Did our feral political press pack call time on Starmer prematurely? Accusations are flying . markurban.substack.com/p/did-the-lo...

Would be quite something if we had a major F1 rule change which cost teams a significant amount of money and the pecking order at the front is... *checks notes* ...exactly the same as before. 😅 (Yes, I realise this is day 1 etc.)

If you want TNT Sports, you'll need to add it separately still, as it's not mentioned in the press release.

Valentino Rossi cameo in the Winter Olympics opening ceremony!

Just a quick note to @greenparty.org.uk and @greenpartyhan.bsky.social - I was not consulted on being quoted on your leaflets and I have not endorsed your campaign (or any campaign in this seat). I think this note, like the bar chart next to it, is misleading and out of context.

This livery reminds me of the Pacific PR02....

I’ve finally had enough and blogged about the new Civil Service Pensions website @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social @janethughes.bsky.social @zsk.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social bearoneill.com/2026/01/29/bad…

#TheTraitors. Still the best show on TV, hands down. ❤️

20 years on. Same vibe, same colour scheme... ❤️🤍💛

Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward

So... I've created a starter pack of UK government organisations currently on Bluesky: go.bsky.app/JHsY1Wz (Currently includes all those listed under ministerial and non-ministerial departments here www.gov.uk/government/o... - let me know any I've missed, or got wrong)

Regarding the lack of engagement on X/Twitter vs other social media platforms. Here's Marc Marquez' latest posts: X: 9.2k likes, 113 comments from 2.5M followers Ig: 214k likes, 1541 comments from 8.2M followers

Finally subscribed to @samfr.bsky.social and @ldfreedman.bsky.social's excellent site. Think this will be even more important to read and digest this year...

Headline from @manchestereveningnews.co.uk reads "BBC loses rights to two historic sport events as Wimbledon moves to new TV channel in 2026". But neither of the events is Wimbledon, and the "new channel" is just TNT now showing tennis highlights because the Eurosports brand has been dropped.

After nearly 14 years, I'm formally sunsetting the Motorsport Broadcasting website, and have wrote about my decision to do so here - motorsportbroadcasting.com/2025/12/30/b... Thanks to everyone for their support over the years.

Stuart Pringle, the chief executive officer of Silverstone, has been made an OBE in the New Year's Honours list for services to motorsport.

Logging into LinkedIn is saddening. You've been warned - A record number of people are either leaving or have been forced out of Motorsport journalism and jumping ship to PR because the money is shifting to influencers. Why invite press when you can pay someone to directly make your "content"?

There's not been many good parts to social media in recent years, but following @rorycj.bsky.social and #SophieFromRomania has certainly been one of them good parts...

There's only problem. This has just gone out to news outlets from the police. Journalists make mistakes (I do!), a big lie is harder to spot... but it's hard to conclude British journalism aggregation isn't rotten to the core. I think what's really bleak is that *someone else* did die in the canal.

There's an incredibly sad story that's been aggregated across most national and local newspapers today. A 29-year-old mum called Jana Bahvalova found dead in a Manchester canal after failing to pick up her kids. Her family are raising money on GoFundMe for her two small kids on the eve of Christmas.

UK: Sky's coverage of the #AbuDhabiGP averaged 1.87 million viewers from 12:51 to 15:23, with 328,000 viewers aged between 16 to 34. Channel 4's highlights averaged 1.08 million viewers. All the figures exclude those who watched in pubs. (Via - www.thinkbox.tv/training-and...)

Had no idea Nigel Farage was invited to the F1 season finale until I saw this picture... 😐

Silly and stupid F1 2025... had the season ran in *reverse*, the standings heading into Australia would have been: 1. Piastri - 408 points 2. Verstappen - 403 points 3. Norris - 398 points ...and on lap 43 of that race... 1. Piastri - 426 points 2. Norris - 423 points

In 2015, McLaren finished the season ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in 12th and 17th. 27 points and 9th overall. Ten years later, they finished the season on 833 points as both Drivers' and Constructors' Champions. 👏

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD USE HYPHENS

about.netflix.com/en/news/netf... "Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. Following the Separation of Discovery Global for a Total Enterprise Value of $82.7 Billion (Equity Value of $72.0 Billion)" Important Note - TNT and Discovery+ are part of Discovery Global and will NOT be acquired by Netflix.

Unless there is an announcement at the eleventh hour (always possible), the answer to the second paragraph is 'no'. As it stands, the F1 season finale will be exclusively live in the UK on Sky Sports. Of course, no obligation for Sky to share live coverage with Channel 4 if they don't wish to.

Sunday's #SkyF1 schedule for the #AbuDhabiGP: 11:00 - Grand Prix Sunday 12:55 - Race 15:00 - Chequered Flag 16:30 - Ted's Notebook Sky's build-up and Chequered Flag have been extended by 30 minutes each.

Right now, the only motor sport race airing live on free-to-air TV in the UK next weekend is the Sao Paulo E-Prix on Saturday 6th December on ITV4. We'll see if that changes in the coming days...

Incredible stat: On the last Five Occasions that at least Three Drivers were involved in the title decider - 1981, 1983, 1986, 2007 & 2010 - The driver leading the championship heading into the race never went on to win the title. Can Norris break the curse? redd.it/1pap8wr #F1 #AbuDhabiGP

Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action... (from my presentation at the IMF last week)

It's very niche but @onlyendurance.com are here to promote and talk about sportscars/endurance racing! As are @dailysportscar.bsky.social and @sportscar365.com.

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

I should have put a bet on this... 😭 #LasVegasGP

🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy. We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...

Big news on the UK sports broadcasting scene. TNT Sports set to lose Champions League, with Paramount picking up the rights.

It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer… I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...

The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford

A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...

NEW: Labour inherited public services in crisis. Performance had fallen, investment had been cut + spending plans were undeliverable. It's made some progress, providing stability and positive long-term plans. But it has been undermined by poor prep in opposition and lack of co-ordination in govt 🧵

Ooh, Live Team Radio on the MotoGP World Feed! That's a first, I think? 👀

Saw this video unexpectedly shared on my Instagram feed this week too...

Picture-in-picture adverts are coming to ITV's Six Nations rugby coverage for the first time next year. There will be one in each half "when there's a break in the action just before a scrum." (via www.itvmedia.co.uk/catch-the-la...)

The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think. New piece from me. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

Just Lando Norris casually streaming the Drivers' Parade on his Twitch. 😆 #SaoPauloGP

How The Celebrity Traitors reversed TV’s most troubling trend

Comcast holds talks about acquiring ITV’s television business on.ft.com/4oUhmNs

Now read this out loud in Philomena Cunk's voice.

@scottygb.bsky.social - You mention that The Traitors peak of 8.2 million is higher than the Women's Euro final on BBC One. Not quite, the latter peaked with over 11 million. 😊

The fun thing about having a small team working with you is you can say "hey you're spending this week digging for stolen mobile phones in London flowerbeds, I promise you it's a thing". www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...