Richard Woodcock

Interesting talk by Lewis Goodall on the state of TV news - I'd have liked to see more on what he thinks newsworthiness is, though. goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/can-tv-new...

Can we please have analysis, proper listening, and explanation - not constant interruption and interrogation? #newsnight

For goodness' sake. None of these commentators has a flipping clue (nor do I tbh.) I fear we're going to be as quick at regulating AI as we are at dealing with climate change. #newsnight

Really good piece here by Geoff Mulgan: geoffmulgan.substack.com/p/friction-i...

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Unpleasant little outro there, #newsnight.

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/...

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...

Read MD in Private Eye regarding the Lucy Letby trial, Victoria Derbyshire. #newsnight

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

@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.

President Chump! #newsnight

I wish Victoria Derbyshire would listen more and interrupt less. #Newsnight

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

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...

What's so shocking about possible tax rises? #newsmight

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.

Excellent discussion tonight. This is what #newsnight should be like every night - less interrogation, more listening.

Lucy Hockings is very good tonight. More please. #newsnight

Treat the social media platforms as publishers under the law! #bbcnews

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Do NOT look at the eclipse through a colander. You'll strain your eyes. #newsnight

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*.

A must-read piece from Christina Pagel: open.substack.com/pub/christin...

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...

This is an attempted lynching, which will be treated with much less seriousness then pensioners holding up Palestine Action placards.

Surely I'm not the only one who finds Christopher Nolan's soundtracks physically painful? Those chest-shaking low frequencies are horrible.

Before anyone listens to Ben Houchen they should read Private Eye and decide for themselves about his trustworthiness. #newsnight

This is such a horrible hatchet job, #newsnight. Why?

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.

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

So much kite flying, #Newsnight. Just wait - it hasn't even been a day yet.

We don't elect the media, Ian Dale. #newsnight

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...

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

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.

What a poor piece on Starmer, #C4news.

It's worth remembering that Josh Simons was already in trouble for the Labour Together campaign against journalists. He needed to stand down. #newsnight

Treat the social media platforms as publishers under the law. #newsnight

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...

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...

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."

Interesting research project here: open.substack.com/pub/vanessaa...