He's a master of distracting us from crimes he's already committed by continuously committing new crimes. 5 months until the Midterms. #AccountabilityIsComing

A reminder of what Nigel Farage said following the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer.

Kyiv. City centre. A woman clearing the damage from the night attack near the antique bookshop. We won’t give up. I know. I see.

Right now Palantir has a £330m contract to run our NHS health records, but this spy-tech firm shouldn't be anywhere near  our health service. Email your local hospital today and ask them to say no to Palantir goodlaw.social/668d1d

🔴 Wes Streeting has said that Palantir is “absolutely critical to the future of the NHS.” But Palantir’s £330m NHS platform is “slow an clunky” and eight to ten times slower at analysing data than the current NHS tool in use Massive scoop on Democracy for Sale: open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

Meanwhile, in Kyiv, chestnuts are starting to bloom. I once mentioned that chestnuts are one of Kyiv’s symbols.

Zelensky: "Russia has announced a May 9th parade in Moscow without military equipment. It will be the first time in many years they cannot afford military equipment and they fear drones may buzz over Red Square. This is telling. It shows they are not strong now."

"Emergent technologies – including generative AI and nudification tools – are becoming increasingly integral to the deliberate targeting and silencing of women in public life by lowering technical barriers to abuse while amplifying its reach": @thenerve.news.

Our democracy is under threat from powerful men outside our country who wish to destroy it. Our plan would cut the strings of foreign interference in our politics.

Yes, this is Ukraine too. Where birds sing, nature celebrates spring, and a historic building catches the sunlight. I’m here to show you what is hidden behind the bars of war.

It's not a political party. It's an engine of enrichment for greedy millionaire white men. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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The Prime Minister is spearheading one of the most shocking attacks on civil liberties in modern times even though independent analysis shows these changes would make NO meaningful difference to the court backlog and there is no credible evidence it will make justice swifter

Ukraine strikes Russian drone plant in Taganrog, military confirms; Ukraine carries out first-ever interception of Shahed using naval drone platform, military says; Ukraine hits 4 'important' Russian oil sites in overnight strikes, military says; and more.

The health secretary wants to keep us in the dark about Palantir’s systems for handling sensitive health records. So we’re taking legal action with Democracy for Sale to fight back: https://goodlaw.social/249f

Liberal Democrats get things done. We don’t do division. We do potholes and police officers, church roofs and clean rivers. We focus on the local issues that matter to you. Vote Liberal Democrat on 7th May.

Scandalous @doctorshaib.bsky.social

Incredible substance here from @chrischirp.bsky.social. The 2nd wave of COVID-19 in the UK was a) devastating and b) avoidable. Take time to play the clip of Prof Kevin Fong who breaks down when describing the scale of death and its impact on ICU staff. christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-uk-cov...

We tracked down the superyacht owned by the world’s sixth richest man. Larry Ellison won’t like what we did to it 🛥️🏴‍☠️

Three paintings I loved the most from the exhibition I visited yesterday in Kyiv. So many were good. Most were created during the war.

New polling confirms every Scottish constituency backs law change on assisted dying. Three terminally ill women stand on plinths outside the Scottish Parliament in tribute to those most harmed by the ban. Ahead of the final vote they send a clear message: Scotland’s will is unwavering.

youtu.be/T4Upf_B9RLQ Brilliant campaign. It’s not just digital services it’s absolutely everything.

The first Russian invasion began 12 years ago: As the Revolution of Dignity culminated in winter 2014, Viktor Yanukovych fled Ukraine. Within a week, Russian troops began their takeover of Crimea, sparking the war that continues to this day. www.kyivpost.com/post/70865

In 1965, CEOs made 20 times more than workers. Today, it’s 281 times more. At some companies, it's even worse. Patriotic Millionaire Todd Oppenheimer explains decades of policies have concentrated wealth at the top and how we can clean up this mess. craftsmanship.substack.com/p/the-craft-...

We paid tribute to the fallen heroes of Ukraine at Maidan. I am also thinking of their comrades, bravely holding the line in the trenches. Fighting for peace. Fighting for a better future for their children. Fighting for a free and sovereign Ukraine, at the heart of a free Europe.

Greetings from Kyiv. Today, I came to visit them. To say thank you – our fallen Heroes 💔

Days after Andrew Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office Peter Mandelson has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office Are the authorities looking into that time Boris Johnson ditched his security to party in Italy?

The detailed and informative replies to the quoted post show how this site can be very good for discussing news events. No site is perfect, but Bluesky has many merits. And this sort of engagement is better than I had with 1/4 million followers on Twitter.

3/3 Unfortunately, all our applications to question these witnesses on behalf of CBFFJ UK have been refused in their entirety. Is this what the Chair meant when she said the bereaved would be at the heart of the Inquiry? @bjcsolicitors.bsky.social represent @cbffjuk.bsky.social

For ages I haven’t shared Ukrainian art just to brighten your busy feed. 🇺🇦 Volodymyr Trush (born 1963). His style is known as romantic realism.

I got my first MMR dose in 2024 through a drop in clinic on Manchester uni campus. The whole process took <5 minutes - I know as I saw the trailer on my way to the station, and still made my train. The second does took <10 minutes total at the doctors. Do it!

"We don't just need to get rid of this anti-growth Chancellor, we need to get rid of the anti-growth Treasury." @libdemdaisy.bsky.social www.libdems.org.uk/news/article...

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on press failings around the Epstein files @democracynow.org

Over 80% of the public want the assisted dying Bill brought back if it were to fall in the Lords. Sign the petition: make your voice heard. www.dignityindying.org.uk/petition

Productivity increases between 5% and 13% with working from home, and worker wellbeing improves hugely too. But Farage doesn't care about reality. Or productivity. Or your wellbeing. He cares about the workplace property investors who bankroll him. www.greatplacetowork.com/resources/bl...

If Mandelson is being investigated for his Epstein connections, he must also be investigated for his Thiel connections, because they ran a joint fund when Mandelson fixed Starmer's visit to Palantir bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...

Politicians speak of “mutual concessions” as a path to peace. Intelligence asserts: such compromises are not peace, but a pause before a new war and a higher price. www.kyivpost.com/post/69280

A UAE investor secretly gave Trump $187 million and his top Middle East envoy $31 million. And then Trump gave that investor access to sensitive defense technology that broke decades of national security precedent. Brazen, open corruption. And we shouldn't pretend it's normal.

Kyiv. We’ve just got power back! After a heavy night attack, they managed to give us some electricity. Even if it won’t last long, it feels like magic. Glory to Ukrainian engineers 💪

In Parliament Jess Phillips reads out the list of women murdered each year. 95% are murdered by men. (Source:ONS.) Many men are known to the women. Some male politicians talk the talk about stopping #VAWG but don’t walk the walk.

Why isn't this a major news story?

The Room Next Door - Donald Trump and the New Guy Only on YouTube.

A Russian drone smashed into a maternity hospital in Zaporizhzhia, injuring six people. www.kyivpost.com/post/69207

On 31 Jan 2020 UK left the EU . Travel is harder, visa processes hamper mobility, and border checks delay parcels, food & medicines. Please get involved in changing this and join European Movement UK 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 www.europeanmovement.co.uk/membership-2... #VoicesofLostFOM #SaveFOM #RejoinEU

The House of Lords.. Listen to the LD peer who is speaking Then look at the smiling face behind him…”Who? Me?! Nothing to do with me, Frost” bsky.app/profile/euro...

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NEW: Our investigation for @thenerve_news reveals not only that Peter Thiel’s Palantir is completely enmeshed in our critical national infrastructure. It’s also the ‘cloud support’ for our nuclear weapons system 🤯 1/ www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...

Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks

A reader tells @economist.com that while opponents focus on hypotheticals, thousands of terminally ill people face a harsh reality. The debate over the assisted dying Bill too often sidelines the voices of those it most affects - people seeking to regain control in the face of a painful death.

Breaking News: The number of Russian and Ukrainian troops killed, wounded or missing during nearly four years of war has reached nearly two million, a study says.