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Ivanskavinsky
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Photographer, tutor, bicycle evangelist, tired kitten herder, wheel builder, big hugs, shy gobshite
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adambienkov.bsky.social
The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.

Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
thegmcconnachie.bsky.social Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 1d
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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markthomasinfo.bsky.social
Message from the Canadian Tourist Office.
Guardian headline ‘Tourists to ISwould have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan.’ The photo is of a customs boarder kiosk and someone passing it.
December 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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carolecadwalla.bsky.social
So today I found out that my TED talk ‘This is What a Digital Coup Looks Like’ was TED’s most watched talk of the year.

It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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snellarthur.bsky.social
🇺🇸 attempts to force 🇺🇦 surrender are currently 0 from 3. Europe is winning, even if it doesn't realise.
Trump's national security strategy exposes weakness. Its attitude to Europe is like the obsessive ex stalking the former partner, wondering who that new guy is.
open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...
America's Weakness, Europe's Strength
The 'new' national security strategy is the admission of defeat from a declining country
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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mrjamesob.bsky.social
"BERNARD MANNING!"
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/989c0d4...
Exclusive: Farage reported to police over ‘election fraud’
Former campaign team member’s claim of overspending in Clacton is rejected by Reform UK
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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eddavey.libdems.org.uk
Farage has been dismissing evidence of Russian ties to the Salisbury Novichok attack since 2018 🧐
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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josiahmortimer.bsky.social
Absolutely insane to me that GB News retains its broadcasting license. It's BNP TV.
sundersays.bsky.social Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 11d
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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sarahkendzior.bsky.social
"Watch what Trump's inner cohort -- in particular, Kushner -- wants to do to Ukraine and what they want to do to Gaza, because it indicates what they want to do to the world at large."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jymh...
Trump Ties to Russian Mob, Sarah Kendzior
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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carolecadwalla.bsky.social
So this is a bit weird. The Guardian has done a big ‘Who owns the UK media?’ graphic that includes all national titles + Unherd, Statesman etc.

But *not* the Observer. 🧐

Cock-up? Or implicit acknowledgment that we still don’t actually know who *does* own the Observer.
December 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
ivanskavinsky.bsky.social
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More reasons to be thankful for Tom Stoppard!
harrywallop.co.uk Harry Wallop @harrywallop.co.uk · 12d
Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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harrywallop.co.uk
Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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felicityhannah.bsky.social
Growing up with a sister who has a learning disability, I’ve seen people shout the R word at her. That was in the 80s and 90s. Now we’re in the 2020s and I am seeing world leaders and tech leaders use it and I cannot begin to tell you how devastating that is.
December 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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adambienkov.bsky.social
For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million
November 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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carolecadwalla.bsky.social
Read this.

A scrappy indie outlet standing up to Farage’s bullyboy lawyers in a way that should shame better-funded outlets
November 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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liamthorp.bsky.social
The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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mrjamesob.bsky.social
She’s just asking questions.
lbc.co.uk LBC @lbc.co.uk · 18d
‘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.
November 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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ianwalker.bsky.social
Holy moly - Welsh Government have approved side-road zebras! www.gov.wales/written-stat...
Written Statement: Side Road Zebra Crossings in Wales | GOV.WALES
Ken Skates, Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
www.gov.wales
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
ivanskavinsky.bsky.social
FFS!! 🤦‍♂️
josiahmortimer.bsky.social Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 18d
Cost of extending the fuel duty cut plus cancelled uprating next year: £2.4 billion.

Cost of freezing rail fares next year: £145 million.

Sixteen times more expensive to maintain the fuel duty cut/freeze than to freeze rail fares

Imagine how much fares could be *cut* by ending car fuel subsidies.
November 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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lbc.co.uk
‘The chill wind from the White House is already rippling through New Broadcasting House.’

@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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ragumpert.bsky.social
Photojournalist Arrested Covering ICE Protest as Authorities Impound His Camera Gear petapixel.com/2025/11/24/p...
Photojournalist Arrested Covering ICE Protest as Authorities Impound His Camera Gear
A GoFundMe campaign has been set up to help him with the costs.
petapixel.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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josiahmortimer.bsky.social
Today's good news corner: New data published in Transport for London’s Travel in London report shows cycling journeys are up by 43% compared with 2019 levels

Tfl says the number of daily cycle journeys has increased by 13% since 2024 alone, with 1.5 million daily journeys taking place in 2025 (1/x)
November 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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rutgerbregman.com
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
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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marcdavenant.bsky.social
I spent hours yesterday at the tent encampment behind the Adelphi in London and as a result have sent this open letter with a plea for a meaningful intervention to
Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk
Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social
@matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social
@paulabarkermp.bsky.social and Bob Blackman
A plea for a meaningful intervention - Adelphi tent encampment London Dear Paula, Bob and Matthew I wanted to thank you again for facilitating the display of my Outsiders exhibition on homelessness inside Parliament last year. The touring exhibition has now had over 120,000 visitors and continues to tour. Matthew I really valued our conversation about homelessness in the exhibition space - it was clear to me then that you really understood the issues and were determined to do something meaningful to address the problems. Dear Adam and Sadia You don't know me, but I am a documentary photographer who works with marginalised communities and uses photography to highlight social inequality. You can see something about the Outsiders project on homelessness and substandard housing here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnOdqk4req0o Dear All Five of the participants in Outsiders have now died while experiencing homelessness. Since I stopped the photography in 2022 the situation has become exponentially worse both in London and in the other cities which I covered during the project. One of the most noticeable changes has been the development of tent encampments and I am writing to all of you about the encampment which is currently behind the Adelphi in London. I believe plans are being drawn up to get an injunction to clear the encampment without any meaningrut Intervention to address the problems laced by the community there. It seems to me that it is an extraordinary situation that in the wealthiest borough, in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, these people are struggling to survive against all the odds and not receiving the support needed to transition them out of homelessness and help them become productive members of society. As a society we are defined by how we treat the poor. Regardless of the legal position I believe that we all have a moral and ethical responsibility towards those who have fallen through the gaps and ended up experiencing homelessness. The people in this encampment are vulnerable and marginalised. The women have all been sexually assaulted or subjected to violence while sleeping rough in London. They rely on the men in the encampment for their safety and if the camp is simply cleared, they will end up back on the street with no safety net, likely being subjected to ongoing sexual abuse and exploitation. People in the camp have both mental and physical health needs which need to be addressed. One has diabetes, has open sores on his legs and is likely to suffer amputations, blindness and possibly death via diabetic coma unless this is addressed. There are mental nean ana suostance abuse chauenges as wel. However overa nis is a close knit communit wrich nas become ponded togeter ov the power of a shared experience. Disbanding the camp with no plans for transitioning the occupants into a stable home would be cruel and irresponsible. The people in the camp also rely on their dogs to provide emotional support. One of the worst things about sleeping rough is being ignored and treated like something less than human. Having something to love and which will love you back unconditionally can be the difference between life and death for someone in their situation. All of them have been told they will have to give up their dogs to get support. I believe that to be an inhumane and unreasonable position to take. There is a desperate need for a multidisciplinary intervention with this camp. If you bulldoze it you will break the bonds within the community ana simply move the problem somewnere else. It isn t a solution to what nas become a nuge problem tor society and is a test for your humanity as the people with the power to change things. Collectively you control billions in spending, control the public policy on homelessness and housing and do have the power to intervene and ensure a positive outcome for the people in this camp. I have attached some portraits taken yesterday and would urge you to look at them and consider how you would feel if they were members of your family who had fallen on hard times. I know that with a sweep of a pen you can simply have them moved on but would ask you to consider whether there is a different approach and who gains from simply sweeone unese oroolems under ine caroet. Experience has taught me to have very low expectations when it comes to asking for support like this in a society which knows the price or everything ana the value or little, but i belleve that you are all good people who came Into public service with the best of Intentions and hope you can find it in your hearts to help. Thank you all for reading this and I hope something can be done. Best Marc Davenant
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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thenerve.news
NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
Picture of Nathan Gill arriving at court. Headline: Reform UK and Russian Bribes. A Nathan Gill Timeline.
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
😂
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM