This is both informative and alarming. It sounds that the Streeting and the govt are intent on repeating the mistakes of the recent past after a lot of procrastinating. open.substack.com/pub/jujuliag...

Steve Reed is being as evasive and useless interviewed as he is a govt minister. Reed represents all that is wrong with our current Labour govt… a right wing bully boy who made everything worse as Environment Secretary and is now making a mess in his new post. www.globalplayer.com/videos/2JsSd...

Again, reports from different sources say that Starmer doesn’t come up with original ideas himself, so unless someone meets him, and tells him that we should regulate, nothing will happen. We also know that Starmer delegates discussions to others so we’re doubly in a mess - nothing will be done.

We’ve seen this before. As the big US tech firm destroys the local competition, and the British state becomes dependent on the solutions it offers, the price becomes higher and higher. £500mn now will be £2bn tomorrow and so on, so forth. #Palantir www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Lindsey Graham has obviously been watching too many John Wayne movies. Are all American politicians so old that their cognitive functions have escaped them?

Let's encourage our MP Munira Wilson: The UK's deal with Trump to avoid tariffs by buying more pharmaceuticals from the USA has hidden costs. Tell the Government to publish their impact assessment. 🙋 hey-mp.uk/hey/Munira-W...

The #Palantir PR piece in today’s Observer fails to look at the behaviour of US tech companies. Look at other US tech firms behaviour they end up ripping us off. Eg - Uber, when they started, they charged drivers 15%, they now charge up to 49% and drivers don’t get all of their tips.

The British FCA have just awarded a contract to Palantir. Who is making these decisions and why are our Oxbridge-educated civil servants and govt ministers not recognising the threat? The old boys network is alive and well.

Who is making these decisions? After reading several articles about how useless Starmer is so I don’t expect we’ll see a change in course no matter how many people object to Palantir accessing their data. Have we really come to this? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

JF says “…GB News, confirmed this week as the TV arm of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.” I sometimes get the distinct impression that all of the main current affairs programmes, except for C4 News, are the TV arm of Farage’s Reform. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Mega-donors can pour millions of pounds into our political parties and drown out the influence of ordinary voters. We need a donation cap now. Please sign our letter. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/187342/...

Congratulations to all #AstonVilla fans for making the last 8 in the Europa League. Great win over Lille.

Justin Webb, #bbctoday also made a similar point in a newspaper, I think he said that Trump was just what America needed. I still can’t get my head round the idea that Gary Lineker, a sports presenter, can’t be political but Justin Webb, a 2nd rate news presenter, can - and in a nat paper.

Call the nurse somebody, he’s not compos mentis!!

Ed Davey used his 2nd question at #pmqs yesterday to ask why Ofcom were not doing their job despite GBN clearly breaking the rules on a frequent basis. Starmer, as with all except planted questions, did not engage with the point. I still think Starmer has got to go for the good of our country.

This is proof that our current Labour govt is the party of the status quo. Why would they spend so much money to prevent the release of information associated with the Tory’s Covid VIP lane?? #Changewasjustaslogan open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

If you work in financial services, a fund manager say, but are not an accredited IFA, you can be prosecuted and sued for any losses incurred. A fund manager is an expert in investing. Why then can these people use their unqualified position to spout medical claims without evidence?

They’ve certainly got the money to bomb Iran and their billionaire class paymasters would love it.

Once again GB News resorts to the old ‘free speech’ chestnut and OFCOM stands by and watches. Free speech would be a fine thing if it was not filtered so that only far right free speech was broadcast. #Ofcomunfitforpurpose www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...

This is what happens when two builders (Witkoff/Kushner) lead diplomatic talks. A gulf diplomat comments “…What I will say is that in all the explanations of what went on, it is the Iranians that have normally been telling the truth.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Is Defense (sic) News a thing or some sort of trolling account?

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This seems a bit rich coming from someone who idolised Alexander (Boris) de Pfeffel Johnson, one of the most unserious people public life has ever known. Moreover, the LibDems, who I actually like, greatly benefitted from tactical votes due to our anti-democratic FPTP system.

It’s ok, nothing to see here. The water company investors are raking it in so all is well. The govt have announced that Teddington, where I live, is to be given bathing water status without noticing that Thames Water plan to discharge treated sewage there. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

This is monstrous. If Trump’s America is horrific what is Netanyahu’s Israel? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

I’ve signed and think we need to stop govt turning over our precious data to Palantir.

#DirtyBusiness exposed the human cost of profit before public health. Our water system won’t be fixed with tinkering. It needs public ownership. I’ve asked my MP to attend the MP drop-in on 17th March & hear that message directly from sewage campaigners: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

This pretty much sums up Farage. Being an MP, on the other hand, is a doddle because he doesn’t have to turn up or do anything leaving him to concentrate on enriching himself. Perhaps someone could remind the govt that the rules governing MPs working are ripe for ‘change’.

Yet another awful effect from Margaret Thatcher’s time as PM. Who could have known that selling our state owned water companies to greedy private equity investors could have resulted in this? Britain has been devastated by Thatcher govt policies. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Good grief, he looks like the soldier that used to be on the Quality Street tins. So brave, the heel spurs must have been crippling him. What are are heel spurs??

I admit to not knowing how these things work, however, as it was Starmer’s (read McSweeney’s) appalling judgement, why didn’t he show a bit of backbone, a bit of spine and do the morning media round himself? Instead Nick Thomas-Symonds took the brickbats. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Has Farage ever apologised for anything? Never going to happen, the man comes across as a sociopath.

Lo and behold the real reason that America attacked Iran. Yet another unpleasant surprise is that Palantir, who our govt has handed vast sums of money and our NHS data to, is involved. This all feels too surreal and cartoonish for words. open.substack.com/pub/bylineti...

This report in the Nerve posted by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social is staggering. The abuse of young girls is depraved, however, the control these men surrounding Epstein and their attempts to circumvent democracy is being largely ignored.

I know this sketch from John Crace was posted yesterday, however, it feels very very out of date today after both Badenoch’s and Farage’s volte face today! These people are incredible. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Oooops, he thinks we’ve all forgotten and, for those who have, there’s these leaflets featuring a grinning idiot.

I get the impression that Starmer doesn’t learn lessons but live in hope.

@bethrigby.bsky.social, as you are determined to act as one of Farage’s publicity machines, at least report it properly or have you given that up for Lent?

It’s outrageous that the Duchy of Lancaster has even made this suggestion and illustrates the contempt in which we’re held by the Royal Family. There’s a vast difference between clever PR and genuine respect for one’s subjects. Take the Prince of Wale’s takeover of Windsor Pk, it shows contempt.

Important message: In case you didn’t know, Nigel Farage went scuttling over to Florida to meet Donald Trump for dinner on Sat night. Unfortunately for Farage, Trump had a ‘change of schedule’ and went to his club hundreds of miles away. Or, as Trump put it “…we’re trying to avoid some people”.

We are all in great peril. Abolishing the automatic right to trial by jury leads in one direction - a greater number of wrongful convictions. If an innocent person goes to prison, it wrecks their lives and doesn’t serve the victim. thesecretbarrister.com/2026/03/07/k...

Is Farage actually in the country? Last I heard he was having a cosy supper with his friend, Trump.

Thank you, Marina Purkiss, for speaking up for the majority of people across the UK. If my best friend attacked someone in the street, I would try to stop them and help the victim - and try to help my friend as they obviously have big problems.

Ah yes, sexual violence is only unacceptable if it’s carried out by people you don’t approve of. Of course, if it happens or is alleged at the university where you’re Chancellor, just keep shtum!!

The military planners who planned these raids knew the effect it would have on the civilian population of Tehran. They must be brought to justice as this is a war crime. Remember how disgusted we all were when Sadam Hussein torched the oil wells in Kuwait? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

If anyone missed this due to Operation Epstein Distraction in Iran, this is who Donald Trump is.

Farage had a cosy dinner with a POTUS who is hostile to the UK and is pursuing an illegal war that does not adhere to any of the international rules of war and protections created as a result of WW2 with FDR, Churchill and other Allied world leaders. He should be arrested on his return.

Whilst there has to be a diplomatic approach, I think Simon Tisdall is correct in saying we need to start the process of detaching ourselves from the US. We have to face the fact that we are no longer dealing with FDR, Obama or even Clinton and never will again. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We have a Labour govt that can make life uncomfortable for the billionaire media owners in this country but they don’t because they made a grubby deal with them before the election. It is imperative we free ourselves by regulating these vile organisations properly.

This is very well said, if there are only a few in America who speak out, it will be easy to silence them. It’s more difficult if millions speak out.