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 share this with respect for the many excellent journalists at the BBC.
And with the hope that transparency helps strengthen, not weaken, our democratic culture.’ /5
And with the hope that transparency helps strengthen, not weaken, our democratic culture.’ /5
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Rutger Bregman: ‘I share this with respect for the many excellent journalists at the BBC.
And with the hope that transparency helps strengthen, not weaken, our democratic culture.’ /5
And with the hope that transparency helps strengthen, not weaken, our democratic culture.’ /5
Rutger Bregman: ‘It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism.’ /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism.’ /4
November 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Rutger Bregman: ‘It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism.’ /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism.’ /4
Rutger Bregman: ‘This has happened against my wishes, and I’m genuinely dismayed by it.
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us.’ /3
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us.’ /3
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Rutger Bregman: ‘This has happened against my wishes, and I’m genuinely dismayed by it.
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us.’ /3
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us.’ /3
Rutger Bregman: ‘This sentence was taken out of a lecture they commissioned, reviewed through the full editorial process, and recorded four weeks ago in front of 500 people in the BBC Radio Theatre.
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC.’ /2
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC.’ /2
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Rutger Bregman: ‘This sentence was taken out of a lecture they commissioned, reviewed through the full editorial process, and recorded four weeks ago in front of 500 people in the BBC Radio Theatre.
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC.’ /2
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC.’ /2