A small detail in a brief report sparks some big questions about what the national broadcaster is doing during the run up to local and national elections.
Nowcast — Election Maps UK
IRC.org
I originally wrote this as a general history of the #gb channel but realised that it was getting a bit too biased towards my involvement as I went on. I present this as my personally biased history of the channel, and of early British IRC. I shall try and collect a few more viewpoints to present in other parts of this site.
Oligarchy In the UK
This week: have Reform UK misunderstood their audience; some alternative UKs; and some notes on Kiwis.
Reform UK Tells Its Activists ‘Don’t Drink and Tweet’ Because 'The Biggest Threat to Reform Is the People in It'
EXCLUSIVE: "If this was sat on the desk of an anti-Reform journalist, what are they going to do with it?” the leaked internal training course warn its members
Afternoon parallel: Baird Howland explores shifts in White House media in the Political Polarization and Discourse session: | IC2S2
Afternoon parallel: Baird Howland explores shifts in White House media in the Political Polarization and Discourse session:
The BBC Is Just Nodding Along
The corporation's news coverage has lost its soul as a bulwark against unaccountable power and extremism, writes a former BBC News producer
Revealed: Tory ‘dark’ ads targeted voters’ Facebook feeds in Welsh marginal seat
Unregulated practice discovered after posts attacking Jeremy Corbyn drown out campaign aimed at boosting youth vote
X. It’s what’s happening
From breaking news and entertainment to sports and politics, get the full story with all the live commentary.
The right-wing press: power without responsibility?
Behind the stirring, ostensibly patriotic headlines how much power do the UK’s right-wing press wield, and how much do the public know about it?
Challenges Of Broadcast Television Aspect Ratio Changes - 15 July 2026 04:50 UTC
I find the period where television was transitioning from 4:3 to 16:9 an interesting one. When broadcasting began in 16:9, but people were still actively using 4:3 televisions, broadcasters would commonly either letterbox the content or expect the left and right edges to be cropped. This led to a period where television series direction avoided putting anything too important at the horizontal edges of the frame. Cinema faced similar challenges, and either embraced pan-and-scan, letterboxing, or careful reframing from a wider image.
Major parties kickstart Victoria election campaigns
The Saturday Paper is a quality weekly newspaper, dedicated to narrative long-form journalism.
Five takeaways from Andy Burnham's Labour conference speech
Big policy announcements and emotional moments as the prime minister delivers a speech to Labour's conference.
Spinning on His Axel: The Right-Wing Politics of the Billionaire Businessman Taking Over the Telegraph
Julian Petley investigates what really motivates the German media mogul taking over Britain's leading conservative broadsheet
Stop The Blokes
With fascism on the streets of England again, The Times uses its front-page to deliver the same message beneath a thin veneer of respectability.
An (accidental?) love letter to the lunkheads
Taking a closer look at the BBC Home Affairs Editor’s gentle coverage of street fascists.
