@suemckenna.bsky.social
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When whatever happens at the top of the Labour Party finally happens and given the sorry mess that British politics has been for years, is it maybe time to fix a broken system? Get rid of the “two party politics” delusion? Embrace PR? It’s apparently good enough for Scotland, Wales and N Ireland.
February 7, 2026 at 1:55 PM
When whatever happens at the top of the Labour Party finally happens and given the sorry mess that British politics has been for years, is it maybe time to fix a broken system? Get rid of the “two party politics” delusion? Embrace PR? It’s apparently good enough for Scotland, Wales and N Ireland.
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New on FT website:
Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.
www.ft.com/content/5bba...
Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.
www.ft.com/content/5bba...
Starmer faces questions over visit to Palantir office alongside Mandelson
Former ambassador was also shareholder in lobbying group that counted US tech firm as a client
www.ft.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:20 AM
New on FT website:
Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.
www.ft.com/content/5bba...
Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.
www.ft.com/content/5bba...
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📈TrumpRx price for acid reflux drug Protonix💊= $200, with no generic options offered. Generic version of this common acid reflux pantoprazole drug at Walmart and Safeway= just $10-12. Price inflation => 18x. Don’t fall for the scam.
February 7, 2026 at 2:59 AM
📈TrumpRx price for acid reflux drug Protonix💊= $200, with no generic options offered. Generic version of this common acid reflux pantoprazole drug at Walmart and Safeway= just $10-12. Price inflation => 18x. Don’t fall for the scam.
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It's not just the decision to give public money and public data to a sworn enemy of everything we stand for, appalling though that is. It's also the secrecy and illegal shutting out of any competition. What does Palantir have on Streeting and Starmer - and did Mandelson give it to them?
Calls to halt UK Palantir contracts grow amid ‘lack of transparency’ over deals
Opposition MPs urge Labour to pause public contracts with the US tech firm after attempts to examine deals blocked
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:46 AM
It's not just the decision to give public money and public data to a sworn enemy of everything we stand for, appalling though that is. It's also the secrecy and illegal shutting out of any competition. What does Palantir have on Streeting and Starmer - and did Mandelson give it to them?
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Get Palantir out of the NHS
https://notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=PalantirNHS&utm_medium=social_media
https://notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=PalantirNHS&utm_medium=social_media
Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org
February 5, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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Don’t get me started on all those women that are put on medically induced menopause because otherwise the cancer will return…
February 7, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Don’t get me started on all those women that are put on medically induced menopause because otherwise the cancer will return…
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'One has a £30,000 deposit. The other four all own their own homes in their 20s.'
@matthew-wright.bsky.social is happy for caller Mark's children, but asks if they would have been able to achieve this in London.
@matthew-wright.bsky.social is happy for caller Mark's children, but asks if they would have been able to achieve this in London.
February 7, 2026 at 11:05 AM
'One has a £30,000 deposit. The other four all own their own homes in their 20s.'
@matthew-wright.bsky.social is happy for caller Mark's children, but asks if they would have been able to achieve this in London.
@matthew-wright.bsky.social is happy for caller Mark's children, but asks if they would have been able to achieve this in London.
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The obvious alternative is to regulate the social media companies so that social media isn't a dangerous cesspit... for anyone!
Why on earth won't they?
Why on earth won't they?
February 7, 2026 at 11:02 AM
The obvious alternative is to regulate the social media companies so that social media isn't a dangerous cesspit... for anyone!
Why on earth won't they?
Why on earth won't they?
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Back in 2004, with friends reunited (remember that) and more online stuff, teachers were warned about what they posted online as students were finding it
22 years later teachers are posting openly for clout, often with children and this is the new risk they face. We need education for the ADULTS
22 years later teachers are posting openly for clout, often with children and this is the new risk they face. We need education for the ADULTS
February 7, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Back in 2004, with friends reunited (remember that) and more online stuff, teachers were warned about what they posted online as students were finding it
22 years later teachers are posting openly for clout, often with children and this is the new risk they face. We need education for the ADULTS
22 years later teachers are posting openly for clout, often with children and this is the new risk they face. We need education for the ADULTS
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Gordon Brown ‘deeply regrets’ bringing Peter Mandelson into his government
Gordon Brown ‘deeply regrets’ bringing Peter Mandelson into his government
Former prime minister says revelations about Epstein’s influence on UK politics caused him revulsion
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Brown: We owe it to victims and British democracy to demand change
Gordon Brown has said he deeply regrets bringing Peter Mandelson into his government, and that revelations about Jeffrey Epstein’s influence on UK politics had caused him revulsion.
Writing in the Guardian, Brown said the news that the disgraced former ambassador to the US was passing information to Epstein while businesses secretary was “a betrayal of everything we stand for as a country”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Gordon Brown ‘deeply regrets’ bringing Peter Mandelson into his government
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Lord Mandelson is "a very clever man" who can "master his brief" and would be "respected" by the president-elect's team.
Nigel Farage when Mandelson was appointed.
Nigel Farage when Mandelson was appointed.
February 5, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Lord Mandelson is "a very clever man" who can "master his brief" and would be "respected" by the president-elect's team.
Nigel Farage when Mandelson was appointed.
Nigel Farage when Mandelson was appointed.
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Tony Benn had Mandelson sussed. Wise man!👍🏻
February 5, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Tony Benn had Mandelson sussed. Wise man!👍🏻
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Interestingly, after I approached Kent for comment I got two responses: one from a spokesperson and a much more punchy denial from someone called Michael Hadwen, who is employed as a “political adviser” to the council leader. That’s a first for me from a council.
February 7, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Interestingly, after I approached Kent for comment I got two responses: one from a spokesperson and a much more punchy denial from someone called Michael Hadwen, who is employed as a “political adviser” to the council leader. That’s a first for me from a council.
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Kent rejects this assessment, saying that while the only detail on the projects was two lines in an appendix to a budget document, and that they had not been approved or made subject to a business case, they were a “future cost‑avoidance measure”, and thus legitimate to claim as a saving.
February 7, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Kent rejects this assessment, saying that while the only detail on the projects was two lines in an appendix to a budget document, and that they had not been approved or made subject to a business case, they were a “future cost‑avoidance measure”, and thus legitimate to claim as a saving.
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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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But they all seem so honest & competent!
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 11:07 AM
But they all seem so honest & competent!
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Women’s health post reproduction is a wasteland. Nothing says ‘We only value your organs whilst they might be baby incubators’ than entering Perimenopause and being told to take SSRIs for ten years versus HRT
February 7, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Women’s health post reproduction is a wasteland. Nothing says ‘We only value your organs whilst they might be baby incubators’ than entering Perimenopause and being told to take SSRIs for ten years versus HRT
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Quacking Treason
Public profiles of Jeffrey Epstein going back 20+ years present a near perfect description of a massive, hostile foreign intelligence operation directed at the USA and NATO and other allies.
Why was this so widely ignored? What was Mandelson’s involvement? What next?
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Public profiles of Jeffrey Epstein going back 20+ years present a near perfect description of a massive, hostile foreign intelligence operation directed at the USA and NATO and other allies.
Why was this so widely ignored? What was Mandelson’s involvement? What next?
A 🧵 /1.
February 5, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Quacking Treason
Public profiles of Jeffrey Epstein going back 20+ years present a near perfect description of a massive, hostile foreign intelligence operation directed at the USA and NATO and other allies.
Why was this so widely ignored? What was Mandelson’s involvement? What next?
A 🧵 /1.
Public profiles of Jeffrey Epstein going back 20+ years present a near perfect description of a massive, hostile foreign intelligence operation directed at the USA and NATO and other allies.
Why was this so widely ignored? What was Mandelson’s involvement? What next?
A 🧵 /1.
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Do take 15 minutes out of your day to read this @andrewprlevi.bsky.social 🧵 The signs were there for decades
It isn’t possible for PMs to be expert in all fields…or indeed in many. Which is why having the judgement to identify very high quality advisors and really listen to them really matter..
It isn’t possible for PMs to be expert in all fields…or indeed in many. Which is why having the judgement to identify very high quality advisors and really listen to them really matter..
Quacking Treason
Public profiles of Jeffrey Epstein going back 20+ years present a near perfect description of a massive, hostile foreign intelligence operation directed at the USA and NATO and other allies.
Why was this so widely ignored? What was Mandelson’s involvement? What next?
A 🧵 /1.
Public profiles of Jeffrey Epstein going back 20+ years present a near perfect description of a massive, hostile foreign intelligence operation directed at the USA and NATO and other allies.
Why was this so widely ignored? What was Mandelson’s involvement? What next?
A 🧵 /1.
February 7, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Do take 15 minutes out of your day to read this @andrewprlevi.bsky.social 🧵 The signs were there for decades
It isn’t possible for PMs to be expert in all fields…or indeed in many. Which is why having the judgement to identify very high quality advisors and really listen to them really matter..
It isn’t possible for PMs to be expert in all fields…or indeed in many. Which is why having the judgement to identify very high quality advisors and really listen to them really matter..
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Why Nigel Farage’s reaction to the Epstein and Mandelson scandal has been deeply hypocritical, and how his own connections to the story are much closer than he now admits
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
Nigel Farage’s Epstein Hypocrisy
The Reform leader's own connections to the Jeffrey Epstein story are far deeper than he now pretends
www.adambienkov.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Why Nigel Farage’s reaction to the Epstein and Mandelson scandal has been deeply hypocritical, and how his own connections to the story are much closer than he now admits
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
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I mean…That’s what you have to do when a movie is a box office success….
Acive duty military are being ordered to buy a ticket to Melania and watch it, whether they want to, or not. www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/mil...
Military Pressured to See ‘Melania’ Against Their Will
A military group has evidence of troops being ordered into theater—the movie theater.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:15 AM
I mean…That’s what you have to do when a movie is a box office success….
@annadixonmp.bsky.social please attend and speak out in support of this proposal 🙏
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February 7, 2026 at 12:02 PM
@annadixonmp.bsky.social please attend and speak out in support of this proposal 🙏
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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
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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