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Complain to the BBC but don't expect to get more than a stock response | Peter Burke

The BBC and the oxygen of publicity

Complain to the BBC but don't expect to get more than a stock response

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 2d

Essential reading. The infrastructure for P25 is already being built in Millbank Tower -

"Americans were warned about Project 2025. The question now is whether the UK will pay attention this time around, or keep believing polite but forceful denials."

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Project 2025: The UK Edition (Part 2)

A Cambridge academic, a YouTube influencer, and Reform UK’s old HQ - the ingredients for our own Project 2025 are already mixed.

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 3d

Bath’s community Christmas dinner continues to enrich both guests and volunteers after 54 years | Hazel Pennington

Bath community Christmas dinner

Bath’s community Christmas dinner continues to enrich both guests and volunteers after 54 years

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 4d

Book review: All That Matters by Sir Chris Hoy
Sir Chris Hoy’s book describes how he coped with his cancer diagnosis

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Book review: All That Matters by Sir Chris Hoy

Sir Chris Hoy’s book describes how he coped with his cancer diagnosis

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 5d

Milton Keynes set the stage in September to host an event showcasing technology and innovation | Rebecca Kay

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The 2025 Milton Keynes Tech Week

Milton Keynes set the stage in September to host an event showcasing technology and innovation

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Rebecca Kotey @rebeccakoates.bsky.social · 5d

Read my article on @westenglandbylines.co.uk on how Milton Keynes set the stage in honouring its title as the home of UK technology and innovation ⬇️

Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 5d

The 2025 Milton Keynes Tech Week
Milton Keynes set the stage in September to host an event showcasing technology and innovation

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The 2025 Milton Keynes Tech Week

Milton Keynes set the stage in September to host an event showcasing technology and innovation

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 6d

North Somerset Council votes to join the West of England Combined Authority

The expansion of the West of England Combined Authority could be unpopular with some in North Somerset who have bad memories of Avon County

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North Somerset Council votes to join the West of England Combined Authority

Many do not want North Somerset to be part of the West of England Combined Authority. They are not keen on a return to the days of Avon County Council.

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 6d

The expansion of the West of England Combined Authority could be unpopular with some in North Somerset who have bad memories of Avon County | Julian Greenbank

West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 6d

Inspiration for us all to dig in from our MD, @benjitoon.bsky.social 👏👏👏

Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 6d

Newcastle says no – a city united in kindness and against fascism

Thousands came together to show the City’s true character: united, diverse, welcoming of refugees, rejecting hate

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Newcastle says no – a city united in kindness and against fascism

Thousands came together to show the City’s true character: united, diverse, welcoming of refugees, rejecting hate

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 9d

It’s troubling to hear the political commentariat describing Donald Trump’s and Nigel Farage’s actions as ‘unprecedented’. It suggests they are observing individual pieces of the jigsaw instead of the broader authoritarian context.
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Emergency alert: Trump, Farage and the authoritarian web

It would be a mistake to assume democracy is our default state, or to underestimate the gladiatorial power of its modern enemies Project 2025 is aligned with global authoritarianism and won’t stand or...

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 9d

Armed Border Patrol agents terrorised peaceful streets of Chicago on Sunday afternoon

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Armed Border Patrol Agents Disrupt Peaceful Downtown Day: 'It's Horrifying'

The federal troops were seen in Millennium Park, on the Magnificent Mile and in the Gold Coast — days after patrolling the Chicago River in a boat. "This is another brazen provocation from the Trump a...

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 9d

Please recognise these children but reading and sharing their poetry. Thank you -

The Editor, West England Bylines, Poems by the children of Palestine

Ahmad was recently forced to leave his house in the north of Gaza and move to the south with his family.

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 11d

The Folk of Gloucester is a significant cultural site in Gloucester, blending Tudor architecture, Civil War history, and local heritage | Rob Jewell

The voices for Gaza that the government doesn’t want us to hear

The arrests of pro-Palestinian protesters is a disturbing echo of the state censorship of Irish militant voices during the Troubles

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 14d

Bylines Network Podcast @bylinesnetworkpod.bsky.social · 14d

Marcus Ryder is a huge figure in the factual news world and has a new book, with Sir Lenny Henry, The Big Payback talks about Reparations to address the legacy of slavery.

He chats with @benjitoon.bsky.social and @annesjoukje.bsky.social about the book and his experiences.

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Bylines Reports: A Talk with Marcus Ryder

Podcast Episode · The Bylines Network Podcast · 09/23/2025 · 1h 2m

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 14d

Farage the Trump parrot
A writer’s response to Nigel Farage’s aping of Trump’s policies

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Farage the Trump parrot

A writer’s response to Nigel Farage’s aping of Trump’s policies

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15d

On the blatant double standards the media - BBC included - deploys while showcasing Nigel Farage. He is constantly given a free pass not granted to other politicians. bylines.scot/news/the-far...

The Farage ‘mirage’: how the media is warping our politics

It is time that the media fulfils its role to critically examine politician’s statements and call them out when they stray from the truth

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 15d

We cannot condone this behaviour

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Statue Celebrating Trump And Epstein's 'Long-Lasting Bond' Shows Up On National Mall

Donald Trump may keep trying to downplay his connection to Jeffrey Epstein, but some people aren’t ready to let it go.

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 15d

"... And every time democracy ‘slips up’, which is regularly (the list of corruptions is long and turgid) the cultists have their own world view forcefully re-confirmed."

New article by Claire Jones for West England Bylines. Full article in link -

Emergency alert: Trump, Farage and the authoritarian web

It would be a mistake to assume democracy is our default state, or to underestimate the gladiatorial power of its modern enemies Project 2025 is aligned with global authoritarianism and won’t stand or...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17d

Apparently, it’s socially unacceptable to compare anyone or anything to Hitler.
Mention Hitler, and you’ll be shouted down with a chorus of “Godwin’s Law”.
Well sod that.
Until we start comparing Trump to Hitler, we’re unprepared for what is barrelling towards us. 🧵1/4

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 16d

For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR.

This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16d

The truth: we need migration.

The problem: too many politicians are terrified to say it.

Why? They're led by a) toxicity of the charlatans & b) wealthy media organisations who demand these useful distractions rather than us talking about inequality.

Reject it. Draw the line.

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 16d

3/ Bylines Network articles have been read nearly 20 million times. It costs at least £175,000 a year to help our 2,000 citizen writers speak truth to power and hold democracy to account. Who funds us? No one...except you. Support citizen journalism, donate:

Support powerful citizen journalism - we need it now, more than ever

At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, when local journalism is in decline, and social media is rife with misinformation and abuse, there has never been a greater nee...

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 16d

2/ If you wish to get involved with our unique brand of citizen journalism which is about to hit 20 million reads, then you can find your local Bylines here:

Network Map - Bylines Network

Hover over the map to see counties / unitary authorities. Social media handles apply only to Threads, Facebook, X, Instagram and Mastodon (mastodon.social). Our preferred social media is Bluesky, wher...

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 16d

We’re honoured to get a nod from the incredible @georgemonbiot.bsky.social in his latest column on the forces ranged against free and truly independent journalism and how citizen journalism might help take the fight to them. You can’t buy volunteers 🙏✊

Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 16d

1/ Great to see the Bylines Network, and citizen journalism generally, getting a shout-out from George Monbiot in the Guardian

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I have now been a journalist for 40 years. The forces ranged against my profession have never been so powerful | George Monbiot

Once, I believed that humanity’s problem was an information deficit. Now, I know you can’t speak truth to power if power controls your words, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 17d

Fellow creatures: the new GCSE in natural history

The new GCSE in natural history is a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural world

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Fellow creatures: the new GCSE in natural history

The new GCSE in natural history is a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural world

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