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The Telegraph routinely spreads myths about a range of subjects - especially climate change.
It has been forced to publish over 100 corrections this year so far.
Yet it has the gall to lecture the BBC - and whip up a national panic - about journalistic standards
It has been forced to publish over 100 corrections this year so far.
Yet it has the gall to lecture the BBC - and whip up a national panic - about journalistic standards
The Telegraph’s Record of Climate Falsehoods
The Telegraph, which has accused the BBC of bias and a lack of editorial rigour, has been forced to amend a swathe of climate inaccuracies. The BBC’s director-general and CEO resigned this weekend aft...
www.desmog.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The Telegraph routinely spreads myths about a range of subjects - especially climate change.
It has been forced to publish over 100 corrections this year so far.
Yet it has the gall to lecture the BBC - and whip up a national panic - about journalistic standards
It has been forced to publish over 100 corrections this year so far.
Yet it has the gall to lecture the BBC - and whip up a national panic - about journalistic standards
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This is the problem with the argument ‘we can just adapt’ to climate change. How do you adapt to this without massive health risks, an enormous blow to productivity and food security, and gargantuan adaptation costs?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
June 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
This is the problem with the argument ‘we can just adapt’ to climate change. How do you adapt to this without massive health risks, an enormous blow to productivity and food security, and gargantuan adaptation costs?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE
June 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
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PUTIN WAS KICKED OUT OF G8 in 2014 WHEN HE ANNEXED CRIMEA. TRUDEAU WAS ELECTED IN 2015.
THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
June 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
PUTIN WAS KICKED OUT OF G8 in 2014 WHEN HE ANNEXED CRIMEA. TRUDEAU WAS ELECTED IN 2015.
THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
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Genuinely shocking how far into outright climate denial Reform and some Tories have now sunk. This level of detachment from basic scientific reality should be disqualifying. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
June 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Genuinely shocking how far into outright climate denial Reform and some Tories have now sunk. This level of detachment from basic scientific reality should be disqualifying. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"
June 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"
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"Nobody’s going to spit on our police officers," says Trump, who four months ago pardoned people who beat police officers with pipes, flagpoles, baseball bats and 2-by-4s at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
June 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"Nobody’s going to spit on our police officers," says Trump, who four months ago pardoned people who beat police officers with pipes, flagpoles, baseball bats and 2-by-4s at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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June 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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If the hard and far right need to blame anyone for “two-tier” policing, they need only look to themselves and the invidious position in which they’ve put officers.
My latest, on Liverpool
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
My latest, on Liverpool
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
Liverpool: If there is "two-tier" policing, the hard right is to blame.
Why the police can't win.
open.substack.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
If the hard and far right need to blame anyone for “two-tier” policing, they need only look to themselves and the invidious position in which they’ve put officers.
My latest, on Liverpool
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
My latest, on Liverpool
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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Former MP for party that doesn’t believe in a social safety net would like a luxury social safety net for MPs www.politico.eu/article/brit...
May 28, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Former MP for party that doesn’t believe in a social safety net would like a luxury social safety net for MPs www.politico.eu/article/brit...
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When they tell you nothing can be done for the people of Gaza, don't listen
May 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
When they tell you nothing can be done for the people of Gaza, don't listen
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This really can’t be pointed out enough
“They (Reform UK) voted against
•stronger SSP
• the right to guaranteed hours
• protection from unfair dismissal
• stronger protections for pregnant mothers
• a package worth £600 for poorest workers.. We’re backing British workers, they vote against them at every turn”
PM Keir Starmer #PMQS 👏
•stronger SSP
• the right to guaranteed hours
• protection from unfair dismissal
• stronger protections for pregnant mothers
• a package worth £600 for poorest workers.. We’re backing British workers, they vote against them at every turn”
PM Keir Starmer #PMQS 👏
May 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This really can’t be pointed out enough
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🔴 These two charts expose Nigel Farage’s immigration myths
The Reform leader’s campaign is based on blatant, provable falsehoods 👇
The Reform leader’s campaign is based on blatant, provable falsehoods 👇
These two charts expose Nigel Farage’s immigration myths
The migration debate is based on blatant, provable falsehoods.
writesbright.substack.com
May 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🔴 These two charts expose Nigel Farage’s immigration myths
The Reform leader’s campaign is based on blatant, provable falsehoods 👇
The Reform leader’s campaign is based on blatant, provable falsehoods 👇
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NEW: Care sector is already raising the alarm about tomorrow’s immigration white paper.
@homecareassn says “Without access to international talent, there is a real risk of extreme workforce shortages” and people going without care.
There is already a massive shortage of carers.
@homecareassn says “Without access to international talent, there is a real risk of extreme workforce shortages” and people going without care.
There is already a massive shortage of carers.
May 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
NEW: Care sector is already raising the alarm about tomorrow’s immigration white paper.
@homecareassn says “Without access to international talent, there is a real risk of extreme workforce shortages” and people going without care.
There is already a massive shortage of carers.
@homecareassn says “Without access to international talent, there is a real risk of extreme workforce shortages” and people going without care.
There is already a massive shortage of carers.
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What the hell is this government actually doing? A survival guide to a deeply weird administration iandunt.substack.com/p/what-is-th...
May 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
What the hell is this government actually doing? A survival guide to a deeply weird administration iandunt.substack.com/p/what-is-th...
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New Pope Leo "is outspoken about the need for urgent action on climate change", says the College of Cardinals Report
"He aligns closely with Pope Francis’ environmental priorities."
collegeofcardinalsre...
"He aligns closely with Pope Francis’ environmental priorities."
collegeofcardinalsre...
May 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
New Pope Leo "is outspoken about the need for urgent action on climate change", says the College of Cardinals Report
"He aligns closely with Pope Francis’ environmental priorities."
collegeofcardinalsre...
"He aligns closely with Pope Francis’ environmental priorities."
collegeofcardinalsre...
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And to think, Hunt pushed through tax cuts the country obviously couldn’t afford in a reckless attempt to avoid precisely this scenario. Party before country and it’s ended up screwing both.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Massive earthquake’ in politics could lead to Tory extinction, says Hunt
Former chancellor also said the ‘old two-party system’ could be coming to an end
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
And to think, Hunt pushed through tax cuts the country obviously couldn’t afford in a reckless attempt to avoid precisely this scenario. Party before country and it’s ended up screwing both.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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fact of the day via Sunday Times:
“This was the first time the Conservatives had not won a majority on a single council since the local government system was created in 1889.”
“This was the first time the Conservatives had not won a majority on a single council since the local government system was created in 1889.”
May 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
fact of the day via Sunday Times:
“This was the first time the Conservatives had not won a majority on a single council since the local government system was created in 1889.”
“This was the first time the Conservatives had not won a majority on a single council since the local government system was created in 1889.”
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Election results: None of this really matters. Everything we know this morning we already knew last night
iandunt.substack.com/p/election-r...
iandunt.substack.com/p/election-r...
Election results: None of this really matters
Everything we know this morning we already knew last night.
iandunt.substack.com
May 2, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Election results: None of this really matters. Everything we know this morning we already knew last night
iandunt.substack.com/p/election-r...
iandunt.substack.com/p/election-r...
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In Gaza, meat, chicken and eggs have basically run out, due to Israel's blockade.
What a horrific form of collective punishment. www.ft.com/content/89cc...
What a horrific form of collective punishment. www.ft.com/content/89cc...
May 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
In Gaza, meat, chicken and eggs have basically run out, due to Israel's blockade.
What a horrific form of collective punishment. www.ft.com/content/89cc...
What a horrific form of collective punishment. www.ft.com/content/89cc...
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This is why journalism is so important. This forensic analysis makes it clear that what we are looking at here is an outrageous war crime.
news.sky.com/story/two-ho...
news.sky.com/story/two-ho...
Two hours of terror: Sky News investigation reveals how Israel's deadly attack on aid workers unfolded
New evidence unearthed by Sky News contradicts Israel's official account of the killing of 15 aid workers.
news.sky.com
April 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This is why journalism is so important. This forensic analysis makes it clear that what we are looking at here is an outrageous war crime.
news.sky.com/story/two-ho...
news.sky.com/story/two-ho...
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The cruelty is the point. The banal, vicious, performative cruelty. Turns out ‘anti-woke’ just meant anti-decency, anti-humanity & anti-rule of law.
April 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The cruelty is the point. The banal, vicious, performative cruelty. Turns out ‘anti-woke’ just meant anti-decency, anti-humanity & anti-rule of law.
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Bannon the latest in the “Britain doesn’t manufacture anything” brigade. It’s a lazy trope you hear repeated in the media a lot.
In fact the UK remains the 8th or 9th biggest manufacturer in the world. 10% of our GDP with some of the most advanced manufacturing anywhere.
In fact the UK remains the 8th or 9th biggest manufacturer in the world. 10% of our GDP with some of the most advanced manufacturing anywhere.
April 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Bannon the latest in the “Britain doesn’t manufacture anything” brigade. It’s a lazy trope you hear repeated in the media a lot.
In fact the UK remains the 8th or 9th biggest manufacturer in the world. 10% of our GDP with some of the most advanced manufacturing anywhere.
In fact the UK remains the 8th or 9th biggest manufacturer in the world. 10% of our GDP with some of the most advanced manufacturing anywhere.
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If you’re a Tory, cover your eyes.
Because as well as making lots of new laws, Labour is scrapping old Conservative ones too.
6 terrible laws going in the bin:
Because as well as making lots of new laws, Labour is scrapping old Conservative ones too.
6 terrible laws going in the bin:
April 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
If you’re a Tory, cover your eyes.
Because as well as making lots of new laws, Labour is scrapping old Conservative ones too.
6 terrible laws going in the bin:
Because as well as making lots of new laws, Labour is scrapping old Conservative ones too.
6 terrible laws going in the bin:
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"Steel has struggled because of nearly two decades of mismanagement and rising global competition."
Sam Alvis, IPPR's associate director for environment and energy security, challenges the narrative that the net zero target is to blame for the UK’s steel crisis
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Sam Alvis, IPPR's associate director for environment and energy security, challenges the narrative that the net zero target is to blame for the UK’s steel crisis
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Rightwing media falsely blame Ed Miliband for UK steel crisis, experts say
Net zero and clean energy can actually help save the steel industry, experts point out
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"Steel has struggled because of nearly two decades of mismanagement and rising global competition."
Sam Alvis, IPPR's associate director for environment and energy security, challenges the narrative that the net zero target is to blame for the UK’s steel crisis
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Sam Alvis, IPPR's associate director for environment and energy security, challenges the narrative that the net zero target is to blame for the UK’s steel crisis
www.theguardian.com/business/202...