Simon Parker
@sparkerworld.bsky.social
Prof of Politics with a focus on migration, cities & social justice.
The BBC (and Guardian and FT) bias that none of these 'trusted news organisations' will report.
The Trump Jan 6th edit is a distraction it has always been about running cover for the perpetrators of genocidal war crimes.
www.declassifieduk.org/bbc-guardian...
The Trump Jan 6th edit is a distraction it has always been about running cover for the perpetrators of genocidal war crimes.
www.declassifieduk.org/bbc-guardian...
BBC and Guardian editors held private meetings with Israeli General
Exclusive: Former IDF chief of staff met with Britain’s top journalists to promote Israel’s war on Gaza, it can be revealed.
www.declassifieduk.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The BBC (and Guardian and FT) bias that none of these 'trusted news organisations' will report.
The Trump Jan 6th edit is a distraction it has always been about running cover for the perpetrators of genocidal war crimes.
www.declassifieduk.org/bbc-guardian...
The Trump Jan 6th edit is a distraction it has always been about running cover for the perpetrators of genocidal war crimes.
www.declassifieduk.org/bbc-guardian...
Shabana Mahmood will be on the first flight to Germany to take notes on how to incorporate this 'blunder' into the next asylum bill.
'safe third country', is it
Germany deported a Uyghur woman back to China rather than to Turkey after a bureaucratic mix-up, government sources said Monday, with critics slamming a "huge blunder" that endangered her life. In full: buff.ly/YQPwRed
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Shabana Mahmood will be on the first flight to Germany to take notes on how to incorporate this 'blunder' into the next asylum bill.
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I do not understand the Labour government's reticence over defending the BBC and social media regulation. Their long-term survival basically depends on it. Their cowardice in the face of it may be the single thing they are most remembered for.
on.ft.com/3JVxC1Z via @FT
on.ft.com/3JVxC1Z via @FT
BBC faces ‘existential’ threat after exit of top executives
Broadcaster’s deepest crisis in recent history comes amid fresh questions over its future role in British society
on.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I do not understand the Labour government's reticence over defending the BBC and social media regulation. Their long-term survival basically depends on it. Their cowardice in the face of it may be the single thing they are most remembered for.
on.ft.com/3JVxC1Z via @FT
on.ft.com/3JVxC1Z via @FT
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Well, this is quite a serious allegation. I do hope the BBC shows true impartiality and investigate whether or not some of its Board members are systemically biased. 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 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Well, this is quite a serious allegation. I do hope the BBC shows true impartiality and investigate whether or not some of its Board members are systemically biased. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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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...
Where are the "protect our children" local protesters with their home made signs and their St George flags imported from China?
Kent Police report - 8 white sex offenders jailed. What is not clear is whether they were members of a gang or career predators acting individually.
November 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Where are the "protect our children" local protesters with their home made signs and their St George flags imported from China?
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Tesla’s profit fell 37% in the third quarter. It's been in the process of laying off 14,000 workers. It had more cars impacted by recalls than any other brand in 2024.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Tesla’s profit fell 37% in the third quarter. It's been in the process of laying off 14,000 workers. It had more cars impacted by recalls than any other brand in 2024.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
🥪🥪🥪✊🏼
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 AM
🥪🥪🥪✊🏼
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I had a run in with ICE snatching a man out of his car while walking my children to school this morning in NW DC
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I had a run in with ICE snatching a man out of his car while walking my children to school this morning in NW DC
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
Fabulously on brand
RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible
November 7, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Fabulously on brand
Also I thought reducing the overcrowded prison population by early release was now actual government policy? It's not too surprising if prison administrators occasionally get it wrong when the Justice Dept keeps moving the goal posts on length of sentences.
There were 115 prisoners mistakenly released in the final year of the last Conservative Government alone.
Interesting that it only becomes a major national scandal the second these releases can be blamed on a Labour government
Interesting that it only becomes a major national scandal the second these releases can be blamed on a Labour government
November 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Also I thought reducing the overcrowded prison population by early release was now actual government policy? It's not too surprising if prison administrators occasionally get it wrong when the Justice Dept keeps moving the goal posts on length of sentences.
When is it🍿time?
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
When is it🍿time?
Thank you to those so often forgotten by the politics of our city, who made this movement their own. I speak of Yemeni bodega owners and Mexican abuelas. Senegalese taxi drivers and Uzbek nurses. Trinidadian line cooks and Ethiopian aunties. Yes, aunties.
I'm not crying. You're crying 😭
I'm not crying. You're crying 😭
a cartoon of two spidermans standing in front of a nypd van
ALT: a cartoon of two spidermans standing in front of a nypd van
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Thank you to those so often forgotten by the politics of our city, who made this movement their own. I speak of Yemeni bodega owners and Mexican abuelas. Senegalese taxi drivers and Uzbek nurses. Trinidadian line cooks and Ethiopian aunties. Yes, aunties.
I'm not crying. You're crying 😭
I'm not crying. You're crying 😭
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That lesson needs to grow roots and spread!! I’ve never been more elated over a victory and at the same time more angry at the Democratic Party for their non support of the victor!! Mamdani is our future!!
November 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
That lesson needs to grow roots and spread!! I’ve never been more elated over a victory and at the same time more angry at the Democratic Party for their non support of the victor!! Mamdani is our future!!
Trump: '...and so it begins'.
Yes the Zohran Democratic Presidential campaign for 2028! 🇺🇸✊🏼
Yes the Zohran Democratic Presidential campaign for 2028! 🇺🇸✊🏼
November 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Trump: '...and so it begins'.
Yes the Zohran Democratic Presidential campaign for 2028! 🇺🇸✊🏼
Yes the Zohran Democratic Presidential campaign for 2028! 🇺🇸✊🏼
The lesson Mamdani's victory has for the current Labour leadership is the same as for the Democratic establishment that stupidly backed Cuomo - your neoliberal pro-capitalist pro-genocide billionaire servicing policies no longer cut it with younger voters. Join the programme or get out of the way.
November 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The lesson Mamdani's victory has for the current Labour leadership is the same as for the Democratic establishment that stupidly backed Cuomo - your neoliberal pro-capitalist pro-genocide billionaire servicing policies no longer cut it with younger voters. Join the programme or get out of the way.
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The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has congratulated Zohran Mamdani on his election victory and what he called a “historic campaign"
"New Yorkers faced a clear choice - between hope and fear - and just like we've seen in London - hope won," he said
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
"New Yorkers faced a clear choice - between hope and fear - and just like we've seen in London - hope won," he said
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
‘Hope Won’: Sadiq Khan, London’s Mayor, Congratulates Mamdani
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has congratulated Zohran Mamdani on his election victory and what he called a “historic campaign"
"New Yorkers faced a clear choice - between hope and fear - and just like we've seen in London - hope won," he said
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
"New Yorkers faced a clear choice - between hope and fear - and just like we've seen in London - hope won," he said
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
Even if Silwa had taken $10 million to drop out & all his votes had gone to Cuomo, Mamdani would still have narrowly won. The NY money men threw everything at this race to stop a progressive mayor from being elected & only by mobilising ordinary New Yorkers in record numbers were they stopped.
Mamdani cracks 1M votes, the first NYC mayor to do so since John Lindsay in 1969
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Even if Silwa had taken $10 million to drop out & all his votes had gone to Cuomo, Mamdani would still have narrowly won. The NY money men threw everything at this race to stop a progressive mayor from being elected & only by mobilising ordinary New Yorkers in record numbers were they stopped.
Ahahahaha 🔥👑
Mamdani: "I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life but let tonight be the final time I utter his name."
November 5, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Ahahahaha 🔥👑
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Zohran was polling at six percent in January. Nothing is impossible
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Zohran was polling at six percent in January. Nothing is impossible
New York City gives the world hope
“New York will remain a city of immigrants. A city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants and as of tonight, led by an immigrant.”
Watch the best of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's victory speech after becoming New York City’s first Muslim mayor.
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Watch the best of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's victory speech after becoming New York City’s first Muslim mayor.
Visit zeteo.com for more coverage.
November 5, 2025 at 7:01 AM
New York City gives the world hope
I'm sure all the far right politicians, fascist billionaires and criminal grifters who forced the police into disclosing the ethnicity and migration heritage of the attacker will be reposting this story all over their social media accounts & video channels right now.
Bloody immigrants coming over here with their heroic actions 😉
Bravo Samir
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bravo Samir
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
The rail worker credited with saving multiple lives is named as Samir Zitouni.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I'm sure all the far right politicians, fascist billionaires and criminal grifters who forced the police into disclosing the ethnicity and migration heritage of the attacker will be reposting this story all over their social media accounts & video channels right now.
I'm beginning to wonder if Rachel Reeves is really a 5th columnist for Reform and actively wants Nigel Farage to be the next Prime Minister. She could not have done more to disillusion Labour voters. Meanwhile there seems little prospect of asset wealth being seriously taxed.
Analysis: Rachel Reeves's Planned Tax Betrayal Could Be The Death Knell For Labour
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/analys...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/analys...
Analysis: Rachel Reeves's Planned Tax Betrayal Could Be The Death Knell For Labour
The chancellor is hoping voters have very short memories.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I'm beginning to wonder if Rachel Reeves is really a 5th columnist for Reform and actively wants Nigel Farage to be the next Prime Minister. She could not have done more to disillusion Labour voters. Meanwhile there seems little prospect of asset wealth being seriously taxed.