Fantastic to see @thenerve.news’s investigation trending on UK Twitter. The crypto millions fuelling Britain’s far-right turn (the exact same playbook as Trump) requires much, much more scrutiny.

New piece for @thenerve.news £24m has been staked on whether Starmer survives the year – on a platform backed by Peter Thiel, advised by Donald Trump Jr., and 25% owned by the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange. It has no UK licence. No UK regulator will touch it.

EXCLUSIVE! @thenerve.news publishes Paul Holden's first full account of what happened when Labour Together hired a corporate intelligence firm to investigate him – and then reported him to GCHQ on false grounds. It's a remarkable piece of writing.

TECHNOFASCISM! Palantir's 22-point X post has been seen by millions. But most of the reaction has been shock, not analysis. Philosopher Mark Coeckelbergh – who coined the term "technofascism" – digs into the subtext for @thenerve.news

BREAKING! We found 32 senior UK government officials who've gone through the revolving door to Palantir – Peter Thiel's surveillance firm. Ministers, peers, generals, a former MI6 chief. Our new investigation for @thenerve.news

NEW from @thenerve.news: USS the academics' pension fund backs the firm helping Trump deport migrants. It has £45m invested in Palantir despite published commitments on human rights investment. Its own members may be able to force a reckoning. THREAD 1/9

Palantir – Peter Thiel's tech firm, currently helping Trump deport people and select targets in Iran – is sitting in millions of British pension pots. New investigation by @TheNerveNews – part of a cross-European project led by @ftm_nl. Here's what we found. 🧵 www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-u...

NEW: This is a terrific deep dive into Epstein & Russia by @professorshaw.bsky.social for @thenerve.news which starts with ‘Yachtgate’, Mandelson’s 2008 scandal involving Nat Rothschild, George Osborne & Russian oligarch, Oleg Deripaska 1/ www.thenerve.news/p/peter-mand...

Turns out when you fly academics around on private jets with mink throws and meals from Le Cirque, they develop some interesting theories about who deserves to rule over the rest of us www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...

"Reform are now the party of the establishment" www.thenerve.news/p/reform-fun...

Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?

Guardian and Observer journalists to strike over sale of the Observer

When you're done with politics

Jeff Jarvis: ‘Elon Musk’s investment in Twitter seemed insane, but it gave him this power’ www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Please share. You've prob heard about this already. He had a holiday fling with a British girl in Dubai. When they got back to London the girl's parents found out and for reasons I won't bother to assume, decided to report him to the police in Dubai. Madness. www.gofundme.com/f/nv5kyy-hel...

There’s nobody in journalism whose integrity and judgment I value more than that of Paul Webster, who retired last week as editor of the Observer. If you’ve valued Observer journalism in recent years please read his X thread about the Scott Trust’s potential sale of the Observer.