James
@dune400.bsky.social
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The first step to understanding impartiality is always recognising that you - like everyone - are not impartial. Acknowledging bias and subjectivity is the key.
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The first step to understanding impartiality is always recognising that you - like everyone - are not impartial. Acknowledging bias and subjectivity is the key.
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Very interesting piece, including the extract below which has the ring of truth
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Very interesting piece, including the extract below which has the ring of truth
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Like the hardest kid at school, this is their only actual power. They’re not the strongest. They not the smartest. They don’t have the most supporters. They’re just willing to punch in the face, gouge eyes, break limbs, stamp on heads without hesitation and the fear that creates is the power.
November 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Like the hardest kid at school, this is their only actual power. They’re not the strongest. They not the smartest. They don’t have the most supporters. They’re just willing to punch in the face, gouge eyes, break limbs, stamp on heads without hesitation and the fear that creates is the power.
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The BBC should serve as an example to all that there is nothing you can give the far rabid right that will satisfy it.
It has simpered, pandered, soft-balled and fluff-jobbed, both-sidesed and debased itself into being a platform for liars to look down the camera and lie on, & it still gets fucked.
It has simpered, pandered, soft-balled and fluff-jobbed, both-sidesed and debased itself into being a platform for liars to look down the camera and lie on, & it still gets fucked.
November 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The BBC should serve as an example to all that there is nothing you can give the far rabid right that will satisfy it.
It has simpered, pandered, soft-balled and fluff-jobbed, both-sidesed and debased itself into being a platform for liars to look down the camera and lie on, & it still gets fucked.
It has simpered, pandered, soft-balled and fluff-jobbed, both-sidesed and debased itself into being a platform for liars to look down the camera and lie on, & it still gets fucked.
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We are so far through the looking glass that the man who tried to overthrow an election becomes president, the people who attacked the Capitol are turned into martyrs, & it's the BBC that gets punished - cheered on by the worst news outlets in the UK & the two most dishonest politicians of our age.
It’s not at all clear to me how the BBC can do any kind of serious journalism if its top two bosses can be forced to quit over such an obviously confected scandal. There is no substantive error here. How can the BBC report on Trump, or Farage, or anyone else, in these circumstances?
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
We are so far through the looking glass that the man who tried to overthrow an election becomes president, the people who attacked the Capitol are turned into martyrs, & it's the BBC that gets punished - cheered on by the worst news outlets in the UK & the two most dishonest politicians of our age.
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"This country’s taste for self-harm seemed to reach its zenith with the Brexit referendum, but maybe not." A good wrap up by @pollytoynbee.bsky.social 👇
If you care about the BBC, stand up and defend it: this could be the beginning of the end | Polly Toynbee
Replacing the TV licence with a means-tested alternative may help disarm the right of one of its most effective weapons, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"This country’s taste for self-harm seemed to reach its zenith with the Brexit referendum, but maybe not." A good wrap up by @pollytoynbee.bsky.social 👇
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Honestly TELL THE STORY. Won’t someone just tell the fucking story of how Brexit created this economic hardship, how a Muslim immigrant just saved the lives of those commuters on that train, won’t someone in politics or even media just connect the fucking dots and TELL THE STORY. IT’S RIGHT THERE
November 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Honestly TELL THE STORY. Won’t someone just tell the fucking story of how Brexit created this economic hardship, how a Muslim immigrant just saved the lives of those commuters on that train, won’t someone in politics or even media just connect the fucking dots and TELL THE STORY. IT’S RIGHT THERE
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But that is not enough. No.10 should never have been in a position to install Gibb in the first place. It shouldn't control the board membership, the DG appointment, or the purse strings. What's required is genuine independence for the BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
But that is not enough. No.10 should never have been in a position to install Gibb in the first place. It shouldn't control the board membership, the DG appointment, or the purse strings. What's required is genuine independence for the BBC.
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Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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Farage says small business owners who thought Brexit would cut regulation have been betrayed because opposite happened.
Yes, Nige, betrayed *by you* - we joined the EU to cut red tape, leaving it *ergo* means the red tape of being a third country comes back.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Yes, Nige, betrayed *by you* - we joined the EU to cut red tape, leaving it *ergo* means the red tape of being a third country comes back.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Farage says small business owners who thought Brexit would cut regulation have been betrayed – UK politics live
Reform UK leader claims that burden of regulation is worse than before the referendum
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Farage says small business owners who thought Brexit would cut regulation have been betrayed because opposite happened.
Yes, Nige, betrayed *by you* - we joined the EU to cut red tape, leaving it *ergo* means the red tape of being a third country comes back.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Yes, Nige, betrayed *by you* - we joined the EU to cut red tape, leaving it *ergo* means the red tape of being a third country comes back.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Almost like a metaphor for our government
November 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Almost like a metaphor for our government
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Feeding monsters never works in today's world, it makes them hungrier for more, increases their energy, they grow even more vicious and vengeful, envious of others' virtues. Do not feed the monsters.
November 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Feeding monsters never works in today's world, it makes them hungrier for more, increases their energy, they grow even more vicious and vengeful, envious of others' virtues. Do not feed the monsters.
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Robbie Gibb is still there
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Robbie Gibb is still there
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And yet the man who has really destroyed the BBC‘s reputation Robbie Gibb remains
November 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
And yet the man who has really destroyed the BBC‘s reputation Robbie Gibb remains
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He should go. Along with the useless Lisa Nandy.
November 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
He should go. Along with the useless Lisa Nandy.
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It’s ironic but predictable that the BBC duo -who tried so hard to please the right wing papers-are removed by the right wing papers.
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It’s ironic but predictable that the BBC duo -who tried so hard to please the right wing papers-are removed by the right wing papers.
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The fact we're not looking at Sanchez in particular is remarkable. Instead its Biden and, erm, Denmark
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The fact we're not looking at Sanchez in particular is remarkable. Instead its Biden and, erm, Denmark
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See also the prison service, universities, local government, and the rest.
And the response of this government?
No - not to fund and run them better and prepare the ground for success.
But to join the baying mob. 2/2
And the response of this government?
No - not to fund and run them better and prepare the ground for success.
But to join the baying mob. 2/2
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
See also the prison service, universities, local government, and the rest.
And the response of this government?
No - not to fund and run them better and prepare the ground for success.
But to join the baying mob. 2/2
And the response of this government?
No - not to fund and run them better and prepare the ground for success.
But to join the baying mob. 2/2
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It's an easy card to play for Polanski because if Labour do so badly in 2029 that it needs a Green coalition partner then Starmer won't be leader anyway
Green leader says Starmer is ‘not a man I would be willing to work with’
Green leader says Starmer is ‘not a man I would be willing to work with’
Green leader says Starmer is ‘not a man I would be willing to work with’
www.independent.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
It's an easy card to play for Polanski because if Labour do so badly in 2029 that it needs a Green coalition partner then Starmer won't be leader anyway
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Unrealistic manifesto promises applied to just about every political party in 2024 (and before)
With Reform and the libdems being the least credible
Not sure if it's the voters who want the impossible (better public services and lower tax) or the parties not trusting the voters to understand
With Reform and the libdems being the least credible
Not sure if it's the voters who want the impossible (better public services and lower tax) or the parties not trusting the voters to understand
November 10, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Unrealistic manifesto promises applied to just about every political party in 2024 (and before)
With Reform and the libdems being the least credible
Not sure if it's the voters who want the impossible (better public services and lower tax) or the parties not trusting the voters to understand
With Reform and the libdems being the least credible
Not sure if it's the voters who want the impossible (better public services and lower tax) or the parties not trusting the voters to understand
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While going through the proofs for "The British General Election of 2024" (out very soon!) I came across this - Paul Johnson of the IFS's verdict on Labour's manifesto last year. Labour's current attempts to claim the need to break their tax pledges was impossible to forsee don't stack up
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
While going through the proofs for "The British General Election of 2024" (out very soon!) I came across this - Paul Johnson of the IFS's verdict on Labour's manifesto last year. Labour's current attempts to claim the need to break their tax pledges was impossible to forsee don't stack up
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as a Brit based in Brussels for 17 years David, there is only one side that needs a "Reset" and it's not the EU.
I cringe when I see brits throw the toys out of the pram like this.
The UK called the "brexit reset" summit in May and then refused to "reset" any brexit red lines from 2016.
Bonkers.
I cringe when I see brits throw the toys out of the pram like this.
The UK called the "brexit reset" summit in May and then refused to "reset" any brexit red lines from 2016.
Bonkers.
November 7, 2025 at 7:26 AM
as a Brit based in Brussels for 17 years David, there is only one side that needs a "Reset" and it's not the EU.
I cringe when I see brits throw the toys out of the pram like this.
The UK called the "brexit reset" summit in May and then refused to "reset" any brexit red lines from 2016.
Bonkers.
I cringe when I see brits throw the toys out of the pram like this.
The UK called the "brexit reset" summit in May and then refused to "reset" any brexit red lines from 2016.
Bonkers.
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The Treasury has always been irritated by what it viewed as a budgetary discrepancy, but this is peanuts in wider budgetary. This nonsense messes up building EU goodwill on more significant issues for the UK economy. Letting HMT obsessions weaken the UK's strategic position is not smart
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The Treasury has always been irritated by what it viewed as a budgetary discrepancy, but this is peanuts in wider budgetary. This nonsense messes up building EU goodwill on more significant issues for the UK economy. Letting HMT obsessions weaken the UK's strategic position is not smart
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Pedro: 1) No general election until 2027, he's running again no matter what 2) Europe's real problem isn't rising fascism but the collapsing centre-right 3) Nuclear plants can maybe stay open if owners pay the costs themselves, no subsidies
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Pedro Sánchez: “El fiscal general es inocente, y más aún tras lo visto en el juicio”
El presidente del Gobierno confía en que se imponga “la verdad” también con sus familiares
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November 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Pedro: 1) No general election until 2027, he's running again no matter what 2) Europe's real problem isn't rising fascism but the collapsing centre-right 3) Nuclear plants can maybe stay open if owners pay the costs themselves, no subsidies
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