Ann Harries
@annharries.bsky.social
Dog lover, crisp aficionada, sometime French teacher and proud European living in SW🇫🇷.Labour voter who is beginning to despair of her country s lurch to the right. 🍉🇪🇺DMs blocked
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No-one seems to have noticed, but many of the core developments in the Mandelson/Epstein story these last few days have been broken on this website. @pickardje.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social are both posting each breaking development on BlueSky, not X.
February 10, 2026 at 11:40 AM
No-one seems to have noticed, but many of the core developments in the Mandelson/Epstein story these last few days have been broken on this website. @pickardje.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social are both posting each breaking development on BlueSky, not X.
@bethrigby.bsky.social trying to force Streeting to say things that he clearly didn t have the intention to say. Trying too hard for a gotcha moment Beth.A bit unworthy.
February 10, 2026 at 6:27 AM
@bethrigby.bsky.social trying to force Streeting to say things that he clearly didn t have the intention to say. Trying too hard for a gotcha moment Beth.A bit unworthy.
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So Starmer, a man who never met Epstein but made a bad appointment, might resign. But Trump, his closest friend, fellow sex abuser and coverer-upper of his crimes, is going nowhere.
That’s how it works, isn’t it?
That’s how it works, isn’t it?
February 9, 2026 at 7:37 AM
So Starmer, a man who never met Epstein but made a bad appointment, might resign. But Trump, his closest friend, fellow sex abuser and coverer-upper of his crimes, is going nowhere.
That’s how it works, isn’t it?
That’s how it works, isn’t it?
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Ironic that a man barely ever in his workplace should make such a call.
BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
February 9, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Ironic that a man barely ever in his workplace should make such a call.
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A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
www.democracydocket.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:59 PM
A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
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This old article on Morgan McSeeney by Peter Oborne is fantastic:
The End of Morgan McSweeney: Peter Oborne on Keir Starmer's Departing Chief of Staff
As McSweeney resigns, we re-publish Peter Oborne’s Byline Times reporting on how Keir Starmer's chief strategist drove Labour towards defeat by the far-right
www.bylinesupplement.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:27 PM
This old article on Morgan McSeeney by Peter Oborne is fantastic:
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One of the numerous reasons why I could never become PM is that I'd now go full scorched earth if I was Starmer.
11am Wednesday - release the 2019 Russia report in full. No one will care about PMQs.
2pm Wednesday - announce application for fully rejoining EU.
Populist playbook - flood the zone.
11am Wednesday - release the 2019 Russia report in full. No one will care about PMQs.
2pm Wednesday - announce application for fully rejoining EU.
Populist playbook - flood the zone.
February 8, 2026 at 3:08 PM
One of the numerous reasons why I could never become PM is that I'd now go full scorched earth if I was Starmer.
11am Wednesday - release the 2019 Russia report in full. No one will care about PMQs.
2pm Wednesday - announce application for fully rejoining EU.
Populist playbook - flood the zone.
11am Wednesday - release the 2019 Russia report in full. No one will care about PMQs.
2pm Wednesday - announce application for fully rejoining EU.
Populist playbook - flood the zone.
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And also release the report on the long term effects of Brexit that the Tories commissioned and then hid from sight.
February 8, 2026 at 3:53 PM
And also release the report on the long term effects of Brexit that the Tories commissioned and then hid from sight.
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Staggering that Jeff Bezos, one of the richest men in the world, fired more than 300 Washington Post staff and didn’t even bother to arrange for them to get safely home.
Left abandoned in war zones and having to crowd source to get home.
Left abandoned in war zones and having to crowd source to get home.
February 8, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Staggering that Jeff Bezos, one of the richest men in the world, fired more than 300 Washington Post staff and didn’t even bother to arrange for them to get safely home.
Left abandoned in war zones and having to crowd source to get home.
Left abandoned in war zones and having to crowd source to get home.
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LOL.... i wanted to hear JD getting booed at the Olympics and when i searched for it on YouTube i got this
February 7, 2026 at 6:59 AM
LOL.... i wanted to hear JD getting booed at the Olympics and when i searched for it on YouTube i got this
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February 8, 2026 at 11:03 AM
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Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit
Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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February 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit
Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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While there is justified outrage about Mandelson, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor &others, the relentless media focus on Keir Starmer (who was NOT mentioned in any Epstein file) is overdone.
By contrast, no focus on Farage who WAS mentioned (and who, BTW, applauded the appointment of Mandelson)…
By contrast, no focus on Farage who WAS mentioned (and who, BTW, applauded the appointment of Mandelson)…
February 8, 2026 at 9:39 AM
While there is justified outrage about Mandelson, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor &others, the relentless media focus on Keir Starmer (who was NOT mentioned in any Epstein file) is overdone.
By contrast, no focus on Farage who WAS mentioned (and who, BTW, applauded the appointment of Mandelson)…
By contrast, no focus on Farage who WAS mentioned (and who, BTW, applauded the appointment of Mandelson)…
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I think it was an idea with very obvious risks, which primarily moved from Mandelson's desire for that position, rather than merit. I also think it is possible both that Mandelson was appointed for his sliminess AND that he misled the gov't about the extent and depth of his sliminess.
February 5, 2026 at 3:08 PM
I think it was an idea with very obvious risks, which primarily moved from Mandelson's desire for that position, rather than merit. I also think it is possible both that Mandelson was appointed for his sliminess AND that he misled the gov't about the extent and depth of his sliminess.
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the perils of being a commentator
February 7, 2026 at 2:51 PM
the perils of being a commentator
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Let’s not vote for Farage and make the Germans say this to us in the UK too
Seriously.
Seriously.
February 4, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Let’s not vote for Farage and make the Germans say this to us in the UK too
Seriously.
Seriously.
So now they are using Mandelson as a political tool to bring down Starmer, whilst pretending that this is Parliament at its best. The villain here is Mandelson, but you could be forgiven for forgetting it.
February 4, 2026 at 5:29 PM
So now they are using Mandelson as a political tool to bring down Starmer, whilst pretending that this is Parliament at its best. The villain here is Mandelson, but you could be forgiven for forgetting it.
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For those keeping score at home:
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
For those keeping score at home:
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The party of the future featuring a procession of politicians from the past, where pints are subsidised by pushing children into poverty.
God help us all .
God help us all .
February 4, 2026 at 4:33 PM
The party of the future featuring a procession of politicians from the past, where pints are subsidised by pushing children into poverty.
God help us all .
God help us all .
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If Morgan McSweeney hasn't offered to resign in the last couple of days, he doesn't give a shit about Keir Starmer.
February 4, 2026 at 4:39 PM
If Morgan McSweeney hasn't offered to resign in the last couple of days, he doesn't give a shit about Keir Starmer.
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So everyone on Team MAGA has ended up on Team Genocide & Team Paedophile.
Hard to fit all that on a baseball cap…
Hard to fit all that on a baseball cap…
January 31, 2026 at 2:29 PM
So everyone on Team MAGA has ended up on Team Genocide & Team Paedophile.
Hard to fit all that on a baseball cap…
Hard to fit all that on a baseball cap…
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Making it make sense: Epstein wasn't a global mastermind. He did not orchestrate a vast conspiracy that led us to today.
He was a very rich man with connections to other very rich men. The shared culture of these men is that they have a right to dominate and abuse others without consequence.
He was a very rich man with connections to other very rich men. The shared culture of these men is that they have a right to dominate and abuse others without consequence.
February 3, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Making it make sense: Epstein wasn't a global mastermind. He did not orchestrate a vast conspiracy that led us to today.
He was a very rich man with connections to other very rich men. The shared culture of these men is that they have a right to dominate and abuse others without consequence.
He was a very rich man with connections to other very rich men. The shared culture of these men is that they have a right to dominate and abuse others without consequence.