Paul Murphy
@paulmurphy.bsky.social
Ex-editorial photographer. More Animal Behaviour & training these days
November 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This is a pedantic exchange over a ridiculous technicality Evan:
Nat Ins will increase but only if your wages increase
Move on please #bbcpm
Nat Ins will increase but only if your wages increase
Move on please #bbcpm
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is a pedantic exchange over a ridiculous technicality Evan:
Nat Ins will increase but only if your wages increase
Move on please #bbcpm
Nat Ins will increase but only if your wages increase
Move on please #bbcpm
Other news #bbcpm ?
Starmer says ReformUK leader’s explanations about alleged comments are ‘unconvincing to say the least’ & calls on Farage to apologise to his alleged victims of racial abuse
Starmer says ReformUK leader’s explanations about alleged comments are ‘unconvincing to say the least’ & calls on Farage to apologise to his alleged victims of racial abuse
Starmer calls on Farage to apologise to his alleged victims of racial abuse at school
Prime minister says Reform leader’s explanations about alleged comments are ‘unconvincing to say the least’
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Other news #bbcpm ?
Starmer says ReformUK leader’s explanations about alleged comments are ‘unconvincing to say the least’ & calls on Farage to apologise to his alleged victims of racial abuse
Starmer says ReformUK leader’s explanations about alleged comments are ‘unconvincing to say the least’ & calls on Farage to apologise to his alleged victims of racial abuse
November 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Oouch! “PLEASE LEAVE THE CHAMBER QUIETLY” the deputy speaker shouts as the leader of the opposition gets up to speak
Everyone’s a critic, hey Badenoch?
#wato #politicslive
Everyone’s a critic, hey Badenoch?
#wato #politicslive
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Oouch! “PLEASE LEAVE THE CHAMBER QUIETLY” the deputy speaker shouts as the leader of the opposition gets up to speak
Everyone’s a critic, hey Badenoch?
#wato #politicslive
Everyone’s a critic, hey Badenoch?
#wato #politicslive
3p/mile for Electric, 1.5p/mile for hybrids
Insane way to penalise rural dwellers who, almost certainly have no reliable alternative public transport option
These are the very people we need to encourage to switch (town & city folk can take the bloody train) #wato #politicslive
Insane way to penalise rural dwellers who, almost certainly have no reliable alternative public transport option
These are the very people we need to encourage to switch (town & city folk can take the bloody train) #wato #politicslive
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
3p/mile for Electric, 1.5p/mile for hybrids
Insane way to penalise rural dwellers who, almost certainly have no reliable alternative public transport option
These are the very people we need to encourage to switch (town & city folk can take the bloody train) #wato #politicslive
Insane way to penalise rural dwellers who, almost certainly have no reliable alternative public transport option
These are the very people we need to encourage to switch (town & city folk can take the bloody train) #wato #politicslive
All true & well #wato to point out that the overall tax burden has gone up since the pandemic
But that only confirms that not only are we going to be paying for the pandemic for decades,
but how the Tories were running a funding (tax) shortfall despite austerity: Bloody shameful!
But that only confirms that not only are we going to be paying for the pandemic for decades,
but how the Tories were running a funding (tax) shortfall despite austerity: Bloody shameful!
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
All true & well #wato to point out that the overall tax burden has gone up since the pandemic
But that only confirms that not only are we going to be paying for the pandemic for decades,
but how the Tories were running a funding (tax) shortfall despite austerity: Bloody shameful!
But that only confirms that not only are we going to be paying for the pandemic for decades,
but how the Tories were running a funding (tax) shortfall despite austerity: Bloody shameful!
November 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
& The coveted #R4today 8:10 interview slot goes to ….. BBC journos Chris Mason & Faisal Islam
I’m no expert (obviously) but if it was my government I’d want a senior spokesperson on to set the tone for the day
Hard to get my head around just how poor this Labour lot are at communication
I’m no expert (obviously) but if it was my government I’d want a senior spokesperson on to set the tone for the day
Hard to get my head around just how poor this Labour lot are at communication
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
& The coveted #R4today 8:10 interview slot goes to ….. BBC journos Chris Mason & Faisal Islam
I’m no expert (obviously) but if it was my government I’d want a senior spokesperson on to set the tone for the day
Hard to get my head around just how poor this Labour lot are at communication
I’m no expert (obviously) but if it was my government I’d want a senior spokesperson on to set the tone for the day
Hard to get my head around just how poor this Labour lot are at communication
Er … Men are drawn socially to male posturing & language?
Women wanting their posts to be shared more by men adopt male posturing & language?
Not sure how surprised we should be to this revelation #r4Today #brocoding
Women wanting their posts to be shared more by men adopt male posturing & language?
Not sure how surprised we should be to this revelation #r4Today #brocoding
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Er … Men are drawn socially to male posturing & language?
Women wanting their posts to be shared more by men adopt male posturing & language?
Not sure how surprised we should be to this revelation #r4Today #brocoding
Women wanting their posts to be shared more by men adopt male posturing & language?
Not sure how surprised we should be to this revelation #r4Today #brocoding
Rachel Reeves’ high-stakes #budget in five [depressing] charts
Tax & spending plans shaped by weak productivity, high borrowing costs & cost of living crisis
#R4Today
Tax & spending plans shaped by weak productivity, high borrowing costs & cost of living crisis
#R4Today
Rachel Reeves’s high-stakes autumn budget in five key charts
Chancellor to set out tax and spending plans shaped by weak productivity, high borrowing costs and cost of living crisis
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:31 AM
£20bn of that blackhole still left to fill … find
But which of the Tory rags characterised today’s efforts to tackle the cost of living crisis as a ‘benefits budget’?
Delightful! #R4Today
But which of the Tory rags characterised today’s efforts to tackle the cost of living crisis as a ‘benefits budget’?
Delightful! #R4Today
UK budget to target cost of living crisis as Reeves battles to keep Labour MPs on side
Chancellor’s fiscal statement billed as decisive moment for fate of Starmer government as she tries to fill £20bn spending gap
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
£20bn of that blackhole still left to fill … find
But which of the Tory rags characterised today’s efforts to tackle the cost of living crisis as a ‘benefits budget’?
Delightful! #R4Today
But which of the Tory rags characterised today’s efforts to tackle the cost of living crisis as a ‘benefits budget’?
Delightful! #R4Today
Reposted by Paul Murphy
Rachel Reeves has decided not to cut value added tax on domestic energy bills in the Budget but is still pressing ahead with a package of support for household energy costs, including changes to green levies on electricity.
www.ft.com/content/82f0...
www.ft.com/content/82f0...
Rachel Reeves decides against cutting VAT on energy bills in Budget
Chancellor expected to continue with support package for households, including easing of electricity costs
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Rachel Reeves has decided not to cut value added tax on domestic energy bills in the Budget but is still pressing ahead with a package of support for household energy costs, including changes to green levies on electricity.
www.ft.com/content/82f0...
www.ft.com/content/82f0...
What on earth has happened to the BBC? #Newsnight
Reith lecturer, Rutger Bregman accuses BBC of cowardice for censoring his remarks on Trump
as the ‘most openly corrupt president in US history’
Reith lecturer, Rutger Bregman accuses BBC of cowardice for censoring his remarks on Trump
as the ‘most openly corrupt president in US history’
Reith lecturer accuses BBC of cowardice for censoring his remarks on Trump
Dutch writer Rutger Bregman says claim that Trump was ‘most openly corrupt president in US history’ was removed
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
What on earth has happened to the BBC? #Newsnight
Reith lecturer, Rutger Bregman accuses BBC of cowardice for censoring his remarks on Trump
as the ‘most openly corrupt president in US history’
Reith lecturer, Rutger Bregman accuses BBC of cowardice for censoring his remarks on Trump
as the ‘most openly corrupt president in US history’
Could you do better than Reeves as chancellor?
Play the Guardian’s interactive budget game:
Play the Guardian’s interactive budget game:
Could you do better than Reeves as chancellor? Play our interactive budget game
Can you pull the levers of power to deliver a successful budget? Can you keep backbenchers happy without upsetting the bond markets? And can you do it all while keeping the books balanced? Try our bud...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The twelve people who have spoked to the Guardian are all ‘liars’
The populist politician who sold Brexit to the electorate must be telling the truth?
#bbcpm
The populist politician who sold Brexit to the electorate must be telling the truth?
#bbcpm
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The twelve people who have spoked to the Guardian are all ‘liars’
The populist politician who sold Brexit to the electorate must be telling the truth?
#bbcpm
The populist politician who sold Brexit to the electorate must be telling the truth?
#bbcpm
Could you do better than Reeves as chancellor?
Play the Guardian’s interactive budget game:
Play the Guardian’s interactive budget game:
Could you do better than Reeves as chancellor? Play our interactive budget game
Can you pull the levers of power to deliver a successful budget? Can you keep backbenchers happy without upsetting the bond markets? And can you do it all while keeping the books balanced? Try our bud...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Could you do better than Reeves as chancellor?
Play the Guardian’s interactive budget game:
Play the Guardian’s interactive budget game:
Reposted by Paul Murphy
Reposted by Paul Murphy
This is another thing I had to cut from my piece - the minimum wage is best understood as an anti-poverty measure *for single or childless couples at the start of their working lives*. But it's not a lever that helps most people struggling to make ends meet. Only cash transfers do that.
November 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is another thing I had to cut from my piece - the minimum wage is best understood as an anti-poverty measure *for single or childless couples at the start of their working lives*. But it's not a lever that helps most people struggling to make ends meet. Only cash transfers do that.
Reposted by Paul Murphy
Someone really needs to explain the Striesand Effect to the BBC. And also tell them to stop being so pathetic.
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 10:00 AM
Someone really needs to explain the Striesand Effect to the BBC. And also tell them to stop being so pathetic.
I went to school with (well not ‘with’, but near) some bigoted twits who couldn’t stop sharing their idiotic views
Ran into one of em at an even about five years ago & guess what? Reformed charter? … Nah! Course not!! #wato
Ran into one of em at an even about five years ago & guess what? Reformed charter? … Nah! Course not!! #wato
November 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I went to school with (well not ‘with’, but near) some bigoted twits who couldn’t stop sharing their idiotic views
Ran into one of em at an even about five years ago & guess what? Reformed charter? … Nah! Course not!! #wato
Ran into one of em at an even about five years ago & guess what? Reformed charter? … Nah! Course not!! #wato
Well that’s a relief #wato
For a minute or two there I was in fear that goose stepping around the playground & saying ‘Hitler was right about the Jews’ might set you on a pathway to lifelong bigotry & racism
Thanks for setting us straight Tim
For a minute or two there I was in fear that goose stepping around the playground & saying ‘Hitler was right about the Jews’ might set you on a pathway to lifelong bigotry & racism
Thanks for setting us straight Tim
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Well that’s a relief #wato
For a minute or two there I was in fear that goose stepping around the playground & saying ‘Hitler was right about the Jews’ might set you on a pathway to lifelong bigotry & racism
Thanks for setting us straight Tim
For a minute or two there I was in fear that goose stepping around the playground & saying ‘Hitler was right about the Jews’ might set you on a pathway to lifelong bigotry & racism
Thanks for setting us straight Tim
Ahhh, poor guy … just ‘wanted a normal childhood’ !!!
The more these swivelling-eyed loons turn up the gaslighting on these Nigel Farage racism revelations, the better #wato
The more these swivelling-eyed loons turn up the gaslighting on these Nigel Farage racism revelations, the better #wato
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Ahhh, poor guy … just ‘wanted a normal childhood’ !!!
The more these swivelling-eyed loons turn up the gaslighting on these Nigel Farage racism revelations, the better #wato
The more these swivelling-eyed loons turn up the gaslighting on these Nigel Farage racism revelations, the better #wato
Yep, BBC bias select comm exchanges, at least the bits I could keep awake to, didn’t get crucial answer to ‘how come you lot only see Left wing bias?’
If we’re leaving it up to the Telegraph to pass judgement on the saga then the progressive Liberal Left has clearly lost all relevance #r4today
If we’re leaving it up to the Telegraph to pass judgement on the saga then the progressive Liberal Left has clearly lost all relevance #r4today
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Yep, BBC bias select comm exchanges, at least the bits I could keep awake to, didn’t get crucial answer to ‘how come you lot only see Left wing bias?’
If we’re leaving it up to the Telegraph to pass judgement on the saga then the progressive Liberal Left has clearly lost all relevance #r4today
If we’re leaving it up to the Telegraph to pass judgement on the saga then the progressive Liberal Left has clearly lost all relevance #r4today