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Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.

He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.

11.11.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2530    πŸ” 970    πŸ’¬ 102    πŸ“Œ 46

Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is β€˜complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.

11.11.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1999    πŸ” 441    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 19

A left handed salute?

10.11.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Left: Boris Johnson attacking the BBC over Panorama's coverage of Trump on Jan 6th

Right: Boris Johnson criticising Trump over Jan 6th

A former British PM attacking the BBC, is that really patriotism?

10.11.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 246    πŸ” 88    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 3

Maybe we should plant only British trees and shrubs.

08.11.2025 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All those who said they would vote to leave the EU even if it would make them financially worse off should pay more tax.

05.11.2025 09:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone who voted to leave the EU even if it would make our country and themselves worse off has no right to complain about tax rises to plug the Brexit financial hole.

04.11.2025 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK...

78% are murdered by a partner/ex

Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this

Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety

In fact, they voted against them...

31.10.2025 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 5453    πŸ” 1904    πŸ’¬ 186    πŸ“Œ 54

Fair point.

27.10.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sheffield Wednesday's administrator says they have "four or five" serious bidders for the club.
Is it four or five?

27.10.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It may well be true that those who come to Britain do so because they believe Britain is the most generous country in Europe.
That has nothing to do with why others go to other countries.

23.10.2025 08:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The AI Circular Economy Big tech companies and wealthy investors are driving an AI bubble - but they won't be the ones feeling the pain when it bursts.

Nvidia invests in OpenAI, OpenAI rents compute from Oracle, Oracle buys Nvidia’s hardware, and Nvidia records huge sales.

Everyone in the circle reports rising revenue, rising valuations, and surging share prices, but the cash is largely moving in circles.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-ai-cir...

21.10.2025 10:20 β€” πŸ‘ 258    πŸ” 124    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 31

So we can safely blame the right wing.

21.10.2025 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But it's free speech.

13.10.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Make sure you have plenty of We Love America banners.

13.10.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone who insisted we leave the EU even if it makes our country worse off has no right to complain about tax rises to plug the Β£40billion Brexit financial hole.

12.10.2025 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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XC398794 Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) Awful wind noise in the original! See sonogram and notes of the recording circumstances on p12 of Gretton A. (1991) The ecology and conservation of the Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris). ...

It's also not "just another" extinction, it's the first from mainland Europe in centuries. CENTURIES.

And there will be others within our lifetime.

That's biodiversity loss.

We'll never hear this sound, ever again xeno-canto.org/398794

10.10.2025 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 143    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5
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Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

Nathan Gill is no fringe politician.

He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.

A Brexit Party MEP.

A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:

"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."

This is a MASSIVE story

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

27.09.2025 10:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3551    πŸ” 2008    πŸ’¬ 185    πŸ“Œ 106

Farage's frigates.

22.09.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How about an Over-60s deal?

21.09.2025 09:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Once the again the Left implodes.

19.09.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The UK personal tax-free threshold of Β£12750 needs to be increased annually in line with inflation.

16.09.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a proposal to β€œstop requiring thousands of polluting facilities to report the amount of heat-trapping greenhouse gases that they release into the air”.

Polluters will be able to break the law in secret.

15.09.2025 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing. That's the point. Why now?

14.09.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

All those who are flying flags because they are patriotic...were they flying flags a month ago? If not why not? Were they not patriotic a month ago?

14.09.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Anger over so many things.

11.09.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well done, Guy.

11.09.2025 07:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Free speech: lies and misinformation are now justified.

09.09.2025 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And how do we access this?

08.09.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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