Howard
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Bionic, bearded & distinctly lacking in nerve fibres. Permanently in pain, but it could always be worst. Left, music, art & films. “Everything will be alright in the end, if it’s not alright it’s not the end” Dr Mark Kermode
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Give not a millimeter to Russia. Not a single grain of Ukrainian soil.
November 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Give not a millimeter to Russia. Not a single grain of Ukrainian soil.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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This sentence was taken out of a lecture they commissioned, reviewed through the full editorial process, and recorded four weeks ago in front of 500 people in the BBC Radio Theatre.
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This sentence was taken out of a lecture they commissioned, reviewed through the full editorial process, and recorded four weeks ago in front of 500 people in the BBC Radio Theatre.
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
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Excellent analysis in this article. Read this if you read nothing else today.
🔴How Nigel Farage Played the British Media
Politics as spectacle and outrage as a business model, @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social looks at how the Reform UK leader has been given a free pass by Britain's news organisations
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/how-nigel-...
Politics as spectacle and outrage as a business model, @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social looks at how the Reform UK leader has been given a free pass by Britain's news organisations
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/how-nigel-...
How Nigel Farage Played the British Media
Politics as spectacle and outrage as a business model, James Bloodworth looks at how the Reform UK leader has been given a free pass by Britain's news organisations
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Excellent analysis in this article. Read this if you read nothing else today.
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Sci-fi comedy Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die – Gore Verbinski’s first film in nine years – has a new trailer. Have a gander:
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die | Gore Verbinski's movie gets a first trailer
Sci-fi comedy Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die - Gore Verbinski's first film in nine years - has a new trailer. Have a gander:
filmstories.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Sci-fi comedy Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die – Gore Verbinski’s first film in nine years – has a new trailer. Have a gander:
filmstories.co.uk/news/good-lu...
filmstories.co.uk/news/good-lu...
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Dominic Cummings, in an earlier incarnation, ran a secretly-funded 'think tank' dedicated to attacking the Beeb while Robbie Gibb glided effortlessly from GBNews to the BBC & started lecturing staff on impartiality. Imagine (cos you'll have to) how the 'left-wing' equivalent would be reported.
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Dominic Cummings, in an earlier incarnation, ran a secretly-funded 'think tank' dedicated to attacking the Beeb while Robbie Gibb glided effortlessly from GBNews to the BBC & started lecturing staff on impartiality. Imagine (cos you'll have to) how the 'left-wing' equivalent would be reported.
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Join us for a special Film Stories event in London to celebrate our 500th episode, with tickets now on sale. More information right here:
filmstories.co.uk/news/film-st...
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Film Stories 500 | Join us in London for a very special event
Join us for a special Film Stories event in London to celebrate our 500th episode, with tickets now on sale. More information right here:
filmstories.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Join us for a special Film Stories event in London to celebrate our 500th episode, with tickets now on sale. More information right here:
filmstories.co.uk/news/film-st...
filmstories.co.uk/news/film-st...
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🚨After being tased and beaten by ICE, a man dies in a Chicago hospital. Date and location in following post. These are the horrors of 2025 and we cannot look away. 1/2
October 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🚨After being tased and beaten by ICE, a man dies in a Chicago hospital. Date and location in following post. These are the horrors of 2025 and we cannot look away. 1/2
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Great to chat with @mrjamesob.bsky.social this week on @lbc.co.uk about my new book: VIP Lane & ITV doc: The Covid Contracts
The UK wasted £10bn on PPE
We were the only country on the planet to set up VIP Lanes during the pandemic
Link below👇
📖 ➡️ viplanebook.com
🎥 youtu.be/uB58NJi63Co?...
The UK wasted £10bn on PPE
We were the only country on the planet to set up VIP Lanes during the pandemic
Link below👇
📖 ➡️ viplanebook.com
🎥 youtu.be/uB58NJi63Co?...
Firm linked to Tory peer must pay back £122m for breaching Covid contract
YouTube video by LBC
youtu.be
October 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Great to chat with @mrjamesob.bsky.social this week on @lbc.co.uk about my new book: VIP Lane & ITV doc: The Covid Contracts
The UK wasted £10bn on PPE
We were the only country on the planet to set up VIP Lanes during the pandemic
Link below👇
📖 ➡️ viplanebook.com
🎥 youtu.be/uB58NJi63Co?...
The UK wasted £10bn on PPE
We were the only country on the planet to set up VIP Lanes during the pandemic
Link below👇
📖 ➡️ viplanebook.com
🎥 youtu.be/uB58NJi63Co?...
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I am horrified by the images of a mosque in Peacehaven burning after a suspected arson attack.
Everyone should be able to worship free from fear and terror.
Islamophobia is totally unacceptable. Those who spread hatred and incite violence against Muslim communities must stop.
Everyone should be able to worship free from fear and terror.
Islamophobia is totally unacceptable. Those who spread hatred and incite violence against Muslim communities must stop.
October 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I am horrified by the images of a mosque in Peacehaven burning after a suspected arson attack.
Everyone should be able to worship free from fear and terror.
Islamophobia is totally unacceptable. Those who spread hatred and incite violence against Muslim communities must stop.
Everyone should be able to worship free from fear and terror.
Islamophobia is totally unacceptable. Those who spread hatred and incite violence against Muslim communities must stop.
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Zack Polanski is sending out the message that you can both oppose Genocide and condemn attacks on jewish people in the UK.
And it is driving the Media insane because they want to cancel Genocide protests.
And it is driving the Media insane because they want to cancel Genocide protests.
October 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Zack Polanski is sending out the message that you can both oppose Genocide and condemn attacks on jewish people in the UK.
And it is driving the Media insane because they want to cancel Genocide protests.
And it is driving the Media insane because they want to cancel Genocide protests.
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How dare people call Farage racist?
Some of his mates *don’t* incite racial hatred but none of you think about that, do you?
Just because he hangs out with rapists, traffickers, racists, works the anti abortion circuit and had a wifebeater MP you talk him down.
Political correctness gone mad.
Some of his mates *don’t* incite racial hatred but none of you think about that, do you?
Just because he hangs out with rapists, traffickers, racists, works the anti abortion circuit and had a wifebeater MP you talk him down.
Political correctness gone mad.
October 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
How dare people call Farage racist?
Some of his mates *don’t* incite racial hatred but none of you think about that, do you?
Just because he hangs out with rapists, traffickers, racists, works the anti abortion circuit and had a wifebeater MP you talk him down.
Political correctness gone mad.
Some of his mates *don’t* incite racial hatred but none of you think about that, do you?
Just because he hangs out with rapists, traffickers, racists, works the anti abortion circuit and had a wifebeater MP you talk him down.
Political correctness gone mad.
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Deeply concerned about the safety of those on the flotilla.
We know the government will try ignore it - it's really important we all speak up and raise our voices.
This is a group of people delivering baby food to Gaza and the Government must intervene to ensure their safety.
We know the government will try ignore it - it's really important we all speak up and raise our voices.
This is a group of people delivering baby food to Gaza and the Government must intervene to ensure their safety.
October 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Deeply concerned about the safety of those on the flotilla.
We know the government will try ignore it - it's really important we all speak up and raise our voices.
This is a group of people delivering baby food to Gaza and the Government must intervene to ensure their safety.
We know the government will try ignore it - it's really important we all speak up and raise our voices.
This is a group of people delivering baby food to Gaza and the Government must intervene to ensure their safety.
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I have watched his bit and the bit after Kuenssberg asks the question about 20 times and my ribs hurt.
Janey, Janey, Janey, still making me laugh from beyond.
Janey, Janey, Janey, still making me laugh from beyond.
October 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I have watched his bit and the bit after Kuenssberg asks the question about 20 times and my ribs hurt.
Janey, Janey, Janey, still making me laugh from beyond.
Janey, Janey, Janey, still making me laugh from beyond.
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California and New York paying taxes to this federal government in 2025 is tantamount to England and France paying taxes to Germany in 1940.
The money is going to be used *against* you.
The money is going to be used *against* you.
October 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
California and New York paying taxes to this federal government in 2025 is tantamount to England and France paying taxes to Germany in 1940.
The money is going to be used *against* you.
The money is going to be used *against* you.
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The Government is now shut down, but apparently nobody called the school in the Bronx that had come to the Capitol for their tour today, so they're getting the treat of a lifetime since AOC agreed to give them the tour herself!
I’m loving this for all of them!
I’m loving this for all of them!
October 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The Government is now shut down, but apparently nobody called the school in the Bronx that had come to the Capitol for their tour today, so they're getting the treat of a lifetime since AOC agreed to give them the tour herself!
I’m loving this for all of them!
I’m loving this for all of them!
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Clean Cities campaign: "This milestone should embolden the Mayor to take [further] strong action" on cleaning up the capital's air
September 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Clean Cities campaign: "This milestone should embolden the Mayor to take [further] strong action" on cleaning up the capital's air
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Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
September 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
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Almost two in three Labour members would back Burnham as leader
Starmer made poor policy choices
Two child benefit cap.
Winter fuel payment fiasco.
Disability benefit cuts.
Sticking to Tory income tax thresholds.
No curbs on energy/water profiteering.
Return of PFI.
No end to political corruption
Starmer made poor policy choices
Two child benefit cap.
Winter fuel payment fiasco.
Disability benefit cuts.
Sticking to Tory income tax thresholds.
No curbs on energy/water profiteering.
Return of PFI.
No end to political corruption
Almost two in three Labour members back Burnham over Starmer for leader, poll shows
The exclusive poll also reveals that around a third of Labour members polled no longer think Sir Keir Starmer is a good prime minister.
news.sky.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Almost two in three Labour members would back Burnham as leader
Starmer made poor policy choices
Two child benefit cap.
Winter fuel payment fiasco.
Disability benefit cuts.
Sticking to Tory income tax thresholds.
No curbs on energy/water profiteering.
Return of PFI.
No end to political corruption
Starmer made poor policy choices
Two child benefit cap.
Winter fuel payment fiasco.
Disability benefit cuts.
Sticking to Tory income tax thresholds.
No curbs on energy/water profiteering.
Return of PFI.
No end to political corruption
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‘Boom’
September 30, 2025 at 6:54 AM
‘Boom’
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If you look at the state of the UK when the Tories left power last year, Labour have since made Britain a significantly more hostile place to be if you're an immigrant.
It's not even close.
(We can argue forever about what the Tories *might* have gone on to do. I am talking about what they did.)
It's not even close.
(We can argue forever about what the Tories *might* have gone on to do. I am talking about what they did.)
September 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
If you look at the state of the UK when the Tories left power last year, Labour have since made Britain a significantly more hostile place to be if you're an immigrant.
It's not even close.
(We can argue forever about what the Tories *might* have gone on to do. I am talking about what they did.)
It's not even close.
(We can argue forever about what the Tories *might* have gone on to do. I am talking about what they did.)
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This is a must read/share thread that perfectly describes the cognitive dissonance that we've reached in this country when Politicians have conversations about "valid concerns about immigration" yet completely miss the root cause.
Thank you, @tanjabueltmann.net for pulling this all together.
Thank you, @tanjabueltmann.net for pulling this all together.
When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵
September 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This is a must read/share thread that perfectly describes the cognitive dissonance that we've reached in this country when Politicians have conversations about "valid concerns about immigration" yet completely miss the root cause.
Thank you, @tanjabueltmann.net for pulling this all together.
Thank you, @tanjabueltmann.net for pulling this all together.
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If you are a non-White person do not vote Reform.
If you are on ANY benefits do not vote Reform.
If you are disabled do not vote Reform.
If you are a pensioner do not vote Reform.
If you ever want to have Healthcare do not vote Reform.
You are all on Nigel Farage's list.
If you are on ANY benefits do not vote Reform.
If you are disabled do not vote Reform.
If you are a pensioner do not vote Reform.
If you ever want to have Healthcare do not vote Reform.
You are all on Nigel Farage's list.
September 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
If you are a non-White person do not vote Reform.
If you are on ANY benefits do not vote Reform.
If you are disabled do not vote Reform.
If you are a pensioner do not vote Reform.
If you ever want to have Healthcare do not vote Reform.
You are all on Nigel Farage's list.
If you are on ANY benefits do not vote Reform.
If you are disabled do not vote Reform.
If you are a pensioner do not vote Reform.
If you ever want to have Healthcare do not vote Reform.
You are all on Nigel Farage's list.