Staff writer Private Eye. Head Writer BBC Dead Ringers. Many funny words stranded in development land. Award losing Children's author: JFL (scripts) UA (books)
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Tom Jamieson retweeted
I’ll take a shot at answering one of these good questions. These poor young people are not dying for "no reason". They’re dying because Vladimir Putin's Russia invaded Ukraine and Ukrainians don’t want to be murdered. I hope this helps.
Sorry, don't usually comment on the shit ads in my feed (which are all blocked) but...HOW IS THIS SHIT NOT SATIRE??? What the what the...what???
How dare viewers sit on the sofa watching BBC1 when the new Director General insists no-one watches television any more (there may be a little something about this in the current Eye)
Big boost to Graham Norton chat show from Prince William appearance, 2.6m viewers, double average since 34th series started, rounding off a great Friday for BBC1 - Celeb Traitors 9.5m, regional news 3.6m etc - a 35% all day share. Ratings data @Digital_i_
Tom Jamieson retweeted
I've been in those trenches every month or two for the last four years.
People are tired, they miss their families, they have their frustrations.
But they are there, still holding the line, with full clarity that if they let go, Russia and its tyranny will come to their homes.
Tom Jamieson retweeted
I've posted a new edition of Whose Beeb?, my blog on the future of the BBC
It analyses the financial realities behind the BBC's recent brutal cuts, the Government's obscenely stupid proposals for a 'YouTube tax', and why it's all George Osborne's fault: whosebeeb.substack.com/p/rec…
The two comedy stand up documentaries on Netflix : 'Who is Martin Mull' & 'The Maria Bamford story' are just superb. Both far more moving than I expected them to be.
You spelt Russia wrong.
The billionaires on the side of the murderous dictator are great at spotting 'elites'.
At some stage does America say - "This is not who we are, we are not pure evil???"
Or has Musk's billions & Trump & AI melted enough brains that it no longer cares.
Trump: Amy Acton's mother said horrible things about Amy Acton and I don't know why you're not allowed to broadcast it. That one ad should really win.
Q: What about what the daughter said about the mother?
Trump: I don’t know what she said.
Q: That the mother remained with the stepfather who sexually abused her.
Trump: When did she make that statement? Recently?
Q: Years ago.
Trump: I have no idea. All I know is, Amy Acton's mother said horrible things about Amy Acton. She’s fair game.
If like me you are weirdly fascinated by terrible Woody Allen films, one stinker I'd not seen, 'The Curse of the Jade Scorpion' is on Prime. let's see how long I can last...
Tom Jamieson retweeted
Aside from the shocking substance of this story, what's amazing is how it was unearthed by Cole. The short version: The Russians were able to penetrate Jared Kushner's iPhone and extract screenshots and data. Then, a Russian intel official was captured by Dutch intelligence (!) and flipped. The Dutch believed Kushner may have been acting on behalf of Russia, so pursued him as an intel target and were able to get into his phone.
They did not find any evidence of Russian collusion, instead they watched him moving hundreds of millions of dollars from slush funds created by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, one of them housed in Israel's central bank.
Incredible reporting, and if Democrats have any sense, they will pull on these threads and learn a lot more about this money.
Explosive story many years in the making, now out in Vanity Fair by Matthew Cole (who will be on Breaking Points next week, and publishing soon in @DropSiteNews):
Saudi Arabia and the UAE set up multi-billion slush funds for Jared Kushner to use.
Iran-Contra 2 here (except with Iran-Contra, at least the US got some hostages released. Not clear what we got out of this one.)
Tom Jamieson retweeted
Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed His Secret Negotiations—Including More Than $700 Million In Transfers vanityfair.com/story/jared-k…
Tom Jamieson retweeted
Following the Covid Inquiry's damning verdict on @MattHancock, we've launched a petition to remove him from the Privy Council.
His actions led to thousands of avoidable deaths.
This is a first symbolic step towards accountability.
Sign and share: c.org/RJtgMtQF2f
Tom Jamieson retweeted
The BBC is set to scrap Radio 4 Extra. 📻 Losing this treasure trove of classic comedy, archive drama, and timeless storytelling would be a massive blow for millions of us.
Sign the petition to help save Radio 4 Extra 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio… via @38degrees
