What a day for the #BBC yesterday

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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Mar 30
The Telegraph recently ran a headline:

"More than one million foreigners claiming benefits."

Sounds shocking, right?

But what does it actually mean?

Let’s have a look!

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First, who are these "foreigners"?

They mean anyone who isn’t a British citizen—including people who’ve lived, worked, and paid taxes here for decades.

This includes:

✅ Those with settled status (EU)
✅ People with indefinite leave to remain
✅ Refugees

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To claim benefits in the UK, you must generally:

🔹 Live here legally for 5-10+ years
🔹 Pass a £50 ‘Life in the UK’ test
🔹 Take a ~£150 English test

No one is just rocking up and getting benefits the following week!

It takes years to qualify.

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Mar 22
So let’s have a little look at the Right wing media feeding off its own ecosystem.

Here’s @TiceRichard claiming NET ZERO caused the Heathrow shut down, while sharing a Telegraph article that appears to back up his claim

Must be true then, right??

🧐you know the drill…

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My first port of call in these scenarios is always the web archive to see how a story changes over time…..

In this case we had three versions published by the Telegraph

📰when the news first broke
📰when more info was known
📰when there was an “update”

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At 1:36am the Telegraph was just reporting that there was a huge fire at a substation and that homes in the area were affected.

No real mention of Heathrow being impacted



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Mar 1
Ok, we’re back for the follow up!

And I’m looking forward to some apologies and a bit of eating humble pie - although I won’t hold my breath! 🤷🏼‍♀️

And read on to find out the exclusive on who actually called the police, and why!🚨

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When I highlighted that that headline had been hugely misleading, along with lots of support, I got a shed load of abuse and pushback.

So I’m going to respond to the key points people made and reveal what I’ve since discovered actually happened👍🏼

2/
1st, the arguments against what I said

They broadly fell into 5 categories:

⏺️There was no duty to talk to her
⏺️They should have dismissed the complaint immediately
⏺️Should have sent a letter/phoned
⏺️They never come to my crime
⏺️Two-tier policing/it was Labour’s bidding

3/
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Feb 23
Sigh…..😞

Another day, another wildly misleading Daily Mail headline.

I mean, it certainly would be headline worthy if police had turned up and accused her of committing a crime by writing innocent FB posts.

But that's not what happened…

🧵

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Normally, I’d walk you through the article highlighting the issues, but in this case we’ll deal with the reality first and THEN walk through the spin

We need to scroll past 22 paragraphs, 5 photos, 5 adverts, & 6 promos for other DM stories, to get there though!

2/
The police were letting her know she was subject to a complaint of harassment

They had a duty to let her know that a complaint had been made against her

At no point was she accused of a crime

They were completely clear she HAD NOT committed a crime (more on that later)
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Everyday comes another media story designed to make a particular group of people very cross.

Last week, The Times, GB News, and the usual Twitter accounts were fuming at the fact that the NHS hires “expensive” diversity staff 🙄

Let’s dig into the article, shall we?

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They like to focus on the salaries of these roles.

But is £122K or £91K REALLY that high a salary for a senior management position in an organisation that employs 100,000’s of people and interacts with millions of people every day when they're at their most vulnerable?

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A quick look at the ad for the EDI position in London shows the wealth of experience, knowledge and skills needed to perform this role for a team of over 8,200 staff, serving a diverse population of almost one million people.

Entirely appropriate for an £80-90K position

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That is quite some headline @MailOnline…..

Does the poll “predict” that Starmer will be out of No 10 within a year?

I’m sure you know the answer already, but indulge me while a do a small 🧵looking at what the poll ACTUALLY shows!

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Obviously there’s no link to the poll so we can only see what the DM wants to show us.

@DeltapollUK don’t have the data on their website yet.

So we’ll have to use this grainy image on the DM website (why not use a clear one? 🤔)

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So first up, THAT headline.

Did the poll predict Starmer would be out in less than a year?

Nope!

1/3 thought he’d be out in a year.

2/3 DID NOT

Headline ➡️ Poll predicts he’ll be out within a year

Data shows ➡️ majority of those polled don’t think that

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