@pheadtony.bsky.social
Near Bristol UK.
Likes: well behaved politicians, bikes, football (#LFC)
Dislikes: dishonesty, populist nonsense
Likes: well behaved politicians, bikes, football (#LFC)
Dislikes: dishonesty, populist nonsense
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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Notably rare exceptions etc.
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Notably rare exceptions etc.
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The right wing grift of holding largely impartial parties to a far higher standard than they themselves would even pretend to strive for is getting ridiculous now.
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The right wing grift of holding largely impartial parties to a far higher standard than they themselves would even pretend to strive for is getting ridiculous now.
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I DEMAND Panorama IMMEDIATELY produces a documentary showing Kamala Harris not instigating a violent riot, not sexually assaulting anyone, or getting fined for denying it, or being found guilty of business fraud, or f*cking a porn star AND accepting the result of an election.
You know. For balance.
You know. For balance.
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I DEMAND Panorama IMMEDIATELY produces a documentary showing Kamala Harris not instigating a violent riot, not sexually assaulting anyone, or getting fined for denying it, or being found guilty of business fraud, or f*cking a porn star AND accepting the result of an election.
You know. For balance.
You know. For balance.
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🚨🚨🚨 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did. 🚨🚨🚨
May 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
🚨🚨🚨 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did. 🚨🚨🚨
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Next year will be the 20th anniversary of the spoof version filmed in my hometown of Swansea for Tango Clear
youtu.be/9bnRi3BnR4E?...
youtu.be/9bnRi3BnR4E?...
Tango - Bravo (2006, UK)
YouTube video by The Hall of Advertising
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Next year will be the 20th anniversary of the spoof version filmed in my hometown of Swansea for Tango Clear
youtu.be/9bnRi3BnR4E?...
youtu.be/9bnRi3BnR4E?...
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I have spent my entire professional life understanding the British point of view on foreign policy. I get certain historic and cultural differences. But the wilder the world gets the more infuriated I become by the dismissive attitude many Brits have towards the EU as a peace project./
November 6, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I have spent my entire professional life understanding the British point of view on foreign policy. I get certain historic and cultural differences. But the wilder the world gets the more infuriated I become by the dismissive attitude many Brits have towards the EU as a peace project./
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My new piece looks at a meme that's been going viral for the last 6 years, and whether healthcare administrators are really causing healthcare costs to skyrocket in the United States.
gidmk.substack.com/p/are-admini...
gidmk.substack.com/p/are-admini...
Are Administrators To Blame For Skyrocketing Healthcare Costs?
The story of a viral meme
gidmk.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:18 AM
My new piece looks at a meme that's been going viral for the last 6 years, and whether healthcare administrators are really causing healthcare costs to skyrocket in the United States.
gidmk.substack.com/p/are-admini...
gidmk.substack.com/p/are-admini...
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Dr Oz talking about obesity, diabetes and dementia while Trump is slumped over like a man minutes from death is supremely funny content
November 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Dr Oz talking about obesity, diabetes and dementia while Trump is slumped over like a man minutes from death is supremely funny content
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The corporate propaganda machine colluding with the Trump propaganda machine to lie to the American people about Thanksgiving.
November 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The corporate propaganda machine colluding with the Trump propaganda machine to lie to the American people about Thanksgiving.
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Say what you like about ‘Sadiq Khan’s no-go hellscape’ – Britain’s cities prove the rightwing agitators wrong | Jonathan Liew
Say what you like about ‘Sadiq Khan’s no-go hellscape’ – Britain’s cities prove the rightwing agitators wrong | Jonathan Liew
To rightwing populists, places of fluidity and freedom will always be the enemy, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Say what you like about ‘Sadiq Khan’s no-go hellscape’ – Britain’s cities prove the rightwing agitators wrong | Jonathan Liew
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The state of play at the half way point of the Champions League league phase.
Seven teams (including Liverpool) have played at least three of their four games against Pots 1 and 2. Inter are possibly in a slightly false position.
Seven teams (including Liverpool) have played at least three of their four games against Pots 1 and 2. Inter are possibly in a slightly false position.
November 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The state of play at the half way point of the Champions League league phase.
Seven teams (including Liverpool) have played at least three of their four games against Pots 1 and 2. Inter are possibly in a slightly false position.
Seven teams (including Liverpool) have played at least three of their four games against Pots 1 and 2. Inter are possibly in a slightly false position.
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I love Bram Stoker's Dracula. I've seen people accuse it of being "style over substance," but the whole film is about love cascading over the ages like a river of blood. Why not be emotionally charged to the brim? Why not be luscious in form? Its the treatment this particular film deserves.
October 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I love Bram Stoker's Dracula. I've seen people accuse it of being "style over substance," but the whole film is about love cascading over the ages like a river of blood. Why not be emotionally charged to the brim? Why not be luscious in form? Its the treatment this particular film deserves.
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Trump: "They're gonna make DC a state and they're gonna make Puerto Rico a state. So now they pick up two states, four senators. They're gonna pick up electoral votes. It's gonna be a very, very bad situation. Now, if we do what I'm saying, they'll most likely never obtain power."
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Trump: "They're gonna make DC a state and they're gonna make Puerto Rico a state. So now they pick up two states, four senators. They're gonna pick up electoral votes. It's gonna be a very, very bad situation. Now, if we do what I'm saying, they'll most likely never obtain power."
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Great reflections on Brexit from @anandmenon.bsky.social
'It is hard to imagine a worse moment in the history of international trade to have decided to leave a continental-sized economy to go your own way, because of the direction of international trade thereafter.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztqL...
'It is hard to imagine a worse moment in the history of international trade to have decided to leave a continental-sized economy to go your own way, because of the direction of international trade thereafter.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztqL...
Reflections on the Brexit Revolution: 2025-26 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture
YouTube video by Cambridge Law Faculty
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Great reflections on Brexit from @anandmenon.bsky.social
'It is hard to imagine a worse moment in the history of international trade to have decided to leave a continental-sized economy to go your own way, because of the direction of international trade thereafter.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztqL...
'It is hard to imagine a worse moment in the history of international trade to have decided to leave a continental-sized economy to go your own way, because of the direction of international trade thereafter.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztqL...
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I just want to remind everyone that this is a statewide mandate, unencumbered by maps.
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
I just want to remind everyone that this is a statewide mandate, unencumbered by maps.
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Guy Fawkes signature before and after reading 2,000 hot takes on the New York mayoral election.
November 5, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Guy Fawkes signature before and after reading 2,000 hot takes on the New York mayoral election.
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Head in hands wondering how this could happen to me, the popular president who posted a video of myself shitting on everyone 2 weeks ago
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Head in hands wondering how this could happen to me, the popular president who posted a video of myself shitting on everyone 2 weeks ago
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Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
November 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
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“The BBC is not an American broadcaster, and it doesn’t owe any obligation to shareholders determined to close deals and make profits. Its clash with Trump is a chance to show the advantages of being a public broadcaster by standing up for the truth. It should seize that opportunity.”
The BBC was right about the Capitol riots. In a sane world, Trump would be in jail
Trump faced impeachment over the riots, and in a world where Republicans had more courage, he would have been found guilty
inews.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
“The BBC is not an American broadcaster, and it doesn’t owe any obligation to shareholders determined to close deals and make profits. Its clash with Trump is a chance to show the advantages of being a public broadcaster by standing up for the truth. It should seize that opportunity.”
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DEFEND - loudly oppose proposed takeovers of media institutions, fight political battles around it, make it a key Dem issue
DELAY - use shareholder lawsuits and other creative legal devices to harass ongoing takeover efforts
ATTACK - aggressively attack co-opted companies as GOP mouthpieces
DELAY - use shareholder lawsuits and other creative legal devices to harass ongoing takeover efforts
ATTACK - aggressively attack co-opted companies as GOP mouthpieces
How would you, in three steps, fix the media environment?
It seems like a complicated problem that does not have an easy, three-step solution, as much as we would want it to.
It seems like a complicated problem that does not have an easy, three-step solution, as much as we would want it to.
November 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
DEFEND - loudly oppose proposed takeovers of media institutions, fight political battles around it, make it a key Dem issue
DELAY - use shareholder lawsuits and other creative legal devices to harass ongoing takeover efforts
ATTACK - aggressively attack co-opted companies as GOP mouthpieces
DELAY - use shareholder lawsuits and other creative legal devices to harass ongoing takeover efforts
ATTACK - aggressively attack co-opted companies as GOP mouthpieces
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