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· Aug 29
Changing my name for now as I’m applying for jobs so need to keep a low online profile.
There’s a large law firm that’s breaching minimum wage laws if it allows its paralegals, for which they demand a ‘strong academic record’ to work more than 36 hours a week. Needless to say it’s well below the London Living Wage
February 1, 2026 at 12:59 PM
There’s a large law firm that’s breaching minimum wage laws if it allows its paralegals, for which they demand a ‘strong academic record’ to work more than 36 hours a week. Needless to say it’s well below the London Living Wage
Somebody referred to CPR training. They meant resuscitation but I thought for a moment they meant something else. IYKYK
February 1, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Somebody referred to CPR training. They meant resuscitation but I thought for a moment they meant something else. IYKYK
Facial recognition has become really effective, hasn’t it?
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Facial recognition has become really effective, hasn’t it?
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...they told her no, didn't they
January 31, 2026 at 11:51 PM
...they told her no, didn't they
Sometimes feel like we’re living through a combination of Children of Men and 1984. And yes it’s fucking horrific.
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Sometimes feel like we’re living through a combination of Children of Men and 1984. And yes it’s fucking horrific.
If state agents can kill citizens in cold blood in broad daylight with impunity, it doesn’t take a genius to guess how much worse things probably are in immigration detention. Remember the quote about how a state treats its aliens is how they would treat everyone else if they could get away with it
Lawyers can't reach clients in ICE detention. I've heard it anecdotally, but scale of issue is horrifying.
Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...
Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...
January 31, 2026 at 11:23 PM
If state agents can kill citizens in cold blood in broad daylight with impunity, it doesn’t take a genius to guess how much worse things probably are in immigration detention. Remember the quote about how a state treats its aliens is how they would treat everyone else if they could get away with it
“Negative campaigning” AKA telling people about the less attractive aspects of your opponent gets a bad press. On this occasion it’ll be wholly justified. Make sure people know about all the racist stuff Goodwin’s said. Throw everything at him. None of this “we’ll lose the moral high ground bullshit
January 31, 2026 at 10:42 PM
“Negative campaigning” AKA telling people about the less attractive aspects of your opponent gets a bad press. On this occasion it’ll be wholly justified. Make sure people know about all the racist stuff Goodwin’s said. Throw everything at him. None of this “we’ll lose the moral high ground bullshit
Until about 20 years ago, many continental European countries were really strict on dual nationality. Wondering why. History of fighting each other meant more concern about potential dual loyalty.
No change on dual nationality but 10-year residence plan dropped - DutchNews.nl
The incoming Dutch government has no plans to change the laws on dual nationality to make it possible for all foreigners to keep their original nationality when becoming Dutch, but has dropped the 10 ...
www.dutchnews.nl
January 31, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Until about 20 years ago, many continental European countries were really strict on dual nationality. Wondering why. History of fighting each other meant more concern about potential dual loyalty.
Weird to think that for a period of time in the late 90’s under Rosie Boycott, it was a left-of-centre paper
January 31, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Weird to think that for a period of time in the late 90’s under Rosie Boycott, it was a left-of-centre paper
Sex offenders, especially child sex offenders are generally regarded as the lowest of the low. Being a killer arguably has less stigma. So why, if you were a public figure, would you associate with one *after* he’d been convicted?
January 31, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Sex offenders, especially child sex offenders are generally regarded as the lowest of the low. Being a killer arguably has less stigma. So why, if you were a public figure, would you associate with one *after* he’d been convicted?
In case anyone thought Musk was being sincere in claiming to care about the victims of grooming gangs.
So if I’m understanding this sequence correctly, from Thanksgiving to Christmas 2012, Elon Musk was essentially pestering registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to throw him a wild party on the island.
January 31, 2026 at 7:34 AM
In case anyone thought Musk was being sincere in claiming to care about the victims of grooming gangs.
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It’s pretty fucking wild that the DOJ is releasing files that include accusations that the President of the United States raped underage girls, to distract from the fact that the DOJ is covering up murders of US citizens by their own government.
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
It’s pretty fucking wild that the DOJ is releasing files that include accusations that the President of the United States raped underage girls, to distract from the fact that the DOJ is covering up murders of US citizens by their own government.
If such a major cheerleader for what is increasingly recognised as a mistake can’t be defeated, then that’s quite a damning indictment of our political class.
January 30, 2026 at 10:48 PM
If such a major cheerleader for what is increasingly recognised as a mistake can’t be defeated, then that’s quite a damning indictment of our political class.
He wants us to impose sanctions on ourselves?
Five Things You Need to Know about the Express "Proper Brexit" crusade:
It calls for leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), slashing red tape for businesses and enforcing a 12-mile exclusion zone around the UK for British vessels only.
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
It calls for leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), slashing red tape for businesses and enforcing a 12-mile exclusion zone around the UK for British vessels only.
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
January 30, 2026 at 10:35 PM
He wants us to impose sanctions on ourselves?
Trick question. Does having a ‘British passport’ guarantee you the right of abode in the U.K.?
No. There are six types of British nationality (passports) of which ‘British citizenship’ is the only one with that right.
No. There are six types of British nationality (passports) of which ‘British citizenship’ is the only one with that right.
January 30, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Trick question. Does having a ‘British passport’ guarantee you the right of abode in the U.K.?
No. There are six types of British nationality (passports) of which ‘British citizenship’ is the only one with that right.
No. There are six types of British nationality (passports) of which ‘British citizenship’ is the only one with that right.
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the story now makes clear it was far more than just £10,000, regular payments from Epstein to Mandelson partner
I'm not prone to exaggeration but this is probably the biggest scoop I've ever been involved in
Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files
more to follow
www.ft.com/content/c950...
Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files
more to follow
www.ft.com/content/c950...
Jeffrey Epstein sent £10,000 to Mandelson’s husband, emails show
Epstein sent Reinaldo Avila da Silva payment in 2009
www.ft.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:14 PM
the story now makes clear it was far more than just £10,000, regular payments from Epstein to Mandelson partner
I know it was almost two decades ago but 10k? It’s all such low rent.
I'm not prone to exaggeration but this is probably the biggest scoop I've ever been involved in
Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files
more to follow
www.ft.com/content/c950...
Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files
more to follow
www.ft.com/content/c950...
Jeffrey Epstein sent £10,000 to Mandelson’s husband, emails show
Epstein sent Reinaldo Avila da Silva payment in 2009
www.ft.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I know it was almost two decades ago but 10k? It’s all such low rent.
I hope I’m wrong but is there not a risk of failing to prevent a terrorist attack because those charged with doing so had their efforts diverted into stuff like this.
Don Lemon and Georgia Fort were arrested by "federal agents."
Federal agents from where? What federal agency is arresting journalists? Not seeing this in the news stories or announcements.
Federal agents from where? What federal agency is arresting journalists? Not seeing this in the news stories or announcements.
January 30, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I hope I’m wrong but is there not a risk of failing to prevent a terrorist attack because those charged with doing so had their efforts diverted into stuff like this.
Always nice when foreign governments take an interest in our bureaucracies but lol
🚨 NEW: The US Congress is set to block Ofcom from regulating American firms
The White House says it is "anathema" to the 1st Amendment
[@TheSun]
The White House says it is "anathema" to the 1st Amendment
[@TheSun]
January 30, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Always nice when foreign governments take an interest in our bureaucracies but lol
In years to come we’re going to be talking about an immigration industrial complex.
🧵This is what our tax dollars are going towards.
Not education, health care, or public transport.
Cages for people.
DHS just paid $70 million in cash for a warehouse in Surprise, AZ.
The week before, $102 million for one in Maryland.
A third in El Paso.
Not education, health care, or public transport.
Cages for people.
DHS just paid $70 million in cash for a warehouse in Surprise, AZ.
The week before, $102 million for one in Maryland.
A third in El Paso.
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:25 AM
In years to come we’re going to be talking about an immigration industrial complex.
Your father gets captured and tortured and decades later you end up cheerleading the President who, having never served a day in his life, attacks him for getting caught. How do you look at yourself in the mirror?
January 30, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Your father gets captured and tortured and decades later you end up cheerleading the President who, having never served a day in his life, attacks him for getting caught. How do you look at yourself in the mirror?
I know the trend for using defunct names or terms has been mentioned here before but looking at the Renters Rights Act, it bans ‘no DSS’. The Department of Social Security hasn’t existed for a quarter of a century.
January 29, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I know the trend for using defunct names or terms has been mentioned here before but looking at the Renters Rights Act, it bans ‘no DSS’. The Department of Social Security hasn’t existed for a quarter of a century.
It was a nasty thing to say (it’s 2026 guys) but doesn’t the accusation have to lower you in the estimation of right thinking people?
🚨 NEW: Reform UK has threatened to sue Kemi Badenoch unless she publicly apologises to Suella Braverman by 4pm tomorrow over the Tories’ now-retracted mental health reference
January 29, 2026 at 6:11 PM
It was a nasty thing to say (it’s 2026 guys) but doesn’t the accusation have to lower you in the estimation of right thinking people?
Statute makes reference to “United Kingdom and Colonies” (UKAC) which had been replaced by “British Citizen” some five years earlier. Presumably because there were still valid passports that gave the nationality as UKAC. The last UKAC passport must have been expired for over 30 years.
Immigration Act 1988
An Act to make further provision for the regulation of immigration into the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes.
www.legislation.gov.uk
January 29, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Statute makes reference to “United Kingdom and Colonies” (UKAC) which had been replaced by “British Citizen” some five years earlier. Presumably because there were still valid passports that gave the nationality as UKAC. The last UKAC passport must have been expired for over 30 years.