Paul Murphy
@paulmurphy.bsky.social
Ex-editorial photographer. More Animal Behaviour & training these days
Agree - Starmer’s communications team are absolutely terrible.
Fail to see why Labour have struggled to find anyone of the calibre of of Campbell or Mandelson
Cos whether you like em or not, they were great at the job #bbcpm
Fail to see why Labour have struggled to find anyone of the calibre of of Campbell or Mandelson
Cos whether you like em or not, they were great at the job #bbcpm
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Agree - Starmer’s communications team are absolutely terrible.
Fail to see why Labour have struggled to find anyone of the calibre of of Campbell or Mandelson
Cos whether you like em or not, they were great at the job #bbcpm
Fail to see why Labour have struggled to find anyone of the calibre of of Campbell or Mandelson
Cos whether you like em or not, they were great at the job #bbcpm
Petty infighting, talk of another leadership challenge, directionless government:
Finally, something on which the Tory guest can speak with genuine confidence
#wato
Finally, something on which the Tory guest can speak with genuine confidence
#wato
November 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Petty infighting, talk of another leadership challenge, directionless government:
Finally, something on which the Tory guest can speak with genuine confidence
#wato
Finally, something on which the Tory guest can speak with genuine confidence
#wato
Ha!!! - Chris Mason focusing on policy???
I’ll try to look up that episode of #R4today on the BBC iplayer
Could anyone narrow down the month & year that happened?
I’ll try to look up that episode of #R4today on the BBC iplayer
Could anyone narrow down the month & year that happened?
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Ha!!! - Chris Mason focusing on policy???
I’ll try to look up that episode of #R4today on the BBC iplayer
Could anyone narrow down the month & year that happened?
I’ll try to look up that episode of #R4today on the BBC iplayer
Could anyone narrow down the month & year that happened?
Like him or otherwise, Streeting very confident on his brief as on communication on #R4today
Can see why someone on Team Starmer thinks him a potential threat.
Must be the same person who lobbied against Andy Burnham just 2months ago??
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Can see why someone on Team Starmer thinks him a potential threat.
Must be the same person who lobbied against Andy Burnham just 2months ago??
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 8:06 AM
Like him or otherwise, Streeting very confident on his brief as on communication on #R4today
Can see why someone on Team Starmer thinks him a potential threat.
Must be the same person who lobbied against Andy Burnham just 2months ago??
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Can see why someone on Team Starmer thinks him a potential threat.
Must be the same person who lobbied against Andy Burnham just 2months ago??
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Surely a media trial - that’s how it will end up being covered - would only serve to revive the insurrection indictments Trump has already faced: It’s just bad publicity.
Most politicians know better than to touch that live rail. Trump believes he’s immune
#r4today
Most politicians know better than to touch that live rail. Trump believes he’s immune
#r4today
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Surely a media trial - that’s how it will end up being covered - would only serve to revive the insurrection indictments Trump has already faced: It’s just bad publicity.
Most politicians know better than to touch that live rail. Trump believes he’s immune
#r4today
Most politicians know better than to touch that live rail. Trump believes he’s immune
#r4today
“What’s Robbie Gibb done??!!”
Well try reading beyond the Telegraph Mr Webb #r4today
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Well try reading beyond the Telegraph Mr Webb #r4today
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
MPs and BBC staff call for Robbie Gibb to leave broadcaster’s board
Boris Johnson’s appointee is accused of pushing claims of institutional bias at the corporation after shock resignations
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:13 AM
“What’s Robbie Gibb done??!!”
Well try reading beyond the Telegraph Mr Webb #r4today
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Well try reading beyond the Telegraph Mr Webb #r4today
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Justin Webb seems to be taking the accusation the BBC is ‘too Left wing’ as green light for being even more of an smug, insufferable git while interviewing the LibDems than usual
#r4today
#r4today
November 12, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Justin Webb seems to be taking the accusation the BBC is ‘too Left wing’ as green light for being even more of an smug, insufferable git while interviewing the LibDems than usual
#r4today
#r4today
Laffer curve manure getting shovelled on #wato right now
The entirely false conclusion reached by the neoliberals (& Laffer) is that
1. taxes are ALWAYS too high &
2. cuts to the wealthiest, not the poorest is the best approach
Ahem, … but doesn’t that very approach ignore your curve, Mr Laffer?
The entirely false conclusion reached by the neoliberals (& Laffer) is that
1. taxes are ALWAYS too high &
2. cuts to the wealthiest, not the poorest is the best approach
Ahem, … but doesn’t that very approach ignore your curve, Mr Laffer?
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Laffer curve manure getting shovelled on #wato right now
The entirely false conclusion reached by the neoliberals (& Laffer) is that
1. taxes are ALWAYS too high &
2. cuts to the wealthiest, not the poorest is the best approach
Ahem, … but doesn’t that very approach ignore your curve, Mr Laffer?
The entirely false conclusion reached by the neoliberals (& Laffer) is that
1. taxes are ALWAYS too high &
2. cuts to the wealthiest, not the poorest is the best approach
Ahem, … but doesn’t that very approach ignore your curve, Mr Laffer?
Absurd that Gibb, who may be responsible for the licence fee payer footing the bill for Trump’s gigantic lawsuit against the BBC, gets to keep his job #r4today
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Absurd that Gibb, who may be responsible for the licence fee payer footing the bill for Trump’s gigantic lawsuit against the BBC, gets to keep his job #r4today
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Anyone know where Trump will be suing the BBC? I’m assuming it’ll be NY?
I fancy the networks chances with an NY judge: the BBC should stick to its guns
Yeh, fat chance!! #r4today
I fancy the networks chances with an NY judge: the BBC should stick to its guns
Yeh, fat chance!! #r4today
November 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Anyone know where Trump will be suing the BBC? I’m assuming it’ll be NY?
I fancy the networks chances with an NY judge: the BBC should stick to its guns
Yeh, fat chance!! #r4today
I fancy the networks chances with an NY judge: the BBC should stick to its guns
Yeh, fat chance!! #r4today
BBC should edit the Panorama on Trump’s 6th Jan speech accurately showing the bugger inciting insurrection, then show it again before Trump’s Friday deadline
We can’t possibly allow Trump to bully news organisations into erasing the evidence of events
Yeh, fat chance! #r4today
We can’t possibly allow Trump to bully news organisations into erasing the evidence of events
Yeh, fat chance! #r4today
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 AM
BBC should edit the Panorama on Trump’s 6th Jan speech accurately showing the bugger inciting insurrection, then show it again before Trump’s Friday deadline
We can’t possibly allow Trump to bully news organisations into erasing the evidence of events
Yeh, fat chance! #r4today
We can’t possibly allow Trump to bully news organisations into erasing the evidence of events
Yeh, fat chance! #r4today
Kirsty Alsop dodging the question of where else she would raise the £14Billion or so if UK abolished stamp duty
A potential ReformUK candidate in the making (no offence Kirsty). She’d make a lousy Labour spokesperson though as she’d never get away with not answering a question like that #bbcpm
A potential ReformUK candidate in the making (no offence Kirsty). She’d make a lousy Labour spokesperson though as she’d never get away with not answering a question like that #bbcpm
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Kirsty Alsop dodging the question of where else she would raise the £14Billion or so if UK abolished stamp duty
A potential ReformUK candidate in the making (no offence Kirsty). She’d make a lousy Labour spokesperson though as she’d never get away with not answering a question like that #bbcpm
A potential ReformUK candidate in the making (no offence Kirsty). She’d make a lousy Labour spokesperson though as she’d never get away with not answering a question like that #bbcpm
Since when has it been the role of any news organisation to “represent the views” of the public?
I’d rather the BBC focused on covering the facts of an issue and representing the truth … impartially
#bbcpm
I’d rather the BBC focused on covering the facts of an issue and representing the truth … impartially
#bbcpm
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Since when has it been the role of any news organisation to “represent the views” of the public?
I’d rather the BBC focused on covering the facts of an issue and representing the truth … impartially
#bbcpm
I’d rather the BBC focused on covering the facts of an issue and representing the truth … impartially
#bbcpm
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No 10 says "no" when asked if PM thinks BBC is institutionally biased or corrupt.
"We support a strong, independent BBC and in an age of disinformation the argument for a robust, impartial UK news service is stronger than ever, but it's important that trust is maintained and errors are corrected."
"We support a strong, independent BBC and in an age of disinformation the argument for a robust, impartial UK news service is stronger than ever, but it's important that trust is maintained and errors are corrected."
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
No 10 says "no" when asked if PM thinks BBC is institutionally biased or corrupt.
"We support a strong, independent BBC and in an age of disinformation the argument for a robust, impartial UK news service is stronger than ever, but it's important that trust is maintained and errors are corrected."
"We support a strong, independent BBC and in an age of disinformation the argument for a robust, impartial UK news service is stronger than ever, but it's important that trust is maintained and errors are corrected."
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You’ve been told ‘scrapping Net Zero will reduce the cost of living’, so I asked X users how much the average U.K household pays per day to deliver a clean, independent energy system.
💷 9% thought £7.85.
💷 7% £5.16.
💷 14% £3.09.
💷 70% £1.63.
None were correct.
It’s 47p.
💷 9% thought £7.85.
💷 7% £5.16.
💷 14% £3.09.
💷 70% £1.63.
None were correct.
It’s 47p.
November 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
You’ve been told ‘scrapping Net Zero will reduce the cost of living’, so I asked X users how much the average U.K household pays per day to deliver a clean, independent energy system.
💷 9% thought £7.85.
💷 7% £5.16.
💷 14% £3.09.
💷 70% £1.63.
None were correct.
It’s 47p.
💷 9% thought £7.85.
💷 7% £5.16.
💷 14% £3.09.
💷 70% £1.63.
None were correct.
It’s 47p.
Think we can all now look forward to the BBC board, in its quest for impartiality, round up some hard-Right attack dog from the GBNews studios, to cock his leg over the DG post #wato
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Think we can all now look forward to the BBC board, in its quest for impartiality, round up some hard-Right attack dog from the GBNews studios, to cock his leg over the DG post #wato
Right so - “this Robbie Gibb character” is to blame for the Michael Prescott memo (& likely its publication in the Tobyjugegraph)
He should never have been given the job, but should now be taken out for a very long drive by the rest of the board #wato
He should never have been given the job, but should now be taken out for a very long drive by the rest of the board #wato
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Right so - “this Robbie Gibb character” is to blame for the Michael Prescott memo (& likely its publication in the Tobyjugegraph)
He should never have been given the job, but should now be taken out for a very long drive by the rest of the board #wato
He should never have been given the job, but should now be taken out for a very long drive by the rest of the board #wato
Anyone able to explain why Gibb, (Sir, Robbie) isn’t also stepping down?
I mean, somebody leaked the memo to the Torygraph - He or his editorial advisor has to be the likely candidates #wato
I mean, somebody leaked the memo to the Torygraph - He or his editorial advisor has to be the likely candidates #wato
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Anyone able to explain why Gibb, (Sir, Robbie) isn’t also stepping down?
I mean, somebody leaked the memo to the Torygraph - He or his editorial advisor has to be the likely candidates #wato
I mean, somebody leaked the memo to the Torygraph - He or his editorial advisor has to be the likely candidates #wato
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Martin Wolf in @financialtimes.com fears there’s a return to Old Labour over New Labour - & that “competitive, flexible & responsive markets are threatened” as a result
#r4today #Budget2025 #RachelReeves #LVIPolitics #Labour #KeirStarmer
#r4today #Budget2025 #RachelReeves #LVIPolitics #Labour #KeirStarmer
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Martin Wolf in @financialtimes.com fears there’s a return to Old Labour over New Labour - & that “competitive, flexible & responsive markets are threatened” as a result
#r4today #Budget2025 #RachelReeves #LVIPolitics #Labour #KeirStarmer
#r4today #Budget2025 #RachelReeves #LVIPolitics #Labour #KeirStarmer
Out of interest, how many times has Panorama been in the spotlight for editorial inaccuracies in recent years?
& How many complaints did the neoCons make about #Newsnight before they finally managed to gut the news coverage element of the program? #R4today
& How many complaints did the neoCons make about #Newsnight before they finally managed to gut the news coverage element of the program? #R4today
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Out of interest, how many times has Panorama been in the spotlight for editorial inaccuracies in recent years?
& How many complaints did the neoCons make about #Newsnight before they finally managed to gut the news coverage element of the program? #R4today
& How many complaints did the neoCons make about #Newsnight before they finally managed to gut the news coverage element of the program? #R4today
Well job #1, day 1 for the new DG will surely be to demand the entire board of governors resign, effective immediately
Job #2. Fire that berk Michael Prescott from his £15k a year editorial advisory role & shred any other memos he might have been working on
#R4today
Job #2. Fire that berk Michael Prescott from his £15k a year editorial advisory role & shred any other memos he might have been working on
#R4today
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Well job #1, day 1 for the new DG will surely be to demand the entire board of governors resign, effective immediately
Job #2. Fire that berk Michael Prescott from his £15k a year editorial advisory role & shred any other memos he might have been working on
#R4today
Job #2. Fire that berk Michael Prescott from his £15k a year editorial advisory role & shred any other memos he might have been working on
#R4today
Good article. But BBC has a long history of DG resignations as the corp caves in to governor & government pressure
We all remember Greg Dyke’s Harakiri over the dodgy dossier?
Neither the caving in, or the coordinated assault from the Uptight-Right is remotely new #r4today
We all remember Greg Dyke’s Harakiri over the dodgy dossier?
Neither the caving in, or the coordinated assault from the Uptight-Right is remotely new #r4today
The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it has given in | Jane Martinson
The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories. Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to fold, says Jane Martinson, professor of financial journalism
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Good article. But BBC has a long history of DG resignations as the corp caves in to governor & government pressure
We all remember Greg Dyke’s Harakiri over the dodgy dossier?
Neither the caving in, or the coordinated assault from the Uptight-Right is remotely new #r4today
We all remember Greg Dyke’s Harakiri over the dodgy dossier?
Neither the caving in, or the coordinated assault from the Uptight-Right is remotely new #r4today
The Right has always had a moan at the ‘liberal metropolitan bias’ at the BBC #r4today
Sorry but that’s just a Right wing way of describing the academic or scientific consensus on evidence they happen to find objectionable. climate change is a perfect example
Sorry but that’s just a Right wing way of describing the academic or scientific consensus on evidence they happen to find objectionable. climate change is a perfect example
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The Right has always had a moan at the ‘liberal metropolitan bias’ at the BBC #r4today
Sorry but that’s just a Right wing way of describing the academic or scientific consensus on evidence they happen to find objectionable. climate change is a perfect example
Sorry but that’s just a Right wing way of describing the academic or scientific consensus on evidence they happen to find objectionable. climate change is a perfect example
& Kudos to the newsreader for keeping a straight face while reading out the Telegraph statement “Its time the BBC took impartiality seriously” #r4today
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
& Kudos to the newsreader for keeping a straight face while reading out the Telegraph statement “Its time the BBC took impartiality seriously” #r4today