Phil Webber
@philwebber.bsky.social
PhD Physicist. Author London After the Bomb. Co- Chair SGR - www.sgr.org.uk. An independent membership organisation promoting responsible science and technology.
eg. low carbon, demilitarisation, ethical career choices.
eg. low carbon, demilitarisation, ethical career choices.
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LET’S HEAR IT FOR ‘DEFEND OUR JURIES’! - Jonathon Porritt
“I’ve been in this world of radical campaigning, on and off for 50 years. I’ve never experienced anything quite like this. It has moved and inspired me in a way I still can’t quite make sense of.”
jonathonporritt.com/defend-our-j...
“I’ve been in this world of radical campaigning, on and off for 50 years. I’ve never experienced anything quite like this. It has moved and inspired me in a way I still can’t quite make sense of.”
jonathonporritt.com/defend-our-j...
jonathonporritt.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:34 PM
LET’S HEAR IT FOR ‘DEFEND OUR JURIES’! - Jonathon Porritt
“I’ve been in this world of radical campaigning, on and off for 50 years. I’ve never experienced anything quite like this. It has moved and inspired me in a way I still can’t quite make sense of.”
jonathonporritt.com/defend-our-j...
“I’ve been in this world of radical campaigning, on and off for 50 years. I’ve never experienced anything quite like this. It has moved and inspired me in a way I still can’t quite make sense of.”
jonathonporritt.com/defend-our-j...
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“I’ve said it time & time again - we need to leave the ECHR” says Reform candidate Matt Goodwin
The ECHR protects us all. The rights within it – firmly implanted into UK law by the Human Rights Act – are the reason why families devastated by disasters like Hillsborough could demand justice
The ECHR protects us all. The rights within it – firmly implanted into UK law by the Human Rights Act – are the reason why families devastated by disasters like Hillsborough could demand justice
🚨Gorton and Denton by-election
Surely by now we can all see that Reform is a party that thrives on division, fuels anger, and uses the scapegoating of minorities to gain support.
We are so much better than that.
DON’T BE TAKEN IN BY THE DIVISIVE POLITICS OF REFORM
youtu.be/cWWf1mZhlGk?...
Surely by now we can all see that Reform is a party that thrives on division, fuels anger, and uses the scapegoating of minorities to gain support.
We are so much better than that.
DON’T BE TAKEN IN BY THE DIVISIVE POLITICS OF REFORM
youtu.be/cWWf1mZhlGk?...
🚨Gorton and Denton by-election - JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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February 16, 2026 at 8:25 AM
“I’ve said it time & time again - we need to leave the ECHR” says Reform candidate Matt Goodwin
The ECHR protects us all. The rights within it – firmly implanted into UK law by the Human Rights Act – are the reason why families devastated by disasters like Hillsborough could demand justice
The ECHR protects us all. The rights within it – firmly implanted into UK law by the Human Rights Act – are the reason why families devastated by disasters like Hillsborough could demand justice
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@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social on Starmer: "He knew full well of Mandelsons involvement with Epstein from the beginning"
JC also points out when he challenged the role of Epstein back in 2019 politicians & the press were more concerned about his pronounciation than what he was accusing Epstein of doing
JC also points out when he challenged the role of Epstein back in 2019 politicians & the press were more concerned about his pronounciation than what he was accusing Epstein of doing
February 16, 2026 at 8:16 AM
@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social on Starmer: "He knew full well of Mandelsons involvement with Epstein from the beginning"
JC also points out when he challenged the role of Epstein back in 2019 politicians & the press were more concerned about his pronounciation than what he was accusing Epstein of doing
JC also points out when he challenged the role of Epstein back in 2019 politicians & the press were more concerned about his pronounciation than what he was accusing Epstein of doing
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6 reasons why we need to stop Rosebank, the UK’s biggest undeveloped oil field 🚨
February 16, 2026 at 8:18 AM
6 reasons why we need to stop Rosebank, the UK’s biggest undeveloped oil field 🚨
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Govt shelves law to stop rich people stifling criticism by journalists and commentators. Why? To help pass law to halve the number of criminal cases that go to a jury trial bit.ly/4rZjZ2p
Fears for free speech as crackdown on Slapps is shelved
The editors of The Times and The Sunday Times have urged No 10 to end the use of strategic litigation against public participation
bit.ly
February 16, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Govt shelves law to stop rich people stifling criticism by journalists and commentators. Why? To help pass law to halve the number of criminal cases that go to a jury trial bit.ly/4rZjZ2p
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Unbelievably this wasn’t even raised on SkyNews just now during the interview with Reform's head of policy Zia Yusuf.
If UK news shows won’t call this boll**** out let’s do it ourselves
If UK news shows won’t call this boll**** out let’s do it ourselves
🚨Reform leader Nigel Farage has posted on X
“1 million people living in this country don’t speak any English at all. 4 million people living in this country barely speak passable English”
It’s racked up 2 million views
AND IT’S COMPLETELY UNTRUE
youtu.be/o56Tw8vSEfE?...
“1 million people living in this country don’t speak any English at all. 4 million people living in this country barely speak passable English”
It’s racked up 2 million views
AND IT’S COMPLETELY UNTRUE
youtu.be/o56Tw8vSEfE?...
Farage’s latest video has racked up 2 million views - AND ITS COMPLETELY UNTRUE
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
February 15, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Unbelievably this wasn’t even raised on SkyNews just now during the interview with Reform's head of policy Zia Yusuf.
If UK news shows won’t call this boll**** out let’s do it ourselves
If UK news shows won’t call this boll**** out let’s do it ourselves
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Defend Our Juries Co-Founder Tim Crosland explains what the High Court ruling showing over the Palestine Action ban means in real terms.
He adds a renewed call for a meeting with Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to discuss the harm that has been done since this ban was introduced.
He adds a renewed call for a meeting with Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to discuss the harm that has been done since this ban was introduced.
February 13, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Defend Our Juries Co-Founder Tim Crosland explains what the High Court ruling showing over the Palestine Action ban means in real terms.
He adds a renewed call for a meeting with Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to discuss the harm that has been done since this ban was introduced.
He adds a renewed call for a meeting with Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to discuss the harm that has been done since this ban was introduced.
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“The threat has been neutralized"
Recent events made me go back and revisit Nena’s 1983 banger. I’d never translated the song from the original German, and it hits WAY harder now.
Recent events made me go back and revisit Nena’s 1983 banger. I’d never translated the song from the original German, and it hits WAY harder now.
99 Luftballoons
“The threat has been neutralized"
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February 14, 2026 at 1:49 PM
“The threat has been neutralized"
Recent events made me go back and revisit Nena’s 1983 banger. I’d never translated the song from the original German, and it hits WAY harder now.
Recent events made me go back and revisit Nena’s 1983 banger. I’d never translated the song from the original German, and it hits WAY harder now.
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🚨 Over 50 leading academics have sounded the alarm on the UK's voting system
⚠️ In an era of multi-party politics, First Past the Post risks “random and arbitrary” results like never before
🗳️ The experts' letter warn Ministers they must address this to stem growing instability and distrust
⚠️ In an era of multi-party politics, First Past the Post risks “random and arbitrary” results like never before
🗳️ The experts' letter warn Ministers they must address this to stem growing instability and distrust
Over 50 Academics Warn That Voting System Is Not Fit For Multi-Party Politics
Dozens of academics have written to the government to warn that the current voting system risks producing distorted results on an 'unprecedented' s...
www.politicshome.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:46 AM
🚨 Over 50 leading academics have sounded the alarm on the UK's voting system
⚠️ In an era of multi-party politics, First Past the Post risks “random and arbitrary” results like never before
🗳️ The experts' letter warn Ministers they must address this to stem growing instability and distrust
⚠️ In an era of multi-party politics, First Past the Post risks “random and arbitrary” results like never before
🗳️ The experts' letter warn Ministers they must address this to stem growing instability and distrust
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High Court: proscription of #PalestineAction was unlawful.
Greens voted against proscription, so we welcome this.
Govt must now immediately end its authoritarian attacks on peaceful protest, and fully address its complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Greens voted against proscription, so we welcome this.
Govt must now immediately end its authoritarian attacks on peaceful protest, and fully address its complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule
Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:22 AM
High Court: proscription of #PalestineAction was unlawful.
Greens voted against proscription, so we welcome this.
Govt must now immediately end its authoritarian attacks on peaceful protest, and fully address its complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Greens voted against proscription, so we welcome this.
Govt must now immediately end its authoritarian attacks on peaceful protest, and fully address its complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Keir Starmer made a speech about Epstein survivors saying how unacceptable it was that they faced barriers to justice.
BUT HIS OWN GOVT has blocked justice for hundreds of Harrods abuse & trafficking survivors.
Complete hypocrisy 😡
Write to your MP.
See: www.nooneabove.org
BUT HIS OWN GOVT has blocked justice for hundreds of Harrods abuse & trafficking survivors.
Complete hypocrisy 😡
Write to your MP.
See: www.nooneabove.org
February 6, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Keir Starmer made a speech about Epstein survivors saying how unacceptable it was that they faced barriers to justice.
BUT HIS OWN GOVT has blocked justice for hundreds of Harrods abuse & trafficking survivors.
Complete hypocrisy 😡
Write to your MP.
See: www.nooneabove.org
BUT HIS OWN GOVT has blocked justice for hundreds of Harrods abuse & trafficking survivors.
Complete hypocrisy 😡
Write to your MP.
See: www.nooneabove.org
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The Al Fayad victims would beg to disagree.
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February 6, 2026 at 3:40 PM
The Al Fayad victims would beg to disagree.
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Ok UK media - oh so scandalised by Mandelson - when are you going to be scandalised by US interference in our democracy? Epstein, Farage, Bannon, Vance, Thiel, Musk, Trump, Brexit, Heritage Foundation, the funding of far right populism to collapse our govts….??
After you’ve helped their collapse?
After you’ve helped their collapse?
Remember the controversy when Obama was accused of intervening in UK politics? This is the current US government openly seeking to undermine liberal democracy in Europe.
February 6, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Ok UK media - oh so scandalised by Mandelson - when are you going to be scandalised by US interference in our democracy? Epstein, Farage, Bannon, Vance, Thiel, Musk, Trump, Brexit, Heritage Foundation, the funding of far right populism to collapse our govts….??
After you’ve helped their collapse?
After you’ve helped their collapse?
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"Objectivity is not the same as neutrality. If there is an aggressor and a victim, a liar and an honest person, a corrupt individual and an honourable one, then your task is to describe all that clearly and forcefully."
Powerful words and an important read.
Powerful words and an important read.
If you are reading this it is because I’m dead: here’s what I want to tell you about how to live | Carlos Hernández de Miguel
Leaving this world in an age of lies and cruelty, my last message is simple: don’t give up on truth, says Spanish journa
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:00 PM
"Objectivity is not the same as neutrality. If there is an aggressor and a victim, a liar and an honest person, a corrupt individual and an honourable one, then your task is to describe all that clearly and forcefully."
Powerful words and an important read.
Powerful words and an important read.
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Democracy for Sale's scoop about Labour Together paying a firm to investigate journalists has now been picked up in FT, Politico and the Guardian
Huge questions to answer - for Morgan McSweeney, Josh Simons, and Keir Starmer
Oh, and do support D4S 😀 democracyforsale.substack.com/subscribe
Huge questions to answer - for Morgan McSweeney, Josh Simons, and Keir Starmer
Oh, and do support D4S 😀 democracyforsale.substack.com/subscribe
February 6, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Democracy for Sale's scoop about Labour Together paying a firm to investigate journalists has now been picked up in FT, Politico and the Guardian
Huge questions to answer - for Morgan McSweeney, Josh Simons, and Keir Starmer
Oh, and do support D4S 😀 democracyforsale.substack.com/subscribe
Huge questions to answer - for Morgan McSweeney, Josh Simons, and Keir Starmer
Oh, and do support D4S 😀 democracyforsale.substack.com/subscribe
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Scrap Palantir UK contracts over Mandelson links, Zack Polanski says
ZACK Polanski has demanded that the UK Government scraps its contracts with Palantir, amid mounting questions over Peter Mandelson’s role in securing the deals.
www.thenational.scot/news/2582860...
ZACK Polanski has demanded that the UK Government scraps its contracts with Palantir, amid mounting questions over Peter Mandelson’s role in securing the deals.
www.thenational.scot/news/2582860...
Scrap Palantir UK contracts over Mandelson links, Zack Polanski demands
ZACK Polanski has demanded that the UK Government scraps its contracts with Palantir, amid mounting questions over Peter Mandelson’s role in…
www.thenational.scot
February 6, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Scrap Palantir UK contracts over Mandelson links, Zack Polanski says
ZACK Polanski has demanded that the UK Government scraps its contracts with Palantir, amid mounting questions over Peter Mandelson’s role in securing the deals.
www.thenational.scot/news/2582860...
ZACK Polanski has demanded that the UK Government scraps its contracts with Palantir, amid mounting questions over Peter Mandelson’s role in securing the deals.
www.thenational.scot/news/2582860...
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💥 GOOD.
Because that £240 million contract gifted to Palantir, with no competition…
…after Starmer had an off-the-books meeting with Mandelson and Palantir…
…while Mandelson was officially LOBBYING FOR Palantir and so personally financially benefiting from such links and contracts…
Stinks.
Because that £240 million contract gifted to Palantir, with no competition…
…after Starmer had an off-the-books meeting with Mandelson and Palantir…
…while Mandelson was officially LOBBYING FOR Palantir and so personally financially benefiting from such links and contracts…
Stinks.
February 6, 2026 at 9:32 AM
💥 GOOD.
Because that £240 million contract gifted to Palantir, with no competition…
…after Starmer had an off-the-books meeting with Mandelson and Palantir…
…while Mandelson was officially LOBBYING FOR Palantir and so personally financially benefiting from such links and contracts…
Stinks.
Because that £240 million contract gifted to Palantir, with no competition…
…after Starmer had an off-the-books meeting with Mandelson and Palantir…
…while Mandelson was officially LOBBYING FOR Palantir and so personally financially benefiting from such links and contracts…
Stinks.
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It has been revealed that our chief reporter, @john-mcevoy.bsky.social, was among journalists investigated by a PR firm paid by Labour Together.
Labour Together was then managed by Josh Simons. Simons is now Cabinet Office minister.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
Labour Together was then managed by Josh Simons. Simons is now Cabinet Office minister.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
BREAKING: McSweeney’s think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists
Labour Together put private investigators onto journalists writing about its funding. Starmer's right-hand man knew.
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:57 AM
It has been revealed that our chief reporter, @john-mcevoy.bsky.social, was among journalists investigated by a PR firm paid by Labour Together.
Labour Together was then managed by Josh Simons. Simons is now Cabinet Office minister.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
Labour Together was then managed by Josh Simons. Simons is now Cabinet Office minister.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
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If you are baffled by why the jury refused to convict the Palestine Action defendants, it's because – unlike them – you didn't hear the actual evidence. You heard what the media wanted you to know.
Here, I explain what the jury learnt from the trial: jonathancook.substack.com/p/barristers...
Here, I explain what the jury learnt from the trial: jonathancook.substack.com/p/barristers...
Barrister's powerful speech at Filton Trial reminds jury of its right to defy judge
Starmer and the media need convictions to justify Palestine Action's proscription as a terrorist group. Rajiv Menon KC spells out to the jury why it is a vital last defence against government tyranny
jonathancook.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:21 PM
If you are baffled by why the jury refused to convict the Palestine Action defendants, it's because – unlike them – you didn't hear the actual evidence. You heard what the media wanted you to know.
Here, I explain what the jury learnt from the trial: jonathancook.substack.com/p/barristers...
Here, I explain what the jury learnt from the trial: jonathancook.substack.com/p/barristers...
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Maybe - radical suggestion I know - *we* could be the judge of just how much of “triumph”, & just whose interests exactly were being represented, in this Trump trade deal, that Mandelson was a key broker of, & which is going to jack up NHS drug prices?
*so* much reason to end the trade secrecy now!
*so* much reason to end the trade secrecy now!
February 4, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Maybe - radical suggestion I know - *we* could be the judge of just how much of “triumph”, & just whose interests exactly were being represented, in this Trump trade deal, that Mandelson was a key broker of, & which is going to jack up NHS drug prices?
*so* much reason to end the trade secrecy now!
*so* much reason to end the trade secrecy now!
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so hang on a minute, the UK (significantly, erm, “represented“ in negotiations by Mandelson) has just signed a trade deal with the US that gives into their demands for NHS to pay way more for medicines…. & yet Streeting won’t even tell us the barest details? 🤯
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Pressure grows on ministers to end secrecy over UK medicines deal with Trump
Critics say government hiding true cost of agreement ‘despite being forced to admit financial burden will grow year on year’
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
so hang on a minute, the UK (significantly, erm, “represented“ in negotiations by Mandelson) has just signed a trade deal with the US that gives into their demands for NHS to pay way more for medicines…. & yet Streeting won’t even tell us the barest details? 🤯
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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so hang on a minute, the UK (significantly, erm, “represented“ in negotiations by Mandelson) has just signed a trade deal with the US that gives into their demands for NHS to pay way more for medicines…. & yet Streeting won’t even tell us the barest details? 🤯
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Pressure grows on ministers to end secrecy over UK medicines deal with Trump
Critics say government hiding true cost of agreement ‘despite being forced to admit financial burden will grow year on year’
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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So Team Starmer couldn’t ’possibly have known’ Mandelson was lying about his relationship with a convicted paedophile. Despite mountains of publicly available evidence.
Yet they spent £30,000 on private investigators trying to dig dirt on journalists who asked them troublesome questions? 🤔
Yet they spent £30,000 on private investigators trying to dig dirt on journalists who asked them troublesome questions? 🤔
🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
BREAKING: McSweeney’s think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists
Labour Together put private investigators onto journalists writing about its funding. Starmer's right-hand man knew.
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:30 PM
So Team Starmer couldn’t ’possibly have known’ Mandelson was lying about his relationship with a convicted paedophile. Despite mountains of publicly available evidence.
Yet they spent £30,000 on private investigators trying to dig dirt on journalists who asked them troublesome questions? 🤔
Yet they spent £30,000 on private investigators trying to dig dirt on journalists who asked them troublesome questions? 🤔
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The publication of documents about the appointment of Peter Mandelson must happen with maximum transparency, while protecting national security. 1/2
February 5, 2026 at 5:18 PM
The publication of documents about the appointment of Peter Mandelson must happen with maximum transparency, while protecting national security. 1/2