Yeah I know. Windmills are required by Sharia law. What can you do?

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“For all we know, we could be in the middle of Keir Starmer’s finest hour”. Starmer’s critics say he is imperiling the UK’s special relationship with the US... But is it Donald Trump who's doing the damage?

Green MP Ellie Chowns on the elections bill last night: "It is really quite extraordinary that the Thailand-based crypto investor Christopher Harborne has been allowed to donate £9 million to Reform UK. I notice that its Members are still not here" (2/3rds of the way into the debate)

Offshore Britain created the Epstein Class. open.substack.com/pub/abolishw... By me

It's a two horse race! 😅

Good explanation here by @ross-greer.bsky.social on what is wrong with the Scottish planning system: youtu.be/RKO3DutWSvg?...

This is very good news - a really important win for the independence of the Electoral Commission.

Thousands in Iran mourn Khamenei’s killing https://aje.news/dnsqgu

Knocking on doors in Paisley today. Think I managed to get everyone into the frame! Had an interesting chat with a former dinner lady who said she thought school dinners should be free for all kids at school, and the good school kitchens should be brought back. All that learning requires fuel!🧵

This isn't an attempt to free the Iranian people. Just like it wasn't an attempt to free Venezuelans last month or Iraqis in 2003. The American empire takes what it wants and murders who it wants, aided by supine sidekicks like the UK.

Wow. Josh Simons has resigned as govt minister Follows weeks of reporting by Democracy for Sale and others about how he paid PR firm to smear journalists investigating Labour Together Huge thanks to all our supporters. Couldn’t have done it without you democracyforsale.substack.com/p/starmer-al...

Seats, using @devolvedelections.bsky.social (+/- 2021): SNP: 57 (-7) Ref: 23 (+23) Grn: 16 (+8) Lab: 15 (-7) Con: 9 (-22) LD: 9 (+4) Greens narrowly overtake Labour, and comfortably overtake the Conservatives.

Reform UK’s new 'tax calculator' lays bare how the party will offer the steepest tax cuts to the wealthiest people in Scotland Read more: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

NEW How Palantir captured the Ministry of Defence How a close read of public domain documents show how MoD was commercially colonised by Palantir By me, at FT www.ft.com/content/5207...

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Just listen to what Andrew’s nickname was amongst royal protection officers.

If you are in glasgow or know people in glasgow, please urge them out to these meetings, this is a crucial moment for the future of the city.

Those pushing fertility politics aren’t concerned to support a woman’s choices. They are concerned to determine a woman’s worth. Help call this ‘debate’ out for what it is and join me calling for policies deliver for every parent and carer and the families they love. If you agree share this video.

Back in Paris, and as always, Shakespeare and Company was my first stop. Pick up this excellent book! Thank you @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social

listen to the Trumpian way that Farage tries to silence my tenacious colleague @annasophiegross.bsky.social (who was politely asking a reasonable question)

When we change how we travel, we change everything. We're calling on the next Scottish Government to take bold action on walking, wheeling and cycling 🚶‍♂️🧑‍🦽🚴‍♀️ Let’s make getting around safer, easier, cheaper and fairer. Will you join us? 💪 walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk/holyrood26 #Holyrood26

If the AI bubble does pop, I wonder if energy infrastructure will be the overbuilt asset this time around. It was dark fiber in the 2000 internet bubble and tracks in the railway bubble a century ago.

Some wind farms falling short on community payments are owned by international finance firms. One is backed by a fund managed by US asset management giant BlackRock. Another traces its ultimate ownership to the Cayman Islands. Read the full story 👉 bit.ly/4rIcDzY

Great piece from @dsquareddigest.bsky.social, which touches on one of the big theories for why English-speaking countries do especially badly at housebuilding: Adversarial and litigious common law systems (Anglo) vs judge-led civil law systems elsewhere. samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...

This is my kids’ commute to school 😍 Lots of work to be done at either end to make it safer for them, but it’s an amazing to have that 5-10 mins of nature every morning.

Worked with The Economist to analyze 1.4 million emails from the latest Epstein file drops

If you've got time, check out the original article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Residents in Gaza have set up a football pitch in the rubble

Low Traffic Neighborhoods! Low Traffic Neighborhoods! All in one mega blog post is a huge resource containing the most popular films, photos, diagrams & links on LTN's. Bookmark. Share. Link to it. Host a screening. Advocate. @talyaschwartz.bsky.social @solomonge.bsky.social @openplans.org

🔴 NEW: Persuasive AI assistants, deepfakes and bots are now commonplace. But could they be used by bad actors to influence Scotland’s elections? As part of our De-noiser series, we took a deep dive into the evidence: https://www.theferret.scot/could-ai-misinformation-sway-the-scottish-election

🎥: The latest release of the Epstein files has further tarnished the reputation of Peter Mandelson. But what broader lessons do the files reveal? Peter Geoghegan explains. prospectmagazine.sub...

The only way to stop Andrew being 8th in line to the throne is to abolish the monarchy. Just an idea..

Elon’s daughter confirms the emails are real

Ok, let’s do this🙄 We’ll start with an explainer covering: 🕒What is a 15-minute city 🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford 👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article 🧵 1/25

This feels like the type of study that was funded by a right wing think tank to normalise grown adults not having access to stable employment and home ownership

Anas Sarwar's future career.

You can read all my Prospect stuff for free! You lucky people. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

Really good podcast, well worth a listen 👏

On this front, I continue to feel utterly vindicated that I do not report on FindOutNow polling, given yesterday they published a poll with a sample of 143 respondents, and only 51 giving an actual party response, for this by-election, which was reported as if it were credible by some sources.

@rantyhighwayman.bsky.social new guidance www.gov.uk/government/p...

Private credit firms sell debt to themselves at record rate - as.ft.com/r/9f9eb332-6...

Needless to say that Renee Good and Alex Pretti will go down as heroes here in Minnesota and nationally, their names synonymous with sacrifice and caring for vulnerable neighbors even at the risk of your own life. And hopefully no more innocent lives are lost.

My generation grew up on stories about how state TV would deliver clumsy propaganda for dictatorships, we’re just not ready for the way private capital in a market system can do exactly the same job much more effectively

We’re one of more than 60 organisations supporting the Joint Active Travel Manifesto for 2026. It calls on all political parties to support key commitments, on long-term investment, infrastructure, linking active and public transport, and creating safer streets: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

We hear it all the time: Since the turn of the 2010s, thanks to the rise of tech, the US has pulled ahead economically. This idea is everywhere from Washington to Davos—and it's paralyzing Europe But it's simply not true! Let's look at what's really happening, with charts🧵

We have reached the point where a judge literally has to order federal law enforcement officials not to destroy or mess with evidence from a homicide scene.