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  1. Many years ago, at the height of the original Drumcree tensions, I was at an astronomy meeting in England and was taken aback by the total indifference of my English colleagues to what was happening. Reminded of this today when Laura Kuensberg’s BBC politics programme managed to not mention it once. And Kemi Badenoch was allowed to propose withdrawing from the ECHR without challenge as to how that would affect the Good Friday agreement.

    #UKPolitics #laurakuenssberg #Drumcree

  2. Laura tells us the BBC's golden boy is innocent because he doesn't really pay attention to his criminal conspiracy meetings.

    "What has the BBC ever done for me?"

    Done very well for Nigel Farage, very well...

    #BBC #BBCBias #NigelFarage #Farage #LauraKuenssberg #ReformUK

  3. Proof of the pudding

    What #Burnham said

    "If we don’t do it, the NHS will collapse under the weight of trying to care for people who’ve not really needed to end up in the NHS system.”

    What Burnham meant to say

    Without action, the NHS will collapse from the burden of caring for people who should never have entered the system.

    It might be a North/South thing (and he may be very tired) but I found his recent interviews very hard to understand (e.g. #laurakuenssberg )

    "hope" and "change" just doesn't hack it

  4. UK’s Burnham ‘putting Britain first’ as he rules out 2029 election

    Britain’s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham “will always put Britain’s interests first”, he said in an interview when…
    #EuropeSays #Britain #Europe #EU #AndyBurnham #BBC #DonaldTrump #Iran #JohnHealey #KeirStarmer #LauraKuenssberg #London #NATO #US #WesStreeting
    europesays.com/britain/90917/

  5. #Starmer's former strategy advisor is on #LauraKuenssberg

    I think she's asking him why he's such a spectacular failure.

  6. Complaints to the BBC and the prospect of a Judicial Review

    Laura Kuenssberg interviewed Deputy Leader of Reform Richard Tice on Sunday. Kuenssberg pushed Tice on the Reform UK councillor who suggested “melting down Nigerians to fill pot holes”. Kuenssberg also pushed Tice on the astonishing private £5 million personal donation to Farage.

    It is telling that Tice tried to dodge the questions.

    During the interview, Richard Tice deflected criticism of Reform politicians by referring to the “anti-semitic Green Party”. Laura Kuenssberg ignored this and did not challenge it. Surely, when such offensive statements are made, the interviewer has a duty to challenge them and present the other side of the argument. I have complained to the BBC about this.

    Palestine Campaigners outside BBC Radio Sheffield

    The Green Party have been called anti-semitic because they oppose the genocide and war crimes in Palestine. There is nothing anti-semitic about this. The many marches that have taken place calling for a Free Palestine are not hate marches and always include big contingents of Jewish people. To call the only political party in the UK with a Jewish leader “anti-semitic” is beyond the pale.

    Richard Tice again referred to ‘Net Stupid Zero’ and, as always, the BBC said nothing about the consequences of that Reform UK policy. Unless the rich nations step up their commitment to replace fossil fuel use as soon as possible, we face climate tipping points such as the collapse of AMOC, leading to the collapse of our society and the death of billions of people.

    You can see the interview here.

    https://www.facebook.com/reel/26342046342157231

    The Earth. Keep it liveable

    I have also complained about BBC Radio 4’s coverage of the Local Election campaigns.

    BBC Radio 4 (and no doubt other stations) has been negligent in its lack of questioning of politicians on the climate catastrophe and the imminent threat of tipping points, such as the collapse of AMOC.


    In the week preceding the May 7 election, Today interviewers didn’t ask party spokespeople questions about climate change, in spite of the fact that in the months leading up to the election the London School of Economics had published several reports on the fact that climate change will ‘hammer incomes and government budgets’ and that ‘climate change impacts are intensifying, yet adaptation efforts are not keeping pace with the scale and urgency of emerging risks.’
    We face a national security risk, as outlined in the National Emergency Briefing, yet this is not being talked about on your programmes.


    No party spokespeople were questioned or asked to comment on the fact that seven Reform-led councils have ‘scrapped’ their climate targets, and climate change denial has been expressed by Reform UK councillors in five councils. Some councils have removed content about climate change from strategy documents.’ (London School of Economics report). The BBC must prioritise discussion and debate of the National Emergency Briefing and force politicians to respond to it. Failing to do this means the BBC is part of the problem. The BBC should screen the National Emergency Briefing film on prime-time television as soon as possible.

    I will keep you updated when I get replies to these complaints. Please help put pressure on the BBC to tell the full truth about the climate and nature emergencies and what is happening in Palestine. When you see or hear a programme that talks about climate change but fails to mention the most dangerous aspects of it, like the collapse of AMOC or the death of rainforests, make sure to send a complaint in. Likewise, when people are accused of anti-semitism for simply opposing the Israeli Government and the Genocide they are committing, send in a complaint. https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/complaints

    Meanwhile, Jonathon Fuller is making progress in the preparation for taking the BBC to Judicial Review.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BscvWCqgAmQ

    #AMOC #antiSemitic #BBC #Complaints #Israel #JudicialReview #LauraKuenssberg #NationalEmergencyBriefing #news #politics #Radio4 #Reform #RichardTice #Today #ukPolitics
  7. The Guardian | Farage trying to avoid scrutiny over £5m gift from crypto billionaire, Labour says by Jessica Murray

    AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.

    Nigel Farage accepted a £5 million personal gift from cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before announcing his candidacy for MP in the June 2024 general election, prompting Labour to accuse him of evading scrutiny and failing to declare the donation; Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice defended the gift as a lawful, personal contribution aimed at Farage’s safety, insisting voters were aware of it and that the party had complied with all rules, while Labour chair Anna Turley warned that the timing and the donor’s subsequent £9 million pledge to Reform raise serious questions about potential influence and breaches of the MPs’ code of conduct; the Electoral Commission is expected to decide whether to launch an investigation into possible electoral law violations, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called for greater parliamentary and public scrutiny of Farage’s finances.

    Read more: theguardian.com/politics/2026/

    #NigelFarage #ChristopherHarborne #ReformUK #Labour #Britishpolitics #RichardTice #AnnaTurley #KeirStarmer #LauraKuenssberg

  8. "One of the policies that you are putting forward, though, is saying the minimum wage should be increased to £15 an hour. How is a small business who might have already had to lay people off, who’s already struggling with a higher minimum wage and national insurance payments, or even a cash-strapped council, how are they supposed to pay for that?" — #LauraKuenssberg

    If a business can't pay slave wages, then it isn't a viable business, is it? 🙄

    thecanary.co/trending/2026/05/

  9. Tucker Carlson claims it is illegal in Britain to criticise Israel

    Updated Sun, 12 April 2026 at 11:20 am UTC Tucker Carlson claimed that people in Britain can be…
    #EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Israel #DonaldTrump #laurakuenssberg #MetropolitanPolice #PalestineAction #tuckercarlson #VictoriaDerbyshire
    europesays.com/iran/63581/

  10. Good little dance around #LauraKuenssberg 's drugs questions in the interview with #ZackPolanski (about 44' in the video). The question "will children be given the wrong message about safety of drugs if they are legalised" is a bit silly, because one of the strongest messages at present is when kids discover weed doesn't kill them when they try that & then extrapolate that to all the other illegal substances!

    #SundayPolitics

    bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002

  11. #laurakuenssberg on the BBC…

    “Few people are known worldwide by a single name. But Arnie, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is one of them.”

    The fact she needed to quantify who “Arnie” was in that very sentence seemed to be utterly lost on her!

  12. #Palantir on UK BBC #laurakuenssberg #Sundaymorning doing some whitewashing: they do not do politics, only work in countries aligned with the West.

    How lucky we are to have such ethical private actors! And such superb journalism, inviting them on and holding them to account by letting them explain themselves fully without the interruption of impertinent questions.

  13. “And something that distinguishes the Mr Windlings of the universe is the term 'in my humble opinion', which they think adds weight to their statements rather than indicating, in reality, 'these are the mean little views of someone with the social grace of duckweed'.”
    Terry Pratchett; The Truth
    #Discworld #LauraKuenssberg #BBCLauraK #BiasJournalismRamblings

  14. “‘Oh, you know the sort of thing if you read the papers a lot,' said Ponder. I seriously think they think that it's their job to calm people down by first of all explaining why they should be overexcited and very worried.'
    'Oh, yes, I know they do that,' said Glenda.
    'How would people get worried if they weren't told how to be?'”
    Terry Pratchett; Unseen Academicals
    #Discworld #OverpaidJournalists #ChrisMason #LauraKuenssberg #JournosNowTheStory

  15. 🔴 #LauraKuenssberg

    "Let’s be real, the war has started," a former minister tells me. "What happens in the #MiddleEast never stays in the MiddleEast."

    It’s hard not to be moved by the burning conflict – the killing of Israelis by #Hamas almost a year ago and agony of the families of hostages snatched; the killing of thousands in #Gaza by #Israel in its response and the terrible suffering there.

    And now #Lebanon, where Israel has struck again after almost a year ⤵

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g5ev #News

  16. [08:08] Boris Johnson interview cancelled after BBC presenter accidentally sends him notes

    The BBC has cancelled an interview with Boris Johnson after presenter Laura Kuenssberg accidentally sent the former prime minister her briefing notes.

    independent.ie/world-news/brit

    #BBC #BorisJohnson #LauraKuenssberg

  17. BBC Scraps Interview With Boris Johnson After Laura Kuenssberg Mistakenly Shared Briefing Notes With Former UK Prime Minister
    #News #BBC #BorisJohnson #LauraKuenssberg

    deadline.com/2024/10/bbc-scrap

  18. Take home from #laurakuenssberg
    "the country is grumpy"

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