Age Garton
@agegarton.bsky.social
HR specialist, aspiring writer, politically centrist-left but proudly woke AF. British & European (I want my EU passport back! #Rejoin) 🇬🇧🇪🇺🏳️🌈🏴☠️
Posts are my own views - I’m representing no one but myself here :)
(I don’t respond to DMs)
Posts are my own views - I’m representing no one but myself here :)
(I don’t respond to DMs)
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The Epstein money trail leads straight to 45*!
45* sent FOUR THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE (4725) wire transfers to Jeffrey Epstein.
They totaled over $1.1 billion. 😱
45* sent FOUR THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE (4725) wire transfers to Jeffrey Epstein.
They totaled over $1.1 billion. 😱
February 11, 2026 at 3:46 AM
The Epstein money trail leads straight to 45*!
45* sent FOUR THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE (4725) wire transfers to Jeffrey Epstein.
They totaled over $1.1 billion. 😱
45* sent FOUR THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE (4725) wire transfers to Jeffrey Epstein.
They totaled over $1.1 billion. 😱
I have signed this - the Lords doesn’t work as it stands.
Enough is enough. The House of Lords is a rolling scandal - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds.
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/186062/...
Enough is enough. The House of Lords is a rolling scandal - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds.
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/186062/...
It’s outrageous that we can't kick out Lords. Sign now to demand an elected second chamber
It takes 30 seconds
action.electoral-reform.org.uk
February 11, 2026 at 12:58 PM
I have signed this - the Lords doesn’t work as it stands.
Enough is enough. The House of Lords is a rolling scandal - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds.
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/186062/...
Enough is enough. The House of Lords is a rolling scandal - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds.
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/186062/...
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Daisy Cooper, "The European Union is right on our doorstep and you just can't fight geography"
"For the benefit of our country, to get Britain growing again so we can end the cost of living crisis, we have got to get a better deal with the European Union"
#RejoinEU
"For the benefit of our country, to get Britain growing again so we can end the cost of living crisis, we have got to get a better deal with the European Union"
#RejoinEU
February 11, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Daisy Cooper, "The European Union is right on our doorstep and you just can't fight geography"
"For the benefit of our country, to get Britain growing again so we can end the cost of living crisis, we have got to get a better deal with the European Union"
#RejoinEU
"For the benefit of our country, to get Britain growing again so we can end the cost of living crisis, we have got to get a better deal with the European Union"
#RejoinEU
Another controversy re Palantir.
"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
Palantir's Swiss Exit Highlights Global Data Sovereignty Challenge | NewsCase
Switzerland's military has terminated its contract with Palantir Technologies Inc. following a security audit. The review concluded that U.S. intelligence ag
www.newscase.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Another controversy re Palantir.
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To be clear they approached the debating society.
Who does thar?
I'll tell you - people who are deliberately engineering controversy in the hope that it will get talked about on talk radio stations and GB News
Who does thar?
I'll tell you - people who are deliberately engineering controversy in the hope that it will get talked about on talk radio stations and GB News
Reform UK approached Bangor University to ask whether Sarah Pochin (Reform MP) could come to debate. They said no, and this is the response they get
Reform would behave exactly as Donald Trump. Don't agree with them, and they will penalise, threaten, defund, and cancel you. They are proto fascists.
Reform would behave exactly as Donald Trump. Don't agree with them, and they will penalise, threaten, defund, and cancel you. They are proto fascists.
February 11, 2026 at 9:36 AM
To be clear they approached the debating society.
Who does thar?
I'll tell you - people who are deliberately engineering controversy in the hope that it will get talked about on talk radio stations and GB News
Who does thar?
I'll tell you - people who are deliberately engineering controversy in the hope that it will get talked about on talk radio stations and GB News
All the money in the world, but will spend $200 million plus so he doesn’t have to pay a penny more in taxes.
A true hero of our times and not pond scum at all.
apple.news/AHGdt9DVaT0-...
A true hero of our times and not pond scum at all.
apple.news/AHGdt9DVaT0-...
Zuckerberg joins California exodus in move to Florida’s ‘billionaire bunker’ — The Telegraph
Miami’s Indian Creek Island is also home to Jeff Bezos, Ivanka Trump and Tom Brady
apple.news
February 11, 2026 at 9:51 AM
All the money in the world, but will spend $200 million plus so he doesn’t have to pay a penny more in taxes.
A true hero of our times and not pond scum at all.
apple.news/AHGdt9DVaT0-...
A true hero of our times and not pond scum at all.
apple.news/AHGdt9DVaT0-...
Why is it that these odious far-right propagandists have all spent time in Russia?
And why won’t they fuck off - and stay fucked off?
And where’s the near Optometrist to Barnard Castle….?
apple.news/AGXe2QJtKQk2...
And why won’t they fuck off - and stay fucked off?
And where’s the near Optometrist to Barnard Castle….?
apple.news/AGXe2QJtKQk2...
What is Dominic Cummings up to? — The Observer
Ten years on from Brexit, six years after Barnard Castle, the strategist thinks he has a plan to ‘set things on a profoundly different path’. Why does he still believe he has the answers?
apple.news
February 11, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Why is it that these odious far-right propagandists have all spent time in Russia?
And why won’t they fuck off - and stay fucked off?
And where’s the near Optometrist to Barnard Castle….?
apple.news/AGXe2QJtKQk2...
And why won’t they fuck off - and stay fucked off?
And where’s the near Optometrist to Barnard Castle….?
apple.news/AGXe2QJtKQk2...
I read this and had a bloody good laugh, so you should too.
Happy Wednesday.
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Happy Wednesday.
apple.news/A7aLQ9SnJQBa...
Fergie has been in UAE and is plotting comeback, as she tells friends: 'I need money' — Daily Mail UK
Globe-trotting Sarah Ferguson is plotting an astonishing comeback to public life - very much without her beleaguered ex-husband, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
apple.news
February 11, 2026 at 9:18 AM
I read this and had a bloody good laugh, so you should too.
Happy Wednesday.
apple.news/A7aLQ9SnJQBa...
Happy Wednesday.
apple.news/A7aLQ9SnJQBa...
“Everyone knew”
Which is far more plausible than “I knew him before all this came out” - there should be a deep investigation into anyone who ever met this scumbag, Trump included.
apple.news/AC4a7k2FVTt6...
Which is far more plausible than “I knew him before all this came out” - there should be a deep investigation into anyone who ever met this scumbag, Trump included.
apple.news/AC4a7k2FVTt6...
Trump told ex-police chief 'everyone' knew about Epstein's behaviour, FBI file says — Sky News
The document appears to contradict claims by the president that he
apple.news
February 11, 2026 at 9:16 AM
“Everyone knew”
Which is far more plausible than “I knew him before all this came out” - there should be a deep investigation into anyone who ever met this scumbag, Trump included.
apple.news/AC4a7k2FVTt6...
Which is far more plausible than “I knew him before all this came out” - there should be a deep investigation into anyone who ever met this scumbag, Trump included.
apple.news/AC4a7k2FVTt6...
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That tribune to working people, Matt Goodwin, refusing to do hustings unless he gets his own Green Room? Surely not!
February 11, 2026 at 7:14 AM
That tribune to working people, Matt Goodwin, refusing to do hustings unless he gets his own Green Room? Surely not!
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Uncharacteristically mild wording from Ian but unerringly accurate as always.
It is so embarrassing that it has taken nearly a decade for a British minister to say this, a statement of the absolute bloody obvious
February 11, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Uncharacteristically mild wording from Ian but unerringly accurate as always.
Utter bullshit.
“There are no plans to make changes to the current constitutional arrangements, whereby voters elect individual candidates, and not the political party they represent.”
Full statement at the link.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
“There are no plans to make changes to the current constitutional arrangements, whereby voters elect individual candidates, and not the political party they represent.”
Full statement at the link.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
February 11, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Utter bullshit.
“There are no plans to make changes to the current constitutional arrangements, whereby voters elect individual candidates, and not the political party they represent.”
Full statement at the link.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
“There are no plans to make changes to the current constitutional arrangements, whereby voters elect individual candidates, and not the political party they represent.”
Full statement at the link.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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We have a federal administration led by idiots and criminals.
February 11, 2026 at 1:49 AM
We have a federal administration led by idiots and criminals.
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Goldman: You said references to ICE as secret police encourages threats. The problem is you have it backwards sir. People are making valid observations about your tactics which are outright fascist. If you don’t want to be called a fascist regime, stop acting like one.
February 10, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Goldman: You said references to ICE as secret police encourages threats. The problem is you have it backwards sir. People are making valid observations about your tactics which are outright fascist. If you don’t want to be called a fascist regime, stop acting like one.
Did I miss a memo?
Am I supposed to be building an Ark or something?
Am I supposed to be building an Ark or something?
February 10, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Did I miss a memo?
Am I supposed to be building an Ark or something?
Am I supposed to be building an Ark or something?
Please please please don’t let the Americans win the curling.
It would be the most incongruous thing at the Olympics.
It would be the most incongruous thing at the Olympics.
February 10, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Please please please don’t let the Americans win the curling.
It would be the most incongruous thing at the Olympics.
It would be the most incongruous thing at the Olympics.
True. Very MAGA-centric.
Reform can fuck off - and I can’t say that with enough force or venom.
Reform can fuck off - and I can’t say that with enough force or venom.
Exactly the kind of thin skinned, spiteful thing Trump would say
February 10, 2026 at 3:23 PM
True. Very MAGA-centric.
Reform can fuck off - and I can’t say that with enough force or venom.
Reform can fuck off - and I can’t say that with enough force or venom.
This is really interesting.
That’s some class-a integrity right there.
I wonder how many more will follow.
apple.news/AtEm4TK3uTfK...
That’s some class-a integrity right there.
I wonder how many more will follow.
apple.news/AtEm4TK3uTfK...
Chappell Roan Exits Wasserman Music Agency Due to CEO’s Epstein Emails — Pitchfork
“I hold my teams to the highest standards and have a duty to protect them,” she wrote on Instagram
apple.news
February 10, 2026 at 2:23 PM
This is really interesting.
That’s some class-a integrity right there.
I wonder how many more will follow.
apple.news/AtEm4TK3uTfK...
That’s some class-a integrity right there.
I wonder how many more will follow.
apple.news/AtEm4TK3uTfK...
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Robert Jenrick is lying.
Reform UK have spent, to date, almost £1.5 MILLION with Harding Print Solutions.
They are NOT a local Manchester printer.
They are Reform's go-to print company and have been for a long time.
Reform UK have spent, to date, almost £1.5 MILLION with Harding Print Solutions.
They are NOT a local Manchester printer.
They are Reform's go-to print company and have been for a long time.
February 10, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Robert Jenrick is lying.
Reform UK have spent, to date, almost £1.5 MILLION with Harding Print Solutions.
They are NOT a local Manchester printer.
They are Reform's go-to print company and have been for a long time.
Reform UK have spent, to date, almost £1.5 MILLION with Harding Print Solutions.
They are NOT a local Manchester printer.
They are Reform's go-to print company and have been for a long time.
I’d vote Green on this stance alone.
£240m. With no tender. Palantir.
I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers.
Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal.
Palantir out.
I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers.
Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal.
Palantir out.
Mandelson’s malign influence runs right through the heart of this Government.
Not least in the govt’s NHS data deal with Palantir – a spy-tech firm co-founded by a man who thinks the NHS should be ‘ripped up.’
I've written to Wes Streeting urging him to ditch this dangerous deal.
Not least in the govt’s NHS data deal with Palantir – a spy-tech firm co-founded by a man who thinks the NHS should be ‘ripped up.’
I've written to Wes Streeting urging him to ditch this dangerous deal.
February 10, 2026 at 1:25 PM
I’d vote Green on this stance alone.
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Fuck off Chris Mason.
The BBC has behaved like a shark that smelled blood in the water. The false equivalence to Truss, Johnson, Sunak and their entourage has been almost funny - but poor journalism.
Chris Mason: Labour sticks with Starmer for now but this is not over www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The BBC has behaved like a shark that smelled blood in the water. The false equivalence to Truss, Johnson, Sunak and their entourage has been almost funny - but poor journalism.
Chris Mason: Labour sticks with Starmer for now but this is not over www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Chris Mason: Labour sticks with Starmer for now but this is not over
The prime minister has come through a political near-death experience, the BBC's political editor writes.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Fuck off Chris Mason.
The BBC has behaved like a shark that smelled blood in the water. The false equivalence to Truss, Johnson, Sunak and their entourage has been almost funny - but poor journalism.
Chris Mason: Labour sticks with Starmer for now but this is not over www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The BBC has behaved like a shark that smelled blood in the water. The false equivalence to Truss, Johnson, Sunak and their entourage has been almost funny - but poor journalism.
Chris Mason: Labour sticks with Starmer for now but this is not over www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Protesters are in the streets of Milan protesting ICE in their city!
It’s unanimous: everybody hates ICE.
#ICEout #FuckICE #ProudBlue #Italy #Olympics
It’s unanimous: everybody hates ICE.
#ICEout #FuckICE #ProudBlue #Italy #Olympics
February 8, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Protesters are in the streets of Milan protesting ICE in their city!
It’s unanimous: everybody hates ICE.
#ICEout #FuckICE #ProudBlue #Italy #Olympics
It’s unanimous: everybody hates ICE.
#ICEout #FuckICE #ProudBlue #Italy #Olympics
The sound quality on the coverage of the figure skating this evening is bloody awful.
Not that I really want to hear Right Said Fred, but it would be nice to know what they’re trying to dance along to.
It’s like a school disco.
#WinterOlympics
Not that I really want to hear Right Said Fred, but it would be nice to know what they’re trying to dance along to.
It’s like a school disco.
#WinterOlympics
February 9, 2026 at 9:25 PM
The sound quality on the coverage of the figure skating this evening is bloody awful.
Not that I really want to hear Right Said Fred, but it would be nice to know what they’re trying to dance along to.
It’s like a school disco.
#WinterOlympics
Not that I really want to hear Right Said Fred, but it would be nice to know what they’re trying to dance along to.
It’s like a school disco.
#WinterOlympics