Jasper Barry
@jasperbarry.bsky.social
Writer. Servant to 3 cats. European history and literature. Crime Fiction. Hates Trump and is worried sick about democracy and world peace. #TheArchers #FBPE #FBPEU
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Its incredible that the institutions and the left are held to such high standards, when the right and Trump can say and do what they want without consequence
Where is the fairness in that?
Where is the fairness in that?
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Its incredible that the institutions and the left are held to such high standards, when the right and Trump can say and do what they want without consequence
Where is the fairness in that?
Where is the fairness in that?
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They definitely shouldn't watch Senile Don read out "I, then state your name... Do solemnly swear..." Whilst being booed.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
They definitely shouldn't watch Senile Don read out "I, then state your name... Do solemnly swear..." Whilst being booed.
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I agree,
But that's a big 'if'.
We still need to learn a lot more about what really went on. So far it seems to me the right-wingers on the board were unhappy with the BBC's perceived left-wing bias.
Which is a joke because Farage is on every single day.
But that's a big 'if'.
We still need to learn a lot more about what really went on. So far it seems to me the right-wingers on the board were unhappy with the BBC's perceived left-wing bias.
Which is a joke because Farage is on every single day.
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I agree,
But that's a big 'if'.
We still need to learn a lot more about what really went on. So far it seems to me the right-wingers on the board were unhappy with the BBC's perceived left-wing bias.
Which is a joke because Farage is on every single day.
But that's a big 'if'.
We still need to learn a lot more about what really went on. So far it seems to me the right-wingers on the board were unhappy with the BBC's perceived left-wing bias.
Which is a joke because Farage is on every single day.
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Daily Telegraph Sides With Foreign Despot Over British Institution should be the headline surely?
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Daily Telegraph Sides With Foreign Despot Over British Institution should be the headline surely?
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The UK’s deference to the US — and to Trump in particular — is almost laughable.
Does anyone in D10 seriously believe that these “sacrifices” will change anything about the so-called “special relationship”, other than keeping Britain in its usual role as the ridiculed junior partner?
Does anyone in D10 seriously believe that these “sacrifices” will change anything about the so-called “special relationship”, other than keeping Britain in its usual role as the ridiculed junior partner?
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The UK’s deference to the US — and to Trump in particular — is almost laughable.
Does anyone in D10 seriously believe that these “sacrifices” will change anything about the so-called “special relationship”, other than keeping Britain in its usual role as the ridiculed junior partner?
Does anyone in D10 seriously believe that these “sacrifices” will change anything about the so-called “special relationship”, other than keeping Britain in its usual role as the ridiculed junior partner?
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As ever, the loathsome Farage rubs his greedy little hands with glee as he hopes that GB’news’ will profit from the ‘scandal’ he helped to whip up…
Honest to god… why do we have to be so kicked about by these ultra-cynical right wing hysterics?
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Honest to god… why do we have to be so kicked about by these ultra-cynical right wing hysterics?
(iPaper)
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
As ever, the loathsome Farage rubs his greedy little hands with glee as he hopes that GB’news’ will profit from the ‘scandal’ he helped to whip up…
Honest to god… why do we have to be so kicked about by these ultra-cynical right wing hysterics?
(iPaper)
Honest to god… why do we have to be so kicked about by these ultra-cynical right wing hysterics?
(iPaper)
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If you want to sustain your carefully-cultivated fury at the stupid Panorama edit then don’t, whatever you do, read or listen to Trump’s speech in its entirety…
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
If you want to sustain your carefully-cultivated fury at the stupid Panorama edit then don’t, whatever you do, read or listen to Trump’s speech in its entirety…
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And if they capture the BBC, the likes of RTE may well be next. We've already seen some like Musk try to stir the pot in Ireland.
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
And if they capture the BBC, the likes of RTE may well be next. We've already seen some like Musk try to stir the pot in Ireland.
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
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This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
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This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
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We must protect it as we do the nhs. It has some flaws but as it says in Reith’s founding statement the BBC is to “inform, educate & entertain” which it has done for decades until a gaggle of political appointees by the Tory Party tilted it too far right.
We must defend our public broadcaster!
We must defend our public broadcaster!
November 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
We must protect it as we do the nhs. It has some flaws but as it says in Reith’s founding statement the BBC is to “inform, educate & entertain” which it has done for decades until a gaggle of political appointees by the Tory Party tilted it too far right.
We must defend our public broadcaster!
We must defend our public broadcaster!
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"Every year they get more unhinged. The rabid “Where’s your poppy?” brigade, that is............"
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Performative poppy wearing has turned toxic – should we be wearing white poppies?
As two TV presenters and a politician have already fallen foul of the rabid ‘Where’s your poppy?’ brigade, and actor Mark Rylance has been branded ‘woke’ for donning a symbol of pacifism, Helen Coffey...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"Every year they get more unhinged. The rabid “Where’s your poppy?” brigade, that is............"
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Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada
Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois
Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania
Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia
Sen. Angus King of Maine
Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire
Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois
Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania
Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia
Sen. Angus King of Maine
Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada
Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois
Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania
Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia
Sen. Angus King of Maine
Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire
Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois
Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania
Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia
Sen. Angus King of Maine
Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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This.
This.
This.
This.
This.
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This.
This.
This.
This.
This.
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This sex child abuser, convicted sex offender is getting a ton of special treatment. This is unconscionable!!!! She’s a MONSTER!🎯 corruption by the wealthy and the Trump administration 🎯⏬️⏬️⏬️⏬️⏬️⏬️⏬️⏬️⏬️
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This sex child abuser, convicted sex offender is getting a ton of special treatment. This is unconscionable!!!! She’s a MONSTER!🎯 corruption by the wealthy and the Trump administration 🎯⏬️⏬️⏬️⏬️⏬️⏬️⏬️⏬️⏬️
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Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
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He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
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The other fact that people are ignoring is that Prescott is not some random chap plucked out of obscurity to do an 'independent' report. He's part of the campaign from the start.
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The other fact that people are ignoring is that Prescott is not some random chap plucked out of obscurity to do an 'independent' report. He's part of the campaign from the start.
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I’ve reached out to mine (Coons & Blunt Rochester). We can’t continue down this road with Schumer at the helm.
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I’ve reached out to mine (Coons & Blunt Rochester). We can’t continue down this road with Schumer at the helm.
It seems that, now Trump's US can't persuade Canada to become the 51st state, it's having a go at trying to take over the UK instead. Trump and Musk should keep out of it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It seems that, now Trump's US can't persuade Canada to become the 51st state, it's having a go at trying to take over the UK instead. Trump and Musk should keep out of it.
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I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
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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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None of the Dem Senators (or Democratic-caucusing) who voted yes on the CR are worried about reelection:
• Dick Durbin – IL – Retiring 2026
• Catherine Cortez Masto – NV – Up 2028
• Jacky Rosen – NV – Up 2030
• John Fetterman – PA – Up 2028
• Maggie Hassan – NH – Up 2028
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• Dick Durbin – IL – Retiring 2026
• Catherine Cortez Masto – NV – Up 2028
• Jacky Rosen – NV – Up 2030
• John Fetterman – PA – Up 2028
• Maggie Hassan – NH – Up 2028
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November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
None of the Dem Senators (or Democratic-caucusing) who voted yes on the CR are worried about reelection:
• Dick Durbin – IL – Retiring 2026
• Catherine Cortez Masto – NV – Up 2028
• Jacky Rosen – NV – Up 2030
• John Fetterman – PA – Up 2028
• Maggie Hassan – NH – Up 2028
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• Dick Durbin – IL – Retiring 2026
• Catherine Cortez Masto – NV – Up 2028
• Jacky Rosen – NV – Up 2030
• John Fetterman – PA – Up 2028
• Maggie Hassan – NH – Up 2028
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(🚨) BREAKING NEWS: Trump Pardons 75+ Alleged Coup Plotters in Second-Most Obscene and Corrupt U.S. Presidential Pardon Ever, After His Pardon of 1,600+ Insurrectionists; New Pardon Is Confirmation That President Is Traitor to the United States
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, others involved in efforts to overturn 2020 election, pardon attorney says | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has pardoned a long list of his political allies for their support or involvement in alleged plans to overturn the 2020 presidential election, according to the Department of Jus...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
(🚨) BREAKING NEWS: Trump Pardons 75+ Alleged Coup Plotters in Second-Most Obscene and Corrupt U.S. Presidential Pardon Ever, After His Pardon of 1,600+ Insurrectionists; New Pardon Is Confirmation That President Is Traitor to the United States