David Baines

I lecture in journalism at Newcastle University and worked as a journalist for 30 years. Member of NUJ; Institute of Communication Ethics; MediaWise; Lit & Phil

[David Baines @njdrb]

Might Israel have conducted a similar campaign against the Labour Party and to make sure that the UK government keeps supporting it? https://t.co/mwUP6CCI0Y

[Prof Alice Roberts💙 @theAliceRoberts]

I still can’t quite believe this happened. What does it say about our society?

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Nearly 40% of global dirty money is laundered in London and UK crown dependencies.

London welcomes proceeds of bribery, theft, drugs, crime.

Under the Criminal Finances Act 2017 no company has been prosecuted for tax evasion.

Laws are for show only.
https://t.co/ydN62jpZP5

[Mark Blacklock 马克·布拉克洛克 @MarxMedia]

A staggering 70% of children in Britain are in food poverty not because their parents are jobless but because their parents are so poorly paid they cannot afford the basics of life, Gordon Brown tells #R4today.

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

He is hopeless. Sorry. He just is.

[David Baines @njdrb]

@bethanyusher Brian Cox says yes.

[Mark Blacklock 马克·布拉克洛克 @MarxMedia]

“Jamie Driscoll’s mayoral campaign, his simple message of wanting to make things better for ordinary people but not being prepared to take marching orders from distant elites in Westminster, can be seen as the shape of politics to come. https://t.co/hBxKn7b3Fg

[David Baines @njdrb]

A museum is just the place for the fossil fuel industry.
https://t.co/WYnZgKt76J

[David Baines @njdrb]

@bbcnewsnight https://t.co/oVYCONckMg

[David Baines @njdrb]

How many local and regional journalists have lost their jobs - have had massive pay cuts - because Reach - Trinity Mirror has paid out millions for the criminality of the people who run the company? @NUJofficial @MarxMedia https://t.co/63ZYmaavB7

[David Baines @njdrb]

Does #shaftedbyschroders have any resonance out there?

[Schroders PR @SchrodersPR]

Europe faces high #gas prices and potential shortages as supply from #Russia dwindles. @Schroders' investment experts look at what this means for companies, the #energy #transition, and the #eurozone #economy: https://t.co/VKB5AnwpVA

[David Baines @njdrb]

Does #shaftedbyschroders have any resonance out there?

[Schroders PR @SchrodersPR]

A cost-of-living crisis, industrial unrest, fears over energy supply and #Brexit - these are just some of the crunch points facing the new #UKPM #LizTruss, according to @Schroders #UKequities specialists, Sue Noffke, Andy Brough, and Jean Roche: https://t.co/YDkNPgvhK2

[David Baines @njdrb]

@BBCNewsnight your guest says the slaughter in the hospital was caused by a Hamas rocket. Ask him to show the evidence.

[Tony Harcup @writerlytone]

The struggle for news, as seen on the streets of Yorkshire this morning - the struggle takes many forms, including the current #NationalWorldStrike.
#Solidarity #NewsValues
https://t.co/DYG8zxDEJy

[NUJ @NUJofficial]

Thank you for your solidarity with striking National World journalists in Edinburgh ✊✊ @djohnsonmsp and @LabourRichard #NationalWorldStrike

[NUJ @NUJofficial]

Actor Tam Dean Burn joins journalists in Edinburgh this morning ✊ @tamdeanburn #NationalWorldStrike

[NUJ Leeds & West Yorks @NUJ_Leeds]

Solidarity was the word of the day during the #NationalWorldStrike in Leeds today.

[Séamus Dooley @Seamusdo]

The legendary ⁦@BobRoyMiller⁩ supporting ⁦@NUJofficial⁩ picket at ⁦@News_Letter⁩ #nationalworldstrike ⁦@BDTUC⁩ ⁦@NUJBelfast⁩

[Councillor Luke Farley @FarleyLabour]

Solidarity with local journalists taking industrial action today in Leeds ✊

#NationalWorldStrike

[Linda Somerville @lindasomervill]

📣 Standing in solidarity with
journalists taking strike action to secure a decent pay rise #NationalWorldStrike after years of cutbacks & job losses. Celebrating the importance of journalism to culture with poetry & song
✊🏼