Author, journalist. Hon Fellow @LivUni LFC. Ex-BBC. @timesradio got PD lnk.to/lyingbastard: Agent Jack Fogg at dunnfogg.co.uk
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May 16
This turned out to be a bit of an epic. Features exclusive interview with former BBC Director of News @franunsworth
Inside the capture of the BBC, by Rob Burley (@RobBurl)
In his 13 years as a senior BBC editor, Rob Burley saw the Corporation’s defining commitment to impartiality undermined by transgender ideology, a blind commitment to Diversity & Inclusion schemes, and a culture of intolerance.
Informed by his experiences at Newsnight alongside other prestige shows, his major investigation reveals how the BBC took a side in the culture wars.
He draws on extensive interviews with current and former staff — including journalists at the very top.
Speaking out for the first time since leaving the Corporation, Fran Unsworth, the former director of BBC News, reveals in an explosive interview: “I would actually say it drove me out, just dealing with the progressive editorial issues and the bullying around them all. It was incredibly difficult.”
Read more below ⬇️
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Jun 13
The very first edition of The Andrew Neil Report came out at the end of this week.
I laid out my stall on what I hoped to achieve — a global perspective on political, economic and geopolitical trends — then investigated with Andrew Ross Sorkin (author of books on the great crashes of 1929 and 2008) the chances of another Crash before the decade is out.
Here\s a link to the podcast:
podfollow.com/the-andrew-nei…
(this will take Android users to Spotify, iPhone users to Apple Podcasts).
And here’s a link to the YouTube page. Enjoy. Constructive feedback welcomed. We’re just starting out!
youtube.com/@TheAndrewNeilRe…
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Jun 11
With all due respect this is nonsense. He’s a brilliant journalist. He’s got a new outlet to be brilliant in. What’s the problem?
Andrew Neil is hugely capable and well known. But this shows they just don’t get it. Throwing money at legacy figures to do new media almost never justifies the costs.
There are loads of digital native, young journos who instinctively understand the new landscape, would fight to build their own audience and do it at 1/5th of the cost. Stop hiring ‘formers’ and start hiring futures.
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Jun 11
The Andrew Neil Report. First Edition!
I start by laying out my stall in terms of what I hope this podcast will achieve — a global perspective on politics, geopolitics and economics placing events in the context of worldwide trends.
My first guest is Andrew Ross Sorkin, author of books on the Crashes of 1929 and 2008 (that one turned into The Big Short movie). We look at what happened then to see how close we are to another (AI-inspired?) Crash today.
youtu.be/cfF-susbboI?si=1Y9O… via @YouTube
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Jun 10
First edition of The Andrew Neil Report out tomorrow morning, June 11. On all major podcast platforms and YouTube. Or use the QR to go direct to it.
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Jun 5
So this is happening. . .
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Jun 2
Well, @PaulMcCartney ‘s new album is an absolute cracker: so many hooks and such great songs. And the material really plays to his voice.
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May 28
for those who've reposted this - thanks - but I seem to have cocked up the substack a bit so I'm gonna need to delete and start again! Argghhh!! Sorry . .
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May 28
Here you go @JohnCleese - relevant to your message about activists and the BBC. Still awaiting new DG to say anything about it but let’s stay optimistic that he does!
Inside the capture of the BBC, by Rob Burley (@RobBurl)
In his 13 years as a senior BBC editor, Rob Burley saw the Corporation’s defining commitment to impartiality undermined by transgender ideology, a blind commitment to Diversity & Inclusion schemes, and a culture of intolerance.
Informed by his experiences at Newsnight alongside other prestige shows, his major investigation reveals how the BBC took a side in the culture wars.
He draws on extensive interviews with current and former staff — including journalists at the very top.
Speaking out for the first time since leaving the Corporation, Fran Unsworth, the former director of BBC News, reveals in an explosive interview: “I would actually say it drove me out, just dealing with the progressive editorial issues and the bullying around them all. It was incredibly difficult.”
Read more below ⬇️
buff.ly/7Fv4Ry8
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Two Good Egg guests. One weekend. Two big stories. Great conversations
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@ggatehouse on the Observer's cover: did the CIA poison Gordon Banks in 1970? 🎙️ podfollow.com/peter-yorks-cu…
@RobBurl's BBC/trans investigation in UnHerd more coverage in the Times. 🎙️ podfollow.com/beebwatch
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May 24
Sean seems nice.
May 23
You are one of the dumbest cunts who's ever lived.
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May 24
Just to throw another example into the ring - here's how it came to be that the BBC reported that a man's 'breast milk' was just as good as, or better, than a woman's.
millihill.substack.com/p/dea…
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May 24
The tactics of name calling to avoid substance are familiar. As I point out in my UnHerd piece, polling shows trans people are who have suffered from these tactics as practiced by those who claim to represent them.
May 24
Fair play for going out of your way to persecute a powerless group of marginalised people by spreading conspiracy theories about them, Rob.
Many people would have too much self-respect to do something like that just for a bit of money - but you're different.
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May 23
Yeah, I’m so late to the party. This is from 2018: x.com/robburl/status/2057189…
May 23
“The trans madness was worse than I thought because (1) I worked in woke media my entire career and either had the perceptual powers of an amoeba, or (2) I was always onboard with it and am now simply trying to generate attention,” clarifies @RobBurl
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📣 New from @gordonrayner
‘BBC director-general under pressure to free corporation from trans ‘capture’’
He’s been urged to ‘weed out transactivists’..’Senior managers who allowed the BBC to become a mouthpiece for trans radicals are still in place’
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05…
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May 23
I investigated BBC capture by trans activists. It was worse than I thought
thetimes.com/article/817e159…
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May 21
“If you cut lots of jobs & lose lots of journalists with experience, there's a price to be paid... Fran Unsworth was the author of this policy .. & she says it's contributed to the problem ... she herself says that, & she devised it.” Great iv: @RobBurl
🎧podfollow.com/beebwatch
Was the BBC captured? Has impartiality been killed?
Great conversation with @RobBurl – writer & ex BBC Editor of Live Political Programmes & Deputy Editor of Newsnight – about his UnHerd piece on the BBC, trans coverage, culture & due impartiality.
🎧 podfollow.com/beebwatch
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May 21
Liverpool today seem a long way away from the level described here by Guardiola.
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Was the BBC captured? Has impartiality been killed?
Great conversation with @RobBurl – writer & ex BBC Editor of Live Political Programmes & Deputy Editor of Newsnight – about his UnHerd piece on the BBC, trans coverage, culture & due impartiality.
🎧 podfollow.com/beebwatch
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May 20
Jurgen Klopp has this to say after the defeat against Aston Villa at Villa park 🏞️
🗣️ "Look, even from a distance, it’s impossible not to feel it. It’s hard to watch from the outside when you’ve spent so many years in the heart of that fire.
People ask me, 'Jurgen, what’s happening?' and I tell them: football is like life, you have seasons of rain before the sun comes back. This club, these fans... they are built from a different kind of metal. They don't just 'get by,' they overcome.
I see the struggles, yes, but I also see the soul of Liverpool. It’s still there. It just needs that one spark, that one moment where the 'Doubters' remember they are 'Believers.' My heart is no longer in the dugout, but it’s still in the stands. I know they will rise, not because it’s easy, but because they are Liverpool. And Liverpool always finds its way back to the top. Keep going, keep fighting, because you never, ever walk alone. Wake up, Reds! ❤"
#EPL #YNWA #LFC #JurgenKlopp
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May 20
Extraordinary to watch this back: a film we put out on Politics Live in 2018 which included coverage of the intimidation faced by women who protested in defiance of the aggression and who ended up winning the argument. bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06p77v…
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