@john0634.bsky.social
Retired and living in Hampshire. Follows Southampton FC, Hampshire CC. Irish heritage. Long Covid. Simple Minds 1979 to 1984, Factory Records and Postcard Records. The Cure and Post Punk. Politically, the centre left and after a "fairer" society. No DMs
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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"The problem isn’t that we have a deliberately biased BBC, it’s that we have a BBC that has been consciously reduced in its scope and bullied into dumbing down and retreating." @stephenkb.bsky.social's newsletter today
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
"The problem isn’t that we have a deliberately biased BBC, it’s that we have a BBC that has been consciously reduced in its scope and bullied into dumbing down and retreating." @stephenkb.bsky.social's newsletter today
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The complaints process is lousy and designed to put people off proceeding.
Some further thoughts on the BBC
johnhuwevans.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/a...
Some further thoughts on the BBC
johnhuwevans.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/a...
A PATTERN OF PROPAGANDA
By Cassander Introduction Many years ago I recall saying that if both sides criticise the BBC it must be alright. I was wrong. The side it favours has to continue to criticise it to give credibilit…
johnhuwevans.wordpress.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The complaints process is lousy and designed to put people off proceeding.
Some further thoughts on the BBC
johnhuwevans.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/a...
Some further thoughts on the BBC
johnhuwevans.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/a...
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Incredible that Robbie Gibb - most influential person on BBC board by many accounts and from journalists I speak in BBC - was involved in setting up GB News.
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Enforced veganism’: Ofcom lets GB News flout accuracy rules, say climate campaigners
Exclusive: Regulator has received 1,221 complaints about UK broadcasters since 2020 but found no breaches of its code
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Incredible that Robbie Gibb - most influential person on BBC board by many accounts and from journalists I speak in BBC - was involved in setting up GB News.
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Andrew Lownie wrote an explosive book about Prince Andrew
Then backlash came.
Legal threats. Social media trolls accused him of visiting sex workers
Journalists were told they’d lose Palace access if they spoke to him
This interview feels very more timely today www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJHa...
Then backlash came.
Legal threats. Social media trolls accused him of visiting sex workers
Journalists were told they’d lose Palace access if they spoke to him
This interview feels very more timely today www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJHa...
The Prince Andrew Cover Up: How Royal Files Are Hidden From Public | Andrew Lownie
YouTube video by Democracy for Sale
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Andrew Lownie wrote an explosive book about Prince Andrew
Then backlash came.
Legal threats. Social media trolls accused him of visiting sex workers
Journalists were told they’d lose Palace access if they spoke to him
This interview feels very more timely today www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJHa...
Then backlash came.
Legal threats. Social media trolls accused him of visiting sex workers
Journalists were told they’d lose Palace access if they spoke to him
This interview feels very more timely today www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJHa...
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Good piece by @nickcohen.bsky.social on what some would call the crisis engulfing the BBC. (Whether that’s a reasonable description remains to be seen.)
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
November 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Good piece by @nickcohen.bsky.social on what some would call the crisis engulfing the BBC. (Whether that’s a reasonable description remains to be seen.)
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
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Anyone who wants to know the truth about the BBC resignations should listen to @mrjamesob.bsky.social live or on catchup today. #bbcresignations
In 'How They Broke Britain', I do a pretty good job of detailing the depth & breadth of Tufton Street/Tory/Murdoch/Mail attempts to scupper the BBC, even as I castigate some presenters for going too easy on precisely the people who seek the Corporation's abolition. But I should have done more. 1/2
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Anyone who wants to know the truth about the BBC resignations should listen to @mrjamesob.bsky.social live or on catchup today. #bbcresignations
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Tim Davie ex BBC Director General is a woke, liberal chai latte drinking socialist who promotes subversive politics. He deserves his sacking!
What?
He’s a Tory?😳
He was ex chair of Hammersmith & Fulham Conservative Party?
Reinstate him NOW!
The BBC needs people of his calbre!
What?
He’s a Tory?😳
He was ex chair of Hammersmith & Fulham Conservative Party?
Reinstate him NOW!
The BBC needs people of his calbre!
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Tim Davie ex BBC Director General is a woke, liberal chai latte drinking socialist who promotes subversive politics. He deserves his sacking!
What?
He’s a Tory?😳
He was ex chair of Hammersmith & Fulham Conservative Party?
Reinstate him NOW!
The BBC needs people of his calbre!
What?
He’s a Tory?😳
He was ex chair of Hammersmith & Fulham Conservative Party?
Reinstate him NOW!
The BBC needs people of his calbre!
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The right wing has forced out a right winger from the BBC for not being right wing enough and will now talk more about the BBC not being right wing enough in right wing papers and right wing talk shows that hate the BBC for not being right wing enough
November 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The right wing has forced out a right winger from the BBC for not being right wing enough and will now talk more about the BBC not being right wing enough in right wing papers and right wing talk shows that hate the BBC for not being right wing enough
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Who is Les Misérables now ?Les Misérables
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Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy called his imprisonment a "nightmare" as prosecutors requested he be released from jail pending an appeals trial over Libyan funding.
Prison a 'nightmare', Sarkozy tells appeals hearing
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy called his imprisonment a "nightmare" as prosecutors requested he be released from jail pending an appeals trial over Libyan funding.
www.rte.ie
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Who is Les Misérables now ?Les Misérables
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Tax Landlords more than anyone else.
Make it unprofitable to be a Landlord like it was in the 1940's-70's when they paid 90% tax.
Make it unprofitable to be a Landlord like it was in the 1940's-70's when they paid 90% tax.
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Tax Landlords more than anyone else.
Make it unprofitable to be a Landlord like it was in the 1940's-70's when they paid 90% tax.
Make it unprofitable to be a Landlord like it was in the 1940's-70's when they paid 90% tax.
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Can the Govt. now install someone who isn’t a friend of the Tories though ? There must be a silver lining…
November 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Can the Govt. now install someone who isn’t a friend of the Tories though ? There must be a silver lining…
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This is absolutely nuts
Trump did incite the January 6 riot. Splicing a video to make that point is shoddy editorial but hardly a resignation event
When BBC is needed more than ever, Telegraph/Boris Johnson running the show
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Trump did incite the January 6 riot. Splicing a video to make that point is shoddy editorial but hardly a resignation event
When BBC is needed more than ever, Telegraph/Boris Johnson running the show
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
BBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness resign over Trump documentary edit
Davie says
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This is absolutely nuts
Trump did incite the January 6 riot. Splicing a video to make that point is shoddy editorial but hardly a resignation event
When BBC is needed more than ever, Telegraph/Boris Johnson running the show
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Trump did incite the January 6 riot. Splicing a video to make that point is shoddy editorial but hardly a resignation event
When BBC is needed more than ever, Telegraph/Boris Johnson running the show
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
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Love and solidarity this morning to the right-wing rags clutching their pearls about the possibility of tax rises after championing Brexit, which has left the Exchequer £40 billion worse off than it would otherwise have been.
November 5, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Love and solidarity this morning to the right-wing rags clutching their pearls about the possibility of tax rises after championing Brexit, which has left the Exchequer £40 billion worse off than it would otherwise have been.
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Jack Smith is willing to testify in a public hearing about Trump funding the insurrectionists that stormed the capitol.
The BBC is a fucking disgrace and should be nowhere near the business of covering news and politics.
You don't regain public trust after a decade of right wing bias.
The BBC is a fucking disgrace and should be nowhere near the business of covering news and politics.
You don't regain public trust after a decade of right wing bias.
November 9, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Jack Smith is willing to testify in a public hearing about Trump funding the insurrectionists that stormed the capitol.
The BBC is a fucking disgrace and should be nowhere near the business of covering news and politics.
You don't regain public trust after a decade of right wing bias.
The BBC is a fucking disgrace and should be nowhere near the business of covering news and politics.
You don't regain public trust after a decade of right wing bias.
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The BBC is apologising for its Panorama edit. It shouldn’t. First, the narrative is true: Donald Trump *did* incite the Capitol riot. Second, the apology won’t appease those attacking it. So why not at least stand for something?
Wrote this on it earlier this week:
inews.co.uk/news/world/b...
Wrote this on it earlier this week:
inews.co.uk/news/world/b...
The BBC was right about the Capitol riots. In a sane world, Trump would be in jail
The US President faced impeachment over the violence, and in a world where Republicans had more courage, he would have been found guilty
inews.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 7:05 AM
The BBC is apologising for its Panorama edit. It shouldn’t. First, the narrative is true: Donald Trump *did* incite the Capitol riot. Second, the apology won’t appease those attacking it. So why not at least stand for something?
Wrote this on it earlier this week:
inews.co.uk/news/world/b...
Wrote this on it earlier this week:
inews.co.uk/news/world/b...
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#RemembranceDay
Love this photo of two of our greatest PMs at the Cenotaph today.
Boris looks trim, fit and very much in good health.
Liz Truss looks as though she’s had a lot of pork recently and might be trickling down for the nation again.
God bless them both!
❤️
Love this photo of two of our greatest PMs at the Cenotaph today.
Boris looks trim, fit and very much in good health.
Liz Truss looks as though she’s had a lot of pork recently and might be trickling down for the nation again.
God bless them both!
❤️
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
#RemembranceDay
Love this photo of two of our greatest PMs at the Cenotaph today.
Boris looks trim, fit and very much in good health.
Liz Truss looks as though she’s had a lot of pork recently and might be trickling down for the nation again.
God bless them both!
❤️
Love this photo of two of our greatest PMs at the Cenotaph today.
Boris looks trim, fit and very much in good health.
Liz Truss looks as though she’s had a lot of pork recently and might be trickling down for the nation again.
God bless them both!
❤️
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Lest we forget.
November 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Lest we forget.