Peter Maxson
@petermaxson.bsky.social
Director of Linxs Consultancy, football referee, MCFC fan and Lib Dem. But all views here are purely my own.
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Sky News on Renee Nicole Good murder: "There are deeply conflicting accounts of what happened."
REALLY? Gonna both-sides this? One "account" can be seen on video and is confirmed by a dozen eye-witnesses. The other is a social media post by history's most notorious pathological liar.
Grow a spine.
REALLY? Gonna both-sides this? One "account" can be seen on video and is confirmed by a dozen eye-witnesses. The other is a social media post by history's most notorious pathological liar.
Grow a spine.
January 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Sky News on Renee Nicole Good murder: "There are deeply conflicting accounts of what happened."
REALLY? Gonna both-sides this? One "account" can be seen on video and is confirmed by a dozen eye-witnesses. The other is a social media post by history's most notorious pathological liar.
Grow a spine.
REALLY? Gonna both-sides this? One "account" can be seen on video and is confirmed by a dozen eye-witnesses. The other is a social media post by history's most notorious pathological liar.
Grow a spine.
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No sleep last night…
Can’t get that video out of my head
Can believe the lies being told to betray her even in death
Can’t believe the mindless lemmings that swallow them up
America is lost.
Can’t get that video out of my head
Can believe the lies being told to betray her even in death
Can’t believe the mindless lemmings that swallow them up
America is lost.
January 8, 2026 at 11:27 AM
No sleep last night…
Can’t get that video out of my head
Can believe the lies being told to betray her even in death
Can’t believe the mindless lemmings that swallow them up
America is lost.
Can’t get that video out of my head
Can believe the lies being told to betray her even in death
Can’t believe the mindless lemmings that swallow them up
America is lost.
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Horrifying to see an American woman shot dead by an ICE agent on a Minneapolis street, and Donald Trump’s ghoulish response is truly chilling.
Britain mustn’t follow America down this dark path.
Britain mustn’t follow America down this dark path.
January 8, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Horrifying to see an American woman shot dead by an ICE agent on a Minneapolis street, and Donald Trump’s ghoulish response is truly chilling.
Britain mustn’t follow America down this dark path.
Britain mustn’t follow America down this dark path.
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Imagine if the police took the same approach in Britain...
"Would you mind stepping out of the car please, Sir."
"No."
[Bang!] "He was asking for it. Now he's dead."
"Would you mind stepping out of the car please, Sir."
"No."
[Bang!] "He was asking for it. Now he's dead."
Rep. Wesley Hunt: "The bottom line is this: when a federal officer gives you instructions, you abide by them and then you get to keep you life"
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Imagine if the police took the same approach in Britain...
"Would you mind stepping out of the car please, Sir."
"No."
[Bang!] "He was asking for it. Now he's dead."
"Would you mind stepping out of the car please, Sir."
"No."
[Bang!] "He was asking for it. Now he's dead."
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The most generous explanation for this is that he's an idiot who just hasn't even bothered to look at how vaccines work.
The worst is that he's deliberately spreading misinformation that will put actual lives at risk, in order to please his conspiracy-theory loving base
The worst is that he's deliberately spreading misinformation that will put actual lives at risk, in order to please his conspiracy-theory loving base
Farage: "I believe in vaccinations when they're vaccinations. I don't think what happened with Covid were vaccinations. You have to keep having them every 6 months."
Conspiratorial nonsense.
Some vaccinations like Covid shots require multiple/seasonal doses because immunity fades & viruses change.
Conspiratorial nonsense.
Some vaccinations like Covid shots require multiple/seasonal doses because immunity fades & viruses change.
January 8, 2026 at 11:21 AM
The most generous explanation for this is that he's an idiot who just hasn't even bothered to look at how vaccines work.
The worst is that he's deliberately spreading misinformation that will put actual lives at risk, in order to please his conspiracy-theory loving base
The worst is that he's deliberately spreading misinformation that will put actual lives at risk, in order to please his conspiracy-theory loving base
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The idea that London has become less safe in recent years is quite strange - just look at how once "dangerous" areas have been transformed in recent years. Gentrification comes with its own issues but streets are packed with visitors and city far more welcoming than when I moved here a decade ago.
January 7, 2026 at 10:29 AM
The idea that London has become less safe in recent years is quite strange - just look at how once "dangerous" areas have been transformed in recent years. Gentrification comes with its own issues but streets are packed with visitors and city far more welcoming than when I moved here a decade ago.
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Starmer's tweet couldn't be clearer but a bit awkward when one of the main government comms platforms literally does this as a feature now
January 6, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Starmer's tweet couldn't be clearer but a bit awkward when one of the main government comms platforms literally does this as a feature now
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Politicians who are on X think X is an important news source because it was, when it was Twitter,
and because since it became X, they've been told that situation persists
(despite measurable evidence that engagement is meagre despite follower count + it's a toxic far-right disinformation firehose)
and because since it became X, they've been told that situation persists
(despite measurable evidence that engagement is meagre despite follower count + it's a toxic far-right disinformation firehose)
January 5, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Politicians who are on X think X is an important news source because it was, when it was Twitter,
and because since it became X, they've been told that situation persists
(despite measurable evidence that engagement is meagre despite follower count + it's a toxic far-right disinformation firehose)
and because since it became X, they've been told that situation persists
(despite measurable evidence that engagement is meagre despite follower count + it's a toxic far-right disinformation firehose)
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On your Nobel Peace Prize application, under Weaknesses, you've put 'Refused to allow the previous winner to take power in Venezuela'?
January 5, 2026 at 1:34 PM
On your Nobel Peace Prize application, under Weaknesses, you've put 'Refused to allow the previous winner to take power in Venezuela'?
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I wrote this only last week, after saying that Trump seems about to wage war on Venezuela. It seems pretty relevant to what transpired today.
UK and Europe *must* reduce our dependence on America and its technologies as rapidly as we can.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/personal-r...
UK and Europe *must* reduce our dependence on America and its technologies as rapidly as we can.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/personal-r...
January 3, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I wrote this only last week, after saying that Trump seems about to wage war on Venezuela. It seems pretty relevant to what transpired today.
UK and Europe *must* reduce our dependence on America and its technologies as rapidly as we can.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/personal-r...
UK and Europe *must* reduce our dependence on America and its technologies as rapidly as we can.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/personal-r...
Should be getting 400 plus. This lot will be lucky to get 200
January 4, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Should be getting 400 plus. This lot will be lucky to get 200
More useless batting. Still when you pick someone with no record what do you expect
January 4, 2026 at 12:42 AM
More useless batting. Still when you pick someone with no record what do you expect
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Keir Starmer should condemn Trump’s illegal action in Venezuela.
Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.
Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.
January 3, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Keir Starmer should condemn Trump’s illegal action in Venezuela.
Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.
Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.
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For years I watched established journalists fumble to explain trump. "Maybe he's playing 4D chess," they'd say.
No, he's just a stupid, impulsive criminal. And you normalised him.
No, he's just a stupid, impulsive criminal. And you normalised him.
January 3, 2026 at 1:09 PM
For years I watched established journalists fumble to explain trump. "Maybe he's playing 4D chess," they'd say.
No, he's just a stupid, impulsive criminal. And you normalised him.
No, he's just a stupid, impulsive criminal. And you normalised him.
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Starmer must condemn Trump’s illegal actions in Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Starmer must condemn Trump’s illegal actions in Venezuela
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Welcome to 2026. Where the world order as we knew it seems to be over. What next? Taiwan? Greenland? Balkans?
The U.K. must double down on its relationship with the EU. For it is Europe alone that is now leader of the free world.
The U.K. must double down on its relationship with the EU. For it is Europe alone that is now leader of the free world.
January 3, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Welcome to 2026. Where the world order as we knew it seems to be over. What next? Taiwan? Greenland? Balkans?
The U.K. must double down on its relationship with the EU. For it is Europe alone that is now leader of the free world.
The U.K. must double down on its relationship with the EU. For it is Europe alone that is now leader of the free world.
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this was basically Russia’s original plan in Ukraine they just couldn’t make it to Kyiv
BREAKING: Donald Trump, on his Truth Social account, claims that the US has captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as part of an operation that involved "large scale strikes" on Caracas
January 3, 2026 at 9:40 AM
this was basically Russia’s original plan in Ukraine they just couldn’t make it to Kyiv
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Nigel Farage expresses support for Trump's "unorthodox" breach of international law - on grounds that they may "make China and Russia think twice"
But the main impact on Russia and China will be to help them to legitimise aggression in cases like Ukraine and Taiwan, citing Trump/US as analogous.
But the main impact on Russia and China will be to help them to legitimise aggression in cases like Ukraine and Taiwan, citing Trump/US as analogous.
January 3, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Nigel Farage expresses support for Trump's "unorthodox" breach of international law - on grounds that they may "make China and Russia think twice"
But the main impact on Russia and China will be to help them to legitimise aggression in cases like Ukraine and Taiwan, citing Trump/US as analogous.
But the main impact on Russia and China will be to help them to legitimise aggression in cases like Ukraine and Taiwan, citing Trump/US as analogous.
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Well done to the US for heroically deterring Russia and China from considering regime change abroad by doing it themselves and suffering absolutely no consequences whatsoever up to and including having their allies fall short of actually criticizing them for it.
January 3, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Well done to the US for heroically deterring Russia and China from considering regime change abroad by doing it themselves and suffering absolutely no consequences whatsoever up to and including having their allies fall short of actually criticizing them for it.
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One of the first things a Farage government will do will be to make sure "the young are
taught correctly about our history," and if that doesn't set off all manner of alarm bells then it should. (MAIL)
taught correctly about our history," and if that doesn't set off all manner of alarm bells then it should. (MAIL)
January 1, 2026 at 4:58 PM
One of the first things a Farage government will do will be to make sure "the young are
taught correctly about our history," and if that doesn't set off all manner of alarm bells then it should. (MAIL)
taught correctly about our history," and if that doesn't set off all manner of alarm bells then it should. (MAIL)
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Good to see Sadiq turning the piss off Reform dial to 11
January 1, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Good to see Sadiq turning the piss off Reform dial to 11
Bet Farage hated those fireworks.
Good
Good
January 1, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Bet Farage hated those fireworks.
Good
Good
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Reports from inside Russia make it clear that there was no Ukrainian drone attack on Putin's compound. The compound is protected by SAMs, anti-aircraft guns, and fighter jets, none of which deployed. No person in the region heard or saw any evidence of an attack.
Putin lied; Trump believed him.
Putin lied; Trump believed him.
December 31, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Reports from inside Russia make it clear that there was no Ukrainian drone attack on Putin's compound. The compound is protected by SAMs, anti-aircraft guns, and fighter jets, none of which deployed. No person in the region heard or saw any evidence of an attack.
Putin lied; Trump believed him.
Putin lied; Trump believed him.
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NEW
When should social media posts have legal consequences?
Comparing and contrasting the cases of Lucy Connolly and Alaa Abd El-Fattah
By me, at @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
When should social media posts have legal consequences?
Comparing and contrasting the cases of Lucy Connolly and Alaa Abd El-Fattah
By me, at @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
December 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM
NEW
When should social media posts have legal consequences?
Comparing and contrasting the cases of Lucy Connolly and Alaa Abd El-Fattah
By me, at @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
When should social media posts have legal consequences?
Comparing and contrasting the cases of Lucy Connolly and Alaa Abd El-Fattah
By me, at @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...