Graham Evans
@mars164.bsky.social
Retired HR manager who's followed, and often participated in, party politics since my early teenage years.
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As I was saying way back in May, the idea of Morgan McSweeney being some kind of political and tactical genius has always been a myth www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-foundi...
The Founding Myth of Morgan McSweeney
Reports of Keir Starmer's chief adviser's supposed campaigning genius do not appear to match up with the facts
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November 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
As I was saying way back in May, the idea of Morgan McSweeney being some kind of political and tactical genius has always been a myth www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-foundi...
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A damning indictment of Labour’s decisions.
From the jobs tax to business rates bills, the economy is barely spluttering along.
The Government must take up our plans to save our high streets, put money back in the pockets of families, and fix our broken relationship with Europe.
From the jobs tax to business rates bills, the economy is barely spluttering along.
The Government must take up our plans to save our high streets, put money back in the pockets of families, and fix our broken relationship with Europe.
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
A damning indictment of Labour’s decisions.
From the jobs tax to business rates bills, the economy is barely spluttering along.
The Government must take up our plans to save our high streets, put money back in the pockets of families, and fix our broken relationship with Europe.
From the jobs tax to business rates bills, the economy is barely spluttering along.
The Government must take up our plans to save our high streets, put money back in the pockets of families, and fix our broken relationship with Europe.
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Good piece by David Aaronovitch on the Prescott dossier: observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
The Prescott memo flunks the impartiality test | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Good piece by David Aaronovitch on the Prescott dossier: observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Shockingly bad knowledge of history too.
The terms of the "armistice" for Germany were so onerous that they helped move things on towards WW2.
The terms of the "armistice" for Germany were so onerous that they helped move things on towards WW2.
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Shockingly bad knowledge of history too.
The terms of the "armistice" for Germany were so onerous that they helped move things on towards WW2.
The terms of the "armistice" for Germany were so onerous that they helped move things on towards WW2.
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🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
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They are steadily recreating the insider/outsider divide of continental labour markets that has been one of their worst structural features and massively inhibited young people for decades. Spain eventually fixed theirs in the EZ debt crisis reforms and this happened
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
They are steadily recreating the insider/outsider divide of continental labour markets that has been one of their worst structural features and massively inhibited young people for decades. Spain eventually fixed theirs in the EZ debt crisis reforms and this happened
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It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
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@eddavey.libdems.org.uk is right - Robbie Gibb shouldn't be anywhere near the BBC
@bjennings90.bsky.social absolutely nails it. (www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...)
November 11, 2025 at 6:59 AM
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk is right - Robbie Gibb shouldn't be anywhere near the BBC
I had asked ChatGPT about this, and it confirmed what George Peretz is now saying. As anyone can have access to this AI tool it seems the financial threat to the BBC has been blown up out of all proportion.
Even in the US Trump has either lost or withdrawn nearly all defamation lawsuits.
Even in the US Trump has either lost or withdrawn nearly all defamation lawsuits.
A question not asked by Joshua, but which seems quite important, is whether any judgment by a Florida court (assuming as Joshua does that it would assert jurisdiction) would be enforceable here. Any views?
Will President Trump sue the BBC for $1 billion? As the US president no doubt intended, it’s a figure that appears in almost every front-page newspaper headline today.
rozenberg.substack.com/p/will-trump...
rozenberg.substack.com/p/will-trump...
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I had asked ChatGPT about this, and it confirmed what George Peretz is now saying. As anyone can have access to this AI tool it seems the financial threat to the BBC has been blown up out of all proportion.
Even in the US Trump has either lost or withdrawn nearly all defamation lawsuits.
Even in the US Trump has either lost or withdrawn nearly all defamation lawsuits.
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Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
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Good on Ed Davey – speaking up for and defending Britain’s institutions in the face of nefarious actors.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey
The BBC belongs to all of us, and it is under attack as never before. The government must defend it from its enemies, within and without, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Good on Ed Davey – speaking up for and defending Britain’s institutions in the face of nefarious actors.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
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'drawing lessons should be done with caution and involves pitfalls for British politicians'. We hear a lot about how the Social Democrats succeeded on immigration in Denmark?
But is it a model we should emulate? @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social explains. ukandeu.ac.uk/denmarks-mig...
But is it a model we should emulate? @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social explains. ukandeu.ac.uk/denmarks-mig...
Denmark’s migration policy – an example to follow? - UK in a changing Europe
Kristina Bakkær Simonsen explains why countries feel they have something to learn from Denmark's strict migration policy, but argues that there are many key pitfalls.
ukandeu.ac.uk
September 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
'drawing lessons should be done with caution and involves pitfalls for British politicians'. We hear a lot about how the Social Democrats succeeded on immigration in Denmark?
But is it a model we should emulate? @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social explains. ukandeu.ac.uk/denmarks-mig...
But is it a model we should emulate? @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social explains. ukandeu.ac.uk/denmarks-mig...
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🔴We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...
We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🔴We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...
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Something for BBC shitweasel Mason to write about. No? Is not Fagash? I thought so.
November 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Something for BBC shitweasel Mason to write about. No? Is not Fagash? I thought so.
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Nigel Farage used to believe in reforming the voting system, now he's rowed back because it no longer benefits him.
We will keep fighting for a fair votes, not because it benefits us but because it's right for the country.
We will keep fighting for a fair votes, not because it benefits us but because it's right for the country.
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Nigel Farage used to believe in reforming the voting system, now he's rowed back because it no longer benefits him.
We will keep fighting for a fair votes, not because it benefits us but because it's right for the country.
We will keep fighting for a fair votes, not because it benefits us but because it's right for the country.
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The Tories cut the Police Force by 10,000 officers.
They cut the Criminal Justice System by a massive 25%.
Privatised the Probation Service which was such a disaster that they had to bring it back into public ownership.
Remind me again why this is all Lammy’s fault? #r4today
They cut the Criminal Justice System by a massive 25%.
Privatised the Probation Service which was such a disaster that they had to bring it back into public ownership.
Remind me again why this is all Lammy’s fault? #r4today
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 AM
The Tories cut the Police Force by 10,000 officers.
They cut the Criminal Justice System by a massive 25%.
Privatised the Probation Service which was such a disaster that they had to bring it back into public ownership.
Remind me again why this is all Lammy’s fault? #r4today
They cut the Criminal Justice System by a massive 25%.
Privatised the Probation Service which was such a disaster that they had to bring it back into public ownership.
Remind me again why this is all Lammy’s fault? #r4today
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Reform MPs care so much about the Huntingdon attack that not one of them could be arsed to turn up for the Home Secretary’s statement about the incident yesterday.
November 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Reform MPs care so much about the Huntingdon attack that not one of them could be arsed to turn up for the Home Secretary’s statement about the incident yesterday.
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As Editor of the Spectator, Grifter Gove now finally enjoys the lifestyle he thinks a man of his distinction deserves.
So he does proprietor Paul Marshall’s bidding and relentlessly pushes Reform.
Spectator Parliamentarians of the Year: awards for Farage, Danny Kruger, Andrea Jenkins, Zia Yusuf.
So he does proprietor Paul Marshall’s bidding and relentlessly pushes Reform.
Spectator Parliamentarians of the Year: awards for Farage, Danny Kruger, Andrea Jenkins, Zia Yusuf.
Gove is a grifter. Getting paid to talk shite by the loony right wing media echoverse even though he knows it's false. He will be reviled in history as much as Cameron, Boris and Truss
November 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
As Editor of the Spectator, Grifter Gove now finally enjoys the lifestyle he thinks a man of his distinction deserves.
So he does proprietor Paul Marshall’s bidding and relentlessly pushes Reform.
Spectator Parliamentarians of the Year: awards for Farage, Danny Kruger, Andrea Jenkins, Zia Yusuf.
So he does proprietor Paul Marshall’s bidding and relentlessly pushes Reform.
Spectator Parliamentarians of the Year: awards for Farage, Danny Kruger, Andrea Jenkins, Zia Yusuf.
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Sky News Ridge tears into Tory MP Philp for cherry-picking knife crime data to claim rates fell under the Conservatives - only to be exposed as twisting the truth. #ukpolitics
November 3, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Sky News Ridge tears into Tory MP Philp for cherry-picking knife crime data to claim rates fell under the Conservatives - only to be exposed as twisting the truth. #ukpolitics
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I hope the BBC will challenge Nigel Farage today over the economic damage caused by the Brexit he championed.
He needs to be held to account for the damage he's done instead of always being given an easy ride.
He needs to be held to account for the damage he's done instead of always being given an easy ride.
November 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I hope the BBC will challenge Nigel Farage today over the economic damage caused by the Brexit he championed.
He needs to be held to account for the damage he's done instead of always being given an easy ride.
He needs to be held to account for the damage he's done instead of always being given an easy ride.
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Hello Chelmsford 👋🏼 Here are some things I’ve been up to recently.
November 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Hello Chelmsford 👋🏼 Here are some things I’ve been up to recently.
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The UAE where hugging in public can get you arrested, where human rights barely exist, where foreign workers are routinely abused, where critics of the regime routinely disappear, where an Indian nanny was shot by firing squad in March & where marital rape is not a criminal offence but being gay is.
November 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The UAE where hugging in public can get you arrested, where human rights barely exist, where foreign workers are routinely abused, where critics of the regime routinely disappear, where an Indian nanny was shot by firing squad in March & where marital rape is not a criminal offence but being gay is.