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Teesworks scandal: a dark tale of public wealth lost and private gain Teesworks - a story that reads like a screenplay for a dark political drama

"This entire saga has a smell hanging over it. The people of Teesside, Hartlepool and Darlington are no fools. That smell will not go away until there is a full, transparent and independent inquiry."

Nigel Farage will probably use his 39th appearance on Question Time to complain about the BBC's leftwing bias

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Why the BBC Is Facing Its Gravest Crisis in Decades

The BBC’s core problem is that, like the NHS, it models the benefits and virtues of a not-for-profit public service in a world of rapacious corporate greed and unstinting right-wing hostility to the idea of the public good www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...

These South Korean workers came to the US to build an EV battery plant. They left in shackles. They still want to know why ICE agents raided, arrested workers at a Georgia battery factory in September.

In September, federal agents swarmed a Hyundai manufacturing site, detaining more than 500 workers, including more than 300 from South Korea.

Now, nearly 200 detainees are preparing to sue ICE, alleging human rights violations and unlawful arrest.

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Russia has joined the attack on the BBC. It's becoming clear that what is happening is not a criticism of a mistake by the BBC, but an international fascist attack on British democracy. You only have to see the extraordinary number of trolls unleashed on X to know that's what is happening.

Concierge Nationalism: How the Far-Right Is Selling Extremism as a Lifestyle Service Vigilantes with links to Neo-Nazi groups are whipping up fear about migrants while soliciting donations for accompanying children to supposed safety

I can’t understand how they’re getting away with it. Byline Times wrote about them.
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/27/c...

I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery

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

Protesters lay outside the #COP30 climate summit in Brazil covered in white sheets, to call attention to the deaths of activists and journalists killed while "defending land, territories and natural resources."

The Far Right Hits The BBC The assault on free media gathers pace

It’s bigger than you think.

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.

St George's flags are creating 'no-go zones' for NHS staff, health bosses warn A trust leader hails the "bravery" of black and Asian healthcare workers for continuing to treat patients in areas "designed to exclude them".

The flying of St George's flags across the country are creating "no-go" zones for NHS staff, with some facing frequent abuse, health bosses have warned

news.sky.com/story/st-geo...

The official investigation into the January 6 riots concluded Trump “summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack" in an effort to halt the peaceful transfer of power.

No billion dollar lawsuit can change reality.

The BBC should call this convicted criminal’s bluff.

The UK should say "Fuck off" to Donald Trump he spreads lies about the UK every single day.

Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break — CNN The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...

More of this. It’s time the world took a stand.

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.

Never forget that the only country in NATO history which triggered NATO article 5 is USA after a bunch of Arab terrorists took down some buildings in New York.

Now when Europe is in existential threat by former Soviets, the USA is throwing us bones and expecting gratitude.

EU need to step up.

YouTube video by Femi - F Politics! Farage admits Big Business funding during Small Business launch!

Nigel Farage: "Small businesses shouldn't trust politicians who get freebies from big corporations."

*3 MINUTES LATER*

Nigel Farage: Lord Bamford and JCB, the Tories' old donors, are giving Reform UK £200,000!

Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...

NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”

‘Make no mistake – this was a coup’: the extraordinary downfall of the BBC’s top bosses The whirlwind that started when Deborah Turness came under attack at a board meeting is part of a wider political story, some say

www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...

Very worrying

GB News Calls For Trump's America to 'Save Britain’ GB News’ new show broadcast live from the US features non-stop praise for Donald Trump – with the channel’s co-owner begging ‘MAGA’ politicians to save the UK, reports Josiah Mortimer

🔴GB News Calls For Trump's America to 'Save Britain’

GB News’ new show broadcast live from the US features non-stop praise for Donald Trump – with the channel’s co-owner begging ‘MAGA’ politicians to save the UK, reports @josiah.writes.news

www.bylinesupplement.com/p/gb-news-ca...

🚨 Palestinian bodies returned to Gaza with organs "expertly removed as they are with organ transplants." Precision thoracic cuts, minimal tissue damage, preservation burns—signs of deliberate surgical extraction. The Geneva Conventions demand dignity for the dead—and accountability.

www.thenorthstar.com/p/palestinia...

Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.

The Guardian view on the BBC under siege: Britain must defend its own truth | Editorial Editorial: With Donald Trump circling and Labour ministers wavering, defending the corporation’s independence is now a test of national will

“Rather than remaining silent to avoid offending the White House, Starmer should stand up for the BBC’s editorial freedom. Doing nothing will only encourage Mr Trump and his UK allies to do their worst” Well said @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Firm leading council savings review could receive £30m The county council currently needs to plug an expected £90 million gap in its day-to-day spending

Reform UK Leicestershire are crooks.

They announced consultants Newton would do a £1.4m savings review.

That’s ballooned to £30m in 6 just days.

Leader Dan Harrison is a con man.

Leicestershire you’ve been had.

leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-n...

#ReformLies

Instead of some proportion from much of the British media class, we are treated to the tragicomic absurdity of a former British prime minister willing to admonish the national broadcaster and demand the resignation of its Director General, all in the name of defending Donald Trump's reputation for truth-telling. But it's worse than that- it is a textbook example of how populists win. We have the ridiculous carnival of Donald Trump and Boris Johnson, of all people, admonishing the BBC for its lack of integrity. And they can get away with it, because no-one expects anything from them and yet we expect everything from the people and places who actually give a damn.

This is a genuinely intolerable reality…