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A new survey reveals negative attitudes to Reform UK Ltd Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests, provoking negative reactions

Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests, provoking negative reactions | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk

Reform Council To Double Tax On Second Homes Despite Nigel Farage Calling The Idea 'Madness' A Reform-led council is planning to double council tax on second homes six months after party leader Nigel Farage denounced such policies as “madne...

Another case of Reform saying one thing then doing the other:

A Reform-led council is planning to double council tax on second homes six months after party leader Nigel Farage denounced such policies as “madness” and “extortion”

By me, for Politics Home www.politicshome.com/news/article...

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

"On another occasion, a BBC executive forbade me from writing for the New Statesman, imploring me to ask The Spectator instead, saying that would be perfectly fine."

goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-truth-...

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

"On another occasion, a BBC executive forbade me from writing for the New Statesman, imploring me to ask The Spectator instead, saying that would be perfectly fine."

goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-truth-...

If we're talking about bias, why do BBC politics programmes, from Politics Live to the Laura Kuennsberg Show, still always begin with a look at the newspaper front pages, which are overwhelmingly biased in one direction. Helps frame the entire news agenda and debate in their favour

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

The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...

It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.

Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻

Crushed Legs. Gunshot Wounds to the Head. Shackled: Israel Returns Mutilated Palestinian Bodies Where is the outrage, the coverage even, of the mutilated Palestinian bodies, with crushed legs and gunshot wounds to the head, that the Israelis finally released as part of this 'ceasefire' deal?

I Cannot Unsee the Photos of the Tortured Palestinian Hostages Returned by Israel

@dianabuttu.bsky.social asks: Where is the outrage, the coverage even, of the mutilated Palestinian bodies that the Israelis finally released as part of this 'ceasefire' deal?

zeteo.com/p/israel-ret...

How the government captured the BBC A right-wing cabal, largely unaccountable, is waging war on the principles that made our public broadcaster great. It must not succeed

Nearly two years ago, I wrote about the extraordinary influence of former Tory spin doctor Sir Robbie Gibb on the BBC. It's still a helpful backgrounder for what's going on now. New readers start here: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years

Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds Private companies operating care services in just three regions of England have taken more than £250m in profits in three years, with more than a third going to providers owned by private equity firms or companies based in tax havens. New analysis by Reclaiming Our Regional Economies warned that public money is being rapidly funnelled out of the care system into the hands of private companies, rather than reinvested to improve services. Continue reading...

Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years

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.

"Reform’s campaign promises appear to have collided with reality. The spending they branded as “waste” may in fact have been essential ..
If Reform is struggling to manage local government responsibly, it raises serious questions about how the party would handle national power."

We are the #IsleOfShite

MPs and BBC staff call for Robbie Gibb to leave broadcaster’s board Boris Johnson’s appointee is accused of pushing claims of institutional bias at the corporation after shock resignations MPs and BBC staff members have called for Robbie Gibb to be removed from the corporation’s board as outgoing director general Tim Davie hit out at the “weaponisation” of criticisms of the broadcaster. In an online meeting with Davie, staff questioned the position of Gibb, Theresa May’s former communications chief who was appointed during Boris Johnson’s time as prime minister. Continue reading...

MPs and BBC staff call for Robbie Gibb to leave broadcaster’s board

California governor Gavin Newsom accuses Donald Trump of 'abdicating responsibility' over green energy at COP30 A possible Democratic contender for the White House says he's at the COP summit with an "open hand not a closed fist" - as he vowed not to let China dominate the green space.

California governor Gavin Newsom accuses Donald Trump of 'abdicating responsibility' over green energy at COP30

Crowd outside the U.S. Supreme Court with a raised hand holding American and rainbow pride flags.

Kim Davis who tried to get the #SupremeCourt to overturn same sex marriage now owes a gay couple $360k — Fabulous 🏳️‍🌈

SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.

"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA

Astonishing video, worth watching in full.

Italian firms in Russia lead to €1bn boost for Kremlin war coffers Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Italian companies paid over €1 billion in taxes to Russia, half of which went to military spending to finance the ongoing destruction of Ukraine.

Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Italian companies paid over €1 billion in taxes to Russia, half of which went to military spending to finance the ongoing destruction of Ukraine.

Crime gangs in UK start making own branded weight-loss drugs Medicines watchdog says criminals are designing packaging and branding to look like legitimate product Organised crime gangs have begun manufacturing their own branded weight-loss drugs, designed to look like legitimate medicines, in what authorities warn is a significant threat. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said the trend had only just emerged, leading them to conduct the largest single seizure of trafficked weight-loss drugs ever recorded by any global law enforcement agency. Continue reading...

Crime gangs in UK start making own branded weight-loss drugs

“the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever”

the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever

A social media post by Karoline Leavitt (The White House Press Secretary) showing two news headlines side-by-side. The left headline, under a caption that reads "Shot" reads: "Trump goes to war with 'fake news' BBC," and the right headline under a caption that reads "Chaser" reads: "Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general over Trump documentary edit."

I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.

To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.

These unconscionable cuts to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child & even worse - these changes were introduced by the government without consultation, warning and no evidence base

What is the point of this article? Have to travel by plane, can’t fit a thing in a tiny suitcase cos flights are so expensive, told to watch carbon footprint…..so who is it targeted at please?

To be honest one of the scariest things you'll read this year. A prison system permanently on the brink because it will never be a priority for scarce public resources, but politicians will not admit that.

‘Is there anyone else in Reform UK who cld be taking bribes from pro-Russian politicians?’

👇 Zia Yusuf: ‘I don’t believe so’

Thames Water ranked worst supplier in England as firms’ ratings hit record low Environment Agency rates eight of nine companies as poor and needing improvement

7 of the 11 most serious pollution incidents. 523 sewage spills. 121 missed environmental projects.

This is a disgrace. Our rivers and communities deserve better, and the Government must enact stronger regulations to stop the sewage scandal once and for all.

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Zohran Mamdani was the first NYC mayoral candidate to win more than one million votes since John Lindsay in 1969. Plus Zohran won 70% of voters under 45. Yes 70%! Yet we see some trying to gaslight us into saying Zohran did not win a mandate. What Zohran did is what a mandate looks like!