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I don't think this will actually happen. But if it does, the UK should simply start subjecting the actions of US-owned social media platforms in this country to British law. Incitement, defamation, intellectual property.
Buckle up - because this now amounts to a direct and deliberate attack on our country and its cultural sovereignty. Which side our politicians take - Trump's or the BBC's - over the coming days and weeks will speak volumes about their patriotism.
Trump says he will sue BBC for at least $1bn over Panorama edit
The US president confirmed he intends to sue the broadcaster for at least $1bn over the Panorama edit of a 2021 speech.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I don't think this will actually happen. But if it does, the UK should simply start subjecting the actions of US-owned social media platforms in this country to British law. Incitement, defamation, intellectual property.
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A national campaign calling for higher taxes on Britain’s wealthiest individuals arrived in Newcastle this week, with the Patriotic Millionaires UK bus pulling up on Market Street in steady rain emblazoned with the message: “Tax us, the super-rich.” 👏👏👏
Patriotic Millionaires bring tax-the-rich campaign to Newcastle ahead of Autumn Budget
Patriotic Millionaires with the message "Tax us the super-rich"
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A national campaign calling for higher taxes on Britain’s wealthiest individuals arrived in Newcastle this week, with the Patriotic Millionaires UK bus pulling up on Market Street in steady rain emblazoned with the message: “Tax us, the super-rich.” 👏👏👏
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PLUS news from the Rotten Boroughs of Halton, Birmingham, Kensington and Chelsea, Richmond, Enfield, and Oldham in the new Eye. AS WELL AS a Reform round-up.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
PLUS news from the Rotten Boroughs of Halton, Birmingham, Kensington and Chelsea, Richmond, Enfield, and Oldham in the new Eye. AS WELL AS a Reform round-up.
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i would be very happy for the BBC to be biased against other convicted criminals, sex offenders , fraudsters and sociopathic liars
November 14, 2025 at 7:42 AM
i would be very happy for the BBC to be biased against other convicted criminals, sex offenders , fraudsters and sociopathic liars
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Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
absolutely appalling decision by Starmer
The UK’s ditching of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) showcases the Labour government’s disregard for environmental issues | Ross McNally
Starmer sells forests down the river in the Amazon
The UK’s ditching of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) showcases the Labour government’s disregard for environmental issues
sussexbylines.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
absolutely appalling decision by Starmer
curious group of those reform supporters who care about nature - bizarre or what! have they not heard anything NF and RT etc say
The real Reform voters have been revealed – it’s a slapdash coalition Farage will struggle to hold together
Great piece by Aditya Chakrabortty analysing new polling by @hopenothate.org.uk -
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Great piece by Aditya Chakrabortty analysing new polling by @hopenothate.org.uk -
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The real Reform voters have been revealed – it’s a slapdash coalition Farage will struggle to hold together | Aditya Chakrabortty
This is no single bloc marching under one ideology, or even a mass of ‘red-wall’ voters. What unites them is a desire for something different, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
curious group of those reform supporters who care about nature - bizarre or what! have they not heard anything NF and RT etc say
dear justin webb R4today - growth does not only come from the business (private) sector - investing in public sector does this but since Thatcher has been ignored/rejected for ideological reasons
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
dear justin webb R4today - growth does not only come from the business (private) sector - investing in public sector does this but since Thatcher has been ignored/rejected for ideological reasons
yep
To knit together two stories: through intimidation, litigation & extortion, Trump is clearly trying to create a media ecosystem where nobody asks him about Epstein - or indeed anything discomfiting. It is appalling to see so many UK media individuals & institutions aiding & abetting his corruption.
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 AM
yep
the files and emails are only part of the story - there is testimony from victims of his actions in the public domain. unfortunately it seems the young girls who were victims are not worth listening to
"These emails are cherry-picked."
"Ok, but you get that it's a problem that your tree has ANY cherries that are emails conspiring with a paedophilic sex trafficker?"
"Ok, but you get that it's a problem that your tree has ANY cherries that are emails conspiring with a paedophilic sex trafficker?"
November 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
the files and emails are only part of the story - there is testimony from victims of his actions in the public domain. unfortunately it seems the young girls who were victims are not worth listening to
and there he is again - Gove on (left-wing biased😂) R4 today - one of the key architects of the mess the country’s in after Brexit and austerity by his govt
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
and there he is again - Gove on (left-wing biased😂) R4 today - one of the key architects of the mess the country’s in after Brexit and austerity by his govt
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BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
erm - do we not remember his ridiculous speech?
PM joins Health Secretary in recognising return of racism ("that frankly I thought we had dealt with decades ago" - a slightly detached tone)
My column this week is about why government needs to go beyond calling out language/rhetoric about racism + act on it
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
My column this week is about why government needs to go beyond calling out language/rhetoric about racism + act on it
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:20 AM
erm - do we not remember his ridiculous speech?
tragic that Starmer wasted a huge opportunity for fear of scaring the horses
EXCL: Downing Street has launched an extraordinary operation to protect Keir Starmer amid fears among PM’s closest allies he is vulnerable to leadership challenge in wake of budget.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer allies issue warning to PM’s rivals as fears grow over leadership challenge
No 10 said to be in ‘full bunker mode’ over fears of attempt to oust him after budget or May local elections
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:19 AM
tragic that Starmer wasted a huge opportunity for fear of scaring the horses
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November 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Laffer on R4 saying that high taxes don’t result in successful economies - maybe tell that to the Scandi countries and explain why there poor people in the US. Tragic that so much store has been put in these types of economist!
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Laffer on R4 saying that high taxes don’t result in successful economies - maybe tell that to the Scandi countries and explain why there poor people in the US. Tragic that so much store has been put in these types of economist!
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
quite!
The utter preposterousness of this interview. A media figure talking about BBC bias while describing the president as his "friend". A child could see trough it.
It’s already started - the BBC allows Newsmax boss to opine about bias, suggest some of the Jan 6 mob were merely innocent tourists visiting Congress, without pushback
November 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
quite!
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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 7:37 AM
yep
BBC needs to fight back by keeping/increasing focus on this
#Newsnight 1030pm @BBCTwo
• President Trump v BBC
• Ghislaine Maxwell is expected to formally ask Donald Trump to cut short her 20 yr jail sentence for helping Epstein abuse girls - we talk to Lisa Phillips, a survivor of Epstein
• President Trump v BBC
• Ghislaine Maxwell is expected to formally ask Donald Trump to cut short her 20 yr jail sentence for helping Epstein abuse girls - we talk to Lisa Phillips, a survivor of Epstein
November 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
BBC needs to fight back by keeping/increasing focus on this
every day I get more despondent about the state of things
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 AM
every day I get more despondent about the state of things
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“A sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric is fuelling a growing cesspool of racism, including against international and ethnic minority nursing staff, without whom our health and care system would simply cease to function.”
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 AM
yep
time for a BBC documentary on the crimes and misdemeanours of Donald Trump🤔 Featuring a plethora of material already in the public domain about his rapes and fraud
November 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
time for a BBC documentary on the crimes and misdemeanours of Donald Trump🤔 Featuring a plethora of material already in the public domain about his rapes and fraud
still, it’s distracting us from Trump’s relationship and activities with Epstein
Yeah, this is a serious failing. Same as when Thatcher's pick, Marmaduke Hussey, forced out Alasdair Milne: hushed up, opaque, behind closed doors, secretive. This is a public body, using licence fee funds, operating according to the scrutiny of an elected government. It should be transparent.
Question are the BBC Board minutes in the public domain? Or is it just a summary? Wondering why other 'independent' institutions like the BoE Monetary Committee do put out reports & not the BBC @iandunt.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
still, it’s distracting us from Trump’s relationship and activities with Epstein