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It's not a one-off. There are at least *seven* Barrowman companies with identically named tax haven "shadow companies"
The question is: why?
The question is: why?
October 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
It's not a one-off. There are at least *seven* Barrowman companies with identically named tax haven "shadow companies"
The question is: why?
The question is: why?
reading about lab leak theory today www.propublica.org/article/sena... also see podcast transcript or listen to this www.bigbiology.org/episodes/202...
COVID-19 Origins: Investigating a “Complex and Grave Situation” Inside a Wuhan Lab
The Wuhan lab at the center of suspicions about the pandemic’s onset was far more troubled than known, documents unearthed by a Senate team reveal. Tracing the evidence, Vanity Fair and ProPublica giv...
www.propublica.org
September 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
reading about lab leak theory today www.propublica.org/article/sena... also see podcast transcript or listen to this www.bigbiology.org/episodes/202...
The "progressive/left/pro-Europe/sane voters have Nowhere else to go" gambit.
What could possibly go wrong
What could possibly go wrong
I hate to admit it but I suspect McSweeney is right that the 2029 election will be a ‘republican front’ vs Farage. Farage veering further right makes that easier to do. Whether McSweeney’s own advice over the past year has made this situation more likely is another question…
September 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The "progressive/left/pro-Europe/sane voters have Nowhere else to go" gambit.
What could possibly go wrong
What could possibly go wrong
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Starmer: “the real problem with the Nazis is that they didn’t provide a fully costed analysis of the final solution.”
September 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Starmer: “the real problem with the Nazis is that they didn’t provide a fully costed analysis of the final solution.”
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Keir Starmer’s spokesperson asked for the PM's response to Nigel Farage’s plan to deport hundreds of thousands of people living and working completely legally in the UK, replies that he thinks it is “unworkable” and “unfunded”.
So his objection is that they’ve got their sums wrong
So his objection is that they’ve got their sums wrong
September 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Keir Starmer’s spokesperson asked for the PM's response to Nigel Farage’s plan to deport hundreds of thousands of people living and working completely legally in the UK, replies that he thinks it is “unworkable” and “unfunded”.
So his objection is that they’ve got their sums wrong
So his objection is that they’ve got their sums wrong
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Running against Mussolini by agreeing with him on everything except the org-chart of his proposed train reform taskforce.
September 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Running against Mussolini by agreeing with him on everything except the org-chart of his proposed train reform taskforce.
Unconstitutional as prevents free speech
Headlines on the Bloomberg Terminal from Air Force One:
*TRUMP: TV LICENSES SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY IF BAD PUBLICITY FOR ME
*TRUMP: IF TV SHOWS 'HIT TRUMP' SHOULD BE DISCUSSED ON LICENSES
*TRUMP ON TV SHOWS CRITICIZING HIM: THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO
*TRUMP: TV LICENSES SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY IF BAD PUBLICITY FOR ME
*TRUMP: IF TV SHOWS 'HIT TRUMP' SHOULD BE DISCUSSED ON LICENSES
*TRUMP ON TV SHOWS CRITICIZING HIM: THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO
September 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Unconstitutional as prevents free speech
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This is one of the most important posts of the day.
Trump’s allies now control X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, & TikTok.
They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post.
They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets.
“Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.
They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post.
They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets.
“Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.
September 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This is one of the most important posts of the day.
When I pointed out Starmer had pivoted to right wing authoritarianism way back in 2020 people told me:
"It's OK: he was lying on every pledge in his Labour leadership campaign so he could be lying now".
Wondering, how's that going?
"It's OK: he was lying on every pledge in his Labour leadership campaign so he could be lying now".
Wondering, how's that going?
September 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
When I pointed out Starmer had pivoted to right wing authoritarianism way back in 2020 people told me:
"It's OK: he was lying on every pledge in his Labour leadership campaign so he could be lying now".
Wondering, how's that going?
"It's OK: he was lying on every pledge in his Labour leadership campaign so he could be lying now".
Wondering, how's that going?
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Thank God we don’t have the cancellation of satirical comedy in this country. I can’t wait to see how they deal with the Trump visit on The Mash Report, Mock The Week and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order!
September 18, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Thank God we don’t have the cancellation of satirical comedy in this country. I can’t wait to see how they deal with the Trump visit on The Mash Report, Mock The Week and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order!
Labour's only hope of coming back from this is to reject the nativist fascism from Reform.
That's the only way they can win back the voters who have deserted them.
Instead Starmer talks of "patriotic national renewal" like it's 1930s Germany.
That's the only way they can win back the voters who have deserted them.
Instead Starmer talks of "patriotic national renewal" like it's 1930s Germany.
September 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Labour's only hope of coming back from this is to reject the nativist fascism from Reform.
That's the only way they can win back the voters who have deserted them.
Instead Starmer talks of "patriotic national renewal" like it's 1930s Germany.
That's the only way they can win back the voters who have deserted them.
Instead Starmer talks of "patriotic national renewal" like it's 1930s Germany.
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superb column from @stephenkb.bsky.social
“racism does not diminish through rising GDP but through the willingness of politicians to argue against it….”
www.ft.com/content/fbbd...
“racism does not diminish through rising GDP but through the willingness of politicians to argue against it….”
www.ft.com/content/fbbd...
Starmer and Badenoch are handling the far-right march all wrong
A look back to the days of Enoch Powell suggests a better model
www.ft.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
superb column from @stephenkb.bsky.social
“racism does not diminish through rising GDP but through the willingness of politicians to argue against it….”
www.ft.com/content/fbbd...
“racism does not diminish through rising GDP but through the willingness of politicians to argue against it….”
www.ft.com/content/fbbd...
"Lucy Powell – now apparently on a vengeance mission running for deputy leader against the Starmer/McSweeney candidate Bridget Phillipson – was removed as Commons leader because “she kept standing up to McSweeney and telling him he was wrong"
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Why Keir Starmer cannot survive as prime minister without this man
Many people in Labour want Morgan McSweeney sacked as Downing Street chief of staff, but there are doubts Keir Starmer would survive as PM without him, writes David Maddox
www.independent.co.uk
September 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
"Lucy Powell – now apparently on a vengeance mission running for deputy leader against the Starmer/McSweeney candidate Bridget Phillipson – was removed as Commons leader because “she kept standing up to McSweeney and telling him he was wrong"
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Some sublime Sugar Minott - Studio One period.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OfN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OfN...
PEACE TREATY STYLE + PART 2 ♦Sugar Minott & Brentford Disco Set♦
YouTube video by Smokeyroom
www.youtube.com
September 14, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Some sublime Sugar Minott - Studio One period.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OfN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OfN...
"Fast forward a year and not only have reports of McSweeney’s political genius become as rare as hen’s teeth, but many Labour MPs are coming to the realisation that any recovery for this Government is now wholly dependent on his removal from Number 10."
September 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"Fast forward a year and not only have reports of McSweeney’s political genius become as rare as hen’s teeth, but many Labour MPs are coming to the realisation that any recovery for this Government is now wholly dependent on his removal from Number 10."
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Jeremy Vine on vintage Mandelson
September 13, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Jeremy Vine on vintage Mandelson
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Radical right accommodation really does not work.
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
September 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Radical right accommodation really does not work.
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
Brexit really is a staggering and pointless waste of money: even the customs facilities lie empty, virtually unused. Billions down the drain with ongoing costs.
www.politico.eu/article/brex...
www.politico.eu/article/brex...
‘Wasted time, effort and money’: Britain’s £800M Brexit border debacle
“White elephant” border inspection facilities face bleak future after U.K.-EU trade deal.
www.politico.eu
September 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Brexit really is a staggering and pointless waste of money: even the customs facilities lie empty, virtually unused. Billions down the drain with ongoing costs.
www.politico.eu/article/brex...
www.politico.eu/article/brex...
"Over in parliament, Keir Starmer has insisted that the UK’s fiscal rules are “non-negotiable”, as he is questioned at Prime Minister’s Questions."
This is ridiculous: Fiscal rules aren't even negotiated, they are arbitrarily set by the chancellor. They can be changed at will.
This is ridiculous: Fiscal rules aren't even negotiated, they are arbitrarily set by the chancellor. They can be changed at will.
September 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"Over in parliament, Keir Starmer has insisted that the UK’s fiscal rules are “non-negotiable”, as he is questioned at Prime Minister’s Questions."
This is ridiculous: Fiscal rules aren't even negotiated, they are arbitrarily set by the chancellor. They can be changed at will.
This is ridiculous: Fiscal rules aren't even negotiated, they are arbitrarily set by the chancellor. They can be changed at will.
"The latest appointments mean that since Starmer became Labour leader, he has had four chiefs of staff and five directors of communications."
September 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
"The latest appointments mean that since Starmer became Labour leader, he has had four chiefs of staff and five directors of communications."
I literally spent 5 years posting about Labour's authoritarian pivot from 2020.
1 September 2025 is the day Labour went FULL REFORM.
They're dead as a party. The next few years will be spent on twitching and rigor mortis, but they're done. Today was the finale.
Astonishing. Who could have dared predict it when they swept to power with a massive majority just over a year ago?
They're dead as a party. The next few years will be spent on twitching and rigor mortis, but they're done. Today was the finale.
Astonishing. Who could have dared predict it when they swept to power with a massive majority just over a year ago?
BREAKING: Yvette Cooper says she is suspending all applications to bring family members to the UK under the asylum system.
September 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I literally spent 5 years posting about Labour's authoritarian pivot from 2020.
"I’ve heard persistent complaints from ministers about the team in Downing Street. “They’re very crap, on the whole,” remarks one acerbic minister. “They think they know everything when they clearly don’t, and they don’t listen.”
(Andrew Rawnsley - Observer)
(Andrew Rawnsley - Observer)
August 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"I’ve heard persistent complaints from ministers about the team in Downing Street. “They’re very crap, on the whole,” remarks one acerbic minister. “They think they know everything when they clearly don’t, and they don’t listen.”
(Andrew Rawnsley - Observer)
(Andrew Rawnsley - Observer)