Ros Taylor
@rostaylor.bsky.social
presents Oh God What Now, The Bunker and More Jam Tomorrow; writer & editor; author, The Future of Trust (Melville House).
‘The most calming voice in the podcast world’
https://rostaylor.me
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‘The most calming voice in the podcast world’
https://rostaylor.me
https://morejamtomorrow.com
https://rostaylor240051.substack.com
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Jabs
No one dies of diphtheria or polio in Britain any more. Since World War Two, we've virtually wiped out the diseases that used to kill tens of thousands of...
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My daughter didn’t even know what diphtheria is - and if I’m honest, nor did I.
The reason for that is vaccines. Without them, some of you reading this wouldn’t have made it to adulthood.
So why do people refuse them?
New MORE JAM TOMORROW
morejamtomorrow.com/episode/jabs
The reason for that is vaccines. Without them, some of you reading this wouldn’t have made it to adulthood.
So why do people refuse them?
New MORE JAM TOMORROW
morejamtomorrow.com/episode/jabs
The question of what kids actually watch on YouTube is beginning to get some attention.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Teletubbies creator warns parents over ‘empty’ YouTube programmes for children
Anne Wood says algorithms bypass ‘the responsibility of art’ and have failed to support high-quality children’s content
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The question of what kids actually watch on YouTube is beginning to get some attention.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Latest for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
'The contrast with Johnson's lazy approach to journalism is telling. He claims he spent 6 or 7 hours writing each column for the Herald, an extraordinary amount of time for an MP to devote to an article in a local paper.'
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-r...
'The contrast with Johnson's lazy approach to journalism is telling. He claims he spent 6 or 7 hours writing each column for the Herald, an extraordinary amount of time for an MP to devote to an article in a local paper.'
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-r...
Rory Stewart, a Conservative out of his time
Middleland is part elegy, part memoir – and reveals the isolation of a politician too thoughtful for his time
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Latest for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
'The contrast with Johnson's lazy approach to journalism is telling. He claims he spent 6 or 7 hours writing each column for the Herald, an extraordinary amount of time for an MP to devote to an article in a local paper.'
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-r...
'The contrast with Johnson's lazy approach to journalism is telling. He claims he spent 6 or 7 hours writing each column for the Herald, an extraordinary amount of time for an MP to devote to an article in a local paper.'
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-r...
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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'The contrast with Johnson's lazy approach to journalism is telling. He claims he spent 6 or 7 hours writing each column for the Herald, an extraordinary amount of time for an MP to devote to an article in a local paper.'
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-r...
'The contrast with Johnson's lazy approach to journalism is telling. He claims he spent 6 or 7 hours writing each column for the Herald, an extraordinary amount of time for an MP to devote to an article in a local paper.'
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-r...
Rory Stewart, a Conservative out of his time
Middleland is part elegy, part memoir – and reveals the isolation of a politician too thoughtful for his time
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Latest for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
'The contrast with Johnson's lazy approach to journalism is telling. He claims he spent 6 or 7 hours writing each column for the Herald, an extraordinary amount of time for an MP to devote to an article in a local paper.'
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-r...
'The contrast with Johnson's lazy approach to journalism is telling. He claims he spent 6 or 7 hours writing each column for the Herald, an extraordinary amount of time for an MP to devote to an article in a local paper.'
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-r...
I wonder why I kept this…
November 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
I wonder why I kept this…
Larry Summers’ ‘I yipped about inclusion’ tells you quite a lot about the recent past in North America and Europe.
But then elite society often relies on people saying things they don’t believe to keep power.
But then elite society often relies on people saying things they don’t believe to keep power.
November 13, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Larry Summers’ ‘I yipped about inclusion’ tells you quite a lot about the recent past in North America and Europe.
But then elite society often relies on people saying things they don’t believe to keep power.
But then elite society often relies on people saying things they don’t believe to keep power.
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Rory Stewart has written another book, and it reveals why he failed to make it to the top in politics.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-r...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-r...
Rory Stewart, a Conservative out of his time
Middleland is part elegy, part memoir – and reveals the isolation of a politician too thoughtful for his time
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Rory Stewart has written another book, and it reveals why he failed to make it to the top in politics.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-r...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-r...
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NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
From today’s Politico newsletter.
Seriously, who cares?
With all the problems this country has?
Speaking as someone who bought a poppy and whose son helped lay a wreath on Sunday.
Seriously, who cares?
With all the problems this country has?
Speaking as someone who bought a poppy and whose son helped lay a wreath on Sunday.
November 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
From today’s Politico newsletter.
Seriously, who cares?
With all the problems this country has?
Speaking as someone who bought a poppy and whose son helped lay a wreath on Sunday.
Seriously, who cares?
With all the problems this country has?
Speaking as someone who bought a poppy and whose son helped lay a wreath on Sunday.
Rory Stewart has written another book, and it reveals why he failed to make it to the top in politics.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-r...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-r...
Rory Stewart, a Conservative out of his time
Middleland is part elegy, part memoir – and reveals the isolation of a politician too thoughtful for his time
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Rory Stewart has written another book, and it reveals why he failed to make it to the top in politics.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-r...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-r...
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Brilliant, place-grounded essay from @sachahilhorst.bsky.social about Reform powering on through its seemingly irreconcilable contradictions
Reform’s aesthetics of industry
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In North Nottinghamshire, Reform UK present themselves as the party of workers, community and coalmining heritage. But this image...
renewal.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Brilliant, place-grounded essay from @sachahilhorst.bsky.social about Reform powering on through its seemingly irreconcilable contradictions
Yes but replacing Starmer would make things better because …
Better comms? More respect for MPs’ views? Less foreign travel? Putting up taxes more proudly? Not putting up taxes? Stopping the boats (!)? Talking leas tough on immigration? ‘Getting a grip’?
Who’s going to do all this for you?
Better comms? More respect for MPs’ views? Less foreign travel? Putting up taxes more proudly? Not putting up taxes? Stopping the boats (!)? Talking leas tough on immigration? ‘Getting a grip’?
Who’s going to do all this for you?
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Yes but replacing Starmer would make things better because …
Better comms? More respect for MPs’ views? Less foreign travel? Putting up taxes more proudly? Not putting up taxes? Stopping the boats (!)? Talking leas tough on immigration? ‘Getting a grip’?
Who’s going to do all this for you?
Better comms? More respect for MPs’ views? Less foreign travel? Putting up taxes more proudly? Not putting up taxes? Stopping the boats (!)? Talking leas tough on immigration? ‘Getting a grip’?
Who’s going to do all this for you?
Someone here told me the BBC should only report the truth.
Some reporting is just fact. X people died. A politician said this.
But often it means constructing a narrative. That’s why articles are called stories. That’s when it gets hard.
Some reporting is just fact. X people died. A politician said this.
But often it means constructing a narrative. That’s why articles are called stories. That’s when it gets hard.
In a quarter of a century as a journalist, I have only tried to get as close to the truth as possible. Without wanting to get all postmodern about it, most news does not lend itself to obvious truths. Someone’s perspective is always missed. A stat is rarely the whole picture.
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Someone here told me the BBC should only report the truth.
Some reporting is just fact. X people died. A politician said this.
But often it means constructing a narrative. That’s why articles are called stories. That’s when it gets hard.
Some reporting is just fact. X people died. A politician said this.
But often it means constructing a narrative. That’s why articles are called stories. That’s when it gets hard.
My More Jam Tomorrow research has turned up Lord Brabazon of Tara. Brabazon was an early aviator. In 1909, to prove that pigs could fly, he attached a pig in a waste-paper basket to his biplane.
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
My More Jam Tomorrow research has turned up Lord Brabazon of Tara. Brabazon was an early aviator. In 1909, to prove that pigs could fly, he attached a pig in a waste-paper basket to his biplane.
If writers are stuck, I am available.
Honestly, helping to write a Bond movie would be the dream.
Honestly, helping to write a Bond movie would be the dream.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
If writers are stuck, I am available.
Honestly, helping to write a Bond movie would be the dream.
Honestly, helping to write a Bond movie would be the dream.
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Always worth a listen..👇 @rostaylor.bsky.social
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Coup at the BBC – Start Your Week with Ros Taylor. The BBC’s Director General and head of news are forced to resign in a confected row about Donald Trump’s incendiary Jan 6 speech. @nndroid.bsky.social joins @rostaylor.bsky.social to discuss 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#uknews #Trump
#uknews #Trump
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Always worth a listen..👇 @rostaylor.bsky.social
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Coup at the BBC – Start Your Week with Ros Taylor. The BBC’s Director General and head of news are forced to resign in a confected row about Donald Trump’s incendiary Jan 6 speech. @nndroid.bsky.social joins @rostaylor.bsky.social to discuss 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#uknews #Trump
#uknews #Trump
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Coup at the BBC – Start Your Week with Ros Taylor. The BBC’s Director General and head of news are forced to resign in a confected row about Donald Trump’s incendiary Jan 6 speech. @nndroid.bsky.social joins @rostaylor.bsky.social to discuss 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#uknews #Trump
#uknews #Trump
Surprised how indignant a lot of people are about Davie’s resignation, given how relentlessly the BBC is criticised on here.
I don’t say the BBC should be beyond criticism. Far from it. But it’s not just the right that’s been steadily undermining it.
I don’t say the BBC should be beyond criticism. Far from it. But it’s not just the right that’s been steadily undermining it.
November 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Surprised how indignant a lot of people are about Davie’s resignation, given how relentlessly the BBC is criticised on here.
I don’t say the BBC should be beyond criticism. Far from it. But it’s not just the right that’s been steadily undermining it.
I don’t say the BBC should be beyond criticism. Far from it. But it’s not just the right that’s been steadily undermining it.
Trump's whingeing can now dispatch the director general of the BBC. He must be delighted.
I thought we had more balls than this.
I thought we had more balls than this.
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Trump's whingeing can now dispatch the director general of the BBC. He must be delighted.
I thought we had more balls than this.
I thought we had more balls than this.
One for listeners who enjoyed Jam Tomorrow: Rationing!
Menu at the Café Royal on Regent Street, June 1942. Only three courses allowed and Kipper sur Toast a mere 2 shillings…
November 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
One for listeners who enjoyed Jam Tomorrow: Rationing!
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🔊 The one in which the gang discuss 🎄 adverts in the extra bit, including reminiscing over their favourites as @rostaylor.bsky.social makes @jasonhazeley.bsky.social cry (again) over the heartbreaking gravy 😂 And @seththevoz.bsky.social has a Thunderbirds tear in his eye
🇬🇧 #UKPolitics 🗳️ #Podcasts 📻
🇬🇧 #UKPolitics 🗳️ #Podcasts 📻
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Zohran Mamdani's victory in the New York mayoralty race leaves Trump titanically unamused. @jasonhazeley.bsky.social & @seththevoz.bsky.social join @rostaylor.bsky.social to discuss. Plus Matt Warman examines the drastic measures needed to keep Reform out 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🔊 The one in which the gang discuss 🎄 adverts in the extra bit, including reminiscing over their favourites as @rostaylor.bsky.social makes @jasonhazeley.bsky.social cry (again) over the heartbreaking gravy 😂 And @seththevoz.bsky.social has a Thunderbirds tear in his eye
🇬🇧 #UKPolitics 🗳️ #Podcasts 📻
🇬🇧 #UKPolitics 🗳️ #Podcasts 📻
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Back in May, I wrote about why the question of whether we can trust AI was hopelessly naive. I also suggested that LLMs were a threat to established religion.
The homicidal chats this week would seem to bear this out.
open.substack.com/pub/rostaylo...
The homicidal chats this week would seem to bear this out.
open.substack.com/pub/rostaylo...
What if we want AI to lie to us?
Why talk about ‘trusting AI’ is starting to miss the point
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Back in May, I wrote about why the question of whether we can trust AI was hopelessly naive. I also suggested that LLMs were a threat to established religion.
The homicidal chats this week would seem to bear this out.
open.substack.com/pub/rostaylo...
The homicidal chats this week would seem to bear this out.
open.substack.com/pub/rostaylo...
Back in May, I wrote about why the question of whether we can trust AI was hopelessly naive. I also suggested that LLMs were a threat to established religion.
The homicidal chats this week would seem to bear this out.
open.substack.com/pub/rostaylo...
The homicidal chats this week would seem to bear this out.
open.substack.com/pub/rostaylo...
What if we want AI to lie to us?
Why talk about ‘trusting AI’ is starting to miss the point
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Back in May, I wrote about why the question of whether we can trust AI was hopelessly naive. I also suggested that LLMs were a threat to established religion.
The homicidal chats this week would seem to bear this out.
open.substack.com/pub/rostaylo...
The homicidal chats this week would seem to bear this out.
open.substack.com/pub/rostaylo...
We talked to former Tory MP Matt Warman about why Boston & Skegness voted so strongly to Leave and the direction Conservatism’s taking.
It's the question we thought we’d never to ask… Does the Tory Party need saving from oblivion for fear of something worse? @rostaylor.bsky.social, @seththevoz.bsky.social & @jasonhazeley.bsky.social discuss the unthinkable with ex-Tory MP Matt Warman. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#podcast
#podcast
November 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We talked to former Tory MP Matt Warman about why Boston & Skegness voted so strongly to Leave and the direction Conservatism’s taking.
Recently met someone who was very surprised to hear I didn’t use ChatGPT or any LLM.
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
November 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Recently met someone who was very surprised to hear I didn’t use ChatGPT or any LLM.
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?