Andy E
@andyerak.bsky.social
Curmudgeonly europhile, copy-editor correcting AI's nonsense, anti-narcissist, grudging admirer of the Estonian success story. No DMs, ta.
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Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
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Post Office Horizon IT contract extended for another year.
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
Post Office Horizon IT contract extended for another year
It is paying £41m to the Japanese-owned company Fujitsu to use the Horizon system until March 2027.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Post Office Horizon IT contract extended for another year.
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
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Good question!😤
Post Office Horizon IT contract extended for another year.
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
Post Office Horizon IT contract extended for another year
It is paying £41m to the Japanese-owned company Fujitsu to use the Horizon system until March 2027.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Good question!😤
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3/ It would be interesting to know exactly what role BBC Board member Robbie Gibb played in this affair.
Whoever leaked Michael Prescott's inflammatory & ideologically loaded memo must have known what damage it would do to the BBC.
Cui bono?
Whoever leaked Michael Prescott's inflammatory & ideologically loaded memo must have known what damage it would do to the BBC.
Cui bono?
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
3/ It would be interesting to know exactly what role BBC Board member Robbie Gibb played in this affair.
Whoever leaked Michael Prescott's inflammatory & ideologically loaded memo must have known what damage it would do to the BBC.
Cui bono?
Whoever leaked Michael Prescott's inflammatory & ideologically loaded memo must have known what damage it would do to the BBC.
Cui bono?
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Switzerland is joining Horizon Europe!
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Switzerland is joining Horizon Europe!
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
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Absolutely right. I criticise BBC News, because we need it to be as good as we know it can be. People like Farage criticise the BBC, because they work for its competitors and don't want it to exist.
🎯 Davey is spot on. "We can have criticism of the BBC, but within that, we need to recognise how valuable an institution it is [and how] precious to our country. And that's one of the reasons why people like President Trump and Nigel Farage, want to undermine the BBC." 👏🏽~AA
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Absolutely right. I criticise BBC News, because we need it to be as good as we know it can be. People like Farage criticise the BBC, because they work for its competitors and don't want it to exist.
Has he cleared his HMRC debt then?
Lord Bamford has given Reform £200K, he’s previously given the Tories vast £1,000’s
He says Tories & Reform are parties that support small businesses which is utter Bollox❗️
Tories excluded 3.8 small biz owners, self employed & freelancers from support when Covid hit in 2020 leading to 17 suicides😡
He says Tories & Reform are parties that support small businesses which is utter Bollox❗️
Tories excluded 3.8 small biz owners, self employed & freelancers from support when Covid hit in 2020 leading to 17 suicides😡
Billionaire Tory donor gives £200,000 to Reform UK
JCB chair Lord Bamford hands equal amount to Tories and Reform to support parties he says ‘believe in small business’
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Has he cleared his HMRC debt then?
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🚨🚨 Slovakia's Prime Minister #RobertFico warned that his country will oppose using #Russian frozen assets to fund #Ukraine's defense spending, speaking with Slovakian public broadcaster STVR on Saturday. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/slov...
www.politico.eu/article/slov...
Slovakia reportedly won’t back using frozen Russian assets for Kyiv’s military costs
“Slovakia won’t take part in any legal or financial schemes to seize frozen assets if those funds would be spent on military costs in Ukraine,” prime minister says.
www.politico.eu
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 AM
🚨🚨 Slovakia's Prime Minister #RobertFico warned that his country will oppose using #Russian frozen assets to fund #Ukraine's defense spending, speaking with Slovakian public broadcaster STVR on Saturday. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/slov...
www.politico.eu/article/slov...
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The key is to raise taxes enough to actually be able to do something with it, beyond placating the OBR and bond markets
Breaking the tax pledge is the right call...and politically sulphurous. Reeves must argue, far more forcefully, that taxes are *the* essential downpayment we all pay for a fairer society.
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
If Labour want a fairer society, they must argue for it
Labour must make the political argument: taxes are the critical downpayment we all pay to live in a fairer society.
It now seems all but certain that direct taxes will rise in the forthcoming Budget...
renewal.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The key is to raise taxes enough to actually be able to do something with it, beyond placating the OBR and bond markets
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Now Donald Trump is, through the scumbag liar & propagandist Karoline Leavitt, telling British people that they should watch the far right wing channel GB “News” instead of the BBC. I regard this as an act of war. Go to hell Trump.
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Now Donald Trump is, through the scumbag liar & propagandist Karoline Leavitt, telling British people that they should watch the far right wing channel GB “News” instead of the BBC. I regard this as an act of war. Go to hell Trump.
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The thing that frightens me most is that more and more US regime commentators are talking about the UK as if we need ‘rescuing’. I do not want us to suffer what happens to a country when the US ‘rescues’ it.
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The thing that frightens me most is that more and more US regime commentators are talking about the UK as if we need ‘rescuing’. I do not want us to suffer what happens to a country when the US ‘rescues’ it.
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Also reminder of this
Robbie Gibb cancelled an investigation into Farage's Leave dot EU campaign shortly before the EU Ref
Arron Banks thanked him for it
"Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down."
Robbie Gibb cancelled an investigation into Farage's Leave dot EU campaign shortly before the EU Ref
Arron Banks thanked him for it
"Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down."
"Funnily enough Andy [Wigmore], the only time I ever experienced political interference in one of my investigations at the BBC, was when I was investigating you and Arron Banks
Your mate Robbie Gibb put a stop to a story we were running."
- former BBC investigative reporter Manveen Rana, 2022
Your mate Robbie Gibb put a stop to a story we were running."
- former BBC investigative reporter Manveen Rana, 2022
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Also reminder of this
Robbie Gibb cancelled an investigation into Farage's Leave dot EU campaign shortly before the EU Ref
Arron Banks thanked him for it
"Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down."
Robbie Gibb cancelled an investigation into Farage's Leave dot EU campaign shortly before the EU Ref
Arron Banks thanked him for it
"Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down."
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I’ll qualify this with the fact Farage and I are similar age, he was in Army cadets as was I in prep for the Army
Russia was the enemy we were trained to expect one day fight them.. not buddy up with them, those that did were traitors
So this👇🏼👇🏼odious Bollox by him boils my blood
End of❗️
Russia was the enemy we were trained to expect one day fight them.. not buddy up with them, those that did were traitors
So this👇🏼👇🏼odious Bollox by him boils my blood
End of❗️
Farage going full on Trump here👇🏼🙄turning Remembrance Sunday into a film all about him showing how vain he is 🤬
Yup same Farage said Putin is someone he admires, blamed us for Russia invading Ukraine, met secretly with their ambassador and appeared on Russian TV.. but hey he’s a Real Patriot so 🤷🏼♂️
Yup same Farage said Putin is someone he admires, blamed us for Russia invading Ukraine, met secretly with their ambassador and appeared on Russian TV.. but hey he’s a Real Patriot so 🤷🏼♂️
Yes, Nigel Farage made an actual promo video of his poppy performance in Walton-on-the-Naze today.
November 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I’ll qualify this with the fact Farage and I are similar age, he was in Army cadets as was I in prep for the Army
Russia was the enemy we were trained to expect one day fight them.. not buddy up with them, those that did were traitors
So this👇🏼👇🏼odious Bollox by him boils my blood
End of❗️
Russia was the enemy we were trained to expect one day fight them.. not buddy up with them, those that did were traitors
So this👇🏼👇🏼odious Bollox by him boils my blood
End of❗️
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It’s easy to see why Trump wants to destroy the world’s number one news source. We can’t let him.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It’s easy to see why Trump wants to destroy the world’s number one news source. We can’t let him.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
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The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
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We are so far through the looking glass that the man who tried to overthrow an election becomes president, the people who attacked the Capitol are turned into martyrs, & it's the BBC that gets punished - cheered on by the worst news outlets in the UK & the two most dishonest politicians of our age.
It’s not at all clear to me how the BBC can do any kind of serious journalism if its top two bosses can be forced to quit over such an obviously confected scandal. There is no substantive error here. How can the BBC report on Trump, or Farage, or anyone else, in these circumstances?
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
We are so far through the looking glass that the man who tried to overthrow an election becomes president, the people who attacked the Capitol are turned into martyrs, & it's the BBC that gets punished - cheered on by the worst news outlets in the UK & the two most dishonest politicians of our age.
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Farage is a disgrace
Farage going full on Trump here👇🏼🙄turning Remembrance Sunday into a film all about him showing how vain he is 🤬
Yup same Farage said Putin is someone he admires, blamed us for Russia invading Ukraine, met secretly with their ambassador and appeared on Russian TV.. but hey he’s a Real Patriot so 🤷🏼♂️
Yup same Farage said Putin is someone he admires, blamed us for Russia invading Ukraine, met secretly with their ambassador and appeared on Russian TV.. but hey he’s a Real Patriot so 🤷🏼♂️
Yes, Nigel Farage made an actual promo video of his poppy performance in Walton-on-the-Naze today.
November 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Farage is a disgrace
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Ah, what the #BBC loves. Self-flagellating itself. Yes, Davie deserved to go, but not for the reasons that Trump, Farage, etc. claim. The BBC under his management gave us Brexit, climate change, and Covid misinformation.
November 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Ah, what the #BBC loves. Self-flagellating itself. Yes, Davie deserved to go, but not for the reasons that Trump, Farage, etc. claim. The BBC under his management gave us Brexit, climate change, and Covid misinformation.
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The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
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So the BBC is crawling to Trump now. God help us, when is this craziness going to end?
I wish the rest of the world, including us, would just band together & tell him to Fuck Off. Blue states in the US also.
We are no wiser now than the Germans under Hitler.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
I wish the rest of the world, including us, would just band together & tell him to Fuck Off. Blue states in the US also.
We are no wiser now than the Germans under Hitler.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Why is the BBC expected to apologise over a Donald Trump speech edit?
Boris Johnson and White House criticise the corporation, but some journalists say criticism is part of campaign to destroy the BBC
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
So the BBC is crawling to Trump now. God help us, when is this craziness going to end?
I wish the rest of the world, including us, would just band together & tell him to Fuck Off. Blue states in the US also.
We are no wiser now than the Germans under Hitler.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
I wish the rest of the world, including us, would just band together & tell him to Fuck Off. Blue states in the US also.
We are no wiser now than the Germans under Hitler.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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A big win for people more outraged by a silly edit at the BBC than by a man impeached by Congress for literally inciting an insurrection being back in the White House. Pathetic.
🔴 Breaking I Davie faced mounting criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by Donald Trump
➡️ Read more: trib.al/I0iw7aP
➡️ Read more: trib.al/I0iw7aP
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A big win for people more outraged by a silly edit at the BBC than by a man impeached by Congress for literally inciting an insurrection being back in the White House. Pathetic.
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The BBC when there is a real scandal: takes years to do anything, drags its feet, is very defensive
The BBC when the right wing goes for it: has a panic attack then throws itself on its sword immediately
The BBC when the right wing goes for it: has a panic attack then throws itself on its sword immediately
November 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The BBC when there is a real scandal: takes years to do anything, drags its feet, is very defensive
The BBC when the right wing goes for it: has a panic attack then throws itself on its sword immediately
The BBC when the right wing goes for it: has a panic attack then throws itself on its sword immediately