K M Flett
@keithbeard.bsky.social
Socialist Beard Wearer Historian, Trade Unionist, Anti-Racist Tottenham & Cardiff, cat lover,CAMRA member since 1975
'BBC leadership must act swiftly to restore confidence in its news coverage' Times, Editorial 11th November. (47% trust The Times, 60% trust the BBC...)
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Trust in news sources underlines why the right attack the BBC
The above is a YouGov poll from June 2025, graphic The Guardian. YouGov now are a relatively reliable polling source. They do a lot of commercial polling as well as political polling and business d…
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November 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
'BBC leadership must act swiftly to restore confidence in its news coverage' Times, Editorial 11th November. (47% trust The Times, 60% trust the BBC...)
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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Just when you thought it was safe to be Woke, the return of Liz Truss
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The return of Liz Truss
Pictured is Liz Truss at the Cenotaph on 9th November She was there with ex-Tory Prime Ministers, Dave Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak. She has of course been busy on Twitter ba…
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November 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Just when you thought it was safe to be Woke, the return of Liz Truss
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Farage wants a 'slimmed down' BBC where the World Service is a key element presumably as a joint operation with Russia Today
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BBC: Farage wants to scrap The Archers, Test Match Special and the Traitors
Nigel Farage is another of his ‘news’ conference has repeated his view that the BBC should become a subscription broadcaster like Netflix and Sky. The exception apparently is the news a…
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November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Farage wants a 'slimmed down' BBC where the World Service is a key element presumably as a joint operation with Russia Today
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FFS
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.
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New piece from me.
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The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
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November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
FFS
some good Tottenham news. Climate activist Marcus Decker wins appeal against draconian deportation decision
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Jailed climate activist wins appeal against deportation from UK
Marcus Decker was served with deportation order while in prison for unveiling Just Stop Oil banner over Dartford Crossing
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November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
some good Tottenham news. Climate activist Marcus Decker wins appeal against draconian deportation decision
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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note the Spectator is suggesting a man from Muswell Hill should be the next BBC DG. Fortunately we're in the clear & it's not Ray Davies either @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
note the Spectator is suggesting a man from Muswell Hill should be the next BBC DG. Fortunately we're in the clear & it's not Ray Davies either @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
Farage wants a 'slimmed down' BBC where the World Service is a key element presumably as a joint operation with Russia Today
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BBC: Farage wants to scrap The Archers, Test Match Special and the Traitors
Nigel Farage is another of his ‘news’ conference has repeated his view that the BBC should become a subscription broadcaster like Netflix and Sky. The exception apparently is the news a…
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November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Farage wants a 'slimmed down' BBC where the World Service is a key element presumably as a joint operation with Russia Today
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Just when you thought it was safe to be Woke, the return of Liz Truss
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The return of Liz Truss
Pictured is Liz Truss at the Cenotaph on 9th November She was there with ex-Tory Prime Ministers, Dave Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak. She has of course been busy on Twitter ba…
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November 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Just when you thought it was safe to be Woke, the return of Liz Truss
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Liz Truss is back. This time backing Trump against the BBC
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The return of Liz Truss
Pictured is Liz Truss at the Cenotaph on 9th November She was there with ex-Tory Prime Ministers, Dave Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak. She has of course been busy on Twitter ba…
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November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Liz Truss is back. This time backing Trump against the BBC
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Farage says BBC must be 'slimmed down'. Farewell to Strictly, Match of the Day, Traitors & all that
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BBC: Farage wants to scrap The Archers, Test Match Special and the Traitors
Nigel Farage is another of his ‘news’ conference has repeated his view that the BBC should become a subscription broadcaster like Netflix and Sky. The exception apparently is the news a…
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November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Farage says BBC must be 'slimmed down'. Farewell to Strictly, Match of the Day, Traitors & all that
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A new book about Sheffield based revolutionary Samuel Holberry was published a couple of weeks ago. Holberry, frustrated by the failure of Chartism, took part in organising an uprising in Sheffield. He died in appalling conditions in prison. Book is getting great reviews - here's the press release:
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A new book about Sheffield based revolutionary Samuel Holberry was published a couple of weeks ago. Holberry, frustrated by the failure of Chartism, took part in organising an uprising in Sheffield. He died in appalling conditions in prison. Book is getting great reviews - here's the press release:
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A brief history of farting from Shakespeare to Engels & Celia Imrie
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Farting from Sir Toby Belch to Marx & Engels & Celia Imrie
Farting from Sir Toby Belch to Marx and Engels and Celia Imrie Celia Imrie’s fart in the now concluded series of Celebrity Traitors continues to make the news but as often with little or no histori…
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November 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
A brief history of farting from Shakespeare to Engels & Celia Imrie
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