Laura Phillips
@lauraphillips.bsky.social
Campaigner to support the BBC, (not a BBC employee).It’s affected by savage UK govt cuts: c40% 2010-2024. BBC costs <48 pence/around 62 US cents a day per UK household. It’s a national public service broadcaster, respected worldwide for accurate reporting.
Rutger Bregman: ‘I was pretty sad all day about the BBC’s decision to censor my first Reith Lecture...
... but this BBC News segment about the censorship is cheering me up immensely!’ 👇🏻
... but this BBC News segment about the censorship is cheering me up immensely!’ 👇🏻
video.twimg.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Rutger Bregman: ‘I was pretty sad all day about the BBC’s decision to censor my first Reith Lecture...
... but this BBC News segment about the censorship is cheering me up immensely!’ 👇🏻
... but this BBC News segment about the censorship is cheering me up immensely!’ 👇🏻
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Read a transcript of an Oct. 29 phone call between Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s most senior foreign-policy adviser, and Kirill Dmitriev, an economic adviser to the Russian president
Putin Advisers Discuss Plans for Dealing With Trump: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 29 phone call between Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senior foreign-policy adviser, and Kirill Dmitriev, an economic adviser to the Russian president.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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#BBCNews - Scammers hacked her phone and stole thousands of pounds - how did they get her details?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
She was a victim of what's known as a Sim swap attack -where scammers trick a network operator into thinking they're the account holder to get a new Sim card for a mobile
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
She was a victim of what's known as a Sim swap attack -where scammers trick a network operator into thinking they're the account holder to get a new Sim card for a mobile
Scammers hacked her phone and stole thousands of pounds - how did they get her details?
Sue Shore told the BBC how scammers targeted her - and we found her information had been leaked online.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:52 AM
#BBCNews - Scammers hacked her phone and stole thousands of pounds - how did they get her details?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
She was a victim of what's known as a Sim swap attack -where scammers trick a network operator into thinking they're the account holder to get a new Sim card for a mobile
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
She was a victim of what's known as a Sim swap attack -where scammers trick a network operator into thinking they're the account holder to get a new Sim card for a mobile
Reposted by Laura Phillips
Reposted by Laura Phillips
#BBCNews - Too many female abuse victims are locked up, says minister as BBC visits women's prison
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Too many female abuse victims are locked up, says minister as BBC visits women's prison
As the government seeks to reduce the prison population, the BBC visits HMP Send to meet inmates.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM
#BBCNews - Too many female abuse victims are locked up, says minister as BBC visits women's prison
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Study by University of Liverpool economist Costas Milas suggests BoE QT has raised the 10yr gilt yield by an average of 25 to 30 bps, compared with a counterfactual where the BoE ran down its stock of gilts at half the pace.
Somewhat bigger impact than BoE reckons 👇
www.reuters.com/world/uk/boe...
Somewhat bigger impact than BoE reckons 👇
www.reuters.com/world/uk/boe...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Study by University of Liverpool economist Costas Milas suggests BoE QT has raised the 10yr gilt yield by an average of 25 to 30 bps, compared with a counterfactual where the BoE ran down its stock of gilts at half the pace.
Somewhat bigger impact than BoE reckons 👇
www.reuters.com/world/uk/boe...
Somewhat bigger impact than BoE reckons 👇
www.reuters.com/world/uk/boe...
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The government’s decision to halve the time limit for refugees to leave Home Office accommodation is driving people into homelessness and exploitation, according to migrant rights campaigners and homelessness charities
By me, for @theleaduk.bsky.social national.thelead.uk/p/new-asylum...
By me, for @theleaduk.bsky.social national.thelead.uk/p/new-asylum...
New asylum policies making homeless refugees “targets for the far right”
Labour’s abrupt return to the 28-day move-on period is pushing vulnerable people into rough sleeping and exposing them to fraud and abuse.
national.thelead.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The government’s decision to halve the time limit for refugees to leave Home Office accommodation is driving people into homelessness and exploitation, according to migrant rights campaigners and homelessness charities
By me, for @theleaduk.bsky.social national.thelead.uk/p/new-asylum...
By me, for @theleaduk.bsky.social national.thelead.uk/p/new-asylum...
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"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
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‘I can categorically say that stories being told about me from 50 years ago are not true’
- a statement from Nigel Farage tonight on claims he racially abused fellow school pupils
That firm denial tonight is different to what he said in interview with BBC Wales Political Editor Gareth Lewis 👇
- a statement from Nigel Farage tonight on claims he racially abused fellow school pupils
That firm denial tonight is different to what he said in interview with BBC Wales Political Editor Gareth Lewis 👇
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
‘I can categorically say that stories being told about me from 50 years ago are not true’
- a statement from Nigel Farage tonight on claims he racially abused fellow school pupils
That firm denial tonight is different to what he said in interview with BBC Wales Political Editor Gareth Lewis 👇
- a statement from Nigel Farage tonight on claims he racially abused fellow school pupils
That firm denial tonight is different to what he said in interview with BBC Wales Political Editor Gareth Lewis 👇
Rutger Bregman: ‘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
video.twimg.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Rutger Bregman: ‘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
Irony? #RutgerBregman’s stunningly good #BBC #ReithLecture castigates moral weakness, cowardice, in the refusal to *use* power for doing *good*. Despite the edit, please don’t miss it. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Irony? #RutgerBregman’s stunningly good #BBC #ReithLecture castigates moral weakness, cowardice, in the refusal to *use* power for doing *good*. Despite the edit, please don’t miss it. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
Reposted by Laura Phillips
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
‘A Jewish former classmate of Nigel Farage has told the BBC the Reform UK leader is being "fundamentally dishonest" by suggesting former pupils who say they witnessed his racism are not telling the truth.
Peter Ettedgui said Farage had repeatedly told him "Hitler was right" and "gas them"…’
Peter Ettedgui said Farage had repeatedly told him "Hitler was right" and "gas them"…’
Nigel Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate
Peter Ettedgui tells the BBC Nigel Farage targeted antisemitic abuse at him when they were teenagers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
‘A Jewish former classmate of Nigel Farage has told the BBC the Reform UK leader is being "fundamentally dishonest" by suggesting former pupils who say they witnessed his racism are not telling the truth.
Peter Ettedgui said Farage had repeatedly told him "Hitler was right" and "gas them"…’
Peter Ettedgui said Farage had repeatedly told him "Hitler was right" and "gas them"…’
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Why the two-child limit has to go, in a chart.
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Why the two-child limit has to go, in a chart.
This Sunday, on the first day of Advent, Carols Across the Country returns to #BBCRadio3. From the Isle of Wight to the Mourne Mountains, via St Andrew's and the Carmarthenshire village of Bethlehem, the station will be across the UK - with glorious music to match.
BBC Radio 3 - Carols Across the Country - a Seasonal Journey
A day of live broadcasts across the UK to mark the beginning of the Christmas season.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This Sunday, on the first day of Advent, Carols Across the Country returns to #BBCRadio3. From the Isle of Wight to the Mourne Mountains, via St Andrew's and the Carmarthenshire village of Bethlehem, the station will be across the UK - with glorious music to match.
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According to a new study from a respected US think tank, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Britain’s decision to leave the EU has meant that its GDP is between 6 per cent and 8 per cent smaller than it would have been.
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻to GarethLewis77 #BBCWales political editor. You can hear his extremely revealing interview with #NigelFarage #BBCr4today 7.14am.
No one who was racially abused at school forgets who abuses them. And if the words are offensive enough, they remain sealed in the memory.
No one who was racially abused at school forgets who abuses them. And if the words are offensive enough, they remain sealed in the memory.
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 AM
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻to GarethLewis77 #BBCWales political editor. You can hear his extremely revealing interview with #NigelFarage #BBCr4today 7.14am.
No one who was racially abused at school forgets who abuses them. And if the words are offensive enough, they remain sealed in the memory.
No one who was racially abused at school forgets who abuses them. And if the words are offensive enough, they remain sealed in the memory.
Reposted by Laura Phillips
"Hitler was right"
"Gas them all"
Nigel Farage said this to a Jewish pupil at Dulwich College.
But not "with intent" in a racist way.
Good old Nige would never want to hurt anyone.
Perish the thought.
"Gas them all"
Nigel Farage said this to a Jewish pupil at Dulwich College.
But not "with intent" in a racist way.
Good old Nige would never want to hurt anyone.
Perish the thought.
ITV News, "Did you racially insult pupils at school?
Nigel Farage, "I would never do it in a hurtful or insulting way.. Not with intent"
ITV News, "I don't understand what you mean?"
Nigel Farage, "You wouldn't do"
Nigel Farage, "I would never do it in a hurtful or insulting way.. Not with intent"
ITV News, "I don't understand what you mean?"
Nigel Farage, "You wouldn't do"
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
"Hitler was right"
"Gas them all"
Nigel Farage said this to a Jewish pupil at Dulwich College.
But not "with intent" in a racist way.
Good old Nige would never want to hurt anyone.
Perish the thought.
"Gas them all"
Nigel Farage said this to a Jewish pupil at Dulwich College.
But not "with intent" in a racist way.
Good old Nige would never want to hurt anyone.
Perish the thought.