David Preedy
@dkpreedy.bsky.social
#FBPE #FBPPR Chair of Headley Parish Council (Surrey) Active Lib Dem - previously Metapraxis, Microsoft, Imperial Group. Cornish exile in England
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Carole Cadwalladr, "But trying to suck up to Trump.. Totally disastrous deals with Silicon Valley companies in which we're bringing their software into the critical functions of how the UK state operates"
"We have put ourselves in a vassal of complete surrender"
"We have put ourselves in a vassal of complete surrender"
January 18, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Carole Cadwalladr, "But trying to suck up to Trump.. Totally disastrous deals with Silicon Valley companies in which we're bringing their software into the critical functions of how the UK state operates"
"We have put ourselves in a vassal of complete surrender"
"We have put ourselves in a vassal of complete surrender"
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Just a month ago the UK agreed to a deal in which the NHS has to pay £3bn a year more for US drugs.
The only thing we got was an agreement the UK would face no tariffs.
Today that deal has been broken by the USA.
The deal must be torn up and no money stolen from the NHS.
The only thing we got was an agreement the UK would face no tariffs.
Today that deal has been broken by the USA.
The deal must be torn up and no money stolen from the NHS.
January 17, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Just a month ago the UK agreed to a deal in which the NHS has to pay £3bn a year more for US drugs.
The only thing we got was an agreement the UK would face no tariffs.
Today that deal has been broken by the USA.
The deal must be torn up and no money stolen from the NHS.
The only thing we got was an agreement the UK would face no tariffs.
Today that deal has been broken by the USA.
The deal must be torn up and no money stolen from the NHS.
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More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
January 17, 2026 at 5:36 PM
More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
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Thanks Adam, for that very profound observation! Where I live the foxes decimate the rabbit population, but strangely this isn't recorded in these figures!
Someone should tell Kemi.
Someone should tell Kemi.
It is so strange that crime doesn’t occur where people don’t live.
January 17, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Thanks Adam, for that very profound observation! Where I live the foxes decimate the rabbit population, but strangely this isn't recorded in these figures!
Someone should tell Kemi.
Someone should tell Kemi.
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Reform reveal their new branding….
It’s clear: Nigel Farage’s Reform is just the same old Conservatives that ruined the country in the first place.
It’s clear: Nigel Farage’s Reform is just the same old Conservatives that ruined the country in the first place.
January 16, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Reform reveal their new branding….
It’s clear: Nigel Farage’s Reform is just the same old Conservatives that ruined the country in the first place.
It’s clear: Nigel Farage’s Reform is just the same old Conservatives that ruined the country in the first place.
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Our message to social media giants is clear: if your platform spreads harmful content or relies on addictive and harmful algorithms, you should not be allowed anywhere near our children.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Use film-style age ratings to limit teens' social media, say Lib Dems
The Conservatives want to see ban of all under-16s from social media, but the Lib Dems say that would be a
www.bbc.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Our message to social media giants is clear: if your platform spreads harmful content or relies on addictive and harmful algorithms, you should not be allowed anywhere near our children.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Investigate and prosecute political opponents, sell pardons to your rich friends so they can commit crimes with impunity. Authoritarianism isn’t coming, it’s here, whether people realize it or not.
January 16, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Investigate and prosecute political opponents, sell pardons to your rich friends so they can commit crimes with impunity. Authoritarianism isn’t coming, it’s here, whether people realize it or not.
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Funny how the Fourth Amendment keeps getting treated like a suggestion box.
January 17, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Funny how the Fourth Amendment keeps getting treated like a suggestion box.
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PM Mark Carney: “The future of Greenland is a decision for Greenland & Denmark exclusively — it’s their decision
We are NATO partners with Denmark — our obligations on Article 5, Article 2 of NATO stand, & we stand full square behind those”
We are NATO partners with Denmark — our obligations on Article 5, Article 2 of NATO stand, & we stand full square behind those”
January 16, 2026 at 5:39 PM
PM Mark Carney: “The future of Greenland is a decision for Greenland & Denmark exclusively — it’s their decision
We are NATO partners with Denmark — our obligations on Article 5, Article 2 of NATO stand, & we stand full square behind those”
We are NATO partners with Denmark — our obligations on Article 5, Article 2 of NATO stand, & we stand full square behind those”
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Palantir, which Wes Streeting is giving your health care records to, and which Labour has given a contract for military analytics to, is working with ICE in the United States to work out who to raid. www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 16, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Palantir, which Wes Streeting is giving your health care records to, and which Labour has given a contract for military analytics to, is working with ICE in the United States to work out who to raid. www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
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Terribly uncanny how relevant this is to today.
January 16, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Terribly uncanny how relevant this is to today.
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"Donald Trump, threatening, at least economically, to take Greenland and possibly militarily as well.”
“It creates a licence for other more autocratic states in the world to do the same.”
@CalumMillerLD.bsky.social
“It creates a licence for other more autocratic states in the world to do the same.”
@CalumMillerLD.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 9:02 AM
"Donald Trump, threatening, at least economically, to take Greenland and possibly militarily as well.”
“It creates a licence for other more autocratic states in the world to do the same.”
@CalumMillerLD.bsky.social
“It creates a licence for other more autocratic states in the world to do the same.”
@CalumMillerLD.bsky.social
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Google Upgrade Starts Scanning All Your Photos—Be Very Careful
Google Upgrade Starts Scanning All Your Photos—Be Very Careful
Google's new Gemini offer is a game-changer — make sure you understand the risks.
www.forbes.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Google Upgrade Starts Scanning All Your Photos—Be Very Careful
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Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to p
www.propublica.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
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BREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:09 PM
BREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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It’s good that Elon Musk has backed down in the face of consequences.
But he must still be held to account for what he is: a purveyor of child pornography.
But he must still be held to account for what he is: a purveyor of child pornography.
January 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
It’s good that Elon Musk has backed down in the face of consequences.
But he must still be held to account for what he is: a purveyor of child pornography.
But he must still be held to account for what he is: a purveyor of child pornography.
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The decent Tories were culled in 2019.
The indecent ones are defecting to Farage.
I wonder who or what will be left by 2029.
The indecent ones are defecting to Farage.
I wonder who or what will be left by 2029.
January 15, 2026 at 5:58 PM
The decent Tories were culled in 2019.
The indecent ones are defecting to Farage.
I wonder who or what will be left by 2029.
The indecent ones are defecting to Farage.
I wonder who or what will be left by 2029.
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Watching the Jenrick Press Conference:
Really hoping a journalist asks him in the manner of Mrs Merton:
"What was it about losing the Tory leadership contest that helped you realise that the Tories had broken Britain?"
Really hoping a journalist asks him in the manner of Mrs Merton:
"What was it about losing the Tory leadership contest that helped you realise that the Tories had broken Britain?"
a woman with glasses is sitting in a crowd and says " what first attracted you to the millionaire paul daniels "
ALT: a woman with glasses is sitting in a crowd and says " what first attracted you to the millionaire paul daniels "
media.tenor.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Watching the Jenrick Press Conference:
Really hoping a journalist asks him in the manner of Mrs Merton:
"What was it about losing the Tory leadership contest that helped you realise that the Tories had broken Britain?"
Really hoping a journalist asks him in the manner of Mrs Merton:
"What was it about losing the Tory leadership contest that helped you realise that the Tories had broken Britain?"
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Absolutely no need for satire these days
January 15, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Absolutely no need for satire these days
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Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward
January 15, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward
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This seems relevant in both the U.K. and US right now. The US has moved beyond refugees via anyone brown to everyone now.
ps: I didn’t agree with Tony Benn on very much, but on this he was spot on.
ps: I didn’t agree with Tony Benn on very much, but on this he was spot on.
January 15, 2026 at 8:07 AM
This seems relevant in both the U.K. and US right now. The US has moved beyond refugees via anyone brown to everyone now.
ps: I didn’t agree with Tony Benn on very much, but on this he was spot on.
ps: I didn’t agree with Tony Benn on very much, but on this he was spot on.
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I have to admit, my bingo card for the many and varied ways in which the Third World War could start didn’t have Sweden and France sending troops to Greenland to defend it from a rogue American assault. What a time to be alive.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
More NATO troops heading to Greenland as 'fundamental disagreement' with US remains
The announcement follows Denmark's and Greenland's foreign ministers holding high-stakes talks with US vice president JD Vance.
www.sbs.com.au
January 15, 2026 at 7:34 AM
I have to admit, my bingo card for the many and varied ways in which the Third World War could start didn’t have Sweden and France sending troops to Greenland to defend it from a rogue American assault. What a time to be alive.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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There are now at least 365 UK MPs with accounts on Bluesky – more than half (56%) of all MPs
🔴 This includes nearly 70% of Labour MPs
🔶 Nearly 90% of Lib Dem MPs
🟢 All the 4 Green MPs
🔵 But only 5% of Conservative MPs
➡️ No Reform MPs
🔴 This includes nearly 70% of Labour MPs
🔶 Nearly 90% of Lib Dem MPs
🟢 All the 4 Green MPs
🔵 But only 5% of Conservative MPs
➡️ No Reform MPs
More MPs are coming off X and I assume that means they will be posting more on here
@politicshome.bsky.social has a handy list of all the MPs on Bluesky
Please point out anyone who is missing!
@politicshome.bsky.social has a handy list of all the MPs on Bluesky
Please point out anyone who is missing!
January 12, 2026 at 7:33 PM
There are now at least 365 UK MPs with accounts on Bluesky – more than half (56%) of all MPs
🔴 This includes nearly 70% of Labour MPs
🔶 Nearly 90% of Lib Dem MPs
🟢 All the 4 Green MPs
🔵 But only 5% of Conservative MPs
➡️ No Reform MPs
🔴 This includes nearly 70% of Labour MPs
🔶 Nearly 90% of Lib Dem MPs
🟢 All the 4 Green MPs
🔵 But only 5% of Conservative MPs
➡️ No Reform MPs