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Richard Woodcock

@zedwally.bsky.social
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Old ex-academic, musician, crosswords, curious. unclewallyandunclesteve.bandcamp.com

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 21/09/2026
And yes, the fact that we still have the government using X is unacceptable - the right time to leave was when Musk’s robot started making non-consensual sexualised images of woman and girls. Easy as that.
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It's time for a new Charter. Help write it and choose your 6 demands for a better politics. Take the survey here:https://actionnetwork.org/surveys/a-new-charter?source=bluesky&
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Unpleasant little outro there, #newsnight.
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm a Humanists UK member because being good matters here and now. I trust evidence over dogma and believe everyone should be free to live, love, and think as they choose. Join too: humanists.uk/join/action/...
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 14/09/2026
Our current system of funding is anti-democratic – those with big money have more say than the simple vote we all have. A cap on donations would be a step in the right direction – the end game should be publicly funded politics. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Read MD in Private Eye regarding the Lucy Letby trial, Victoria Derbyshire. #newsnight
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
No-one on this panel really knows what's going on with AI, do they? (Nor do I of course, but I'm not banging on about it.) #newsnight
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social I wish Victoria Derbyshire would listen to what interviewees are saying more often, and challenge them less. I want analysis, not cross-examination.
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
President Chump! #newsnight
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I wish Victoria Derbyshire would listen more and interrupt less. #Newsnight
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
When social media platforms apply algorithms to content they are acting as editors, and they should therefore be treated in law as publishers. Platforms that do not apply algorithms should continue to be treated simply as carriers. Does that make sense? #newsnight
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Important - please sign and share. Dear Andy Burnham: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post. Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree. Now is the time to fix our democracy. Sign the open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/an...
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Dear Andy Burnham: it's time for a fair voting system
Dear Andy Burnham: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post. Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree. Now is the time to fix our demo...
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
What's so shocking about possible tax rises? #newsmight
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
One day, people in power will be asked what they did during the genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians… And they’ll be able to say …we kept sending Israel arms, trading with them and issued a joint statement.
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Excellent discussion tonight. This is what #newsnight should be like every night - less interrogation, more listening.
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Lucy Hockings is very good tonight. More please. #newsnight
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Treat the social media platforms as publishers under the law! #bbcnews
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Viz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz358bs
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Do NOT look at the eclipse through a colander. You'll strain your eyes. #newsnight
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Laurie Dunkin Wedd @ldw1.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Excellent @zoegrunewald.bsky.social points out that for many “illegal” immigrants there is, in fact, no alternative _legal_ way to come here. They don’t *choose* this method: they have no *choices*.
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A must-read piece from Christina Pagel: open.substack.com/pub/christin...
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Last month in Trump’s America: a story of power and how it’s used
A picture of an administration governing in the best interests of Trump and his allies and no one else
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
If this is so, it surely follows that X should now be considered a threat to national security.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
NEW: Green leader Zack Polanski has criticised 'absurd' editorial decisions from the BBC – and said that the broadcaster gives Nigel Farage’s Reform much more coverage than his party www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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James Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This is an attempted lynching, which will be treated with much less seriousness then pensioners holding up Palestine Action placards.
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Surely I'm not the only one who finds Christopher Nolan's soundtracks physically painful? Those chest-shaking low frequencies are horrible.
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Before anyone listens to Ben Houchen they should read Private Eye and decide for themselves about his trustworthiness. #newsnight
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
And now you're over-hyping Diane Abbott's readmission to the Labour party, #newsnight. It's happened. Move on.
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is such a horrible hatchet job, #newsnight. Why?
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
You're seriously over-hyping this error of Polanski's, #newsnight. Victoria Derbyshire does not speak for me. No-one elected her or any other journalist.
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I don't vote for TV news interviewers, yet they stay in post much longer than most politicians. They don't speak for me. #newsnight #bbcnews #itn #c4news #gbnews
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
So much kite flying, #Newsnight. Just wait - it hasn't even been a day yet.
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
We don't elect the media, Ian Dale. #newsnight
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Here's a tune I co-wrote and recorded with my friend Martin Mcgroarty - virtual isn't the same as real.. northlight1.bandcamp.com/track/hangin...
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Hanging On, by Northlight
track by Northlight
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
24-hour news has produced an increasingly voracious appetite in broadcast media for spectacle and controversy when neither is in the public interest. Slow down! #newsnight
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Andy Burnham took up his seat today. #newsnight and all the other media want to know every detail of his plans as PM. He isn't the PM yet. Let's see a little bit of patience. This is ridiculous. Stop it.
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
What a poor piece on Starmer, #C4news.
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
It's worth remembering that Josh Simons was already in trouble for the Labour Together campaign against journalists. He needed to stand down. #newsnight
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Treat the social media platforms as publishers under the law. #newsnight
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Starmer is absolutely right about this, but he would also have been right about it had he said it two years ago. Why has it taken him so long and why is his Government still using X as its primary message delivery platform? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Starmer accuses Musk of trying to whip up division over Henry Nowak murder
X-owner Musk has posted several times on the site criticising the police treatment of Henry Nowak.
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Matt Goodwin, Robert Jenrick and Nigel Farage are responsible for stoking the violence in Southampton today - post after post on social media, taking cynical advantage of a tragedy. #Newsnight
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
If this is what the Israeli authorities do to people the world is watching, imagine what they do to people with no voice and no visibility. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Gaza flotilla activists allege sexual assault and rape in Israeli detention
Israeli prison service denies claims of abuse during detention of 430 people trying to take aid to Palestinians
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Some recent local news coverage 🧵👇 Milton Keynes: "While the Liberal Democrats came first with 20 seats on 19% of votes cast, Reform UK won only 9 with 24% of votes cast and the Greens won no seats despite garnering 14% of votes."
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Proportional Representation advocates call for electoral reform following local election results
Proportional Representation advocates call for electoral reform following local election results
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Interesting research project here: open.substack.com/pub/vanessaa...
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Meta-Relationality and AI Research Project
Discernment, Fields, and Relational Capacity in AI Systems
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Humanists UK have been pioneering positive social change for 130 years! From fighting for women's suffrage and decriminalising homosexuality, to abolishing blasphemy laws, and winning equal marriage – learn more on the 130th anniversary of #HumanistsUK. humanists.uk/2026/04/30/h...
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Humanists UK celebrates 130th anniversary
Today marks a significant milestone for the humanist movement in the UK, celebrating the 130th anniversary of the founding of Humanists UK on 30 April 1896. The date also marks a milestone year for th...
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Andrew Copson @andrewcopson.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
'More tea, less vicar': my latest article in @thefabians.bsky.social explores Christian nationalism and how progressives should respond. A thread 🧵
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More tea, less vicar | Fabian Society
Fabian Society
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
if you can afford to subscribe to The Nerve, you should. www.thenerve.news/p/palentir-a...
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Palantir's social media manifesto is a blueprint for technofascism
The surveillance firm’s viral X post calls for hard power, conscription and the end of pluralism. AI expert and academic Mark Coeckelbergh on what happens when technology becomes the gateway to author...
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
If currently illegal drugs were legalised, regulated and taxed in the way that the popular drug alcohol is, we'd have far fewer problems like this: BBC News - Police arrest two over alleged drug sales through shops in West Midlands www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Police arrest two over alleged drug sales through shops in West Midlands
It follows a BBC investigation that found High Street mini-marts were selling drugs in some West Midlands towns.
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Fascinating letter in today's Guardian
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 22/04/2026
EXCLUSIVE: In Britain, Zack Polanski’s Green Party will conduct a sweeping review of its policy platform to weed out unpopular proposals thrust into the spotlight as support for the movement grows.
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Boss of British Greens plots review to junk unpopular policies
Zack Polanski’s “eco-populist” force will revisit proposals to abolish the monarch and slash the motorway speed limit, officials tell POLITICO.
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