Sue Gill
@sueg59.bsky.social
Wife, mum, grandma, retired headteacher and massive Dr Who fan. Love cooking, reading, gardening and music. Trying this as finding the other place horrid atm. Mostly repost.
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This is a really appalling editorial error on BBC Question Time
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
December 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This is a really appalling editorial error on BBC Question Time
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
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🧵 Is it a super flu year? Who knows, but I think the current reporting is stupid.
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🧵 Is it a super flu year? Who knows, but I think the current reporting is stupid.
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
Great thread.
The European Union has triggered Article 122 to indefinitely immobilise the assets of the Russian Central Bank, worth a whopping €210 billion.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
🧵 Long thread.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
🧵 Long thread.
December 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Great thread.
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The real asylum scandal is the incompetence of the Home Office inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...
December 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The real asylum scandal is the incompetence of the Home Office inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...
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Only way to handle this sort of bullying nonsense from the Orange Ego - ignore it & keep in with reliable friends
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
No 10 declines to comment on White House claim that Europe facing ‘civilisational erasure’ – UK politics live
US national security strategy takes aim at EU and other bodies over issues including migration, free speech and falling birthrates
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Only way to handle this sort of bullying nonsense from the Orange Ego - ignore it & keep in with reliable friends
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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I only recently listened to this extraordinary 10 part podcast - Sergei and the Westminster Spy Ring by @peterjukes.bsky.social and @carolecadwalla.bsky.social . It’s gripping, chilling, and deeply disturbing. The facts of Russian intrusion into UK politics laid bare, in horrifying fashion.
Rory Stewart and Alistair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social spell out what needs to happen - the same demand we’ve made for years.
We need a real, independent inquiry 🧵
🎧 Hear the full story: the-citizens.com/2025/02/serg...
We need a real, independent inquiry 🧵
🎧 Hear the full story: the-citizens.com/2025/02/serg...
December 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I only recently listened to this extraordinary 10 part podcast - Sergei and the Westminster Spy Ring by @peterjukes.bsky.social and @carolecadwalla.bsky.social . It’s gripping, chilling, and deeply disturbing. The facts of Russian intrusion into UK politics laid bare, in horrifying fashion.
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You couldn't make it up. Hidden landfills at risk of leaching toxic waste into our drinking water - made worse by flood risk heightened by climate change.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is a disgusting mess and our leaders need to sort it out.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is a disgusting mess and our leaders need to sort it out.
UK and Europe’s hidden landfills at risk of leaking toxic waste into water supplies
Exclusive: Rising flood risks driven by climate change could release toxic waste from ageing sites – posing threats to ecosystems
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
You couldn't make it up. Hidden landfills at risk of leaching toxic waste into our drinking water - made worse by flood risk heightened by climate change.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is a disgusting mess and our leaders need to sort it out.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is a disgusting mess and our leaders need to sort it out.
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The idea that I would ever work with Tories is absurd. If you don't believe me just ask Lee Anderson, Nadine Dorries, Danny Kruger, Andrea Jenkyns, Jonathan Gullis, Sarah Pochin, Jake Berry, Marco Longhi, Peter Bone...
December 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The idea that I would ever work with Tories is absurd. If you don't believe me just ask Lee Anderson, Nadine Dorries, Danny Kruger, Andrea Jenkyns, Jonathan Gullis, Sarah Pochin, Jake Berry, Marco Longhi, Peter Bone...
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I’m getting bored with this type of fuckwittery … boo hoo hoo it’s not called Christmas anymore.
1. Evergreen tree is a type of tree
2. Mince pies have never been called Christmas pies
3. Turkey is too expensive!
Grow up England or please just go independent and leave the rest of us alone.
1. Evergreen tree is a type of tree
2. Mince pies have never been called Christmas pies
3. Turkey is too expensive!
Grow up England or please just go independent and leave the rest of us alone.
December 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I’m getting bored with this type of fuckwittery … boo hoo hoo it’s not called Christmas anymore.
1. Evergreen tree is a type of tree
2. Mince pies have never been called Christmas pies
3. Turkey is too expensive!
Grow up England or please just go independent and leave the rest of us alone.
1. Evergreen tree is a type of tree
2. Mince pies have never been called Christmas pies
3. Turkey is too expensive!
Grow up England or please just go independent and leave the rest of us alone.
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This is not just John Birch Society stuff. It's worse than that and that kind of dangerous language should have absolutely no place in British politics.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage urged to explain conspiracy theories linked to antisemitism he voiced in US media
Exclusive: The Reform UK leader discussed far-right talking points in web TV and radio appearances between 2009 and 2018
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
This is not just John Birch Society stuff. It's worse than that and that kind of dangerous language should have absolutely no place in British politics.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Well - thank you Labour for this.
It’s a start 🥰
It’s a start 🥰
December 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Well - thank you Labour for this.
It’s a start 🥰
It’s a start 🥰
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You know I do sometimes wonder exactly when this 'progressive age' was in education that self-styled 'traditionalists' rail against because surely if it was such a disaster we'd see it in exam results? I've been in education for 30+ years and imo very little has massively changed. 1/3
December 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM
You know I do sometimes wonder exactly when this 'progressive age' was in education that self-styled 'traditionalists' rail against because surely if it was such a disaster we'd see it in exam results? I've been in education for 30+ years and imo very little has massively changed. 1/3
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What a speech! I wish someone in the UK would do similar on Boris Johnson and/or Nigel Farage, particularly focusing on what Farage was actually doing on Brexit night (there will be some who know, and records that could be called in by an inquiry.)
Sen. Mark Kelly demonstrates tremendous courage and tenacity as he speaks the truth about the illegitimate occupant in the Oval Office. 🔥🔥🔥
#TrumpisaNationalDisgrace
#TrumpisaNationalDisgrace
December 2, 2025 at 9:51 AM
What a speech! I wish someone in the UK would do similar on Boris Johnson and/or Nigel Farage, particularly focusing on what Farage was actually doing on Brexit night (there will be some who know, and records that could be called in by an inquiry.)
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Lee Anderson interviewing his mate but pretending he is an independent voter.
So easy, but he still can't do it right.
So easy, but he still can't do it right.
December 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Lee Anderson interviewing his mate but pretending he is an independent voter.
So easy, but he still can't do it right.
So easy, but he still can't do it right.
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I would be amazed if the grifter fessed up....
But let's hope more witnesses come forward over time, and destroy his grift
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
But let's hope more witnesses come forward over time, and destroy his grift
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Attorney general urges Nigel Farage to apologise over alleged racism and antisemitism
Exclusive: Richard Hermer, a senior Jewish minister, says Reform leader ‘clearly deeply hurt’ many people with his alleged behaviour
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I would be amazed if the grifter fessed up....
But let's hope more witnesses come forward over time, and destroy his grift
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
But let's hope more witnesses come forward over time, and destroy his grift
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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For UK Audible users there are some monthly deals on my books: Service Model, Children of Memory and Doors of Eden are all £3.99 for December.
December 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
For UK Audible users there are some monthly deals on my books: Service Model, Children of Memory and Doors of Eden are all £3.99 for December.
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Watched BBC 6 o clock news. Just a completely unserious broadcast. Chris Mason, acting like a children's entertainer, giving a prolonged impenetrable editorial. Not a whiff of informative content about the Budget or what it means for the country. Just playschool blah blah bollocks.
December 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Watched BBC 6 o clock news. Just a completely unserious broadcast. Chris Mason, acting like a children's entertainer, giving a prolonged impenetrable editorial. Not a whiff of informative content about the Budget or what it means for the country. Just playschool blah blah bollocks.
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BBC long since gave up all pretence of impartiality & journalistic credibility to be a pro right wing, anti centre/left broadcaster..
Remember the cosey love in’s between Johnson and a gushing Kuenssberg 🤢
Now it’s Reform they want in & Labour out.. they no longer report news.. they create it❗️
Remember the cosey love in’s between Johnson and a gushing Kuenssberg 🤢
Now it’s Reform they want in & Labour out.. they no longer report news.. they create it❗️
The absolute state of the BBC news just now - which seems determined to drag the government down over the budget.
Where was all this attention to minute detail and concern for absolute accuracy when the Tories were lying their way through their chaotic reign for 14 years? It's frankly absurd.
Where was all this attention to minute detail and concern for absolute accuracy when the Tories were lying their way through their chaotic reign for 14 years? It's frankly absurd.
For all the focus on its supposed “left wing bias”, the BBC’s heavy coverage of Rachel Reeves Budget "lies" shows how its political coverage is still largely led by the right-wing press
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/r...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/r...
December 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
BBC long since gave up all pretence of impartiality & journalistic credibility to be a pro right wing, anti centre/left broadcaster..
Remember the cosey love in’s between Johnson and a gushing Kuenssberg 🤢
Now it’s Reform they want in & Labour out.. they no longer report news.. they create it❗️
Remember the cosey love in’s between Johnson and a gushing Kuenssberg 🤢
Now it’s Reform they want in & Labour out.. they no longer report news.. they create it❗️
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It is just incredible that the people who always go on about immigration and muslims and sharia law in Britain are the first to promote British immigration into a muslim country with sharia law.
Fury as Nigel Farage ally backs project to get young Brits to move to Dubai
Fury as Nigel Farage ally backs project to get young Brits to move to Dubai
Charlie Mullins has been accused of giving up on Britain after saying he is supporting a project encouraging young people to move to Dubai
www.mirror.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 9:25 AM
It is just incredible that the people who always go on about immigration and muslims and sharia law in Britain are the first to promote British immigration into a muslim country with sharia law.
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2014: “I admire Putin as an operator”
2010-14: Appeared on Russia today 17 times
2017: Knighted by a 7 year old girl on RT
2022: blames EU for Russian invasion
2024: “We provoked this war … of course it’s his fault – he’s used what we’ve done as an excuse”
Is this not dodgy?
2010-14: Appeared on Russia today 17 times
2017: Knighted by a 7 year old girl on RT
2022: blames EU for Russian invasion
2024: “We provoked this war … of course it’s his fault – he’s used what we’ve done as an excuse”
Is this not dodgy?
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
2014: “I admire Putin as an operator”
2010-14: Appeared on Russia today 17 times
2017: Knighted by a 7 year old girl on RT
2022: blames EU for Russian invasion
2024: “We provoked this war … of course it’s his fault – he’s used what we’ve done as an excuse”
Is this not dodgy?
2010-14: Appeared on Russia today 17 times
2017: Knighted by a 7 year old girl on RT
2022: blames EU for Russian invasion
2024: “We provoked this war … of course it’s his fault – he’s used what we’ve done as an excuse”
Is this not dodgy?
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Tonight is Opening/Press Night for our production of
#AChristmasCarol #LeedsPlayhouse
It’s been weeks and weeks of hard work in the making… but with such a talented, generous group of people. 🙌
Fingers crossed… here goes!
🤞🎄🎩
#AChristmasCarol #LeedsPlayhouse
It’s been weeks and weeks of hard work in the making… but with such a talented, generous group of people. 🙌
Fingers crossed… here goes!
🤞🎄🎩
November 27, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Tonight is Opening/Press Night for our production of
#AChristmasCarol #LeedsPlayhouse
It’s been weeks and weeks of hard work in the making… but with such a talented, generous group of people. 🙌
Fingers crossed… here goes!
🤞🎄🎩
#AChristmasCarol #LeedsPlayhouse
It’s been weeks and weeks of hard work in the making… but with such a talented, generous group of people. 🙌
Fingers crossed… here goes!
🤞🎄🎩
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That is a huge drop. Huge.
Starmer will now play the 'look-what-we-achieved' politics of this brilliantly, everyone will calm down, sensible immigration policies will emerge, and Farage will disappear.
Narrator: 'Meanwhile on Planet Earth....'
Starmer will now play the 'look-what-we-achieved' politics of this brilliantly, everyone will calm down, sensible immigration policies will emerge, and Farage will disappear.
Narrator: 'Meanwhile on Planet Earth....'
NEW: Net migration falls sharply to 204,000 in the year to June.
That’s a fall from 649,000 in the year to June 2024. It is a drop of nearly 80% from its 2023 peak.
That’s a fall from 649,000 in the year to June 2024. It is a drop of nearly 80% from its 2023 peak.
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
That is a huge drop. Huge.
Starmer will now play the 'look-what-we-achieved' politics of this brilliantly, everyone will calm down, sensible immigration policies will emerge, and Farage will disappear.
Narrator: 'Meanwhile on Planet Earth....'
Starmer will now play the 'look-what-we-achieved' politics of this brilliantly, everyone will calm down, sensible immigration policies will emerge, and Farage will disappear.
Narrator: 'Meanwhile on Planet Earth....'
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Exceptionally nasty, in the quote below. Do you notice how, if the press wants damning evidence of Farage’s hateful views and behaviour, all they have to do is ask whether anyone has encountered it?
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Exceptionally nasty, in the quote below. Do you notice how, if the press wants damning evidence of Farage’s hateful views and behaviour, all they have to do is ask whether anyone has encountered it?
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Some sympathy for this potentially made up woman but I wonder how the poster feels about the numerous people who would love to be able to call a house their own and form relationships with their neighbours but can't because of the housing market. Does their emotional plea count for anything?
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Some sympathy for this potentially made up woman but I wonder how the poster feels about the numerous people who would love to be able to call a house their own and form relationships with their neighbours but can't because of the housing market. Does their emotional plea count for anything?