David Robson
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David Robson
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· Aug 27
We – fighting against the tides of greed and tricks and lies
Navigating truth in an age of lies: an ‘I’ vs ‘We’ lens could reshape our view of politics, society, and our shared future
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Five articles on Yorkshire Bylines suggesting another way of looking at things. Not left / right, not socialist / capitalist, not Labour / Conservative - but ‘We’ / ‘I’.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/we-f...
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/we-f...
Those Romanians could teach the UK a tidy little lesson.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created the largest deposit return scheme in the world
In the two years since the system was launched, beverage-packaging collection and recycling has risen to 94%
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Those Romanians could teach the UK a tidy little lesson.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Some parts of Kemi Badenoch's budget response speech (both the words and the tone) would have been described as 'misogynist' if she were a man.
The fact that she is a woman aping a misogynist man doesn't really make it any better.
The fact that she is a woman aping a misogynist man doesn't really make it any better.
November 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Some parts of Kemi Badenoch's budget response speech (both the words and the tone) would have been described as 'misogynist' if she were a man.
The fact that she is a woman aping a misogynist man doesn't really make it any better.
The fact that she is a woman aping a misogynist man doesn't really make it any better.
This is all over the BBC!
Or it would have been but their lawyers said they had to cut any reference to it in case it upset someone - somewhere - at some time.
Maybe.
Or it would have been but their lawyers said they had to cut any reference to it in case it upset someone - somewhere - at some time.
Maybe.
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue a year, new analysis shows
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is all over the BBC!
Or it would have been but their lawyers said they had to cut any reference to it in case it upset someone - somewhere - at some time.
Maybe.
Or it would have been but their lawyers said they had to cut any reference to it in case it upset someone - somewhere - at some time.
Maybe.
The best of the tseb!!
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The best of the tseb!!
Oh!
Reithian values circa 2025.
Reithian values circa 2025.
Rutger Bregman accuses BBC of censoring his Reith lecture on Trump
Rutger Bregman accuses BBC of censoring his Reith lecture on Trump
Dutch writer says claim that Trump was ‘most openly corrupt president in US history’ was removed
The BBC has been plunged into a new row over its treatment of Donald Trump, after an academic accused it of censoring his remarks about alleged corruption by the US president.
Rutger Bregman, a Dutch author and historian, said the BBC had removed a “key line” from a flagship address he had been invited to give by the corporation. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Oh!
Reithian values circa 2025.
Reithian values circa 2025.
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Charlie Brown, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
My name is Charlie Brown, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
I’m not the guy you kill, Charlie Brown. I’m the guy you buy!
This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Charlie Brown, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
My name is Charlie Brown, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
“ My lies are this big “
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
“ My lies are this big “
In the budget why doesn’t the UK government simply tax MetaFacebookInstagramWhatsApp at a rate equivalent to 100% of its annual UK turnover?
Or thereabouts.
Or thereabouts.
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
In the budget why doesn’t the UK government simply tax MetaFacebookInstagramWhatsApp at a rate equivalent to 100% of its annual UK turnover?
Or thereabouts.
Or thereabouts.
Reposted by David Robson
Where’s that unexpected sinkhole when you most need it?
"Wait, so not one of us thought to bring the biscuit?"
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Where’s that unexpected sinkhole when you most need it?
History, as we know, repeats itself.
November 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
History, as we know, repeats itself.
This Elon Musk chap seems like an upstanding, reliable, trustworthy individual.
November 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
This Elon Musk chap seems like an upstanding, reliable, trustworthy individual.
A BBC gripe.
On the 7am Today news there were two items - one straight after the other - about "Artificial Intelligence".
First - about AI and various finance shenanigans.
Second - about using AI to identify polyps connected with bowel cancer.
These are not the same type of AI!!!
Differentiate!!!!
On the 7am Today news there were two items - one straight after the other - about "Artificial Intelligence".
First - about AI and various finance shenanigans.
Second - about using AI to identify polyps connected with bowel cancer.
These are not the same type of AI!!!
Differentiate!!!!
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A BBC gripe.
On the 7am Today news there were two items - one straight after the other - about "Artificial Intelligence".
First - about AI and various finance shenanigans.
Second - about using AI to identify polyps connected with bowel cancer.
These are not the same type of AI!!!
Differentiate!!!!
On the 7am Today news there were two items - one straight after the other - about "Artificial Intelligence".
First - about AI and various finance shenanigans.
Second - about using AI to identify polyps connected with bowel cancer.
These are not the same type of AI!!!
Differentiate!!!!
Won't be watching them then.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Paramount to show most Champions League games in UK from 2027-31
The American media and entertainment giant Paramount Skydance has won the rights to broadcast most Champions League matches in the UK after a Uefa auction
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Won't be watching them then.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
So here’s my pre-budget message to Rachel Reeves (pre-budget messaging being strangely in vogue this year):
youtu.be/XWzzvnPOyTM?...
youtu.be/XWzzvnPOyTM?...
Dick Gaughan - World Turned Upside Down (BBC 1982)
YouTube video by FolkieFudged
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
So here’s my pre-budget message to Rachel Reeves (pre-budget messaging being strangely in vogue this year):
youtu.be/XWzzvnPOyTM?...
youtu.be/XWzzvnPOyTM?...
The Labour government need to be a bit more like this …
November 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The Labour government need to be a bit more like this …
So one joyous scenario for the UK is that Labour carry on in government until 2029 in a similar way to now - playing perpetual ‘out-Reform Reform’, pleasing no-one, and achieving few of their promises, AND THEN a Reform /Tory coalition take us through to 2034 (😱) and totally ruin any last good bits.
📊 Ref lead of 15pts
Westminster voting intention
REF: 33% (-1)
LAB: 18% (-4)
CON: 16% (+2)
GRN: 15% (+3)
LDEM: 12% (-)
via @IpsosUK, 30 Oct - 05 Nov
Chgs. w/ 17 Sep
britainelects.com
Westminster voting intention
REF: 33% (-1)
LAB: 18% (-4)
CON: 16% (+2)
GRN: 15% (+3)
LDEM: 12% (-)
via @IpsosUK, 30 Oct - 05 Nov
Chgs. w/ 17 Sep
britainelects.com
Britain Elects | Substack
Cutting through the noise with Ben Walker. Click to read Britain Elects, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
britainelects.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
So one joyous scenario for the UK is that Labour carry on in government until 2029 in a similar way to now - playing perpetual ‘out-Reform Reform’, pleasing no-one, and achieving few of their promises, AND THEN a Reform /Tory coalition take us through to 2034 (😱) and totally ruin any last good bits.
8%.
That’s one twelfth.
One part in every twelve of the UK economy has been destroyed by Brexit.
For one month every year Brexit switches this country off.
From now until the week before Xmas - nothing.
That’s one twelfth.
One part in every twelve of the UK economy has been destroyed by Brexit.
For one month every year Brexit switches this country off.
From now until the week before Xmas - nothing.
‘GDP reduced by 8%’ – Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
'GDP reduced by 8%' - Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
Can't help but feel those responsible for Brexit should not, for example, be riding high in the polls with a new party...
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
8%.
That’s one twelfth.
One part in every twelve of the UK economy has been destroyed by Brexit.
For one month every year Brexit switches this country off.
From now until the week before Xmas - nothing.
That’s one twelfth.
One part in every twelve of the UK economy has been destroyed by Brexit.
For one month every year Brexit switches this country off.
From now until the week before Xmas - nothing.
The one indisputable fact about plastic in the environment is that next year there will be more.
We need to ban single use plastic, and all plastic in packaging, now.
Difficult? Yes.
Necessary? Yes.Yes.Yes.
Or shall we do it in 10 years time?
Twenty?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We need to ban single use plastic, and all plastic in packaging, now.
Difficult? Yes.
Necessary? Yes.Yes.Yes.
Or shall we do it in 10 years time?
Twenty?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Three sugar cubes worth of plastic enough to kill a puffin, study finds
Scientists find tiny amounts can be a ‘fatal dose’ for marine life in the most comprehensive study of its kind
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The one indisputable fact about plastic in the environment is that next year there will be more.
We need to ban single use plastic, and all plastic in packaging, now.
Difficult? Yes.
Necessary? Yes.Yes.Yes.
Or shall we do it in 10 years time?
Twenty?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We need to ban single use plastic, and all plastic in packaging, now.
Difficult? Yes.
Necessary? Yes.Yes.Yes.
Or shall we do it in 10 years time?
Twenty?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Some unintended consequences of a 20 yr hiatus for refugees:
* there is less reason for people to integrate - socially, economically, language learning, or at community level;
* racists are given an extra taunt - “How long before you’re kicked out then?“
* education, career & friendship disruption
* there is less reason for people to integrate - socially, economically, language learning, or at community level;
* racists are given an extra taunt - “How long before you’re kicked out then?“
* education, career & friendship disruption
November 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Some unintended consequences of a 20 yr hiatus for refugees:
* there is less reason for people to integrate - socially, economically, language learning, or at community level;
* racists are given an extra taunt - “How long before you’re kicked out then?“
* education, career & friendship disruption
* there is less reason for people to integrate - socially, economically, language learning, or at community level;
* racists are given an extra taunt - “How long before you’re kicked out then?“
* education, career & friendship disruption
