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The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it has given in | Jane Martinson The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories. Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to fold, says Jane Martinson, professor of financial journalism

This. We’ll all miss it when it’s gone.

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Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?

The party who claim to be patriots literally had a Reform leadership member caught red handed taking bribes from Russia.

This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.

How are Reform getting away with this?

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Thank you my lovely pal. Particularly for the birthday wishes, anticipating the day by little under three months.

Or possibly more than nine months late for the last one?

Either way, genuine Pie knowledge! x

Louise and I grinning behind two Margaritas! x

First few hours in Lanzarote, drinking Margaritas in American Indian with Perfect Circle blasting out bangers, with Louise. Life is good, very, very good 😊

Minority representation on TV causes outrage

From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

Marathon records less likely because of climate change - study Rising temperatures have made record times in some races

🚨 New study reveals that marathon records are now less likely due to climate breakdown.

Yet the industries fuelling the crisis for profit continue to use the sport as a billboard. 🤨

More on running's sportswashing problem 👉 thegreenrunners.com/sportswashin...

@thegreenrunners.bsky.social

Twins Narrow Managerial, and Surprise Favorite Has Eerily Familiar Face After parting ways with Rocco Baldelli, the front office seems determined to replace him with someone who feels… oddly familiar.

After parting ways with Rocco Baldelli, the front office seems determined to replace him with someone who feels… oddly familiar. #twins #minnesota #mntwins

You'd need a heart of stone not to laugh 😆

Again, this seems practical commensense.

A sentiment to which we can all give a loud 'Amen!'

Have spent the last few days trying to glean email addresses from websites, and it occurs to me that there are too many people out there who think it's OK to have an incredibly cool and visually stunning site that is utterly unuseable.

Screenshot of graph showing distribution of votes for and against by party. The 'for' votes are from Reform, Conservatives and some smaller parties. The 'against' votes are from Green, Plaid, SNP, Independent, Lib Dem, some Labour and some smaller parties.

Farage's motion on leaving the European Convention on Human Rights failed: 154 votes to 96

All 4 @greenparty.org.uk MPs voted against it, because we believe international agreements on human rights are a good thing.

But only 63 out of 401 Labour MPs did:
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Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

Looks like the science community has found a home.
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Meanwhile, over on FB, a photograph of England’s World Cup winners of 1966 lined up with footballs at their feet: “Proper footballs waiting to be kicked by proper footballers”.

Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55% Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour

And so it goes:

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Rachel Reeves is the face of this budget. But the really big decisions are not in Labour’s hands | Larry Elliott The UK’s economic policy isn’t decided by politicians, but by the OBR and the Bank of England. This is a system in dire need of a rethink, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

Always amusing reading Larry Elliott on economic woes; as ever Brexit, of which he was an enthusiast and it’s subsequent disastrous effect on the U.K. economy gets no mention.

Unclear why 😉

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LOP 69 (25 Nov 1977) text of story headlined Women reclaim the night. Plus photo of women's march through Leeds, lit by torchlight.

WOMEN RECLAIM THE NIGHT
There are lots of Reclaim the Night events across West Yorkshire this weekend - here's Leeds Other Paper's report of the first one, back in 1977.
#ReclaimTheNight #SaferStreets

Brilliant story, this!

😂

Lolz Jez

Notes:

“It looks like he takes a picture of Shane MacGowan to the dentist” might work if he were going to the hairdresser and wanted hair like Shane MacGowan. But people don’t take pictures of famous people’s teeth to the dentist so I’m afraid you’ll have to re-write this. And everything else.

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BookSky wouldn't exist without my underpants and I think that's nice.

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If you test positive for #HIV, treatment is highly effective, and most can expect to live a long, healthy life.

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Thank you so much for posting that! What a lovely, lovely band they were. One of the main reasons why I still think the music I heard in my mid-teens has never been bettered in the subsequent 45 years or so 🙂

Truly wonderful ❤️

Billy Bragg has started a ‘reclaim the lampposts’ campaign and is happy to supply these stickers for you to attach to lampposts with flags on. If you want to call the Xenophobes out then send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Billy Bragg at Bragg Office PO Box 6830, Bridport DT6 9BH

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The Guardian in full Dick Emery mode 😳

I just said “hey labubu” in a yogi bear voice and my kids don’t appreciate my brilliance at all

Football with friends

That’ll do 💙💙 #itfc