Tim Dean
@greeba.bsky.social
Toy safety guy. Technical Manager. Goth adjacent and traces of heavy metal. Too interested in politics.
The media and commentariat should be reflecting on what a fucking travesty it is that Gove was made the editor of the Spectator, not taking it as read and revolving other institutions around it.
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The media and commentariat should be reflecting on what a fucking travesty it is that Gove was made the editor of the Spectator, not taking it as read and revolving other institutions around it.
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The whistleblower of that public interest investigation, @shahmirsanni.bsky.social was viciously smeared by figures around Gove including those in government.
He lost his job. He was outed as gay.
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019...
He lost his job. He was outed as gay.
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019...
The Vote Leave scandal, one year on: ‘the whole thing was traumatic’
A year after revealing that the official leave campaign broke electoral law, Shahmir Sanni assesses the impact
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The whistleblower of that public interest investigation, @shahmirsanni.bsky.social was viciously smeared by figures around Gove including those in government.
He lost his job. He was outed as gay.
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019...
He lost his job. He was outed as gay.
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019...
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First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
Just had an email invite to apply for audience tickets to GB News’ Carols by Candelight in Bromley, and realised after a moment that this wasn’t satire.
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Just had an email invite to apply for audience tickets to GB News’ Carols by Candelight in Bromley, and realised after a moment that this wasn’t satire.
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💪 A strong public service broadcaster is crucial for a functional democracy.
🗣️ Without a trusted source of information, voters are at danger of being misled and manipulated
🎥 The BBC is not perfect, but it is indispensable.
https://bit.ly/3XhSymX
🗣️ Without a trusted source of information, voters are at danger of being misled and manipulated
🎥 The BBC is not perfect, but it is indispensable.
https://bit.ly/3XhSymX
My guide to populist-proofing your democracy – before it’s too late | Timothy Garton Ash
From public service broadcasting to an independent judiciary, these are the things that we must fight to keep, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
💪 A strong public service broadcaster is crucial for a functional democracy.
🗣️ Without a trusted source of information, voters are at danger of being misled and manipulated
🎥 The BBC is not perfect, but it is indispensable.
https://bit.ly/3XhSymX
🗣️ Without a trusted source of information, voters are at danger of being misled and manipulated
🎥 The BBC is not perfect, but it is indispensable.
https://bit.ly/3XhSymX
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Imagine coming up with a proposal so stupid, so unworkable, so thoughtless, that it makes Robert Jenrick look sane by comparison.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Imagine coming up with a proposal so stupid, so unworkable, so thoughtless, that it makes Robert Jenrick look sane by comparison.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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yes I don't really see how you can go "oh yikes these people have changed their political views incredibly quickly, mostly because of what Very Online people talk about on social media" and also think that people who went from never talking about gender to calling trans women predators are....normal
I don’t like subtweeting people I consider online friends, but there is a subset of people who are very worried about the ongoing radicalisation of our political elite but won’t ever acknowledge the echoes with the radicalisation of their colleagues on trans rights
And few who are sympathetic to us, some who are friendly with me on here, will ever stick their head above the parapet
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
yes I don't really see how you can go "oh yikes these people have changed their political views incredibly quickly, mostly because of what Very Online people talk about on social media" and also think that people who went from never talking about gender to calling trans women predators are....normal
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It's much simpler than that. The Boy Scouts aren't maximally cruel to trans kids and so Republicans believe it should be destroyed.
Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It's much simpler than that. The Boy Scouts aren't maximally cruel to trans kids and so Republicans believe it should be destroyed.
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The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
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Has the entire budget been announced yet?
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Has the entire budget been announced yet?
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There it is. Our national broadcaster living in fear of the most openly corrupt US president in American history. This is where the British patriots on the right have got us.
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 11:20 AM
There it is. Our national broadcaster living in fear of the most openly corrupt US president in American history. This is where the British patriots on the right have got us.
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Probably won’t see this in mainstream media - aka the right wing press - coz it’s against their narrative. Wind energy in Britain broke a new record last week with nearly 23GW on the grid one cold windy evening. That was 56% of all electricity on Britain’s grid.
buff.ly/r8yeFmJ
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November 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Probably won’t see this in mainstream media - aka the right wing press - coz it’s against their narrative. Wind energy in Britain broke a new record last week with nearly 23GW on the grid one cold windy evening. That was 56% of all electricity on Britain’s grid.
buff.ly/r8yeFmJ
buff.ly/r8yeFmJ
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This BBC article gets right to the heart of my rants about modern media. The vast majority of big MAGA accounts were fake yet they’ve managed to find a handful of small Democrat fake accounts and given them equal merit. Fake Scot indie - yes. No mention of fake Reform or ‘English Patriot’ at all.
How X's new location feature exposed big US politics accounts
Dozens of pro-Trump accounts are being accused of misleading followers after the social media site began showing user locations.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
This BBC article gets right to the heart of my rants about modern media. The vast majority of big MAGA accounts were fake yet they’ve managed to find a handful of small Democrat fake accounts and given them equal merit. Fake Scot indie - yes. No mention of fake Reform or ‘English Patriot’ at all.
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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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The demand (from Prescott and others) that the BBC be held to higher standards on impartiality than others shows precisely why Ofcom's failure on GB News is so damaging.
All broadcasters must be impartial *within themselves* not have one partisan broadcaster balanced by a differently partisan one.
All broadcasters must be impartial *within themselves* not have one partisan broadcaster balanced by a differently partisan one.
November 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The demand (from Prescott and others) that the BBC be held to higher standards on impartiality than others shows precisely why Ofcom's failure on GB News is so damaging.
All broadcasters must be impartial *within themselves* not have one partisan broadcaster balanced by a differently partisan one.
All broadcasters must be impartial *within themselves* not have one partisan broadcaster balanced by a differently partisan one.
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One frustration of watching MPs ask questions for an hour is that they're not very good at it. Prescott has not been asked about the fairly glaring errors in his own report – that *it misquoted Trump in exactly the same way it says Panorama did*
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
One frustration of watching MPs ask questions for an hour is that they're not very good at it. Prescott has not been asked about the fairly glaring errors in his own report – that *it misquoted Trump in exactly the same way it says Panorama did*
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
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RIP Jimmy Cliff
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
RIP Jimmy Cliff
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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It really is so absurd to claim "I get small business because I worked in a MacDonalds once and what business needs is another massive costly upheaval in four years, just as they have absorbed the last change." Even before you add the fact that she is unlikely to be Tory leader by next summer.
Badenoch's arrogantly delivered, noxiously apocalyptic assault on employment rights aside, it's quite something to claim that only you understand business, then ask business, instead of adjusting to a new law, to plan on the remotest chance that you will become PM and undo it all in four years.🤣 ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It really is so absurd to claim "I get small business because I worked in a MacDonalds once and what business needs is another massive costly upheaval in four years, just as they have absorbed the last change." Even before you add the fact that she is unlikely to be Tory leader by next summer.
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I remain genuinely gobsmacked that this wasn’t picked up more. The Alex Jones who *repeatedly accused grieving parents of making up their children’s murders*.
Anyway, “after the news we’ll be joined by Nigel Farage & definitely won’t be asking him about any of this…”
Anyway, “after the news we’ll be joined by Nigel Farage & definitely won’t be asking him about any of this…”
On US TV shows and podcasts from 2009-18, Farage discussed supposed plots by bankers to create a global government, citing Goldman Sachs, the Bilderberg group and George Soros as threats to democracy. Included six guest slots with the disgraced far-right US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I remain genuinely gobsmacked that this wasn’t picked up more. The Alex Jones who *repeatedly accused grieving parents of making up their children’s murders*.
Anyway, “after the news we’ll be joined by Nigel Farage & definitely won’t be asking him about any of this…”
Anyway, “after the news we’ll be joined by Nigel Farage & definitely won’t be asking him about any of this…”
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Udo Kier - cinema’s fallen angel and an embodiment of the screen’s delicious power to corrupt - is gone. "I would live like the hero of Huysman's A Rebours,” he once told me. “Have no clocks, and hire two nuns to go by my window and pray at 12 o'clock each day."
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Udo Kier - cinema’s fallen angel and an embodiment of the screen’s delicious power to corrupt - is gone. "I would live like the hero of Huysman's A Rebours,” he once told me. “Have no clocks, and hire two nuns to go by my window and pray at 12 o'clock each day."
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Ok, ok, ONE more
The original scripted ending for The Deadly Assassin, which would have ended with this BRILLIANT roller caption and they should have kept it in!
#doctorwhoday #doctorwho
The original scripted ending for The Deadly Assassin, which would have ended with this BRILLIANT roller caption and they should have kept it in!
#doctorwhoday #doctorwho
November 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Ok, ok, ONE more
The original scripted ending for The Deadly Assassin, which would have ended with this BRILLIANT roller caption and they should have kept it in!
#doctorwhoday #doctorwho
The original scripted ending for The Deadly Assassin, which would have ended with this BRILLIANT roller caption and they should have kept it in!
#doctorwhoday #doctorwho
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Happy Doctor Who Day, folks. Like me, I am sure they don’t feel a day over 62. Thanks to @benjamincook.bsky.social for the picture and to the Bad Wolf team for a great day out which included playback review to sign off my mix for the new edit of @bbcdoctorwho The Sea Devils. We hope you’ll enjoy it.
November 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Happy Doctor Who Day, folks. Like me, I am sure they don’t feel a day over 62. Thanks to @benjamincook.bsky.social for the picture and to the Bad Wolf team for a great day out which included playback review to sign off my mix for the new edit of @bbcdoctorwho The Sea Devils. We hope you’ll enjoy it.
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Naomi shattered our minds by holding a party last night and then halfway through announcing that they'd eloped and we were in fact attending a wedding reception. Immense.
Got the band back together at mine and Paul’s surprise wedding reception. I love these people so much 🥰
@sturdyalex.bsky.social @rostaylor.bsky.social @dorianlynskey.bsky.social @iandunt.bsky.social and Ingrid Oliver
@sturdyalex.bsky.social @rostaylor.bsky.social @dorianlynskey.bsky.social @iandunt.bsky.social and Ingrid Oliver
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Naomi shattered our minds by holding a party last night and then halfway through announcing that they'd eloped and we were in fact attending a wedding reception. Immense.