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The Real BBC ‘Impartiality Crisis’ Is Its Constant Platforming of Hard Right Tufton Street Think Tanks – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
The Real BBC ‘Impartiality Crisis’ Is Its Constant Platforming of Hard Right Tufton Street Think Tanks
The broadcaster provides an oversized platform for representatives from opaquely-funded libertarian lobby groups, says media academic Julian Petley
bylinetimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Damning moment on Newsnight as Dorries admits that the child grooming scandal was "never discussed" when she was a cabinet minister.
January 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Two-Tier Reporting: When Climate Protesters Slow Ambulances They’re Vilified, So Why Are Wealthy Farmers Given a Free Pass?

By @josiah.writes.news

bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/t...
Two-Tier Reporting: When Climate Protesters Slow Ambulances They’re Vilified, So Why Are Wealthy Farmers Given a Free Pass?
Media outlets rush to condemn climate change campaigners as "middle class" protesters causing "chaos" while ignoring greater disruption by millionaire landowners
bylinetimes.com
December 12, 2024 at 12:21 PM
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With Haigh's departure from the cabinet, for the first time in our political history, the cabinet is 100% state educated. Quite the moment.
November 29, 2024 at 4:36 PM
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New data on farms and inheritance tax: a third of farm estates over £1.5m aren’t farmers but wealthy people avoiding IHT by sinking money into farmland.

The Budget hits farmers too hard and tax avoiders too lightly. It needs to change.
November 24, 2024 at 9:00 AM
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The Five Questions Nigel Farage is Never Asked About Brexit, Trump and Russia
The Five Questions Nigel Farage is Never Asked About Brexit, Trump and Russia
As the media provides the Reform Leader with a prominent platform once more during this general election campaign, Peter Jukes considers all the concerning lines of enquiry that journalists never conf...
bylinetimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 9:00 PM
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Oh no—this will not make Trump happy.
November 21, 2024 at 4:54 PM
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Scratching the surface of Farage and his real political, er, leaning

@adambienkov.bsky.social reports ⏬
November 21, 2024 at 8:03 PM
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Wealth growth since 1970

Average - 8%
Top 10% - 85%
Top 1% - 320%
Top 0.01% - 4000%
Billionaires - 32000%

Can you see the problem?
November 21, 2024 at 9:03 PM
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Police Report Offers Graphic Details of Sexual Assault Claim Against Hegseth
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/u...
Police Report Offers Graphic Details of Sexual Assault Claim Against Hegseth
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for defense secretary was never charged with a crime and vehemently denied to the police that a sexual encounter was coerced.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 10:20 PM
November 21, 2024 at 9:27 PM
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NEW: Joe Biden lifts ban on Ukraine using long-range missiles to fire into Russian territory - by @dansabbagh.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
Biden has lifted ban on Ukraine using US weapons to strike deeper into Russia – reports
Officials have suggested permission for wider use could be response to North Koreans joining war on Putin’s side
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 9:23 PM
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Im not sure the New York Post has yet made it to @bsky.app so worth posting this opinion piece slamming the latest cabinet picks - from a hugely invested/ Trump friendly paper
November 17, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Just seen Gladiator ll -phenomenal film! Wonderful nod to the first film -epic scenes and great acting!!!
November 15, 2024 at 11:09 PM