No-one will be surprised that the UK public have little faith in #political parties, but given the current travails & criminal activity in the #police, its notable how that doesn't seem to have dented whether people trust them as much as one might have expected (although this is last year's data); but I'd be interested to see that data broken down by #gender & by #ethnicity.
When #RishiSunak warns against 'mob rule' its pretty clear who the UK public at large think the mob actually is!
British Police have always used the media to get themselves really good PR, everything from #DixonOfDockGreen to, well, whatever cozy cop bullshit is on this week on #BBC1, #ITV1, #channel4 fly on the wall docu, forty years of #TheBill, and, well you get the point.
Plus the whole, thousand years of the aristocracy breeding the populace to tug the forelock better and be bootlickers.
Great to see that there's a new series (#5) of #TheDogHouse on #Channel4 in the #UK starting on Thursday the 15th (the day after tomorrow). Not only one of the best #feelgood shows on #tv, it contains #dogs! 🐶
The United States and more than a dozen other countries quickly moved to suspend funding to UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian #refugees, a vital lifeline for millions of people in #Gaza, shortly after Israel accused a handful of the agency’s staff of taking part in the Hamas attack on October 7.
But the U.K. broadcaster #Channel4 obtained the intelligence dossier on #UNRWA that #Israel shared with allied countries, and found “no evidence to support its explosive new claim.”
The Financial Times and Sky News also reviewed the materials and came to the same conclusion : Israel’s claims about UNRWA are just the latest example of what journalist Jeremy Scahill says is a “deliberate propaganda campaign” to justify its brutal assault on Gaza.
“This is one of the most epic frauds in modern history, reminiscent of the lies told to explain and justify the invasion and occupation of Iraq,” says Scahill, senior reporter and correspondent at The Intercept.
This link goes to a thoroughly documented article from journalist #JeremyScahill of The Intercept that demonstrate Israel’s ruthless #Propaganda campaign to dehumanize Palestinians.
Hmmm... so the headlines are all about #channel4 laying off staff & looking for smaller #London premises... but actually what seems to be happening is the C4 is laying off London-based staff as it relocates out of the capital, and will then (one might assume) be recruiting staff in new locations.
So actually, this is a story about 'good' jobs becoming available in the regions, but is spun as a 'loss' of jobs because those loosing the jobs are in London.
"It was refreshing to have a gay lead character who was a bit of a dweeb."
Jack Rooke spoke to Samira Ahmed about the unlikely duo at the heart of his Bafta-nominated comedy Big Boys, inspired by his own uni days and back for series two on Channel 4.
And the winner is? Sebastian James, son of Christopher George Walter James, 5th Baron Northbourne, 6th Baronet. One of 90 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999.
He also went to Eton and Oxford, was a member of the Bullingdon Club, and goes on holiday with one David Cameron. #Channel4#OldSchoolTies#UKPolitics
#channel4 news gives an overview of the #DoctorsStrikes in the UK nations, yet somehow manages to ignore the fact that there's no strike in #Scotland because #ScottishGovernment sat down and negotiated. Tories won't respect #Doctors just as they don't respect the rest of us #GTTO
Met Police Commissioner says the marches cannot be banned. Also, the 12th is Remembrance Sunday when all the Armistice stuff will happen, there's no such thing as "Armistice Weekend" like Damian Hinds was trying to make out on Channel 4 last night. None of these peace marches are scheduled for Sunday, as you can clearly see. No-one is going anywhere near the Cenotaph.
It was 1973 when my #history teacher got my class looking at the #Kennedy assassination and conspiracy theories, a decade after the event.
Watching #Channel4 documentaries tonight and I'm still learning more reasons to disbelieve the lone assassin conclusion.
Yet there seems to be little evidence that the assassination itself was other, except the strange fact that #JackRuby killed the assassin Oswald within hours.
That fact points more strongly to a mob involvement than any other.
I watched Rhod Gilbert's 'Pain in the neck' documentary, which tells the story of his treatment for throat cancer. A courageous, funny and deeply moving tribute to the Velindre Cancer Centre and the good people of the NHS. Highly recommend! ❤️🩹
It's weird none of the UK journalists seem to have noticed this guy was in the Lehi? The Lehi tried to do deals with Hitler, letter-bombed British MPs (including Churchill) and assassinated the British Minister for Cairo. :blobcatcoffee:
The year is 1982; #Channel4 launches; Madness’ ‘House of Fun’ is in the charts; ‘Blade Runner’ premieres in cinemas; the first CD player goes on sale; the #Commodore64 is released; Nike launch the Air Force 1 basketball shoe; and you’re wearing your new Space Shuttle Game Watch.
Your mission is to get the shuttle from one side of the screen to the other, landing it on the base, while avoiding planets and space ships. It is made more challenging by the base randomly appearing and disappearing.