@mckforester.bsky.social

27 Followers 220 Following 11 Posts Joined Nov 2024
1 month ago

CM never regularly confuses fact with opinion; simple statement of fact is all that’s needed, we can make our own judgement on whether or not the government “is keen to be seen …”.

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1 month ago

Appalling statement by LK; epitomises mediocraty & bias at the BBC

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1 month ago

It's impressive how she keeps managing to be wrose than she was before.

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3 months ago

It’s the few credible journalists still left at BBC that I feel sorry for; hope they don’t get tarred with the same brush! Very evident that poor standard of reporting and bias seems to be valued at “Aunty” these days.

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3 months ago

Appalling. We can make judgements. Give us the facts and WE will judge!

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3 months ago
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When I was at the BBC I struggled over things like writing “said” or “claimed” because one might come across as more partial. And somehow this gets published?

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4 months ago
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GB News viewers more likely to wrongly believe net migration to UK rising, study finds Research also finds majority of people are against letting politicians front current affairs programmes

NEW: Net migration almost halved last year. But 84% of regular GB News viewers believe it went up.

More importantly, new research revealing this also suggests the public opposes politicians presenting shows - contradicting Ofcom.

Lisa Nandy now taking note:

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

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8 months ago

No 10: "Data out today shows that the government has delivered an extra 4.2 million [NHS England] appointments since July [2024], over double our target of 2 million in the first year.

"This shows our Plan for Change in action – helping millions of patients get seen quicker and more conveniently."

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1 year ago
Day of Rest  
 
Blessed Sunday, day of rest, 
a day on which to catch your breath 
and put the busy world on pause, 
while cracking on with all the chores. 
 
The hoovering, the weekly shop. 
The housework, laundry, washing up. 
The futile war on disarray – 
Sunday, such a restful day. 
 
A chance to let yourself unwind,
to spend some precious family time 
when on your phones or arguing 
about the state the bathroom’s in;
 
to shake off last night’s beer and wine 
by being made to run the line 
at your youngest’s football game, 
while getting yelled at in the rain. 
 
Long may the reign of peace prevail 
so you can answer work emails 
and start the coming week less stressed – 
blessed Sunday, day of rest. 

Brian Bilston

Here’s to another relaxing Sunday.

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1 year ago
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This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II.

Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.

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1 year ago

Any poisoning of minds is the consequence of a biased media

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1 year ago

To the doctor with a sore throat and cough whom I saw seeing patients, no, a throat lozenge is not an adequate mitigation against spreading your illness.

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1 year ago

The UK has 500,000 almost always empty second homes, and 700,000 ones that are simply empty.

Slapping double, triple, quadruple Council Tax on these properties would not only help Councils but force people to sell them providing more homes.

It is a win, win.

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1 year ago

The media are complicit in keeping Nigel Farage & Reform movement in the public eye; they are less generous to the Lib Dem’s . Silly publicity stunts clearly less effective than promoting lies & prejudice.

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1 year ago

Interesting; thanks for posting

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1 year ago

I agree. ‘Am an avid follower of enlightenment on here.

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1 year ago
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Incredible, how casually Kuenssberg skates over the fact she got the facts flat-out wrong in her framing of the opening question, in order to make a hostile editorial point.

Just presses on, as if a minister having to put her right on basic inaccuracies is an ordinary part of any BBC interview.

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1 year ago
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Farmers and how only the super rich, less than 100 a year will be taxed, and still at only 20%.

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1 year ago

Every Sunday morning I get more and more convinced that Laura Kuenssberg believes she is auditioning for a lucrative spot with GB News

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1 year ago

Hope it doesn’t clash with your mayoral duties!

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1 year ago

Well that is certainly a plus in my estimation of him; just amazed it was worth reporting !!

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1 year ago

Hello! Looking for new bluesky gang who care about the NHS!

Twitter is a truly terrible place and I’m sure many of us were connected on there. Could you like and share this, and I’ll follow you back? Ju🤞💙

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1 year ago
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Timothy West, star of stage, screen and television, dies aged 90 The actor, whose work ranged from Shakespeare to EastEnders and the TV series Great Canal Journeys, was a familiar face to audiences from the 1960s onwards

Sad to see this. I enjoyed his work (often playing authoritarian figures despite his own gentle nature). His series on canal journeys was beautiful, especially his love and care for Prunella. www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/n...

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1 year ago

🚨 Calling UK journalists!

If you would be interested in signing an open letter publicly ditching X and urging fellow writers and politicos to move here, please leave a comment 👇🏼

(An emoji is fine, I'll chase you up later...)

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1 year ago

On yet another train home....but happy...
It's so much nicer on here than X
Will get into the habit too...
Have a good evening 🤍🤍

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