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Interested in environment, Europe, education, and therefore politics, history and law. I believe in social goods and a National Health Service

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From the late John Pilger. Absolutely spot on.

06.03.2026 07:17 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

05.03.2026 07:15 πŸ‘ 17195 πŸ” 5996 πŸ’¬ 515 πŸ“Œ 492
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OrbΓ‘n’s pay cheques: Reform candidate fuelled by profits from Russian oil The Reform candidate at this month’s byelection claims he wants to put Britain first, but is he still on the payroll of Viktor OrbΓ‘n’s far-right propaganda unit?

Reform’s by-election candidate Matt Goodwin received a salary of up to €10,000 a month from a far-right pressure group based in Hungary πŸ‘€
https://goodlaw.social/pif5

19.02.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 238 πŸ” 178 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 9
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Allegations in Epstein files may amount to 'crimes against humanity,' UN experts say Millions of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a "global criminal enterprise" that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity,...

Millions of Epstein files suggest the existence of a 'global criminal enterprise' that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council says.

18.02.2026 11:15 πŸ‘ 5705 πŸ” 2621 πŸ’¬ 246 πŸ“Œ 209
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Stop Palantir taking over our public services! Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

16.02.2026 08:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Revealed: Corporate donations to British politics have tripled Influential Labour committee chairs call on government to clean up politics as our new analysis finds record Β£42 million in company donations ahead of last election

πŸ”΄ Exclusive: Corporate donations British parties tripled over last three elections

But here's key thing: almost none is from FTSE500/listed companies

It's almost all companies controlled by super-wealthy individuals, or small, opaque firms

New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-c...

11.02.2026 11:47 πŸ‘ 405 πŸ” 279 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 22
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Palantir's Swiss Exit Highlights Global Data Sovereignty Challenge | NewsCase Switzerland's military has terminated its contract with Palantir Technologies Inc. following a security audit. The review concluded that U.S. intelligence ag

"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"

www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...

#R4Today

11.02.2026 07:05 πŸ‘ 3254 πŸ” 1624 πŸ’¬ 69 πŸ“Œ 312

Β£240m. With no tender. Palantir.

I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers.

Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal.

Palantir out.

10.02.2026 13:14 πŸ‘ 2101 πŸ” 799 πŸ’¬ 78 πŸ“Œ 33
"Peter Mandelson" - Marsh Family parody of "Mrs Robinson" by Simon & Garfunkel on Epstein Files
"Peter Mandelson" - Marsh Family parody of "Mrs Robinson" by Simon & Garfunkel on Epstein Files YouTube video by Marsh Family

Musical parody on the "UK fallout linked to the Epstein files, and specifically the former US Ambassador and British Lord, Peter Mandelson’s friendship with Epstein ..."

"Peter Mandelson"
Marsh Family parody of "Mrs Robinson"
by Simon & Garfunkel on Epstein Files
youtu.be/h870VJsLk_c?...

10.02.2026 09:19 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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"Talk about control the message. First rule of fascist propaganda"
via Simon O'Neill

10.02.2026 08:20 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The great Ministry of Defence-to-Palantir pipeline Senior defence officials are moving into Palantir roles as the company secures ever-deeper footholds across government

A senior MoD official helps shape defence strategy, then joins Palantir.

Months later, Palantir lands a Β£240m MoD contract without tender.

No laws broken – just the revolving door doing what it does best.

09.02.2026 08:09 πŸ‘ 348 πŸ” 265 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 11
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09.02.2026 07:36 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit

Both, as I wrote at time, were β€˜abject failures of journalism’
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08.02.2026 10:13 πŸ‘ 2604 πŸ” 1243 πŸ’¬ 75 πŸ“Œ 60

The destruction of women by powerful men is a tragedy

But the Epstein scandal demonstrates how the personal is political

It reveals an international conspiracy of oligarchs to control money and power

The hollowing out of democracies across the world

And Putin as the probable master puppeteer

07.02.2026 09:04 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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This is an immensely significant document that continues to get virtually no attention in US mediaβ€”but lots abroad. In Jul 2015, Epstein arranged a meeting between a known highest-level Russian intel operative, Sergey Belyakov and Peter Thiel,

06.02.2026 21:55 πŸ‘ 2976 πŸ” 1614 πŸ’¬ 87 πŸ“Œ 84

Most of our media is studiously ignoring the Epstein links to Brexit, Farage and far right populism. Farage is being touted for No.10. He wants an even more extreme Brexit. A race to the bottom to sell us out to this global network of oligarch crooks.
Why TF isn’t he being investigated and stopped?

04.02.2026 22:28 πŸ‘ 1100 πŸ” 520 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 20
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Can’t credit the author of this because I don’t know who. But very good little infographic. Worth sharing far and wide.

Farage is in trouble.

03.02.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 348 πŸ” 248 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 11
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Farage says he doesn't know Simpson, owner of the small design firm that donated Β£200k to Refuk (while seemingly owing HMRC Β£200k).

Also, Simpson's firm has a client, Sasan Ghanderhari, the billionaire who funded Farage's recent Davos trip.

Small world, eh!

www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

03.02.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mandelson’s Fifth Column The British government’s business department exists to undermine democracy.

1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department β€œfunctions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧡
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...

03.02.2026 07:32 πŸ‘ 2005 πŸ” 937 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 96
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FWIW - we know about Epstein backing Trump - but what about Brexit? Some preliminary analysis of his comments on the EU Ref in 2016

02.02.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 158 πŸ” 76 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 3
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02.02.2026 22:31 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Express readers share whether they're happy with Brexit 10 years on The UK officially left the EU on January 31, 2020, after a withdrawal deal was passed by Parliament.

I felt a bit dirty going on the Express site but felt I needed to vote……..
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...

01.02.2026 09:47 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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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?

31.01.2026 10:57 πŸ‘ 1569 πŸ” 813 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 45
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Sign the Petition Hold a Parliamentary Debate on Palantir’s Role in UK Defence, Security & Public Services

Please, Please, Please, this is important not just for UK citizens but for all of the 500million Europeans altogether:

🚨SIGN THE PETITION TO DEBATE (and belatedly stop?!?) PALANTIR, pls🚨

c.org/ZtygzGfgsb

30.01.2026 12:10 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 0
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We urgently need a parliamentary debate on Palantir. Please sign this & share with your network. Via @the-citizens.bsky.social & @change.org.

www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...

29.01.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 777 πŸ” 518 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 35
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No words.

28.01.2026 11:36 πŸ‘ 86 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 6
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This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.

28.01.2026 03:12 πŸ‘ 12687 πŸ” 5603 πŸ’¬ 279 πŸ“Œ 444

Thanks for this. Found you and others I'd lost

15.01.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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03.11.2025 10:01 πŸ‘ 97 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Figures suggest Angela Rayner’s mortgage got 8 times more coverage than the bribery corruption conviction of Reform’s Nathan Gill .

Now, why would that be ?

28.09.2025 05:53 πŸ‘ 206 πŸ” 78 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2