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@stephenmcnair

Retired academic and policy person living in north Norfolk. Senior Editor at East Anglia Bylines (citizen journalism).

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Is that not what I said?

05.03.2026 13:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

have you read the article?

05.03.2026 13:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But, as Jackson points out, his coverage is not inaccurate. Its the framing that distorts.

05.03.2026 13:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The article points out that very little of his coverage was about RUK

05.03.2026 13:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The problem is that the audience is not journalists, its casual viewers looing only at headlines

05.03.2026 13:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The programme was not always clear about who came from which agency. They presented it as an EA decision. As I understand it it was agreed between DEFRA and EA to ease workloads. I don't think it makes a difference to the argument, but I have amended the text

01.03.2026 13:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not a new idea. I remember in 1950 my father driving round Wembley in a van with a loudspeaker on the roof caling on people to vote Labour.

15.02.2026 09:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not guilty. Only Irish ancestor in five generaitons is one great great grandfather from Co Down. Otherwise all Ayrshire or Fife.

14.02.2026 09:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Gosh, he's Irish. Enough said!

06.02.2026 07:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Relevance?

06.02.2026 07:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Have you read the story? It was not immigration that broke Britain.

03.02.2026 10:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Strange to use a photo of Rotterdam. There is nowhere in the North East like that.

03.02.2026 10:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Who broke Britain? Reform says Britain is broken, and they offer radical change to put it right. But who broke it? We name the guilty parties.

eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/who...

01.02.2026 08:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Who wrote that terrible headline?

23.01.2026 11:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We can debate whether MPs who switch parties ought to face a byelection. But Jenrick is a special case. In 2024 he won as a Conservative with 39% of the vote. Reform came third with only 15%. The electors of Newark were clear, they didn't want a Reform MP. Surely a byelection would be proper

21.01.2026 13:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

a clear majority of elected MPs have considered and approved. It seems likely that a majority of peers agree. This is not scrutiny, it's abuse of power.

15.01.2026 15:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This bill has had over 130 hours of scrutiny, plus 5 days of expert evidence in committee. Many of the amendments are clearly wrecking.

15.01.2026 15:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Please read the story. How is requiring a pregnancy test appropriate for a request to die. That is not scrutiny, it's obstruction.

15.01.2026 15:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is that not what he said?

03.01.2026 12:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But oil and gas companies don't have this technology.

25.12.2025 16:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Pear dree

25.12.2025 16:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

what environmental impact? Can you give references? Most people think there are none, at least compared with most alternatives (solar, wind, nuclear)

25.12.2025 10:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The partridge in the pear tree Today we launch our seasonal series of articles for the twelve days of Christmas, with a tale of a girl, a partridge and a pear tree

Can AI be creative? For the first day of Christmas I tested it, asking Perplexity AI to write a short story about a partridge and a pear tree.
There is a proper debate about whether this is, or is not, a good thing. But I have read worse by real people.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/cu...

25.12.2025 09:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You will get that from us for the other eleven days (and the following 354 days). This was a test. I have read a lot of stuff much less engaging written by real people.

25.12.2025 09:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Long term our survival as a species depends on finding inexhaustible energy sources. That's what geothermal offers.

25.12.2025 09:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Difficult to see how the whole human race torgether could make any impact on the huge volume of molten material down there. We only live on the top metre of a globe. Most of the 6,000 km below us is hot.

25.12.2025 09:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A review of East Anglia Bylines, as conceived by Miss Jane Austen On the occasion of her 250th birthday, we invited Miss Jane Austen to cast a critical eye over our work. We are grateful for her kind attention

And from another region. eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hu...

24.12.2025 09:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

if we were to ever exhaust geothermal energy the planet would be dead. But it is inconceivable that we could ever do that.

24.12.2025 09:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But this is an entirely different technology

24.12.2025 09:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But much current geothermal energy is extracted in precisely those places, because it is already near the surface.

24.12.2025 09:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0