Will R
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Why are The Guardian just pushing their ideas like they're unbiased then?
- Labour MP Meg Hillier is on the board of Re:State, described by OpenDemocracy as "a free market think tank" & a "conduit for privatisation.
- 7 of Re:State's 10 current funders profits from the NHS.
- Look at their Board & Trustees: heavy on corporate lobbyists, private equity
- 7 of Re:State's 10 current funders profits from the NHS.
- Look at their Board & Trustees: heavy on corporate lobbyists, private equity
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Why are The Guardian just pushing their ideas like they're unbiased then?
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- Labour MP Meg Hillier is on the board of Re:State, described by OpenDemocracy as "a free market think tank" & a "conduit for privatisation.
- 7 of Re:State's 10 current funders profits from the NHS.
- Look at their Board & Trustees: heavy on corporate lobbyists, private equity
- 7 of Re:State's 10 current funders profits from the NHS.
- Look at their Board & Trustees: heavy on corporate lobbyists, private equity
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
- Labour MP Meg Hillier is on the board of Re:State, described by OpenDemocracy as "a free market think tank" & a "conduit for privatisation.
- 7 of Re:State's 10 current funders profits from the NHS.
- Look at their Board & Trustees: heavy on corporate lobbyists, private equity
- 7 of Re:State's 10 current funders profits from the NHS.
- Look at their Board & Trustees: heavy on corporate lobbyists, private equity
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We sold our water to foreign billionaires. Now we’re handing them our health data.
Government’s last chance to keep control of digital
Digital sovereignty isn’t optional anymore. We sold our water to foreign billionaires. Now we’re handing them our health data
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM
We sold our water to foreign billionaires. Now we’re handing them our health data.
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Just when honest and truthful reporting on climate change is most urgently needed, Ofcom under its current chair has effectively suspended its accuracy rules on this life-and-death issue. /1
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Enforced veganism’: Ofcom lets GB News flout accuracy rules, say climate campaigners
Exclusive: Regulator has received 1,221 complaints about UK broadcasters since 2020 but found no breaches of its code
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Just when honest and truthful reporting on climate change is most urgently needed, Ofcom under its current chair has effectively suspended its accuracy rules on this life-and-death issue. /1
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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This case was crowdfunded & driven by citizens - not parties or corporations.
We’ve fought for five years. To finish the job, we need your help.
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“Expose the Truth. Defend Our Democracy.”
We’re Appealing to Europe's High Chamber — the final push in a 5-year fight
crowdfunder.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This case was crowdfunded & driven by citizens - not parties or corporations.
We’ve fought for five years. To finish the job, we need your help.
💡 Donate or share:
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We’ve fought for five years. To finish the job, we need your help.
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Spotify’s founder, Daniel Ek, is another techno-fascist billionaire.
He’s invested in AI that specializes in war, surveillance and violence, so it’s no surprise he’s fine with running ICE ads on Spotify.
If you haven’t already, cancel your Spotify subscriptions. Let’s make them feel like Disney+.
He’s invested in AI that specializes in war, surveillance and violence, so it’s no surprise he’s fine with running ICE ads on Spotify.
If you haven’t already, cancel your Spotify subscriptions. Let’s make them feel like Disney+.
Spotify boycott: Artists leave 'garbage hole' platform after CEO invests in AI weapons
Daniel Ek's investments in AI dronemaker Helsing have unnerved artists. One called Spotify a "violent armageddon portal."
www.latimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Spotify’s founder, Daniel Ek, is another techno-fascist billionaire.
He’s invested in AI that specializes in war, surveillance and violence, so it’s no surprise he’s fine with running ICE ads on Spotify.
If you haven’t already, cancel your Spotify subscriptions. Let’s make them feel like Disney+.
He’s invested in AI that specializes in war, surveillance and violence, so it’s no surprise he’s fine with running ICE ads on Spotify.
If you haven’t already, cancel your Spotify subscriptions. Let’s make them feel like Disney+.
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When will the UK conservative media- everything from the Times right- finally wake up to the fact that Trump is in the pocket of the man who represents everything they’ve opposed in foreign policy terms since 1945? They really are Trump and Putin’s useful idiots
When will the UK conservative media- everything from the Times right- finally wake up to the fact that Trump is in the pocket of the man who represents everything they’ve opposed in foreign policy terms since 1945? They really are Trump and Putin’s useful idiots
Garry Kasparov (@garrykasparov)
Trump is back for more after one phone call. We may never know why Trump’s only consistent loyalty, not to say fealty, is to mass-murdering KGB thug Vladimir Putin, but the what matters more than the ...
substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
substack.com/@garrykaspar...
When will the UK conservative media- everything from the Times right- finally wake up to the fact that Trump is in the pocket of the man who represents everything they’ve opposed in foreign policy terms since 1945? They really are Trump and Putin’s useful idiots
When will the UK conservative media- everything from the Times right- finally wake up to the fact that Trump is in the pocket of the man who represents everything they’ve opposed in foreign policy terms since 1945? They really are Trump and Putin’s useful idiots
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And if there was ever a story that proves why Britain needs fiercely independent news outlets, it’s this.
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The glamorous TV host, the web of influence and a mysterious trip to Moscow – inside the downfall of Reform’s disgraced MEP
Ahead of a critical Welsh byelection for Reform next week, part two of our investigation into Nathan Gill uncovers the web of Russian influence that encircled him – and asks why it took so long to cha...
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October 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
If you share this thread or images, please credit @thenerve_news.
We are only 3 weeks old (!!) & can only do this work with your support.
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NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
October 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
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Farage has pledged to spread material from US based Hillsdale College. They are rabidly transphobic and linked to Project 2025 and the Heritage Foundation.
JK Rowling, Sex Matters, and the Times etc swim in the same pond. They're now attacking the European Commission for 'poisoning children'.
JK Rowling, Sex Matters, and the Times etc swim in the same pond. They're now attacking the European Commission for 'poisoning children'.
October 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Farage has pledged to spread material from US based Hillsdale College. They are rabidly transphobic and linked to Project 2025 and the Heritage Foundation.
JK Rowling, Sex Matters, and the Times etc swim in the same pond. They're now attacking the European Commission for 'poisoning children'.
JK Rowling, Sex Matters, and the Times etc swim in the same pond. They're now attacking the European Commission for 'poisoning children'.
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This is grim & dangerous over reach.
This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.
Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.
This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.
Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.
NEW: Home Office announces planned new anti-protest powers, mainly aimed at pro-Gaza protests like those for Palestine Action. Police will be able to consider the "cumulative impact" of repeated protests and potentially order that they be relocated.
October 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
This is grim & dangerous over reach.
This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.
Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.
This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.
Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.
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Richard Tice with his Reform chum Nathan Gill, who has just admitted taking bribes for spreading Kremlin misinformation. What could be more patriotic than that?
September 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Richard Tice with his Reform chum Nathan Gill, who has just admitted taking bribes for spreading Kremlin misinformation. What could be more patriotic than that?
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What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
September 29, 2025 at 6:22 AM
What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
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Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it.
Yes, they might.
And he should wear it as a badge of honour.
Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet.
Where's the hazard in that?
Yes, they might.
And he should wear it as a badge of honour.
Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet.
Where's the hazard in that?
September 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it.
Yes, they might.
And he should wear it as a badge of honour.
Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet.
Where's the hazard in that?
Yes, they might.
And he should wear it as a badge of honour.
Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet.
Where's the hazard in that?
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Musk is inciting violence on London's streets.Tommy Robinson is financed by US tech bros. These are all very direct attempts to destabilise the British state.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
My colleague @thejohnsimpson.bsky.social has done a terrific deep dive into the financial links between US tech billionaires and Tommy Robinson
Well worth a read
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Well worth a read
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
US cash turned Tommy Robinson into the poster boy of UK f...
Outside the Old Bailey in 2018, a reinvented Tommy Robinson flashed his perfect new teeth to 2,000 diehard supporters at a “free Tommy” rally on a stage ...
observer.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Musk is inciting violence on London's streets.Tommy Robinson is financed by US tech bros. These are all very direct attempts to destabilise the British state.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
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I have never been so disappointed in a BBC piece. Breathless admiration is, as far as I knew, not the role of the BBC’s political editor when describing a party political conference. Description+detail yes, rigorous examination of the conference content, yes. This, absolutely no, in my opinion.
Chris Mason: Reform conference shows party's growing ambition like never before
The conference feels like that of a big party - but retains the insurgency vibe that the party is seeking to channel.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I have never been so disappointed in a BBC piece. Breathless admiration is, as far as I knew, not the role of the BBC’s political editor when describing a party political conference. Description+detail yes, rigorous examination of the conference content, yes. This, absolutely no, in my opinion.
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Where has this ludicrous ECHR "debate" even come from.
I've never once met an ordinary member of the public who's said to me, "Do you know what? We REALLY need to leave the ECHR."
It's just a new right wing talking point because every other shit idea they've foisted on us has run out of steam.
I've never once met an ordinary member of the public who's said to me, "Do you know what? We REALLY need to leave the ECHR."
It's just a new right wing talking point because every other shit idea they've foisted on us has run out of steam.
September 1, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Where has this ludicrous ECHR "debate" even come from.
I've never once met an ordinary member of the public who's said to me, "Do you know what? We REALLY need to leave the ECHR."
It's just a new right wing talking point because every other shit idea they've foisted on us has run out of steam.
I've never once met an ordinary member of the public who's said to me, "Do you know what? We REALLY need to leave the ECHR."
It's just a new right wing talking point because every other shit idea they've foisted on us has run out of steam.
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Farage is whipping up anger against the ECHR with false claims. As The Bear brilliantly writes: “The ECHR [is] the foundation that protects you from your own government.”
That's why leaving the ECHR would be a Really Bad Idea.
That's why leaving the ECHR would be a Really Bad Idea.
Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 1, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Farage is whipping up anger against the ECHR with false claims. As The Bear brilliantly writes: “The ECHR [is] the foundation that protects you from your own government.”
That's why leaving the ECHR would be a Really Bad Idea.
That's why leaving the ECHR would be a Really Bad Idea.
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Actually jaw dropping from James McMurdock MP, even by his standards. We cannot become numb to this.
The far right are in Parliament, and they're trying to normalise outright, vicious racism (same goes for the likes of Rupert Lowe too)
The far right are in Parliament, and they're trying to normalise outright, vicious racism (same goes for the likes of Rupert Lowe too)
August 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Actually jaw dropping from James McMurdock MP, even by his standards. We cannot become numb to this.
The far right are in Parliament, and they're trying to normalise outright, vicious racism (same goes for the likes of Rupert Lowe too)
The far right are in Parliament, and they're trying to normalise outright, vicious racism (same goes for the likes of Rupert Lowe too)
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Christ above. These pitiful fucking cowards.
No10 spokesman not prepared to criticise anything about Farage speech today.
Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.
Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.
August 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Christ above. These pitiful fucking cowards.
Farage isn't talking about reforming the Human Rights Act - he's talking about tearing it all up. Reminder - it enshrines the right to life, liberty, a fair trial, and freedom from torture and discrimination. Not just immigrants - these are rights that we'll ALL lose if he gets a sniff of power.
August 26, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Farage isn't talking about reforming the Human Rights Act - he's talking about tearing it all up. Reminder - it enshrines the right to life, liberty, a fair trial, and freedom from torture and discrimination. Not just immigrants - these are rights that we'll ALL lose if he gets a sniff of power.
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What Reform’s “detain and deport” really means:
❌ Sending people to torture and death.
❌ Making the UK a rogue state outside international law.
❌ Higher prices as leaving the ECHR wrecks our EU trade deal.
This is not about control, it is about cruelty - we must stand against it.
❌ Sending people to torture and death.
❌ Making the UK a rogue state outside international law.
❌ Higher prices as leaving the ECHR wrecks our EU trade deal.
This is not about control, it is about cruelty - we must stand against it.
August 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
What Reform’s “detain and deport” really means:
❌ Sending people to torture and death.
❌ Making the UK a rogue state outside international law.
❌ Higher prices as leaving the ECHR wrecks our EU trade deal.
This is not about control, it is about cruelty - we must stand against it.
❌ Sending people to torture and death.
❌ Making the UK a rogue state outside international law.
❌ Higher prices as leaving the ECHR wrecks our EU trade deal.
This is not about control, it is about cruelty - we must stand against it.
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Why the strange reluctance of Labour to stand up for ethnic minorities is damaging integration policies and weirdly also Labours own prospectives to win another election.
This, by @anandmenon.bsky.social is nailing it.
This, by @anandmenon.bsky.social is nailing it.
Politically acceptable UK racism is rising, even under La...
As I wrote these words last autumn: “We have made progress... even though that progress remains fragile and insufficient”, little did I realise just how ...
observer.co.uk
August 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Why the strange reluctance of Labour to stand up for ethnic minorities is damaging integration policies and weirdly also Labours own prospectives to win another election.
This, by @anandmenon.bsky.social is nailing it.
This, by @anandmenon.bsky.social is nailing it.
Just instantly cancelled my Spotify subscription because of this. Now on the hunt for a non-far-right alternative...
August 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Just instantly cancelled my Spotify subscription because of this. Now on the hunt for a non-far-right alternative...
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@chrchristensen.bsky.social UK findings are a warning: the weaponization of immigration is deliberate, global, and corrosive to democracy. If we don’t name the networks, expose the money, and challenge the lies now, the narrative will harden into law everywhere. bylinetimes.com/2025/08/12/t...
@chrchristensen.bsky.social UK findings are a warning: the weaponization of immigration is deliberate, global, and corrosive to democracy. If we don’t name the networks, expose the money, and challenge the lies now, the narrative will harden into law everywhere. bylinetimes.com/2025/08/12/t...
The Media Distortion Warping Britain’s Views on Immigration
Unbalanced coverage of migration is twisting the public's perspective, argues Christian Christensen
bylinetimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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@chrchristensen.bsky.social UK findings are a warning: the weaponization of immigration is deliberate, global, and corrosive to democracy. If we don’t name the networks, expose the money, and challenge the lies now, the narrative will harden into law everywhere. bylinetimes.com/2025/08/12/t...
@chrchristensen.bsky.social UK findings are a warning: the weaponization of immigration is deliberate, global, and corrosive to democracy. If we don’t name the networks, expose the money, and challenge the lies now, the narrative will harden into law everywhere. bylinetimes.com/2025/08/12/t...