Steve Griffiths 🏴
@cymry.bsky.social
Welsh, Swansea City, Scarlets socialist. Cymraeg
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1: FFS
2: pls pls can the BBC write about this?
2: pls pls can the BBC write about this?
NEW: BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
BBC News article & Media Show prevented from repeating Rutger Bregman’s corruption allegation in its coverage… of whether the BBC censored his speech!
BBC/Trump fallout continues
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC News article & Media Show prevented from repeating Rutger Bregman’s corruption allegation in its coverage… of whether the BBC censored his speech!
BBC/Trump fallout continues
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
1: FFS
2: pls pls can the BBC write about this?
2: pls pls can the BBC write about this?
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Swansea ranks #2 in UK’s best winter seaside list – only beaten by Brighton!
City hailed as Wales’s top winter coastal destination in national survey
City hailed as Wales’s top winter coastal destination in national survey
Swansea ranks #2 in UK’s best winter seaside list – only beaten by Brighton!
City hailed as Wales’s top winter coastal destination in national survey
swanseabaynews.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Swansea ranks #2 in UK’s best winter seaside list – only beaten by Brighton!
City hailed as Wales’s top winter coastal destination in national survey
City hailed as Wales’s top winter coastal destination in national survey
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Remember -
Net migration rises: The government has lost control of the borders
Net migration fails: The government has trashed the country so badly that no one wants to come here
Net migration rises: The government has lost control of the borders
Net migration fails: The government has trashed the country so badly that no one wants to come here
November 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Remember -
Net migration rises: The government has lost control of the borders
Net migration fails: The government has trashed the country so badly that no one wants to come here
Net migration rises: The government has lost control of the borders
Net migration fails: The government has trashed the country so badly that no one wants to come here
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Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
November 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
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Weird that the Budget is so "back-loaded", with very few tax rises next year, and then massive effects from the threshold freeze in 2030
Why?
Why?
November 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Weird that the Budget is so "back-loaded", with very few tax rises next year, and then massive effects from the threshold freeze in 2030
Why?
Why?
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NEW: Net migration falls sharply to 204,000 in the year to June.
That’s a fall from 649,000 in the year to June 2024. It is a drop of nearly 80% from its 2023 peak.
That’s a fall from 649,000 in the year to June 2024. It is a drop of nearly 80% from its 2023 peak.
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
NEW: Net migration falls sharply to 204,000 in the year to June.
That’s a fall from 649,000 in the year to June 2024. It is a drop of nearly 80% from its 2023 peak.
That’s a fall from 649,000 in the year to June 2024. It is a drop of nearly 80% from its 2023 peak.
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A solicitor, Andrew Milne has been bullying leaseholders across Sheffield into paying him extraordinary sums, with no legal basis.
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
SRA urged to take action as we reveal solicitor has ‘purposely frustrated’ investigation
Solicitor Andrew Jonathan Milne delayed an official investigation into his alleged professional misconduct by overwhelming the regulator with complaints and threatening them with two injunctions se…
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
A solicitor, Andrew Milne has been bullying leaseholders across Sheffield into paying him extraordinary sums, with no legal basis.
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
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Net migration to the UK dropped sharply to 204,000 in the year to June, new figures show
That's a drop from 649,000 in the year to June 2024, and a drop of nearly 80% from the peak in 2023
(ONS)
That's a drop from 649,000 in the year to June 2024, and a drop of nearly 80% from the peak in 2023
(ONS)
November 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Net migration to the UK dropped sharply to 204,000 in the year to June, new figures show
That's a drop from 649,000 in the year to June 2024, and a drop of nearly 80% from the peak in 2023
(ONS)
That's a drop from 649,000 in the year to June 2024, and a drop of nearly 80% from the peak in 2023
(ONS)
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The Telegraph has just published *yet another* correction to one of its net-zero articles.
By my count, that is now the TWELFTH such correction since Labour won the election (and covers 15 separate articles).
I have now added the latest one to my epic thread which is tracking these corrections...
By my count, that is now the TWELFTH such correction since Labour won the election (and covers 15 separate articles).
I have now added the latest one to my epic thread which is tracking these corrections...
November 27, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The Telegraph has just published *yet another* correction to one of its net-zero articles.
By my count, that is now the TWELFTH such correction since Labour won the election (and covers 15 separate articles).
I have now added the latest one to my epic thread which is tracking these corrections...
By my count, that is now the TWELFTH such correction since Labour won the election (and covers 15 separate articles).
I have now added the latest one to my epic thread which is tracking these corrections...
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The Daily Mail, Daily Express, Times and Daily Telegraph are ALL carrying this two-page advert prominently within their news pages today.
That tells you a LOT about these newspapers - and the £££ available to Farage
That tells you a LOT about these newspapers - and the £££ available to Farage
November 27, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The Daily Mail, Daily Express, Times and Daily Telegraph are ALL carrying this two-page advert prominently within their news pages today.
That tells you a LOT about these newspapers - and the £££ available to Farage
That tells you a LOT about these newspapers - and the £££ available to Farage
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Lucy White advocates a ban on "non-natives" from office, citing Rishi Sunak and Priti Patel.
So she is referring to UK-born ethnic minority citizens. (Her argument would apply equally to Shabana Mahmood, Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman and others)
Lucy White continues to be a GB News regular
So she is referring to UK-born ethnic minority citizens. (Her argument would apply equally to Shabana Mahmood, Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman and others)
Lucy White continues to be a GB News regular
November 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Lucy White advocates a ban on "non-natives" from office, citing Rishi Sunak and Priti Patel.
So she is referring to UK-born ethnic minority citizens. (Her argument would apply equally to Shabana Mahmood, Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman and others)
Lucy White continues to be a GB News regular
So she is referring to UK-born ethnic minority citizens. (Her argument would apply equally to Shabana Mahmood, Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman and others)
Lucy White continues to be a GB News regular
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I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
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Steve Witkoff isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin and prolonging the war
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
What Is Steve Witkoff Trying to Do?
Trump’s envoy isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin and prolonging the war.
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Steve Witkoff isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin and prolonging the war
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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It’s not that complicated, people.
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It’s not that complicated, people.
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2016 happened. Russia did support Trump’s campaign. Good reporters were on it at the time. I wrote it up within the larger context of global oligarchy and neo-fascism in "Road to Unfreedom."
9 years ago,House Speaker Paul Ryan, and Speaker to be Kevin McCarthy had a recorded conversation in which McCarthy says, "There are two people that I think Putin pays, (Representative Dana) Rohrbacher and Trump. Swear to God."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oio0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oio0...
Washington Post: House majority leader said in 2016, "Putin pays" Trump
YouTube video by CBS News
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
2016 happened. Russia did support Trump’s campaign. Good reporters were on it at the time. I wrote it up within the larger context of global oligarchy and neo-fascism in "Road to Unfreedom."
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She’s just asking questions.
‘Is Nigel Farage a Russian asset?’
‘Are you seriously asking me that?’
@shelaghfogarty.bsky.social refuses to back down while questioning Reform’s Zia Yusuf.
‘Are you seriously asking me that?’
@shelaghfogarty.bsky.social refuses to back down while questioning Reform’s Zia Yusuf.
November 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
She’s just asking questions.
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On Sky Politics Hub, the whole budget was framed as if somehow the most consequential thing was the OBR accidentally publishing figures an hour early. There are 50 things in there more salient to viewers. I see no way to justify it editorially, other than to construct a hostile narrative. Poor.
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
On Sky Politics Hub, the whole budget was framed as if somehow the most consequential thing was the OBR accidentally publishing figures an hour early. There are 50 things in there more salient to viewers. I see no way to justify it editorially, other than to construct a hostile narrative. Poor.
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U.K 30 YEAR GILT YIELD DOWN 9.8 BPS TO 5.23%, IN BIGGEST ONE DAY FALL SINCE APRIL
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
U.K 30 YEAR GILT YIELD DOWN 9.8 BPS TO 5.23%, IN BIGGEST ONE DAY FALL SINCE APRIL
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'bRiTaIn NeEdS An ImF bAiLoUt' latest
U.K 30 YEAR GILT YIELD DOWN 9.8 BPS TO 5.23%, IN BIGGEST ONE DAY FALL SINCE APRIL
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
'bRiTaIn NeEdS An ImF bAiLoUt' latest
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On Truss & Kwarteng in ‘22. Allister Heath, Telegraph: “the best budget I have ever heard a British chancellor deliver". Alex Brummer, Mail: “a genuine Tory package elbowing to one side the Treasury's fiscal conservatism".
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
On Truss & Kwarteng in ‘22. Allister Heath, Telegraph: “the best budget I have ever heard a British chancellor deliver". Alex Brummer, Mail: “a genuine Tory package elbowing to one side the Treasury's fiscal conservatism".
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
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A petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics and democracy has reached over 60,000 signatures with the percentage of people signing it highest in Wales.
Could it be that media coverage of Nathan Gill’s wrongdoing was better in Wales?
Could it be that media coverage of Nathan Gill’s wrongdoing was better in Wales?
Russian influence enquiry petition has higher concentration of signatures in Wales
Emily Price A petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics and democracy has reached over 60,000 signatures with the percentage of people signing it highest in Wales. T...
nation.cymru
November 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics and democracy has reached over 60,000 signatures with the percentage of people signing it highest in Wales.
Could it be that media coverage of Nathan Gill’s wrongdoing was better in Wales?
Could it be that media coverage of Nathan Gill’s wrongdoing was better in Wales?
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Worth a share here 👍
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Worth a share here 👍
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NEW: Toxic culture of distrust at BBC led to recent resignations, former deputy director says.
Suggests Gibb should’ve recused himself over Gaza coverage.
Mark Damazer is a figure people listen to on the BBC.
Huge row still raging over bias claims…
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Suggests Gibb should’ve recused himself over Gaza coverage.
Mark Damazer is a figure people listen to on the BBC.
Huge row still raging over bias claims…
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Toxic culture of distrust at BBC led to recent resignations, former deputy director says
Mark Damazer said the resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness were due to a ‘toxic mix’ of factors
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
NEW: Toxic culture of distrust at BBC led to recent resignations, former deputy director says.
Suggests Gibb should’ve recused himself over Gaza coverage.
Mark Damazer is a figure people listen to on the BBC.
Huge row still raging over bias claims…
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Suggests Gibb should’ve recused himself over Gaza coverage.
Mark Damazer is a figure people listen to on the BBC.
Huge row still raging over bias claims…
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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After today, the child poverty charts I spent 15 years looking at rise under the Conservatives will be coming down. Not in a chart - in Swansea and every other part of the country.
Life is more complicated now. But I'll take that any day.
Life is more complicated now. But I'll take that any day.
November 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
After today, the child poverty charts I spent 15 years looking at rise under the Conservatives will be coming down. Not in a chart - in Swansea and every other part of the country.
Life is more complicated now. But I'll take that any day.
Life is more complicated now. But I'll take that any day.