"On another occasion, a BBC executive forbade me from writing for the New Statesman, imploring me to ask The Spectator instead, saying that would be perfectly fine." goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-truth-...

Is anyone else also internally screaming about this BBC nonsense? I feel like someone's pumping hallucinogenic gas into my house. Nothing makes sense

Absolutely disgusted to hear about the racism Wes Streeting mentions here directed at school children who were visiting Parliament. He has taken the post down, rightly, to protect the children. But it's wrong that he had to do it. Disgusted with so many people in our country. Racism is never OK.

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This ⬇️

we need to protect both the independent, expert creation of evidence and information *and* the communication of it by independent, non-partisan, media organisations. christinapagel.substack.com/p/informatio...

yes. being a leftwing ex-Orthodox Jew, I maybe straddle a wider range of views among my friends and family than some (than many?) it may be shocking to learn that: every bias I have ever seen the BBC accused of, I have also heard someone else say they have the precise opposite one

In response to some of the comments: If you agree with *all* the reporting of a news organisation that is both independent *and* non-partisan, then it's very unlikely to be independent and non-partisan. This is true regardless of your politics. Agreeing with all its reporting is the wrong test

A brilliant example of what Lewis Goodall talks about when he argues why right-wing radicals keep winning. They don't play by the rules and simply don't care. Whereas the institutions they want to destroy do even when said rules are contorted to absurdity and are blatantly being used against them.

Information underpins democracy and the BBC is a key part of that. We need to protect our institutions open.substack.com/pub/christin...

🔥 The row between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana gets even more bitter tonight as the two row over hundreds of thousands of pounds’ worth of donations. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The idea of a $1 billion lawsuit from Donald Trump is utter nonsense www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...

This analysis explains Labour’s approach too. Ageing white men must be placated at all costs in all circumstances.

"SARS-CoV-2 is too well-adapted to humans [hence, insert your favorite conspiracy theory]". That was never right because, for one, SARS-CoV-2 is a pandemic virus so it necessarily had to be "well-adapted". Now, a new study shows the same is true for BANAL-236 - a related virus isolated from bats.

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

“When I was [at the BBC], at the height of Boris Johnson’s strength, that fear was ubiquitous. Scripts were sometimes written with a view not solely to their impartiality or truth, but the management of perception of impartiality from one side of the spectrum.“ @lewisgoodall.com

The Populist Right could borrow from an old IRA statement: "Today we were right, but remember we only have to be right once – you have to be right always."

Three people who’d be expected to be Your Party bigwigs have largely walked away from Corbyn’s project: former NE mayor Jamie Driscoll, former Labour MP Beth Winter, and former ANC MP Andrew Feinstein. I have some new intel on the fall-out, if you’re interested in that sort of thing… 🧵

Breaking News: The Supreme Court said that it would hear a challenge to a Mississippi law that could upend mail-ballot rules in many states before the midterm elections.

What an absolute travesty: Sarkozy got 5 years and served just 3 weeks of his sentence. Is it any wonder people believe there are a different set of rules for elites? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

This (not from that piece) is one of those charts where I am completely aware of the data but my mental map of how the global economy works still almost refuses to update to the new reality. Because the pace of change has been so rapid.

Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians

quick rundown of some classic autocratic behaviours over the past few days in America Covering attacking enemies, helping allies, cowing institutions and purging the military All actions and more on www.trumpactiontracker.info? youtu.be/Mx4c4JfgLeU

Depressing that the BBC has so little inherent institutional strength, it is kicked about so easily. This is not good sign for our polity.

quick rundown of some classic autocratic behaviours over the past few days in America Covering attacking enemies, helping allies, cowing institutions and purging the military All actions and more on www.trumpactiontracker.info? youtu.be/Mx4c4JfgLeU

A reminder of our great event with Professor @chrischirp.bsky.social about her Trump Action Tracker. Watch the video below bbkbritpol.substack.com/p/watch-what...

To back up their (incorrect) argument that COVID vaccines didn't affect transmission of the early variants, someone just sent me a paper showing that vaccines 'only' prevented infection... The thing is, it's pretty hard to transmit COVID if you don't get infected in the first place.

I am once again saying that we saw what wall to wall, panic coverage of a crisis looked like after the Biden debate and there’s no reason Trump isn’t getting that kind of coverage except for class solidarity.

If they only knew how to zoom in, they might just be able to make out the red poppy too....

I can't imagine a job i'd like to do less. Managing an organisation held to a ludicrous standard by roaring idiots on a daily basis, while the main mediums it uses are all in decline and it's starved of resources.

Tim Davie reportedly to resign as BBC director general this evening.

I offer to pay for all my staff to have it done. How many have I paid for? Yep just me. They need a bigger health campaign to promote the vaccine. (And to explain to the vaccine sceptics why they are wrong)

Definitely worth paying for a flu jab this year, about £15 at pharmacies! www.bbc.com/news/article...

It’s been 45 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona. Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear her in because she’s the final vote for the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

Her husband told her that detainees at Broadview had to get up at 5am to get in line for one bathroom. He often peed himself. One time he had to wait until 2pm to use the bathroom. You could only use the bathroom once a day. He said the agents would beat you if you used the bathroom on yourself.

Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).

Catherine Blaiklock, the first leader of the Brexit Party, is a Rupert Lowe ally who wants 10 million people to leave. Fewer than 5 million people born abroad are neither naturalised British citizens (2.5m) nor EU settled status (3-4m) But there are another 5 million UK born ethnic minorities.

Oh, I think there is an explanation. A wildly unpopular government can’t have ethical, competent military leadership www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."

The fact that China's green economy has outpaced our fossil fuel one was totally predictable 10 years ago. And US companies and economic policies continue to put their head in the sand. Even as we wrangle against facism, the physical effects of our CO2 emissions continue inexorably. Science.

I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.

Completely beyond why people try to defend Labour record on treatment of asylum seekers. They are awful. They have done terrible things the Tories never even thought of, like denying any refugee who came here through irregular means from EVER becoming a citizen & ENDING FAMILY REUNIFICATION. demons.

It's hard to convey my disgust & moral outrage at Trump & Rubio for killing hundreds of thousands My team at Duke has spent almost a decade studying the pros & cons of health aid, which has undoubtedly saved millions of live but has down sides. We have a policy paper out soon on the topic. 1/n

Really great results in this early phase 1 trial of a nasal vaccine (mucosal vaccine) for avian flu- great to see evidence of strong immune memory and robust antibody response

amazing! super congratulations

Very proud of all we've built. Thank you so much to everyone who has helped us and been a part of this project ❤️

The early flu season in England continues to build, while the latest Covid wave continues to recede. Latest UKHSA hospital admission data up to 27 Oct.

this stuff really matters

I want to spell this out in case the implications aren't clear: This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited. The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.