📌 ICYMI — The End of Morgan McSweeney: Peter Oborne on Keir Starmer’s Departing Chief of Staff As McSweeney resigns, we re-publish Peter Oborne’s exclusive Byline Times… https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/08/the-end-of-morgan-mcsweeney-peter-oborne-on-keir-starmers-departing-chief-of-staff/

I deleted my post from before… I thought it was fake So I went to WH Smith and here it is An unbelievable attempt to sanitise this man and normalise what’s he’s done.

Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)

#Starmer, speaking about the Epstein scandal, implied that "we do justice better in the UK", We're publishing a passionate refutation of that claim from a Harrods abuse survivor. If you have a Labour MP, please send this to them. @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social where is your support for these survivors?

🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted *And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it Full story: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

Watching the Epstein atrocities continuing to expand, one of the horrors is knowing that many of these men feel absolutely nothing for their victims beyond annoyance - they are gross narcissists who see the world as FOR THEM and to hell with the rest whatever the destruction and pain wrought

We urgently need a parliamentary debate on Palantir. Please sign this & share with your network. Via @the-citizens.bsky.social & @change.org. www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...

I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!

"Poor children to be given crumbs instead of a proper education, and in the process our government will help shore up the failing AI basket we have mistakenly placed all our eggs in". Also, when was "one-to-one" redefined as human+robot?? What a load of illogical nonsense.

❌ ‘The longer we accept this as normal, the greater the damage it does’ Our Chief Analyst @statspeter.bsky.social gives an overview of the numbers in #UKPoverty2026 of children, working-age adults and pensioners living in poverty, and what the lack of progress means for society 🔽

I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...

A 77% increase in immigration raids, 83% increase in arrests, coupled with undermining modern slavery protections and a call to remove basic ECHR rights from migrants. If you think what is happening with ICE in the US can't happen here I have a bridge to sell you. 1/ www.gov.uk/government/n...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Board of Peace - Season 1

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This week the government quietly published a 'Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security assessment': www.gov.uk/government/p... Meant to be out last year, but rumoured to be blocked by Number 10: www.theguardian.com/environment/... The judgements are stomach-churning

Also my local libraries (here in Devon, UK) are in jeopardy right now so I'd appreciate if people could share this: www.devon.gov.uk/news/devon-r...

The next Triskele Heritage winter lecture is happening next week. Please do feel free to share far and wide if you can 🙂 More info and bookings can be found here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-mediae...

Lesson for Sir Keir Starmer: "Standing up to Trump offers no guarantee of success. Submission, on the other hand, is certain to fail." www.ft.com/content/dede...

If Labour won’t nationalise water, their “big overhaul” is a con. Sewage in our rivers. Bills going up. Profits protected. Public services should be in public hands.

Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.

A real shame if this photo went viral again today.

Oi, America - please come collect your geriatric orange demagogue. He’s threatening Europe again and we’re all very tired. Enough of this shit now. Signed, Europe

Palantir was a warning sign. Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment. All in the name of "investment." What about national security?

Just saw this and had to share - PS22 Chorus performing The Cure - goodnight m.youtube.com/watch?v=7KtW...

#Epstein #EpsteinFiles

Just watched the excellent @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social on BBC iPlayer. Such a moving and often terrifying film, but essential viewing for all who care about books and their power to promote empathy and understanding.

Thousands left without water in the middle of winter in the UK. And those same people are now facing a massive bill hike. Privatised water is a scam. I've written to the Prime Minister asking why he won't end this rip off and bring failing South East Water into public hands.

The Home Office’s new TikTok account wants you to see migration through a negative lens. We refuse this toxic narrative. Migration is a positive force in this country.

The government retreat over AI and copyright is the headline, but yesterday's evidence from Google was also... interesting. thecritic.co.uk/arti...

This is beyond shocking - how can this be allowed to happen? Why on earth can’t they be released on bail? They have a right to a fair trial, appropriate medical treatment, & the removal of punitive Prison Service conditions. Govt’s ban on Palestine Action is simply intolerable

“Do not bend your neck for that which cuts necks.” A Sumerian proverb, as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago.

he will take Greenland and it will be the end of NATO. I wonder if starmer will still call the US our closest ally then...

I can’t get over that split second when those shots were fired , all that rage , all that hate , and then men like him go onto X to undress Renee Good - and a convicted sexual abuser in the White House and powerful men who raped children still secure behind their money

Word of the day is ‘fanfaronade’ (19th century): to strut and swagger about as if you own the stage.

THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated. According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.

I wrote this only last week, after saying that Trump seems about to wage war on Venezuela. It seems pretty relevant to what transpired today. UK and Europe *must* reduce our dependence on America and its technologies as rapidly as we can. christinapagel.substack.com/p/personal-r...

It continues - to describe those who continue to defend actions like this as “apologists” doesn’t seem to be enough.

Obscene wealth should be considered a symptom of severe personality disorder, one that is harmful to society.

For a government that is led by a former human rights lawyer, the treatment of these hunger strikers is truly debased

I'm asking John - and indeed all journalists - as a new year resolution to stop comparisons with a national economy and a household budget. How many years have to go by until we can have coherent conversations in the media about the economy? t.co/jIObxTAoeL

The algorithms are making it a lot harder to spread the word about these online talks. Although numbers are still reasonable, it would be a great help if folk were able to give the 30 December event a quick share 🙂 Booking available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/buildings-...

How it started… How it’s going! A HUGE thank you to everyone who came to the rescue & helped support independent journalism in this darkest of years. We lost our news organisation…but we built a new one! @thenerve_news 🙏🙏🙏

This is becoming a very very shameful episode - and a tragedy for these young and courageous people and their friends and families filtonactionists.com

In case you were wondering how that ceasefire was going… Israel bombed a wedding in Gaza today We will never forget.

Far right scum have been out harrassing the homeless on the streets & they are proud of it. The folks at @calaisappeal.bsky.social are doing everything they can to stand up to the hate 🙏 please stand with us 🙏 www.youtube.com/shorts/bxFVG...

Another excellent column from Stewart Lee in @thenerve.news, had me laughing over my woke muesli and sharing his anger at the "White House's dead-eyed shark". www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

This Christmas make time to play Lullaby- Together for Palestine 🕊️🇵🇸 & peace everywhere youtu.be/G957oaAZwhc?... #Palestine #FreeGaza

Just bought Lullaby by Together For Palestine - many great artists including Brian Eno, Nadine Shah, and Neneh Cherry - let’s get this to the top of the charts - please buy, please share - please help show that peace and camaraderie are vital values togetherforpalestine.org

❤️🎄🇵🇸 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐂𝐊: Buy “Lullaby” by Together for Palestine for £1.98 *right now* to make it the UK Christmas # 1. All profits go to Palestinian-led aid orgs. Together for Palestine are: Nai Barghouti, Brian Eno, Neneh Cherry, Celeste, Mabel & more. Please buy it & repost this! xx linktr.ee/T4Plive