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Retired Engineer, revisiting history and dog walking
Dominic Dyer: @number10cat.bsky.social Larry the Cat will have been in Downing Street 15 years next week, he is the most stable thing about British politics these days
February 7, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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Join me from 6pm on LBC (Sat 7th February)

- Does the outrage around Mandelson show that shame is back in U.K. politics ? (Plus we will discuss THAT ST mag front page);
- How should world leaders respond to Trump’s social media racism?
- Is it hard to find belonging in our polarised society?
February 7, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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Nearly a million people watched #Newsnight last night - a Friday night at half past ten

(that’s on two platforms - BBC 2 & BBC News ; we don’t have the figures for iplayer/tiktok/youtube yet)
February 7, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Why does Badenoch have rats running around her Westminster abode?
February 5, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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Trump may not be reliable source of factual information warns AI

From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
February 5, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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Lord Mandelson in disgrace

The new Private Eye is out now.
February 4, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Sometimes I just need Private Eye ….
February 4, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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Sometimes I just need Private Eye ….
February 4, 2026 at 4:34 PM
@rolandmcs.bsky.social
@chadbourn.bsky.social
@natashadevon.bsky.social
@lbc.co.uk

This could get interesting if the Conservatives oppose.
Keir Starmer will draft a new law to strip Peter Mandelson of his right to sit in Britain’s House of Lords after new revelations about the former British ambassador to Washington’s links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Starmer will change law to kick Mandelson out of House of Lords
The British prime minister thinks it is “ridiculous” a peerage cannot be removed, his spokesperson said.
www.politico.eu
February 3, 2026 at 2:40 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@natashadevon.bsky.social
Worth a read given the French actions.
New: Together with colleagues I’ve been testing Grok.

The chatbot still produces sexualized images —

even when told the subjects don’t consent.

even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.

even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.

www.reuters.com/business/des...
Exclusive: Despite new curbs, Elon Musk’s Grok at times produces sexualized images - even when told subjects didn’t consent
Elon Musk’s flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, continues to generate sexualized images of people even when users explicitly warn that the subjects do not consent, Reuters has found.
www.reuters.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:41 AM
BREAKING: “Enough already” - Statement just posted by Steve Rotheram Mayor of the Liverpool City Region on X
January 31, 2026 at 1:19 PM
@duncanweldon.bsky.social
@chadbourn.bsky.social
@lewisgoodall.com
If you want to understand the application of AI. The IET is running a virtual and in person event.

www.theiet.org/career/train...
www.theiet.org
January 29, 2026 at 11:54 AM
@duncanweldon.bsky.social
Excellent view from a CEO who knows the business.
youtube.com/watch?v=GHBh...
“We are ready for Bahrain!” | James Vowles Team Update
YouTube video by Atlassian Williams F1 Team
youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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This is me telling the BBC how to break the link and halve our energy bills.
January 28, 2026 at 9:10 AM
@duncanweldon.bsky.social is this impacting the worldwide economy?
January 28, 2026 at 8:23 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social 0ver half of voters in Manchester think Labour is wrong to stop Andy Burnham standing as a Labour candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election and 62 per cent say he should be allowed to run as the party’s candidate in the seat. Newstatsman
January 27, 2026 at 11:04 AM
January 26, 2026 at 2:57 PM
@rolandmcs.bsky.social
@chadbourn.bsky.social
@andrewrawnsley.bsky.social

A fascinating analysis from Andrew Marr on the Weekend events.

youtube.com/watch?v=U4NT...
Ex-Tory Home Secretary Suella Braverman defects to Reform | Instant reaction
YouTube video by LBC
youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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'Blocking Andy Burnham betrays more weakness. Move to stop Manchester mayor from standing in by-election shows the hollowness of the prime minister’s project'
Blocking Andy Burnham betrays more weakness
Blocking Andy Burnham betrays more weakness
www.thetimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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Trump fails to defend Border Patrol agents over slaying of Alex Pretti, as condemnation of initial White House reaction spreads.

My breaking news update with @nickabbot.bsky.social earlier tonight on @lbc.co.uk

🎧: audioboom.com/posts/884497...
January 25, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Trump fails to defend Border Patrol agents over slaying of Alex Pretti
Simon's live, breaking news update for Nick Abbot's Sunday night programme on the UK's LBC.
audioboom.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Apple is shaking up its AI efforts with a Google partnership, management changes and two new versions of Siri.

Read this week's Power On newsletter: bloom.bg/4qJlmSz

📷️: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
January 25, 2026 at 3:35 PM