In a world of lies, we need the BBC more than ever. This week could be our last chance to save it | Polly Toynbee As the public consultation on the BBC nears its end, the right will be out in force to undermine it. But its supporters can do their bit – with this guidance, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Really #Sad the #Guardian's #PollyToynbee is so out of touch, & still flogging the #DeadHorse of #BrexshitBritain's #TaxFunded #StatePropagandaTelevisionService. The #BBC is now nothing more than the #Mouthpiece of the #FarRight. It desperately needs abolishing

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It’s tragic that a decent PM will be brought down by Mandelson’s sleaze – but it’s a matter of when, not if | Polly Toynbee With three years left and a huge majority, Labour can govern with more humility and deliver real change. But with Starmer at the helm? I can’t see it, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Worth a read.

“Somehow, the grooming gangs of Rotherham cause more visceral disgust and outcry than exploitation of these equally vulnerable victims procured for the lusts of the wealthy”

#pollytoynbee #theguardian #petermandelson #epstein #Starmer

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#PollyToynbee: 'Here is the #Starmer tragedy, a good and clever man not made for politics or leadership. His lack of arrogance and his earnest endeavour is what his admirers like, but lack of political instinct and firmness of direction is a fatal flaw.'
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"Here is the Starmer tragedy, a good and clever man not made for politics or leadership", writes #PollyToynbee in #TheGuardian.

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This is a deranged denial of reality.

#Starmer is a […]

The hard right is claiming the cross – and true Christians should not allow it | Polly Toynbee British church leaders have finally spoken out about the dangerous rise of Christian nationalism. But their message was far too timid, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

#PollyToynbee: 'In their long-delayed choice of a new archbishop of Canterbury, the C of E needs an unhesitating opponent of Christian nationalism. There is a time for understanding, but this is a time for denouncing racist demagogues & shaming their supporters.'
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Now is not the time for a Labour leadership election | Polly Toynbee The focus should be on talking up this government’s achievements so far – and preventing a Reform victory, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

It's "peg on your nose" time again, plebs.

#PollyToynbee #RightWingShitBag

Now is not the time for a Labour leadership election | Polly Toynbee www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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#PollyToynbee nails it. The #Heathrow plans make me sick, and so does the undermining of #rail transport.

It’s the great immigration experiment. But will Starmer test Labour to destruction? | Polly Toynbee There’s more to this policy than merely chasing Nigel Farage. But it risks driving voters towards the Lib Dems and Greens, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Thank you #PollyToynbee for this very thoughtful column on #KeirStarmer's #immigration plan.

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Trump is pushing students towards Britain – ministers, don’t let your immigration obsession stand in the way | Polly Toynbee Beleaguered UK universities have a golden opportunity. If the government passes it up, it risks billions in revenue, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

#PollyToynbee 'Since students make up 40% of total “immigrant” numbers, why not remove from the statistics all except those who eventually stay?'
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Oopsy. Did she ever really believe it, or was it just to get leftists to vote #Labour? #theguardian #pollytoynbee

#Benefits
The ever egregious #PollyToynbee is still doubling down on the rightness of Labour.

Or maybe she is just pissed?

...would be the wrong take, because there is an alternative cuts.

Polly Toynbee, with the most centrist take, possible. Nice cuts, not nasty cuts. #pollytoynbee #guardian

Why can’t I get behind Corbyn, when we want the same things? Here’s why | Polly Toynbee At the Labour conference I am besieged by good people who feel they are part of a great wave for a better society. My response to this passion sounds cynical – but realistic

#PollyToynbee
#TheGuardian
#Starmer
9 yrs ago she wrote of Corbyn: 'How shortsighted not to make concessions that would put opponents in his debt. The few iron-fisted organisers bent on deselections are hidden from the great wave of followers'.

How ironic..
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#PollyToynbee
The centrists darling is currently sabre rattling for war. Let us not forget her treason when she was called upon for a different war...

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Here’s what Labour should learn from Donald Trump: think bigger, think faster | Polly Toynbee A hostile media will criticise it no matter what. So it should ignore the noise, harness its huge majority – and act decisively, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

'Severely curb party donations, cleansing cash from politics.' Possibly the most important point made by #PollyToynbee in her column today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Thanks so much to #LewesLabour and #MarkPerryman I loved being part of the panel discussion at
the brilliant Tackling Inequality In UK event at #LewesTownHall today. Thanks for the invite. Very inspiring to hear from #PollyToynbee and #DannyDorling too!

It’s OK to feel despair at Trump’s victory. The important thing is not to give up | Polly Toynbee A lot of people say they just don’t care about ‘politics’, and I’m sure that would make for an easier life. But Kamala Harris was right: we must carry on the fight, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynb...

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Excellent piece by #PollyToynbee

neighbours. The chancellor, undeterred, needs to raise all the billions she can, harvesting most from those "broadest shoulders" now in full blustering defence of their capital gains, private school fees, private equity loopholes, agricultural tax hideaways and inheritance tax escapes. People need no reminding of the crippled state of Britain's public realm, how it declined while the best-off enjoyed rapid increases in wealth in the past decade.

Blisteringly good from #PollyToynbee in defence of #SureStart @theifs.bsky.social @jrf-uk.bsky.social
Time to make the #PipsSqueak

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Intrigued to see #pollytoynbee trending. I came across this early paperback novels of hers in a charity shop a few years ago, written in 1969 & exploring a dystopian vision of London's social breakdown after a biochemical attack, & have wondered since how she feels about it now