@thattimwalker.bsky.social
Labour won’t be a party at ease with itself until it finds a leader who at least gives a damn about Gaza.
February 9, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Labour won’t be a party at ease with itself until it finds a leader who at least gives a damn about Gaza.
😡 Four former defence insiders hired by Palantir in a single year.
A £240m MoD contract awarded without competition.
A “strategic partnership” announced soon after.
The revolving door between defence and big tech is spinning fast.
A £240m MoD contract awarded without competition.
A “strategic partnership” announced soon after.
The revolving door between defence and big tech is spinning fast.
The great Ministry of Defence-to-Palantir pipeline
Senior defence officials are moving into Palantir roles as the company secures ever-deeper footholds across government
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Like he could have blamed anyone else?
February 9, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Like he could have blamed anyone else?
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Rule one of foreign policy: when you’re weak at home you’re weak everywhere. Terrible news.
February 9, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Rule one of foreign policy: when you’re weak at home you’re weak everywhere. Terrible news.
Key thing is Starmer really does sever all links to McSweeney: there is precedent when it comes to ousted aides continuing to drop poison into the ears of weak prime ministers.
February 8, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Key thing is Starmer really does sever all links to McSweeney: there is precedent when it comes to ousted aides continuing to drop poison into the ears of weak prime ministers.
Goodbye to bad rubbish.
February 8, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Goodbye to bad rubbish.
Good grief.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Cabinet Office failed to query Mandelson’s relationship w...
Investigators carrying out security vetting on Peter Mandelson failed to ask interviewees about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, despite the fact the pair’s connection was in the public domain.D...
observer.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Good grief.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Good for @martinwrigley.bsky.social for daring to ask questions in the House about Palantir — even though the Cabinet Office is blocking him at every turn.
February 8, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Good for @martinwrigley.bsky.social for daring to ask questions in the House about Palantir — even though the Cabinet Office is blocking him at every turn.
What hold has McSweeney — unarguably the worst advisor to any Labour leader, ever — over the weak and compromised Starmer? This, too, needs to be investigated.
February 8, 2026 at 9:41 AM
What hold has McSweeney — unarguably the worst advisor to any Labour leader, ever — over the weak and compromised Starmer? This, too, needs to be investigated.
‘A five-figure taxpayer-funded payout for Lord Mandelson is a disgusting betrayal of Epstein’s victims…’ Mandelson, needless to say, asked for more. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Peter Mandelson got five-figure payoff for sacking as ambassador
Despite his Epstein disgrace, the Labour veteran secured an exit payment equivalent to three months’ salary
www.thetimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:39 AM
‘A five-figure taxpayer-funded payout for Lord Mandelson is a disgusting betrayal of Epstein’s victims…’ Mandelson, needless to say, asked for more. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
🐀 Like rats in a sack now…
February 7, 2026 at 10:48 PM
🐀 Like rats in a sack now…
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This is what America has become. Vote Reform to ensure that this is what the UK becomes.
February 7, 2026 at 8:47 AM
This is what America has become. Vote Reform to ensure that this is what the UK becomes.
Biden lost power as president because of age and cognitive impairment and those around him failed to accept reality until too late, at incalculable expense to his country and party. Starmer lost power as result of endless scandal. Labour cannot and must not make the same mistake.
February 7, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Biden lost power as president because of age and cognitive impairment and those around him failed to accept reality until too late, at incalculable expense to his country and party. Starmer lost power as result of endless scandal. Labour cannot and must not make the same mistake.
When a prime minister becomes a topic of conversation only in relation to who will succeed him — and that is now the case with Starmer — then he has already lost authority, purpose and power. He is a dead man walking.
February 7, 2026 at 10:14 AM
When a prime minister becomes a topic of conversation only in relation to who will succeed him — and that is now the case with Starmer — then he has already lost authority, purpose and power. He is a dead man walking.
It was WWII that made them different, John. You’d talk to someone like Healey and you’d be aware he was Beach Master at Anzio or Carrington, awarded the Military Cross ‘in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe.’ It gave them a sense of duty and the national interest.
Makes politicians of the 60s, 70s 80s, look positively honourable.
February 7, 2026 at 9:52 AM
It was WWII that made them different, John. You’d talk to someone like Healey and you’d be aware he was Beach Master at Anzio or Carrington, awarded the Military Cross ‘in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe.’ It gave them a sense of duty and the national interest.
Epstein’s victims were afforded no protection. I don’t see the argument his loyal friend Mandelson should be afforded any now. All journalists — not just the ones he deems to be sympathetic such as Kuenssberg — should be allowed to put questions to him.
February 7, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Epstein’s victims were afforded no protection. I don’t see the argument his loyal friend Mandelson should be afforded any now. All journalists — not just the ones he deems to be sympathetic such as Kuenssberg — should be allowed to put questions to him.
Breathtaking arrogance and idiocy.
February 6, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Breathtaking arrogance and idiocy.
All we see in Starmer is shock that he’s been found out, shock too that people still care, but not shock that the whole system he presides over is rotten.
February 5, 2026 at 9:37 PM
All we see in Starmer is shock that he’s been found out, shock too that people still care, but not shock that the whole system he presides over is rotten.
Palantirgate
Wondering why Keir Starmer’s Government did so little to address the foreign tech and media oligarchs besetting us? Mandelson might provide an answer. And his removal an occasion for a fresh start
February 4, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Palantirgate
I like to think there might be a young decent uncompromised Labour MP none of us have heard of who now emerges….
Who would you put forward?
February 4, 2026 at 10:54 PM
I like to think there might be a young decent uncompromised Labour MP none of us have heard of who now emerges….
Can we be perfectly clear that the man most touted — and most avid — to now succeed Starmer will not in any way mark a new beginning either for the country or Labour?
February 4, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Can we be perfectly clear that the man most touted — and most avid — to now succeed Starmer will not in any way mark a new beginning either for the country or Labour?
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Starmer must have had an idea Mandelsongate was coming so it makes his decision to block Burnham look like
a deliberate attempt to sabotage his own party… because who else is there? Mandelson’s old mate Streeting? Oh yes, that would be a new beginning.
a deliberate attempt to sabotage his own party… because who else is there? Mandelson’s old mate Streeting? Oh yes, that would be a new beginning.
February 4, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Starmer must have had an idea Mandelsongate was coming so it makes his decision to block Burnham look like
a deliberate attempt to sabotage his own party… because who else is there? Mandelson’s old mate Streeting? Oh yes, that would be a new beginning.
a deliberate attempt to sabotage his own party… because who else is there? Mandelson’s old mate Streeting? Oh yes, that would be a new beginning.
Each second Starmer remains in No 10, the more damage he does to his own government and party he professes to love.
February 4, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Each second Starmer remains in No 10, the more damage he does to his own government and party he professes to love.
‘I’ve let myself down, my party down and my trousers down…’
February 4, 2026 at 1:37 PM
‘I’ve let myself down, my party down and my trousers down…’
