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Lucy Webster
@lucywebster.bsky.social
Disability advocate | Journalist | Author | Public speaker | Community organiser | Rep'd by Curtis Brown | My first book, THE VIEW FROM DOWN HERE, a very personal memoir of ableism and sexism, is out now 👩‍🦼🏳️‍🌈
will never forget not being allowed to run a disability-related story because I couldn't find a Tory disability activist to comment...

and being asked why that was
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
caveat: the BBC and most of its journalists are brilliant

I always thought the fundamental bias wasn't left or right wing. It was the blanket assumption that the status quo was somehow neutral, which is only true if, well, you're one of the people it works for
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I love the bbc and I think the staff really care about impartiality but let's not pretend the leadership is too woke
November 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Well that's lovely
September 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM