Peter Savage.
@pcsavage.bsky.social
Retired TU Official. Interested in Law, Good food, Wine, Running and unfortunately Everton. Not necessarily in that order. I have friends everywhere.
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Peter Savage.
@pcsavage.bsky.social
· Aug 12
Pinned post at the other place said. The correct response to about 95% of political tweets is "it's more complicated than that."
The Judean People’s Front or the People’s Front of Judea?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Your Party row erupts over hundreds of thousands of pounds in donations
Clash the latest in months of political infighting between the camps of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The Judean People’s Front or the People’s Front of Judea?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
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A remarkable choice of booking...
BBC slammed for asking Kelvin Mackenzie about journalism standards
Liverpool fans and others staggered by choice to invite former S*n editor on to discuss ongoing issues at the BBC
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A remarkable choice of booking...
Fancy some social #running over the Christmas break? Get together with friends and enter this in #Nottingham.
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www.hprcrun.co.uk/post/christm...
Christmas Relays - Entries Open
www.hprcrun.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Fancy some social #running over the Christmas break? Get together with friends and enter this in #Nottingham.
www.hprcrun.co.uk/post/christm...
www.hprcrun.co.uk/post/christm...
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Seeing so many posts about who “Starmer and Nandy” will appoint as director general. Easy mistake but the government does not appoint the director general! The BBC board, whose members are appointed for rolling terms by the culture secretary, appoints the director general.
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Seeing so many posts about who “Starmer and Nandy” will appoint as director general. Easy mistake but the government does not appoint the director general! The BBC board, whose members are appointed for rolling terms by the culture secretary, appoints the director general.
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Appeasement never works
It’s ironic but predictable that the BBC duo -who tried so hard to please the right wing papers-are removed by the right wing papers.
November 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Appeasement never works
Of course all this gives the BBC what it likes best of all. A reason to talk about the BBC.
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Of course all this gives the BBC what it likes best of all. A reason to talk about the BBC.
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This is the most abysmal, pathetic thing. The BBC head resigning because the corporation is not supine *enough* to the far-right.
🔴 Breaking I Davie faced mounting criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by Donald Trump
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➡️ Read more: trib.al/I0iw7aP
November 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is the most abysmal, pathetic thing. The BBC head resigning because the corporation is not supine *enough* to the far-right.
Odds on Trump pardoning him?
November 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Odds on Trump pardoning him?
I ran the Seagrave Challenge this morning a 16.5 mile trail run in Leicestershire. About 10 miles in I was definitely thinking that I should have stuck to #parkrun #knackered
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I ran the Seagrave Challenge this morning a 16.5 mile trail run in Leicestershire. About 10 miles in I was definitely thinking that I should have stuck to #parkrun #knackered
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Chris Mason is what happens when a Hospital Radio DJ, whose sole qualification appears to be a sort of soporific inoffensiveness, is somehow promoted to BBC Politics Editor - a position that demands unflinching insight, objectivity, and sharpness. It's like a puddle trying to be the ocean.
November 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Chris Mason is what happens when a Hospital Radio DJ, whose sole qualification appears to be a sort of soporific inoffensiveness, is somehow promoted to BBC Politics Editor - a position that demands unflinching insight, objectivity, and sharpness. It's like a puddle trying to be the ocean.
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He’s worked jolly hard for that $1tn
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
He’s worked jolly hard for that $1tn
Tell me me you didn't bother watching the movie before writing the headline.
November 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Tell me me you didn't bother watching the movie before writing the headline.
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The UK Labour Party defines itself as a "democratic socialist" part in the first sentence of Clause IV. And has since the 1990s.
That's how woeful the BBC claiming it's a term with no definition is. Good grief.
That's how woeful the BBC claiming it's a term with no definition is. Good grief.
I don't know what is more depressing. That the BBC seems to have no clue what democratic socialism is or that someone who comments on politics for a living thinks it's the same as communism.
Jesus wept, indeed. GCSE, Introduction to Politics, Chapter 1, stuff.
Jesus wept, indeed. GCSE, Introduction to Politics, Chapter 1, stuff.
November 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The UK Labour Party defines itself as a "democratic socialist" part in the first sentence of Clause IV. And has since the 1990s.
That's how woeful the BBC claiming it's a term with no definition is. Good grief.
That's how woeful the BBC claiming it's a term with no definition is. Good grief.
This sounds bonkers! "owners would have to estimate, and pay for, their road usage for the year ahead. If, at the end of the year, they had driven fewer miles they would have a credit to carry over, but if they had driven more they would face a top-up charge."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
EV drivers could face new tax in Budget
The BBC understands there have been
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November 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
This sounds bonkers! "owners would have to estimate, and pay for, their road usage for the year ahead. If, at the end of the year, they had driven fewer miles they would have a credit to carry over, but if they had driven more they would face a top-up charge."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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In which Nottingham University moves closer to being a Polytechnic.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
In which Nottingham University moves closer to being a Polytechnic.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Probably an unpopular opinion but this seems reasonable given he did serve and was shot at.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Andrew allowed to keep Falklands medal despite losing royal and military titles
King Charles has agreed to his brother retaining South Atlantic medal for service during 1982 conflict
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Probably an unpopular opinion but this seems reasonable given he did serve and was shot at.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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This is yet another example of how you beat the far right. By beating them, not trying to be them. By having your own agenda, not aping theirs. With courage and conviction - and humour - not fear and timidity.
November 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM
This is yet another example of how you beat the far right. By beating them, not trying to be them. By having your own agenda, not aping theirs. With courage and conviction - and humour - not fear and timidity.
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Some commentators losing their minds that the perpetrator is named Anthony Williams and the hero named Samir Zitouni.
Bloody foreigners coming over here saving people’s lives.
Bloody foreigners coming over here saving people’s lives.
November 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Some commentators losing their minds that the perpetrator is named Anthony Williams and the hero named Samir Zitouni.
Bloody foreigners coming over here saving people’s lives.
Bloody foreigners coming over here saving people’s lives.
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What prompted the Times editor to choose this photo over all the others, one wonders?
November 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
What prompted the Times editor to choose this photo over all the others, one wonders?
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43% of Americans have looked at the ICE raids and decided that they are about right (28%) or that they don’t go far enough (15%). 😳
People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.
November 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
43% of Americans have looked at the ICE raids and decided that they are about right (28%) or that they don’t go far enough (15%). 😳
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Nigel Farage, who has so far registered a total of £280,500 for four hours a month as a "brand ambassador" for a company selling gold bars, thinks a £10 an hour minimum wage for young people is too high bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People
The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy
bylinetimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Nigel Farage, who has so far registered a total of £280,500 for four hours a month as a "brand ambassador" for a company selling gold bars, thinks a £10 an hour minimum wage for young people is too high bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
Puts me buying some new shoes into perspective #running
Wealthy runners are spending thousands on coaches, saunas, supplements — even $10,000 treadmills — all to shave a few minutes off their marathon times.
Wall Street’s Elite Are Turning Marathon Times Into a Status Symbol
From supershoes to altitude masks, money is no object for runners in pursuit of elite training regimens and faster marathon times.
bloom.bg
November 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Puts me buying some new shoes into perspective #running