In 1994, Dennis Potter told Melvyn Bragg that he had a name for his terminal pancreatic cancer “I call it Rupert” Like a cancer, Potter believed that inexorable spread of Murdoch's influence was infecting political & cultural life in Britain & the world

Patients are dying in NHS hospital corridors. The Conservatives closed 100+ emergency care services since 2010. Demand Wes Streeting reopen them to treat patients. Sign the petition. @We_ownit weownit.org.uk/act-now/stop-p…

Martin Scorsese pays tribute to David Lynch. "He put images on the screen unlike anything that I or anybody else had ever seen - he made everything strange, uncanny, revelatory and new. And he was absolutely uncompromising, from start to finish. We were lucky to have had David

In the lead-up to the News UK trial, we’re revisiting former News of the World deputy features editor Paul McMullan’s explosive testimony at the Leveson Inquiry. In this clip, McMullan claims that former editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson were fully aware of phone hacking at

🚨Statement on behalf of the Duke of Sussex and Lord Watson 22 January 2025 In a monumental victory today, News UK have admitted that The Sun, the flagship title for Rupert Murdoch’s UK media empire, has indeed engaged in illegal practices. This represents a vindication for the

It takes an enormous amount of guts to take on opponents like News Group Newspapers, and great tenacity to win. And it’s just wonderful that Harry fought for - and gained - an apology to his mother. She would be incredibly touched at that, & rightly proud. bbc.com/news/live/cd9q…

Elon Musk has posed as champion of bereaved families in Southport but the killer watched a violent video just before his killing spree *on X* and Musk is refusing to take it down despite numerous official requests from UK & Australian authorities ft.com/content/3c8923…

There is a strange idea in some environmentalist circles that human population is the main cause of ecological breakdown, and that humans have an *intrinsically* negative impact on ecosystems. Both claims are incorrect. First, human ecological impact is entirely a function of

When politicians like Keir Starmer claim there is no money, it is always worth recalling what money actually is.

BREAKING -- 11 Lebanese killed and 83 wounded as a result of Israeli fire as they attempt to return to their villages in southern Lebanon. -- Lebanese health ministry 60-day period in which Israel should have withdrawn according to ceasefire terms ends today. Israel has said

No, the US was NEVER about to send $50 million worth of condoms to Gaza Because Israel bans the entry of condoms to Gaza in the 1st place, along with crutches, seeded fruits, oxygen cylinders, water filtration systems, sleeping bags, cancer treatement, maternity kits...

Just going to continue emphasizing that this, detaining a bunch of people who haven’t been convicted of a crime and incarcerating them en masse in a fortified location against their will because they are part of a specific ethnicity or other group, is a concentration camp

Today in 1969, The Beatles performed their legendary rooftop concert on the top of the Apple Corps building in London. They played for the city for 42 minutes before being stopped by the police. It was John, Paul, George, and Ringo’s final public performance as “The Beatles”.

The 1945 Labour government taxed, borrowed and spent its way to prosperity. Democratic Socialism the fastest way to grow the economy in British history. It was selling all this public wealth that was considered such a bonanza for Thatcher's privatisation rip off.. #bbcqt

Ask yourself why Israeli historians and media publicly acknowledge Israel’s genocide, but the U.S. media won’t.

A reminder that Liz Kendall, Secretary of State for work and pensions, has her heating bill paid for by the taxpayer while living in a £4 million London property with her financier partner. We need a complete clear out of the establishment political class.

Trump is treating • US contracts + treaties as opportunities for extortion • US allies as clients to be fleeced • US security guarantees as protection rackets. He is not forming alliances for a more stable + prosperous world. His is introducing the code of the mafia.