Folk who’ve watched BBC news will know the newsreader Anna Ford. Here’s her take on #bias at the #BBC #BBCbias youtube.com/shorts/h5kF1...

Seen this @bscgscotland.bsky.social ?

There should be a high bar for politicians attacking the media, but maybe Ed Davey has half a point here? For example, the first three paragraphs of this BBC story repeat Reform's £243bn figure without saying that the thinktank behind the estimate now disowns it. (This is mentioned in paragraph 35)

2025: Yvette Cooper suspends the rights of child refugees to come to the UK, effectively rejecting Article 8 of the ECHR 2016: Yvette Cooper making a passionate plea for child refugees to come to the UK Cooper spent over a decade speaking up for child refugees, now she rejects Article 8 of ECHR

Attn Kier Starmer 45/130 Resolution of the UN General 14/12/1990 Reaffirms the legitimacy of the struggle of peoples for independence, territorial integrity, national unity and liberation from colonial domination, apartheid and foreign occupation by all available means, including armed struggle

Arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding up a page from Private Eye magazine Whatever next? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

[email protected] While @davidlammy.bsky.social rings his hands over the slaughter in Gaza, the UK trains Israel’s military, the RAF hosts the head of the Israeli airforce & the RAF sends 100s of spy flights over the killing fields. Why is the UK press silent about UK military support?

#Genocide #Gaza

. @therestpolitics.bsky.social Medicins Sans Frontières is accusing the UK government of helping Israel commit genocide in Gaza. How long do you think David Lammy can keep dodging MSF questions & putting his fingers in his ears? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

@therestpolitics.bsky.social Why has the UK press been almost silent about the hundreds of RAF flights over Gaza? Is a D Notice in place? If so, is UK national security seriously at stake?

Left: Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez says what Israel is doing in Gaza is a genocide, says Israel is using hunger to annihilate the legitimate state of Palestine Right: Starmer has moved on from saying the situation in Gaza is 'intolerable' in 2024, to now saying in 2025 that it is 'utterly intolerable'

At our demonstration today, I'm holding a placard stating "I support Palestine. Action must be taken." My aim is to highlight the absurdity of the government dictating what can and cannot be said by peace-seeking people

@mediaconfidential.bsky.social Does a D Notice cover the hundreds of flights over #Gaza by RAF spy planes? If not, will you kindly discuss the UK media’s blackout of the subject? Thank you

perfect comedy timing from the Speaker at #PMQs calling Nigel Farage after Starmer promises to go after “the fraudsters, the grifters, the con artists no matter who they are” 😄

@therestpolitics.bsky.social In 1947 Israel’s founding fathers were bombing & killing British soldiers in Jerusalem’s King David hotel. But 10 years later the 2 countries were allies in the Suez debacle. What explains the strength of UK support for Israel & the indifference to Palestinian lives?

I am FoI'ing the BBC on some issues to do with Israel-Gaza. DG Tim Davie told MPs on Mar 4: “Part of what I have tried to do for the BBC is to be a guardian of true impartiality through thick and thin, and that requires being completely transparent.“ But the BBC has so far withheld this information

@arusbridger.bsky.social The protesters who broke into Brize Norton & spray painted RAF planes claimed they are flown in support of slaughter in Gaza. Is this true? If so, why do we see so little in the press about the use of RAF Akrotiri to support Israel?

Here’s a chance to make something special

The Israeli government has shown that it is not prepared to stop until every Palestinian in #Gaza is dead, disabled or displaced. Every day in which it is still armed and supported by Western states, our own included, is a stain on international law.

Think it’s too hot to work today? 🌡️🥵 Our report ‘Whatever the Weather’ recommends the government introduce a maximum indoor working temperature of 30C Originally recommended by @tuc.org.uk, it would incentivise employers to keep workplaces cool while avoiding health impacts to workers

Christ… red lines are so expensive. (Private Eye)

Perfect

Trumpty Dumpty had great fall? #Tariffs

News you can use #Facebook goodlawproject.org/we-are-takin...

We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham

Hear hear!

Tax seldom features on prime time radio for good reason - the subject can be so painfully dull. But I bet Dan Neidle makes it gripping & I’m really looking forward to this.

Creatures that were once common are becoming rare, our waters are full of plastic and chemicals, and never has wildlifebeen in so much trouble. Signing this petition is easy and just might help. action.rspb.org.uk/page/156168/...

You cannot hope to bribe or twist, thank God! the British journalist. But, seeing what they will do unbribed, there's no occasion to.

Beware!

Many people are appalled but the difference is that Starmer can actually do something to make Israel think twice & save lives in #Gaza But what will that be? And when? www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

1. You feel powerless? Don’t know what you can do to resist the rise of fascism? Here is an answer: Good Things. Fascism inflicts pain and harm as a matter of doctrine. Kindness, care and conviviality defend us from it. The more we build community, the less it can take root. 🧵

People in #Gaza subject to yet more #collectivepunishment www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

With the Israeli stranglehold on news from #Gaza, pressure on the BBC was no surprise and the decision to pull its documentary was sadly predictable. Those who want to make up their own mind about the film can see it here. rumble.com/v6nm6n9-bbc-...

If you’re drawn to a politician because they promise to be cruel to Muslims or Jews or immigrants or gays or transgender people etc, the least you should do - the absolute, bare bones, still morally vacuous least - is ask yourself whether they’re likely to stop at the group you want to see targeted.

A new McCarthy era is upon us. Stupid, depressing, and dangerous as ever. I wonder whose name will carry the dunce cap in the history books. Too many are complicit. I’ll need to find upset and action, but for now I’m feeling grief at the dehumanization inherent to all this.

Oh. Oops.

late to this brilliant @philipstephens.bsky.social column: "nothing new in the suggestion from Downing Street that Starmer could act as “bridge” between Trump and other European leaders...when Blair threw in his lot with Bush...he discovered that bridges are walked over" www.ft.com/content/762c...

Trump cut overseas aid & now the UK follows suit? You couldn’t make it up.

Shocking to think that Emily Maitlis and colleagues should even think the question worth asking.

If you're feeling hopeless or scared or frustrated or confused, please consider signing up to @the-citizens.bsky.social newsletter. We're not powerless & there are things that we can do. dispatch.the-citizens.com/elon-call-yo...

It’s gone 11pm and there are no signs of life, but all the lights are on in the council offices in #Peterborough What can possibly be happening?

Home from our brand spanking new Odeon cinema and wonder how long it can last. In an IMAX auditorium built for 300 just four seats were occupied. So much for businesses wanting certainty. #Peterborough

I never thought I’d say this, but here’s a former UK Conservative Chancellor talking sense.

#Heathrow #RachelReeves Courtesy of Private Eye # Heathrow #RachelReeves Courtesy of Private Eye

JFK on why he founded USAID. “The economic collapse of those free but less-developed nations which now stand poised between sustained growth and economic chaos would be disastrous to our national security, harmful to our comparative prosperity and offensive to our conscience”.