Lost all their #MOTD presenters after @GaryLineker wouldn’t apologise for criticising the government (read that again!😱)
And while that was obviously the big story, their bad day didn’t end there….
1/7
They announced they’d wouldn’t be airing the final episode of the latest #Attenborough series on TV for fear of a “Right Wing backlash”
WTF?
It will go out on iPlayer where the poor snowflakes won’t see it….
2/7
Then we had the statement about why #FionaBruce felt the need to clarify it was a “one off” when #stanleyjohnson put his wife in hospital😱
Yes, she was quoting one of their friends and not expressing her own opinion, but of all the things to ensure they clarified..?
3/7
Finally, an apology for NOT clarifying on air that Nadine Dorries was making unfounded, absurd claims when she was interviewed about #SueGray.
They were happy to let those accusations go unchallenged, but needed to add “balance” by pointing out SJ only beat his wife once!
4/7
I really want to support the BBC
Even more so because the government are so keen to shut it down (God knows why!)
I do hate the inherent right wing bias under the cover of “impartiality” but I try and give them the benefit of the doubt
5/7
But oh my God do they make that hard when they:
❌Silence govt critics
❌Refuse to air a show that might offend Right wing watchers (an Attenborough nature program FGS!)
❌Defend a Tory wife beater
❌Fail to correct spurious accusations made by a Tory MP
6/7
I really hope there are some serious emergency meetings taking place today after the shocking day they had yesterday
But given all the high level posts are held by well known Tories and Tory donors, I won’t hold my breath
Please, please #BBC, do better for all our sakes.😢
7/7
I’m being accused of lying with this thread. As far as I can tell the issue is with the Attenborough tweet.
The Guardian report what senior BBC sources have said.
The BBC are denying that’s the reason. Although they don’t really give a reason why they couldn’t broadcast it.
I don’t know which is “the truth”. Only the BBC and those senior sources do.
It was a 5 part series with a 6th part made by the same people but not commissioned by the BBC. However the BBC acquired it and chose to put it on iPlayer.
But I hope this clarifies things.
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Oh my God - this has to be THE most obsurd @GuidoFawkes “scoop” in a long time (and they have some truly terrible ones!)
🚨Civil Servants Handed Taxpayer- Funded Free Ice Cream for No Reason🚨
It was neither taxpayer-funded NOR for no reason🙄
Quick 🧵
1/7
This is what they’re referring to.
They’re being encouraged to sign up to DigiGov 2025 with a fun little marketing campaign that offers you an ice cream on a warm Summer’s day.
So - that’s the reason ✅
2/7
And if you’re wondering what DigiGov is, here you go 👍🏼
It’s a way for civil servants - who are literally in charge of making out public services work - to see what the tech world has to offer at the moment that could make things run better.
And it blows my mind that people are going to somehow twist that into a bad thing - but they will! 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
The click bait merchants at the Telegraph are having an absolute field day right now! 🙄
Shall we take a look at the *reality* behind this sensationalist article?
Go on, you know you want to! 😜
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1/25
So, we begin with Samuel - not his real name - who travelled to the UK last year, was warned about London, and was then pickpocketed at Euston station.
A horrible thing to happen.
I was pickpocketed in London in the late 90s.
It’s not nice. It’s also nothing new.
2/25
We then hear that the 🇦🇺 government “raised” travel advice from level 1 to level 2 and we’re given some generic reasons for why a country *might* get a level 2.
So, what has ACTUALLY happened with their advice system?
Hmm…. A Daily Mail headline so clearly designed to make you furious.
Being shared by salivating Tory MPs who love a good rage farming story!
So, what’s going on here?
Let’s take a look!👀
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1/13
It’s a story about a young boy who was told he couldn’t be referred to their NHS Occupational Health therapist because he went to private school.
There are a handful of other examples in the article - all children being “denied” NHS education related occupational health care
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So why would that be?
Well, the Children and Families Act 2014 meant that educational services such as speech and languages therapy and occupational therapy provided by the local authority to state schools, aren’t available to non special independent schools
Or just deliberately misleading for political gain?
A quick 🧵 to take a look!
1/12
Neil claims that Labour have ABANDONED their pledge to recruit 6,500 more teachers *over the course of this parliament* because teacher numbers were down for the 24/25 year.
2/12
Anyone who knows anything about education knows that staffing for the 2024/2025 academic year will have been broadly set BEFORE July 2024.