Catherine Miles
@cathmiles.bsky.social
Freelance charity fundraising consultant, helping charities grow income and develop their teams www.catherinemilesconsulting.com
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Harsh but fair. (Source: www.ft.com/content/11a8...)
December 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Harsh but fair. (Source: www.ft.com/content/11a8...)
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Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
December 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
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Bonus anniversary content: it’s ten years since this winning name/title combination on BBC News
December 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Bonus anniversary content: it’s ten years since this winning name/title combination on BBC News
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The bit that gets missed in the scandal around Farage's schooldays is that his school made him a prefect - despite warnings from staff about his conduct.
It's a recurring theme for Trump, Johnson, Farage & co. We can't be surprised at the way they behave, when their behavior is constantly rewarded.
It's a recurring theme for Trump, Johnson, Farage & co. We can't be surprised at the way they behave, when their behavior is constantly rewarded.
December 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The bit that gets missed in the scandal around Farage's schooldays is that his school made him a prefect - despite warnings from staff about his conduct.
It's a recurring theme for Trump, Johnson, Farage & co. We can't be surprised at the way they behave, when their behavior is constantly rewarded.
It's a recurring theme for Trump, Johnson, Farage & co. We can't be surprised at the way they behave, when their behavior is constantly rewarded.
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Since everything is awful and it’s nearly Christmas, who’d like some pictures of ship’s cats? Don’t worry dog lovers, a canine thread’s coming soon! Let’s start with Tiddles, sitting in his favourite spot on the carrier HMS Victorious in 1943 (he liked playing with the bell rope)
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December 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Since everything is awful and it’s nearly Christmas, who’d like some pictures of ship’s cats? Don’t worry dog lovers, a canine thread’s coming soon! Let’s start with Tiddles, sitting in his favourite spot on the carrier HMS Victorious in 1943 (he liked playing with the bell rope)
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Ozzy so wide now
(Comparison pictures by Sophie Fischer)
(Comparison pictures by Sophie Fischer)
December 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Ozzy so wide now
(Comparison pictures by Sophie Fischer)
(Comparison pictures by Sophie Fischer)
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I used to work at a right-wing paper and something that concerns me is the decline in the quality of the actual reporting. It was always editorialised, sure, but there is a lot more “go and find stories to fit the line” now. The grounding in reality was always important as it tempered editorial
It’s exactly this kind of dismal, prejudiced bollox from the Daily Mail that’s got us into the ruinous Brexit mess we’re in. What a moronic response to us rejoining Erasmus and all the benefits that brings. If they’re really worried about cost, they should push to cancel Brexit altogether.
December 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I used to work at a right-wing paper and something that concerns me is the decline in the quality of the actual reporting. It was always editorialised, sure, but there is a lot more “go and find stories to fit the line” now. The grounding in reality was always important as it tempered editorial
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"we are seeing party switching largely confined within those blocs, plus to that most wonderfully mysterious category of Don’t Know."
Don’t Knows are vastly underpriced in the majority of psephological analysis, as BTW is the migration of 'Labour voters' to 'Hero voters' from 2015
Don’t Knows are vastly underpriced in the majority of psephological analysis, as BTW is the migration of 'Labour voters' to 'Hero voters' from 2015
'The so-called ‘hero voters’ Labour targeted in 2024 did not actually turn out for them in any great numbers. So not only are Labour fighting the last war, they are fighting it with a battle-plan that didn’t actually work. It’s Labour’s very own winter invasion of Russia.' 👏 @benansell.bsky.social
Bloc Parties
In a world of bloc politics, what's a good offensive strategy?
benansell.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:49 AM
"we are seeing party switching largely confined within those blocs, plus to that most wonderfully mysterious category of Don’t Know."
Don’t Knows are vastly underpriced in the majority of psephological analysis, as BTW is the migration of 'Labour voters' to 'Hero voters' from 2015
Don’t Knows are vastly underpriced in the majority of psephological analysis, as BTW is the migration of 'Labour voters' to 'Hero voters' from 2015
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BBC News editorial, though not its management/ lawyers, ‘both sides’ its very own defence to an extinction-level legal threat.
No wonder Trump and his lawyers smell blood.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No wonder Trump and his lawyers smell blood.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC declares it will fight the US President but should it?
As the US president follows through on his threat to sue the BBC, what are the options for the corporation?
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 12:46 AM
BBC News editorial, though not its management/ lawyers, ‘both sides’ its very own defence to an extinction-level legal threat.
No wonder Trump and his lawyers smell blood.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No wonder Trump and his lawyers smell blood.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The BBC is correct to stand firm on this.
For it is only by being resolute in be face of this illiberal and misconceived claim that there will be any chance of a satisfactory outcome.
BBC gets many things wrong, but this they are getting right.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
For it is only by being resolute in be face of this illiberal and misconceived claim that there will be any chance of a satisfactory outcome.
BBC gets many things wrong, but this they are getting right.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
BBC to fight Trump’s $10bn lawsuit, saying it should be dismissed
Corporation will argue it did not have rights to air film in US and it did not cause serious reputational harm
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The BBC is correct to stand firm on this.
For it is only by being resolute in be face of this illiberal and misconceived claim that there will be any chance of a satisfactory outcome.
BBC gets many things wrong, but this they are getting right.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
For it is only by being resolute in be face of this illiberal and misconceived claim that there will be any chance of a satisfactory outcome.
BBC gets many things wrong, but this they are getting right.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
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Real life isn’t a Cambridge debating club.
December 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Real life isn’t a Cambridge debating club.
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OK. I'll just go and wash my hands somewhere else, shall I?
December 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
OK. I'll just go and wash my hands somewhere else, shall I?
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Trigger warning : FIERCENESS
December 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Trigger warning : FIERCENESS
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Nobly guarding the bannisters
December 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Nobly guarding the bannisters
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December 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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The Tories have stabilised for now. (Which is, incidentally, good for Labour - they want the right bloc vote as split as possible).
But they're still going to get thumped in May.
But they're still going to get thumped in May.
December 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Tories have stabilised for now. (Which is, incidentally, good for Labour - they want the right bloc vote as split as possible).
But they're still going to get thumped in May.
But they're still going to get thumped in May.
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Media desperation for narrative shifts is how we got months of "the Sunak fightback is on" in 2023.
December 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Media desperation for narrative shifts is how we got months of "the Sunak fightback is on" in 2023.
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I didn't think a US World Cup would be able to top Diana Ross's "penalty" for embarrassment, but here we are.
December 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I didn't think a US World Cup would be able to top Diana Ross's "penalty" for embarrassment, but here we are.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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This is the guy who gave Boris Johnson £1 million and then won a big MoD contract....
Reform gets largest ever political donation by an individual in UK history from a crypto baron living in Thailand
This is not normal
www.ft.com/content/db73...
This is not normal
www.ft.com/content/db73...
Reform UK gets £9mn donation from Christopher Harborne
Nigel Farage’s party attracts far more funding than both Labour and the Conservatives
www.ft.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This is the guy who gave Boris Johnson £1 million and then won a big MoD contract....
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The latest Tory to defect to Reform is Chris Mason.
December 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The latest Tory to defect to Reform is Chris Mason.
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This is precisely the way he 'managed' the will he won't he join the dance of the 2022/24 period. Appear somewhere say something, then say not in current conditions. We can I think expect a pact being categorically ruled out in Week 1 of the short campaign in 2029 and then announced in Week 2
Farage says deal with Tories ‘as they are’ would cost Reform UK votes, as he dismisses claim he’s contemplating electoral pact - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Farage says deal with Tories ‘as they are’ would cost Reform UK votes, as he denies election pact – UK politics live
Reform UK leader says report of an election deal with Conservatives is ‘false’, but suggests only under their current leadership
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This is precisely the way he 'managed' the will he won't he join the dance of the 2022/24 period. Appear somewhere say something, then say not in current conditions. We can I think expect a pact being categorically ruled out in Week 1 of the short campaign in 2029 and then announced in Week 2
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I was really struck by this chart showing drop off in newspaper circulation just since 2019. Obviously no surprise it's happening but it's stark seeing it visually.
December 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I was really struck by this chart showing drop off in newspaper circulation just since 2019. Obviously no surprise it's happening but it's stark seeing it visually.
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This is a borderline psychotic thing to put in a newspaper.
This is the point where the anti-Reeves stories tip into madness. Criticise her performance all you like but what the hell is this?
December 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This is a borderline psychotic thing to put in a newspaper.