Boris Long
@borislong.bsky.social
Getting older but no wiser every second.
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Defend Our Juries said:
“For several years now we have been warning against — and actively resisting — the roll-back of our hard-won protest rights.”
“This report shows we need to wake up and defend our fundamental rights before it is too late.”
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/atta...
“For several years now we have been warning against — and actively resisting — the roll-back of our hard-won protest rights.”
“This report shows we need to wake up and defend our fundamental rights before it is too late.”
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/atta...
Attacks on right to protest 'fraying the fabric of democracy,' major reports warn
THE right to protest is facing an “unprecedented crisis” in England and Wales with legal reforms in the past years “fraying the fabric of democracy itself,” two major reports said today.Law reform org...
morningstaronline.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Defend Our Juries said:
“For several years now we have been warning against — and actively resisting — the roll-back of our hard-won protest rights.”
“This report shows we need to wake up and defend our fundamental rights before it is too late.”
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/atta...
“For several years now we have been warning against — and actively resisting — the roll-back of our hard-won protest rights.”
“This report shows we need to wake up and defend our fundamental rights before it is too late.”
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/atta...
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The reason DHS is able to operate freely in Democratic cities is due solely to the successful employment of this concept
January 10, 2026 at 3:46 AM
The reason DHS is able to operate freely in Democratic cities is due solely to the successful employment of this concept
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Sean Clerkin said: “I will fight with every ounce of my being against this charge.
“What I’m fighting for is basic civil liberties and the freedom to protest and for free speech.
“This is about the future of democracy in the UK.”
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2575018...
“What I’m fighting for is basic civil liberties and the freedom to protest and for free speech.
“This is about the future of democracy in the UK.”
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2575018...
Two people appear in court in Glasgow over Palestine action protest
Two people have appeared in court charged under the Terrorism Act with supporting Palestine Action.
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Sean Clerkin said: “I will fight with every ounce of my being against this charge.
“What I’m fighting for is basic civil liberties and the freedom to protest and for free speech.
“This is about the future of democracy in the UK.”
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2575018...
“What I’m fighting for is basic civil liberties and the freedom to protest and for free speech.
“This is about the future of democracy in the UK.”
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2575018...
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Slowly but surely, a state can repress its people. Why is the UK channelling Viktor Orbán’s Hungary? | Lydia Gall
Slowly but surely, a state can repress its people. Why is the UK channelling Viktor Orbán’s Hungary? | Lydia Gall
I know enough about the erosion of civil rights to fear what I now see in the UK. Britons should understand how this ends, says Lydia Gall of Human Rights Watch
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Slowly but surely, a state can repress its people. Why is the UK channelling Viktor Orbán’s Hungary? | Lydia Gall
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They were vilified, called mad men, ignored and imprisoned. To understand where we are today, you only have to take a look back through recent history.
The west despite what we’re told, is not run by decent, caring or compassionate people.
Happy to be challenged on that.
Walk good.
The west despite what we’re told, is not run by decent, caring or compassionate people.
Happy to be challenged on that.
Walk good.
January 8, 2026 at 8:44 AM
They were vilified, called mad men, ignored and imprisoned. To understand where we are today, you only have to take a look back through recent history.
The west despite what we’re told, is not run by decent, caring or compassionate people.
Happy to be challenged on that.
Walk good.
The west despite what we’re told, is not run by decent, caring or compassionate people.
Happy to be challenged on that.
Walk good.
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The United States needs to be more like Wales.
January 8, 2026 at 1:22 AM
The United States needs to be more like Wales.
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ECtHR finds Italy in violation of Article 8 ECHR for tax authorities’ power to obtain banking information without prior authorisation
ECtHR finds Italy in violation of Article 8 ECHR for tax authorities’ power to obtain banking information without prior authorisation - EU Law Live
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has delivered its judgment in Ferrieri and Bonassisa v. Italy, whereby it found that Italy has violated the right to respect for …
eulawlive.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:43 AM
ECtHR finds Italy in violation of Article 8 ECHR for tax authorities’ power to obtain banking information without prior authorisation
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If you live in London, what is the thing you feel you should be pitied about the least?
Asking for Leila Cunningham.
Asking for Leila Cunningham.
Apparently, I’m Supposed to be Pitied for Living in London
A Londoner’s response to Reform UK’s weirdly patronising pitch to the capital
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 10:11 AM
If you live in London, what is the thing you feel you should be pitied about the least?
Asking for Leila Cunningham.
Asking for Leila Cunningham.
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WITNESS: "I just can't let this narrative of self-defense go any further. That’s absolutely not what it was… ICE agents didn’t let anyone help her for 15 minutes, then medics couldn’t get through with their ambulance.”
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 AM
WITNESS: "I just can't let this narrative of self-defense go any further. That’s absolutely not what it was… ICE agents didn’t let anyone help her for 15 minutes, then medics couldn’t get through with their ambulance.”
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Even IF the ICE murderer is indicted for murdering Renee Nicole Good.
Even IF an honest judge can be found left to stand against the rule of Trump,
Even IF the Supreme Court don't free the murderer on appeal,
Trump will pardon the murderer like he has in the past
rather than admit he is wrong.
Even IF an honest judge can be found left to stand against the rule of Trump,
Even IF the Supreme Court don't free the murderer on appeal,
Trump will pardon the murderer like he has in the past
rather than admit he is wrong.
January 8, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Even IF the ICE murderer is indicted for murdering Renee Nicole Good.
Even IF an honest judge can be found left to stand against the rule of Trump,
Even IF the Supreme Court don't free the murderer on appeal,
Trump will pardon the murderer like he has in the past
rather than admit he is wrong.
Even IF an honest judge can be found left to stand against the rule of Trump,
Even IF the Supreme Court don't free the murderer on appeal,
Trump will pardon the murderer like he has in the past
rather than admit he is wrong.
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The editor in chief of Press Gazette in his newsletter today on the next round of phone hacking cases: "It may sound like a technicality, but there also must become a point where the current generation of journalists and editors stops paying the price for sins committed many years ago."
January 8, 2026 at 8:13 AM
The editor in chief of Press Gazette in his newsletter today on the next round of phone hacking cases: "It may sound like a technicality, but there also must become a point where the current generation of journalists and editors stops paying the price for sins committed many years ago."
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Globalise the hunger strikers:
Several civil society groups across South Africa staged nationwide protests on Tuesday in solidarity with pro-Palestine hunger strikers held in U.K. prisons, calling on the British government to secure their release.
www.dailysabah.com/world/africa...
Several civil society groups across South Africa staged nationwide protests on Tuesday in solidarity with pro-Palestine hunger strikers held in U.K. prisons, calling on the British government to secure their release.
www.dailysabah.com/world/africa...
South Africans rally for pro-Palestine hunger strikers in UK
Several civil society groups across South Africa staged nationwide protests on Tuesday in solidarity with pro-Palestine hunger strikers held in U.K....
www.dailysabah.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Globalise the hunger strikers:
Several civil society groups across South Africa staged nationwide protests on Tuesday in solidarity with pro-Palestine hunger strikers held in U.K. prisons, calling on the British government to secure their release.
www.dailysabah.com/world/africa...
Several civil society groups across South Africa staged nationwide protests on Tuesday in solidarity with pro-Palestine hunger strikers held in U.K. prisons, calling on the British government to secure their release.
www.dailysabah.com/world/africa...
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Thousands of US protestors gathered at the site where Renee Good was murdered by Trump’s ICE regime troops, have a message for the rest of the United States:
“Rise up, Take a Stand” #3E
(🎥 @ScooterCasterNY )
“Rise up, Take a Stand” #3E
(🎥 @ScooterCasterNY )
January 8, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Thousands of US protestors gathered at the site where Renee Good was murdered by Trump’s ICE regime troops, have a message for the rest of the United States:
“Rise up, Take a Stand” #3E
(🎥 @ScooterCasterNY )
“Rise up, Take a Stand” #3E
(🎥 @ScooterCasterNY )
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NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
January 7, 2026 at 6:19 PM
NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
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Nigel Farage confirms that Reform UK will vote *against* the bill to lift the two child cap, keeping hundreds of thousands of children in poverty.
January 7, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Nigel Farage confirms that Reform UK will vote *against* the bill to lift the two child cap, keeping hundreds of thousands of children in poverty.
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“Can I begin by saying I hope all colleagues had a happy Christmas. It probably feels quite along time ago now, but not for Reform of course because today is the day that they celebrate Christmas in Russia”
Keir Starmer
#PMQs
Keir Starmer
#PMQs
January 7, 2026 at 12:13 PM
“Can I begin by saying I hope all colleagues had a happy Christmas. It probably feels quite along time ago now, but not for Reform of course because today is the day that they celebrate Christmas in Russia”
Keir Starmer
#PMQs
Keir Starmer
#PMQs
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Fury at Reform Kent council's plan to rip out city's historic cast-iron lampposts and put in 'grotesque' modern alternatives
Fury at Reform council's plans to rip out historic lampposts
It is the cathedral city so beloved of Charles Dickens he set David Copperfield there. But a lasting fragment of Canterbury's Victorian heritage is set to be ripped out and replaced.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Fury at Reform Kent council's plan to rip out city's historic cast-iron lampposts and put in 'grotesque' modern alternatives
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Palestine Action hunger striker is ‘struggling to breathe’
As Heba Muraisi enters day 66 of refusing food, the length of Bobby Sands’s strike in 1981, campaigners warn she is at risk of brain damage
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
As Heba Muraisi enters day 66 of refusing food, the length of Bobby Sands’s strike in 1981, campaigners warn she is at risk of brain damage
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Palestine Action hunger striker is ‘struggling to breathe’
As Heba Muraisi enters day 66 of refusing food, the length of Bobby Sands’s strike in 1981, campaigners warn she is at risk of brain damage
www.thetimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Palestine Action hunger striker is ‘struggling to breathe’
As Heba Muraisi enters day 66 of refusing food, the length of Bobby Sands’s strike in 1981, campaigners warn she is at risk of brain damage
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
As Heba Muraisi enters day 66 of refusing food, the length of Bobby Sands’s strike in 1981, campaigners warn she is at risk of brain damage
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
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Our Govt is intransigent on this issue of injustice for nearly a thousand prisoners.
Its suggested plan is far too slow.
Two better plans were suggested last night by two very learned Peers, but the Govt rejected both.
We won't give up.
Its suggested plan is far too slow.
Two better plans were suggested last night by two very learned Peers, but the Govt rejected both.
We won't give up.
IPP sentences - we have been saying these are profoundly unjust for years, says @greenjennyjones.bsky.social in #HouseofLords.
Know there is a lot of concern on the Labour benches, and some have bravely spoken up.
We need to move forward
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
Know there is a lot of concern on the Labour benches, and some have bravely spoken up.
We need to move forward
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
Parliamentlive.tv
House of Lords
parliamentlive.tv
January 7, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Our Govt is intransigent on this issue of injustice for nearly a thousand prisoners.
Its suggested plan is far too slow.
Two better plans were suggested last night by two very learned Peers, but the Govt rejected both.
We won't give up.
Its suggested plan is far too slow.
Two better plans were suggested last night by two very learned Peers, but the Govt rejected both.
We won't give up.
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Fujitsu ‘not a parasite’, boss says while refusing to give redress figure for Horizon IT scandal victims.
It lied. Enabled the Post Office to convict innocent postmasters, boosted exec pay.
Public purse has paid £1.32bn compensation. Zero contribution from Fujitsu. Still gets govt contracts.
It lied. Enabled the Post Office to convict innocent postmasters, boosted exec pay.
Public purse has paid £1.32bn compensation. Zero contribution from Fujitsu. Still gets govt contracts.
Fujitsu ‘not a parasite’, boss says while refusing to give redress figure for Horizon IT scandal victims
Paul Patterson questioned by MPs as firm continues to make millions from UK government contracts
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Fujitsu ‘not a parasite’, boss says while refusing to give redress figure for Horizon IT scandal victims.
It lied. Enabled the Post Office to convict innocent postmasters, boosted exec pay.
Public purse has paid £1.32bn compensation. Zero contribution from Fujitsu. Still gets govt contracts.
It lied. Enabled the Post Office to convict innocent postmasters, boosted exec pay.
Public purse has paid £1.32bn compensation. Zero contribution from Fujitsu. Still gets govt contracts.
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But Starmer & Yvette Cooper call this democracy??
Surely everyone can see that this is called EXTORTION and it looks nothing like democracy!
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Surely everyone can see that this is called EXTORTION and it looks nothing like democracy!
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Venezuela ‘turning over’ $2bn in oil to US, Trump says, in move that could cut supply to China
Deal indicates Venezuelan government is responding to Trump’s demand that they open up to US oil companies or risk more military intervention
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:44 AM
But Starmer & Yvette Cooper call this democracy??
Surely everyone can see that this is called EXTORTION and it looks nothing like democracy!
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Surely everyone can see that this is called EXTORTION and it looks nothing like democracy!
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Bloomberg's X account has more than 800k followers. Their most recent post was shared five times
It would basically come at close to zero cost for outlets like Bloomberg to delete their X accounts, and "We don't want to use a non-consensual deepfake abuse app as a comms platform" is a fine excuse
It would basically come at close to zero cost for outlets like Bloomberg to delete their X accounts, and "We don't want to use a non-consensual deepfake abuse app as a comms platform" is a fine excuse
January 7, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Bloomberg's X account has more than 800k followers. Their most recent post was shared five times
It would basically come at close to zero cost for outlets like Bloomberg to delete their X accounts, and "We don't want to use a non-consensual deepfake abuse app as a comms platform" is a fine excuse
It would basically come at close to zero cost for outlets like Bloomberg to delete their X accounts, and "We don't want to use a non-consensual deepfake abuse app as a comms platform" is a fine excuse
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The more rogue the U.S. gets, the worse this looks.
"The report concluded that it remained unclear whether or not US intelligence would be able to access the data, despite Palantir’s official reassurances otherwise. The 🇨🇭army also found other issues, in terms of its cost & the fact that it might require Palantir specialists to be permanently onsite"
MPs question UK Palantir contracts after investigation reveals security concerns
Journalists find Swiss government rejected company over fears US intelligence might gain access to sensitive data
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:42 AM
The more rogue the U.S. gets, the worse this looks.
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Not the most important thing. But this contract was - probably unlawfully - awarded without competition. But the Court of Appeal, under pressure from the Tories over our VIP lane judicial reviews, said there was no public interest in who Government awards contracts to so there can be no challenge.
Yet another huge contract, awarded without any competitive bidding process, to Wes Streeting's favourite NHS supplier, the Hard Right US surveillance tech specialists Palantir, for military decision making capability.
Palantir lands biggest ever UK defense deal
The £240 million contract with the Ministry of Defence has renewed a debate about Britain’s dependence on American technology.
www.politico.eu
January 6, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Not the most important thing. But this contract was - probably unlawfully - awarded without competition. But the Court of Appeal, under pressure from the Tories over our VIP lane judicial reviews, said there was no public interest in who Government awards contracts to so there can be no challenge.