This very straight news piece buried deep within the FT never uses words like corruption or insider dealing but every detail is quietly devastating. Why is the FT virtually alone in the UK media in covering this important story?

NEW BLOGPOST: Keir Starmer and David Lammy are taking an extraordinarily dangerous gamble with our individual liberty For any MP unsure of how to vote on the government’s proposals to restrict trial by jury.

Contrast this poignant photo of a young woman fleeing Kiev with her animal family😿

🚨Keir Starmer’s plan to strip the right to jury trials from offences carrying up to three years imprisonment will place the country on a path toward authoritarian justice. Is that what people voted for? CONTACT YOUR MP NOW before it’s too late! youtu.be/mXTpGebSSB8?...

Yesterday evening, for the second time in a year, the Met Police raided Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrested a number of young nonviolent activists. STATEMENT: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

🚨IT’S ONE OF THE MOST SHOCKING, CRUEL, INHUMANE AND MONUMENTAL INJUSTICES OF THE PAST HALF CENTURY its been described as “state sponsored torture” and it’s happening in the UK RIGHT NOW One of the most shocking films you will watch this year #IPPscandal youtu.be/6SUty30a4ws?...

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

Difficult to see how this blocks multiple small donations. That is, when someone wants to donate a lot and gets many others to "donate" modest amounts without revealing the true source.

Women can't sacrifice a testicle.

He has demolished half the WH to build a ballroom - thinly disguising existing and (probably) new bunkers to protect him. He starts a war and chooses to do so from a place where the nearest bunker is sand and a few golf balls.

Really concerned to hear the Defence Secretary refuse to rule out UK's involvement in future strikes on Iran. Iraq lessons must be learned. Further escalation in the Middle East makes us all less safe. Starmer must rule out UK involvement immediately.

Remember when Congress authorized the use of force against Iran? Me neither. Any U.S. attack on Iran would violate U.S. and international law.

And stop posting there now. bsky.app/profile/debe...

Trump’s video suggests there’s no plan for after - he’s just going to let the Iranian people sort it out. And as the Iranian people have no access to weapons that likely means new faces from the heavily-armed old guard in charge, just like Venezuela.

Sooner or later Trump’s going to stop boasting about all the wars he's ended and start boasting about all the wars he's started instead.

And this the charity behind it @sedsconnective.org

Radiohead is demanding that the Trump administration take down a pro-ICE promotional video featuring a version of its song “Let Down” without permission. Full statement from the band:

“In a battle between hope and hate, hope has won.” Congratulations to new MP Hannah Spencer! bylinetimes.com/2026/02/27/h...

Time Angela Rayner deleted her X account, and came over to BlueSky.

Humourless multimillionaire Ben Habib's Advance UK won just 154 votes at Gorton and Denton. Nick Buckley was beaten into 7th place by Sir Oink A-Lot of the Monster Raving Looney Party. Ben's taking it well.

Transcripts should be mandatory for podcasts

Did JD Vance thank Greenland yet for providing emergency medical care to our US sailor?

What amazing planning to have BOTH hospitals ships under maintenance at the same time. Therefore unavailable had Venezuela blown up. Nor for Iran. Nor if the Houthis severely damage a USN ship. And certainly not for any claimed "humanitarian" uses. Like Gaza.

The State Is Bad .... ***but*** he wants the state to deport people and stop immigration. Actually, the state, for all the many faults and worse any and every actual state suffers, is essential.

Two things are simultaneously true: 1. The Iranian regime treats its people with extreme brutality and cruelty, and we should honour the citizens seeking to overthrow it. 2. A US attack on Iran would turn a crisis into a catastrophe.

That should tell you all you need to know about Reform UK

I'm getting really worried: “The Met Office initially announced a probability of snowfall earlier this week, albeit with uncertainty over the forecast. Now, a concrete warning has been issued from 4pm today.” Snowfall I can cope with, but...

Oh, Daily Mail, never let history get in the way of a dramatic headline. “Will Andrew become the first royal to go to prison?” The Tower of London would like a word.

Overjoyed to get state pension increase. Less happy at water bill increase.

My water - not for profit Dwr Cymru - went from £12 odd a week 2024 to £16:34 a week last year, the water pressure dropped by a similar amount, lol. I believe we can expect another 4-5% this year. 80p ish a week, so slightly under the UK average... Yay me 🙄

Palantir, a US spy-tech firm, has been given access to millions of NHS patient records. Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'. Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

This morning we will hear the result of the judicial review of the government's ban on Palestine Action, on the grounds that it's a "terrorist" organisation. An important moment, which could have a major influence on freedom of speech and association in this country.

Recently, I have noticed products available on Amazon. Price could be £10. Usually worth checking AliExpress and Temu. Check and prices there might be £100. Far more than the item could ever be worth. Or the item is not listed at all. On both. Is there some massive stitch up going on? 1/3

BBC didn’t have to concede those points. I wouldn’t have been surprised by boilerplate ‘breaking news, we just give both sides’ rebuttal. Seen plenty of BBC correspondence over the years and tone of the email definitely chastened by standard of these things. Hope it has some lingering effect.

Clive Lewis MP: This deal with Palantir stinks. It stank before Peter Mandelson was involved, and it stank when those now on the Opposition Benches initiated the NHS and defence contracts. Peter Thiel is an oligarch who despises democracy... Even the Swiss army has rejected Palantir... #R4Today

"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

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...

This little creep no one ever heard of before BBC/MSM thrust him into our eyes for being an unelected Reform bureaucrat, is getting too big for his boots❗️ Just 6 MPs, 4 are Tory rejects, Yusuf is threatening a University with defunding because they didn’t do as Reform said.. #ReformsLittleHitler

No-one speaks of this NF role: Co-founder and Chairman of Action on World Health LLP Date interest arose: 13 May 2024 Along with Tice...

Nigel Farage has just moved his company address to...Mayfair. As Private Eye notes, nothing says 'man of the people' like it. (The office appears to belong, through a complex web, to Reform treasurer Nick Candy's firm)

The Weight of Being Unheard The Human Cost of Not Being Believed Pernicious Anaemia Society pasociety.substack.com/p/the-weight...

Something compelled me to make this

😡 Four former defence insiders hired by Palantir in a single year. A £240m MoD contract awarded without competition. A “strategic partnership” announced soon after. The revolving door between defence and big tech is spinning fast.

Reform UK’s head of policy Zia Yusuf launched a culture war in Wales by threatening to withhold funding from Bangor University after its student debating society refused to host two leading figures from his party ✍️Martin Shipton

Now we learn from Reps of both parties who saw the unredacted Epstein files today that Trump, Bondi, & Blanche are covering up the absolute worst things in the Epstein files to protect the wealthy, powerful and politically connected. DOJ is being run by criminal co-conspirators.