NEW: Tony Hall, who Tim Davie replaced as BBC director general, leads calls for the end of political appointees to the BBC board. PLUS - the Guardian learns Robbie Gibb has the power to unilaterally commission research on bias that worries him. Story: www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

“That all means the end of agriculture in the UK and across Europe, drought and monsoon failure in Asia and Africa, lethal heat and humidity,” said Hare. “This is not a good place to be. You want to stay away from that.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Reform in Kent are “a threat to public safety”, the Fire Brigades Union said. Reform haven’t signed off on fire brigade budgets, “failed to govern and lead the fire service” and haven’t even met with the fire service which is one of their responsibilities.

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

In case you missed it: *of course* the guy who wrote the BBC memo was a paid lobbyist.

The media have worked hard to make 'Starmer's position perilously close to untenable'. This is evidenced by the ample platform given to Farage, the leader of a political party consisting of 5 MPs. Look at the treatment of Farage and his property vs that of Rayner and Reeves.

@bjennings90.bsky.social absolutely nails it. (www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...)

‼️The Pro-Trump Bias of the 'Neutral' Sources in the Leaked BBC 'Prescott Dossier' @nafeez.bsky.social’s analysis of key sources in the memo about the BBC’s alleged ‘progressive bias’ shows it relied on highly partisan right-wing, Trump-aligned organisations bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/p...

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

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/...

You might think they should have acted sooner, but it is very clear Starmer and the government are here to take on the racists and they are repeating that message very clearly.

Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary Nigel Huddleston tells GB News that the BBC should "grovel" to Trump. Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader

"The BBC belongs to Britain." "We cant allow the Trumpification of our politics and our media landscape." @munirawilson.bsky.social

Trump wants to destroy the BBC and take our money. And Nigel Farage is egging him on. All true patriots should tell them both: hands off our BBC.

A look at Nathan Gill and his treasonous activities following an almost accidental interview with Polly Weston in 2020. Contains some typical Farage hogwash smoke and mirrors denials. I really don’t understand why this hasn’t dominated the headlines. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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

Went on LBC News earlier to discuss the BBC shambles. I said the BBC has kowtowed to Trump in the US and conservative outlets here - both of which want the Beeb dead. Two of the most senior people quit over a 10-second clip using Trump’s exact words, albeit put closer together than he’d like.

Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked. We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.

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

The BBC isn't perfect, but it belongs to Britain not Trump. Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.

If you care about the BBC, stand up and defend it: this could be the beginning of the end | Polly Toynbee

Moore rather gave the game away on Today just now when he mentioned climate change as one of the things on which the BBC should be impartial. Treating the truth and lies as though they are equal isn't impartiality, it's an abdication of the most basic journalistic responsibility

I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC. The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.

Sky News just had Kelvin Mackenzie on, former editor of The Sun, one of the people at the centre of probably the most disgraceful front page in newspaper history, complaining about BBC journalists not being objective and 'fake news'. Astonishing. ~AA

What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC. This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting. iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...

Yeah, but BBC, Donald Trump....

Exactly right. Mistakes must be corrected, but deliberate campaigns should be recognised for what they are.

Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.

🚨 Revealed: The billion-pound PPE contractor with a Tory MP on site Great report by David Conn. We now know that former Conservative minister Julia Lopez was in contact with Uniserve prior to its huge VIP lane deal💥 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

A lovely “In conversation with…” at the beautiful Kingsweston House today, discussing how to make arts and culture available to the many and not just the few. Thanks to David Sproxton, co-founder of Aardman Animations, and Simon Wales, CEO of @bristolbeacon.bsky.social for joining.

It’s as if they think we’ve all been in a coma for the last 15 years, rather than watching the Tories smash it all up in front of us. Very good on our ‘let’s-not-bother-with-right-wing-racism-or-Farage’s-corruption-and-let’s-blame-Labour-for-everything’ media. www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...

Did you know that our Labour government are delivering the biggest boost to social housing in a generation? £39bn investment committed so far. Isn't that what you all wanted to see? It's the difference a Labour government makes!

Evening all. I'm running a study day on Sat 13 Dec at Highgate Lit & Sci about 19th/early 20th century mental health history. We'll explore various diagnoses/labels plus the administration of ‘lunacy’ law and the private and public asylums in the London area. Now booking hlsi.org.uk/courses/day-...

A criminal court in Brussels on Wednesday convicted two Polish nationals – including a current European Parliament assistant – of misusing EU funds tied to political entities associated with Brexit-backer Nigel Farage. https://bit.ly/4oSrA0R

So Lucy Powell is off already. She was never going to be anything but a destabilising influence.

Why are my posts on green energy, specifically solar farms now getting more opposition? Before everyone seemed to accept we needed more solar farms. As Labour have got on and approved more solar farms across the country and I share those stories and their wider green energy plans... 1/2

The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

My new series - Empire With David Olusoga - starts 9pm on BBC Two. Whole series on @bbciplayer.bsky.social from tonight.

'If politicians hate what X has become, why are they still there?' ✍️ @natashadevon.bsky.social for LBC Opinion

A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Our expert-led Curriculum and Assessment Review has concluded. Its recommendations will support this Labour government to build a system where every child can achieve and thrive. A renewed system, fit for the future. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

Huge wins for the Democrats in state elections across the US last night. Chaotic authoritarianism is not popular.

The first thing Yaxley-Lennon did on leaving court was to thank Elon Musk for funding his legal costs. That's Elon Musk who has repeatedly called for civil war in the UK. As of typing this - all of the major politicians and platforms maintain a presence on X and it is time for them all to leave.

#OTD 1839 • The Chartist Uprising at Newport 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Reports suggest that some seven or eight thousand men marched on the Westgate Hotel. It is thought that around 50 were injured and some 22 of the Chartists were killed. www.peoplescollection.wales/content/newp... #Wales ##History

We’re beating global competition for contracts to build more ships and planes here in the UK. From Norway to Türkiye, what do these deals mean for British jobs? Let me explain 👇🏻

I think this is one of the most poignant photographs I have taken, an abandoned cottage on Benbecula deliquescing back into the landscape, while the bottles of a ruined life glint savagely on a bright cold day. c.1999.

JUST ONE HOUR TO GO until the #UNCANNY HALLOWEEN SPECIAL!!!!👻⏰🚨😱‼️ Let me know in the comments #UncannyCommunity: WHERE will you be listening to Case 1: The Haunted Street? TUNE IN on BBC Sounds or BBC Radio 4 or your podcast feed - are you #TeamBeliever or #TeamSceptic...

"...it seems unsustainable for those who care about British democracy to remain on a platform whose owner is fixated on its very destruction."