Ian Brown
@ijbbuster.bsky.social
Artist, teacher, husband, dog lover, a member of the LGBTQ community
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Reform UK have been blasted for being absent from a parliamentary debate on Russian interference in the wake of the jailing of its former Welsh leader Nathan Gill for 'treachery'
Reform UK blasted for dodging parliament debate on Russian interference
www.thenational.scot
February 10, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Reform UK have been blasted for being absent from a parliamentary debate on Russian interference in the wake of the jailing of its former Welsh leader Nathan Gill for 'treachery'
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🚨BREAKING: Parliament is going to debate the petition – BY-ELECTIONS TO BE CALLED AUTOMATICALLY WHEN MP’S DEFECT TO ANOTHER PARTY on 16 March 2026!
Contact/Tag your MP now and ask them to attend the debate and speak out in support
Contact/Tag your MP now and ask them to attend the debate and speak out in support
February 7, 2026 at 9:45 AM
🚨BREAKING: Parliament is going to debate the petition – BY-ELECTIONS TO BE CALLED AUTOMATICALLY WHEN MP’S DEFECT TO ANOTHER PARTY on 16 March 2026!
Contact/Tag your MP now and ask them to attend the debate and speak out in support
Contact/Tag your MP now and ask them to attend the debate and speak out in support
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Labour minister was provided with intelligence files on journalists
Labour minister was provided with intelligence files on journalists
Exclusive: Material gathered was personally given to Josh Simons when chair of pro-Starmer thinktank, say sources
A Labour minister was provided with intelligence files gathered on journalists investigating the thinktank that helped propel Keir Starmer to power, the Guardian has learned.
The documents were personally given to Josh Simons, now a minister in the Cabinet Office, when he was chair of Labour Together, according to sources. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Labour minister was provided with intelligence files on journalists
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BREAKING: Peter Mandelson just sent this secret notice to all UK media, demanding they leave him alone.
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
Peter Mandelson issues secret notice demanding press leave him alone – read in full
LATE on Friday evening, this notice was circulated from representatives of Peter Mandelson, via press regulator IPSO and the Press Association news…
www.thenational.scot
February 6, 2026 at 7:06 PM
BREAKING: Peter Mandelson just sent this secret notice to all UK media, demanding they leave him alone.
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
"Muircap and boots"
A5 Pen on neutral paper.
Based on a photo from internet.
COMMISSIONS TAKEN 😉
#GayBear #BearArt #muircap #boots #GayArt #lgbtq🌈 #illustration #drawing #Art #skyart #BigBear #bodypositive #oso #pencildrawing #gay #Daddybears #brighton #maturemen #fetish #bigmen #gayleathermen
A5 Pen on neutral paper.
Based on a photo from internet.
COMMISSIONS TAKEN 😉
#GayBear #BearArt #muircap #boots #GayArt #lgbtq🌈 #illustration #drawing #Art #skyart #BigBear #bodypositive #oso #pencildrawing #gay #Daddybears #brighton #maturemen #fetish #bigmen #gayleathermen
February 6, 2026 at 4:25 PM
"Muircap and boots"
A5 Pen on neutral paper.
Based on a photo from internet.
COMMISSIONS TAKEN 😉
#GayBear #BearArt #muircap #boots #GayArt #lgbtq🌈 #illustration #drawing #Art #skyart #BigBear #bodypositive #oso #pencildrawing #gay #Daddybears #brighton #maturemen #fetish #bigmen #gayleathermen
A5 Pen on neutral paper.
Based on a photo from internet.
COMMISSIONS TAKEN 😉
#GayBear #BearArt #muircap #boots #GayArt #lgbtq🌈 #illustration #drawing #Art #skyart #BigBear #bodypositive #oso #pencildrawing #gay #Daddybears #brighton #maturemen #fetish #bigmen #gayleathermen
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"As co-chair, Beth, now 68, faced down intimidation from anti-trans groups to oversee a vote that cemented the Association’s inclusive ethos in 2024. It was, she says, 'the hardest thing I have ever done, and also the thing I’m the most proud of.'"
The women fighting for trans inclusion at Hampstead ponds
The High Court has rejected a legal challenge attempting to ban trans people from Hampstead Heath’s single-sex ponds. Good Law Project speaks to the activists and regular swimmers behind the movement ...
www.dazeddigital.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:37 AM
"As co-chair, Beth, now 68, faced down intimidation from anti-trans groups to oversee a vote that cemented the Association’s inclusive ethos in 2024. It was, she says, 'the hardest thing I have ever done, and also the thing I’m the most proud of.'"
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So full of admiration for the women who stood firm for inclusion through all this:
"As co-chair, Beth, now 68, faced down intimidation from anti-trans groups to oversee a vote that cemented the Association’s inclusive ethos in 2024. It was, she says, 'the hardest thing I have ever done, and also the thing I’m the most proud of.'"
The women fighting for trans inclusion at Hampstead ponds
The High Court has rejected a legal challenge attempting to ban trans people from Hampstead Heath’s single-sex ponds. Good Law Project speaks to the activists and regular swimmers behind the movement ...
www.dazeddigital.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:10 PM
So full of admiration for the women who stood firm for inclusion through all this:
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The team at QueerAF produce outstanding LGBTQ+ journalism and among other things are working to help me expose the government’s apparent cover up of trans youth suicide rates.
They are currently fundraising. If you can help support their work, please visit their crowdfunder.
They are currently fundraising. If you can help support their work, please visit their crowdfunder.
February 5, 2026 at 4:47 PM
The team at QueerAF produce outstanding LGBTQ+ journalism and among other things are working to help me expose the government’s apparent cover up of trans youth suicide rates.
They are currently fundraising. If you can help support their work, please visit their crowdfunder.
They are currently fundraising. If you can help support their work, please visit their crowdfunder.
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Graham Linehan is testifying in the Judiciary Committee on "free speech."Naturally, he argues that in order to have "free speech," society must get rid of trans people.
February 4, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Graham Linehan is testifying in the Judiciary Committee on "free speech."Naturally, he argues that in order to have "free speech," society must get rid of trans people.
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Retiring Walmart CEO Doug McMillon made $27M last year, over 930 times the median Walmart worker's salary of just $29,469.
Walmart's wages are so low that its workers are among the most likely to rely on SNAP and Medicaid to get by.
Hello?
Walmart's wages are so low that its workers are among the most likely to rely on SNAP and Medicaid to get by.
Hello?
February 3, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Retiring Walmart CEO Doug McMillon made $27M last year, over 930 times the median Walmart worker's salary of just $29,469.
Walmart's wages are so low that its workers are among the most likely to rely on SNAP and Medicaid to get by.
Hello?
Walmart's wages are so low that its workers are among the most likely to rely on SNAP and Medicaid to get by.
Hello?
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Now fending off heavy legal letters from both Matthew Pringle's lawyers goodlawproject.org/liv-nervo-sp...) and Bent Flyvbjerg's (goodlawproject.org/bent-flyvbje...) lawyers. Both demanding we take down the pieces exposing their clients.
February 3, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Now fending off heavy legal letters from both Matthew Pringle's lawyers goodlawproject.org/liv-nervo-sp...) and Bent Flyvbjerg's (goodlawproject.org/bent-flyvbje...) lawyers. Both demanding we take down the pieces exposing their clients.
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The Epstein files expose just how cheap corruption is in the UK
The Epstein files expose just how cheap corruption is in the UK
The bargain-bucket price tag on certain consciences is depressing. And the excuses of ignorance and amnesia are looking a little thin
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:27 PM
The Epstein files expose just how cheap corruption is in the UK
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Extraordinary: Mandelson told Epstein that JP Morgan should "threaten" then cabinet colleague and chancellor Alistair Darling over tax on bankers' bonuses. In plain language: "Minister conspired with US bank against own government".
More brilliant FT reporting
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
More brilliant FT reporting
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
Mandelson told Epstein JPMorgan should ‘threaten’ UK government over banker tax
Then business secretary advised sex offender on how Jamie Dimon should lobby chancellor
www.ft.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Extraordinary: Mandelson told Epstein that JP Morgan should "threaten" then cabinet colleague and chancellor Alistair Darling over tax on bankers' bonuses. In plain language: "Minister conspired with US bank against own government".
More brilliant FT reporting
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
More brilliant FT reporting
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
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“For too long these women who make such a huge & valuable contribution to society - as well as being the mothers,the sisters & daughters of loved ones, have been made to feel invisible - that they don’t count, with a health system unable to guarantee them the care & support they so desperately need”
🚨VERY IMPORTANT!
THIS THURSDAY MPs will be holding a debate on incurable secondary breast cancer.
It will be a chance for MPs to raise important issues around data collection and access to life-extending treatments.
PLEASE TAG/EMAIL YOUR MP AND ASK THEM TO BE THERE🙏❤️
youtu.be/GAs1aDqmVyg?...
THIS THURSDAY MPs will be holding a debate on incurable secondary breast cancer.
It will be a chance for MPs to raise important issues around data collection and access to life-extending treatments.
PLEASE TAG/EMAIL YOUR MP AND ASK THEM TO BE THERE🙏❤️
youtu.be/GAs1aDqmVyg?...
🚨THIS THURSDAY MPs will be holding a very important debate on incurable secondary breast cancer
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
February 1, 2026 at 7:11 PM
“For too long these women who make such a huge & valuable contribution to society - as well as being the mothers,the sisters & daughters of loved ones, have been made to feel invisible - that they don’t count, with a health system unable to guarantee them the care & support they so desperately need”
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Bruce Springsteen’s ICE Protest Song Soars To No. 1
Bruce Springsteen’s ICE Protest Song Soars To No. 1
Bruce Springsteen releases ICE protest song “Streets of Minneapolis,” which quickly becomes a bestseller and takes over the iTunes Top Songs chart in the United States.
www.forbes.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Bruce Springsteen’s ICE Protest Song Soars To No. 1
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Between April 2019 and March 2025, 107 of the 647 children who died by suicide in England were LGBTQ+.
Forty-six of these children were trans – seven per cent of all children who died by suicide.
www.wearequeeraf.com/one-in-six-c...
Forty-six of these children were trans – seven per cent of all children who died by suicide.
www.wearequeeraf.com/one-in-six-c...
One in six children who died by suicide were LGBTQ+, new data shows
Amid heated public debate about whether trans children are dying by suicide, campaigners say we need to "take the politics out of policymaking"
www.wearequeeraf.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Between April 2019 and March 2025, 107 of the 647 children who died by suicide in England were LGBTQ+.
Forty-six of these children were trans – seven per cent of all children who died by suicide.
www.wearequeeraf.com/one-in-six-c...
Forty-six of these children were trans – seven per cent of all children who died by suicide.
www.wearequeeraf.com/one-in-six-c...
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“It was really nice seeing you yesterday,” the British businessman wrote. “The boys in Watersports can't stop speaking about it! Any time you're in the area would love to see you. As long as you bring your harem!”
Richard Branson responds after emails with ‘abhorrent’ Epstein appear in files dump
In a 2013 exchange, Branson asked Epstein to bring his ‘harem’ to their next get-together
www.independent.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 10:02 AM
“It was really nice seeing you yesterday,” the British businessman wrote. “The boys in Watersports can't stop speaking about it! Any time you're in the area would love to see you. As long as you bring your harem!”
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How on earth did this uncouth buffoon ever make it to the White House? More baffling, how on earth is he still allowed to continue wrecking the country; economically, socially and politically?
The U.S. is sadly unrecognisable!
The U.S. is sadly unrecognisable!
January 31, 2026 at 7:28 AM
How on earth did this uncouth buffoon ever make it to the White House? More baffling, how on earth is he still allowed to continue wrecking the country; economically, socially and politically?
The U.S. is sadly unrecognisable!
The U.S. is sadly unrecognisable!
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"Reform have a TV pundit.
The Green Party have got Hannah the local plumber!"
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/reform-...
The Green Party have got Hannah the local plumber!"
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/reform-...
'Reform have a TV pundit, we've got Hannah the plumber'
The Green Party has announced Hannah Spencer as its candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 8:12 PM
"Reform have a TV pundit.
The Green Party have got Hannah the local plumber!"
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/reform-...
The Green Party have got Hannah the local plumber!"
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/reform-...
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JANE FONDA: “I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can’t fall for it.”
January 31, 2026 at 4:54 AM
JANE FONDA: “I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can’t fall for it.”
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Amazon has cut a combined 28,000 jobs since October. Its CEO made $40M+ in 2024
UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M.
HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M.
HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
January 31, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Amazon has cut a combined 28,000 jobs since October. Its CEO made $40M+ in 2024
UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M.
HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M.
HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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Labour vote is collapsing in Gorton and Denton.
Only Greens can take on Reform at this election.
We will be announcing our candidate tomorrow morning!
Only Greens can take on Reform at this election.
We will be announcing our candidate tomorrow morning!
January 29, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Labour vote is collapsing in Gorton and Denton.
Only Greens can take on Reform at this election.
We will be announcing our candidate tomorrow morning!
Only Greens can take on Reform at this election.
We will be announcing our candidate tomorrow morning!