Front page of the i, Wounded Starmer given a public dressing down by his cabinet. When and where did this spectacle take place, were tickets sold, did Starmer have to stand on the naughty step whilst they all yelled at him, the mind boggles. Or is it just more tittle tattle from sources.
He was sacked last September!
Good. It’s easy to forget that climate change denial & shilling for fossil fuel companies provided a template for Tufton Street, Brexit & pretty much every egregious example of persuading populations to vote against their own interests. The story of Don Pearlman should be taught in kindergartens…
A lot of people spent days going "OMG OMG OMG popcorn at the ready SiR kEiTh obvs lying; Olly Robbins has the receipts". Now they're like "too clever to get caught, they did it with VIBEZ."
From "Starmer is really bad at politics" straight to "Starmer is Machiavelli reincarnated" - like every week.
This isn't 'extraordinary' - it's what happens in any large organisation with interacting departments
Has this journo never had a proper job?
Just silly
Telegraph newspaper editorial on Mandelson's appointment in December 2024 versus editorial today
And this.
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And, of course, after the BBC spends a week obsessively promoting their disgraceful dog-whistle "sting", Reform promises to review and revoke the asylum decisions of thousands of people already granted it.
With zero mentions of the BBC's "undercover investigation" anywhere in the piece. A
Following on from last week's bs "investigation" which absolutely misrepresented the scale and nature of people potentially claiming asylum under false grounds, it is exceptionally hard to see how this is in any way acceptable and not blatant bias. This is an advert not a news piece.
OMFG I had to go and check that this ACTUALLY happened.
Since when does the BBC ever do chyrons with a political party's branding, rather than their own? Not to mention this is during a pre-election campaign purdah.
(h/t @iainsol.bsky.social)
BREAKING: UK unemployment rate falls to 4.9% in February
This morning I’ve seen Olly Robbins’s appearance before the select committee described as ‘box office’, while a commentator flagged up another key political moment with the words ‘bring the popcorn’.
That’s one of our main problems right there.
BBC reports "more than 600 people crossed the Channel on small boats on Saturday, making it second busiest day so far this year".
BBC reports "Over the past three years, crossings have increased" while omitting 33% year on year fall this year
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I'm always skeptical of BBC-bashing, but BBC News website hasn't reported on the Tice tax scandal since 12 April, when the headline was "Tice £91,000 tax row is 'minor administrative error', party claims".
Great news. Hideous woman.
Yesterday we had a journalist post on Threads to say the press doesn't like Labour and holds Labour to higher standards than other parties.
It confirms what we all knew and see every day.
But shocking that someone in the media bubble actually said it out loud!
Trevor Phillips said on Sky News this morning that "everybody in the country who could read a newspaper" knew in advance of the Mandelson appointment that he was problematic
is this the same Phillips who interviewed Mandelson on October 08 2023 and didn't ask any questions about Epstein friendship?
The Press knew. They laughed.
The Tories knew. They didn’t care.
All I see now is hypocrisy.
Screenshot of a tweet: God Save Great Britain & @GSGB01 WOW: The NHS has ordered staff not to use the phrase 'It's raining cats & dogs' in fear of upsetting people from other cultures and religion. Britain has gone absolutely
Screenshot of a tweet: @Jenny_1884 The NHS has ordered staff not to use the term "It's raining cats & dogs" as it may offend foreigners. Tough If you don't like it jog on is what I think The NHS needs to get back to concentrating on making people better & not being more concerned about offending
For the love of God, could the "common sense" brigade PLEASE develop some actual COMMON SENSE?!
No, the NHS has not ordered staff not to use the term "it's raining cats and dogs" for fear of either upsetting or offending anyone...
Please engage your brains for a minute🙏
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This is from Farage’s Parliamentary Register of interests. Two things to notice, amount paid and hours worked. No comment
London arson attacks latest 🧵
Counter Terrorism Policing are investigating 3 incidents, which are being treated as separate
🔥Golders Green ambulance fire on 23 March
🔥Attempted attack on Finchley synagogue at 00.10 on 15 April
🔥Arson attack on Persian-language media outlet at 20.30 on 15 April
The best thing about Brexit is it sold the EU to the rest of Europe.
Quite a flex to turn up at the presidential palace, get him to confirm you as prime minister, call him unfit to serve with no moral authority, tell him to resign, and then pose for a picture
BBC News leading all its bulletins on demands by former Government advisor Lord Robertson for more defence spending, without at any point mentioning his current paid senior role for US defence lobbyists
Orban was the first in the modern populist wave, the prototype, and he operates now as a crucial international lynchpin. There's a reason the White House and the Kremlin are so desperate for him to win.
Their "Join the Dots" compilation of B-sides and rarities is great.
HMG spokesperson says UK will not be involved in the ‘blockade’ and is working with European allies on reopening the Strait. Await another Trump tantrum about Starmer
Matt Goodwin seems to be too busy celebrating his book to tweet about what's going on in Hungary. Sure he'll get round to it.
Orban owns the media. He controls the information environment. He rigged the electoral system to make defeat next-to impossible. The govt of the most powerful country on earth tried to bribe Hungarian voters in his favour. It didn't work.
