Ruth
@ruthr1.bsky.social
Proud Northern soul ..always Labour and Man Utd .. just trying to be better every day ! 🌹🔥
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can't think of a headline that better sums up the BBC at present
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
BBC slammed for asking Kelvin Mackenzie about journalism standards
Liverpool fans and others staggered by choice to invite former S*n editor to discuss ongoing issues at the BBC
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
can't think of a headline that better sums up the BBC at present
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
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Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
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 8:00 AM
Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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Nigel Farage wants to abolish protections for kids online and put porn back in their pockets.
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Nigel Farage wants to abolish protections for kids online and put porn back in their pockets.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... is anyone surprised?🤷🏻♀️
Your Party row erupts over hundreds of thousands of pounds in donations
Clash the latest in months of political infighting between the camps of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... is anyone surprised?🤷🏻♀️
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Since the Government came into office, Bridget Phillipson and the Department of Work and Pensions have chaired the child poverty task force which, recommends scrapping it. This, wishes from her cabinet members, and her own beliefs are likely to be what is driving Reeves to the decision.
Before Zack Polanski dares try to take credit for the abolition of the two child benefit cap that may happen in the budget, Starmer told the Treasury in May that they should scrap it. Bridget Phillipson, has indicated for a long time that it should be abolished. It was a matter of when, not if.
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Since the Government came into office, Bridget Phillipson and the Department of Work and Pensions have chaired the child poverty task force which, recommends scrapping it. This, wishes from her cabinet members, and her own beliefs are likely to be what is driving Reeves to the decision.
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‘I once planned to sue the bbc for suggesting I encouraged an insurrection the time I encouraged an insurrection on live tv’
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
‘I once planned to sue the bbc for suggesting I encouraged an insurrection the time I encouraged an insurrection on live tv’
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He’s got a brass neck.
Oh dearie me! How shocking?
Any ideas of just who, exactly, may have betrayed small business owners?
I guess we’ll never know.
Any ideas of just who, exactly, may have betrayed small business owners?
I guess we’ll never know.
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
He’s got a brass neck.
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Nothing says keep the BBC more strongly than Farage, Trump, Putin and Netanyahu saying it should go.
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Nothing says keep the BBC more strongly than Farage, Trump, Putin and Netanyahu saying it should go.
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Conservatives call for Reform UK cabinet member to resign over social media posts
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lichfieldlive.co.uk/2025/11/10/c...
Conservatives call for Reform UK cabinet member to resign over social media posts - Lichfield Live®
The Conservatives are calling for a Reform UK councillor to resign over "abhorrent" social media posts.
lichfieldlive.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Conservatives call for Reform UK cabinet member to resign over social media posts
lichfieldlive.co.uk/2025/11/10/c...
lichfieldlive.co.uk/2025/11/10/c...
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Reform UK Leicestershire are crooks.
They announced consultants Newton would do a £1.4m savings review.
That’s ballooned to £30m in 6 just days.
Leader Dan Harrison is a con man.
Leicestershire you’ve been had.
leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-n...
#ReformLies
They announced consultants Newton would do a £1.4m savings review.
That’s ballooned to £30m in 6 just days.
Leader Dan Harrison is a con man.
Leicestershire you’ve been had.
leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-n...
#ReformLies
Firm leading council savings review could receive £30m
The county council currently needs to plug an expected £90 million gap in its day-to-day spending
leicestermercury.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Reform UK Leicestershire are crooks.
They announced consultants Newton would do a £1.4m savings review.
That’s ballooned to £30m in 6 just days.
Leader Dan Harrison is a con man.
Leicestershire you’ve been had.
leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-n...
#ReformLies
They announced consultants Newton would do a £1.4m savings review.
That’s ballooned to £30m in 6 just days.
Leader Dan Harrison is a con man.
Leicestershire you’ve been had.
leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-n...
#ReformLies
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I hope people are paying attention, this is what 6 months of a Reform Council brings, chaos and danger. The Fire Service in Kent can no longer perform their job adequately because of lack of funding due to the disarray of their Reform Council.
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A shambles and a threat to public safety. This is what happens when you elect a bunch of bigoted incompetents into power. Farage and his “showpiece” council, Snake oil Nigel shoots his mouth off, and chaos ensues, the story of his life.
www.fbu.org.uk/news/2025/11...
www.fbu.org.uk/news/2025/11...
Reform leader branded “captain chaos” as Kent fire authority in disarray
The Fire Brigades Union has slammed the record of Reform’s ‘flagship council’ as it emerged that Kent and Medway Fire Authority was in disarray following the removal of five councillors, including its...
www.fbu.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I hope people are paying attention, this is what 6 months of a Reform Council brings, chaos and danger. The Fire Service in Kent can no longer perform their job adequately because of lack of funding due to the disarray of their Reform Council.
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The Tories record from 2010 to 2024:
Food banks 2010 approx 35,
2024 approx 1,711
Homelessness 2010 approx 1,768, 2024 approx 327,940
NHS Waiting lists 2010 approx 4.34m,
2024 approx 7.4m
The Labour Government cannot fix this in 15 months, they inherited a huge mess. @lbc.co.uk
Food banks 2010 approx 35,
2024 approx 1,711
Homelessness 2010 approx 1,768, 2024 approx 327,940
NHS Waiting lists 2010 approx 4.34m,
2024 approx 7.4m
The Labour Government cannot fix this in 15 months, they inherited a huge mess. @lbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The Tories record from 2010 to 2024:
Food banks 2010 approx 35,
2024 approx 1,711
Homelessness 2010 approx 1,768, 2024 approx 327,940
NHS Waiting lists 2010 approx 4.34m,
2024 approx 7.4m
The Labour Government cannot fix this in 15 months, they inherited a huge mess. @lbc.co.uk
Food banks 2010 approx 35,
2024 approx 1,711
Homelessness 2010 approx 1,768, 2024 approx 327,940
NHS Waiting lists 2010 approx 4.34m,
2024 approx 7.4m
The Labour Government cannot fix this in 15 months, they inherited a huge mess. @lbc.co.uk
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Want to know why the prisons system seems to be suddenly falling apart?
Well, it's not sudden. It's just suddenly being REPORTED. This rot was a deliberate policy choice, and I kept the receipts. Because I'm not the BBC.
(A note on what Tories did to cause this, from The Decade In Tory)
Well, it's not sudden. It's just suddenly being REPORTED. This rot was a deliberate policy choice, and I kept the receipts. Because I'm not the BBC.
(A note on what Tories did to cause this, from The Decade In Tory)
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Want to know why the prisons system seems to be suddenly falling apart?
Well, it's not sudden. It's just suddenly being REPORTED. This rot was a deliberate policy choice, and I kept the receipts. Because I'm not the BBC.
(A note on what Tories did to cause this, from The Decade In Tory)
Well, it's not sudden. It's just suddenly being REPORTED. This rot was a deliberate policy choice, and I kept the receipts. Because I'm not the BBC.
(A note on what Tories did to cause this, from The Decade In Tory)
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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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Reform UK Councillor. Stood on reducing waste and cutting taxes now says they should have been increased by £87m before:
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TikTok - Make Your Day
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November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Reform UK Councillor. Stood on reducing waste and cutting taxes now says they should have been increased by £87m before:
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdKYtjRf/
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdKYtjRf/
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I’m just about to delete my Checkatrader app.
@stopfundinghate.bsky.social
Just caught this on @lbc.co.uk news.
Glad I did as I certainly won't be using Checkatrade ever again
Just caught this on @lbc.co.uk news.
Glad I did as I certainly won't be using Checkatrade ever again
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I’m just about to delete my Checkatrader app.
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What do you call it when a British MP takes direct calls from a foreign leader to conspire against the BBC, our national broadcaster?
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
What do you call it when a British MP takes direct calls from a foreign leader to conspire against the BBC, our national broadcaster?
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Great to see people catching up on Sir Robbie Gibb's role in setting up GB News - five years after @nafeez.bsky.social explained on @bylinetimes.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Great to see people catching up on Sir Robbie Gibb's role in setting up GB News - five years after @nafeez.bsky.social explained on @bylinetimes.bsky.social
This is the best argument I have heard for cleaning out Gibb and Grossman .. I really hope Lisa Nandy listens and acts !
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 9:25 PM
This is the best argument I have heard for cleaning out Gibb and Grossman .. I really hope Lisa Nandy listens and acts !
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Absolutely right. I criticise BBC News, because we need it to be as good as we know it can be. People like Farage criticise the BBC, because they work for its competitors and don't want it to exist.
🎯 Davey is spot on. "We can have criticism of the BBC, but within that, we need to recognise how valuable an institution it is [and how] precious to our country. And that's one of the reasons why people like President Trump and Nigel Farage, want to undermine the BBC." 👏🏽~AA
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Absolutely right. I criticise BBC News, because we need it to be as good as we know it can be. People like Farage criticise the BBC, because they work for its competitors and don't want it to exist.
Re BBC Right wing coup.. would love Nandy and Starmer to turn Reform and Tory delight into abject misery by using this opportunity to clear out the Tory toxic influencers and put some decent journalists in their place !!
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Re BBC Right wing coup.. would love Nandy and Starmer to turn Reform and Tory delight into abject misery by using this opportunity to clear out the Tory toxic influencers and put some decent journalists in their place !!
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I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
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The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.