A helpful guide to understanding the importance of religion in the USA substack.com/@adrianmacov...

Can the BBC sue him, say for a billion, for reputational damages

The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...

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

The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy: "in 2025, the paper has been forced to publish over 100 corrections, clarifications, +formal regulatory apologies...the kind of breaches that would, if committed by the BBC, spawn days of front-page indignation in The Telegraph" open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...

What I suspect people will remember (if they notice/remember anything) is the BBC telling the truth and then being bullied for it. And the starting point is they trust the BBC a lot more than the bullies (Trump, the right wing press, the Tories, Farage).

"How do we know if a government is failing? Or whether other policies might work better? We need independent, accurate, information. And independent non-partisan media is crucial to getting information out to the public" [NB edited quote] christinapagel.substack.com/p/informatio...

Who'd have thought it?

I agree with this, but I think if the BBC were better led, it would make fewer culpable errors and it would both directly and indirectly be better placed to fight the real and concerted campaign against it.

25 paragraphs before the Guardian gets to the truth, which even then it can't bring itself to have a position on (www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...).

Who said “Reform Councillors are all as dodgy AF”❗️ Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to turf old ppl out closing 5 council-run care homes & 5 day centres to sell off the land for £4 million And get this - a cabinet member owns a private care company with his wife so could make £’s from it 1

And as for the increasing habit of some to not just jump reds but to do so at 20mph, skimming past those of us waiting, just absolutely fuck right off.

We're playing pretty well but haven't created clear cut chances, except perhaps for Burrell. With this line up there's no pace on the bench if our sprinters tire. A bit like Saturday when the oppo move the ball through midfield their passing is crisper than ours. All to play for #QPR

AOC, "Elon Musk is not a scientist, he is not an engineer. He is a billionaire conman with a lot of money" Can you imagine any Labour MP saying this?

Yesterday, Palestinian detainee, Mohammad Ghawadrah 63-years-old was just declared dead in Israeli torture camps.

Anti-Muslim hate reporting helpline www.britishmuslimtrust.co.uk

If you blame migrants collectively for the horrible actions of a few but do not hold white people collectively responsible when white people commit heinous crimes, that's racism. Just saying.

Matt Goodwin attributes a crime that he now knows appears to have been committed by people born in Britain in the early 1990s to "mass uncontrolled immigration"

Laura Kuenssberg, "Zack Polanski, the new Green leader, making a big impression" Just not big enough to be inviting on as often as Reform UK are

When we look at this massacre and many more perpetrated by the RSF, let's be clear who funds, equips & sustains them. It's the UAE. Yes, the same UAE that might own your football club, fly you on your holidays, invests in our national infrastructure. If boycotts work, we should be boycotting now.

Would it not therefore be simpler/ For 30 Conservative MPs to write letters of no confidence in the people/ and elect another?

After a dismal start (giving the ball away, no defending for the goal) Rs playing better Hesitate to say it but maybe on top. Without Saito + Smyth we lack pace out wide. Vale has been poor, good to see Illy get the assist for the goal. #QPR

Can someone remind Rs they are allowed to pass the ball to a player in blue and white hoops #QPR

A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK... 78% are murdered by a partner/ex Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety In fact, they voted against them...

Please watch our @pbsnews.org film, made across the last year. A generation of children, severely injured by Israeli strikes, are facing unnecessary disability, amputation & even death because Israel’s authorities won’t let them leave Gaza to seek treatment. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

NEW from me: Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent. That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀

Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand 'Test and Trace' Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/10/31/d...

Amid all the fuss, remember that for much of the 1960s and 1970s, "the Spare" Andrew Windsor was just one unfortunate incident away from being the next king. Hopefully, this appalling saga will lead to a proper national debate on our hereditary monarchy. Long, long overdue.

If you haven't already now is the time to support Lily and her family gofund.me/55064b55c

Christ, I moved here to get away from that node of shite.

This is absolutely right. It’s about creating a permission structure for violence, whether that violence is conducted by the state directly or simply permitted by the state.

After being forced to serve as human shields for Israeli operations in Gaza, their relatives found them three days later—executed. Photo 👇

Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55% Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Letter to the local community from asylum seekers living in overcrowded hotels: "Coming to the UK, we have lost a lot of things in our past life. You should not judge us by our appearance - our inner selves hold mountains of worries and sadness. Many of us have left families behind."

It's that moment again for National Trust members to vote to keep the entryists out. Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out. Then share. Thank you. secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...

Rs have had 3 poor games this week although they did get the points at Swansea. They haven't created much+ have been prone to errors at the back. Derby were the better team today and passed the ball with more accuracy and penetration, then let us have possession which we don't know how to use #QPR

Are you sure?

Stephan clearly rates Dembele, often his first choice of sub, but he hasn't impressed IMHO in recent games #QPR

Rs have been scrappy, some good passing but not threatened the Ram's goal. Vale has had some good moments, but not much space for Saito + Kone had nothing to feed on. Burrell always willing to chase. The goal and other Derby openings have come from vulnerability in central defence. #QPR

Good point from @adambienkov.bsky.social - if the massed ranks of the right wing press with BBC boosting, plus the vast amount of money (and foreign social media bots) couldn’t get Reform over the line, what will?

Breaking News: Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, endorsed Zohran Mamdani in the race for mayor of New York City. Jeffries emphasized that the party needed to unite in the face of an “existential” threat from President Trump. nyti.ms/4otpUee

Man it happened 262 times last year. What a mess of a system. bsky.app/profile/hfma...

Old Soviet joke: Why do ICE agents travel in groups of three? One can read, one can write, and the third keeps an eye on the two intellectuals

Rs made hard work of that. We deserved the win but could have easily thrown it away at the end by sitting too deep+ giving Swan's 10 men the freedom of midfield. Field never looked comfortable at LB + Hayden faded. As ever Madsen kept going winning balls (now one of our best!) and passing well #QPR

Lovely to see Chair back on the field. He looks happy and could have easily had a couple of goals. The team will have evolved while he's been injured and he'll need to adapt, especially to play with more pace #QPR

Rs getting sloppy. Predictable. Get a grip lads. #QPR