Steve Whitworth
@stevewhitto.bsky.social
European. Left of Centre. Struggling with Starmer. Exiled Grimbarian. Grimsby Town fan. UTM.
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Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
Anyone located Starmer's backbone yet?
November 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Anyone located Starmer's backbone yet?
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Conversely, if the BBC had been producing straight news for the last twenty years, Nigel Farage would have been history ages ago.
Nigel Farage says if the BBC doesn't produce straight news then it has no future
Of course the BBC have been producing straight news for years, it is why its one of the most reliable and trustworthy news outlets globally
Of course the BBC have been producing straight news for years, it is why its one of the most reliable and trustworthy news outlets globally
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Conversely, if the BBC had been producing straight news for the last twenty years, Nigel Farage would have been history ages ago.
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Meanwhile, in an alternate universe, Hitler is complaining about the BBC unfairly editing of one of his Nuremberg rally speeches.
Surely, the simple fact is that Trump is a fascist who attempted a coup. Either that can be said on British media or it can't. Trump's regime is trying to rewrite history
Surely, the simple fact is that Trump is a fascist who attempted a coup. Either that can be said on British media or it can't. Trump's regime is trying to rewrite history
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Meanwhile, in an alternate universe, Hitler is complaining about the BBC unfairly editing of one of his Nuremberg rally speeches.
Surely, the simple fact is that Trump is a fascist who attempted a coup. Either that can be said on British media or it can't. Trump's regime is trying to rewrite history
Surely, the simple fact is that Trump is a fascist who attempted a coup. Either that can be said on British media or it can't. Trump's regime is trying to rewrite history
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🇪🇺 The EU is the world's largest trader in services with 22.8% of global services trade.
🇬🇧 The UK used to be the services capital of the EU before Brexit.
🇪🇺 Rejoining the EU would allow us to sell services freely across the EU via the Single Market and globally via the Customs Union.
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
🇬🇧 The UK used to be the services capital of the EU before Brexit.
🇪🇺 Rejoining the EU would allow us to sell services freely across the EU via the Single Market and globally via the Customs Union.
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🇪🇺 The EU is the world's largest trader in services with 22.8% of global services trade.
🇬🇧 The UK used to be the services capital of the EU before Brexit.
🇪🇺 Rejoining the EU would allow us to sell services freely across the EU via the Single Market and globally via the Customs Union.
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
🇬🇧 The UK used to be the services capital of the EU before Brexit.
🇪🇺 Rejoining the EU would allow us to sell services freely across the EU via the Single Market and globally via the Customs Union.
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
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Badenoch says new BBC leadership must deliver reform: I thought they delivered reform on a daily basis. Nigel Farage and his cabal were never off BBC.
(Sarcasm)
(Sarcasm)
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Badenoch says new BBC leadership must deliver reform: I thought they delivered reform on a daily basis. Nigel Farage and his cabal were never off BBC.
(Sarcasm)
(Sarcasm)
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This is what Brexiters took us out of.
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
The EU is a world leader in trade.
In 2024, it was the:
🥇 largest trader in services
🥈 second largest trader in goods
🥇 largest investor in other countries
More facts and figures 👉 link.europa.eu/yDpDVd
In 2024, it was the:
🥇 largest trader in services
🥈 second largest trader in goods
🥇 largest investor in other countries
More facts and figures 👉 link.europa.eu/yDpDVd
The EU’s role in global trade
The European Union is the world’s largest trade bloc in terms of goods and services combined, accounting in 2024 for an estimated 15.8% of world trade.
link.europa.eu
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
This is what Brexiters took us out of.
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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Brexit the Elephant thinks it was wonderful to be able to travel and emigrate or relocate temporarily without a visa treating most of Europe as “home”.
“Wonder why some people want to make travel harder and more complicated”, he pondered.
#BrexitTheElephant
#VoicesofLostFOM #SaveFOM
“Wonder why some people want to make travel harder and more complicated”, he pondered.
#BrexitTheElephant
#VoicesofLostFOM #SaveFOM
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Brexit the Elephant thinks it was wonderful to be able to travel and emigrate or relocate temporarily without a visa treating most of Europe as “home”.
“Wonder why some people want to make travel harder and more complicated”, he pondered.
#BrexitTheElephant
#VoicesofLostFOM #SaveFOM
“Wonder why some people want to make travel harder and more complicated”, he pondered.
#BrexitTheElephant
#VoicesofLostFOM #SaveFOM
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So long as Labour hold firm on Brexit, all their bleating about having been dealt an atrocious hand by the Tories is so much hot air.
Support for "Make Brexit Works" holes that argument below the waterline.
It is ludicrous to be contemplating tax rises, but not trying to undo Brexit.
Support for "Make Brexit Works" holes that argument below the waterline.
It is ludicrous to be contemplating tax rises, but not trying to undo Brexit.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
So long as Labour hold firm on Brexit, all their bleating about having been dealt an atrocious hand by the Tories is so much hot air.
Support for "Make Brexit Works" holes that argument below the waterline.
It is ludicrous to be contemplating tax rises, but not trying to undo Brexit.
Support for "Make Brexit Works" holes that argument below the waterline.
It is ludicrous to be contemplating tax rises, but not trying to undo Brexit.
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Kuenssberg and Mason must resign as well.
November 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Kuenssberg and Mason must resign as well.
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850 prisoners were released by accident under the tories & it didn’t make the news once
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
850 prisoners were released by accident under the tories & it didn’t make the news once
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At some point Nick Robinson et al might realise that their fawning over Boris Johnson for years wasn’t a good plan.
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
At some point Nick Robinson et al might realise that their fawning over Boris Johnson for years wasn’t a good plan.
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It’s as if they think we’ve all been in a coma for the last 15 years, rather than watching the Tories smash it all up in front of us.
Very good on our ‘let’s-not-bother-with-right-wing-racism-or-Farage’s-corruption-and-let’s-blame-Labour-for-everything’ media.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
Very good on our ‘let’s-not-bother-with-right-wing-racism-or-Farage’s-corruption-and-let’s-blame-Labour-for-everything’ media.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
The 'Great Noticing' Era
Ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It’s as if they think we’ve all been in a coma for the last 15 years, rather than watching the Tories smash it all up in front of us.
Very good on our ‘let’s-not-bother-with-right-wing-racism-or-Farage’s-corruption-and-let’s-blame-Labour-for-everything’ media.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
Very good on our ‘let’s-not-bother-with-right-wing-racism-or-Farage’s-corruption-and-let’s-blame-Labour-for-everything’ media.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
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Where are the protests?
November 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Where are the protests?
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Because it’s drowned out by the hateful, racist shit of Labour’s immigration policies, which they drone on about pretty much every day.
Why aren't Labour's life-changing policies connecting with voters - and what can the party do? It's down to messaging, how it's told, and the messengers...
Why don’t Labour’s workers’ and renters’ rights reforms cut through to voters – and how should they? – LabourList
When millions of workers and renters don’t know you’re doing more to improve their rights than any government in half a century, something is going…
labourlist.org
November 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Because it’s drowned out by the hateful, racist shit of Labour’s immigration policies, which they drone on about pretty much every day.
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No public contracts for Palantir
Palantir CEO Alex Karp declared his company 'anti-woke' on Monday's earnings call.
Karp also scrutinized border policies and said Palantir works with ICE and Israel. www.businessinsider.com/palantir-ceo...
Karp also scrutinized border policies and said Palantir works with ICE and Israel. www.businessinsider.com/palantir-ceo...
Palantir CEO Alex Karp calls his company the first to be 'completely anti-woke'
Palantir sees "accelerating and otherworldly growth" as CEO Alex Karp highlights working with ICE and supporting Israel on an earnings call.
www.businessinsider.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
No public contracts for Palantir
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Spain’s world-leading organ donation system and medical innovation have earned the country multiple Guinness World Records in 2026, celebrating surgical firsts, record-breaking transplants, and health awareness feats that highlight a model admired around the globe.
euroweeklynews.com/2025/11/07/s...
euroweeklynews.com/2025/11/07/s...
Spain breaks world records in health innovation
Spain leads the world in organ donation and medical breakthroughs, earning Guinness World Records for health innovation and compassion.
euroweeklynews.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Spain’s world-leading organ donation system and medical innovation have earned the country multiple Guinness World Records in 2026, celebrating surgical firsts, record-breaking transplants, and health awareness feats that highlight a model admired around the globe.
euroweeklynews.com/2025/11/07/s...
euroweeklynews.com/2025/11/07/s...
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Burning trees is not a climate solution
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Burning trees is not a climate solution
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Gove slithered into politics, made deals, broke deals, all designed to bolster his wealth.
Now he wants to be left alone to enjoy a luxury lifestyle.
Now he wants to be left alone to enjoy a luxury lifestyle.
🔴We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...
We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Gove slithered into politics, made deals, broke deals, all designed to bolster his wealth.
Now he wants to be left alone to enjoy a luxury lifestyle.
Now he wants to be left alone to enjoy a luxury lifestyle.
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Many on the left are deeply alarmed about the UK following a more draconian Danish path - with MPs like Nadia Whittome and Clive Lewis describing their ideas as "hardcore", "dangerous", "far right" and in some cases "racist"
news.sky.com/story/denmar...
news.sky.com/story/denmar...
Reform's been pretty quiet since Labour started exploring Danish migration model - and this is why
Many on the left are deeply alarmed about the UK following a more draconian Danish path - with MPs like Nadia Whittome and Clive Lewis describing their ideas as "hardcore", "dangerous", "far right" an...
news.sky.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Many on the left are deeply alarmed about the UK following a more draconian Danish path - with MPs like Nadia Whittome and Clive Lewis describing their ideas as "hardcore", "dangerous", "far right" and in some cases "racist"
news.sky.com/story/denmar...
news.sky.com/story/denmar...
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Labour doing everything they can to boost Farage - and the Greens and Lib Dems.
If I hadn’t lived through the last few years of the Tories, I’d say such deliberate destruction of their own party was unprecedented.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If I hadn’t lived through the last few years of the Tories, I’d say such deliberate destruction of their own party was unprecedented.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK seeks inspiration from Denmark to shake up immigration system
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is taking cues from some of the toughest migration laws in Europe.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Labour doing everything they can to boost Farage - and the Greens and Lib Dems.
If I hadn’t lived through the last few years of the Tories, I’d say such deliberate destruction of their own party was unprecedented.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If I hadn’t lived through the last few years of the Tories, I’d say such deliberate destruction of their own party was unprecedented.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Every single time Labour behave more like Reform, it helps Reform.
They will have plenty of time to reflect on their car crash level stupidity after they've been obliterated at the 2029 GE.
Unfortunately, all the rest of us will be left facing the consequences.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
They will have plenty of time to reflect on their car crash level stupidity after they've been obliterated at the 2029 GE.
Unfortunately, all the rest of us will be left facing the consequences.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Every single time Labour behave more like Reform, it helps Reform.
They will have plenty of time to reflect on their car crash level stupidity after they've been obliterated at the 2029 GE.
Unfortunately, all the rest of us will be left facing the consequences.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
They will have plenty of time to reflect on their car crash level stupidity after they've been obliterated at the 2029 GE.
Unfortunately, all the rest of us will be left facing the consequences.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Might Brexit, by any teensy-weensy chance, have anything to do with 'the dire state of the financial sector'? And won't investors of all types flee from UK if Reform ever get into power? Just asking....
November 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Might Brexit, by any teensy-weensy chance, have anything to do with 'the dire state of the financial sector'? And won't investors of all types flee from UK if Reform ever get into power? Just asking....