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Jun 2
Since Lord Grade has crawled out once again from under his stone, blessing @GBNEWS with his admiration, it's worth recalling that Grade was utterly useless in every senior role he occupied with broadcasters (I had direct experience). Best to ignore him.
theguardian.com/media/2026/j…
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May 15
I have a copy of the only extant PIE membership list. There are no recognisable BBC names - management or otherwise - on it. The reason the list has not been released is simple: to do so would be a breach of privacy (PIE was vile but not illegal - though it should have been.)
May 14
Why has the BBC never released the list of 300 PIE members, and every organisation, charity, school, university, civil service or government position they held?
The BBC are happy to name-and-shame when it suits them, but pedo's always get a free pass..🧵
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq62…
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Mar 25
Yet again @carolecadwalla is absolutely spot on correct. Brittin should be nowhere near the BBC - and companies using illegally scraped content to power their AI must be stopped. (Declaration of interest: 18 of my books have been stolen for or by AI LLMs.)
Mar 25
NEW: Will Google's AI hype man kill the BBC?
I've written about Matt Brittin because the coverage of his time at Google is shockingly naive.
The BBC's next DG made his career as a yes man at a rapacious AI monopoly that preys on news journalism in order to destroy it.
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Mar 18
A fine and important piece from @arusbridger. But I'd add the context that @Ofcom has been a non-regulating regulator for many years before the advent of @GBNEWS. That's why all British Public Service Broadcasters have been allowed to reduce drastically their PSB content.
Mar 18
Since @Ofcom seems to have given up, we asked 20 experienced journalist from a wide range of backgrounds to watch multiple hours of @GBNEWS . Their conclusion: the supposedly regulated channel has, in effect, become Reform TV. How did it happen? thenewworld.co.uk/alan-rusbr…
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Mar 7
Dear God. @EnglandRugby are abysmal. And this dire performance has Borthwick's useless fingerprints all over it. He has to go.
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Feb 22
Absolutely 100% correct.
Feb 22
Would love to see England have the ambition and desire to attack like Italy. Who’d have thought we’d think like that about England and Italy, Steve Borthwick needs to give Lee Blackett the reins fully in attack
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Feb 22
Hey @EnglandRugby: try watching @FranceRugby vs Italy (happening now). Pace, power, precision & adventurous offloads, not box kicks & programmed players fitting into a dull pre-ordained 'system'. Guess what - it's great to watch.
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Feb 21
If @EnglandRugby lose this - & I wouldn't be remotely surprised on current performance - Borthwick & Wigglesworth need to be sacked.
Feb 21
England deserve this. Two missed penalties to touch and two botched passes when five metres out. Total execution failure.
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Feb 14
Absolutely spot on. @EnglandRugby planned to kick & were useless in the air. Steward far too slow; Freeman abysmal; Dingwall anonymous. Truly dire.
Feb 14
FT: 🏴 SCO 31 - 20 ENG 🌹
Pathetic, is the best way to put it. Utterly abysmal on every front.
Selections weak. Mentally weak. Tactically weak.
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Feb 14
Absolutely dire. So many problems - front row, Itoje not firing, Mitchell getting slow ball: but above all Freeman is useless.
Feb 14
Worst half of rugby England have played in some time.
Really awful.
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Feb 14
Two England players costing the team - Steward & Freeman. Very poor both
Feb 14
14' | SCO 17-0 ENG
Jamie Ritchie scores for Scotland.
Conversion good.
#GuinnessM6N | #SCOvENG
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10 Nov 2025
A fine & timely piece by @AdamBienkov. His description of 'managerial timidity' at the BBC is reminiscent of Britain's truly lousy managements in the car industry & Fleet Street in the 1970s. You may recall how they ended up ...
10 Nov 2025
🔴The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the ‘Right-Wing Coup’ Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease the forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues @AdamBienkov
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t…
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8 Nov 2025
Agreed. But neither is Freeman an international-standard winger.
8 Nov 2025
Fraser Dingwall is not England’s 12.
Great club player, but he is not an international inside centre.
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30 Oct 2025
Very glad you enjoyed the interview. And yes - it's a truly extraordinary tale of secrets, lies, cover-ups, smears ...and festering spy scandals.
30 Oct 2025
Excellent interview with @TimTateBooks on his new book, 'To Catch a Spy'.
Read this with 'Spycatcher' by Peter Wright & Chapman Pincher's 'Their Trade is Treachery', to see the lengths politicians & the state will go to lie, cover up & deny the truth.
youtube.com/watch?v=jnDUZHEl…
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8 Oct 2025
Very much looking forward to this.
It's quite a tale: spy scandals, cover-ups, smears, lies to Parliament ... and an epic courtroom drama.
See you there !
5 Oct 2025
Peter Wright (ex-MI5) wanted to publish his memoires and Margaret Thatcher, PM, wanted to stop him. The Spycatcher affair went to a Sydney courtroom and beyond. Come and hear @TimTateBooks and @gavinesler discuss the evidence @ClaphamBookFest Tickets at payhip.com/claphambookfestiv…
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4 Oct 2025
I wrote about O9A & its avowal of killing in my 1991 book, Children For The Devil. I included its own publications explicitly endorsing 'human sacrifice'. It's unfortunate that no action was taken against O9A.
4 Oct 2025
Declan Candiani has been convicted in London of possessing documents likely to be useful to someone committing or preparing an act of terrorism.
He confessed to his involvement with one of the most evil far right groups in the world, the Order of Nine Angles, founded by British nazi Dave Myatt, and notorious as a hub for satanic national socialism.
You can read more about them here:
searchlightmagazine.com/2023…
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c39r…
@uaf @AntiRacismDay
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11 Sep 2025
If you need any more recommendation, even the CIA calls my @iconbooks investigative spy expose & legal drama "captivating", "cogent" and "exceedingly well" written. And who am I to disagree ?
11 Sep 2025
@TimTateBooks tells the story of Peter Wright's ruthless and lawless obsession to uncover Russian spies, his determination to reveal the truth, and the lengths the British government would go to silence him.
To Catch a Spy is out now in paperback!
bit.ly/3JKwDl1
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1 Sep 2025
You can love your country without being a bigot. As the emphatically progressive Show Of Hands (@showofhandsnews) sang in 'Roots': "
"I've lost St. George and the Union Jack. That's my flag too and I want it back"
See also @billybragg's fine book 'The Progressive Patriot'.
1 Sep 2025
I want my country back…
From the racists
From the bigots
From the liars
From the inciters
From the pedlars of hate
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27 Aug 2025
The @DailyMail today overtly re-embraces its infamous fascist history. If you work at the Mail, hang your head in shame.
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28 Jul 2025
Huge congrats to @Lionesses. Amazing to think that 12 years ago when I published my book about the secret history of women's football, TV execs said no-one was interested in the sport. So, so pleased that @lionesses have proved them wrong.
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