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As I remember, didn’t the right wing press basically tell Farage to stand down in the GE 19 election? They had their candidate of choice (BJ), and wanted him to have a clear run. I might have misremembered…
January 28, 2026 at 6:52 PM
As I remember, didn’t the right wing press basically tell Farage to stand down in the GE 19 election? They had their candidate of choice (BJ), and wanted him to have a clear run. I might have misremembered…
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If a BBC board member has conspired to attack the BBC… they might get a gentle letter asking them if they wouldn’t mind, awfully, refraining.
If a BBC board member has conspired to attack the BBC… they might get a gentle letter asking them if they wouldn’t mind, awfully, refraining.
It makes me wonder whether Prescott actually consulted the original source himself & doctored it or simply took dictation from someone else. A person, for example, who had helped insert a right-wing lobbyist who hadn’t done journalism for over 20 years into such a potentially important position…
The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
November 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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If a BBC board member has conspired to attack the BBC… they might get a gentle letter asking them if they wouldn’t mind, awfully, refraining.
If a BBC board member has conspired to attack the BBC… they might get a gentle letter asking them if they wouldn’t mind, awfully, refraining.
Which is why they really need to prepare the switch from FPTP to PR as a break glass in emergency solution for the country
October 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Which is why they really need to prepare the switch from FPTP to PR as a break glass in emergency solution for the country
Which ones did you get?
September 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Which ones did you get?
Relocation of significant BBC to Salford increasingly having an effect? Military spending in Cumbria?
September 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Relocation of significant BBC to Salford increasingly having an effect? Military spending in Cumbria?
That episode was incredible, but the whole series was good. I kept thinking “how are they going to make this seem plausible” and they kept pulling it off.
June 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
That episode was incredible, but the whole series was good. I kept thinking “how are they going to make this seem plausible” and they kept pulling it off.
This is also the last cohort that really consumed dead tree press. Which has been increasingly unhinged over the last 15 years
March 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
This is also the last cohort that really consumed dead tree press. Which has been increasingly unhinged over the last 15 years
Not just scientists. Anyone who can help Europe develop capabilities to catch and overtake the US. Biggest opportunity for decades
March 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Not just scientists. Anyone who can help Europe develop capabilities to catch and overtake the US. Biggest opportunity for decades
Huge risk of individuals self-selecting (through algorithm) content that takes them deeper into their rabbit-hole and becoming detached from reality. It’s what has happened to enough US voters that it swung for Trump.
March 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Huge risk of individuals self-selecting (through algorithm) content that takes them deeper into their rabbit-hole and becoming detached from reality. It’s what has happened to enough US voters that it swung for Trump.
While we talk about how many extra billions are required for European defence, I wonder if £millions to address information disorder in Europe and UK would provide greater value for money security
February 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
While we talk about how many extra billions are required for European defence, I wonder if £millions to address information disorder in Europe and UK would provide greater value for money security
I feel the fact that Truss didn’t get to 5 months, so doesn’t appear in this survey, kind of understates her unpopularity…
December 16, 2024 at 7:14 PM
I feel the fact that Truss didn’t get to 5 months, so doesn’t appear in this survey, kind of understates her unpopularity…