Gina Garratt
@ginaspireite.bsky.social
Proud happy mum, grandma and spireite from the land of the crooked spire. My home, family and Chesterfield FC my happy places. 🥰
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Yorkshire teenagers: ‘It brings us so much joy to keep 1940s music alive.’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Yorkshire teens bringing 1940s music into the 21st Century
Teenagers Siena, Emilia and Lottie are The Duchy Darlings, a musical trio covering wartime songs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Yorkshire teenagers: ‘It brings us so much joy to keep 1940s music alive.’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Almost a year on and Nigel Farage has still not given any explanation as to what was going on here bylinetimes.com/2025/01/30/n...
Nigel Farage Pictured With Far-Right Activists Who Posted 'Pride Swastikas' and Racist Rants
EXCLUSIVE: The Reform UK leader posed for pictures with the group of prominent far-right activists known for their extreme, racist and Islamophobic posts
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Almost a year on and Nigel Farage has still not given any explanation as to what was going on here bylinetimes.com/2025/01/30/n...
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We used to call them ‘the mirror world BeeGees.’ This is what happened to people who came to Nick Gibb’s attention (me included). My opinion hasn’t changed (for the record!) #EduSky
Revealed: UK government keeping files on education critics’ social media activity
An Observer investigation finds DfE tried to cancel conference with ‘unsuitable’ speakers – and experts who criticised state education policy had files kept on online posts
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
We used to call them ‘the mirror world BeeGees.’ This is what happened to people who came to Nick Gibb’s attention (me included). My opinion hasn’t changed (for the record!) #EduSky
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Great episode from the @newsagents.bsky.social especially education people who can see what Robbie Gibb was doing at the BBC while his brother Nick was on a similar mission at the DFE. #EduSky
Inside the BBC: What really went on
YouTube video by The News Agents
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Great episode from the @newsagents.bsky.social especially education people who can see what Robbie Gibb was doing at the BBC while his brother Nick was on a similar mission at the DFE. #EduSky
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🔴US-Style Culture Wars Have Come to Britain but Who Is Starting Them?
A new study raises stark questions about links between extreme rhetoric in the media and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
A new study raises stark questions about links between extreme rhetoric in the media and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
US-Style Culture Wars Have Come to Britain but Who Is Starting Them?
A new study raises stark questions about the link between extreme rhetoric in the media and politics and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues Professor Bo...
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🔴US-Style Culture Wars Have Come to Britain but Who Is Starting Them?
A new study raises stark questions about links between extreme rhetoric in the media and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
A new study raises stark questions about links between extreme rhetoric in the media and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
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…be able to behave like this, regarding the BBC?
I never appeared on Question Time, by the way.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06...
I never appeared on Question Time, by the way.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06...
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
…be able to behave like this, regarding the BBC?
I never appeared on Question Time, by the way.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06...
I never appeared on Question Time, by the way.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06...
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This feels like a reasonable time to share an article from The Telegraph from 2023, which certainly makes it seem that Matt Hancock knew that I was interviewed to appear on BBC Question Time (how?) and seemed to attempt to intervene to prevent my appearance.
Should politicians…
Should politicians…
November 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
This feels like a reasonable time to share an article from The Telegraph from 2023, which certainly makes it seem that Matt Hancock knew that I was interviewed to appear on BBC Question Time (how?) and seemed to attempt to intervene to prevent my appearance.
Should politicians…
Should politicians…
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◾ >9 years since Tees Valley voted for supposed benefits of Brexit
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
Houchen’s deprivation failure exposed – official
Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
◾ >9 years since Tees Valley voted for supposed benefits of Brexit
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
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Reform UK won control of Durham County Council in May, hoping to cut council tax...
...they now contemplate a significant increase in that tax.
...they now contemplate a significant increase in that tax.
County Durham residents fear higher bills as Reform UK plans council tax changes
Reform UK won control of Durham County Council in May, hoping to cut council tax; they now contemplate a significant increase in that tax
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Reform UK won control of Durham County Council in May, hoping to cut council tax...
...they now contemplate a significant increase in that tax.
...they now contemplate a significant increase in that tax.
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Reform UK Leicestershire are crooks.
They announced consultants Newton would do a £1.4m savings review.
That’s ballooned to £30m in 6 just days.
Leader Dan Harrison is a con man.
Leicestershire you’ve been had.
leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-n...
#ReformLies
They announced consultants Newton would do a £1.4m savings review.
That’s ballooned to £30m in 6 just days.
Leader Dan Harrison is a con man.
Leicestershire you’ve been had.
leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-n...
#ReformLies
Firm leading council savings review could receive £30m
The county council currently needs to plug an expected £90 million gap in its day-to-day spending
leicestermercury.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Reform UK Leicestershire are crooks.
They announced consultants Newton would do a £1.4m savings review.
That’s ballooned to £30m in 6 just days.
Leader Dan Harrison is a con man.
Leicestershire you’ve been had.
leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-n...
#ReformLies
They announced consultants Newton would do a £1.4m savings review.
That’s ballooned to £30m in 6 just days.
Leader Dan Harrison is a con man.
Leicestershire you’ve been had.
leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-n...
#ReformLies
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“A sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric is fuelling a growing cesspool of racism, including against international and ethnic minority nursing staff, without whom our health and care system would simply cease to function.”
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
“A sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric is fuelling a growing cesspool of racism, including against international and ethnic minority nursing staff, without whom our health and care system would simply cease to function.”
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Regarding the BBC and journalist integrity. We’ve had examples of a major lack of it before, and yet one of its journalists found guilty of it has been allowed to continue and is more prominent than ever… #newsnight #r4today #bbcbreakfast #politicsLive #bbclaurak
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Regarding the BBC and journalist integrity. We’ve had examples of a major lack of it before, and yet one of its journalists found guilty of it has been allowed to continue and is more prominent than ever… #newsnight #r4today #bbcbreakfast #politicsLive #bbclaurak
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We won strong EU laws against child labour ＆ nature destruction, but Manfred Weber (EPP leader in the EU Parliament) is siding with the far-right to undo it.
Tell him to protect our future, not big business.
share.greens-efa.eu/s/ALqmxtUq
We won strong EU laws against child labour ＆ nature destruction, but Manfred Weber (EPP leader in the EU Parliament) is siding with the far-right to undo it.
Tell him to protect our future, not big business.
share.greens-efa.eu/s/ALqmxtUq
Send him an email now and tell him to not give in to the far right.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Please send an email and share if you can. It takes 2 mins!
We won strong EU laws against child labour ＆ nature destruction, but Manfred Weber (EPP leader in the EU Parliament) is siding with the far-right to undo it.
Tell him to protect our future, not big business.
share.greens-efa.eu/s/ALqmxtUq
We won strong EU laws against child labour ＆ nature destruction, but Manfred Weber (EPP leader in the EU Parliament) is siding with the far-right to undo it.
Tell him to protect our future, not big business.
share.greens-efa.eu/s/ALqmxtUq
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BBC invited Kelvin McKenzie on BBC breakfast to talk about ethics
"Unless your editorial intent is explicitly to explore ethical failure through the eyes of those who perpetrated it, it’s a reputational risk with limited public-interest upside"
- ChatGPT pro
bsky.app/profile/bria...
"Unless your editorial intent is explicitly to explore ethical failure through the eyes of those who perpetrated it, it’s a reputational risk with limited public-interest upside"
- ChatGPT pro
bsky.app/profile/bria...
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
BBC invited Kelvin McKenzie on BBC breakfast to talk about ethics
"Unless your editorial intent is explicitly to explore ethical failure through the eyes of those who perpetrated it, it’s a reputational risk with limited public-interest upside"
- ChatGPT pro
bsky.app/profile/bria...
"Unless your editorial intent is explicitly to explore ethical failure through the eyes of those who perpetrated it, it’s a reputational risk with limited public-interest upside"
- ChatGPT pro
bsky.app/profile/bria...
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It's almost as if the BBC can't stop shooting itself in the foot and another foot and another foot and another foot and another foot...
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It's almost as if the BBC can't stop shooting itself in the foot and another foot and another foot and another foot and another foot...
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One of my favourite garden centres has done it again with another stunning Christmas display. The theme this year is The Wizard of Oz!
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
One of my favourite garden centres has done it again with another stunning Christmas display. The theme this year is The Wizard of Oz!
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The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey
The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey
The BBC belongs to all of us, and it is under attack as never before. The government must defend it from its enemies, within and without, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey
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Have Reform UK Ltd’s county councils delivered on their promises?
A six-month review of Reform-led county councils explores how effectively they have delivered what they promised to their electors | Gary Gilligan
@garygilligan.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
A six-month review of Reform-led county councils explores how effectively they have delivered what they promised to their electors | Gary Gilligan
@garygilligan.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Have Reform UK Ltd’s county councils delivered on their promises?
A six-month review of Reform-led county councils explores how effectively they have delivered what they promised to their electors
centralbylines.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Have Reform UK Ltd’s county councils delivered on their promises?
A six-month review of Reform-led county councils explores how effectively they have delivered what they promised to their electors | Gary Gilligan
@garygilligan.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
A six-month review of Reform-led county councils explores how effectively they have delivered what they promised to their electors | Gary Gilligan
@garygilligan.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
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Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
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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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Meanwhile, in Reform's Lancashire CC, the councillor in charge of care homes, owns a private care home, and is closing council care homes. 👀
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Meanwhile, in Reform's Lancashire CC, the councillor in charge of care homes, owns a private care home, and is closing council care homes. 👀
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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A key victory in Trump's road to power in America was successfully branding the majority of its established press as "fake news". Now, he is bringing this across the pond to the BBC – where these same tactics are favoured by prominent politicians and media outlets on the right. A dangerous moment.
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A key victory in Trump's road to power in America was successfully branding the majority of its established press as "fake news". Now, he is bringing this across the pond to the BBC – where these same tactics are favoured by prominent politicians and media outlets on the right. A dangerous moment.
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The BBC isn't perfect, but it belongs to Britain not Trump.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The BBC isn't perfect, but it belongs to Britain not Trump.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.