Equity

equityuk.bsky.social

19 May 2026 17:09

The results are in... ✊ 98% of current West End workers voted YES to supporting strike action on an 89% turnout in Equity’s indicative ballot. ✊ 99% of all West End workers from the past three years voted YES to back Equity’s claim. www.equity.org.uk/news/2026/we...

Equity

equityuk.bsky.social

23 February 2026 13:16

Why we're boycotting the government's BBC Charter Survey: 👉Absence of workforce consideration 👉Limited detail and scope 👉Possible use of AI to aggregate responses, likely to generate overly simplistic conclusions Read what we're calling for instead 👇

Philip Ralph

philralph.bsky.social

17 February 2026 17:32

In short, we need healthy stories of the world we live in and the world as we seek to imagine it. Because if we can't imagine it, we can't create it.

Philip Ralph

philralph.bsky.social

17 February 2026 17:32

We need it again to ‘serve the public’ and stop chasing the commercially driven ends of the streamers. The BBC’s Charter renewal process must return the Corporation to prioritising fresh storytellers, modest budgets, innovation, risk, change, the new, the untried.

Philip Ralph

philralph.bsky.social

17 February 2026 17:32

The algorithmically driven rush for clicks, likes and views is leading us down the rabbit hole of more and more ‘junk’ stories that nourish no one and leave us all unsatisfied. We need public service broadcasting to survive and thrive. We need to fight for it.