David Banks's Avatar

David Banks

@dbanksy

Journalist, media law consultant and trainer, guitarist, Cymro. davidbanksmedialaw.com

1,152
Followers
829
Following
101
Posts
03.10.2023
Joined
Posts Following

Latest posts by David Banks @dbanksy

That would be Will Lewis. Knighted, inevitably, by Boris Johnson.

04.02.2026 18:54 πŸ‘ 893 πŸ” 249 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 6

Ah, so you’re accepting that there’s no link to Epstein then, given the fact that he was dead, but just throwing in an unevidenced accusation about β€˜friends’?

03.02.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Epstein died in 2019.

She bought the yacht in 2023.

Maybe it’s a time machine?

03.02.2026 17:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The accusation that the Lords are β€œobstructing democracy” by supporters of the assisted dying bill is a ridiculous one that shows up the flaws in this process that have been there from the very beginning – which have repeatedly been covered up by heated rhetoric (1/?)

01.02.2026 11:54 πŸ‘ 96 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 11

Thanks very much.

31.01.2026 23:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Small mammals I’d imagine, in the undergrowth on the cliffs. It spotted something moments later and dived.

31.01.2026 23:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The cliffs there slope down to the sea and are covered in undergrowth, it was hunting in that.

31.01.2026 23:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The β€˜cliffs’ there are covered in grass and bushes, it was hunting amongst that. A moment later it stooped on something in the grass. Love seeing them on the hunt, absolutely at one with the wind.

31.01.2026 23:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

A kestrel at Filey Brigg today, living up to its aka of windhover.

31.01.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Same here, set in for the day. It took a pint at The Ship to cheer me up.

28.01.2026 19:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Venerable…

28.01.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

A wintry sun on Beadnell Bay today. Moments later a sea fret extinguished it.

28.01.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

A grey January woodland

25.01.2026 09:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s telling that Joe Marler, a rugby player who’s probably had more than his fair share of head trauma, is the one who’s worked it all out.

30.10.2025 22:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What do you suggest people do with this list? Unfollow those on it? Give them a stern frown? Tut loudly?

Weird thing to do tbh.

01.09.2025 09:35 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
a man in a white shirt is peeking out of a tent holding a pair of glasses . ALT: a man in a white shirt is peeking out of a tent holding a pair of glasses .

Sauce!

20.03.2025 16:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you’re in comms and media do give @danslee.bsky.social a follow on here, he knows his onions.

19.03.2025 21:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Motivational guitarist for the grave diggers, reporting for duty.

09.02.2025 22:40 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Regional daily website posted guide to non-existent property law - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage IPSO complainant claims article was AI-generated

Hull Daily Mail website posted guide to non-existent property law - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage - suspicion raised here is that it was AI generated. Pretty poor if your AI is making it up as it goes along… www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2025/news/re...

26.01.2025 11:26 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

In recent weeks I’ve found myself walking the aisles singing along to You Might Think, by The Cars and My Sherona by The Knack, both stone cold Dad Rock classics.

25.01.2025 22:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

A wolf moon, rendered as an impressionist painting by my iPhone

16.01.2025 18:09 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think that social media has created opportunities for MPs to libel one another more easily, and consequently more of them are using libel threats to counter that.

Good news for lawyers.

09.01.2025 11:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Ben Bradley apologises unreservedly for Corbyn spy claims Labour says Tory MP will tweet apology and has agreed to pay undisclosed sum to charity

Unusual, but not unheard of, Jeremy Corbyn took action, resulting in an apology and payment to charity by Tory MP Ben Bradley - www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

09.01.2025 11:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is almost comedically evil. A churnalism story that I suspect will be retold for decades.

08.01.2025 21:32 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Front row though…

08.01.2025 21:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So quite a few new followers … a heads-up once again that verification works a little differently over here, and not how you may be used to elsewhere.

07.01.2025 19:37 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Possibly, but politicians, especially ministers, tend not to sue for this sort of stuff. Musk would fight it and it would be enormously distracting, and even if he lost it’s a drop in the ocean of his billions. Pointless doing it really.

08.01.2025 09:44 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Pride&Prejudice - loved
Mayor of Casterbridge - meh
David Copperfield - liked
Romeo and Juliet - loved
Macbeth - loved
Songs of Innocence & Experience, Blake - loved
Paradise Lost - meh
Something by Keats, dull

05.01.2025 23:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Doctor Who In Memoriam 2024
Doctor Who In Memoriam 2024 YouTube video by Toby Hadoke

Doctor Who In Memoriam 2024.

Remembering people from the Doctor Who universe who died this year.

youtu.be/SKzqWWW763A

01.01.2025 18:36 πŸ‘ 248 πŸ” 104 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 15

Nice shed. Like it in black & white too, classy.

16.12.2024 00:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0