Tracy
@tpine99.bsky.social
Keen interest in politics (keeping Tories/Reform the hell out of govt!), animal welfare, nature, Welsh rugby union, gardening.
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This was a December ritual for us - get your kid involved in choosing what goes, and explain what you’re doing (in a believer-appropriate way obvs…)
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This was a December ritual for us - get your kid involved in choosing what goes, and explain what you’re doing (in a believer-appropriate way obvs…)
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It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
writesbright.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
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The Telegraph routinely spreads myths about a range of subjects - especially climate change.
It has been forced to publish over 100 corrections this year so far.
Yet it has the gall to lecture the BBC - and whip up a national panic - about journalistic standards
It has been forced to publish over 100 corrections this year so far.
Yet it has the gall to lecture the BBC - and whip up a national panic - about journalistic standards
The Telegraph’s Record of Climate Falsehoods
The Telegraph, which has accused the BBC of bias and a lack of editorial rigour, has been forced to amend a swathe of climate inaccuracies. The BBC’s director-general and CEO resigned this weekend aft...
www.desmog.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The Telegraph routinely spreads myths about a range of subjects - especially climate change.
It has been forced to publish over 100 corrections this year so far.
Yet it has the gall to lecture the BBC - and whip up a national panic - about journalistic standards
It has been forced to publish over 100 corrections this year so far.
Yet it has the gall to lecture the BBC - and whip up a national panic - about journalistic standards
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"To ensure the BBC’s independence, impartiality and trust, Robbie Gibb should have no role in appointing the new director general"
Good call by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Good call by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey
The BBC belongs to all of us, and it is under attack as never before. The government must defend it from its enemies, within and without, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"To ensure the BBC’s independence, impartiality and trust, Robbie Gibb should have no role in appointing the new director general"
Good call by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Good call by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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There was a time when I'd have cared deeply about the BBC.
But they adopted a deliberate policy of kowtowing to the right, backing away from every fight, believing compliance would protect the license fee, and the right would leave them alone.
Stand up to bullies, or get knocked down by reality.
But they adopted a deliberate policy of kowtowing to the right, backing away from every fight, believing compliance would protect the license fee, and the right would leave them alone.
Stand up to bullies, or get knocked down by reality.
November 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
There was a time when I'd have cared deeply about the BBC.
But they adopted a deliberate policy of kowtowing to the right, backing away from every fight, believing compliance would protect the license fee, and the right would leave them alone.
Stand up to bullies, or get knocked down by reality.
But they adopted a deliberate policy of kowtowing to the right, backing away from every fight, believing compliance would protect the license fee, and the right would leave them alone.
Stand up to bullies, or get knocked down by reality.
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I don't often call for resignations. But Sir Robbie Gibb's role in the BBC boardroom coup makes his continued role there untenable. He must resign or be removed
‘Gibb’s supporters say he is trying to save the BBC from itself; he was also heard last year to say that if he didn’t get his way, he would “blow the place up”.’
“a group of politically-appointed directors has forced the hand of Samir Shah,the chair, and the departure of the two most senior people in the organisation. Their resignations should be called out for what they are: political interference..”1/
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I don't often call for resignations. But Sir Robbie Gibb's role in the BBC boardroom coup makes his continued role there untenable. He must resign or be removed
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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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O2's putting prices up more than it said it would when people signed up. It makes a mockery of Ofcom’s rules. You’ve a right to leave penalty free within 30 days of notification! Here’s how to save large!
For more watch the full Martin Lewis Money Show at ITVX
For more watch the full Martin Lewis Money Show at ITVX
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
O2's putting prices up more than it said it would when people signed up. It makes a mockery of Ofcom’s rules. You’ve a right to leave penalty free within 30 days of notification! Here’s how to save large!
For more watch the full Martin Lewis Money Show at ITVX
For more watch the full Martin Lewis Money Show at ITVX
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Want to know why the prisons system seems to be suddenly falling apart?
Well, it's not sudden. It's just suddenly being REPORTED. This rot was a deliberate policy choice, and I kept the receipts. Because I'm not the BBC.
(A note on what Tories did to cause this, from The Decade In Tory)
Well, it's not sudden. It's just suddenly being REPORTED. This rot was a deliberate policy choice, and I kept the receipts. Because I'm not the BBC.
(A note on what Tories did to cause this, from The Decade In Tory)
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Want to know why the prisons system seems to be suddenly falling apart?
Well, it's not sudden. It's just suddenly being REPORTED. This rot was a deliberate policy choice, and I kept the receipts. Because I'm not the BBC.
(A note on what Tories did to cause this, from The Decade In Tory)
Well, it's not sudden. It's just suddenly being REPORTED. This rot was a deliberate policy choice, and I kept the receipts. Because I'm not the BBC.
(A note on what Tories did to cause this, from The Decade In Tory)
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At the Independent "I was constantly blocked from mentioning the visceral opposition or complacency of the powerful UK and global billionaire-owned media to the urgent climate action that is required."
"Any time I tried to mention this in a column, it was immediately censored."
"Any time I tried to mention this in a column, it was immediately censored."
How the Not-So Independent Media Censors Criticism of Its Billionaire Owners
Former Independent columnist Donnachadh McCarthy on how the UK's billionaire-owned media silences those journalists trying to speak out against them
bylinetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
At the Independent "I was constantly blocked from mentioning the visceral opposition or complacency of the powerful UK and global billionaire-owned media to the urgent climate action that is required."
"Any time I tried to mention this in a column, it was immediately censored."
"Any time I tried to mention this in a column, it was immediately censored."
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The famously left-wing bias of the BBC.
(From The Decade In Tory)
(From The Decade In Tory)
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The famously left-wing bias of the BBC.
(From The Decade In Tory)
(From The Decade In Tory)
Gary Lineker for Director-General!
That would shake things up for the better...
That would shake things up for the better...
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Gary Lineker for Director-General!
That would shake things up for the better...
That would shake things up for the better...
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🚨 The BBC’s Road to Appeasement
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish @adambienkov.bsky.social and @baghdaddi.bsky.social’s 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish @adambienkov.bsky.social and @baghdaddi.bsky.social’s 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
The BBC’s Road to Appeasement
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish Adam Bienkov and Patrick Howse's 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
🚨 The BBC’s Road to Appeasement
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish @adambienkov.bsky.social and @baghdaddi.bsky.social’s 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish @adambienkov.bsky.social and @baghdaddi.bsky.social’s 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
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How the BBC kowtowed to Boris Johnson. Amazing that, even though we now know what a corrupt, mendacious, useless Prime Minister Johnson was, the BBC are kowtowing to him again
🚨 The BBC’s Road to Appeasement
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish @adambienkov.bsky.social and @baghdaddi.bsky.social’s 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish @adambienkov.bsky.social and @baghdaddi.bsky.social’s 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
The BBC’s Road to Appeasement
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish Adam Bienkov and Patrick Howse's 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
How the BBC kowtowed to Boris Johnson. Amazing that, even though we now know what a corrupt, mendacious, useless Prime Minister Johnson was, the BBC are kowtowing to him again
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I DEMAND Panorama IMMEDIATELY produces a documentary showing Kamala Harris not instigating a violent riot, not sexually assaulting anyone, or getting fined for denying it, or being found guilty of business fraud, or f*cking a porn star AND accepting the result of an election.
You know. For balance.
You know. For balance.
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I DEMAND Panorama IMMEDIATELY produces a documentary showing Kamala Harris not instigating a violent riot, not sexually assaulting anyone, or getting fined for denying it, or being found guilty of business fraud, or f*cking a porn star AND accepting the result of an election.
You know. For balance.
You know. For balance.
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Let’s hope we get someone who will bring the BBC back to the centre and cease promoting Farage at every opportunity! Time for the PM to sort out the BBC Board currently stuffed with Tory plants.
November 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Let’s hope we get someone who will bring the BBC back to the centre and cease promoting Farage at every opportunity! Time for the PM to sort out the BBC Board currently stuffed with Tory plants.
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A big win for people more outraged by a silly edit at the BBC than by a man impeached by Congress for literally inciting an insurrection being back in the White House. Pathetic.
🔴 Breaking I Davie faced mounting criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by Donald Trump
➡️ Read more: trib.al/I0iw7aP
➡️ Read more: trib.al/I0iw7aP
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A big win for people more outraged by a silly edit at the BBC than by a man impeached by Congress for literally inciting an insurrection being back in the White House. Pathetic.
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Another very pertinent fact that I have not seen mentioned ANYWHERE: In 14 years of Tory rule we had 14 Prisons Ministers - six in a single year, at one point - and a total of 11 Justice Secretaries, including Grayling, Raab, and Truss. In 13 years of Labour it was three: Irvine, Falconer, Straw. 🤔
November 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Another very pertinent fact that I have not seen mentioned ANYWHERE: In 14 years of Tory rule we had 14 Prisons Ministers - six in a single year, at one point - and a total of 11 Justice Secretaries, including Grayling, Raab, and Truss. In 13 years of Labour it was three: Irvine, Falconer, Straw. 🤔
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Atkins was at Wandsworth in 2016. Mistaken release has hit the front pages this week, but it isn't new. Between 40 and 115 offenders were incorrectly released every year from 2011 to 2024.
“It happens every working day. It just doesn’t normally become news.”
www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-...
“It happens every working day. It just doesn’t normally become news.”
www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-...
The real reason prisoners keep walking free
For one former inmate, the current swathe of wrongly freed prisoners is nothing new
www.newstatesman.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Atkins was at Wandsworth in 2016. Mistaken release has hit the front pages this week, but it isn't new. Between 40 and 115 offenders were incorrectly released every year from 2011 to 2024.
“It happens every working day. It just doesn’t normally become news.”
www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-...
“It happens every working day. It just doesn’t normally become news.”
www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-...
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💥The PPE VIP Lane scandal isn’t going away…
Despite the previous government hoping it would.
A reminder the Covid Contracts scandal cost the tax-payer £15billion.
So far over 1million pallets of unused/unusable PPE have been incinerated
Some headlines this week ⤵️
Despite the previous government hoping it would.
A reminder the Covid Contracts scandal cost the tax-payer £15billion.
So far over 1million pallets of unused/unusable PPE have been incinerated
Some headlines this week ⤵️
November 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
💥The PPE VIP Lane scandal isn’t going away…
Despite the previous government hoping it would.
A reminder the Covid Contracts scandal cost the tax-payer £15billion.
So far over 1million pallets of unused/unusable PPE have been incinerated
Some headlines this week ⤵️
Despite the previous government hoping it would.
A reminder the Covid Contracts scandal cost the tax-payer £15billion.
So far over 1million pallets of unused/unusable PPE have been incinerated
Some headlines this week ⤵️
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🚨🚨 Boss behind £255m PPE deal arrested over missing tax millions
Tim Horlick’s Ayanda Capital won the contract in 2020 despite having no history of manufacturing protective gear
Belter from Gabriel Pogrund 💥⤵️
www.thetimes.com/article/9604...
Tim Horlick’s Ayanda Capital won the contract in 2020 despite having no history of manufacturing protective gear
Belter from Gabriel Pogrund 💥⤵️
www.thetimes.com/article/9604...
November 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
🚨🚨 Boss behind £255m PPE deal arrested over missing tax millions
Tim Horlick’s Ayanda Capital won the contract in 2020 despite having no history of manufacturing protective gear
Belter from Gabriel Pogrund 💥⤵️
www.thetimes.com/article/9604...
Tim Horlick’s Ayanda Capital won the contract in 2020 despite having no history of manufacturing protective gear
Belter from Gabriel Pogrund 💥⤵️
www.thetimes.com/article/9604...
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This has been one of the worst recent developments… the media shrug at the brazen racism of the right… passing it off as an expression of concern or patriotism, when they should have been calling it out in the strongest terms.
The damage this has done to our communities is unforgivable.
The damage this has done to our communities is unforgivable.
November 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This has been one of the worst recent developments… the media shrug at the brazen racism of the right… passing it off as an expression of concern or patriotism, when they should have been calling it out in the strongest terms.
The damage this has done to our communities is unforgivable.
The damage this has done to our communities is unforgivable.
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At one point the firm was being paid £1million a day to store unused PPE.
During this period Uniserve’s profits sky-rocketed
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
During this period Uniserve’s profits sky-rocketed
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Piles of unused PPE cost £1m a day to store in 'grotesque waste of public money'
The Department for Health paid contractor Uniserve £124million for 'storage costs' of unused PPE in the last four months - the Good Law Project said it was a 'grotesque waste of pu...
www.mirror.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
At one point the firm was being paid £1million a day to store unused PPE.
During this period Uniserve’s profits sky-rocketed
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
During this period Uniserve’s profits sky-rocketed
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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🚨 Revealed: The billion-pound PPE contractor with a Tory MP on site
Great report by David Conn.
We now know that former Conservative minister Julia Lopez was in contact with Uniserve prior to its huge VIP lane deal💥
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Great report by David Conn.
We now know that former Conservative minister Julia Lopez was in contact with Uniserve prior to its huge VIP lane deal💥
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Revealed: The billion-pound PPE contractor with a Tory MP on site
Special report: Uniserve was paid £1.4bn for Covid contracts that included supply of £178.5m in never-used equipment
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
🚨 Revealed: The billion-pound PPE contractor with a Tory MP on site
Great report by David Conn.
We now know that former Conservative minister Julia Lopez was in contact with Uniserve prior to its huge VIP lane deal💥
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Great report by David Conn.
We now know that former Conservative minister Julia Lopez was in contact with Uniserve prior to its huge VIP lane deal💥
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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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-...