Mike Hamlin
@mhamlin1.bsky.social
Writer, reader, music, arts & film fan. Rooted in education - lifelong teacher now a trustee but interested in most things.
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The inexorable Daily Mailification of the BBC continues unabated. As BBC news and current affairs coverage slavishly follows the agenda set by the UK's increasingly hysterical right-wing media. bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/r...
Rachel Reeves and the Daily Mailification of the BBC
For all the focus on its supposed "left wing bias", the BBC's heavy coverage of Conservative allegations of dishonesty against Rachel Reeves shows how its political coverage is still largely led by th...
bylinetimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The inexorable Daily Mailification of the BBC continues unabated. As BBC news and current affairs coverage slavishly follows the agenda set by the UK's increasingly hysterical right-wing media. bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/r...
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Unity is stronger than division.
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Unity is stronger than division.
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
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"In 1991, a leaked memorandum on trade liberalisation sent by Larry Summers, then chief economist at the World Bank, stated that 'the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to that.' " www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Brett Christophers · Assume the worst: Where our waste goes
Just as Big Oil has repeatedly failed to deliver on pledges to begin decarbonising, so too the promises of plastics...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"In 1991, a leaked memorandum on trade liberalisation sent by Larry Summers, then chief economist at the World Bank, stated that 'the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to that.' " www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Billionaires shouldn't be able to buy a bigger voice in politics. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to put a cap on how much they can donate in the #ElectionsBill
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/179420/...
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Sign now to demand an end to big money in politics
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November 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Billionaires shouldn't be able to buy a bigger voice in politics. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to put a cap on how much they can donate in the #ElectionsBill
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/179420/...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/179420/...
'Quiet Piggy' AI genius from The Crump Organisation.....
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The Crump Organization on X: "Check out our new song “Quiet, Piggy!” #Quiet #Piggy #QuietPiggy https://t.co/TaouK4bShI" / X
Check out our new song “Quiet, Piggy!” #Quiet #Piggy #QuietPiggy https://t.co/TaouK4bShI
x.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
'Quiet Piggy' AI genius from The Crump Organisation.....
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x.com/the_crump_or...
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Our Power of Reading project offers unique insights into what makes reading teaching successful in primary schools. This free booklet shares what teachers say is needed to foster a lifelong love of reading. Download now: https://clpe.org.uk/research/reading-pleasure-what-we-know-works
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Our Power of Reading project offers unique insights into what makes reading teaching successful in primary schools. This free booklet shares what teachers say is needed to foster a lifelong love of reading. Download now: https://clpe.org.uk/research/reading-pleasure-what-we-know-works
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...in which I pull together all the most noteworthy aspects of Sir Robbie Gibb's tangled life at the intersection of politics and journalism.
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
...in which I pull together all the most noteworthy aspects of Sir Robbie Gibb's tangled life at the intersection of politics and journalism.
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years.....
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years.....
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Stop this politically motivated attack on the BBC - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save Our BBC
I've just signed the petition calling on the government to stop their attack on our BBC. We need an independent national broadcaster we can trust. Please sign and share today.
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Stop this politically motivated attack on the BBC - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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EXCLUSIVE: My @bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation reveals: 'memo' which sparked President Donald Trump to threaten a $1bn lawsuit against BBC was written by lobbyist at firm paid by pro-Trump tech giants and Trump donors bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
EXCLUSIVE: My @bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation reveals: 'memo' which sparked President Donald Trump to threaten a $1bn lawsuit against BBC was written by lobbyist at firm paid by pro-Trump tech giants and Trump donors bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
Good piece from Peter Thomas..
www.nate.org.uk/2025/11/11/b...
www.nate.org.uk/2025/11/11/b...
Home - National Association for the Teaching of English
NATE provides English teachers with a platform to share their expertise and advocate for the issues that shape their practice. Through campaigning, research, and successful partnerships, NATE continue...
www.nate.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Good piece from Peter Thomas..
www.nate.org.uk/2025/11/11/b...
www.nate.org.uk/2025/11/11/b...
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Indeed. Worth reading from @colinyeo.bsky.social
You can't promote immigrant integration by making it harder
You might want workers but you get people
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Indeed. Worth reading from @colinyeo.bsky.social
According to Sam Bright, the LNER hero who saved multiple lives at the weekend is called Samir Zitouni.
Presumably Farage and Badenoch would have deported him by now!
Presumably Farage and Badenoch would have deported him by now!
November 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
According to Sam Bright, the LNER hero who saved multiple lives at the weekend is called Samir Zitouni.
Presumably Farage and Badenoch would have deported him by now!
Presumably Farage and Badenoch would have deported him by now!
Another good piece from Jonathan Liew....
Say what you like about ‘Sadiq Khan’s no-go hellscape’ – Britain’s cities prove the rightwing agitators wrong | Jonathan Liew
Say what you like about ‘Sadiq Khan’s no-go hellscape’ – Britain’s cities prove the rightwing agitators wrong | Jonathan Liew
To rightwing populists, places of fluidity and freedom will always be the enemy, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Another good piece from Jonathan Liew....
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Spot on.
“There are some people who hate London, and hate New York,” Mayor Sadiq Khan told me, on Bloomberg TV. “There's a reason why they demonize London, and now, indeed, New York. Why? Because we are progressive cities. We are liberal cities. We are multicultural cities. And we are incredibly successful.”
November 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Spot on.
Excellent thread, so timely....
Let’s take a look at the whole “there are too many black people on TV” thing, shall we?
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
November 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Excellent thread, so timely....
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So why does the BBC label the academic and economist Faiza Shaheen an "activist" but refuse to do the same for the former academic, turned anti-migrant activist Matt Goodwin?
October 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
So why does the BBC label the academic and economist Faiza Shaheen an "activist" but refuse to do the same for the former academic, turned anti-migrant activist Matt Goodwin?
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Any time one of those fake foreign British nostalgia accounts starts banging on about the 50s, send them this wonderful interview with Don McCullin, and his description (familiar to me from the 70s) of how brutal London was in the 50s
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
October 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Any time one of those fake foreign British nostalgia accounts starts banging on about the 50s, send them this wonderful interview with Don McCullin, and his description (familiar to me from the 70s) of how brutal London was in the 50s
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Reform MPs - salt of the earth, working class, ordinary people.........!
October 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Reform MPs - salt of the earth, working class, ordinary people.........!
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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Good article on how the cracks in the Reform 'surge' are beginning to show......
Why the Caerphilly by-election result shows Nigel Farage's party is much weaker than most of the coverage of Reform suggests
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/24/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/24/t...
The Reform Backlash: Caerphilly By-Election Result Shows Nigel Farage’s Party Is Much Weaker Than It Looks
Despite widespread media predictions of a Reform victory on Thursday, Farage's defeat shows his party continues to be overestimated, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Good article on how the cracks in the Reform 'surge' are beginning to show......
The corruption here is off the scale....!
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Memorial Device on X: "The fact that this is now seen as perfectly normal and totally unsurprising is completely insane." / X
The fact that this is now seen as perfectly normal and totally unsurprising is completely insane.
x.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The corruption here is off the scale....!
x.com/memorialdevi...
x.com/memorialdevi...
Good article on how the cracks in the Reform 'surge' are beginning to show......
Why the Caerphilly by-election result shows Nigel Farage's party is much weaker than most of the coverage of Reform suggests
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/24/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/24/t...
The Reform Backlash: Caerphilly By-Election Result Shows Nigel Farage’s Party Is Much Weaker Than It Looks
Despite widespread media predictions of a Reform victory on Thursday, Farage's defeat shows his party continues to be overestimated, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Good article on how the cracks in the Reform 'surge' are beginning to show......
£75,000 on flags, while school's and hospital services crumble.....?
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BBC Nottingham on X: "County council to spend £75,000 on new flags - tap the pic to read more https://t.co/zUOBag3Gmn" / X
County council to spend £75,000 on new flags - tap the pic to read more https://t.co/zUOBag3Gmn
x.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
£75,000 on flags, while school's and hospital services crumble.....?
x.com/BBCNottingha...
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