In Jan 2020 I posted on X: I will be angry when the Russia Report is eventually published and it shows sufficient interference to rule the Referendum unsafe. The MSM will all make a big thing of it having completely ignored their job of getting it in the public domain before the damage was done.

So South West Water, 6 days since we reported a problem with our water supply. Little or no help from Source for Business. Contacted South West Water Help on X and initially had good responsive reply with promise of contact before end Friday. Now Monday and no progress. What are you going to do?

Don’t you just love water privatisation! Business in South Devon finds high levels of phosphates in their supply and want it checked out urgently. The supplier, South West Water won’t talk to us because we need to deal with their retailer, Source for Business, who do not see the urgency

So, Danny Kruger was “thrilled by Brexit”!!! Nothing more needs to be said!

If only Labour leadership were listening …

Just an observation. I posted the same post about Farage at the same time on Bluesky and on X. On Bluesky, with 551 followers, it got 75 reposts and 186 likes. On X, with over 13,000 followers, it got 148 views with 1 repost and 4 likes!! Seems strange doesn’t it?!?

Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell. Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass. That, right there, is the problem.

@BBCNews @SkyNews Can't you see how pitiful your coverage is at the moment?? - Constant PR on Farage until he's exposed in the US then silence. - Hounding Rayner whilst having ignored Tory issues multiple times bigger. - Giving Reform a platform whilst ignoring Lib Dems & Greens.

Farage heading up the @BBCNews again today. Who the hell is deciding what the main stories are? He certainly shouldn’t be one. Reform has 4/5 MPs and continue their one trick pony of dog-whistle politics around immigration. Virtually all the media in the UK are actively stirring it up

The Palantir involvement with the UK govt and our data is deeply dangerous. The company & its co-founder, Peter Thiel, get a lot out of the £330m contract with the NHS but all we get is the risk of our data (and yes patient data belongs to the patient) being misused. 1/2

Once poisonous US food is allowed here, we wont get a choice over whether to avoid it or not. Sure, we might be able to buy "British Chicken", but you'd never know where the chicken in the chicken pie at the supermarket or the restaurant came from. You'd never be able to make the choice.

Straight up thuggery from Trump and Vance today. Zelensky is both brave and a patriot – things that they know nothing of. Every decent American must be embarrassed

"Censorship of science is never about protecting the public. It is about controlling them. When governments dictate what research can & cannot be published, they are not defending the truth. They are erasing it." Powerful words from @martinmckee.bsky.social et al 👏 academic.oup.com/eurpub/advan...

Wales Is Leading the Way on Ending Lying in Politics The Welsh Government looks set to impose bold new restrictions on lying in politics. It’s time for Westminster to follow suit bylinetimes.com/2025/02/19/w...

Despite endless stories that suggest the opposite, unemployment has stayed steady - & historically low at 4.4% The panic about too many people & too many of them being on benefits is misplaced. The problem is the wealth we all create goes only to the rich #r4today

For those of us in Europe, here's a proposed renaming of the North Atlantic

So, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tells Europe that US doesn’t believe a Ukraine in NATO & doesn’t want to fund Ukraine. This is BIG. Raises new question, though. Why doesn't Europe consider dropping US from NATO?!? Smaller yes, but large enough to protect Europe. Let the US isolate

www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerse... Common sense goes missing in Local Authorities. Coverage of my statement to West of England Combined Authority about our local 99 bus not being allowed to stop in villages it passes through.

The world's richest man decided that the world's richest country should stop helping the world's poorest people

At a moment when we desperately need a fragile truce to hold, Trump’s ramblings on Gaza risk having the effect of a bull in a china shop. The UK needs to make clear that these proposals must be rejected, and that we support international law and a two state solution based on 1967 borders.

Trump has clearly not spoken to a single Palestinian about this plan. Gaza is our land. Palestine is our home. Peace cannot come at the cost of our country. I urge the UK and the whole international community to resist him. Recognise Palestine now, before it's too late.

Five years after #Brexit, its disastrous consequences are clearer than ever. We need to do far more to rebuild relations with the EU & begin a serious conversation about rejoining. That starts with facing down Farage & faragism @europeanmovement.co.uk @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social

Thames Water is collapsing. NO BAILOUTS for the shareholders and banks who caused this mess. Tell the government to take it into public ownership PERMANENTLY and protect the public interest. #WeOwnIt weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...

Thames Water is about to enter Government Administration. The Law as it is already written states that when it goes bankrupt its operation automatically returns to the Government, but its £19bn in debts don't. That is exactly what must happen.

As Labour timidly considers this tiny step towards damage control… Brexit’s moronic mascot, Priti Patel, declares “Starmer and his chums are all too happy to put their ideology ahead of our national interest, no matter the cost." And irony collapses in on itself. liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/uk-...

🌿 Climate and Nature Bill's co-sponsor, @labourlewis.bsky.social: “I don't want to see growth that comes at the cost of my daughter and her generation's future. You can not have growth on a dead planet—MPs need to understand that. Climate, biodiversity and growth are interlinked.” #CANBill

For all the doubters, how are these not the same?

True

Not all heroes wear capes.

Calum Miller, "I would say that Elon Musk is a threat to the UK" #BBCQT @calummillerld.bsky.social "Oligarchs like Elon Musk who have huge power, the ability to control information as well as money" "We need real powers that prevent foreign interference in our politics"

Tiktok has been banned in the US on the grounds that China could use it "to manipulate and control Americans by spreading propaganda and misinformation." In other words, China *might* do exactly what Elon Musk *has done* with X. It's a blatant double standard.

What’s the difference between Laura Kuenssberg & Chris Mason as BBC political editor❓ Absolutely nothing… they’re both Tory Cheerleaders who don’t report with neutral opinion, they intentionally skew everything to be anti-labour / pro Tory.. #BBC uses license fees to pay for Tory propaganda❗️😡

Elon Musk has declared war on Labour. Collective action is the only response @graceblakeley.bsky.social goodlawproject.org/when-billion...

t.co/kZQYYOUdJB Another good article from Roy. This pile on about NHS corridor care needs to be seen in context. As he says, it’s time to recognise reality, the cost of the current and particularly the last Govt’s inaction on social care has led us to this point

Thanks to @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social In times of crises, be a Taylor Swift…

This is spot on and it's what I've been trying to verbalise. The culture war bickering doesn't achieve anything it just plays into the right's hand. Instead, organise.

My first piece of 2025 for Byline Times: 🔴 The Times Is Forced to Correct a Misleading Article Claiming Electric Vehicle Demand Is Falling When It’s Actually Rising Britain’s ‘newspaper of record’ had two complaints over inaccuracy upheld against it in one day bylinetimes.com/2025/01/13/t...

The man in charge of social media platforms used by billions should show some moral courage, writes @jemima.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/682c...

I fear there is deep truth here.

I have a piece in today’s Irish Times on the far right capture of social media and what this means for Europe.

Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from accountability. When someone uses 'free speech' to shield deliberate lies, they're not protecting liberty—they're weaponising it. Know the difference. #Disinformation #FreeSpeech

Chris Mason, just a slightly lower profile Laura Kuenssberg in his unwaivering bias in favour of the Tory Party. How has the BBC News has sunk so low? Well, their masters also have little interest in reporting the world fairly. Out of this Victoria Derbyshire shines like a beacon of journalism

The only thing that *got done* was the country

NEW: Starmer comes out strongly in defence of Jess Philipps and against Elon Musk who he suggests is "far right". . He says those who are spreading "misinformation" and "lies" about Phillips and child sexual abuse "are not interested in victims, they are interested in themselves."