In 2021 in Caerphilly, Labour and Tories between them got 63% of the vote. Yesterday they got a measly 13%. The Labservative duopoly is visibly crumbling before us. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Ca...

Europe should start a major AI initiative, creating a frontier model, doing lots of AI alignment research, and pushing for a worldwide enforceable pause on AI until it can be properly aligned. pontifex.substack.com/p/more-count...

My review of If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies pontifex.substack.com/p/review-of-...

Discussion of "If Anyone Builds it, Everyone Dies" -- Edinburgh's Lighthouse bookshop, Monday 20 October 2025. luma.com/e952soii?tk=...

You absolutely should not dismiss the AT Protocol technology that runs this place as boring nerd stuff, because that is the exact technology we are going to need to ensure that usable social media that isn’t controlled by Nazis continues to exist.

Links 53: distrustful Canadians, and murderous AIs pontifex.substack.com/p/links-53-d...

My blackberry porridge recipe pontifex.substack.com/p/blackberry...

What would good human rights legislation look like? pontifex.substack.com/p/the-human-...

My latest links post is up! pontifex.substack.com/p/links-51-t...

Maybe we could align AIs like we aligned wolves? pontifex.substack.com/p/wolf-align...

Independence must come before anything else. The rest is for later. The #AngloState wants us to argue and fight amongst ourselves, but we must keep our focus on what's most important. Without Indy, we have nothing of ourselves. We will only be WM's afterthought.

UK’s Online Safety Act has been caught censoring totally harmless political content. The OSA is a tool for political censorship and oppression. pontifex.substack.com/p/online-saf...

The UK’s internet minister, responsible for the Online Safety Act, is a peterkyle pontifex.substack.com/p/peter-kyle...

Release the Epstein Files!

The UK’s optimal grand strategy involves creating a new alliance, similar to both the EU and NATO, but without the flaws of those organisations. pontifex.substack.com/p/uk-grand-s...

Agreed.

The EU should propose offering Trump $1 billion personally and a nomination for a Nobel Peace Prize in exchange for arresting Putin and handing him over to The Hague.

The UK’s Online Safety Act is being sold as a way to protect children. But instead, UK politicians are pushing sweeping censorship and forcing platforms to implement invasive age checks. This is not safety–it's surveillance.

In case you missed it ... Here's Elmar Brok, former Chairman of the EU Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs, confirming in 2017 that it would be "easy" for an independent Scotland to join the EU because it already fulfils the criteria. In other words: "There would not be much to negotiate." 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺

BBC Scotland: Have we told you how bad the SNP run ferry services are recently? Well we will tell you again anyway. CalMac issue ferry cancellation warnings ahead of Storm Floris | The National www.thenational.scot/news/2536057...

More to Scotland than whisky and oil.

More to Scotland than whisky and oil.

If you think Salvo's application to the UN for recognition of Scotland as colony of England is loopy, what do you think is the best alternative strategy? Westminster isn't going to 'allow' #indyref2 no matter how high Indy support is. In fact quite the opposite. What *is* your third way?

Today would be a good day to release the Epstein Files. Unredacted. In their entirety.

New UK laws censors news, political debate, and famous paintings pontifex.substack.com/p/links-50-o...

“Equal partners” Theresa May, Tories A ‘more equal union than anywhere in the world” BetterTogether A “Union of equals and partnership” Johan Lamont, Labour. If England decided it wanted to vote on becoming independent, do you think it would have to ask Scotland’s permission first?

A new generation of Scots 'must have their say' on Scotland's future, the SNP have said ahead of next year's Holyrood election

First Minister Swinney's new independence strategy pontifex.substack.com/p/john-swinn...

This 👇🏻 #IndyClan ⚔️ #ScottishIndependence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

#independence #YouYesYet #Scotland

Scotland currently has the lowest crime rate in the UK. Could it be even lower with independence and full control? I believe so.

Israel twitter finds: "Things that you only find on dating sites in Israel" Weirdest gift I have given or received: "A dog brought me somebody's leg in Gaza" "Delete this, it could go viral and give us a bad reputation in the world" "Oy, I didn't think about it. But it's a terrorist's Ieg”

The AI case for UBI transcends politics

The day before the Brexit vote, nine years ago, Tory MP Dan Hannan made a prediction about how wonderful life would be in Britain on 24 June 2025, after Brexit. That day has now arrived, so let’s compare Hannan’s predictions with reality… pontifex.substack.com/p/nine-years...

Asa a general rule, railway stations should have lots of high density housing next to them.

Scotland's education system still produces one of the best educated adult populations in Europe 👏 . Imagine how much better we could do without the chains of Westminster. #ScottishIndependence

If you STILL don't want Scottish Independence, what Honour from King Charles do you have?

Well said Gordon @believeinscot. The @snp.org must change in its promotion of #ScottishIndependence The SNP's current strategy is political suicide. Here's what needs to change www.thenational.scot/politics/252...