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I would love to ask a prominent BBC journalist to give me an example of an illegitimate concern. Is seems to me that it has become a question not of fact, logic, or ethics but of volume. If a big enough proportion of a village was anxious about Bigfoot or Chemtrails, BBC would cover it in a way...
September 17, 2026 at 12:15 PM
I would love to ask a prominent BBC journalist to give me an example of an illegitimate concern. Is seems to me that it has become a question not of fact, logic, or ethics but of volume. If a big enough proportion of a village was anxious about Bigfoot or Chemtrails, BBC would cover it in a way...
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Meanwhile... In Manchester... Human decency raises its head at Anglesey watches...
September 16, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Meanwhile... In Manchester... Human decency raises its head at Anglesey watches...
Massive respect for the courage shown by this poor lady, speaking so honestly and openly on camera on national television. How have we fallen so far?
September 16, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Massive respect for the courage shown by this poor lady, speaking so honestly and openly on camera on national television. How have we fallen so far?
Labour shouldn't be too worried about the £72M donations to Reform. The government has far more power to influence voters' positive impressions of tangible changes to their lives in the next few years. Andy Burnham does seem to get this, judging by the policies he's prioritised.
September 15, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Labour shouldn't be too worried about the £72M donations to Reform. The government has far more power to influence voters' positive impressions of tangible changes to their lives in the next few years. Andy Burnham does seem to get this, judging by the policies he's prioritised.
This article outlines everything wrong with the attitude towards awards (at least from journalists). There are many shows worthy of winning - that's usually why they were nominated - so Hacks didn't "fail terribly". It got loads of nominations but other shows were more popular in each category.
No one could stand in the way of this juggernaut! The biggest shocks from the Emmy awards
No one could stand in the way of this juggernaut! The biggest shocks from the Emmy awards
There were plenty of upsets, and one show in particular failed terribly. But the night was rightfully dominated by Matthew Rhys and the genuinely scary, genuinely hilarious Widow’s Bay
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2026 at 9:43 AM
This article outlines everything wrong with the attitude towards awards (at least from journalists). There are many shows worthy of winning - that's usually why they were nominated - so Hacks didn't "fail terribly". It got loads of nominations but other shows were more popular in each category.
If I go on the news and declare that Donald Trump represents a 40% chance of destroying humanity in the next 2 years, will there be fevered coverage and people starting to plan how to remove him?
September 15, 2026 at 8:39 AM
If I go on the news and declare that Donald Trump represents a 40% chance of destroying humanity in the next 2 years, will there be fevered coverage and people starting to plan how to remove him?
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Party that wants to retrospectively change rules so as to remove migrants also says retrospective rules on party funding are "dictatorship tactics".
September 14, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Party that wants to retrospectively change rules so as to remove migrants also says retrospective rules on party funding are "dictatorship tactics".
Is there a word or phrase for that specific type of memory when you listen to an album for the first time in years or even decades and find you still remember every lyric, melody and even musical moments and flourishes?
September 9, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Is there a word or phrase for that specific type of memory when you listen to an album for the first time in years or even decades and find you still remember every lyric, melody and even musical moments and flourishes?
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Bill Bryson on the RNLI in "The Road to Little Dribbling : more notes from a small island" (2015)
September 8, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Bill Bryson on the RNLI in "The Road to Little Dribbling : more notes from a small island" (2015)
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Even leaving any politics at all aside: as general rule, no state can allow a group of masked men to be able to close down critical infrastructure.
This is basic stuff.
This is basic stuff.
September 8, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Even leaving any politics at all aside: as general rule, no state can allow a group of masked men to be able to close down critical infrastructure.
This is basic stuff.
This is basic stuff.
For some reason, this whole thing has shocked me into action, and I have written to my MP for the first time in 10 years, urging them to speak out and put pressure on the government to act decisively in the face of this racist intimidation group.
Over on X, the far-right British Patriots have launched a hate campaign against the RNLI
They are recording RNLI volunteers in order to dox them, reveal their identities and publish details of where they and their families live
These men are dangerous
They are recording RNLI volunteers in order to dox them, reveal their identities and publish details of where they and their families live
These men are dangerous
September 8, 2026 at 8:38 AM
For some reason, this whole thing has shocked me into action, and I have written to my MP for the first time in 10 years, urging them to speak out and put pressure on the government to act decisively in the face of this racist intimidation group.
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If only there had been some warning what Tommo was planning...
Danmy Tommo, a sidekick of Tommy Robinson with a penchant for incitement in flashpoimt moments, gathered 50 blackshirts under some arches in Basimgstoke.
He claims to be building a National Resistance Movement to take matters into its own hands, foregoing protest for direct actiom & confrontation
He claims to be building a National Resistance Movement to take matters into its own hands, foregoing protest for direct actiom & confrontation
September 7, 2026 at 11:57 AM
If only there had been some warning what Tommo was planning...
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Nigel Farage resigns when he shouldn't, but doesn't resign when he should.
September 4, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Nigel Farage resigns when he shouldn't, but doesn't resign when he should.
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the first rule of Crime Club is that you have to talk openly about your crimes as often as possible
September 3, 2026 at 10:25 PM
the first rule of Crime Club is that you have to talk openly about your crimes as often as possible
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Also since Orr is an academic at Cambridge who has actually been caught lying I look forward to the month of hounding on a deeply personal level and strokey chin pontificating about whether any white men should even get to be professors
September 3, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Also since Orr is an academic at Cambridge who has actually been caught lying I look forward to the month of hounding on a deeply personal level and strokey chin pontificating about whether any white men should even get to be professors
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Cambridge university was ordered to pay £5,000 compensation to a former PhD student who was found to have been bullied by Professor James Orr, who is also Reform UK's head of policy as.ft.com/r/c0b319f3-2...
September 3, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Cambridge university was ordered to pay £5,000 compensation to a former PhD student who was found to have been bullied by Professor James Orr, who is also Reform UK's head of policy as.ft.com/r/c0b319f3-2...
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*cough*
If I may be allowed a moderate brag, this was the day he was appointed to the shadow cabinet, more than a year ago.
I thank you.
What a perfect time to subscribe to @quietriotpod.bsky.social on your podcast app of choice. x
If I may be allowed a moderate brag, this was the day he was appointed to the shadow cabinet, more than a year ago.
I thank you.
What a perfect time to subscribe to @quietriotpod.bsky.social on your podcast app of choice. x
August 29, 2026 at 5:21 PM
*cough*
If I may be allowed a moderate brag, this was the day he was appointed to the shadow cabinet, more than a year ago.
I thank you.
What a perfect time to subscribe to @quietriotpod.bsky.social on your podcast app of choice. x
If I may be allowed a moderate brag, this was the day he was appointed to the shadow cabinet, more than a year ago.
I thank you.
What a perfect time to subscribe to @quietriotpod.bsky.social on your podcast app of choice. x
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Vagnoman scores a worldly goal & then loses his footing trying to clear the ball & puts it in his own net for an own goal. Crazy. #FCBVfB #Bundesliga
August 28, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Vagnoman scores a worldly goal & then loses his footing trying to clear the ball & puts it in his own net for an own goal. Crazy. #FCBVfB #Bundesliga
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A former director of BBC News speaks:
BBC’s coverage of Reform’s welfare plans is frankly bizarre. Headlines in Ten, leading on some radio networks. Reform are not even the official opposition and the plans have less credibility than Count Binface. Will BBC News do the same for Lib Dem and Greens policy two years out from an election?
August 16, 2026 at 8:40 AM
A former director of BBC News speaks:
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After Arday resigned from Cambridge and said he could take no more, the press wrote another 188 articles about him
newscord.org/editorials/j...
newscord.org/editorials/j...
Jason Arday told the press he was at his limit. It answered with 188 more articles. He is dead at 41.
A full census of the 249 articles fifteen national outlets published about Jason Arday in 22 days, with the last day reconstructed hour by hour. Every article listed and linked.
newscord.org
August 15, 2026 at 10:24 PM
After Arday resigned from Cambridge and said he could take no more, the press wrote another 188 articles about him
newscord.org/editorials/j...
newscord.org/editorials/j...
August 5, 2026 at 7:22 AM
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Bede's World!
Bede's World!
Party time!
Venerable!
Bede's World!
Party time!
Venerable!
August 4, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Bede's World!
Bede's World!
Party time!
Venerable!
Bede's World!
Party time!
Venerable!
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Only just found out about this
For the record, you don't get multiple genetic markers and one of the most effective medications known to science with 'social constructs'
Channel 4, this is, in scientific parlance, an absolute fu*king disgrace that will genuinely endanger lives
#c4 #ADHD
For the record, you don't get multiple genetic markers and one of the most effective medications known to science with 'social constructs'
Channel 4, this is, in scientific parlance, an absolute fu*king disgrace that will genuinely endanger lives
#c4 #ADHD
August 2, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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Nature abhors a vacuum cleaner
July 30, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Nature abhors a vacuum cleaner