Tom Davies
@tomdaviese17.bsky.social
One of them Legacy Fans. Working in Legacy Media. Trade unionist. Chartologist. Crisis correspondent - can sum it up in a word AND a sound. He/him. Views my own, blame no one else
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Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Exclusive: The BBC has issued an apology after one of its presenters failed to challenge a climate-sceptic lobbyist who runs a group that has received funding from fossil-fuel interests
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
BBC Apologises for Failing to Challenge 'Dark Money' Climate-Denial Lobbyist
EXCLUSIVE: BBC faces fresh allegations of bias after corporation admits interview with ‘Net Zero Watch’ lobbying chief Andrew Montford 'fell below usual standards'
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
When did Cristiano Ronaldo, who denies the allegations, last play well in an international tournament?
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
When did Cristiano Ronaldo, who denies the allegations, last play well in an international tournament?
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I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
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Brothers and sisters, we are recording a podcast tonight, and your questions would be most gratefully appreciated. Any subject, you know the score. Drop them below and receive our confident (but plausibly wrong) answers!
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Brothers and sisters, we are recording a podcast tonight, and your questions would be most gratefully appreciated. Any subject, you know the score. Drop them below and receive our confident (but plausibly wrong) answers!
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Cristiano Ronaldo has magically had his ban reduced so he can start the World Cup. There is no precedent...but then he met the President. How depressing...
Column:
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Column:
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Cristiano Ronaldo's World Cup reprieve stinks
Portugal star’s magic non-ban is depressingly inevitable
inews.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Cristiano Ronaldo has magically had his ban reduced so he can start the World Cup. There is no precedent...but then he met the President. How depressing...
Column:
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Column:
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
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When he wasn't able to play in the last game they scored nine, which is objectively hilarious.
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
When he wasn't able to play in the last game they scored nine, which is objectively hilarious.
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As if there were any doubt left that FIFA and the integrity of the World Cup are utterly compromised now. Let's not ask how it is that Ronaldo has had to avoid the US for several years but is now not only able to go there without any difficulties but has also had the rules waived for him over this
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
As if there were any doubt left that FIFA and the integrity of the World Cup are utterly compromised now. Let's not ask how it is that Ronaldo has had to avoid the US for several years but is now not only able to go there without any difficulties but has also had the rules waived for him over this
I think we need to prepare ourselves to accept that last week's thrilling qualifiers were as good and authentic as World Cup 2026 is gonna get
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I think we need to prepare ourselves to accept that last week's thrilling qualifiers were as good and authentic as World Cup 2026 is gonna get
Good news for Portugal's opponents if Trump's new top mate performs as abysmally as he did at Euro 2024
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Good news for Portugal's opponents if Trump's new top mate performs as abysmally as he did at Euro 2024
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Development money is the means by which FIFA's senior leadership controls its less wealthy member associations.
With this deal, it's letting Saudi Arabia in on the action directly.
With this deal, it's letting Saudi Arabia in on the action directly.
November 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Development money is the means by which FIFA's senior leadership controls its less wealthy member associations.
With this deal, it's letting Saudi Arabia in on the action directly.
With this deal, it's letting Saudi Arabia in on the action directly.
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Gandlerplan update: FUBO has lost access to all its football content due to a dispute with NBC, the shares are at a 6m low, and Stuttgart Surge (reigning ELF champions) have just filed for bankruptcy a couple of weeks after joining his breakaway EFA league
30,000 capacity new stadium anyone?
#LOFC
30,000 capacity new stadium anyone?
#LOFC
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Gandlerplan update: FUBO has lost access to all its football content due to a dispute with NBC, the shares are at a 6m low, and Stuttgart Surge (reigning ELF champions) have just filed for bankruptcy a couple of weeks after joining his breakaway EFA league
30,000 capacity new stadium anyone?
#LOFC
30,000 capacity new stadium anyone?
#LOFC
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Everytime a trans girl plays sports along her cis girl mates they go like: "Gigantic, huge manly man crashing through little, daint, girly-babies", even when she's about the same size as them. But when a 6.4, heavy-set adult man attacks a noticeably smaller teen, she suddenly is just an 'activist'…
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Everytime a trans girl plays sports along her cis girl mates they go like: "Gigantic, huge manly man crashing through little, daint, girly-babies", even when she's about the same size as them. But when a 6.4, heavy-set adult man attacks a noticeably smaller teen, she suddenly is just an 'activist'…
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There are 50,000 food insecure children in Maine and 2 trans athletes. Every single candidate running for office who can drum up concern about the latter but has nothing to say about the former is telling on themselves. They don’t care about children. Only power. And they’ll hurt kids for it.
25 Nov 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- In unusual move, Sen Susan Collins (R-ME) signs petition for referendum on the 2026 ballot that would bar trans students from sports teams, locker-rooms and bathrooms. She's in a hotly contested election & this is pbly one way to increase Rep turnout.
Sen. Collins signs Maine petition for initiative to restrict transgender rights
The proposed referendum aims to enforce President Donald Trump’s <a href="https://themainemonitor.org/maine-title-ix-battle-national-consequences/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">stance on ...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
There are 50,000 food insecure children in Maine and 2 trans athletes. Every single candidate running for office who can drum up concern about the latter but has nothing to say about the former is telling on themselves. They don’t care about children. Only power. And they’ll hurt kids for it.
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It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
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India staring down the barrel in another home test match. Now looks like England actually should have beaten India comfortably in the summer. Marco Jansen on fire for SA
November 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
India staring down the barrel in another home test match. Now looks like England actually should have beaten India comfortably in the summer. Marco Jansen on fire for SA
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The strategy makes perfect sense if he's spent the last 15 years having his obviously hateful, racist self soft soaped, ingratiated and welcomed by every facet of the media instead of having his feet held to the fire. He expects it to blow over if he just keeps his head down, and he's probably right
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 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The strategy makes perfect sense if he's spent the last 15 years having his obviously hateful, racist self soft soaped, ingratiated and welcomed by every facet of the media instead of having his feet held to the fire. He expects it to blow over if he just keeps his head down, and he's probably right
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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 9:26 AM
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
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All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'.
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'.
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
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More caveats than a pharmaceutical disclaimer.
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
More caveats than a pharmaceutical disclaimer.
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so if i understand this correctly, gaines has made her career by publicly calling trans athletes predators and threats to women while completely failing to ever mention even once that her mentor/college swimming coach was sexually assaulting and harassing women on the team while she was there?
Riley Gaines climbed the MAGA ladder by vilifying trans women in sports. Now, teammates are speaking out about the real problems on her team: abusive coaching, sexual harassment, eating disorders. ow.ly/o3wq50XuCzp
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
ow.ly
November 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
so if i understand this correctly, gaines has made her career by publicly calling trans athletes predators and threats to women while completely failing to ever mention even once that her mentor/college swimming coach was sexually assaulting and harassing women on the team while she was there?
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"The controversial US and Israeli backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has ended its operations in the strip saying it has succeeded in its mission"
Thousands murdered while waiting for food. People starving to death. Famine declared. For the US and Israel this was success.
Thousands murdered while waiting for food. People starving to death. Famine declared. For the US and Israel this was success.
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 AM
"The controversial US and Israeli backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has ended its operations in the strip saying it has succeeded in its mission"
Thousands murdered while waiting for food. People starving to death. Famine declared. For the US and Israel this was success.
Thousands murdered while waiting for food. People starving to death. Famine declared. For the US and Israel this was success.
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The Telegraph Telegraphing so hard it confuses The Onion
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 AM
The Telegraph Telegraphing so hard it confuses The Onion
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Having turned up at high school with a new car to impress everyone and then having tried standing outside football's window with a ghettoblaster, the Super League organisers are now in the sending mean letters saying they won't find anyone better to go out with phase of winning football over.
As revealed earlier, they’re back! For those still following the ESL franchise, I make this the 4th iteration of A22’s plan to replace the deeply unpopular Champions League that nobody wants to watch, televise or sponsor. Apparently.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Having turned up at high school with a new car to impress everyone and then having tried standing outside football's window with a ghettoblaster, the Super League organisers are now in the sending mean letters saying they won't find anyone better to go out with phase of winning football over.