What #Trump actually said:

Wes Streeting on #Labour leadership challenge briefings: "the worst attack on a faithful since Joe Marler was kicked out and banished in the final" ♥️😆👏 #CelebrityTraitors

Have had enough of vested interests in the media and political commentariat trying to bundle the failings of the politically-compromised #BBCboard up with inaccurate criticisms of the new govt (and #BBC as a whole) to allow the former to escape scrutiny. Cornered rats will do anything to escape.

Love this phrase: "reculer pour mieux sauter" - to fall back in order to take a better run at something (lit. 'jump')

Essential 4 min viewing - to understand what's going on behind the scenes at the #BBC re: #TimDavie #RobbieGibb #Trump www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/... - courtesy of @rosatkins.bsky.social

How come news organisations can't sue #Trump for saying they are "100% factually wrong" etc.? #BBC

Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.

If only the BBC's editorial standards board - bizarrely comprising of former Conservative spin doctor Robbie Gibb, and almost no journalistic experience in the 21st Century - had done its job and acted appropriately, and earlier, on editorial issues. #BBC

Very good piece: www.thenewworld.co.uk/alastair-cam... #BBC

❤️ St Nick #TheRealHack

Surely the buck ultimately stops with the #editorialstandardscommittee of the #BBC? 👀

If you’ve been watching the Hack there’s an ITV documentary on phone hacking at 10.15 pm this evening

Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

#TheHack is amazing television. #Murdoch is playing life like Jonathan Ross plays #CelebrityTraitors #TheTraitors. The audacity! When are the faithfuls going to break him down?!

An #incometax rise at this time, or any rise which breaks the Labour manifesto commitments, would be a spectacularly bad idea - both in party political AND national interest terms. It would throw the country into political upheaval once more.

#TheHack is compelling but most of all *brave* television. About our recent history. A story that needs to be told. Well done @itvx.com

#TheHack (on ITV and ITVX) is absolutely, mind-blowingly brilliant www.itv.com/watch/the-ha...

Absolutely blown away by this🧠🤯 Can't stop watching 🔥 Out of this world choreography by Katya & impeccable delivery by Lewis. Magical and mesmeric 40/40. Will go down as one of the all time Strictly performances. #Strictly #StrictlyComeDancing #Halloween    #KatyaJones #LewisCope

As Marina Hyde so rightly points out on 'TRI Entertainment', Joe M is a gameplay genius & should be big authority figure. I haven't explicitly said it yet, I guess cos it seems so blindingly obvious. He gets down to brass tacks & understands where skin in the game reveals itself. #CelebrityTraitors

ADORE Celia Imrie's firebird jacket. It's like something from a Russian fairytale #Uncloaked

AQI (Australian Questioning Intonation) at the end of Cat's "I am a Faithful" statement. Think both of the traitors have just confirmed suspicions of them there #CelebrityTraitors

David goes on logic. Go to David with the arguments against Alan (Paloma murder, forgetting shield, giggles during frankness), Nick. From then on it's walking him through casting logic #CelebrityTraitors But don't gang together too much to David, Joe and Nick, in case he thinks you're too cosy

Pleeeaaaase no recruitment tonight. The numbers would just be crazy #CelebrityTraitors

Come ON David! #CelebrityTraitors

Good deductive techniques. If it's not Kate, Joe knows it's Cat - just casting lore #CelebrityTraitors

Joe's upset cos he thought Nick would vote Alan too #CelebrityTraitors

Alan seeming a lot less likeable stirring there #CelebrityTraitors

Jonathan said "you have to look at everyone" as Cat just did #CelebrityTraitors

Cat is bringing up old ideas and frankly arguments which are more true of herself #TheTraitors

Alan Alan Alan Alan Alan #TheTraitors

Nick and Joe M pleeeaaaase be sharing thoughts more than we can tell ♥️🤞#CelebrityTraitors

Joe and Nick are teaming up on Alan I swear it, and testing other responses #CelebrityTraitors

Joe M had to do the laser challenge with more lasers present too. And what a tribute to the Joe-alition 😍 #CelebrityTraitors

Can't they just throw their heads to Nick? I guess not #CelebrityTraitors

I have a theory that people immersed from an early age in envts with many same-side 'competitors' (e.g. lots of siblings/on pro sports teams) do best in #TheTraitors, as they have so much subconscious experience of human behaviour, one-upmanship, tactics & influence at the frankest, closest level

Throughout all series I've always felt fully behind the faithful, but Jonathan Ross is the one traitor I've rooted for. Such entertaining gameplay? And/or always the underdog (a suspect)? - could he escape?

Jonathan Ross has to be the best value in TV. He makes anything event telly

I feel like Jonathan could've fought harder but didn't want to seem awful to the public

Richard Osman said Jonathan went in there with a target on his back. Rep for mischief and audacity. So he played it as well as possible. Marvellously entertaining audacious high-risk play too. 9.75/10 (0.25 off for his giveaway verbal stumble at an early round table when accused).

It better be Jonathan

Au contraire Jonathan. They won't go with their gut tonight 🤞You just haven't been in the organising conversations

Joe and Nick to play together with Joe to get the shield 🤞

Jonathan may have just protected the other two traitors by saying he suspects them when he knows he's prob gonna go

I wonder whether the Traitors are going to incriminate themselves by going for Joe when everyone else is going for Jonathan. Hope Nick still suspects Cat 🤞

Just saying 😜 ...

Yes! ♥️ Nick

Minority representation on TV causes outrage From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

Superb piece by @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social in this month's @bylinetimes.bsky.social mag: "Britain's Media Has Let Nigel Farage Reshape Political Journalism - Why?" This article alone was worth my annual sub to one of the very few news outlets still doing proper journalism

Regularly bemused by the vocal similarity between Tim Stanley and Count Binface

Trump's redecoration of the Oval Office is just very 'choosing the wrong grail'