
Yes, no real prospect of an election before 2029. Theoretically Labour could descend into such a fragmented shambles that the turkeys themselves get sick of humiliation & derision and come to see an early Christmas as the least bad option. But no, not likely.
October 7, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Why do Starmer & Reeves look so nervous in front of camera?They know that the magical growth is not going to happen,cuts will be required & their MPs will not vote for cuts.They know their jobs are on the line.
This would have mattered 10 years ago.Next election will be won on Youtube,podcasts,X,
Tiktok,Facebook and content friends share.
Tiktok,Facebook and content friends share.
The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.
This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester
This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester
BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview
The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show
bylinetimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
This would have mattered 10 years ago.Next election will be won on Youtube,podcasts,X,
Tiktok,Facebook and content friends share.
Tiktok,Facebook and content friends share.
The impact of AI on the Professional Managerial Class could be dramatic in the next few years.Could see more voters drifting towards Reform or the Greens if redundancies are widespread & fewer graduate jobs are required.
On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n
British Politics' Midlife Crisis
Why British Parties Can't Make Peace with Their Actual Voters
benansell.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The impact of AI on the Professional Managerial Class could be dramatic in the next few years.Could see more voters drifting towards Reform or the Greens if redundancies are widespread & fewer graduate jobs are required.
Not really a fun stat for any of the care workers.They know their wages are going to stay low because there is a never ending supply of workers prepared to live in an HMO on the minimum wage.
Another benefit for big business carehome owners.
Another benefit for big business carehome owners.
75% of care workers *today* were born in the UK, is such a fun stat imho
September 26, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Not really a fun stat for any of the care workers.They know their wages are going to stay low because there is a never ending supply of workers prepared to live in an HMO on the minimum wage.
Another benefit for big business carehome owners.
Another benefit for big business carehome owners.
Crankery is much more common now thanks to the lies told by politicians and experts during the covid pandemic.Farage's comment will only be disliked by people who would never vote for him.
This is really dangerous territory for Farage. He's being pushed towards crankery by the radicalisation of online support.
Bit of a Reform/Lib Dems row this morning. Nigel Farage asked about Donald Trump's unproven comments on the drug Tylenol and pregnancy on LBC:
"I have no idea ... you know, we were told thalidomide was a very safe drug and it wasn't. Who knows, Nick, I don't know."
"I have no idea ... you know, we were told thalidomide was a very safe drug and it wasn't. Who knows, Nick, I don't know."
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Crankery is much more common now thanks to the lies told by politicians and experts during the covid pandemic.Farage's comment will only be disliked by people who would never vote for him.
Private school-University-Graduate job makes it more likely you have a privileged upper middle class life.
Sunak & Starmer offer complex technical solutions.Practical people look for alternatives when technical solutions do not work.
Sunak & Starmer offer complex technical solutions.Practical people look for alternatives when technical solutions do not work.
"Keir Starmer’s party, with the most state educated cabinet in history, enjoys a decisive lead among alumni of private schools. Why?"
On @moreincommonuk.bsky.social's voting-intention-by-school analysis and the new left-right divide: pro vs anti system
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
On @moreincommonuk.bsky.social's voting-intention-by-school analysis and the new left-right divide: pro vs anti system
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Which is the political party of the posh?
Reform is full of public schoolboys. But it’s comfortably beating Labour among state-educated voters
www.newstatesman.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Private school-University-Graduate job makes it more likely you have a privileged upper middle class life.
Sunak & Starmer offer complex technical solutions.Practical people look for alternatives when technical solutions do not work.
Sunak & Starmer offer complex technical solutions.Practical people look for alternatives when technical solutions do not work.
It was not long ago people were told to "learn to code" when they lost their job.
Learn to be a plumber or skilled job with your hands is probably the best advice now.
Learn to be a plumber or skilled job with your hands is probably the best advice now.
I no longer see job listings in any of the areas that I used to find employment in that aren't centered around AI. Unemployed 2 years now. People are debating this fucking topic like it's theoretical, but it's ruining people's lives in real time as you debate minor points on the issue.
August 20, 2025 at 5:30 AM
It was not long ago people were told to "learn to code" when they lost their job.
Learn to be a plumber or skilled job with your hands is probably the best advice now.
Learn to be a plumber or skilled job with your hands is probably the best advice now.
McSweeney,Reeves & Kendall will all eventually go because that is the narrative that will allow Starmer to not take the blame.McSweeney is only and advisor.Starmer takes the key decisions and ultimately takes responsibility for success and failure.
Whatever path McSweeney has led Mr Starmer down, its been the wrong one. About time this Labour Govt started acting like a Labour Govt with a huge majority should. Stop pandering to the right wing/reform idiocy & start acting for the general public & caring about those in society that need help most
June 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
McSweeney,Reeves & Kendall will all eventually go because that is the narrative that will allow Starmer to not take the blame.McSweeney is only and advisor.Starmer takes the key decisions and ultimately takes responsibility for success and failure.
Pure distraction.If the aim is to keep Reform out of power then the Labour government has to improve enough people's lives in a meaningful way.That is why Thatcher and Blair were so successful.
Around 3/4 of people don’t want Reform in power.
But the narrative is that they are unstoppable.
First-past-the-post has warped British politics for far too long.
Now it risks letting the extreme right win a majority.
It needs to go. My latest guardian column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But the narrative is that they are unstoppable.
First-past-the-post has warped British politics for far too long.
Now it risks letting the extreme right win a majority.
It needs to go. My latest guardian column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here is the single thing Labour can do to see off Reform and make British politics work | Will Hayward
Farage’s party could win 42% of Commons seats with only 26% of the vote. That’s not the way civilised countries do democracy, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Pure distraction.If the aim is to keep Reform out of power then the Labour government has to improve enough people's lives in a meaningful way.That is why Thatcher and Blair were so successful.
Starmer and Reeves look terrible in front of the camera.Nervous and unconvincing.The nation needs confidence that their plans are going to work.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer says no-one has apologised to pensioners over winter fuel because 'the decision we made was the right decision'
'We had to stabilise the economy', he said
'We had to stabilise the economy', he said
June 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Starmer and Reeves look terrible in front of the camera.Nervous and unconvincing.The nation needs confidence that their plans are going to work.