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In advance of the 10am handing down of the judgment in the Palestine Action proscription case, here are my two posts on what is at stake.
At @prospectmagazine.co.uk: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Follow-on post at Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/the-proscr...
At @prospectmagazine.co.uk: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Follow-on post at Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/the-proscr...
Should the government have used terrorism law against Palestine Action?
A disclosed MI5 document indicates that the basis for proscription may be weak
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 9:00 AM
In advance of the 10am handing down of the judgment in the Palestine Action proscription case, here are my two posts on what is at stake.
At @prospectmagazine.co.uk: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Follow-on post at Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/the-proscr...
At @prospectmagazine.co.uk: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Follow-on post at Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/the-proscr...
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The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US | Bryan Armen Graham
The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US | Bryan Armen Graham
The real risk for American broadcasters is not that dissent will be visible. It is that audiences will start assuming anything they do not show is being hidden
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:04 AM
The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US | Bryan Armen Graham
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Jeffrey Epstein: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body."
February 3, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Jeffrey Epstein: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body."
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Sadly, this is NOT satire.
February 3, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Sadly, this is NOT satire.
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'Finally got him to go today': Mandelson's emails to Epstein on Gordon Brown
'Finally got him to go today': Mandelson's emails to Epstein on Gordon Brown
Emails released by the US appear to shed new light on the dying days of Gordon Brown's government.
www.bbc.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:37 PM
'Finally got him to go today': Mandelson's emails to Epstein on Gordon Brown
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Breaking:
The European Commission said on Tuesday it would investigate Mandelson, who was European trade commissioner from 2004-8 before leaving early to return to UK politics.
Mandelson draws a pension from his time there and has to adhere to a code of conduct for former staff.
The European Commission said on Tuesday it would investigate Mandelson, who was European trade commissioner from 2004-8 before leaving early to return to UK politics.
Mandelson draws a pension from his time there and has to adhere to a code of conduct for former staff.
February 3, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Breaking:
The European Commission said on Tuesday it would investigate Mandelson, who was European trade commissioner from 2004-8 before leaving early to return to UK politics.
Mandelson draws a pension from his time there and has to adhere to a code of conduct for former staff.
The European Commission said on Tuesday it would investigate Mandelson, who was European trade commissioner from 2004-8 before leaving early to return to UK politics.
Mandelson draws a pension from his time there and has to adhere to a code of conduct for former staff.
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The "coincidence" of Epstein's cash payments to Peter Mandelson's partner/husband in 2009/10 and the then industry secretary's lobbying within cabinet for a softer post-crash policy towards bankers looks on the face of it like outright corruption. Certainly demands police investigation.
January 31, 2026 at 5:57 PM
The "coincidence" of Epstein's cash payments to Peter Mandelson's partner/husband in 2009/10 and the then industry secretary's lobbying within cabinet for a softer post-crash policy towards bankers looks on the face of it like outright corruption. Certainly demands police investigation.
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here's tonight's FT splash, fresh from the Epstein files
As business secretary Peter Mandelson conspired with leading US bank to end tax on bankers' bonuses. He told Epstein that JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon should “threaten” chancellor Alistair Darling over the tax. A year later, Mandy was seeking work with JPMorgan. Top journalism by @pickardje.bsky.social
Mandelson told Epstein JPMorgan should ‘threaten’ UK government over banker tax
Then business secretary advised sex offender on how Jamie Dimon should lobby chancellor in 2009
www.ft.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:14 PM
here's tonight's FT splash, fresh from the Epstein files
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New Epstein emails show Peter Mandelson secretly advising JPMorgan’s CEO on how to fight Labour’s 2009 bankers’ bonus tax - even suggesting he “mildly threaten” the Chancellor.
Mandelson was Business Secretary at the time.
A year later, he was seeking work with JPM.
Mandelson was Business Secretary at the time.
A year later, he was seeking work with JPM.
February 1, 2026 at 5:26 PM
New Epstein emails show Peter Mandelson secretly advising JPMorgan’s CEO on how to fight Labour’s 2009 bankers’ bonus tax - even suggesting he “mildly threaten” the Chancellor.
Mandelson was Business Secretary at the time.
A year later, he was seeking work with JPM.
Mandelson was Business Secretary at the time.
A year later, he was seeking work with JPM.
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I’m sure others have noticed this exchange between Michael Wolff and Epstein about exorbitant price Rybolovlev’ paid to Trump for his the Palm Beach Mansion and suspicious trades with MBS - but how many have twigged that Rybolovlev is part of the current Ukraine negotiating team?
January 31, 2026 at 10:57 AM
I’m sure others have noticed this exchange between Michael Wolff and Epstein about exorbitant price Rybolovlev’ paid to Trump for his the Palm Beach Mansion and suspicious trades with MBS - but how many have twigged that Rybolovlev is part of the current Ukraine negotiating team?
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I'm not prone to exaggeration but this is probably the biggest scoop I've ever been involved in
Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files
more to follow
www.ft.com/content/c950...
Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files
more to follow
www.ft.com/content/c950...
Jeffrey Epstein sent £10,000 to Mandelson’s husband, emails show
Epstein sent Reinaldo Avila da Silva payment in 2009
www.ft.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:34 PM
I'm not prone to exaggeration but this is probably the biggest scoop I've ever been involved in
Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files
more to follow
www.ft.com/content/c950...
Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files
more to follow
www.ft.com/content/c950...
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Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
January 29, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
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There is no "Golden Age" — only the Second Gilded Age.
January 20, 2026 at 9:15 PM
There is no "Golden Age" — only the Second Gilded Age.
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It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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.
open.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:45 AM
It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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There is no moral equivalence between bullies and the bullied, between tyranny and democracy, or between brutality and decency. No individual can be free in a society devoid of justice. There can be no liberty where brutality reigns.
January 9, 2026 at 7:15 PM
There is no moral equivalence between bullies and the bullied, between tyranny and democracy, or between brutality and decency. No individual can be free in a society devoid of justice. There can be no liberty where brutality reigns.
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David Bowie's childhood home at 4 Plaistow Grove, Bromley where he lived from age 8 to 20 & wrote Space Oddity has been acquired by the Heritage Trust of London. It will be returned to its early 1960's appearance & will eventually open to the public. 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
David Bowie's London childhood home set to open to the public
An
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 9:54 PM
David Bowie's childhood home at 4 Plaistow Grove, Bromley where he lived from age 8 to 20 & wrote Space Oddity has been acquired by the Heritage Trust of London. It will be returned to its early 1960's appearance & will eventually open to the public. 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
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Who better to lecture people on pariotism than the lazy, incompetent, compulsive liar who partied while people died, agreed the worst Brexit deal possible, lied to Parliament, ignored the Ministerial Code and promoted sex pests?
January 3, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Who better to lecture people on pariotism than the lazy, incompetent, compulsive liar who partied while people died, agreed the worst Brexit deal possible, lied to Parliament, ignored the Ministerial Code and promoted sex pests?
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Wild London review – honestly, telly does not get any better than this
Wild London review – honestly, telly does not get any better than this
Mischievous and glorious, David Attenborough brings his lifelong sense of wonder to the city’s wildlife, from foxes to peregrine falcons, in this exquisite and endlessly moving special
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Wild London review – honestly, telly does not get any better than this
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Reminder that Henry Hoovers are made in Britain by a unionised workforce
December 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Reminder that Henry Hoovers are made in Britain by a unionised workforce
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‘Of course he abused pupils’: ex-Dulwich teacher speaks out about Farage racism claims
‘Of course he abused pupils’: ex-Dulwich teacher speaks out about Farage racism claims
Exclusive: Chloë Deakin tells how she wrote to Dulwich college master to argue against Farage’s nomination as prefect
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 6:55 AM
‘Of course he abused pupils’: ex-Dulwich teacher speaks out about Farage racism claims
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If you’re not doing anything at 8.40, you should join a chunk of Irish people as we watch the solstice online.
RTÉ radio news just made a point of saying that there is no cloud cover over Newgrange today.
bsky.app/profile/bike...
RTÉ radio news just made a point of saying that there is no cloud cover over Newgrange today.
bsky.app/profile/bike...
8 hours twenty minutes to go before #newgrangesolstice 2025, folks!
The good doctors Clare and Frank will be back again to accompany the winter light slowly illuminating Newgrange’s burial chamber.
Go here for details of where you can watch. www.gov.ie/en/office-of...
The good doctors Clare and Frank will be back again to accompany the winter light slowly illuminating Newgrange’s burial chamber.
Go here for details of where you can watch. www.gov.ie/en/office-of...
December 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
If you’re not doing anything at 8.40, you should join a chunk of Irish people as we watch the solstice online.
RTÉ radio news just made a point of saying that there is no cloud cover over Newgrange today.
bsky.app/profile/bike...
RTÉ radio news just made a point of saying that there is no cloud cover over Newgrange today.
bsky.app/profile/bike...
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I keep coming back to this bizarre claim. What do they think the Labour Party is? When was at it best? When it couldn’t win a majority or hold power for more than a couple of years? When it was torn apart and almost wiped out? Deeply weird stuff
One interesting nugget in this piece could explain the (otherwise baffling) appearance of Ramsay MacDonald in a 2024 Labour Party Election Broadcast
December 19, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I keep coming back to this bizarre claim. What do they think the Labour Party is? When was at it best? When it couldn’t win a majority or hold power for more than a couple of years? When it was torn apart and almost wiped out? Deeply weird stuff
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Musician Kirsty MacColl died #onthisday in 2000. It's difficult to believe it's been 25 years. We were proud to conduct her humanist funeral, in accordance with her wishes. This Christmas marks the third year without Shane MacGowan and Kirsty MacColl, but still, their voices live on❤️
December 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Musician Kirsty MacColl died #onthisday in 2000. It's difficult to believe it's been 25 years. We were proud to conduct her humanist funeral, in accordance with her wishes. This Christmas marks the third year without Shane MacGowan and Kirsty MacColl, but still, their voices live on❤️