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Worrying.
🔴 Why Did the ECHR Deny Us the Right to Know the Full Extent of the Russian Attack on British Democracy?
Whistleblower Sergei Cristo argues that the recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights serves to protect Kremlin meddling
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/04/w...
Whistleblower Sergei Cristo argues that the recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights serves to protect Kremlin meddling
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/04/w...
Why Did the ECHR Deny Us the Right to Know the Full Extent of the Russian Attack on British Democracy?
Whistleblower Sergei Cristo argues that the recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights serves to protect Kremlin meddling
bylinetimes.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Worrying.
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Palantir have contracts with the NHS, the police, and the Ministry of Defence. Alex Karp is CEO, while Peter Thiel is the Chairman and Director. Palantir's tech is used by the IDF, with Karp expressing pride and support of Israel 'in every way we can’.
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May 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Palantir have contracts with the NHS, the police, and the Ministry of Defence. Alex Karp is CEO, while Peter Thiel is the Chairman and Director. Palantir's tech is used by the IDF, with Karp expressing pride and support of Israel 'in every way we can’.
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What Happens When American Billionaires Build A Private City In Your Country?
Case Study Honduras.
There are 5 ISDS lawsuits against the Honduran Govt.
Zone Fever must be taken seriously, it's already here in the UK.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9xm...
Case Study Honduras.
There are 5 ISDS lawsuits against the Honduran Govt.
Zone Fever must be taken seriously, it's already here in the UK.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9xm...
What Happens When American Billionaires Build A Private City In Your Country
YouTube video by AJ+
www.youtube.com
May 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
What Happens When American Billionaires Build A Private City In Your Country?
Case Study Honduras.
There are 5 ISDS lawsuits against the Honduran Govt.
Zone Fever must be taken seriously, it's already here in the UK.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9xm...
Case Study Honduras.
There are 5 ISDS lawsuits against the Honduran Govt.
Zone Fever must be taken seriously, it's already here in the UK.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9xm...
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'Giving equal weight to people who lie or mislead and people intent on presenting facts may superficially look like impartiality. But this model, in effect, takes the side of the lies, because truth is not the midpoint between a fact and a lie.'
Patrick Howse via Byline Times
bylinetimes.com/2025...
Patrick Howse via Byline Times
bylinetimes.com/2025...
How the BBC’s Flawed Impartiality Scuppered a Podcast About a Heating System
Former BBC producer and reporter Patrick Howse explores the latest worrying sign of the BBC's flawed interpretation of 'impartiality'
bylinetimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
'Giving equal weight to people who lie or mislead and people intent on presenting facts may superficially look like impartiality. But this model, in effect, takes the side of the lies, because truth is not the midpoint between a fact and a lie.'
Patrick Howse via Byline Times
bylinetimes.com/2025...
Patrick Howse via Byline Times
bylinetimes.com/2025...
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Once and for all, Labour did not ‘inherit the Tories’ 86 free zones’.
Labour MPs, Mayors, councillors, Lords, and Baronesses signed off on them with the Tories between 2021 and 2022.
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Labour MPs, Mayors, councillors, Lords, and Baronesses signed off on them with the Tories between 2021 and 2022.
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May 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Once and for all, Labour did not ‘inherit the Tories’ 86 free zones’.
Labour MPs, Mayors, councillors, Lords, and Baronesses signed off on them with the Tories between 2021 and 2022.
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Labour MPs, Mayors, councillors, Lords, and Baronesses signed off on them with the Tories between 2021 and 2022.
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Labour MP exposes the gift to landlords hidden in Starmer's Renters' Rights Bill
Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy has called out Starmer over the fact that the Renters' Rights Bill doesn't even contain rent caps
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy has called out Starmer over the fact that the Renters' Rights Bill doesn't even contain rent caps
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Labour MP exposes the gift to landlords hidden in Starmer's Renters' Rights Bill
At PMQs, Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy pointed out that the Renters' Rights Bill doesn't even contain rent caps
www.thecanary.co
May 2, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Labour MP exposes the gift to landlords hidden in Starmer's Renters' Rights Bill
Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy has called out Starmer over the fact that the Renters' Rights Bill doesn't even contain rent caps
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy has called out Starmer over the fact that the Renters' Rights Bill doesn't even contain rent caps
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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After by-election and local election losses PM Keir Starmer says he will go “further and faster on the change”.
NO. Must change policies.
People concerned about poverty, winter fuel payment cut, high water/energy bills, profiteering, disability cuts, poor infrastructure.
Must end Tory policies.
NO. Must change policies.
People concerned about poverty, winter fuel payment cut, high water/energy bills, profiteering, disability cuts, poor infrastructure.
Must end Tory policies.
May 2, 2025 at 11:08 AM
After by-election and local election losses PM Keir Starmer says he will go “further and faster on the change”.
NO. Must change policies.
People concerned about poverty, winter fuel payment cut, high water/energy bills, profiteering, disability cuts, poor infrastructure.
Must end Tory policies.
NO. Must change policies.
People concerned about poverty, winter fuel payment cut, high water/energy bills, profiteering, disability cuts, poor infrastructure.
Must end Tory policies.
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The UK commons—our green spaces, public infrastructure, and democratic institutions—are under siege by a neoliberal power grab, orchestrated by financial giants like BlackRock and enabled by Keir Starmer’s changed Labour Party. Please read the entire thread
May 2, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The UK commons—our green spaces, public infrastructure, and democratic institutions—are under siege by a neoliberal power grab, orchestrated by financial giants like BlackRock and enabled by Keir Starmer’s changed Labour Party. Please read the entire thread
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🚀 Green BREAKTHROUGH 🚀
Congratulations to Staffordshire Greens on winning your first seat on Staffordshire County Council!
Congratulations to Staffordshire Greens on winning your first seat on Staffordshire County Council!
May 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🚀 Green BREAKTHROUGH 🚀
Congratulations to Staffordshire Greens on winning your first seat on Staffordshire County Council!
Congratulations to Staffordshire Greens on winning your first seat on Staffordshire County Council!
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What's happening across the UK is an infrastructural hollowing out of all public services, the carving up of the UK into patchworks of corporate sovereignties, we are witnessing the privatisation of the entire country.
I call it Zone Fever.
substack.com/profile/1751...
I call it Zone Fever.
substack.com/profile/1751...
April 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
What's happening across the UK is an infrastructural hollowing out of all public services, the carving up of the UK into patchworks of corporate sovereignties, we are witnessing the privatisation of the entire country.
I call it Zone Fever.
substack.com/profile/1751...
I call it Zone Fever.
substack.com/profile/1751...
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💚 Out in force in Heavitree #Exeter with our amazing volunteers working to get @jackeade.bsky.social elected on 1st May.
🟥 🟩 Like many places in the city, it's Greens or Labour here.
↪️ Lots of people are telling us they are disillusioned with Labour and are switching to the Green Party.
#VoteGreen
🟥 🟩 Like many places in the city, it's Greens or Labour here.
↪️ Lots of people are telling us they are disillusioned with Labour and are switching to the Green Party.
#VoteGreen
April 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
💚 Out in force in Heavitree #Exeter with our amazing volunteers working to get @jackeade.bsky.social elected on 1st May.
🟥 🟩 Like many places in the city, it's Greens or Labour here.
↪️ Lots of people are telling us they are disillusioned with Labour and are switching to the Green Party.
#VoteGreen
🟥 🟩 Like many places in the city, it's Greens or Labour here.
↪️ Lots of people are telling us they are disillusioned with Labour and are switching to the Green Party.
#VoteGreen
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Did you know that Wes Streeting has removed a ‘cost cap’ from private companies delivering NHS care- therefore giving them special treatment over publicly-owned NHS services?🚨
Imagine if publicly-owned NHS services had an unlimited budget to treat patients!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Imagine if publicly-owned NHS services had an unlimited budget to treat patients!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
NHS scraps plan to cap costs of bringing down waiting lists
Patients in England can expect to be seen quicker as cost-cutting plans that capped the amount paid to private hospitals for treating NHS patients are abandoned
www.thetimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Did you know that Wes Streeting has removed a ‘cost cap’ from private companies delivering NHS care- therefore giving them special treatment over publicly-owned NHS services?🚨
Imagine if publicly-owned NHS services had an unlimited budget to treat patients!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Imagine if publicly-owned NHS services had an unlimited budget to treat patients!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
April 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
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Water CEO's in the UK are getting £200m a year.
What do they do?
There's no products to sell, none to buy, nothing to change.
It's literally treating sewage and building reservoirs, neither of which they do.
Nationalise and fire them all.
What do they do?
There's no products to sell, none to buy, nothing to change.
It's literally treating sewage and building reservoirs, neither of which they do.
Nationalise and fire them all.
April 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Water CEO's in the UK are getting £200m a year.
What do they do?
There's no products to sell, none to buy, nothing to change.
It's literally treating sewage and building reservoirs, neither of which they do.
Nationalise and fire them all.
What do they do?
There's no products to sell, none to buy, nothing to change.
It's literally treating sewage and building reservoirs, neither of which they do.
Nationalise and fire them all.
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Keir Starmer was elected Prime Minister on the promise of delivering positive change.
How's that going...?
How's that going...?
April 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Keir Starmer was elected Prime Minister on the promise of delivering positive change.
How's that going...?
How's that going...?
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Following the Spring Statement, Prem Sikka argues that austerity is a political choice, not an economic necessity
Why austerity is a political choice not an economic necessity
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Ch...
leftfootforward.org
April 3, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Following the Spring Statement, Prem Sikka argues that austerity is a political choice, not an economic necessity
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Privatization is a rich man’s scam
April 3, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Privatization is a rich man’s scam
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Been thinking about this Zappa quote a lot lately.
April 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Been thinking about this Zappa quote a lot lately.
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Tees Valley Combined Authority led by Ben Houchen put into special measures
Tees Valley Combined Authority led by Ben Houchen put into special measures
The government has issued a Best Value Notice to the TVCA led by Ben Houchen
northeastbylines.co.uk
April 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Tees Valley Combined Authority led by Ben Houchen put into special measures
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Hungary is STILL obliged to arrest Netanyahu - even if it withdraws from the ICC
Far-right Viktor Orbán can proclaim Hungary will leave the 'political' ICC all he wants - but that doesn't mean he can flout its rules just yet.
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
Far-right Viktor Orbán can proclaim Hungary will leave the 'political' ICC all he wants - but that doesn't mean he can flout its rules just yet.
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
Hungary is STILL obliged to arrest Netanyahu - even if it withdraws from the ICC
Hungary is STILL obliged to arrest Netanyahu - even if it withdraws from the ICC from Canary on 3 April 2025
www.thecanary.co
April 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Hungary is STILL obliged to arrest Netanyahu - even if it withdraws from the ICC
Far-right Viktor Orbán can proclaim Hungary will leave the 'political' ICC all he wants - but that doesn't mean he can flout its rules just yet.
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
Far-right Viktor Orbán can proclaim Hungary will leave the 'political' ICC all he wants - but that doesn't mean he can flout its rules just yet.
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
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When Royal Mail was sold off we were told that this was to protect letter deliveries.
Ofcom is now consulting on cutting letter deliveries from 6 to 3 days a week.
When will they admit privatisation has failed?
Take 1-min to send Ofcom this message: weownit.org.uk/act-now/usin...
Ofcom is now consulting on cutting letter deliveries from 6 to 3 days a week.
When will they admit privatisation has failed?
Take 1-min to send Ofcom this message: weownit.org.uk/act-now/usin...
“Negligent” and “incompetent” Royal Mail bosses want to cut some postal services by HALF - make your voice heard | We Own It
Royal Mail wants to cut second-class letter deliveries from 6 days a week to 3, despite paying out at least £230 million in dividends every year for the last decade.
weownit.org.uk
April 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
When Royal Mail was sold off we were told that this was to protect letter deliveries.
Ofcom is now consulting on cutting letter deliveries from 6 to 3 days a week.
When will they admit privatisation has failed?
Take 1-min to send Ofcom this message: weownit.org.uk/act-now/usin...
Ofcom is now consulting on cutting letter deliveries from 6 to 3 days a week.
When will they admit privatisation has failed?
Take 1-min to send Ofcom this message: weownit.org.uk/act-now/usin...
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I want to see the end of neoliberalism and everything it stands for because until we do, we won't live in a world where people matter.
youtu.be/Ar9tlrIQgmE?...
youtu.be/Ar9tlrIQgmE?...
If we want a politics that cares, neoliberalism has to go.
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
April 4, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I want to see the end of neoliberalism and everything it stands for because until we do, we won't live in a world where people matter.
youtu.be/Ar9tlrIQgmE?...
youtu.be/Ar9tlrIQgmE?...
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“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
“The time is always right to do what is right.”
“True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.”
All statements by Dr Martin Luther King Jr, who died on this day in 1968.
“The time is always right to do what is right.”
“True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.”
All statements by Dr Martin Luther King Jr, who died on this day in 1968.
April 4, 2025 at 7:25 AM
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
“The time is always right to do what is right.”
“True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.”
All statements by Dr Martin Luther King Jr, who died on this day in 1968.
“The time is always right to do what is right.”
“True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.”
All statements by Dr Martin Luther King Jr, who died on this day in 1968.
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My latest article The Deadly Grift of Deregulated Special Economic Zones is free to read on Substack.
Please share, and where possible take out a paid subscription for more in-depth content, or make a donation to my Ko-Fi online tip jar. ko-fi.com/europeanpowell
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Please share, and where possible take out a paid subscription for more in-depth content, or make a donation to my Ko-Fi online tip jar. ko-fi.com/europeanpowell
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The Deadly Grift of Deregulated Special Economic Zones
The grift of deregulated Special Economic Zones is that they are set up to help developing countries achieve a stable economy and alleviate poverty.
open.substack.com
April 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
My latest article The Deadly Grift of Deregulated Special Economic Zones is free to read on Substack.
Please share, and where possible take out a paid subscription for more in-depth content, or make a donation to my Ko-Fi online tip jar. ko-fi.com/europeanpowell
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Please share, and where possible take out a paid subscription for more in-depth content, or make a donation to my Ko-Fi online tip jar. ko-fi.com/europeanpowell
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April 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM