@joebricks.bsky.social
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“The Free Speech Union’s commitment to free speech would seem to end where transparency about itself begins.”
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social and @mc00.bsky.social blow the lid off the backers of Toby Young’s outfit:
https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-the-free-speech-union-toby-young
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social and @mc00.bsky.social blow the lid off the backers of Toby Young’s outfit:
https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-the-free-speech-union-toby-young
Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
democracyforsale.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:59 AM
“The Free Speech Union’s commitment to free speech would seem to end where transparency about itself begins.”
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social and @mc00.bsky.social blow the lid off the backers of Toby Young’s outfit:
https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-the-free-speech-union-toby-young
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social and @mc00.bsky.social blow the lid off the backers of Toby Young’s outfit:
https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-the-free-speech-union-toby-young
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John Swinney describes Reform UK as a "recycling machine" for the Tory party.
Our new Tory to Reform UK tracker shows that Swinney is right: https://bit.ly/4qmUSpA
Source: https://bit.ly/4qoZbRq
Our new Tory to Reform UK tracker shows that Swinney is right: https://bit.ly/4qmUSpA
Source: https://bit.ly/4qoZbRq
Tory to Reform UK Defection Tracker
Reform UK are presenting themselves as an insurgent political party, yet their adoption of former Conservatives shows they are nothing more than the 'Tories in disguise'.
www.bestforbritain.org
January 15, 2026 at 11:40 AM
John Swinney describes Reform UK as a "recycling machine" for the Tory party.
Our new Tory to Reform UK tracker shows that Swinney is right: https://bit.ly/4qmUSpA
Source: https://bit.ly/4qoZbRq
Our new Tory to Reform UK tracker shows that Swinney is right: https://bit.ly/4qmUSpA
Source: https://bit.ly/4qoZbRq
Trump is once again trying to flood Britain with chlorinated chicken. Absolutely disgusting. I just signed the petition calling on all major supermarkets to rule out stocking the stuff. Sign here if you agree! 38d.gs/hd_w
No chlorinated chicken on our supermarket shelves!
I just signed the campaign to say NO chlorinated chicken on our supermarket shelves!
38d.gs
January 15, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Trump is once again trying to flood Britain with chlorinated chicken. Absolutely disgusting. I just signed the petition calling on all major supermarkets to rule out stocking the stuff. Sign here if you agree! 38d.gs/hd_w
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Obsessed with the Royal Family, Trump will be desperate for King Charles & Prince William to visit the US for the 250th anniversary of American independence.
January 14, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Obsessed with the Royal Family, Trump will be desperate for King Charles & Prince William to visit the US for the 250th anniversary of American independence.
Elon Musk thinks he can get away with letting his AI chatbot Grok make sex abuse images of women and children. I’m calling for a full ban on X here in the UK and you should too - add your name to the petition now: 38d.gs/pqac
No more sexual abuse images of women and children: ban X and Grok AI
X's AI chatbot Grok appears to be making sex abuse images of women and children - and Elon Musk thinks he can get away with letting it! I’m calling for a full ban on X here in the UK and you should to...
38d.gs
January 14, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Elon Musk thinks he can get away with letting his AI chatbot Grok make sex abuse images of women and children. I’m calling for a full ban on X here in the UK and you should too - add your name to the petition now: 38d.gs/pqac
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‼️The promise that new private finance will be different is not adding up. All we're getting is PFI 2.0.
ACT NOW: Write to your MP. Give them the facts on PFI. https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/email-your-mp-nhs-private-finance-pfi-mim
January 8, 2026 at 8:25 AM
‼️The promise that new private finance will be different is not adding up. All we're getting is PFI 2.0.
ACT NOW: Write to your MP. Give them the facts on PFI. https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/email-your-mp-nhs-private-finance-pfi-mim
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A handful of billionaires want us to fight each other on the internet instead of realising what's happened in the past 40 years
A vast transfer of YOUR assets from public to private ownership
Join us to fight back ✊ weownit.org.uk/people-not-p...
A vast transfer of YOUR assets from public to private ownership
Join us to fight back ✊ weownit.org.uk/people-not-p...
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weownit.org.uk
January 8, 2026 at 9:01 AM
A handful of billionaires want us to fight each other on the internet instead of realising what's happened in the past 40 years
A vast transfer of YOUR assets from public to private ownership
Join us to fight back ✊ weownit.org.uk/people-not-p...
A vast transfer of YOUR assets from public to private ownership
Join us to fight back ✊ weownit.org.uk/people-not-p...
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“It should not be necessary to risk your life to demand fair treatment and just decisions. But when everyone in power has stopped listening, there are few remaining options.” – @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3Z13K8h
https://bit.ly/3Z13K8h
Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot
The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:28 AM
“It should not be necessary to risk your life to demand fair treatment and just decisions. But when everyone in power has stopped listening, there are few remaining options.” – @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3Z13K8h
https://bit.ly/3Z13K8h
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Reeves hits back at Farage’s cruel suggestion to only lift the two-child benefit cap for British-born families:
“I don’t really care what colour a kid’s skin is – some deserve to be in poverty and some don’t? That makes me pretty angry.”
https://bit.ly/4r3hICT
“I don’t really care what colour a kid’s skin is – some deserve to be in poverty and some don’t? That makes me pretty angry.”
https://bit.ly/4r3hICT
Reeves condemns Farage opposition to lifting two-child benefit cap
Exclusive: Chancellor says Reform leader wants to keep children in poverty based on skin colour after U-turn
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Reeves hits back at Farage’s cruel suggestion to only lift the two-child benefit cap for British-born families:
“I don’t really care what colour a kid’s skin is – some deserve to be in poverty and some don’t? That makes me pretty angry.”
https://bit.ly/4r3hICT
“I don’t really care what colour a kid’s skin is – some deserve to be in poverty and some don’t? That makes me pretty angry.”
https://bit.ly/4r3hICT
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People are collapsing in NHS hospitals while out of sight on corridors.
No one should be treated this way. This is political choice: too few staff, too few beds, broken social care.
Fund the #NHS. End corridor care now.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
No one should be treated this way. This is political choice: too few staff, too few beds, broken social care.
Fund the #NHS. End corridor care now.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Hospital patients collapsing while out of sight on corridors, NHS watchdog says
Health Services Safety Investigations Body says using corridors, stores and gyms as care areas poses serious risks
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:36 AM
People are collapsing in NHS hospitals while out of sight on corridors.
No one should be treated this way. This is political choice: too few staff, too few beds, broken social care.
Fund the #NHS. End corridor care now.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
No one should be treated this way. This is political choice: too few staff, too few beds, broken social care.
Fund the #NHS. End corridor care now.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Charities are facing "a concerted effort to delegitimise their right to speak up for marginalised groups across the country, whether that was trans people, or refugees and asylum seekers.” www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
UK LGBTQ+ charities are in ‘hostile environment’ amid falling donations, experts warn
Stonewall’s corporate funding halves against backdrop of US attacks on DEI and freezing of aid for LGBTQ+ causes
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Charities are facing "a concerted effort to delegitimise their right to speak up for marginalised groups across the country, whether that was trans people, or refugees and asylum seekers.” www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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The west has spread environmental and economic damage around the world.
Now the people fuelling the politics of hate are making money from the apparatus of hatred, says @afuahirsch.bsky.social:
https://goodlaw.social/59yt
Now the people fuelling the politics of hate are making money from the apparatus of hatred, says @afuahirsch.bsky.social:
https://goodlaw.social/59yt
Afua Hirsch: Politicians looking to blame others for migration should look at themselves | Good Law Project
The west has spread environmental and economic damage around the world. Now the people fuelling the politics of hate are making money from the apparatus of hatred, says Afua Hirsch.
goodlaw.social
January 8, 2026 at 2:46 PM
The west has spread environmental and economic damage around the world.
Now the people fuelling the politics of hate are making money from the apparatus of hatred, says @afuahirsch.bsky.social:
https://goodlaw.social/59yt
Now the people fuelling the politics of hate are making money from the apparatus of hatred, says @afuahirsch.bsky.social:
https://goodlaw.social/59yt
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Leave campaigners promised Brexit would bring more consumer choice. In practice, the opposite is happening. ⬇️
https://bit.ly/3N394FI
https://bit.ly/3N394FI
January 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Leave campaigners promised Brexit would bring more consumer choice. In practice, the opposite is happening. ⬇️
https://bit.ly/3N394FI
https://bit.ly/3N394FI
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Excellent piece @jontrickett.bsky.social
"Starmer has to explain whether the wider public is ideological in its support for public ownership of water, for example
The truth is that taking such an action is a pragmatic response to the failure of private ownership"
tribunemag.co.uk/2026/01/tax-...
"Starmer has to explain whether the wider public is ideological in its support for public ownership of water, for example
The truth is that taking such an action is a pragmatic response to the failure of private ownership"
tribunemag.co.uk/2026/01/tax-...
Tax the Rich
Trust in the UK’s system of government is at a record low, with most Britons yearning for political change and economic reform. The Left must see through its radical solutions.
tribunemag.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Excellent piece @jontrickett.bsky.social
"Starmer has to explain whether the wider public is ideological in its support for public ownership of water, for example
The truth is that taking such an action is a pragmatic response to the failure of private ownership"
tribunemag.co.uk/2026/01/tax-...
"Starmer has to explain whether the wider public is ideological in its support for public ownership of water, for example
The truth is that taking such an action is a pragmatic response to the failure of private ownership"
tribunemag.co.uk/2026/01/tax-...
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Julia is 72 and a retired NHS nurse. She fractured her arm in February and has been left waiting months for surgery.
This is what political neglect looks like. Patients are paying the price for years of deliberate #NHS underfunding.
This is what political neglect looks like. Patients are paying the price for years of deliberate #NHS underfunding.
January 8, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Julia is 72 and a retired NHS nurse. She fractured her arm in February and has been left waiting months for surgery.
This is what political neglect looks like. Patients are paying the price for years of deliberate #NHS underfunding.
This is what political neglect looks like. Patients are paying the price for years of deliberate #NHS underfunding.
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If Kent County Council is Nigel Farage’s “shop window”, it’s becoming clearer every day what Reform UK are selling: a familiar mixture of incompetence and cronyism.
https://goodlaw.social/kip5
https://goodlaw.social/kip5
Reform council that promised cuts delivers payday for party backer
Reform councils have increased spending and handed out a £30,000 contract to a company owned by a party supporter which was involved with 10 serious pollution incidents in 2024.
goodlaw.social
January 9, 2026 at 7:40 AM
If Kent County Council is Nigel Farage’s “shop window”, it’s becoming clearer every day what Reform UK are selling: a familiar mixture of incompetence and cronyism.
https://goodlaw.social/kip5
https://goodlaw.social/kip5
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The reality of Brexit:
David Chadwick MP: "Welsh farmers were promised that Brexit would make exporting easier.
"Instead, Conservative governments, cheered on by Reform UK, delivered more paperwork, higher costs and fewer markets."
https://bit.ly/4pATu1B
David Chadwick MP: "Welsh farmers were promised that Brexit would make exporting easier.
"Instead, Conservative governments, cheered on by Reform UK, delivered more paperwork, higher costs and fewer markets."
https://bit.ly/4pATu1B
Export barriers continue to hit Welsh farmers says David Chadwick MP
Fresh concerns have been raised over post-Brexit export barriers facing Welsh farmers.
www.countytimes.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 9:36 AM
The reality of Brexit:
David Chadwick MP: "Welsh farmers were promised that Brexit would make exporting easier.
"Instead, Conservative governments, cheered on by Reform UK, delivered more paperwork, higher costs and fewer markets."
https://bit.ly/4pATu1B
David Chadwick MP: "Welsh farmers were promised that Brexit would make exporting easier.
"Instead, Conservative governments, cheered on by Reform UK, delivered more paperwork, higher costs and fewer markets."
https://bit.ly/4pATu1B
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Thirty-four and counting...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/08/go-back-home-farage-schoolmate-accounts-bring-total-alleging-racist-behaviour-to-34
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/08/go-back-home-farage-schoolmate-accounts-bring-total-alleging-racist-behaviour-to-34
‘Go back home’: Farage schoolmate accounts bring total alleging racist behaviour to 34
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries say Reform leader often used antisemitic language and racial epithets
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Would you eat food that doesn’t meet the UK’s standards?
Trump is pushing the UK to lower food and animal welfare protections to secure a tech deal, meaning we could have food like chicken washed in chlorine on our supermarket shelves.
We’ve stopped this before; we can do it again.
Trump is pushing the UK to lower food and animal welfare protections to secure a tech deal, meaning we could have food like chicken washed in chlorine on our supermarket shelves.
We’ve stopped this before; we can do it again.
January 9, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Would you eat food that doesn’t meet the UK’s standards?
Trump is pushing the UK to lower food and animal welfare protections to secure a tech deal, meaning we could have food like chicken washed in chlorine on our supermarket shelves.
We’ve stopped this before; we can do it again.
Trump is pushing the UK to lower food and animal welfare protections to secure a tech deal, meaning we could have food like chicken washed in chlorine on our supermarket shelves.
We’ve stopped this before; we can do it again.
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Nigel Farage is still in denial about Brexit - and is out of step with the public.
Our polling shows that 62% of Brits now think Brexit has been a failure.
A new Deltapoll Survey for the Mirror shows that 58% would vote to rejoin.
https://bit.ly/4qwzZsp
Our polling shows that 62% of Brits now think Brexit has been a failure.
A new Deltapoll Survey for the Mirror shows that 58% would vote to rejoin.
https://bit.ly/4qwzZsp
Farage accuses Starmer of backtracking on Brexit - London Post
NIGEL Farage has said that “dynamic alignment” with the EU would be the reversal of Brexit. Speaking on GB News, he said: “Sir Keir, of course, is an absolute member of the metropolitan North London elites who thought Brexit was the most ghastly, awful,...
london-post.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Nigel Farage is still in denial about Brexit - and is out of step with the public.
Our polling shows that 62% of Brits now think Brexit has been a failure.
A new Deltapoll Survey for the Mirror shows that 58% would vote to rejoin.
https://bit.ly/4qwzZsp
Our polling shows that 62% of Brits now think Brexit has been a failure.
A new Deltapoll Survey for the Mirror shows that 58% would vote to rejoin.
https://bit.ly/4qwzZsp
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Sign here: 38d.gs/USvisit_SMC_...
Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence
With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful…
38d.gs
January 9, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Sign here: 38d.gs/USvisit_SMC_...
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While Trump flouts international laws and threatens allies, how can we even think of sending our Head of State to visit him?
Let’s send a powerful message from the British public: this behaviour is NOT okay with us.
Let’s send a powerful message from the British public: this behaviour is NOT okay with us.
January 9, 2026 at 12:10 PM
While Trump flouts international laws and threatens allies, how can we even think of sending our Head of State to visit him?
Let’s send a powerful message from the British public: this behaviour is NOT okay with us.
Let’s send a powerful message from the British public: this behaviour is NOT okay with us.
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This is not enough. Even X must comply with the law.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99kn52nx9do
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99kn52nx9do
Elon Musk's Grok AI image editing limited to paid users after deepfakes
It comes after government urged Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 12:30 PM
This is not enough. Even X must comply with the law.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99kn52nx9do
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99kn52nx9do
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At the Autumn Budget, this government decided to approve new private finance in our NHS.
MPs need to have the facts: private finance is a danger to patients and a rip-off for taxpayers.
✍️ Take 2 mins to write to your MP asking them to attend our 'no new PFI in the NHS' parliamentary briefing.
MPs need to have the facts: private finance is a danger to patients and a rip-off for taxpayers.
✍️ Take 2 mins to write to your MP asking them to attend our 'no new PFI in the NHS' parliamentary briefing.
Take action - get your MP to attend our briefing on NHS private finance
Take action - get your MP to attend our briefing on NHS private finance
weownit.org.uk
January 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM
At the Autumn Budget, this government decided to approve new private finance in our NHS.
MPs need to have the facts: private finance is a danger to patients and a rip-off for taxpayers.
✍️ Take 2 mins to write to your MP asking them to attend our 'no new PFI in the NHS' parliamentary briefing.
MPs need to have the facts: private finance is a danger to patients and a rip-off for taxpayers.
✍️ Take 2 mins to write to your MP asking them to attend our 'no new PFI in the NHS' parliamentary briefing.