Prof Mark Priestley
@markrpriestley.bsky.social
Education Professor, Stirling Centre for Research into Curriculum Making, University of Stirling. Mountain and prog rock enthusiast. European. Blog at http://mrpriestley.wordpress.com
Publications at https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/255862
Publications at https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/255862
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November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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How by attempting to appease the forces on the right seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the 'Right-Wing Coup' Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
How by attempting to appease the forces on the right seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
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The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
Democracy, or at least the pale version of it that passes as the UK establishment, has been eroded for years, largely due to self-interest, greed and the contempt of the political classes for the populace
The chaos in the BBC is yet more proof that the pillars of the 20th century are collapsing in the 21st century. From the two-party system to the national broadcaster, the old certainties are falling apart. The decline has far to go. Is democracy itself next?
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Crisis-hit BBC is just another casualty of the collapse of the 20th century rulebook
Like the Tory-Labour duopoly and the NHS, the BBC is a hangover from an age that’s dying. We must find how to make the media relevant again,…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Democracy, or at least the pale version of it that passes as the UK establishment, has been eroded for years, largely due to self-interest, greed and the contempt of the political classes for the populace
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When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the only things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the 'Right-Wing Coup' Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the only things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
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The BBC has long pursued a strategy of appeasing its enemies and alienating its friends.
The result is an endless series of capitulations to those political forces most determined to destroy it
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-bbc-su...
The result is an endless series of capitulations to those political forces most determined to destroy it
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-bbc-su...
The BBC Surrenders to Trump
The capitulation of our national broadcaster to the political forces most determined to destroy it is a worrying sign of things to come
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The BBC has long pursued a strategy of appeasing its enemies and alienating its friends.
The result is an endless series of capitulations to those political forces most determined to destroy it
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-bbc-su...
The result is an endless series of capitulations to those political forces most determined to destroy it
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-bbc-su...
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If you've ever needed a reason to rally behind the BBC then this is it.
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
If you've ever needed a reason to rally behind the BBC then this is it.
About time. This, along with winter fuel cuts, was plain stupidity by @teamlabouruk.bsky.social - a needless own goal
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves signals plan to remove two-child benefit cap in budget
Chancellor understood to be preparing to fully reverse measure, which would cost over £3bn but could lift 350,000 children out of poverty
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
About time. This, along with winter fuel cuts, was plain stupidity by @teamlabouruk.bsky.social - a needless own goal
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
Guardian view on Scottish land reform
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on Scottish land reform: vast estates remain feudal in scale | Editorial
Editorial: Half of the country’s privately owned countryside is held by just 421 owners. New legislation suggests democrats still fear powerful interests
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Guardian view on Scottish land reform
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
Twat!
Yes, Nigel Farage made an actual promo video of his poppy performance in Walton-on-the-Naze today.
November 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Twat!
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Imagine the intensity of the backlash if the BBC had booked a political scientist who suggested Trump’s behaviour on Jan 6th was ‘closer to fascism than populism’. Trump would be livid and would want him sacked.
4 years ago Goodwin was calling what he now stands for fascism. He should be asked to explain why on every mainstream show he’s invited on.
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Imagine the intensity of the backlash if the BBC had booked a political scientist who suggested Trump’s behaviour on Jan 6th was ‘closer to fascism than populism’. Trump would be livid and would want him sacked.
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Perhaps if the Guardian and other publications ceased giving him this sort of headline news, he wouldn't be such a success?? #JustSaying www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Can Nigel Farage emulate success enjoyed by Italy’s far-right Giorgia Meloni?
Reform’s leader may hope to tread a similar path to Italy’s prime minister, but she is an experienced parliamentarian open to collaboration and compromise
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Perhaps if the Guardian and other publications ceased giving him this sort of headline news, he wouldn't be such a success?? #JustSaying www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The BBC when there is a real scandal: takes years to do anything, drags its feet, is very defensive
The BBC when the right wing goes for it: has a panic attack then throws itself on its sword immediately
The BBC when the right wing goes for it: has a panic attack then throws itself on its sword immediately
November 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The BBC when there is a real scandal: takes years to do anything, drags its feet, is very defensive
The BBC when the right wing goes for it: has a panic attack then throws itself on its sword immediately
The BBC when the right wing goes for it: has a panic attack then throws itself on its sword immediately
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the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
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OK no more editing of Trump. Broadcast every stumble, every nonsensical ramble and brain fart. No more tidying him up or explaining him. Instead of commentary, just replace every reporter with this GIF every time he does anything:
elmo from sesame street is making a funny face with his big eyes .
ALT: elmo from sesame street is making a funny face with his big eyes .
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
OK no more editing of Trump. Broadcast every stumble, every nonsensical ramble and brain fart. No more tidying him up or explaining him. Instead of commentary, just replace every reporter with this GIF every time he does anything:
It’s crazy how Davie should resign over accusations of left wing bias - the right wing press has captured the agenda - and the BBC seems to bend over backwards to privilege right wing voices on so many of its shows. See open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC bias row: how a week of hostile headlines from rightwing media led to resignations
Rightwing media have published a series of attacks on the corporation after a memo from a former BBC adviser critical of its output
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It’s crazy how Davie should resign over accusations of left wing bias - the right wing press has captured the agenda - and the BBC seems to bend over backwards to privilege right wing voices on so many of its shows. See open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Pass the sick bag!🤢🤮
SHAMELESS & UNSTABLE SYCHOPHANT: "There will never be another like him."
SANE AMERICANS: "Promise???"
SANE AMERICANS: "Promise???"
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Pass the sick bag!🤢🤮
Weird clouds over Stirling
November 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Weird clouds over Stirling
Dollar Glen today
November 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Dollar Glen today