Lord Dom B
@lorddom.bsky.social
Worked for over 30 years in and around the EU institutions. Weary of the Brexit lies politicians still spout. No party affiliation but proud European Movement member. Follow back genuine active #FBPE and pro-EU accounts based in UK and rest of Europe.
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Lord Dom B
@lorddom.bsky.social
· Dec 14
Anyone else seeing a lot more new followers from North America but far fewer from the UK and rest of Europe? I despise Trump and his nationalistic bilge but my near exclusive focus on here is the campaign to start fixing the harm of Brexit and to secure a representative electoral system in the UK.
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Can Mandelson be prosecuted?
We’ve discussed the law and the evidence with leading lawyers. The bottom line: "misconduct in public office" is the only viable route.
The law is messy and proving intent is hard - but we believe there is a realistic prospect of conviction.
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We’ve discussed the law and the evidence with leading lawyers. The bottom line: "misconduct in public office" is the only viable route.
The law is messy and proving intent is hard - but we believe there is a realistic prospect of conviction.
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February 11, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Can Mandelson be prosecuted?
We’ve discussed the law and the evidence with leading lawyers. The bottom line: "misconduct in public office" is the only viable route.
The law is messy and proving intent is hard - but we believe there is a realistic prospect of conviction.
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We’ve discussed the law and the evidence with leading lawyers. The bottom line: "misconduct in public office" is the only viable route.
The law is messy and proving intent is hard - but we believe there is a realistic prospect of conviction.
🧵:
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Jim Ratcliffe, himself a migrant to Monaco to avoid paying his fair share of UK tax, and who supported Brexit which has so damaged the British economy, is yet another millionaire oligarch backing the far right to further line his pockets
February 12, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Jim Ratcliffe, himself a migrant to Monaco to avoid paying his fair share of UK tax, and who supported Brexit which has so damaged the British economy, is yet another millionaire oligarch backing the far right to further line his pockets
Unfortunately, when as PM you choose to use expressions such as “Island of Strangers”, you too are dignifying the narrative that Ratcliffe tapped into.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Starmer tells Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK ‘colonised’ by immigrants
PM calls comments by Man United co-owner, who also hit out at people on benefits, ‘offensive and wrong’
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Unfortunately, when as PM you choose to use expressions such as “Island of Strangers”, you too are dignifying the narrative that Ratcliffe tapped into.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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"They’ve attacked all these people, in a desperate attempt to make clear to racists and social conservatives that they hear them. If the racists and social conservatives were actually going to vote for them this would merely seem abhorrent. When they clearly aren’t, it’s stupid too."
Everybody Hates Keir
How did Starmer go from landslide to endgame in under two years? Also this week: the most murderous mammal on earth; and every thought I have about an insane train plan.
jonn.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:33 PM
"They’ve attacked all these people, in a desperate attempt to make clear to racists and social conservatives that they hear them. If the racists and social conservatives were actually going to vote for them this would merely seem abhorrent. When they clearly aren’t, it’s stupid too."
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Sure, at times the EU can be slow or myopic (as its detractors delight in reporting) but this is beside the deeper point that in quitting its frameworks, we exposed ourselves to some of the consequences. And this is one. Thank the Brexiters now whining about the EES (and later ETIAS).
February 11, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Sure, at times the EU can be slow or myopic (as its detractors delight in reporting) but this is beside the deeper point that in quitting its frameworks, we exposed ourselves to some of the consequences. And this is one. Thank the Brexiters now whining about the EES (and later ETIAS).
Sure, at times the EU can be slow or myopic (as its detractors delight in reporting) but this is beside the deeper point that in quitting its frameworks, we exposed ourselves to some of the consequences. And this is one. Thank the Brexiters now whining about the EES (and later ETIAS).
February 11, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Sure, at times the EU can be slow or myopic (as its detractors delight in reporting) but this is beside the deeper point that in quitting its frameworks, we exposed ourselves to some of the consequences. And this is one. Thank the Brexiters now whining about the EES (and later ETIAS).
Embarrassing, yes, but also perplexing that a statement of the obvious is at odds with her governing party’s ongoing rejection of any attempt to rejoin the single market or a customs union.
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 8:33 AM
Embarrassing, yes, but also perplexing that a statement of the obvious is at odds with her governing party’s ongoing rejection of any attempt to rejoin the single market or a customs union.
Helping the BBC out with one of its headlines.
February 9, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Helping the BBC out with one of its headlines.
Wasn’t the end of the Tory reign meant to signal the end of the UK’s political nervous breakdown? To think we used to mock those funny Mediterranean countries racked by chronic instability and leadership changes.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar calls on Keir Starmer to stand down
Sarwar tells press conference: ‘The distraction has to end and the leadership in Downing Street has to change’
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Wasn’t the end of the Tory reign meant to signal the end of the UK’s political nervous breakdown? To think we used to mock those funny Mediterranean countries racked by chronic instability and leadership changes.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The daft thing is that with Proportional Representation there'd be no need for this self-destructive war within Labour. It could split into its component parts - left and right - and people could vote for what they wanted. It's only First-Past-the-Post that forces these irreconcilables together.
February 9, 2026 at 8:51 AM
The daft thing is that with Proportional Representation there'd be no need for this self-destructive war within Labour. It could split into its component parts - left and right - and people could vote for what they wanted. It's only First-Past-the-Post that forces these irreconcilables together.
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NEW: Reform UK’s flagship council, Kent, has been accused of telling a “blatant lie” after its claim of nearly £40m in savings on net zero were found to be based on hypothetical projects for which there was no documentation.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform-run Kent council accused of fabricating £40m net zero savings
Disclosures show figures cited by authority’s leader rested on unfunded ideas listed briefly in budget papers
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:04 AM
NEW: Reform UK’s flagship council, Kent, has been accused of telling a “blatant lie” after its claim of nearly £40m in savings on net zero were found to be based on hypothetical projects for which there was no documentation.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Starmer’s grave error over Mandelson has helped take the heat off Farage and his sycophancy towards Trump. It has buoyed Badenoch and undermined Labour’s claims to be the antidote to 14 years of Tory sleaze. It’s a PR disaster and risks fatal reputational harm three months out from local elections.
February 6, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Starmer’s grave error over Mandelson has helped take the heat off Farage and his sycophancy towards Trump. It has buoyed Badenoch and undermined Labour’s claims to be the antidote to 14 years of Tory sleaze. It’s a PR disaster and risks fatal reputational harm three months out from local elections.
Starmer’s grave error over Mandelson has helped take the heat off Farage and his sycophancy towards Trump. It has buoyed Badenoch and undermined Labour’s claims to be the antidote to 14 years of Tory sleaze. It’s a PR disaster and risks fatal reputational harm three months out from local elections.
February 6, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Starmer’s grave error over Mandelson has helped take the heat off Farage and his sycophancy towards Trump. It has buoyed Badenoch and undermined Labour’s claims to be the antidote to 14 years of Tory sleaze. It’s a PR disaster and risks fatal reputational harm three months out from local elections.
Cakeism isn’t a flaw that infects just the Right in this country. When it comes to EU, the whole political Establishment seems to be shot through with entitlement and exceptionalism. www.politico.eu/article/uk-t...
Britain’s trade chief races to Brussels to avoid ‘Made in Europe’ shutout
U.K. officials fear that planned industry act could lock British firms out of key European supply chains.
www.politico.eu
February 6, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Cakeism isn’t a flaw that infects just the Right in this country. When it comes to EU, the whole political Establishment seems to be shot through with entitlement and exceptionalism. www.politico.eu/article/uk-t...
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Times:
The Metropolitan Police is expected to announced on Tuesday evening that Mandelson is being investigated on suspicion of misconduct in public office, an offence that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
The Metropolitan Police is expected to announced on Tuesday evening that Mandelson is being investigated on suspicion of misconduct in public office, an offence that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
February 3, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Times:
The Metropolitan Police is expected to announced on Tuesday evening that Mandelson is being investigated on suspicion of misconduct in public office, an offence that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
The Metropolitan Police is expected to announced on Tuesday evening that Mandelson is being investigated on suspicion of misconduct in public office, an offence that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
Why would anyone in Mandelson’s position, knowing there was more as yet unreleased dirt on him, even bother, as he did, to go on Kuenssberg’s BBC show in an attempt at reputation rescue?
February 3, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Why would anyone in Mandelson’s position, knowing there was more as yet unreleased dirt on him, even bother, as he did, to go on Kuenssberg’s BBC show in an attempt at reputation rescue?
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The Mandelson–Epstein emails demand action, not excuses.
It’s time for the Government to act, bring forward legislation to strip Peter Mandelson of his peerage and reform our political system.
It’s time for the Government to act, bring forward legislation to strip Peter Mandelson of his peerage and reform our political system.
February 3, 2026 at 10:45 AM
The Mandelson–Epstein emails demand action, not excuses.
It’s time for the Government to act, bring forward legislation to strip Peter Mandelson of his peerage and reform our political system.
It’s time for the Government to act, bring forward legislation to strip Peter Mandelson of his peerage and reform our political system.
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"Of course, how was Mandelson to know that Epstein, who seemed so plausible, was a wrong ‘un? Well, one clue was that, at the very moment Mandelson was forwarding this stuff, Epstein WAS IN PRISON. He had pleaded guilty to procuring a minor for prostitution."
You have to admire Peter Mandelson's capacity to deliver surprises. thecritic.co.uk/pete...
February 2, 2026 at 7:33 PM
"Of course, how was Mandelson to know that Epstein, who seemed so plausible, was a wrong ‘un? Well, one clue was that, at the very moment Mandelson was forwarding this stuff, Epstein WAS IN PRISON. He had pleaded guilty to procuring a minor for prostitution."
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In The Telegraph? Still, I’ll take it.
February 2, 2026 at 10:32 AM
In The Telegraph? Still, I’ll take it.
In The Telegraph? Still, I’ll take it.
February 2, 2026 at 10:32 AM
In The Telegraph? Still, I’ll take it.
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Fine but Starmer too is wrong about Brexit and will remain so while he peddles the myth that it can be made to work within the parameters he needlessly set, keeping us out of the single market or a customs union. He is not the innocent inheritor of the Brexit mess.
www.itv.com/news/2026-02...
www.itv.com/news/2026-02...
February 1, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Fine but Starmer too is wrong about Brexit and will remain so while he peddles the myth that it can be made to work within the parameters he needlessly set, keeping us out of the single market or a customs union. He is not the innocent inheritor of the Brexit mess.
www.itv.com/news/2026-02...
www.itv.com/news/2026-02...
Fine but Starmer too is wrong about Brexit and will remain so while he peddles the myth that it can be made to work within the parameters he needlessly set, keeping us out of the single market or a customs union. He is not the innocent inheritor of the Brexit mess.
www.itv.com/news/2026-02...
www.itv.com/news/2026-02...
February 1, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Fine but Starmer too is wrong about Brexit and will remain so while he peddles the myth that it can be made to work within the parameters he needlessly set, keeping us out of the single market or a customs union. He is not the innocent inheritor of the Brexit mess.
www.itv.com/news/2026-02...
www.itv.com/news/2026-02...
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Epstein sent $75k to accounts linked to Mandelson
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jeffrey Epstein sent $75,000 to Lord Mandelson linked accounts, documents appear to show
Lord Mandelson says he has no record or recollection of receiving the sums and does not know if the documents are authentic.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Epstein sent $75k to accounts linked to Mandelson
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...