irs_uk
@irsuk.bsky.social
Teacher. Music fan (CD, vinyl). Politics (left leaning/re-joiner/anti-Tory, anti-Farage, anti-Trump). Taking a second chance to make a first impression.
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Brilliant piece as usual, and my respect probably increased tenfold by this exchange. Good work. 👏👏
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Brilliant piece as usual, and my respect probably increased tenfold by this exchange. Good work. 👏👏
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Pundit critics: “We need to disrupt orthodoxies!”
BBC (just occasionally) runs some daring coverage
Same critics: “no, not my orthodoxies!”
BBC (just occasionally) runs some daring coverage
Same critics: “no, not my orthodoxies!”
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Pundit critics: “We need to disrupt orthodoxies!”
BBC (just occasionally) runs some daring coverage
Same critics: “no, not my orthodoxies!”
BBC (just occasionally) runs some daring coverage
Same critics: “no, not my orthodoxies!”
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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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If you haven't read @markurban.bsky.social's insider takes on the BBC 'crisis' (scare quotes since there is one every five years or so- see the experience of almost every previous DG), they are very worth it and an interesting contrast with @lewisgoodall.com
markurban.substack.com/p/the-bbc-is...
markurban.substack.com/p/the-bbc-is...
The BBC is Deep in Crisis
Some inside scoop on what's happened and why
markurban.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
If you haven't read @markurban.bsky.social's insider takes on the BBC 'crisis' (scare quotes since there is one every five years or so- see the experience of almost every previous DG), they are very worth it and an interesting contrast with @lewisgoodall.com
markurban.substack.com/p/the-bbc-is...
markurban.substack.com/p/the-bbc-is...
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New Politics on the Couch - the world’s most erratically scheduled politics podcast - this time on immigration, storytelling and changing even the most hostile minds (maybe). shows.acast.com/6462652801a2...
Changing minds about immigration | Politics on the Couch
How to talk about immigration with ‘authoritarian’ voters: Rafael Behr in conversation with Dr Tessa Buchanan from the Cambridge Political Psychology Lab
shows.acast.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
New Politics on the Couch - the world’s most erratically scheduled politics podcast - this time on immigration, storytelling and changing even the most hostile minds (maybe). shows.acast.com/6462652801a2...
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The Culture Secretary who wasn’t there: my SKETCH of Today in Saving the BBC.
thecritic.co.uk/the-...
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The Culture Secretary who wasn’t there: my SKETCH of Today in Saving the BBC.
thecritic.co.uk/the-...
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“Of Nigel Farage there was no sign at all, except in a question about him appearing on BBC Question Time more often than he’s appeared in his own constituency”
I watched Lisa Nandy defend the BBC in Parliament so you didn’t have to
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
I watched Lisa Nandy defend the BBC in Parliament so you didn’t have to
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Lisa Nandy's BBC balancing act
The culture secretary attempted to take the heat out of the debate
www.newstatesman.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
“Of Nigel Farage there was no sign at all, except in a question about him appearing on BBC Question Time more often than he’s appeared in his own constituency”
I watched Lisa Nandy defend the BBC in Parliament so you didn’t have to
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
I watched Lisa Nandy defend the BBC in Parliament so you didn’t have to
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
November 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
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And I want to see more malteasers in a tin of celebrations, Zack. Just because you want something to happen doesn't mean it, will.
Zack Polanski: "I want to see everyone denuclearise, including Vladimir Putin."
November 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
And I want to see more malteasers in a tin of celebrations, Zack. Just because you want something to happen doesn't mean it, will.
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Polanski is an unserious politician leading an unserious party. He is peddling simple solutions to complex problems in a way that would make the most deranged Brexiteer blush.
Zack Polanski: "I want to see everyone denuclearise, including Vladimir Putin."
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Polanski is an unserious politician leading an unserious party. He is peddling simple solutions to complex problems in a way that would make the most deranged Brexiteer blush.
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Polanski is almost a parody of a sixth-form radical who hasn’t grown up.
Zack Polanski: "I want to see everyone denuclearise, including Vladimir Putin."
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Polanski is almost a parody of a sixth-form radical who hasn’t grown up.
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Note from my notebook (2018). Still relevant.
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Note from my notebook (2018). Still relevant.
David Ford, tonight at Union Chapel. I believe my 9th time seeing him live, either solo, with Easyworld or @anniedressner.bsky.social. This was hus best yet, playing his debut in full with a band and the definitive versions of Pour a Little Poison and Song For the Road. @davidfordisdead.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
David Ford, tonight at Union Chapel. I believe my 9th time seeing him live, either solo, with Easyworld or @anniedressner.bsky.social. This was hus best yet, playing his debut in full with a band and the definitive versions of Pour a Little Poison and Song For the Road. @davidfordisdead.bsky.social
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I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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Just watched a video on TikTok about how dentists do fillings. Looks a piece of piss. I also watched a video on shoeing horses which looked slightly harder. Anyway, I’ll shoe your teeth £40 each x
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Just watched a video on TikTok about how dentists do fillings. Looks a piece of piss. I also watched a video on shoeing horses which looked slightly harder. Anyway, I’ll shoe your teeth £40 each x
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Tonight.
TORINO.
The show is also being streamed so you can watch it wherever you are. It’s my first Italian headline tour so I’m playing what I consider the greatest hits.
www.folkclub.it/en/concerti/...
TORINO.
The show is also being streamed so you can watch it wherever you are. It’s my first Italian headline tour so I’m playing what I consider the greatest hits.
www.folkclub.it/en/concerti/...
FolkClub
Folkclub Web Site
www.folkclub.it
February 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Tonight.
TORINO.
The show is also being streamed so you can watch it wherever you are. It’s my first Italian headline tour so I’m playing what I consider the greatest hits.
www.folkclub.it/en/concerti/...
TORINO.
The show is also being streamed so you can watch it wherever you are. It’s my first Italian headline tour so I’m playing what I consider the greatest hits.
www.folkclub.it/en/concerti/...
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This!
We made a record in support of our dear friend as he takes on cancer and beats it up a bit.
jarroddickenson.bandcamp.com/album/a-litt...
We made a record in support of our dear friend as he takes on cancer and beats it up a bit.
jarroddickenson.bandcamp.com/album/a-litt...
A Little Help From My Friends (The Songs of Jarrod Dickenson...Performed by His Pals), by Friends of Jarrod Dickenson
8 track album
jarroddickenson.bandcamp.com
May 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This!
We made a record in support of our dear friend as he takes on cancer and beats it up a bit.
jarroddickenson.bandcamp.com/album/a-litt...
We made a record in support of our dear friend as he takes on cancer and beats it up a bit.
jarroddickenson.bandcamp.com/album/a-litt...
@davidfordisdead.bsky.social Hullo! Travelling up from your fine hometown (or nearabouts, anyway) for your London show on Thurs. I gather The Doors are on at 7pm; after that, what time do things start happening astage? Looking forward to it very much.
November 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
@davidfordisdead.bsky.social Hullo! Travelling up from your fine hometown (or nearabouts, anyway) for your London show on Thurs. I gather The Doors are on at 7pm; after that, what time do things start happening astage? Looking forward to it very much.
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Notable in today's YouGov that the centre/left bloc - Lab/Green/LD/SNP are on 54%. With Reform/Tories on 43%. That's the biggest differential in a long time.
I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.
I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.
November 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Notable in today's YouGov that the centre/left bloc - Lab/Green/LD/SNP are on 54%. With Reform/Tories on 43%. That's the biggest differential in a long time.
I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.
I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.
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So so good
You wait months for an incoherent speech on the economy, and then two come along in the same morning! My SKETCH of Rachel Reeves vs Kemi Badenoch vs Reality.
Making a mess of a mess | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
To get one incoherent speech on the economy may be regarded as a misfortune. To get two in the same morning… well, it did at least move us towards an explanation of why people have to keep making them.
thecritic.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
So so good
@resident-music.com This price isn't a typo, is it? Absolutely scandalous fellows
Cat Power, you are excellent but £32 for a 3-track 10" record is an absolute insult.
www.resident-music.com/product/cat-...
www.resident-music.com/product/cat-...
www.resident-music.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
@resident-music.com This price isn't a typo, is it? Absolutely scandalous fellows
Cat Power, you are excellent but £32 for a 3-track 10" record is an absolute insult.
www.resident-music.com/product/cat-...
www.resident-music.com/product/cat-...
www.resident-music.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Cat Power, you are excellent but £32 for a 3-track 10" record is an absolute insult.
www.resident-music.com/product/cat-...
www.resident-music.com/product/cat-...