Today we join @foxglovelegal.bsky.social & others demanding transparency around the tech trade deals which Mandelson crafted - including the Palantir MoD deal. An awful lot of Global Counsel clients did very well out of these deals. 1/2

Absolutely amazing. Well done @defendourjuries.bsky.social. Well done Huda Ammori. Never give up. #FreePalestine www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Labour is unpopular because it’s too left wing. But pray to god Starmer stays, otherwise we’ll get real communism. 😂 Does the FT really pay him to write this stuff?? www.ft.com/content/c9a2...

Our enemy is the economic system - a “dictatorship run by the tiny minority who control capital”. The answer is a democratic economy. Or else, we get barbarism. Brilliant 👇 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Britain’s food and manufacturing standards regime is “under severe pressure” as a result of Starmer’s trade pact with Trump last year, Britain’s standards chief warned MPs yesterday. That pact means ongoing talks in which the government could concede on standards at any time.

The US’ critical minerals trade bloc aims at securing US military & tech hegemony through control of critical minerals supply chains. This will hinder the green transition. But the deal itself gives insight into Trump’s new world order 🧵 www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026...

Hang on, so we did a deal with Trump which will mean the NHS giving an extra £9bn a year to these 👇 very profitable corporations, on the basis it would help attract investment back. And yet… no investment is coming back. It was a shakedown. Who knew? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

He lied and lied to get into power. He expelled MPs who did the right thing He pretended migrants were the source of all our problems He watched a genocide taking place and protected the perpetrator. He criminalised decent citizens who spoke out. I could go on. Starmer is not a decent man.

We’ve sent Prince William to the Gulf to get them to accept an ISDS (corporate court) in our upcoming trade deal 🤦‍♂️ The government, the royal family, no more than lobbyists for anti-democratic interests in the City of London. www.politico.eu/article/prin...

The new Counter Power podcast is out. I’m with @seemasyeda.bsky.social and @lukecooper100.bsky.social discussing how the far right has transformed and become a global force… and how we fight it 👇 m.youtube.com/watch?v=C112...

Peter Mandelson isn't a glitch. He offers a glimpse into how Westminster works. The public already knows it. Now more politicians must face upto it - and act. Read my 2025 article for @bylinetimes.bsky.social about the integrity gap at the heart of UK politics. bylinetimes.com/2025/09/29/t...

Starmer told a G20 summit in Brazil that his administration would prioritise “the fight against hunger” Yet he’s cut funding to the UN World Food Programme by a third. To spend it on weapons instead. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

“what’s been exposed shows McSweeney’s operation is rotten to the core” @KimJohnsonMP is totally right www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Noone in our political class liked or trusted Peter Mandelson it seems. Then how was he so powerful for such a long time? This isn’t simply about one man, it’s about our disconnected political class, especially the Labour Party elite.

NEXT WEEK: After the incursion into Venezuela, threats towards Greenland and NATO - and the backdrop of international law crumbling in the Gaza genocide and Ukraine - we have experts @nickdearden.bsky.social and Mary Kaldor on the podcast to discuss if US hegemony is failing.

Trump’s critical minerals deals are pure neo-colonialism 👇

The addictive design of social media is a major problem with serious impacts on public health and endangering democracy Our new report reveals intense #lobbying by Meta, Google, TikTok and Snap to block or water down EU measures against social media addiction 🚨 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/a...

📢 Join us in London for Resisting Big Tech Empires: The fight for the future – a day of talks, debate and strategy on taking on the big tech monopolies. 📅 Sat 25 April 2026 🎟️ Free tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/globa... 🧵⬇️

Trump’s building a new world order, and there’s a method to his ‘madness’ His goal is to replace international law with the rule of the bully. And he’s getting there.   By me 👇   www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

As well as Epstein, Peter Mandelson has questions to answer about his role in the UK’s trade deals with Donald Trump - on medicines and Big Tech in particular, explains our director @nickdearden.bsky.social 👇🏽

Starmer's excuse for appointing Mandelson as US ambassador is that he "believed his lies". This is someone who had been sacked twice from the Cabinet, a known friend of Epstein, nicknamed the 'prince of darkness'. Starmer knew. We all knew. He just thought this guy might get along with Trump.

Right, these would be the tech & trade deals so amazing that *checks notes* the government is doing everything it can to avoid us seeing the details? Still, Mandelson eh, I’m sure that’s all good, nothing to worry about 😳

The US’s latest trade ‘deal’ aims at price floors, trade blocs and heavy state intervention. More like Britain’s ‘imperial preference’ in the 30s, than 90s neoliberalism. As befits a dying empire. www.state.gov/releases/off...

Back in Parliament tonight to tell MPs we need to abolish ISDS - the toxic ‘corporate courts’ which allows oligarchs, multinationals and super rich investors to subvert our democracy. #ISDSfree Great meeting @tradejusticemov.bsky.social

A huge indictment of this government’s policy on Palestine Action, itself a product of its complicity in genocide. Most people in Britain, given the evidence, understand the rights and wrongs here. No wonder David Lammy is going after the jury system as a whole.

so hang on a minute, the UK (significantly, erm, “represented“ in negotiations by Mandelson) has just signed a trade deal with the US that gives into their demands for NHS to pay way more for medicines…. & yet Streeting won’t even tell us the barest details? 🤯 www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

BREAKING: NO CONVICTIONS AS VERDICTS COME IN FOR FILTON24 TRIAL After 8 days of deliberation, the jury have not convicted Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Ellie (Leona) Kamio, Fatema Zainab Rajwani, Zoe Rogers and Jordan Devlin on any charge. Defend Our Juries comment to follow.

The World Cup should not be hosted by a fascist who is shooting his own people, closing down democracy and banning people from dozens of countries from the US. We need to build opposition to this. Join the new Football Against Fascism campaign 👇 footballagainstfascism.org

Given the allegations of Mandelson leaking sensitive govt info, advising US banks to 'threaten' the Chancellor, etc, you do start to wonder who else he might have given an inside track - US big pharma as well?

The Pharma trade deal which Starmer (& Mandelson!) agreed with Trump will end up costing £9bn a year. Today, the government admits the NHS will be footing the bill. Scandalous. My colleague Tim Bierley in the Guardian 👇 www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Can’t wait for this. If you’re under 30, join us in Leeds for We Rise on 21 Feb to hear from some fantastic speakers, and to discuss, debate and organise 👇

I love the Zapatistas - an amazing message of solidarity with the Iranian people ‘The struggle in Iran is also the struggle for life everywhere. And only from down below, together, can we face the storm and imagine the day after’ enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2026/01/29/f...

So good to hear @annpettifor.bsky.social tearing into the financiers who’ve gambled with our planet for far too long. They’re more responsible for the state of the world than anyone. Have a listen 👇 Can’t wait to read the book. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...

I remember meeting shadow ministers before the election, star struck by Peter Mandelson, who regularly advised them on policy. What has transpired over the weekend proves how poor is the judgement and values of a good section of today’s cabinet.

🚨 The gov has agreed a #NHS drug price hike with Trump’s administration - and neither the public nor MPs have had a say in it. This deal could force the NHS to pay BILLIONS more for medicines, pushing other services to breaking point. Watch, share, and tag your MP. 👇🏽

Israel is still killing children on a regular basis. Another 6 this morning, 12 people killed in all. Boycott, sanctions, divestment. #FreePalestine www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...

Israel admits more (probably way more) than 70000 people were killed in Gaza. And remember at least 20000 of those were children. Just think. Yet Britain continues to collaborate with Israel’s government, including militarily. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Gaza was a testing ground. As we warned, if you tolerate this, your children will be next. 😡 www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...

My piece in Tribune this week on Trump’s New World Order 👇

Too many leaders think Trump’s crazy. This is dangerous. Trump, rather, wants to tear down the pillars of the old world order and create a new one 🧵 tribunemag.co.uk/2026/01/the-...

Very excited to announce our upcoming conference Resisting Big Tech Empires 25 April London Cory Doctorow Anita Gurumurthy Sofia Scassera James Meadway Khem Rogaly Cecilia Rikap, Dan McQuillan www.tickettailor.com/events/globa...

The government said the NHS would never be on the table in a trade deal with Trump. But now they've agreed a deal with the US to pay pharma much higher drugs prices - and they wont come clean on the details. This secrecy is a danger to our NHS www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Great meeting in Parliament tonight briefing MPs about the US-UK pharma deal and the threat it poses to the NHS. We need to force this secretive deal into the open.

"To beat Trump, we must declare independence from the US — but we can only beat fascist economics with genuinely democratic economics." Our director @nickdearden.bsky.social for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social tribunemag.co.uk/2026/01/the-...

Oxfam refuses to provide Israel with details of Palestinian staff in Gaza 👏 👏 www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...

Trump is not crazy. He's creating a new world order that bears striking similarities with facism in the 1930s. Today in @tribunemagazine.bsky.social, I lay out what that looks like and how we can fight it.  #Greenland #Venezuela #davos  tribunemag.co.uk/2026/01/the-...

My colleague Tim Bierley quoted here on the dreadful US-UK Pharma deal 👇 Trump asked the government to hand over billions more of our tax money to Big Pharma companies - and ministers agreed. Now they won’t even let us see their calculations. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

The government has given in to Trump, handed billions from the NHS budget to Big Pharma - and won’t even give us their the true long term costs. Great piece 👇 I’ll be meeting MPs tomorrow to plan the fight back. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Plans by the Board of ‘Peace’ to turn Gaza into a full scale Trump colony. A total violation of international law. www.dropsitenews.com/p/leaked-boa...

British complicity continues… www.thenational.scot/news/2578955...

Those in charge of the Labour Party are absolutely determined to see a Reform government. It’s seemingly better than a modicum of social democracy. Dreadful people, unforgivable politics. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...