KayeMac04

The truth about impartiality at the BBC And the hysteria of the current "crisis"

The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.

New piece from me.

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A former Plaid Cymru Chief Executive is now being paid £190k a year as the BBC's Nations Director. This is living proof that the BBC is infected with left-wing bias right to the top-

The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.

So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.

‘Enforced veganism’: Ofcom lets GB News flout accuracy rules, say climate campaigners Exclusive: Regulator has received 1,221 complaints about UK broadcasters since 2020 but found no breaches of its code

Incredible that Robbie Gibb - most influential person on BBC board by many accounts and from journalists I speak in BBC - was involved in setting up GB News.

GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Destroying a key pillar of UK soft power, an institution of immense cultural, economic and even security importance, with a global following that France24 and Deutsche Welle can only dream of, while claiming they are standing up for Britain, is the very epitome of the lunacy of the far-right.

The worst scenario is one Italian conglomerate is given unique access to the US market for a direct or indirect donation to Trump. It’s how the crooked and the dons do deals.

Lobbyist at firm with close ties to Tories will help select Ofcom chair Appointment of Michael Prescott as interviewer follows move to give Paul Dacre chance to reapply

It would be funny, if it wasn't tragic, reading this from four years ago about the 'independent' expert who wrote the report into purported leftwing bias at the BBC. It's just embarrassingly amateur - but it works because the Government is awol. www.theguardian.com/media/2021/n...

The other fact that people are ignoring is that Prescott is not some random chap plucked out of obscurity to do an 'independent' report. He's part of the campaign from the start.

UK transport secretary says full electrification of railways ‘not affordable right now’ Heidi Alexander says focus will be on other projects such as HS2

Govt scraps all electrification investment. Midland Main Line to stay forever diesel Leicester Nottingham Derby Sheffield. Hugely embarrassing and inexplicable
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...

Voting results from the AGM Read about the National Trust's 2025 Annual General Meeting and the results from the day.

National Trust council elections saw a defeat for the Restore Trust campaign.

35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee

12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate

Non-slate candidated
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

This is, unsurprisingly, nonsensical. Is he suggesting eliminating health insurance and giving people a few thousand dollars instead? And then when they get a cancer diagnosis they just go bankrupt?

He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.

Here you go! @coldwarsteve.bsky.social being name checked on Sky News paper review...

Direct message request from Bsksupp6549 saying the account has been locked for security reasons & to click on is . gd / bskyauth to complete a verification.

@safety.bsky.app
I assume this is *not* genuine?

DWP refuses to rule out cuts to PIP next year The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has refused to rule out spending cuts to personal independence payment (PIP) when it completes a year-long review that is being headed by the disability m…

The Department for Work and Pensions has refused to rule out spending cuts to personal independence payment when it completes a year-long review that is being headed by the disability minister.
#DWP #PIP #TimmsReview
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-refuses-...

Interior view of the building showing massive stone columns with detailed carvings and colorful hieroglyphs as well as the ceiling. The columns are shaped like lotus or papyrus plants and are closely spaced, supporting a decorated ceiling. 📷 Daniel von Recklinghausen

Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3

📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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Hundreds killed in hospital atrocity in El-Fasher, Sudan There yet more truly heartbreaking news from Sudan. Again, we see innocent people being massacred

There yet more truly heartbreaking news from Sudan. Again, we see innocent people being massacred | Peter Sagar

OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.

ChatGPT is driving people with no prior mental health issues to suicide and harmful delusions. I often wonder if chatbots are simply accelerating what the general decline in our sense of community (because of television and the internet) is doing to people's mental health.

Five Ways Tuesday’s Results Will Affect Voting Rules and Democracy - Bolts From felony disenfranchisement and mail-voting to mid-decade gerrymanders, Tuesday delivered verdicts on election law across these five states.

Maine rejected a ballot measure that’d have restricted mail voting and imposed voter ID.

By a large margin, 64/36.

The no got 90% in the city of Portland. (!) boltsmag.org/five-ways-20...

People Are Using Racist 'AI-Slopaganda' to Fuel 'Welfare Queen' Stereotypes

”The ‘welfare queen’ stereotype persists today despite the fact that more white people are on public assistance than any other group."

Experts say the clips are being created to obscure the economic stakes of the SNAP shutdown.

YouTube video by Prem Sikka House of Lords Disabled workers 20 Oct 2025

UKs disabled workers face a pay gap of £4300 a year.

If the person is female and from ethnic minorities, the gap is even worse.

How many employers are investigated for persistently underpaying disabled persons.

Watch the video. Did the Minister answer my question?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cy9...

Friday 14th November, I will be in Malvern at fab Rossiter Books, 7pm.
Sunday 16th at 4pm in Dulverton, Exmoor for their lit fest. If you are anywhere nearby, please come along. Bring wine, corkscrews, chocolates, love, mostly bring your smiling selves. Hope to see you at one or other event. x

Removal of bishop's vote progresses to final reading The Constitution Bill 2023 would retain the bishop's parliamentary seat but strip their vote.

No, don't get too excited, it is the Isle of Man. Not a place generally known for its constitutional pioneering.

But #democracy, elected chambers reflecting will of the people, it would be a good idea

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Please only buy stuff from me direct or newsthump or redbubble (I'm moving away from them at some point because they're awful and are no doubt the reason these cheap Chinese crap sites have got all my work)

Apparently loads of my work is being sold on that Ali Express, if you're an artist who tries to make a living from your work I suggest you check if your stuff is there too.

Big Apple Won - Big Orange Zero Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 06/11/2025 · 1h 5m

NEW 🗽 Big Apple Won - Big Orange Zero

🗳️ America fights back
💷 Reeves' tax pickle
🔥 The weaponising of fear
🎄 Reform cancels Xmas

PLUS An Announcement! 🐣 Our podcast family is growing!

📣 open.spotify.com/episode/63bM...

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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.

news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

I'm hard-pressed to think of a non-Jewish Democratic politician who has spoken to Jews with more respect and empathy than Mamdani. The fact that many Jewish establishment orgs are going after him while staying relatively mum on resurgent Nazism is a disaster, both for American Jews and in general.

Emily Thornberry on British Foreign Policy Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 05/11/2025 · 56m

EXTREMELY excited that the superb foreign policy podcast Behind The Lines is now part of the Quiet Riot family of shows and WHO better to kick us off than the marvellous @emilythornberry.bsky.social

And a huge welcome to @snellarthur.bsky.social

🎧👇

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There were 115 prisoners mistakenly released in the final year of the last Conservative Government alone.

Interesting that it only becomes a major national scandal the second these releases can be blamed on a Labour government

Nigel Farage's Chosen Reform Mayoral Candidate Suggested Black Britons Can’t Be English The party's candidate for Mayor of Doncaster claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon 'lineage' and attacked 'third world cultures' in now-deleted posts

Nigel Farage's favoured Mayoral candidate for Doncaster said black people cannot be English.

Reform councillor Alexander Jones claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon ‘lineage’.

The messages were deleted after questions were raised by Byline Times

bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/n...

Unsurprising that, after his party got its ass whipped, Trump would lean into vote fraud horseshit. A little surprising, though, that no one has yet told him that anonymous grocery shopping remains not just possible but the norm.