Charles Polák
@charlespolak.bsky.social
Media technician, classicist, linguist, polymath in training, would-be mystic
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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"The idea of deporting people with settled status is disgusting, and anyone proposing it should be immediately drummed out of polite society. Breaking promises made in good faith to our friends and neighbours is racist, extremist and immoral."
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
It’s racist, it’s extremist and it’s immoral
The right is still calling for deportations, and the government is still being cowardly about it. Also: London’s first green belt; some notes on a shark; and some news, on my next book.
jonn.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"The idea of deporting people with settled status is disgusting, and anyone proposing it should be immediately drummed out of polite society. Breaking promises made in good faith to our friends and neighbours is racist, extremist and immoral."
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
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People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to “go home”. This is their home.
I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.
I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.
October 22, 2025 at 8:32 AM
People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to “go home”. This is their home.
I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.
I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.
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🏴 Scotland has by far the LOWEST level of child poverty in the uk, and is the ONLY country in the uk with FALLING child poverty
🇬🇧 Today’s “Good Morning North britain” Headline News, “Child Poverty Target Missed in Scotland”
As alway, the bbc State Broadcaster is Mis-Reporting Scotland
🇬🇧 Today’s “Good Morning North britain” Headline News, “Child Poverty Target Missed in Scotland”
As alway, the bbc State Broadcaster is Mis-Reporting Scotland
October 6, 2025 at 6:09 AM
🏴 Scotland has by far the LOWEST level of child poverty in the uk, and is the ONLY country in the uk with FALLING child poverty
🇬🇧 Today’s “Good Morning North britain” Headline News, “Child Poverty Target Missed in Scotland”
As alway, the bbc State Broadcaster is Mis-Reporting Scotland
🇬🇧 Today’s “Good Morning North britain” Headline News, “Child Poverty Target Missed in Scotland”
As alway, the bbc State Broadcaster is Mis-Reporting Scotland
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Reli of mine called 999. The paramedic was Polish. He arrived at hospital and was seen by Indian doctor. The radiographer was also Indian
Emergency operation, the team from around the world
Bloody foreigners, right?
Decent people don't vote Reform
Emergency operation, the team from around the world
Bloody foreigners, right?
Decent people don't vote Reform
October 6, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Reli of mine called 999. The paramedic was Polish. He arrived at hospital and was seen by Indian doctor. The radiographer was also Indian
Emergency operation, the team from around the world
Bloody foreigners, right?
Decent people don't vote Reform
Emergency operation, the team from around the world
Bloody foreigners, right?
Decent people don't vote Reform
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Bomb threats, cyber attacks, social media bot swarms and Russia-paid clergy pumping Kremlin disinformation, illicit funding of pro-Russia parties and propagandists & widespread voter bribery.
Yet, Moldovans still overwhelmingly voted for a pro-EU party.
A testament to their democratic resilience.
Yet, Moldovans still overwhelmingly voted for a pro-EU party.
A testament to their democratic resilience.
September 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Bomb threats, cyber attacks, social media bot swarms and Russia-paid clergy pumping Kremlin disinformation, illicit funding of pro-Russia parties and propagandists & widespread voter bribery.
Yet, Moldovans still overwhelmingly voted for a pro-EU party.
A testament to their democratic resilience.
Yet, Moldovans still overwhelmingly voted for a pro-EU party.
A testament to their democratic resilience.
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Coming very soon. Please sign up! We can only do this together.
We're starting small but we have big ambitions.
Because if there's anything that the last few years have shown us, it's that we desperately need diverse, fearless INDEPENDENT media.
www.thenerve.news
We're starting small but we have big ambitions.
Because if there's anything that the last few years have shown us, it's that we desperately need diverse, fearless INDEPENDENT media.
www.thenerve.news
The Nerve
www.thenerve.news
September 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Coming very soon. Please sign up! We can only do this together.
We're starting small but we have big ambitions.
Because if there's anything that the last few years have shown us, it's that we desperately need diverse, fearless INDEPENDENT media.
www.thenerve.news
We're starting small but we have big ambitions.
Because if there's anything that the last few years have shown us, it's that we desperately need diverse, fearless INDEPENDENT media.
www.thenerve.news
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Unclear how far back this would go and if would attack settled status for EU nationals. But clear that we must oppose this because mass deportation is a crime and an attack on basic rights rather than "unworkable" or "bad for the economy". It is your family, friends and neighbours he's coming for
Farage vows to axe indefinite leave to remain and ban migrants’ benefits access
The Reform UK leader will outline a planned crackdown on legal immigration at a Monday press conference.
www.independent.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Unclear how far back this would go and if would attack settled status for EU nationals. But clear that we must oppose this because mass deportation is a crime and an attack on basic rights rather than "unworkable" or "bad for the economy". It is your family, friends and neighbours he's coming for
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"Disastrously wrenching our country out of the European Union was a cranky obsession of relatively few plastic patriots who hoodwinked a minor majority subsequently regretting the giant con."
Spot on by Kevin Maguire. ~AA
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Spot on by Kevin Maguire. ~AA
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'Brexit was a giant con by plastic patriots – we need a plan to get back in EU'
The Mirror's Kevin Maguire argues the only way for Britain to return to its former prosperity is with a plan to return to the EU after Brexit proved to be a giant con that only leaves us poorer and we...
www.mirror.co.uk
August 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
"Disastrously wrenching our country out of the European Union was a cranky obsession of relatively few plastic patriots who hoodwinked a minor majority subsequently regretting the giant con."
Spot on by Kevin Maguire. ~AA
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Spot on by Kevin Maguire. ~AA
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Her Toryness Michelle Mone of Cornton Vale
Still to be arrested by the british Police after scamming over £200M of public funds.
Meanwhile Nicola Sturgeon was subjected to a 3yr smear enquiry, then arrested and interviewed about the purchase of items such as teabags for a campaign vehicle
Still to be arrested by the british Police after scamming over £200M of public funds.
Meanwhile Nicola Sturgeon was subjected to a 3yr smear enquiry, then arrested and interviewed about the purchase of items such as teabags for a campaign vehicle
August 2, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Her Toryness Michelle Mone of Cornton Vale
Still to be arrested by the british Police after scamming over £200M of public funds.
Meanwhile Nicola Sturgeon was subjected to a 3yr smear enquiry, then arrested and interviewed about the purchase of items such as teabags for a campaign vehicle
Still to be arrested by the british Police after scamming over £200M of public funds.
Meanwhile Nicola Sturgeon was subjected to a 3yr smear enquiry, then arrested and interviewed about the purchase of items such as teabags for a campaign vehicle
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Never-ending #Brexit madness
Marks & Spencer’s boss called on the govt to rapidly reset relations with EU and criticised new rules demanding extra checks and labelling on products headed from UK mainland to Northern Ireland as “bureaucratic madness”.
#Brexit
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Marks & Spencer’s boss called on the govt to rapidly reset relations with EU and criticised new rules demanding extra checks and labelling on products headed from UK mainland to Northern Ireland as “bureaucratic madness”.
#Brexit
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
M&S boss slams ‘bureaucratic madness’ of products requiring ‘not for EU’ labels
Stuart Machin says labels, designed stop British goods leaking into bloc, add ‘another layer of unnecessary costs and red tape’
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Never-ending #Brexit madness
Marks & Spencer’s boss called on the govt to rapidly reset relations with EU and criticised new rules demanding extra checks and labelling on products headed from UK mainland to Northern Ireland as “bureaucratic madness”.
#Brexit
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Marks & Spencer’s boss called on the govt to rapidly reset relations with EU and criticised new rules demanding extra checks and labelling on products headed from UK mainland to Northern Ireland as “bureaucratic madness”.
#Brexit
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Corbyn had Milne, whose opposition to Remain led to a Tory landslide.
Starmer has McSweeney, who wants welfare cuts and other Reform-friendly policies.
Wouldn’t it be nice if policies were determined by someone who was actually elected?
Starmer has McSweeney, who wants welfare cuts and other Reform-friendly policies.
Wouldn’t it be nice if policies were determined by someone who was actually elected?
June 26, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Corbyn had Milne, whose opposition to Remain led to a Tory landslide.
Starmer has McSweeney, who wants welfare cuts and other Reform-friendly policies.
Wouldn’t it be nice if policies were determined by someone who was actually elected?
Starmer has McSweeney, who wants welfare cuts and other Reform-friendly policies.
Wouldn’t it be nice if policies were determined by someone who was actually elected?
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Scientists in Europe: Andrew, a epidemiologist from the US, shares how moving to Prague supported by EU funds, opened up new directions in both his science and his way of seeing the world. youtu.be/byRA02xaqhI?...
Scientists in Europe: A US epidemiologist in Prague
YouTube video by European Commission
youtu.be
June 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Scientists in Europe: Andrew, a epidemiologist from the US, shares how moving to Prague supported by EU funds, opened up new directions in both his science and his way of seeing the world. youtu.be/byRA02xaqhI?...
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“Eighty per cent of the things that are said, or are written, or are accepted as a normal part of the discourse in today’s Britain are things that [before Brexit] would have been totally unacceptable, totally ridiculous, totally shameful,”
Third-country asylum plan shows UK is in ‘a very dark place’, says Albanian PM
Edi Rama attacks British return hubs scheme as looking for ‘places to dump immigrants’
www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2025 at 6:33 AM
“Eighty per cent of the things that are said, or are written, or are accepted as a normal part of the discourse in today’s Britain are things that [before Brexit] would have been totally unacceptable, totally ridiculous, totally shameful,”
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This powerful new documentary reveals how Russia’s hybrid warfare infiltrated British democracy, amplified the Brexit campaign, and helped deliver a result that aligned perfectly with Putin’s strategic goals: 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲, 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗨𝗞, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁. youtu.be/7geWA0YYYaQ?...
Putin and Brexit: The interference they tried to bury. The untold story of Russian influence.
YouTube video by Jon Danzig
youtu.be
June 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
This powerful new documentary reveals how Russia’s hybrid warfare infiltrated British democracy, amplified the Brexit campaign, and helped deliver a result that aligned perfectly with Putin’s strategic goals: 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲, 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗨𝗞, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁. youtu.be/7geWA0YYYaQ?...
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If this situation doesn’t show the government the vital importance of the #BBCWorldService including #BBCPersian, I can’t think what would - especially as #Trump has gutted Voice of America. The notion that the WS should be further defunded by the UK government is patently ridiculous+self-harming.
June 22, 2025 at 9:51 AM
If this situation doesn’t show the government the vital importance of the #BBCWorldService including #BBCPersian, I can’t think what would - especially as #Trump has gutted Voice of America. The notion that the WS should be further defunded by the UK government is patently ridiculous+self-harming.
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Remember Frexit, Grexit, Irexit and all the other *exits the baying Brexiters assured us would be coming along within weeks or months of Brexit?
Well, that's one more thing they literally couldn't have been more wrong about.
Support for EU membership is now at record levels.
Well, that's one more thing they literally couldn't have been more wrong about.
Support for EU membership is now at record levels.
"Recent Eurobarometer data confirm the shift: 74% of Europeans now view EU membership as a positive thing – the highest level of support ever recorded." - www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Europe should be standing up to Trump and Putin – instead it is mirroring them | Alberto Alemanno
Public opinion is clamouring for closer EU cooperation. The last thing we need is Ursula von der Leyen pandering to the far right, says Alberto Alemanno, Jean Monnet professor of EU law at HEC Paris
www.theguardian.com
June 18, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Remember Frexit, Grexit, Irexit and all the other *exits the baying Brexiters assured us would be coming along within weeks or months of Brexit?
Well, that's one more thing they literally couldn't have been more wrong about.
Support for EU membership is now at record levels.
Well, that's one more thing they literally couldn't have been more wrong about.
Support for EU membership is now at record levels.
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9 years since Jo Cox assassinated 😢
Since Jo’s murder we have seen society become more divided and increasingly polarised. This means that Jo’s message of unity remains just as relevant today as it was nine years ago.
www.jocoxfoundation.org/2025/06/16/t...
Since Jo’s murder we have seen society become more divided and increasingly polarised. This means that Jo’s message of unity remains just as relevant today as it was nine years ago.
www.jocoxfoundation.org/2025/06/16/t...
The Ninth Anniversary of Jo's Murder - The Jo Cox Foundation
Statement from The Jo Cox Foundation Nine years ago today, on 16 June 2016, Jo Cox was murdered while on her way to a surgery in her constituency of Batley and Spen. Jo’s murder was an immeasurable tr...
www.jocoxfoundation.org
June 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM
9 years since Jo Cox assassinated 😢
Since Jo’s murder we have seen society become more divided and increasingly polarised. This means that Jo’s message of unity remains just as relevant today as it was nine years ago.
www.jocoxfoundation.org/2025/06/16/t...
Since Jo’s murder we have seen society become more divided and increasingly polarised. This means that Jo’s message of unity remains just as relevant today as it was nine years ago.
www.jocoxfoundation.org/2025/06/16/t...
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Why couldn't the Scottish Government save Grangemouth? Energy is reserved to Westminster.
Why can't Scotland welcome more care workers from overseas? Immigration is reserved to Westminster.
Why can't the Scottish Government tackle drug addiction better? Drug laws are reserved to Westminster.
Why can't Scotland welcome more care workers from overseas? Immigration is reserved to Westminster.
Why can't the Scottish Government tackle drug addiction better? Drug laws are reserved to Westminster.
June 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Why couldn't the Scottish Government save Grangemouth? Energy is reserved to Westminster.
Why can't Scotland welcome more care workers from overseas? Immigration is reserved to Westminster.
Why can't the Scottish Government tackle drug addiction better? Drug laws are reserved to Westminster.
Why can't Scotland welcome more care workers from overseas? Immigration is reserved to Westminster.
Why can't the Scottish Government tackle drug addiction better? Drug laws are reserved to Westminster.
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Not everyone got paid to do nothing during Covid Badenoch. Pretty much all of those nasty public sector workers carried on working. Maybe that's a reason why they deserved the first above inflation pay rise in 14 years. #r4today
June 12, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Not everyone got paid to do nothing during Covid Badenoch. Pretty much all of those nasty public sector workers carried on working. Maybe that's a reason why they deserved the first above inflation pay rise in 14 years. #r4today
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Ooff - ‘we have Reform following Putin and the Tories following Reform’’
Absolutely need more of this from Starmer
Absolutely need more of this from Starmer
🚨 "That has been welcomed by our allies; by the US, by NATO, by Australia, New Zealand, India"
⚠️ "Its been opposed by Russia, China and Iran - and in the second column, we have Reform following Putin and the Tories following Reform"
⚠️ "Its been opposed by Russia, China and Iran - and in the second column, we have Reform following Putin and the Tories following Reform"
June 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Ooff - ‘we have Reform following Putin and the Tories following Reform’’
Absolutely need more of this from Starmer
Absolutely need more of this from Starmer
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A HUGE majority in Scotland are in favour of rejoining the EU - its grown substantially since the 2016 Referendum, when all areas voted Remain.
Yet all we're given is Labour's lightest of light "Brexit resets", in return for giving away our fisheries. Without even a prior discussion.
Yet all we're given is Labour's lightest of light "Brexit resets", in return for giving away our fisheries. Without even a prior discussion.
June 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
A HUGE majority in Scotland are in favour of rejoining the EU - its grown substantially since the 2016 Referendum, when all areas voted Remain.
Yet all we're given is Labour's lightest of light "Brexit resets", in return for giving away our fisheries. Without even a prior discussion.
Yet all we're given is Labour's lightest of light "Brexit resets", in return for giving away our fisheries. Without even a prior discussion.