Richard Thornton
richard1956.bsky.social
Richard Thornton
@richard1956.bsky.social
Happily retired Warwick and North Norfolk
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Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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“Journalism: far from being a neutral arbiter of information, it has the … power to craft the ideas we think with, not just the ideas we think about”
@hardeepmatharu.bsky.social in this months @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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October 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Observer today: what a letter
September 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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I would like to see a few British broadcasters read out every word of Trump’s latest ‘statement’ live on air & then remind us of their often lavish statements of support for him & then share some of their supportive words for Ukraine.

And then we can all watch their brains explode…
February 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Denying refugees citizenship simply on the grounds that they arrived here “illegally” on small boats *when there are no legal routes* for most to use takes cynicism to new heights. If Govt thinks such performative cruelty will see off Reform, they’re wrong - it’s more likely to strengthen it
February 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM