Kathy O'Donnell
@kathyodonnell.bsky.social
Journalist, parent to two grown-ups, LGBT+ rights campaigner, trustee Equality Network, former night editor of The Times, Scotland. Lives in France. [she/her]
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"The former BBC director general Tim Davie misled the public in suggesting BBC news reporters had a leftwing political agenda, Good Law Project can reveal." goodlaw.social/vyyj
Tim Davie misled audience about the BBC’s supposed leftwing agenda | Good Law Project
Speaking at a book festival, the former director general suggested the BBC newsroom was full of BLM T-shirts and Kamala mugs. But that’s fake news.
goodlaw.social
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"The former BBC director general Tim Davie misled the public in suggesting BBC news reporters had a leftwing political agenda, Good Law Project can reveal." goodlaw.social/vyyj
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The BBC’s own “impartiality briefing” for freelancers included not doing anything to annoy the DM. So - not impartial! Also not great for freedom of speech.
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The BBC’s own “impartiality briefing” for freelancers included not doing anything to annoy the DM. So - not impartial! Also not great for freedom of speech.
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You can literally say what you want about trans people and the UK courts are fine with it.
This was a *child*
This was a *child*
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM
You can literally say what you want about trans people and the UK courts are fine with it.
This was a *child*
This was a *child*
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![[Scene is a MEDIEVAL PLAGUE PIT with all the bodies inside it. On the edge of it is a young peasant woman, in a sack cloth dress, covered in boils. She is lounging glamorously next to the pit. Her boyfriend is standing a few feet away, photographing her with an anachronistic mobile phone]
GIRL:
OK so I'll sit here...
With my hair like this…
Rubbing my cyst with the corpse's hand.
[She produces a whithered severed hand and starts rubbing it on her face.]
[We are treated to a revolting close up of her rubbing the severed hand on her disgusting massive cyst.]
[Her boyfriend takes a photo of her.]
SNAP
GIRL:
OK, now write this:
"Hanging out at the burial pit, rubbing my sebaceous cyst with a severed corpse hand from
#BurtsGraverobbers…”
And then: #selfcare, #metime, #BurtsGraverobbers…
... nails emoji, heart emoji, cyst emoji.
BOYFRIEND:
Um...
Should we really be promoting this?
I mean… does rubbing a corpse's hand on a cyst actually work?
GIRL:
Look, Burt's done research, OK?
And he's paying us four groats.
BOYFRIEND:
Hmm.
[Boyfriend dutifully taps out the post on his phone]
TAP TAP TAP
BOYFRIEND:
Cyst emoji?
GIRL:
Just use a fried egg.
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I want to comment on extreme racism and fascist views in schools in the 1970s.
Farage is my contemporary.
I went to a similar school.
There were a handful of people in my school who said and did similar things - racist, antisemitic, pro Nazi etc.
Farage is an outlier, but by no means rare.
Farage is my contemporary.
I went to a similar school.
There were a handful of people in my school who said and did similar things - racist, antisemitic, pro Nazi etc.
Farage is an outlier, but by no means rare.
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I want to comment on extreme racism and fascist views in schools in the 1970s.
Farage is my contemporary.
I went to a similar school.
There were a handful of people in my school who said and did similar things - racist, antisemitic, pro Nazi etc.
Farage is an outlier, but by no means rare.
Farage is my contemporary.
I went to a similar school.
There were a handful of people in my school who said and did similar things - racist, antisemitic, pro Nazi etc.
Farage is an outlier, but by no means rare.
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Trans Safety Network are extremely concerned that DHSC are continuing to solicit input on trans healthcare from Bayswater and other anti trans groups after a reply to our previous concerns stated they would not work with groups who promote harmful practices or discriminatory views
Wes Streeting continues to ignore safeguarding concerns about parents group linked to abusive practices
Trans Safety Network has seen evidence Wes Streeting and the DHSC solicited feedback on a “puberty blocker risk form” from Bayswater Support Group and other anti-trans groups in September 2025, 6 mont...
transsafety.network
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Trans Safety Network are extremely concerned that DHSC are continuing to solicit input on trans healthcare from Bayswater and other anti trans groups after a reply to our previous concerns stated they would not work with groups who promote harmful practices or discriminatory views
If you didn't know that Trevor Philips is an old man with some truly horrible right-wing views, chew on this...
Trevor Philips in the Times, calling for a Trump/Miller-style of random deportations based on skin colour.
archive.ph/RlXPj
archive.ph/RlXPj
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
If you didn't know that Trevor Philips is an old man with some truly horrible right-wing views, chew on this...
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I guess it’s a compliment that the top story on BBC London’s TV/online output today is a direct lift of a month-old London Centric story? But once again the BBC is consistently the worst news outlet for actually remembering to credit others.
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I guess it’s a compliment that the top story on BBC London’s TV/online output today is a direct lift of a month-old London Centric story? But once again the BBC is consistently the worst news outlet for actually remembering to credit others.
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Still can't quite believe that "I only said 'gas the Jews' in a non-hurtful way" was the strategy Nigel Farage opted to go for
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Still can't quite believe that "I only said 'gas the Jews' in a non-hurtful way" was the strategy Nigel Farage opted to go for
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![[Scene is JESUS sat behind a boss’s desk in his office on a cloud in HEAVEN]
1
JESUS [speaking into intercom]
Hi can you send in Saint Nicholas please
2
SANTA [entering in full Santa garb]:
Hi boss
JESUS:
Hi Nick
3
JESUS:
Listen - about this ‘my birthday’ thing...
SANTA:
Ohh not this again boss
4
JESUS:
Nick, it’s out of hand. *You’ve* got out of hand.
5
JESUS:
I mean when I hired you, you was all humble, hiding under windows, lobbing in dowries…
And now you’re like…
6
JESUS [gesturing disdainfully at Santa’s clothing]:
I mean - what’s this.
7
SANTA:
This is my get up! I’ve had this since the Coca Cola deal in the 30s
JESUS:
*That’s what I mean.*
8
JESUS:
You’ve just gone too -
SANTA:
Oh no, oh no -
9
SANTA:
Sorry boss but waaay back in the Reformation, right, Martin Luther said: “why don’t we have Jesus delivering the presents?”. And when he prayed to ask you, do you remember what you said? Eh?
10
SANTA:
You said: “I ain’t going back there”
11
SANTA:
If you wanna take over -
JESUS:
Oh yeah! Kids coming downstairs to find me resurrected in their living room going "I got you an Xbox"...
12
SANTA:
You’re just feeling threatened cos I’m doing a bloody good -
JESUS:
*WATCH IT NICK*.
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1 - My son and I met with Wes Streeting last year with other families. He heard the most horrific stories of children refused blockers and how it impacts them. We begged him not to ban blockers, and he promised to work with us, to have further meetings.
Trans Safety Network are extremely concerned that DHSC are continuing to solicit input on trans healthcare from Bayswater and other anti trans groups after a reply to our previous concerns stated they would not work with groups who promote harmful practices or discriminatory views
Wes Streeting continues to ignore safeguarding concerns about parents group linked to abusive practices
Trans Safety Network has seen evidence Wes Streeting and the DHSC solicited feedback on a “puberty blocker risk form” from Bayswater Support Group and other anti-trans groups in September 2025, 6 mont...
transsafety.network
November 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
1 - My son and I met with Wes Streeting last year with other families. He heard the most horrific stories of children refused blockers and how it impacts them. We begged him not to ban blockers, and he promised to work with us, to have further meetings.
Here's the Health Secretary Wes Streeting explaining that a clinical trial of a safe drug used in the UK and across the world for decades is necessary in order that it can be banned.
He wants to be PM.
He wants to be PM.
November 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Here's the Health Secretary Wes Streeting explaining that a clinical trial of a safe drug used in the UK and across the world for decades is necessary in order that it can be banned.
He wants to be PM.
He wants to be PM.
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🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy.
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
Victory! We’ve won major legal battle exposing car industry lobbying
After two years we can finally reveal “backdoor channels where corporate money hijacks our democracy.”
democracyforsale.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy.
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
Post a movie set where you're from
November 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Post a movie set where you're from
The only attention Glasman should be getting is counselling.
Who the fuck thinks gibberish like this should influence Labour policy?
Between Glasman and McSweeney's virtual voters it's little wonder the Government is imploding.
Who the fuck thinks gibberish like this should influence Labour policy?
Between Glasman and McSweeney's virtual voters it's little wonder the Government is imploding.
There are some truly unhinged bits in the piece about Glasman, as to be expected when dealing with Glasman, but seriously what the actual? That's...one hell of a conflation of terminology.
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The only attention Glasman should be getting is counselling.
Who the fuck thinks gibberish like this should influence Labour policy?
Between Glasman and McSweeney's virtual voters it's little wonder the Government is imploding.
Who the fuck thinks gibberish like this should influence Labour policy?
Between Glasman and McSweeney's virtual voters it's little wonder the Government is imploding.
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With everyone hating on Boris Johnson, can I just say that I've reviewed the forthcoming BBC drama about Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and I'd forgotten how his laziness and carelessness arguably endangered her life in an Iranian prison and he still didn't apologise. The fucking rat.
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
With everyone hating on Boris Johnson, can I just say that I've reviewed the forthcoming BBC drama about Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and I'd forgotten how his laziness and carelessness arguably endangered her life in an Iranian prison and he still didn't apologise. The fucking rat.
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402 signatures, over 100 a day.
My goal of 500 by Monday is within our sights.
Are you a supportive mum, dad, aunt, uncle, sibling, grandparent, extended family member, friend, neighbour, work colleague of a trans person?
Take a look at the Transparent Pledge and help Transparent Action grow.
My goal of 500 by Monday is within our sights.
Are you a supportive mum, dad, aunt, uncle, sibling, grandparent, extended family member, friend, neighbour, work colleague of a trans person?
Take a look at the Transparent Pledge and help Transparent Action grow.
I’m so proud to be part of this initiative.
Parents have set it up BUT we welcome ALL OF YOU to sign our Transparent Pledge in support of trans+ people.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
You can sign anonymously if you need to.
Let’s get to 500 signatures by Monday.
Share. Share. Share.
Parents have set it up BUT we welcome ALL OF YOU to sign our Transparent Pledge in support of trans+ people.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
You can sign anonymously if you need to.
Let’s get to 500 signatures by Monday.
Share. Share. Share.
November 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
402 signatures, over 100 a day.
My goal of 500 by Monday is within our sights.
Are you a supportive mum, dad, aunt, uncle, sibling, grandparent, extended family member, friend, neighbour, work colleague of a trans person?
Take a look at the Transparent Pledge and help Transparent Action grow.
My goal of 500 by Monday is within our sights.
Are you a supportive mum, dad, aunt, uncle, sibling, grandparent, extended family member, friend, neighbour, work colleague of a trans person?
Take a look at the Transparent Pledge and help Transparent Action grow.
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In an almost aggressively stupid era, this is one of the stupidest things I've ever seen.
Morgan McSweeney (UK Labour's Dominic Cummings knock-off) is reportedly experimenting with 'synthetic voters' – "essentially fake focus groups of AI voters who can tell ministers more quickly and cheaply what the public thinks of policies" www.spectator.co.uk/article/can-...
#govtech #govcomms
#govtech #govcomms
November 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
In an almost aggressively stupid era, this is one of the stupidest things I've ever seen.
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Maybe not a classic Christmas gift but an “extraordinary” one. It could:
-change a GC mind
-bring a parent and child closer
-even reconnect them
-encourage a trans person to come out to a parent
-or seek safety abroad
These things have happened. Readers have told me.
What better gift to give?
-change a GC mind
-bring a parent and child closer
-even reconnect them
-encourage a trans person to come out to a parent
-or seek safety abroad
These things have happened. Readers have told me.
What better gift to give?
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Maybe not a classic Christmas gift but an “extraordinary” one. It could:
-change a GC mind
-bring a parent and child closer
-even reconnect them
-encourage a trans person to come out to a parent
-or seek safety abroad
These things have happened. Readers have told me.
What better gift to give?
-change a GC mind
-bring a parent and child closer
-even reconnect them
-encourage a trans person to come out to a parent
-or seek safety abroad
These things have happened. Readers have told me.
What better gift to give?
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PS we've also published all the documents and the judgement too 😀
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
Victory! We’ve won major legal battle exposing car industry lobbying
After two years we can finally reveal “backdoor channels where corporate money hijacks our democracy.”
democracyforsale.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:58 AM
PS we've also published all the documents and the judgement too 😀
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
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@rcpsych.bsky.social
Can you please explain…
With gender incongruence defined as NOT a psychiatric condition and mental health distress NOT a requirement for diagnosis…
why are your members taking on the assessment of trans kids and asking them this ⬇️
Read the comments. Learn something. STOP.
Can you please explain…
With gender incongruence defined as NOT a psychiatric condition and mental health distress NOT a requirement for diagnosis…
why are your members taking on the assessment of trans kids and asking them this ⬇️
Read the comments. Learn something. STOP.
Cis people, how many times have you been asked to describe how you masturbate, and what you think about when you do, to access healthcare on the NHS?
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
@rcpsych.bsky.social
Can you please explain…
With gender incongruence defined as NOT a psychiatric condition and mental health distress NOT a requirement for diagnosis…
why are your members taking on the assessment of trans kids and asking them this ⬇️
Read the comments. Learn something. STOP.
Can you please explain…
With gender incongruence defined as NOT a psychiatric condition and mental health distress NOT a requirement for diagnosis…
why are your members taking on the assessment of trans kids and asking them this ⬇️
Read the comments. Learn something. STOP.
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The @thenerve.news has put together a handy timeline presenting the facts of the Nathan Gill case in chronological order—including his interactions with handler Oleh Voloshyn, statements he made on the Kremlin’s behalf in exchange for euros, and his close relationship with party leader Nigel Farage.
NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
Reform UK and Russian bribes: a Nathan Gill timeline
As Reform’s former leader in Wales is sentenced to ten and a half years for taking bribes from a pro-Russian actor, here's a chronology of his actions and the wider context of Putin, Ukraine and Brexi...
www.thenerve.news
November 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The @thenerve.news has put together a handy timeline presenting the facts of the Nathan Gill case in chronological order—including his interactions with handler Oleh Voloshyn, statements he made on the Kremlin’s behalf in exchange for euros, and his close relationship with party leader Nigel Farage.