Chris
@baron-of-navan.bsky.social
Shropshire based furniture maker / woodworker.
Punk rock saves lifes .
Enviroment ,Nature,Art ,Architecture ,History,Motorbikes,Music
Landscapes / landscape architecture
Punk rock saves lifes .
Enviroment ,Nature,Art ,Architecture ,History,Motorbikes,Music
Landscapes / landscape architecture
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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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The King is Back.
Luke Bell - The King Is Back (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Luke Bell
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The King is Back.
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10am November 17 deadline!
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November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
10am November 17 deadline!
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I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
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The biggest problem of the BBC was accommodating Farage almost every other week on BBCQT especially when he had his own programme to spill out his bile. The left leaning public will never trust the BBC again.
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The biggest problem of the BBC was accommodating Farage almost every other week on BBCQT especially when he had his own programme to spill out his bile. The left leaning public will never trust the BBC again.
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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Every museum object is important but these are the cultural soul of Amgueddfa Cymru / National Museum of Wales. A representation of the beating heart of a nation.
Search continues for Bronze Age artefacts stolen from St Fagans - BBC News share.google/9qJAUhEXkXo6...
Search continues for Bronze Age artefacts stolen from St Fagans - BBC News share.google/9qJAUhEXkXo6...
Search continues for Bronze Age artefacts stolen from St Fagans - BBC News
Two men have been charged with burglary, but "invaluable" items are still missing from St Fagans collection.
share.google
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Every museum object is important but these are the cultural soul of Amgueddfa Cymru / National Museum of Wales. A representation of the beating heart of a nation.
Search continues for Bronze Age artefacts stolen from St Fagans - BBC News share.google/9qJAUhEXkXo6...
Search continues for Bronze Age artefacts stolen from St Fagans - BBC News share.google/9qJAUhEXkXo6...
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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 6:40 PM
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
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"The edit was a mistake, it was clearly misjudged, but the idea it's an example of institutional bias against Trump is absurd."
@maitlis.bsky.social, @jonsopel1.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com unpack the seismic reaction to the BBC’s edit error - including Trump putting a target on their backs.
@maitlis.bsky.social, @jonsopel1.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com unpack the seismic reaction to the BBC’s edit error - including Trump putting a target on their backs.
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"The edit was a mistake, it was clearly misjudged, but the idea it's an example of institutional bias against Trump is absurd."
@maitlis.bsky.social, @jonsopel1.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com unpack the seismic reaction to the BBC’s edit error - including Trump putting a target on their backs.
@maitlis.bsky.social, @jonsopel1.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com unpack the seismic reaction to the BBC’s edit error - including Trump putting a target on their backs.
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"Working at the BBC, I felt that there was a strong awareness to be checking potential liberal left biases – and few coming from the other direction," says Lewis Goodall.
Memo leaks claim the BBC has been captured by left wing politics. What's going on?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/insi...
Memo leaks claim the BBC has been captured by left wing politics. What's going on?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/insi...
Inside the BBC bias allegations | The News Agents
The News Agents, all of whom spent years working for the BBC, discuss the “existential moment” facing their former employer, with top-level resignations after allegations of systemic bias in its…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"Working at the BBC, I felt that there was a strong awareness to be checking potential liberal left biases – and few coming from the other direction," says Lewis Goodall.
Memo leaks claim the BBC has been captured by left wing politics. What's going on?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/insi...
Memo leaks claim the BBC has been captured by left wing politics. What's going on?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/insi...
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I wonder when he will start suing news outlets for describing his barefaced lies about the 2020 election as barefaced lies…
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I wonder when he will start suing news outlets for describing his barefaced lies about the 2020 election as barefaced lies…
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Had a very unexpected and unusual encounter yesterday that has been recorded with the Shropshire Ornithological group. On the edge of my local forest I disturbed a Curlew which took flight as I walked past, previous images of mine for reference
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Had a very unexpected and unusual encounter yesterday that has been recorded with the Shropshire Ornithological group. On the edge of my local forest I disturbed a Curlew which took flight as I walked past, previous images of mine for reference
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I always find the #weir mesmerizing, no salmon seen today 🤷. #RiverSevern #Shrewsbury @riversevern.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I always find the #weir mesmerizing, no salmon seen today 🤷. #RiverSevern #Shrewsbury @riversevern.bsky.social
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It would be funny, if it wasn't tragic, reading this from four years ago about the 'independent' expert who wrote the report into purported leftwing bias at the BBC. It's just embarrassingly amateur - but it works because the Government is awol. www.theguardian.com/media/2021/n...
Lobbyist at firm with close ties to Tories will help select Ofcom chair
Appointment of Michael Prescott as interviewer follows move to give Paul Dacre chance to reapply
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It would be funny, if it wasn't tragic, reading this from four years ago about the 'independent' expert who wrote the report into purported leftwing bias at the BBC. It's just embarrassingly amateur - but it works because the Government is awol. www.theguardian.com/media/2021/n...
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A key victory in Trump's road to power in America was successfully branding the majority of its established press as "fake news". Now, he is bringing this across the pond to the BBC – where these same tactics are favoured by prominent politicians and media outlets on the right. A dangerous moment.
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A key victory in Trump's road to power in America was successfully branding the majority of its established press as "fake news". Now, he is bringing this across the pond to the BBC – where these same tactics are favoured by prominent politicians and media outlets on the right. A dangerous moment.
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The thing about the moment we are in is we have been here before. During the Brexit Referendum campaign, the Johnson years, and now with Farage's ascent. Our established press has played a role in why we have got to this point in British politics. What's happening at the BBC now was an inevitability
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The thing about the moment we are in is we have been here before. During the Brexit Referendum campaign, the Johnson years, and now with Farage's ascent. Our established press has played a role in why we have got to this point in British politics. What's happening at the BBC now was an inevitability
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He said what he said - the clip tells the truth - yes the words were selected - but that is what he said -no mistake - he told them to get down there and fight like hell. Not a misquote at all.
www.theguardian.com/media/video/...
www.theguardian.com/media/video/...
Side-by-side comparison of BBC-edited Trump speech from day of Capitol attack with original – video
A selectively edited clip by Panorama has resulted in the BBC being accused of making it appear clearer that the US president encouraged the Capitol attack
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
He said what he said - the clip tells the truth - yes the words were selected - but that is what he said -no mistake - he told them to get down there and fight like hell. Not a misquote at all.
www.theguardian.com/media/video/...
www.theguardian.com/media/video/...
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Van Goch and Gauguin
Pollock and De Kooning
Warhol and Dali
Picasso and Matisse
Artistic rivalries can create a tense bitter atmospheric hate…look at these 2 artists body language. Facing opposite ways, silent anger at each others presence
Pollock and De Kooning
Warhol and Dali
Picasso and Matisse
Artistic rivalries can create a tense bitter atmospheric hate…look at these 2 artists body language. Facing opposite ways, silent anger at each others presence
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Van Goch and Gauguin
Pollock and De Kooning
Warhol and Dali
Picasso and Matisse
Artistic rivalries can create a tense bitter atmospheric hate…look at these 2 artists body language. Facing opposite ways, silent anger at each others presence
Pollock and De Kooning
Warhol and Dali
Picasso and Matisse
Artistic rivalries can create a tense bitter atmospheric hate…look at these 2 artists body language. Facing opposite ways, silent anger at each others presence
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Luke Bell's new album is absolutely amazing.
Spent the whole weekend with it on repeat.
I wish I could give this guy the absolutely biggest damn hug.
Spent the whole weekend with it on repeat.
I wish I could give this guy the absolutely biggest damn hug.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Luke Bell's new album is absolutely amazing.
Spent the whole weekend with it on repeat.
I wish I could give this guy the absolutely biggest damn hug.
Spent the whole weekend with it on repeat.
I wish I could give this guy the absolutely biggest damn hug.
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If only Fox News or GB News were held to even 100th of the standard that the BBC is expected to operate.
Nandy needs to offer full throated support for the organisation. I fear she won't.
Nandy needs to offer full throated support for the organisation. I fear she won't.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
If only Fox News or GB News were held to even 100th of the standard that the BBC is expected to operate.
Nandy needs to offer full throated support for the organisation. I fear she won't.
Nandy needs to offer full throated support for the organisation. I fear she won't.
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There are many subtle and complex arguments one can have about the future of the BBC — but I guarantee you that no other channel or streaming service will be as committed to factual programming, children’s education, history shows, religious discussion, poetry, arts, or state of the nation debate
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
There are many subtle and complex arguments one can have about the future of the BBC — but I guarantee you that no other channel or streaming service will be as committed to factual programming, children’s education, history shows, religious discussion, poetry, arts, or state of the nation debate
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The brass neck on this bloke. Standing there like Brexit was not his idea.
Farage says small business owners who thought Brexit would cut regulation have been betrayed – UK politics live
Reform UK leader claims that burden of regulation is worse than before the referendum
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The brass neck on this bloke. Standing there like Brexit was not his idea.
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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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A remarkable choice of booking...
BBC slammed for asking Kelvin Mackenzie about journalism standards
Liverpool fans and others staggered by choice to invite former S*n editor on to discuss ongoing issues at the BBC
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A remarkable choice of booking...