Tony Knox
@tonyknox.bsky.social
Worked Belfast, Afghanistan, Nicaragua. Ex BBC producer, ex producer/director South Bank Show & stuff on Ch4. https://tinyurl.com/mr5bb2p8
This is very good indeed. I don't see much realism in those around me in England who think that because Britain "should rejoin" the EU, that that will be comparatively easy or even possible at all. Certainly not in my lifetime.
For my last Sunday Scribblings of 2025, back to one of my recurring themes, the future relationship between the UK and the EU. It is not going anywhere, anytime soon.
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Sunday Scribblings
The UK, Europe and the Myth of Sisyphus
hayest.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is very good indeed. I don't see much realism in those around me in England who think that because Britain "should rejoin" the EU, that that will be comparatively easy or even possible at all. Certainly not in my lifetime.
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my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
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They must have been so afraid. So terrifying I can’t think of it
December 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
They must have been so afraid. So terrifying I can’t think of it
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Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
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The secret ballot vote was requested by Spain and seven other countries, but it was rejected by the EBU. It was not held, and that's the reason Spain, The Netherlands, Ireland, and Slovenia have withdrawn from the contest.
December 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The secret ballot vote was requested by Spain and seven other countries, but it was rejected by the EBU. It was not held, and that's the reason Spain, The Netherlands, Ireland, and Slovenia have withdrawn from the contest.
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👑 Prince Harry, “You Americans are obsessed with Christmas movies and you’re clearly obsessed with royalty.”
Colbert: “I wouldn’t say we’re obsessed with royalty.”
Harry: “Really? I heard you elected a king.”
And Brexit Britain now hitched to Trump’s monarchy
You couldn’t make it up. 🎄👑🇺🇸
Colbert: “I wouldn’t say we’re obsessed with royalty.”
Harry: “Really? I heard you elected a king.”
And Brexit Britain now hitched to Trump’s monarchy
You couldn’t make it up. 🎄👑🇺🇸
December 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
👑 Prince Harry, “You Americans are obsessed with Christmas movies and you’re clearly obsessed with royalty.”
Colbert: “I wouldn’t say we’re obsessed with royalty.”
Harry: “Really? I heard you elected a king.”
And Brexit Britain now hitched to Trump’s monarchy
You couldn’t make it up. 🎄👑🇺🇸
Colbert: “I wouldn’t say we’re obsessed with royalty.”
Harry: “Really? I heard you elected a king.”
And Brexit Britain now hitched to Trump’s monarchy
You couldn’t make it up. 🎄👑🇺🇸
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Rare for me to agree with @barristersecret.bsky.social, but his piece on why reducing trial by jury won't fix the court backlog is excellent - as is his list of inefficiencies which are the real problem, and could be fixed with relatively small sums of money.
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/12/02/a...
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/12/02/a...
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
Today, the government has confirmed that it intends to remove the right to trial by jury in the vast majority of cases in the Crown Courts. Serious criminal allegations, carrying up to three years …
thesecretbarrister.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Rare for me to agree with @barristersecret.bsky.social, but his piece on why reducing trial by jury won't fix the court backlog is excellent - as is his list of inefficiencies which are the real problem, and could be fixed with relatively small sums of money.
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/12/02/a...
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/12/02/a...
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Fun FT visual story about the EU's internal barriers to trade (including ridiculous labelling requirements). It makes doing business in India - another multi-lingual, multi-state union - look like a walk in the park. as.ft.com/r/813c200e-2...
@samjoiner.bsky.social @richardmilne.ft.com
@samjoiner.bsky.social @richardmilne.ft.com
The EU single market’s elephant in the room
[FREE TO READ] Small, often invisible barriers to trade affect products from businesses across Europe, including a fluffy Ikea pachyderm
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December 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Fun FT visual story about the EU's internal barriers to trade (including ridiculous labelling requirements). It makes doing business in India - another multi-lingual, multi-state union - look like a walk in the park. as.ft.com/r/813c200e-2...
@samjoiner.bsky.social @richardmilne.ft.com
@samjoiner.bsky.social @richardmilne.ft.com
This doesn't seem to be getting the coverage it deserves. A paper declaring glyphosate to be safe has been retracted by the journal that published it because "Concerns were raised regarding the authorship of this paper...."
I only read about it in "Le Monde". www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I only read about it in "Le Monde". www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
RETRACTED: Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment of the Herbicide Roundup and Its Active Ingredient, Glyphosate, for Humans
This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy)This article has b…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
This doesn't seem to be getting the coverage it deserves. A paper declaring glyphosate to be safe has been retracted by the journal that published it because "Concerns were raised regarding the authorship of this paper...."
I only read about it in "Le Monde". www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I only read about it in "Le Monde". www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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This is the doomsday scenario of digital exclusion from US based tech which we glimpsed in the sanctioning of Wikileaks back in Assange days, but can now be used capriciously and silently.
A French ICC judge sanctioned by the US over the Netanyau arrest warrant says all his accounts with US companies have been closed, making it “like being sent back to the 1990s.”
“Without sovereignty – military, health, financial and digital – we can no longer guarantee the rule of law,” he says.
“Without sovereignty – military, health, financial and digital – we can no longer guarantee the rule of law,” he says.
December 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM
This is the doomsday scenario of digital exclusion from US based tech which we glimpsed in the sanctioning of Wikileaks back in Assange days, but can now be used capriciously and silently.
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Worth remembering now
Protest by the United States Against Attacks by Japanese Naval Forces on Survivors of Torpedoed American Merchant Vessels June 1944
"The United States Government protests most emphatically against this inhuman form of warfare ..."
Protest by the United States Against Attacks by Japanese Naval Forces on Survivors of Torpedoed American Merchant Vessels June 1944
"The United States Government protests most emphatically against this inhuman form of warfare ..."
December 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Worth remembering now
Protest by the United States Against Attacks by Japanese Naval Forces on Survivors of Torpedoed American Merchant Vessels June 1944
"The United States Government protests most emphatically against this inhuman form of warfare ..."
Protest by the United States Against Attacks by Japanese Naval Forces on Survivors of Torpedoed American Merchant Vessels June 1944
"The United States Government protests most emphatically against this inhuman form of warfare ..."
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Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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Pure unadulterated white supremacy. Dirty, deadly, dead end.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Pure unadulterated white supremacy. Dirty, deadly, dead end.
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After being left out of pocket yesterday due to the problems of #CrossBorderRail between Belgium and France, I have just sent my open letter to Community of European Railways
Let's see what response I get 😀
Here's the letter:
jonworth.eu/an-open-lett...
Let's see what response I get 😀
Here's the letter:
jonworth.eu/an-open-lett...
An open letter, and an invoice for €59.94, to Alberto Mazzola, boss of Community of European Railways - Jon Worth
Dear Alberto, It is a little odd for me, a blogger and campaigner, to be writing an open letter to you as Executive Director of Community of European Railways (CER). But the combination of circumstanc...
jonworth.eu
November 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
After being left out of pocket yesterday due to the problems of #CrossBorderRail between Belgium and France, I have just sent my open letter to Community of European Railways
Let's see what response I get 😀
Here's the letter:
jonworth.eu/an-open-lett...
Let's see what response I get 😀
Here's the letter:
jonworth.eu/an-open-lett...
It is SomebodywhosenameI'veforgotten's Rule that whenever a newspaper/magazine headline ends with a question mark, the answer is always (as in this case) a resounding "No!".
Another week another press release for "AI" art history disguised as journalism.
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
November 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It is SomebodywhosenameI'veforgotten's Rule that whenever a newspaper/magazine headline ends with a question mark, the answer is always (as in this case) a resounding "No!".
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Another week another press release for "AI" art history disguised as journalism.
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Another week another press release for "AI" art history disguised as journalism.
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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This poor bastard is so desperate to be funny, to be liked…
The man literally has it in his gift for us to fall in love with him
To help humanity and solve global problems in way that no one else can
…and instead he’s pissing about with this?
The man literally has it in his gift for us to fall in love with him
To help humanity and solve global problems in way that no one else can
…and instead he’s pissing about with this?
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This poor bastard is so desperate to be funny, to be liked…
The man literally has it in his gift for us to fall in love with him
To help humanity and solve global problems in way that no one else can
…and instead he’s pissing about with this?
The man literally has it in his gift for us to fall in love with him
To help humanity and solve global problems in way that no one else can
…and instead he’s pissing about with this?
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Gibb; “ I had no editorial role whatsoever at the Jewish Chronicle”. Lee Harpin, reporter at the paper; “RG made a habit of calling into the office on print days to check up on what stories were topping the news list, and offering a view’”
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Gibb; “ I had no editorial role whatsoever at the Jewish Chronicle”. Lee Harpin, reporter at the paper; “RG made a habit of calling into the office on print days to check up on what stories were topping the news list, and offering a view’”
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Reform voters are generally least likely to trust things that are true, as well. Things like climate change…
BBC Chair Samir Shah and Robbie Gibb asked to explain why they drew up a plan, as revealed by Byline Times, to win back the "trust" of Reform voters, but haven't made similar plans for voters of any other party.
Gibb says Reform voters least likely to trust the BBC bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
Gibb says Reform voters least likely to trust the BBC bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output
The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party
bylinetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Reform voters are generally least likely to trust things that are true, as well. Things like climate change…
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Ryanair expects me to take the financial hit for helping others
Ryanair expects me to take the financial hit for helping others
As a doctor I stepped in to tend to an elderly passenger … but it won’t waive £100 transfer fee to rebook
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Ryanair expects me to take the financial hit for helping others
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Sound of penny dropping at the BBC www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC to expand standards panel and add deputy director general after bias row
Planned overhaul of editorial guidelines committee would dilute influence of Tory board appointment Robbie Gibb
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Sound of penny dropping at the BBC www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...