Journalist. broadcaster, active citizen. Media commentator. Conference chair & interviewer. Close interest in the media and politics. Close interest in QPR.
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Phil Harding retweeted
"Are you comfortable where your party is on the subject?"
@amolrajan asks Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh, who fled Liberia and came to the UK as a refugee in the 1980s, about the government's proposals to make refugees wait up to 20 years for permanent residency.
Phil Harding retweeted
I would have thought that the contribution Bill Oddie made to the BBC through his comedy, music and nature presenting over many years would have been more than enough for a tribute program about his life and work.
Apparently not
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Phil Harding retweeted
Harold Wilson repeatedly refused LBJ’s request for UK troops to be sent to Vietnam, one of the most important foreign policy decisions made by any postwar UK Prime Minister. The relationship between the two became strained. I wonder how many people now think Wilson got it wrong.
🚨 NEW: Donald Trump says Keir Starmer took “far too long” to give the US access to British bases
“That’s probably never happened between our countries before… we were very disappointed in Keir”
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Phil Harding retweeted
'Fleet Street' is running hatchet jobs on me, so it seems. Fair dos. Every error I made at The Sun is piled in - I took responsibility years ago for my errors - but what about the decency I bought to the paper? Also: if they are going to call me an alcoholic, please also give me the credit for 20 years of continuous recovery both from my addiction and from the toxicity I escaped. Today is day 7,419. Thank God I got out. 💕🙏
Phil Harding retweeted
Robbie Gibb should never have been appointed in the first place and he should not stay a day longer
Phil Harding retweeted
Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
Phil Harding retweeted
Time for MRPs to be reported with more caution 3/4 yrs out from an election. Result closer to constituency polling - but still 10% off for Plaid.
We’ve gone back to consuming polls as gospel only a year on from Labour lead being grossly overstated & seat forecasts 50 seats out
Phil Harding retweeted
Truly great night at the George in Chiswick - magnificent hosting from @Stokesie some brilliant, previously unheard tales from @kevingallen10 @marcbircham Lee Cook and the mighty Martin Rowlands- even met a marvellous QPR obsessed Hollywood-type in @robsprackling - you R’ss
RT @lewis_goodall: So much of the commentary on Palestine today without much sense of the deep history. No this is unlikely to make much or…
Phil Harding retweeted
Sir Robert Worcester, legendary pollster and founder of MORI (now Ipsos UK) has died at 91. He taught so many people so much about the value and importance of opinion polls in modern democracies - everyone in our industry and politics owes him a debt of gratitude.
Phil Harding retweeted
Why are we commemorating Hiroshima’s 80th anniversary with new nuclear weapons? And why is the Govt backing a glossy PR campaign to persuade us we need nukes whilst also trying to block inquiry into the impacts of nuclear war?
Me for @IndyVoices @CNDuk
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Phil Harding retweeted
Around 400 Palestinians, including dozens of children, have been killed while trying to get humanitarian assistance. I don’t recall these incidents (including this weekend) leading many papers or news bulletins. Are we really saying a few chants from a couple of musicians is more newsworthy or important? We have lost our bearings …
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NEW: With Labour, there have been 4.2 million additional appointments in the NHS since July last year.
That’s double our target, and 100,000 more appointments a week than the Tories were doing.
There’s more to do, but we’re getting on with the job.
ALT Photo of Wes Streeting and Keir Starmer, overlaid with headline that reads: “NHS under Labour carries out 100,000 more appointments a week than under the Tories.”
Phil Harding retweeted
Interesting that Starmer has big plans for people to learn English. Where? Who? How? FE colleges have been decimated over the last few years. Where can people go to get cheap or free English lessons, that are near to their homes, taught by experienced, well-trained teachers?
Phil Harding retweeted
1/ If you think the only thing powering Reform UK is immigration, then you’ve not been paying attention. For some, that’s key. But as @hopenothate latest in-depth polling shows, the real driver is a deeper disillusionment with a political class that no longer delivers. 🧵
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Rupert Murdoch has now spent around £2bn in keeping the truth about the way his news organisations operate out of the courts in the UK and US. Please don’t shrug and say it’s normal. It’s not. prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas…
Phil Harding retweeted
This is probably the most important speech Biden has made during his presidency - but who will hear or heed it now? Against unelected billionaires and for the people ought to be the Democrats simple message going forward. Will they speak it?
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Serious failings in BBC Local Radio exposed by the BBC’s own complaints mechanism after a pursuit by @DavidLloydRADIO - just one of many failings. It’s time for the BBC to step back and take a good look at the strategy needed for local radio. davidlloydradio.com/post/bbc…