Sarah Kirby
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Turns out the media & most of Parliament is as out of touch with reality as Twitter. Dear England.
Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Turns out the media & most of Parliament is as out of touch with reality as Twitter. Dear England.
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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.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
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.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
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Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
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“In the last year of the Conservative Government alone, 115 prisoners were released in error, including a series of serious offenders.
“At no point did this fact ever make the front pages of British newspapers, or lead news bulletins on the BBC.”
“At no point did this fact ever make the front pages of British newspapers, or lead news bulletins on the BBC.”
How ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
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www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
The 'Great Noticing' Era
Ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“In the last year of the Conservative Government alone, 115 prisoners were released in error, including a series of serious offenders.
“At no point did this fact ever make the front pages of British newspapers, or lead news bulletins on the BBC.”
“At no point did this fact ever make the front pages of British newspapers, or lead news bulletins on the BBC.”
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Legia Warsaw banned from Villa Park due to violence
Frankfurt fans are banned from the Napoli game in a few weeks due to violence
Away fans are banned at every Old Firm game due to violence.
Barcelona banned from travelling for one game due to racism.
All in the last 2 years.
#AVFC
Frankfurt fans are banned from the Napoli game in a few weeks due to violence
Away fans are banned at every Old Firm game due to violence.
Barcelona banned from travelling for one game due to racism.
All in the last 2 years.
#AVFC
Lisa Nandy: "He's right to say that it is unprecedented in recent times that an entire group of away supporters have been entirely banned from a game"
Unprecedented in recent times? In 2023 Legia Warsaw fans were banned from a game at Villa Park.
Unprecedented in recent times? In 2023 Legia Warsaw fans were banned from a game at Villa Park.
October 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Legia Warsaw banned from Villa Park due to violence
Frankfurt fans are banned from the Napoli game in a few weeks due to violence
Away fans are banned at every Old Firm game due to violence.
Barcelona banned from travelling for one game due to racism.
All in the last 2 years.
#AVFC
Frankfurt fans are banned from the Napoli game in a few weeks due to violence
Away fans are banned at every Old Firm game due to violence.
Barcelona banned from travelling for one game due to racism.
All in the last 2 years.
#AVFC
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Decades after the Heysel and Hillsborough disasters, can politicians please not second-guess expert safety assessments for football stadiums.
Thank you.
An Aston Villa fan.
Thank you.
An Aston Villa fan.
October 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Decades after the Heysel and Hillsborough disasters, can politicians please not second-guess expert safety assessments for football stadiums.
Thank you.
An Aston Villa fan.
Thank you.
An Aston Villa fan.
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“When it comes to the almost 2,000 Palestinians who were released by Israel as part of the deal… there has been silence from much of our mainstream media.”
Read five stories about Palestinian hostages released from Israeli detention following the Gaza ceasefire agreement: zeteo.com/p/five-pales...
Read five stories about Palestinian hostages released from Israeli detention following the Gaza ceasefire agreement: zeteo.com/p/five-pales...
October 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
“When it comes to the almost 2,000 Palestinians who were released by Israel as part of the deal… there has been silence from much of our mainstream media.”
Read five stories about Palestinian hostages released from Israeli detention following the Gaza ceasefire agreement: zeteo.com/p/five-pales...
Read five stories about Palestinian hostages released from Israeli detention following the Gaza ceasefire agreement: zeteo.com/p/five-pales...
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Another evening ends with the theme tune of Hill Street Blues.
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Be careful out there, and remember the illiberals will not always win.
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Be careful out there, and remember the illiberals will not always win.
Hill Street Blues Theme - Composer: Mike Post
YouTube video by Mike Post
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April 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Another evening ends with the theme tune of Hill Street Blues.
youtu.be/swLQxNvsa9M?...
Be careful out there, and remember the illiberals will not always win.
youtu.be/swLQxNvsa9M?...
Be careful out there, and remember the illiberals will not always win.
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“Nigel Farage says….” has been the headline of the decade.
Look at what he does, ffs.
Look at his tax affairs.
Look at his grifting.
Look at his lies.
Look at his prejudice.
Look at his allies.
Look at his manifesto.
Look at his Brexit.
He is the embodiment of personal greed and national failure.
Look at what he does, ffs.
Look at his tax affairs.
Look at his grifting.
Look at his lies.
Look at his prejudice.
Look at his allies.
Look at his manifesto.
Look at his Brexit.
He is the embodiment of personal greed and national failure.
September 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
“Nigel Farage says….” has been the headline of the decade.
Look at what he does, ffs.
Look at his tax affairs.
Look at his grifting.
Look at his lies.
Look at his prejudice.
Look at his allies.
Look at his manifesto.
Look at his Brexit.
He is the embodiment of personal greed and national failure.
Look at what he does, ffs.
Look at his tax affairs.
Look at his grifting.
Look at his lies.
Look at his prejudice.
Look at his allies.
Look at his manifesto.
Look at his Brexit.
He is the embodiment of personal greed and national failure.
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If Angela Rayner lived in a cardboard box, the Telegraph would claim she nicked it.
August 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
If Angela Rayner lived in a cardboard box, the Telegraph would claim she nicked it.
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It is very nearly the tenth anniversary of that brief moment when, for 2 or 3 days, British newspapers remembered refugees are desperate human beings who need our help, rather than scum that it's okay to threaten with violence.
August 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It is very nearly the tenth anniversary of that brief moment when, for 2 or 3 days, British newspapers remembered refugees are desperate human beings who need our help, rather than scum that it's okay to threaten with violence.
Just seen A Beautiful Thread, Thomas Hardy in Words & Music, with the wonderful Anton Lesser. Excellent choice of readings, some haunting music and lots of humour! Fabulous evening, do see it if you can.
June 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Just seen A Beautiful Thread, Thomas Hardy in Words & Music, with the wonderful Anton Lesser. Excellent choice of readings, some haunting music and lots of humour! Fabulous evening, do see it if you can.
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Written by Saleh, a 17-year-old poet from Gaza, ‘When the Sea became a Wall’ is the first in a series of letterpress prints facilitated by writers Alice Oswald, Zaffar Kunial, Max Porter & @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/06/when...
June 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Written by Saleh, a 17-year-old poet from Gaza, ‘When the Sea became a Wall’ is the first in a series of letterpress prints facilitated by writers Alice Oswald, Zaffar Kunial, Max Porter & @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/06/when...
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So for the last couple of weeks the media have been gleefully decrying Birmingham as a s***hole due to the on-going failure to resolve the bin-strike, however for balance I thought I'd share a couple of pics of my part of South B'ham this morning... #Birmingham
April 11, 2025 at 6:59 AM
So for the last couple of weeks the media have been gleefully decrying Birmingham as a s***hole due to the on-going failure to resolve the bin-strike, however for balance I thought I'd share a couple of pics of my part of South B'ham this morning... #Birmingham
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“They were careless people, they smashed up things and people, and then retreated back into their money,"
The Great Gatsby.
F Scott Fitzgerald.
100 years old today.
The Great Gatsby.
F Scott Fitzgerald.
100 years old today.
April 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“They were careless people, they smashed up things and people, and then retreated back into their money,"
The Great Gatsby.
F Scott Fitzgerald.
100 years old today.
The Great Gatsby.
F Scott Fitzgerald.
100 years old today.
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This.
Those with power do not want others to have human rights - the rights you have because you are human.
That is why they sneer at human rights, use the media and propaganda to deride those rights, and cut off legal aid so the rights cannot be asserted.
And some unwise people clap and cheer.
Those with power do not want others to have human rights - the rights you have because you are human.
That is why they sneer at human rights, use the media and propaganda to deride those rights, and cut off legal aid so the rights cannot be asserted.
And some unwise people clap and cheer.
The assertion of human rights is normally unpopular with those in power. That’s why we have them.
March 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This.
Those with power do not want others to have human rights - the rights you have because you are human.
That is why they sneer at human rights, use the media and propaganda to deride those rights, and cut off legal aid so the rights cannot be asserted.
And some unwise people clap and cheer.
Those with power do not want others to have human rights - the rights you have because you are human.
That is why they sneer at human rights, use the media and propaganda to deride those rights, and cut off legal aid so the rights cannot be asserted.
And some unwise people clap and cheer.
I loved this, kept the tension throughout as it built to its dramatic, violent denouement, playing straight through without an interval. Great performances and really well staged.
Press night for Edward II at The RSC's Swan Theatre. It's gripping & intense set in current times. Rebels betray a King over his sexuality. RSC co-artistic director Daniel Evans plays Edward with vulnerability amid raw passion & explicit violence not for faint-hearted. Til April 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ #theatresky
March 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I loved this, kept the tension throughout as it built to its dramatic, violent denouement, playing straight through without an interval. Great performances and really well staged.
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These folks have never *ever* believed in freedom of speech, or freedom of any kind but the freedom to amass levels of wealth that are cataclysmic to organized society.
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Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos just emailed the paper's staff to announce a "change coming to our opinion pages."
February 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
These folks have never *ever* believed in freedom of speech, or freedom of any kind but the freedom to amass levels of wealth that are cataclysmic to organized society.
Cancel your subscription and make a donation to kick-ass independent journalism of your choice.
Cancel your subscription and make a donation to kick-ass independent journalism of your choice.
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There is something hugely revealing in the rage that her kindness has provoked. A real “HOW DARE YOU MAKE ME LOOK AT MYSELF?” vibe. And something immensely powerful in her continuing to show them up, by insisting on being kind. A beam of light piercing through. Great interview, @maddow.msnbc.com.
Incredible from Bishop Budde: "We don't have to go to the highest extremes of contempt when we are in a position of disagreement. I think if we could get that back as a country, we would go a long way in being able to work together to address the many problems that we face." ~AA @maddow.msnbc.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
There is something hugely revealing in the rage that her kindness has provoked. A real “HOW DARE YOU MAKE ME LOOK AT MYSELF?” vibe. And something immensely powerful in her continuing to show them up, by insisting on being kind. A beam of light piercing through. Great interview, @maddow.msnbc.com.
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Show me someone pretending that Prince Harry hasn't kicked Rupert Murdoch's arse from here to eternity & I'll show you a Murdoch lackey/Trump apologist/bare-faced liar. Some people may even fit all three categories!
January 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Show me someone pretending that Prince Harry hasn't kicked Rupert Murdoch's arse from here to eternity & I'll show you a Murdoch lackey/Trump apologist/bare-faced liar. Some people may even fit all three categories!
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I doubt any Troll here who’s trying to smear Keir Starmer about decade-old events will be interested to read these pages from my book about his record prosecuting rape gangs. But he’s done more to bring them to justice than Farage, Yaxley-Lennon - or Musk -will ever do.
January 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I doubt any Troll here who’s trying to smear Keir Starmer about decade-old events will be interested to read these pages from my book about his record prosecuting rape gangs. But he’s done more to bring them to justice than Farage, Yaxley-Lennon - or Musk -will ever do.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt -
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little"
December 26, 2024 at 8:11 AM
Franklin D. Roosevelt -
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little"
This is so true. They could easily have used a photo of her with the trophy - or on the track - but chose not to.
Disappointing how female athlete has won Sports Personality of the Year #SPOTY for her talent & sporting prowess but all Daily Mail can focus on is her dress, sexualising Keely Hodgkinson because of a bare back. How many other women are shaking their heads today?
#feminists #media #everydaysexism
#feminists #media #everydaysexism
December 18, 2024 at 12:58 PM
This is so true. They could easily have used a photo of her with the trophy - or on the track - but chose not to.
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You can hear the boundless respect & affection Mishal Husain inspires in colleagues in every farewell this morning. A very rare broadcaster. Appalling that she felt compelled to leave the Beeb. Heads should roll!
December 17, 2024 at 7:49 AM
You can hear the boundless respect & affection Mishal Husain inspires in colleagues in every farewell this morning. A very rare broadcaster. Appalling that she felt compelled to leave the Beeb. Heads should roll!