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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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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Haha me too!
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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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Member to member
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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
I think he questions in particular the reliability of Dewi Evans's evidence. I do pay attention to what Private Eye says in legal matters - it's often right in the end..
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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I'm agnostic on this, but MD is not.
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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
See Psalm 23.4.
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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 · 17/08/2026
Dale Vince has held this position about the much-needed reform of the energy market for a while now. Sounds eminently sensible to me.
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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 · 04/08/2026
'contrarian' is a generous description...
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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
Good to see some common sense from Steve Richards.
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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
True, and I wish 24-hour news had never been thought of. Thanks CNN..
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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...
northlight1.bandcamp.com
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 · 16/06/2026
It's ugly.
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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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Richard Woodcock @zedwally.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Better to legislate to treat the social media platforms as publishers under law, rather than mere information channels.
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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
Just take a look at Matt Goodwin's Facebook page.
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