Breaking my Twitter fast (for all the good it will do) to share this @Demos report on how to strengthen the independence and accountability of the @BBC:
demos.co.uk/research/our-b…
#publicservicemedia #publicinterest #governance #deliberativedemocracy
demos.co.uk/research/our-b…
#publicservicemedia #publicinterest #governance #deliberativedemocracy
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Sameer Padania retweeted
In 2008 I had the opportunity to spend a bit of time after the @globalvoices summit in Budapest with Wael Abbas and Alaa Abd El-Fattah - I can’t find the full interview atm, but here’s a short extract in which Alaa appears at around 4 mins:
youtu.be/VShnSpsYcQE
#FreeAlaa
youtu.be/VShnSpsYcQE
#FreeAlaa
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The National Allotment Society says there is no war on #allotments. The Telegraph’s disingenuous & inflammatory reporting (so out of character!) was designed to politicise & polarise another arena of communal life, as the comments show:
Angela Rayner has given the green light for cash-strapped councils to sell off allotments to raise funds⤵️
telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08/0…
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Another prominent scientist protests to the @royalsociety over its silence at the anti-#science actions of the owner of this site.
ft.com/content/877853…?
ft.com/content/877853…?
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Briefly back here to share this #economics channel (@garyseconomics) in ref to the old tweets below:
youtube.com/@garyseconomic…
youtube.com/@garyseconomic…
Have been thinking recently that I need to take a course in economics, but this terrific thread, and listening to @KateRaworth on @ExponentialView, is making me wonder whether intro courses are really fit for purpose...
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“Arguing that Musk’s “sole objective is to become a trillionaire” & calling him a proponent of “techno-feudalism on a global scale”, Bannon said, “I don’t support that & we’ll fight it,” adding: “He won’t fight. He’s got the maturity of a little boy.”
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…
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“The social media platforms’ claims to support freedom of speech are specious. […] When Maga influencers attacked [Musk] due to his support for a certain type of immigrant visa, X seems to have been suppressing their accounts.”
theguardian.com/technology/202…
theguardian.com/technology/202…
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Grateful to @TherealNihal for indulging my wider question, about the values @SpursOfficial wants to project as an institution (think #Corinthians, for example), & just *swoon* that #Ange took it on, & gave such a perfect, authentic #THFC answer. 🤍🤍🤍
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And reward yourself by listening to this sure-to-be stellar reading of #1984 by @exitthelemming and other luminaries:
x.com/exitthelemming…
x.com/exitthelemming…
To mark the 75th anniversary of George Orwell’s NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR, @BBCRadio4 is broadcasting a five-part reading today.
Readers include Martin Freeman (9am), Juliet Stevenson (3.15pm), Adjoa Andoh (7pm), me (9pm) and Tom Hollander. Hope you can listen bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
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I'm feeling just incredibly tense watching this. It's a really strange feeling. #Defiance
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Extraordinary, genuinely. Thank you, @RajeshThind and colleagues - and the interviewees - in #Defiance.
I hope this gets distributed widely internationally too.
And seeing some of those demonstrations reminded me of this, on Rock Against Racism: amazon.co.uk/Never-Again-An…
I hope this gets distributed widely internationally too.
And seeing some of those demonstrations reminded me of this, on Rock Against Racism: amazon.co.uk/Never-Again-An…
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