Pete Masterman

She should be ashamed!

Yup

I don’t want McSweeney sacked because of this briefing ‘war’. I want him sacked because he’s steered Labour down such an awful, xenophobic path and paved the way for Farage in number 10.

Keir clubs himself with the lead pipe in a Downing Street game of No Cluedo | John Crace The prime minister’s short term memory is shot to pieces. Just who could be behind these dastardly briefings?

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Starmer's chief of staff McSweeney not leaving role over briefing war, BBC told The PM's top aide was not involved "directly or indirectly" in briefings against cabinet ministers, sources tell the BBC.

Starmer has a steak of obstinacy that I suspect is going to prove to be his achilles heel

He seems determined to ignore the growing thrum of voices from the back benches

When your key aid is the story, you have a problem...a big problem

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‪@eddavey.libdems.org.uk out Trump's attack on the BBC:

"President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC - not because he cares about the truth."

Trump has undermined the press freedom in the US, now he's trying to do the same thing here, disgracefully egged on by the leader of Reform."

The four-word message the BBC should send Trump about his $1bn lawsuit The corporation must show it will not be cowed, unlike American broadcast media, and call the president’s bluff

The BBC can retrieve something from this mess (and show US broadcasters what a spine is) by sending Donald Trump a four letter response: “See you in court!” www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

The Beginning of the End By now, most politics watchers are habituated to the pratfalls and incompetencies of Keir Starmer's operation. What, just a year ago, was fe...

"It's worth noting that McSweeney's crew, who normally target prominent women in government, have now branched out to attack an openly gay man. Coincidence or pattern of behaviour?"

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself

Presumably the Daily Telegraph and GB News will go big on this story?*

Deeply embarrassing: Michael Prescott himself doctored a Trump quote in his anti-BBC report against...doctoring a Trump quote.

*waits until end of time
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...

So the man who criticised the BBC for doctoring Panorama doctored the script in his report - you couldn’t make it up - pure hypocrisy!

This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC

Dan Hannan was born in Peru.

"If you want a picture of the future, imagine Liz Truss grovelling for the attention of a far-right billionaire - forever"

Karoline Leavitt, "The BBC is a leftist propaganda machine that Is subsidised by British taxpayers"

What do Trump, Putin and Farage, have in common? They're all trying to bring down the BBC

I'm a UK pensioner living in Spain, without the benefit of a winter fuel allowance.
My pitiful UK state pension is my only source of income yet I can afford to heat my home.
Would that more pensioners living in Blighty could say the same.

The über-cynical contortions Farage/Reform/Tories have to perform to simultaneously:
- slag off the BBC in favour of propaganda outlets
- shout about protecting women and girls
- condemn Andrew and
- champion Trump…
Well, I’ve never wanted the whole deck to come tumbling down more than I do now.

To knit together two stories: through intimidation, litigation & extortion, Trump is clearly trying to create a media ecosystem where nobody asks him about Epstein - or indeed anything discomfiting. It is appalling to see so many UK media individuals & institutions aiding & abetting his corruption.

Starmer and Von der Leyen agree on need for rapid progress on Brexit reset deal They agreed formal talks would begin on food and drink and emissions trading deals.

Blah, blah, blah ......

Just apply to rejoin FFS!

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Thank goodness we live in Spain, Sue!

“It might take our producer five minutes to find 60 economists who feared #Brexit and five hours to find a sole voice who espoused it.

But by the time we went on air we had one of each: we presented this unequal effort to our audience as balance.

It wasn’t.”

#BBC bias

No 10 says Starmer has confidence in Morgan McSweeney after PM condemns attacks on cabinet members – UK politics live PM’s spokesperson says he has confidence in his chief of staff after Starmer challenged over ‘toxic culture’ at Downing Street

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No one else does.

The Founding Myth of Morgan McSweeney Reports of Keir Starmer's chief adviser's supposed campaigning genius do not appear to match up with the facts

As I was saying way back in May, the idea of Morgan McSweeney being some kind of political and tactical genius has always been a myth www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-foundi...

Pressure grows on Starmer to sack chief of staff over briefing row Growing calls for Morgan McSweeney to go after extraordinary briefing operation against Wes Streeting

If Starmer fails to sack him, it just makes Starmer weaker!
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Fingers crossed!

Reform UK pulls out of BBC film amid Trump speech edit row Internal party memo says ‘trust has been lost’ as US president reiterates threat of legal action against corporation

Farage has dropped out of BBC film following BBC row.

Good.

Access journalism is client journalism. The BBC should make a film about Reform whether or not Farage chooses to ‘sit down’ with Laura Kuensberg.

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If anyone needs sacking, it’s Morgan McSweeney.

Ed Davey is Starmer's conscience.

It would be a start if Starmer binned McSweeney.

Far from enough, but more than nothing.

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"Robbie Gibb should have no role in appointing the next Director General, and given the Royal Charter gives the government the power to remove him will the Prime Minister sack him now?" asks Ed Davey.

Starmer says he won't interfere in running the BBC

This is the same propaganda that was circulating pre the Brexit vote.