It’s Elon Musk’s world - but we don’t have to live in it Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff on Musk, the far right, and the AI future being built without our consent

It’s Elon Musk’s world - but we don’t have to live in it.

Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff on Musk, the far right, and the AI future being built without our consent.

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Watch this moment from Parliament as MPs debate whether the UK should move toward proportional representation during discussion of the Representation of the People Bill.

Latest UK polling: As voters spread their support, our voting system can’t keep up Where elections often used to be a two-horse race between Labour and the Conservatives, voters are now spreading their support across an increasingly crowded field – and our voting sys

The latest polling data, including a striking YouGov survey and a roundup of recent polling from eight major polling firms, paints a vivid picture of a country whose political allegiances have shifted dramatically.

The end of the Hereditary Peerage: A long campaign and an important victory We saw a big victory last night as the bill to remove the last hereditary peers from the House of Lords finally passed. The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill means the remaining 84

The episode has been a stark illustration of the backward nature of the Lords, where we saw unelected politicians abusing their position to protect their own interests and attempt to thwart a manifesto pledge. buff.ly/NPATdsQ

Top civil servant yo-yo’d between govt and Blair Institute Exclusive: Tech firms such as TBI are embedding staff in government, sparking fears AI policy is being ‘outsourced’

Top civil servant boomeranged between government and Tony Blair Institute.

Exclusive: Tech firms such as TBI are embedding staff in government, sparking fears AI policy is being ‘outsourced’

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Reform voters… be warned.

Politicians who promise you prejudice will always make sure you pay for it.

Rachel Reeves to make new push for greater single-market access Some member states, led by France, expect the UK to pay into the EU budget in return

“Reeves has been ratcheting up the rhetoric on closer EU relations which she described as the “biggest prize” in trade”

If only we’d acknowledged this BEFORE we threw it away in a fit of arrogant prejudice. Getting back in the room is far harder than flouncing off
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Inside Forbes’ 2026 Billionaires List: More Than 3,400 Worth $20 Trillion Who’s up, who’s down and who’s off Forbes’ 40th annual ranking of the richest people in the world.

Are you better off than last year? 💸Billionaires certainly are.

Forbes just dropped its 2026 list & the numbers are wild.

The avg. billionaire added $500M to their wealth in 2025, taking them to $5.8Billion.

For the avg. UK worker to match that 1-year gain it'd take..

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Water crisis looms as company warns it can’t meet demand for new homes Councillors say it must serve as a wake-up call on the Labour government's plans to build 1.5m new homes

South East Water says it can't provide water to all new homes

Water companies haven't built new reservoirs for decades, paid dividends, govts did nothing

Govt wants to build new homes but no infrastructure planning. That's what happens when you privatize essentials infrastructure.

Oil price profiteering will not be tolerated, says minister Ed Miliband says the competition watchdog is primed to intervene if firms use the oil price shock to

UK govt "will not tolerate" energy firms profiteering from Iran war.

It will do what?

Ofgem allows profiteering: electricity pricing formula is based on price of gas, renewables are the cheapest. Profiteering is built in.

Change the formula, levy windfall tax, prosecute profiteering execs.

UK economy failed to grow in January ahead of Iran war Analysts had been expecting 0.2% growth for the UK economy at the beginning of the year.

UK economy failed to grow in January ahead of Iran war.

Neoliberalism has failed.

Need new economic strategy. Redistribute income/wealth. Too many struggling.

Profiteering pushing people into poverty. Nationalise essentials.

Govt to invest directly in infrastructure, new industries.

Trump: ‘When oil prices go up, we make a lot of money’.

Thousands killed, children orphaned, infrastructure destroyed, UN emasculated to enable US companies to make bigger profits - capitalism thrives on destruction.

Trillions of atoms, billions of years of human evolution and the world got Trump.

MPs criticise Fujitsu for not contributing ‘a penny’ to Post Office scandal compensation

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Investigate miscarriage of justice and quash Post Office Capture convictions, MPs say Fujitsu, the maker of the faulty Horizon software, has yet to pay anything towards redress while still benefiting from state contracts, the Business and Trade Committee said.

BREAKING: A committee of MPs have called on the government to quash convictions obtained with data from the Post Office's Capture software, the predecessor to the faulty Horizon IT programme

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Seema Misra says Post Office scandal 'taken 21 years of my life' Seema Misra calls for accountability as a report by MPs raises concerns about ongoing delays.

Post Office scandal 'has taken 21 years of my life'

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🚨In 2020 Nigel Farage said of MPs who defect & refuse a by-election “it’s not right, it’s dishonorable”

ON 16 MARCH PARLIAMENT WILL DEBATE A PETITION FOR BY-ELECTIONS TO BE TRIGGERED AUTOMATICALLY WHEN MP’S DEFECT

I’m sure Mr Farage can’t wait to attend and repeat this comment.

The Oil Lobby Is Using the Iran War to Revive North Sea Drilling but Official Data Shows It Won’t Cut Bills Fossil fuel funded think tanks, petrostate-linked policy institutes and oil market insiders are all being presented as impartial observers by the media, reports Nafeez Ahmed

🔴The Oil Lobby Is Using the Iran War to Revive North Sea Drilling but Official Data Shows It Won’t Cut Bills

Fossil fuel funded think tanks, petrostate-linked policy institutes and oil market insiders are all being presented as impartial observers by the media, reports @nafeez.bsky.social

Reform UK and a ‘British ICE’ – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition Could a version of the Trump administration’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency come to the UK under Nigel Farage? Olly Haynes reports

🟨 Print Edition — Reform UK and a ‘British ICE’

Could a version of the Trump administration’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency come to the UK under Nigel Farage? Olly Haynes reports

Take Big Money Out of Our Politics British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...

A crypto investor just donated £9 million to the Reform Party. Right now, billionaires can pour unlimited money into our elections, effectively buying our democracy. Think that's wrong? Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

Loving this. Every day Farage and his ilk make themselves look sillier and sillier.

Afraid of the beavers now are we?

We have awarded these people contracts in the Ministry of Defence. What the fuck are we doing.

British tourist among 20 charged in Dubai over videos of Iranian missile strikes UAE cybercrime law means sharing images or footage of war can bring jail, prison time and deportation

No doubt the Free Speech loving Isabel Oakeshott will be all over this and down the nick in Dubai protesting against it...

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Friday’s @theguardian.com front page: Hidden hand of Putin aids Iran’s tactics, says Healey
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People seem to have missed Russia/Epstein/Thiel link

Epstein introduced Thiel to Sergei Belyakov - former deputy Economics Minister close to Putin and Deripaska. Mandelson’s company Global Counsel then went on to represent Thiel, even while he was US Ambassador

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Student loans inquiry to look at whether system is 'unfair' The Treasury Committee will look at whether

MPs to investigate student loan system.

Student loan debt in England is £267bn, expected to hit £500bn by 2040.

Govt transferred public debt to households, real rates of interest, low repayment threshold, lives blighted.

No Uni tuition fees in most of Europe or Scotland.

How democratic is the UK? The UK has a crisis of democracy

Health and social care handed to corporations.

Profits of 32%-43% from cataract surgery.

Profit margins of up to 21% for child fostering services.

19% – 25% profit margin for residential care for children.

Money buys less. Corporate profits guaranteed. Who asked the people?

Shell CEO’s pay jumps 60% despite slump in profits at oil company Campaigners say people unlikely to ‘look favourably’ on package for Wael Sawan, which rose to £13.8m in 2025

Shell CEO’s pay jumps 60% to £13.8m. Did yours?

Execs rewarded for profiteering.

Average real pay for workers hardly changed since 2008.

Govts claim worker pay rises are inflationary, but silence on exec pay, dividends, share buyback and corporate tax abuses.

CMA to investigate heating oil suppliers over ‘blatant profiteering’ from Iran war Competition watchdog says it will look into ‘concerning reports’ to see if they breach consumer protection laws

CMA investigates heating oil suppliers over ‘blatant profiteering’ from Iran war.

Profiteering is everywhere - water, energy, social care, vets, banking, dentists, housing ....

People pushed into poverty, economy stagnates.

Regulators/Govts close profiteers, nationalise essentials, but don't

Putin's 'hidden hand' likely helping Iran against Trump, UK defence secretary says Iranian-linked drones hit a base in Iraq where some British troops are located, in a development that drives home Russia's role in the Iran war.

Putin likely helping Iran with drones, UK defence secretary says

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Jeez. I thought I had seen everything but this! It’s almost impossible to believe it has actually just been posted by the White House. They’ve just presented the horrors of war as some kind of sick video game. Shameful, disgraceful, obscene and utterly horrific.