Robin K
@robinknox.bsky.social
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Over a pub lunch with Henry Mance, the BBC international editor recalls how his mother urged him not to become a journalist. Now a veteran foreign correspondent, he shares his views on impartiality, the future of Gaza and Britain's national broadcaster: ft.trib.al/h1fPXsO
February 14, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Over a pub lunch with Henry Mance, the BBC international editor recalls how his mother urged him not to become a journalist. Now a veteran foreign correspondent, he shares his views on impartiality, the future of Gaza and Britain's national broadcaster: ft.trib.al/h1fPXsO
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Wes Streeting released his WhatsApp messages with Palantir lobbyist Peter Mandelson.
🔥8 NHS campaign organisations have come together to demand that Wes Streeting release his messages with his private healthcare donors. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/stre... #morningstaronline
🔥8 NHS campaign organisations have come together to demand that Wes Streeting release his messages with his private healthcare donors. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/stre... #morningstaronline
Streeting urged to release messages with private healthcare-linked donors
CAMPAIGNERS have written to Wes Streeting requesting the release of his messages with five private healthcare-linked donors, following the Health Secretary’s publication of WhatsApp chats with disgrac...
morningstaronline.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Wes Streeting released his WhatsApp messages with Palantir lobbyist Peter Mandelson.
🔥8 NHS campaign organisations have come together to demand that Wes Streeting release his messages with his private healthcare donors. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/stre... #morningstaronline
🔥8 NHS campaign organisations have come together to demand that Wes Streeting release his messages with his private healthcare donors. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/stre... #morningstaronline
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The Brexit years never existed in any concrete sense.
The whole sorry project failed in every way — economically, financially, politically, socially and culturally.
it was a plan devised by venal, self-interested rich people and voted for by stupid racists.
The whole sorry project failed in every way — economically, financially, politically, socially and culturally.
it was a plan devised by venal, self-interested rich people and voted for by stupid racists.
February 14, 2026 at 7:12 AM
The Brexit years never existed in any concrete sense.
The whole sorry project failed in every way — economically, financially, politically, socially and culturally.
it was a plan devised by venal, self-interested rich people and voted for by stupid racists.
The whole sorry project failed in every way — economically, financially, politically, socially and culturally.
it was a plan devised by venal, self-interested rich people and voted for by stupid racists.
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Palantir deals with UK state total at least £670m 🤮
👇 Call for a debate on their role in our government
👇 Call for a debate on their role in our government
Sign the Petition
Hold a Parliamentary Debate on Palantir’s Role in UK Defence, Security & Public Services
www.change.org
February 14, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Palantir deals with UK state total at least £670m 🤮
👇 Call for a debate on their role in our government
👇 Call for a debate on their role in our government
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For those unfamiliar with the celestial object currently visible in UK skies, here's a primer. (Short version: This is the Sun. It is massive. And hot.) www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/to...
Touching the Sun
Despite its familiarity, the Sun is a very different presence from the friendly yellow circle in children's paintings. Our star is a broiling mass of plasma, with its powerful magnetic fields, twisted...
www.gresham.ac.uk
February 14, 2026 at 10:07 AM
For those unfamiliar with the celestial object currently visible in UK skies, here's a primer. (Short version: This is the Sun. It is massive. And hot.) www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/to...
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Europe and the UK should come closer together – on security, on economy or on defending our democracies.
Ten years on from Brexit, our futures are as bound as ever.
So, it is in our common interest to be ambitious about our partnership.
Ten years on from Brexit, our futures are as bound as ever.
So, it is in our common interest to be ambitious about our partnership.
February 14, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Europe and the UK should come closer together – on security, on economy or on defending our democracies.
Ten years on from Brexit, our futures are as bound as ever.
So, it is in our common interest to be ambitious about our partnership.
Ten years on from Brexit, our futures are as bound as ever.
So, it is in our common interest to be ambitious about our partnership.
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Love is in the air… and so is hypocrisy 💘
UK tax paid by Jim Ratcliffe, Britain’s second richest man in 2025: £0
UK tax paid by immigrants in 2025: £17,000,000,000
UK tax paid by Jim Ratcliffe, Britain’s second richest man in 2025: £0
UK tax paid by immigrants in 2025: £17,000,000,000
February 14, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Love is in the air… and so is hypocrisy 💘
UK tax paid by Jim Ratcliffe, Britain’s second richest man in 2025: £0
UK tax paid by immigrants in 2025: £17,000,000,000
UK tax paid by Jim Ratcliffe, Britain’s second richest man in 2025: £0
UK tax paid by immigrants in 2025: £17,000,000,000
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
you.38degrees.org.uk
February 14, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Nadhim Zahawi's "I saw a man who hadn't slept" story is so hilariously pathetic that I doubt even he believes it
www.lbc.co.uk/article/lond...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/lond...
London ‘not safe’, claims Reform UK’s Nadhim Zahawi after he’s 'forced to cross street from man who hadn't slept' | LBC
Mr Zahawi suggested that if he were Home Secretary, he'd be offering to send the army in.
www.lbc.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Nadhim Zahawi's "I saw a man who hadn't slept" story is so hilariously pathetic that I doubt even he believes it
www.lbc.co.uk/article/lond...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/lond...
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EU leaders agreed to move ahead with a “Buy European” policy to protect “strategic sectors” of European industry, at a summit on how to secure the continent’s future in a more volatile global economy.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
EU leaders agree to move ahead with ‘Buy European’ policy
Ursula von der Leyen promises action plan to boost and protect sectors including defence, AI and clean tech
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:17 PM
EU leaders agreed to move ahead with a “Buy European” policy to protect “strategic sectors” of European industry, at a summit on how to secure the continent’s future in a more volatile global economy.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
The Representation of the People Bill MUST scrap First Past the Post
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.
Yet the new Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our rotten voting system, which lea...
actionnetwork.org
February 14, 2026 at 8:45 AM
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
The Representation of the People Bill MUST scrap First Past the Post
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.
Yet the new Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our rotten voting system, which lea...
actionnetwork.org
February 14, 2026 at 8:45 AM
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
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Whoa! Didn’t expect to wake up to this news.
“A year into Trump’s term, voters say Biden was better.”
Trump’s net approval on the economy is now -18. That’s 26 points worse than this point in his first term and a brutal 53 points lower among independents.
1/2
“A year into Trump’s term, voters say Biden was better.”
Trump’s net approval on the economy is now -18. That’s 26 points worse than this point in his first term and a brutal 53 points lower among independents.
1/2
February 13, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Whoa! Didn’t expect to wake up to this news.
“A year into Trump’s term, voters say Biden was better.”
Trump’s net approval on the economy is now -18. That’s 26 points worse than this point in his first term and a brutal 53 points lower among independents.
1/2
“A year into Trump’s term, voters say Biden was better.”
Trump’s net approval on the economy is now -18. That’s 26 points worse than this point in his first term and a brutal 53 points lower among independents.
1/2
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In 2020, Jim Ratcliffe moved his fortune to Monaco, saving himself an estimated £4 billion in tax.
In the same year, immigrants in the UK contributed around £20 billion in tax.
That says it all.
In the same year, immigrants in the UK contributed around £20 billion in tax.
That says it all.
Guardian view on Sir Jim Ratcliffe: Britain does not need political lectures from a billionaire tax exile | Editorial
Editorial: Comments on the ‘colonisation of the UK’ by the co-owner of Manchester United were erroneous, crass and a gif
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:16 PM
In 2020, Jim Ratcliffe moved his fortune to Monaco, saving himself an estimated £4 billion in tax.
In the same year, immigrants in the UK contributed around £20 billion in tax.
That says it all.
In the same year, immigrants in the UK contributed around £20 billion in tax.
That says it all.
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I'm quoted in this piece by @kiransidhu41.bsky.social. Sometimes I wonder if the cartels themselves didn't write this deeply problematic new law that creates an incredibly profitable illicit economy.
Mexico’s Vape Prohibition Is Already Biting - Filter
A mandate to ban nicotine vapes was enshrined in Mexico’s constitution in early 2025—a step described as “essential” by President ...
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February 13, 2026 at 4:30 PM
I'm quoted in this piece by @kiransidhu41.bsky.social. Sometimes I wonder if the cartels themselves didn't write this deeply problematic new law that creates an incredibly profitable illicit economy.
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World's rules-based order 'no longer exists', Germany's Merz warns
World's rules-based order 'no longer exists', Germany's Merz warns
"Our freedom is not guaranteed" in an era of big powers, the German chancellor tells Munich's security summit.
www.bbc.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:45 PM
World's rules-based order 'no longer exists', Germany's Merz warns
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Nigel 'man of the people' Farage leaping to the defence of a Monaco-based billionaire - what a surprise!
Nigel Farage labels Jim Ratcliffe a 'tax refugee'
Nigel Farage has defended Jim Ratcliffe, describing him as a 'tax refugee' and saying his comments on immigration were "correct."
www.thelondoneconomic.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Nigel 'man of the people' Farage leaping to the defence of a Monaco-based billionaire - what a surprise!
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In today's Your Week In 4, analysis by Channel 4 News has identified emails in the latest Epstein files that suggest the information released could amount to just 2% of the information that the FBI retrieved from his homes.
📩 Read the full newsletter: channel4news.substack.com/p/missing-ep...
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Missing Epstein files | Andrew scandal | Cuba blockade | Social media harms
Your Week In 4: Hand-picked insightful, inspiring and compelling reports from Channel 4 News this week.
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February 13, 2026 at 12:42 PM
In today's Your Week In 4, analysis by Channel 4 News has identified emails in the latest Epstein files that suggest the information released could amount to just 2% of the information that the FBI retrieved from his homes.
📩 Read the full newsletter: channel4news.substack.com/p/missing-ep...
📩 Read the full newsletter: channel4news.substack.com/p/missing-ep...
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
you.38degrees.org.uk
February 13, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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🤯60% of Wes Streeting's donors are from private health.
Good to see your texts with Mandelson. The public also has a right to know if health policy is being driven by unaccountable lobbying
Wes Streeting, release your messages with private healthcare. weownit.org.uk/news/wes-str...
Good to see your texts with Mandelson. The public also has a right to know if health policy is being driven by unaccountable lobbying
Wes Streeting, release your messages with private healthcare. weownit.org.uk/news/wes-str...
Open letter to Wes Streeting: release your messages with your private healthcare donors
The public has a right to know that health policy is not driven by quid pro quo relationships.
weownit.org.uk
February 12, 2026 at 6:23 PM
🤯60% of Wes Streeting's donors are from private health.
Good to see your texts with Mandelson. The public also has a right to know if health policy is being driven by unaccountable lobbying
Wes Streeting, release your messages with private healthcare. weownit.org.uk/news/wes-str...
Good to see your texts with Mandelson. The public also has a right to know if health policy is being driven by unaccountable lobbying
Wes Streeting, release your messages with private healthcare. weownit.org.uk/news/wes-str...
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I just visited the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam!
She would have seen Nigel Farage and Reform UK as just another Nazi party.
She would have seen Nigel Farage and Reform UK as just another Nazi party.
My Anne Frank Museum visit: She'd have HATED Farage!
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
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February 12, 2026 at 6:23 PM
I just visited the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam!
She would have seen Nigel Farage and Reform UK as just another Nazi party.
She would have seen Nigel Farage and Reform UK as just another Nazi party.
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Labour leadership, faced with a choice between electoral reform backed by its own members or retention of a system which risks giving absolute power to a party which doesn’t even believe in democracy as we know it.
Why is this a hard choice?
Why is this a hard choice?
“Support for electoral reform unites Labour Conference…And it’s not just Labour. Among the public, sixty percent of people now support electoral reform, the highest level ever. That includes a majority of voters from every political party.”
#PR
labourlist.org/2026/02/labo...
#PR
labourlist.org/2026/02/labo...
'Labour must confront the crisis of first past the post before it’s too late' - LabourList
First past the post is fuelling distrust, fragmentation and instability. If Labour is serious about democratic renewal, it must lead the case for electoral reform now
labourlist.org
February 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Labour leadership, faced with a choice between electoral reform backed by its own members or retention of a system which risks giving absolute power to a party which doesn’t even believe in democracy as we know it.
Why is this a hard choice?
Why is this a hard choice?
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Billionaire Jim Ratcliffe says Britain is being colonised by immigrants - much like he 'colonised' Monaco to cut his tax bill
February 12, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Billionaire Jim Ratcliffe says Britain is being colonised by immigrants - much like he 'colonised' Monaco to cut his tax bill
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They are right - And any National Commission should be given a rapid timetable to come to a conclusion because the arguments have been obvious for years. Decades.
APPG Members Sean Woodcock MP and Jo Platt MP today warn that Westminster's First Past The Post electoral system could deliver chaos, and call on the government to launch a National Commission on Electoral Reform.
🚨"Right now, Labour has the chance to lead this conversation and head off this issue. There is no time for complacency."
Sean Woodcock MP & Jo Platt MP warn that FPTP is headed for chaos.
✍️ For @labourlist.bsky.social @seanlwoodcock.bsky.social @joplatt.bsky.social
labourlist.org/2026/02/labo...
Sean Woodcock MP & Jo Platt MP warn that FPTP is headed for chaos.
✍️ For @labourlist.bsky.social @seanlwoodcock.bsky.social @joplatt.bsky.social
labourlist.org/2026/02/labo...
February 12, 2026 at 3:37 PM
They are right - And any National Commission should be given a rapid timetable to come to a conclusion because the arguments have been obvious for years. Decades.