Timo Betcke
@timobetcke.me
Professor of Computational Mathematics, University College London. My views reflected here are my own.
A few days after the referendum an Eastern European student told me that they were now afraid to speak their mother tongue openly. While politicians drifted to the hard right, and Kuenssberg and Peston treated it all like some game, real people were and are still suffering.
As I have argued all along, the most damaging effects of Brexit are not economic.
www.economicsobservatory.com/how-did-brex...
www.economicsobservatory.com/how-did-brex...
How did Brexit affect the mental health of ethnic minority youth? - Economics Observatory
Research evidence suggests that the UK referendum on whether or not to remain in the European Union had uneven social consequences. Younger people from ethnic minorities living in areas of the country...
www.economicsobservatory.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:20 AM
A few days after the referendum an Eastern European student told me that they were now afraid to speak their mother tongue openly. While politicians drifted to the hard right, and Kuenssberg and Peston treated it all like some game, real people were and are still suffering.
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Now more details in the Epstein files reveal Bannon as part of a successful plot to topple Theresa May with Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees Mogg, here’s an article from the archive about Johnson and Bannon’s collaboration
bylinetimes.com/2023/04/24/b...
bylinetimes.com/2023/04/24/b...
Bannon, Brexit, Johnson and Cambridge Analytica: the Daughter of Time
Peter Jukes reports on more revelations about the transatlantic right-wing network, and why the Government is withholding key information on the former Prime Minister’s role
bylinetimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Now more details in the Epstein files reveal Bannon as part of a successful plot to topple Theresa May with Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees Mogg, here’s an article from the archive about Johnson and Bannon’s collaboration
bylinetimes.com/2023/04/24/b...
bylinetimes.com/2023/04/24/b...
One can argue how big the difference between racist statements by Starmer and racist statements by Ratcliffe really is.
Which one do you think ‘Island of Strangers’, ‘incalculable damage’ and ‘squalid chapter’ falls into?
February 12, 2026 at 8:02 AM
One can argue how big the difference between racist statements by Starmer and racist statements by Ratcliffe really is.
How about Starmer and his Home Secretary start apologising for their disgusting anti migrant statements too. Their language often times was very similar to this racist billionaire.
Starmer tells Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK ‘colonised’ by immigrants www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Starmer tells Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK ‘colonised’ by immigrants www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Starmer tells Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK ‘colonised’ by immigrants
PM calls comments by Man United co-owner, who also hit out at people on benefits, ‘offensive and wrong’
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:51 AM
How about Starmer and his Home Secretary start apologising for their disgusting anti migrant statements too. Their language often times was very similar to this racist billionaire.
Starmer tells Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK ‘colonised’ by immigrants www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Starmer tells Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK ‘colonised’ by immigrants www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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John Healey proudly pictured with the enablers of the Trump regime. Very true to his Labour values.
Call me old fashioned but this is NOT how MOD should do business:
"Burghart said Palantir’s MoD contract “was granted by direct award”, without competition, and asked the cabinet secretary to check there were “no other such contracts, no other such undisclosed meetings”." apple.news/AV4gdfVtNSFi...
"Burghart said Palantir’s MoD contract “was granted by direct award”, without competition, and asked the cabinet secretary to check there were “no other such contracts, no other such undisclosed meetings”." apple.news/AV4gdfVtNSFi...
February 10, 2026 at 9:06 AM
John Healey proudly pictured with the enablers of the Trump regime. Very true to his Labour values.
Is she also going to apologise for his Putin ties or is genocide still Ok with Chomsky when done by Russians?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Noam Chomsky’s wife apologizes for their ‘grave mistake’ in Epstein ties
Valeria Chomsky says Epstein had deceived them and they were ‘careless’ not to thoroughly research his background
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Is she also going to apologise for his Putin ties or is genocide still Ok with Chomsky when done by Russians?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
A lot of rich British friends of Epstein will be happy now that them raping minors is overshadowed by a corrupt sleazebag doing corrupt things.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Mandelson should hand back US ambassador payout, says cabinet minister
Pressure grows on Keir Starmer as Labour peer reported to have received payment worth three months’ salary when he quit in September
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 AM
A lot of rich British friends of Epstein will be happy now that them raping minors is overshadowed by a corrupt sleazebag doing corrupt things.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Epstein’s network reached deep into the British state and the only accountability we have so far is a man child called Andrew not being allowed to cosplay as prince anymore.
February 8, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Epstein’s network reached deep into the British state and the only accountability we have so far is a man child called Andrew not being allowed to cosplay as prince anymore.
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Cabinet Office minister Josh Simons commissioned PR firm to investigate journalists and their sources
Why? Because they were digging into the dark money behind Labour Together, and Keir Starmer's rise
Me on D4S, on why our revelations matter so much: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/labour-tog...
Why? Because they were digging into the dark money behind Labour Together, and Keir Starmer's rise
Me on D4S, on why our revelations matter so much: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/labour-tog...
‘Labour Together broke the law’
The think tank that propelled Starmer to power hired private investigators to shut down scrutiny of its dark money - I speak to one of its targets, journalist Paul Holden
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Cabinet Office minister Josh Simons commissioned PR firm to investigate journalists and their sources
Why? Because they were digging into the dark money behind Labour Together, and Keir Starmer's rise
Me on D4S, on why our revelations matter so much: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/labour-tog...
Why? Because they were digging into the dark money behind Labour Together, and Keir Starmer's rise
Me on D4S, on why our revelations matter so much: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/labour-tog...
It is time for the reign of Nazi billionaires to end.
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example
fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
*Not satire.
fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
*Not satire.
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example | Fortune
The Gen Z Swedish climate activist is a legionnaire of the Antichrist, Thiel claims, a “Luddite” who wants to halt technological progress in its tracks.
fortune.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:12 AM
It is time for the reign of Nazi billionaires to end.
Every Russia apologist should look at this and be ashamed.
These two photos are the same couple — before and after 730 days (two YEARS) of unnecessary war.
February 8, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Every Russia apologist should look at this and be ashamed.
I don’t get this obsession with McSweeney. He is just an advisor. He cannot do anything without the approval of Starmer. Even when he steps down, the person who let McSweeney act, is still there.
Morgan McSweeney is on the brink of resigning "on his own terms," according to the Sunday Times www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
February 8, 2026 at 8:54 AM
I don’t get this obsession with McSweeney. He is just an advisor. He cannot do anything without the approval of Starmer. Even when he steps down, the person who let McSweeney act, is still there.
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The dude whose company, thanks to Labour, will run our military analytics and to whom Wes Streeting is giving our personal healthcare data.
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example
fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
*Not satire.
fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
*Not satire.
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example | Fortune
The Gen Z Swedish climate activist is a legionnaire of the Antichrist, Thiel claims, a “Luddite” who wants to halt technological progress in its tracks.
fortune.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:27 AM
The dude whose company, thanks to Labour, will run our military analytics and to whom Wes Streeting is giving our personal healthcare data.
Starmer should step down. His crime? He saw Mandelson being close to a prolific pedophile as a means to position an ambassador into the informal power networks around Trump. By doing so, he did what all around Epstein did, ignoring the rape of minors to advance his agenda.
February 8, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Starmer should step down. His crime? He saw Mandelson being close to a prolific pedophile as a means to position an ambassador into the informal power networks around Trump. By doing so, he did what all around Epstein did, ignoring the rape of minors to advance his agenda.
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 6, 2026 at 10:23 PM
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
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So you had a dual stitch up — the Russian/American oligarchs around Farage and Johnson, and the Russian/American oligarchs around Mandelson. Leave or remain, they didn’t want their contacts investigated. So Brexit went ahead.
Lots of things are beginning to make sense now. Given Mandelson’s role in the People’s Vote, and his proximity to Epstein and his MAGA/Russian ties, no wonder they dismissed @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on Cambridge Analytica/Vote Leave and our joint investigation into Russian interference
February 6, 2026 at 11:59 PM
So you had a dual stitch up — the Russian/American oligarchs around Farage and Johnson, and the Russian/American oligarchs around Mandelson. Leave or remain, they didn’t want their contacts investigated. So Brexit went ahead.
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We urgently need a parliamentary debate on Palantir. Please sign this & share with your network. Via @the-citizens.bsky.social & @change.org.
www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
January 29, 2026 at 3:42 PM
We urgently need a parliamentary debate on Palantir. Please sign this & share with your network. Via @the-citizens.bsky.social & @change.org.
www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
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Melania knew who Epstein was
Melania knew what her husband did there
Melania didn't care.
If they want to make a movie about her, trying to make chicken salad out of chicken shit, more power to that colossal waste of money. Everyone already knows the truth.
Melania knew what her husband did there
Melania didn't care.
If they want to make a movie about her, trying to make chicken salad out of chicken shit, more power to that colossal waste of money. Everyone already knows the truth.
February 5, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Melania knew who Epstein was
Melania knew what her husband did there
Melania didn't care.
If they want to make a movie about her, trying to make chicken salad out of chicken shit, more power to that colossal waste of money. Everyone already knows the truth.
Melania knew what her husband did there
Melania didn't care.
If they want to make a movie about her, trying to make chicken salad out of chicken shit, more power to that colossal waste of money. Everyone already knows the truth.
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There’s a v cynical media and political blindspot in the Epstein shitshow. A feeding frenzy to get rid of Starmer while red-carpeting Farage into No10. Who is named in the files. As is Candy, Reform’s treasurer. With Bannon. And Brexit.
Don’t cry about abuses of power and then do nothing about him.
Don’t cry about abuses of power and then do nothing about him.
February 5, 2026 at 7:44 AM
There’s a v cynical media and political blindspot in the Epstein shitshow. A feeding frenzy to get rid of Starmer while red-carpeting Farage into No10. Who is named in the files. As is Candy, Reform’s treasurer. With Bannon. And Brexit.
Don’t cry about abuses of power and then do nothing about him.
Don’t cry about abuses of power and then do nothing about him.
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I know the govt is in meltdown again…
but meanwhile I wrote about how their immigration policies create a subclass of migrant workers exposed to abuse in an increasingly “Dubai-style” rightless immigration model
& I explain what to do about it
but meanwhile I wrote about how their immigration policies create a subclass of migrant workers exposed to abuse in an increasingly “Dubai-style” rightless immigration model
& I explain what to do about it
February 5, 2026 at 7:16 AM
I know the govt is in meltdown again…
but meanwhile I wrote about how their immigration policies create a subclass of migrant workers exposed to abuse in an increasingly “Dubai-style” rightless immigration model
& I explain what to do about it
but meanwhile I wrote about how their immigration policies create a subclass of migrant workers exposed to abuse in an increasingly “Dubai-style” rightless immigration model
& I explain what to do about it
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Why does everyone keep insisting that Putin lied to Trump, and not that Trump is lying to the public about what he and Putin agree to?
February 5, 2026 at 6:13 AM
Why does everyone keep insisting that Putin lied to Trump, and not that Trump is lying to the public about what he and Putin agree to?
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Weird and almost universal revisionism today. Even at the time, it was pretty clear that Mandelson wasn't appointed *despite* his dodgy links but *because* of them. Trump's Washington is a dirty swamp. Mandelson was deemed a man able to swim in it. This wasn't a secret. Everybody said it out loud.
February 4, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Weird and almost universal revisionism today. Even at the time, it was pretty clear that Mandelson wasn't appointed *despite* his dodgy links but *because* of them. Trump's Washington is a dirty swamp. Mandelson was deemed a man able to swim in it. This wasn't a secret. Everybody said it out loud.
Thiel is also a co-founder of Palantir, the company that Starmer has sold the NHS and British defence to.
February 5, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Thiel is also a co-founder of Palantir, the company that Starmer has sold the NHS and British defence to.