Dr Peter Starie
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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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"The problem isn’t that we have a deliberately biased BBC, it’s that we have a BBC that has been consciously reduced in its scope and bullied into dumbing down and retreating." @stephenkb.bsky.social's newsletter today
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
"The problem isn’t that we have a deliberately biased BBC, it’s that we have a BBC that has been consciously reduced in its scope and bullied into dumbing down and retreating." @stephenkb.bsky.social's newsletter today
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And yet having racists on BBC politics panel shows while there’s an actual Islamophobic so-called news channel with the same racists presenting shows on it, none of that merits a peep. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
‘I have to take ultimate responsibility’: Tim Davie’s BBC resignation statement
Full text of director general’s note to staff and the resignation statement from head of news Deborah Turness
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 AM
And yet having racists on BBC politics panel shows while there’s an actual Islamophobic so-called news channel with the same racists presenting shows on it, none of that merits a peep. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Made this a few years back with the late great Steve Hewlett - a history of the BBC's many mortal crises:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, The Future of the BBC: A History
Steve Hewlett explores the troubled past behind today's debates on the future of the BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Made this a few years back with the late great Steve Hewlett - a history of the BBC's many mortal crises:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
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If you are astonished by what is happening at the BBC today, you might want to read this seemingly unrelated by highly relevant piece
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
In Trump 2.0, MAGA-aligned influencers and media emerge as the new mainstream
How right‑wing influencers and Trump officials work in lockstep — targeting perceived adversaries, amplifying false claims and reshaping US media.
www.reuters.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
If you are astonished by what is happening at the BBC today, you might want to read this seemingly unrelated by highly relevant piece
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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It’s easy to see why Trump wants to destroy the world’s number one news source. We can’t let him.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It’s easy to see why Trump wants to destroy the world’s number one news source. We can’t let him.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.
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the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
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Adjust the language a bit and these could be conservative whinges from any time period since about 1776.
November 9, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Adjust the language a bit and these could be conservative whinges from any time period since about 1776.
@pippacrerar.bsky.social you’ve got 112K followers on here but haven’t posted for nearly a month but I gather you’ve posted on X today about David Lammy not wearing a poppy. Firstly, what are you et al still doing on X and secondly, aren’t you disappointed in yourself for that tweet?
November 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
@pippacrerar.bsky.social you’ve got 112K followers on here but haven’t posted for nearly a month but I gather you’ve posted on X today about David Lammy not wearing a poppy. Firstly, what are you et al still doing on X and secondly, aren’t you disappointed in yourself for that tweet?
I see that Neil O’Brien is running the person (James Cartlidge) supposed to be asking questions at #PMQs. Another pathetic spectacle of Tory muppets.
November 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I see that Neil O’Brien is running the person (James Cartlidge) supposed to be asking questions at #PMQs. Another pathetic spectacle of Tory muppets.
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What an absolute hero Samir Zitouni is - doubtless he saved lives that day
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
The rail worker credited with saving multiple lives is named as Samir Zitouni.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
What an absolute hero Samir Zitouni is - doubtless he saved lives that day
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"In the same way that the Scottish National Party has to keep promising that an independence referendum is just around the corner, Farage needs to keep his fanbase fired up with the promise of imminent triumph." Astute by @roberthutton.co.uk on populism's common strands.
thecritic.co.uk/sharkbait/
thecritic.co.uk/sharkbait/
Sharkbait | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
“A relationship is like a shark,” Woody Allen tells Diane Keaton in Annie Hall. “It has to constantly move forward or it dies.” Watching Nigel Farage trying to keep his Reform Party interesting on…
thecritic.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"In the same way that the Scottish National Party has to keep promising that an independence referendum is just around the corner, Farage needs to keep his fanbase fired up with the promise of imminent triumph." Astute by @roberthutton.co.uk on populism's common strands.
thecritic.co.uk/sharkbait/
thecritic.co.uk/sharkbait/
This government, unfortunately, is always too late and too timid with policies and messaging veering all over the place depending on the short term demands of markets, media and focus groups.
Extraordinary to hear Reeves cite tariffs and increased defence spending in her speech, as she sets up the blame for tax rises. This message could have been really effective if she'd issued it when Trump introduced tariffs. Now, much less so.
November 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
This government, unfortunately, is always too late and too timid with policies and messaging veering all over the place depending on the short term demands of markets, media and focus groups.
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Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
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Hannan and Frost in the Telegraph.
Sunak in the Times.
Kwasi Kwarteng in the iPaper.
Johnson in the Mail.
Gove editing the Spectator.
Farage everywhere.
All of them shamelessly honking out their ‘Listen to me!’ garbage, as the country flails around in the unbelievable mess they’ve made.
Nauseating.
Sunak in the Times.
Kwasi Kwarteng in the iPaper.
Johnson in the Mail.
Gove editing the Spectator.
Farage everywhere.
All of them shamelessly honking out their ‘Listen to me!’ garbage, as the country flails around in the unbelievable mess they’ve made.
Nauseating.
November 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Hannan and Frost in the Telegraph.
Sunak in the Times.
Kwasi Kwarteng in the iPaper.
Johnson in the Mail.
Gove editing the Spectator.
Farage everywhere.
All of them shamelessly honking out their ‘Listen to me!’ garbage, as the country flails around in the unbelievable mess they’ve made.
Nauseating.
Sunak in the Times.
Kwasi Kwarteng in the iPaper.
Johnson in the Mail.
Gove editing the Spectator.
Farage everywhere.
All of them shamelessly honking out their ‘Listen to me!’ garbage, as the country flails around in the unbelievable mess they’ve made.
Nauseating.
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Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
More than 50 child asylum seekers still missing after disappearing from Kent care
Council data obtained by the Guardian shows 345 children have gone missing in recent years, many probably taken by traffickers
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Great investigation of the Nazis, racists and criminals mobilising the flag-on-lamp-posts movement. This is the kind of journalism that the national media could and should have conducted:
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Great investigation of the Nazis, racists and criminals mobilising the flag-on-lamp-posts movement. This is the kind of journalism that the national media could and should have conducted:
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
Brilliant new 3rd album by Emma Rawicz
November 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Brilliant new 3rd album by Emma Rawicz
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1. The commercial was done by Ontario, not Canada itself, which is run by someone in the opposing party to Carney. He had nothing to do with it.
2. Commercial was not "false." It was entirely accurate.
3. Reagan hated tariffs.
Stop just letting him lie constantly.
2. Commercial was not "false." It was entirely accurate.
3. Reagan hated tariffs.
Stop just letting him lie constantly.
Trump on Mark Carney: "He apologized for what they did with the commercial. Because it was a false commercial. It was the exact opposite. Ronald Reagan loved tariffs. And he did apologize."
October 31, 2025 at 10:44 PM
1. The commercial was done by Ontario, not Canada itself, which is run by someone in the opposing party to Carney. He had nothing to do with it.
2. Commercial was not "false." It was entirely accurate.
3. Reagan hated tariffs.
Stop just letting him lie constantly.
2. Commercial was not "false." It was entirely accurate.
3. Reagan hated tariffs.
Stop just letting him lie constantly.
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'The Fall in the 1970s and 80s were never particularly concerned with what was yet to come, but The Unutterable presents an electronic, forward-looking iteration of the group that is ominous and menacing as they had ever sounded.'
Reissue of the Week: The Unutterable by #TheFall
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Reissue of the Week: The Unutterable by #TheFall
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October 31, 2025 at 10:57 PM
'The Fall in the 1970s and 80s were never particularly concerned with what was yet to come, but The Unutterable presents an electronic, forward-looking iteration of the group that is ominous and menacing as they had ever sounded.'
Reissue of the Week: The Unutterable by #TheFall
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Reissue of the Week: The Unutterable by #TheFall
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Great piece about a great album thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
Reissue of the Week: The Unutterable by The Fall | The Quietus
The Unutterable is the best 21st C LP by the mighty Fall; or is this visionary work concerning Pete Tong, ket & soup, their best period?
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October 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Great piece about a great album thequietus.com/quietus-revi...