"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."

Daisy Cooper, "If we're going to have an honest conversation about tax, let's also have an honest conversation about growth" "Brexit has been a disaster for this country" "Brexit has wrapped up small businesses in red tape" "For growth.. A UK-EU Customs Union"

BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special The new Private Eye is out now.

Pull up a chair, make yourself a cuppa, and read the whole damn thread. Byline Times have given us a doozy!

Looks like the Northern Lights would have been pretty impressive in the UK last night, had it not been raining the entire night Worth a look tonight? #aurorawatch

This'll be my new pinned post. This is the most positive thing I've seen on BlueSky in a long time and that includes WeRateDogs. The UK Labour Party are getting a LOT done both immediately & for long term planning so there really is cause for hope for them, and UK despite an onslaught of propaganda!

Practical amendments to provide safe and legal routes for refugees to reach the UK, and process the backlog of applications for asylum were voted on in the #HouseofLords tonight. Sadly, you can probably guess what happened

And this is why we all need Byline Times in our lives…. Goes where other media won’t, or are paid not to

That renowned and respected lover of truth and journalistic integrity.... THE KREMLIN.... has stepped up to defend Trump in his battle against the BBC. SO that's Farage, Netanyahu, Putin, and Boris Johnson...

On Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy’s refusal to review the BBC Board membership of Robbie Gibb, Lib Dem culture spokes Anna Sabine MP said: "This is the wrong choice...Gibb isn’t fit to serve on the BBC Board, & the BBC Charter gives the Government the power to sack him." PM should step in, she says.

It’s bigger than you think.

Our Byline Times draft front page for the next edition. And yes, it will show that the BBC is both a promoter of scapegoats, and a scapegoat itself. Subscribe tonight to have it delivered to your door soonest 👉 subscribe.bylinetimes.com

BREAKING: Canada, the Netherlands, Mexico and now the UK, have curbed or stop sharing Intel with Trump's America open.substack.com/pub/deanblun... #50501 #indivisible #MeidasMighty #trending #bettertogether #fascism #GovtShutdown #releasetheepsteinfiles #KillerinChief #NoKings #trumpmustgonow

Ohhh @eddavey.libdems.org.uk is growing on me by the day.. nice to see a politician with balls (the metaphorical type that women same as men in context) ✊🏼✊🏼

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.

Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso www.nber.org/papers/w3445...

"Brexit was the most cowardly thing our country has ever done." - Veteran Stuart Thomson #armisticeday

This is tragic - we should have youth centres all over the country with music, Art, Sport , Drama etc etc

Trump has executed six more civilians in a small boat. The death toll now stands at 76.

When BBCQT and news shows stop introducing RW commentators as “authors” or “journalists” and left wing people as “activists”, I’ll start to reconsider BBC bias

The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion. So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.

Thank goodness for our local NHS urgent treatment centre, who fixed up my sliced finger. I wish all these scissors didn’t get binned after a single use, tho (of course I brought “mine” home…). What a waste of valuable resources.

I've said repeatedly "I want Labour to be more worried about losing votes and seats to the Green Party than to Reform. That's how we start to shift decisions." Time to make hope normal again. Join.greenparty.org.uk

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.

The famously left-wing bias of the BBC. (From The Decade In Tory)

Ed Davey: “The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be a chance for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and not give in to those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it. We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.”

The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. Political leaders across the spectrum must defend it.

Written before the BBC resignations but this by @arusbridger.bsky.social is really worth reading. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

A weekend of celebration for my baby girl’s birthday #FeelingOld

Pope Leo: "Someone who says I am against abortion but I am in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don’t know if that’s pro-life.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

“Lest we forget” It seems more relevant to us all, but also more hypocritical from our govts, and our media, every year that goes by 💔

Anyone else got a really hungry cat at the moment? He’s wanting about 6 meals a day…

This is exactly how he will be remembered

If this is what happens when Reform runs a council, just imagine Farage running the country. Care homes closed and vulnerable people abandoned. We cannot let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.

Exclusive by me: How thousands fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then oil and gas companies kept drilling www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I think this might be my epitaph, tbh #MapInfoPro #GIS

If Carlsberg did voiceovers 😂 youtu.be/VFrEa4QBuvg?...

Some lessons from #CelebrityTraitors that many of us could do with learning I think. Because those who sell us our leaders know this very well, but they also understand our collective weaknesses open.substack.com/pub/bleating...

After some weeks of working 10 hour days, I took some time out for crafting today. Topping up my birthday card box, and starting on the Christmas card design #LinoCut #Printing

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

Getting covid-19 for the first time slightly increased the risk of heart inflammation, blood clots and bleeding disorders among children, whereas being vaccinated against the virus was much safer and sometimes protective

Daisy Cooper PRESSES David Lammy over foreign interference in the UK

Zohran Mamdani in New York Catherine Connolly in Ireland Rob Jetten in the Netherlands Plaid Cymru in Caerphilly The rise of the far right is not inevitable. If we work together, we can dare to hope.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social “Leftie” What do they actually mean by that?

The EU is winding down freeports due to money laundering and tax evasion. Britain is expanding them. Please read and share my latest article on Substack 'The Magic Money Tree: How Brexit Unlocked Britain's Corporate Welfare Bonanza. It is absolutely explosive. open.substack.com/pub/european...

If you get the chance to see an El Pony Pisador gig while they’re touring the UK, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. Folk, sea shanties, dancing I just had such a fun and fabulously energetic evening at their show, which was in the tiniest venue I have ever been in: a cellar bar in Chichester.

Wishing Mr Zitouni a full and fast recovery and hoping the story of his heroism would bring some sense and shame to the rampant racist narratives sweeping our country. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...