Lt Richard Dodd remembered the service taken by the Revd George Parry on the eve of D Day "a wiry Welshman with a nature as fiery as his hair and a heart and courage to match. It was not easy to sing Abide With Me in such a setting and at such a moment"
I've just submitted the following complaint to the BBC, @BBCPolitics and @bbclaurak.
On Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg on 21st April 2024, Chris Packham, a BBC personality (ex-presenter of Springwatch, presenter of forthcoming Inside Our Minds), said the following when challenged by Luke Johnson about what evidence he had that extreme weather events are caused by carbon emissions: “It doesn’t come from Toby Young’s Daily Septic [sic], which is basically put together by a bunch of professionals with close affiliations to the fossil fuel industry. It comes from something called science.” This is both false and defamatory. I am the editor-in-chief of the Daily Sceptic, a news publishing site, and neither I nor any of the other people who put it together have any affiliations to the fossil fuel industry, close or otherwise. I have never been paid money by any fossil fuel companies, nor has the editor, Dr Will Jones, and we’ve never run an ad on the site from any fossil fuel companies. Chris Packham was not challenged by anyone on the programme about this false allegation, even though it's extremely serious and damaging, effectively claiming the people who put together the Daily Sceptic are corrupt, i.e., paid to publish climate contrarian articles by the fossil fuel industry. On the contrary, a clip of Chris Packham making this false and defamatory allegation was posted by BBC Politics on X and then retweeted by Laura Kuenssberg and as of the time of writing (11.15am on 25th April 2024) had been viewed over 850,000 times. The tweet hasn’t been deleted even though I pointed out on X that it was false on 21st April, quoting the original tweet.
@nicholadrummond Camouflage is not fashion so the notion that it has a season is baloney, it either works or it does not. Fact. That @BritishArmy is wasting yet more of its precious small budget on a withering fleet of trophy armour is frankly derisory. Great it certainly is not.
Buckingham Palace has announced that The King will ride on horseback at Trooping the Colour on Saturday.
This will mark the first time that the reigning Monarch has ridden at Trooping the Colour since 1986, when Queen Elizabeth II last rode.
Britannia weeps indeed … never, was there a sadder day than this. Rest in peace, beloved #Queen, thy #duty done; #Elizabeth the Great, to all, and one.
HRH The Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Carrick and Baron Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland.
Harry and Meghan's not-so-warm welcome: Duke and Duchess of Sussex run gauntlet of boos from 100-strong group of protesters - including one holding a sign accusing them of being 'fake roy...
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"I never used to get too wound up or worried about things. But now I get affected a lot more. I think, as a Father you realise how precious life is and it puts it all in perspective. The idea of not being around to see your children grow up and things like that."🥹
Prince William
What a glorious afternoon to make memories for a lifetime! What an generous honour, to have William in my family home, with champange giving me a Damehood. Not sure life could get more surreal. But happy. @KensingtonRoyal you are welcome for tea at ours anytime! @BowelbabeF £5mil