paulusthewoodgnome
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The only thing that will redeem mankind is co-operation — Bertrand Russell
The only thing that will redeem mankind is co-operation — Bertrand Russell
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All of us are creatures of a day; the rememberer and the remembered alike. All is ephemeral-both memory & the object of memory. The time is at hand when you will have forgotten everything; and the time is at hand when all will have forgotten you.
Marcus Aurelius, The Meditations
Marcus Aurelius, The Meditations
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Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
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Journalist, "Farage accused the BBC of election interference"
Ed Davey, "The interference we've seen is from Farage's friend, Putin"
"We've seen Russian interference in the most appalling way"
Ed Davey, "The interference we've seen is from Farage's friend, Putin"
"We've seen Russian interference in the most appalling way"
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Journalist, "Farage accused the BBC of election interference"
Ed Davey, "The interference we've seen is from Farage's friend, Putin"
"We've seen Russian interference in the most appalling way"
Ed Davey, "The interference we've seen is from Farage's friend, Putin"
"We've seen Russian interference in the most appalling way"
#nowplaying Jimi Hendrix - Drifting youtu.be/WRrEP_lpN_U?...
Drifting
YouTube video by Jimi Hendrix - Topic
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
#nowplaying Jimi Hendrix - Drifting youtu.be/WRrEP_lpN_U?...
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"They are so convinced their politics isn’t really politics, but just some default setting shared with much of the country..."
True of so many commentators on the Right.
True of so many commentators on the Right.
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"They are so convinced their politics isn’t really politics, but just some default setting shared with much of the country..."
True of so many commentators on the Right.
True of so many commentators on the Right.
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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New video on the BBC resignations. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Ros Atkins on... the BBC resignations
The BBC's Analysis Editor Ros Atkins looks at the resignations of BBC bosses - and how this crisis didn't come out of nowhere.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
New video on the BBC resignations. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
I'm 65 and haven't really been in touch with the popular music scene for the past 20 years – but the 'confusing' dialogue between Charlie XCX and Lorde piqued my interest. Now I'm posting her just dropped collaboration with John Cale, of all people, because it's damned good!
youtu.be/Xgp7wlBfASA?...
youtu.be/Xgp7wlBfASA?...
Charli xcx - House featuring John Cale (Official Video)
YouTube video by Charli xcx
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I'm 65 and haven't really been in touch with the popular music scene for the past 20 years – but the 'confusing' dialogue between Charlie XCX and Lorde piqued my interest. Now I'm posting her just dropped collaboration with John Cale, of all people, because it's damned good!
youtu.be/Xgp7wlBfASA?...
youtu.be/Xgp7wlBfASA?...
Farage has always been Trump's bitch on heat.
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Farage has always been Trump's bitch on heat.
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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...
Oh look! A shadow minister is demanding that a government minister resign. It must be a day that ends in the letter 'Y'.
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Oh look! A shadow minister is demanding that a government minister resign. It must be a day that ends in the letter 'Y'.
You don't say.
'Robbie Gibb, Theresa May’s former comms chief who was appointed to the BBC’s board by Boris Johnson’, "led the charge" in pressuring the corporation’s leadership over claims of systemic bias in coverage of Donald Trump, Gaza & transgender rights.'
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
'Robbie Gibb, Theresa May’s former comms chief who was appointed to the BBC’s board by Boris Johnson’, "led the charge" in pressuring the corporation’s leadership over claims of systemic bias in coverage of Donald Trump, Gaza & transgender rights.'
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 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
You don't say.
'Robbie Gibb, Theresa May’s former comms chief who was appointed to the BBC’s board by Boris Johnson’, "led the charge" in pressuring the corporation’s leadership over claims of systemic bias in coverage of Donald Trump, Gaza & transgender rights.'
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
'Robbie Gibb, Theresa May’s former comms chief who was appointed to the BBC’s board by Boris Johnson’, "led the charge" in pressuring the corporation’s leadership over claims of systemic bias in coverage of Donald Trump, Gaza & transgender rights.'
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Aaaaaaaand Israel has entered the chat... Quelle surprise.
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Aaaaaaaand Israel has entered the chat... Quelle surprise.
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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
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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...
writesbright.substack.com
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 👇🏻
It may be something of a cliche to say it but when the people trying to take you down are the Telegraph and Trump, you must be doing something right.
#c4news
#c4news
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It may be something of a cliche to say it but when the people trying to take you down are the Telegraph and Trump, you must be doing something right.
#c4news
#c4news
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
David Dimbleby's defence of Robbie Gibb's presence on the editorial board – a man described by Emily Maitlis in her McTaggart lecture as an "active Conservative Party agent" – was utterly fucking ridiculous. Aside from that he made some decent points.
#c4news
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#c4news
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 7:33 PM
David Dimbleby's defence of Robbie Gibb's presence on the editorial board – a man described by Emily Maitlis in her McTaggart lecture as an "active Conservative Party agent" – was utterly fucking ridiculous. Aside from that he made some decent points.
#c4news
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#c4news
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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NEW: Rachel Reeves signals she intends to remove the two-child cap *in full*
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEW: Rachel Reeves signals she intends to remove the two-child cap *in full*
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
Some on the right have a visceral hatred of the BBC. Not because it’s biased, but because it isn’t.
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
We've reached a pivotal moment in our history when we either defend the institutions that underpin our democratic values, or undermine them in an attempt to appease those who can NEVER be appeased by anything other than total capitulation to their worldview, be they domestic or foreign.
#c4news
#c4news
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
We've reached a pivotal moment in our history when we either defend the institutions that underpin our democratic values, or undermine them in an attempt to appease those who can NEVER be appeased by anything other than total capitulation to their worldview, be they domestic or foreign.
#c4news
#c4news
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The BBC isn't perfect, but it belongs to Britain not Trump.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The BBC isn't perfect, but it belongs to Britain not Trump.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
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Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
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I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
Can't believe the Trump administration prefers the news channel on which Nigel Farage is a presenter over the BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Can't believe the Trump administration prefers the news channel on which Nigel Farage is a presenter over the BBC.