Ed Wilson
@eddwilson.bsky.social
Lefty liberal by temperament, exasperated by experience.
Not strictly qualified for most arguments, but I do read a lot.
Stockport, UK
Not strictly qualified for most arguments, but I do read a lot.
Stockport, UK
Politics North West confuses two candidates for the Gorton and Denton byelecton.
The real Nick Buckley (on the right) is campaigning on yet another public inquiry into grooming gangs.
#BBCPNW
The real Nick Buckley (on the right) is campaigning on yet another public inquiry into grooming gangs.
#BBCPNW
February 8, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Politics North West confuses two candidates for the Gorton and Denton byelecton.
The real Nick Buckley (on the right) is campaigning on yet another public inquiry into grooming gangs.
#BBCPNW
The real Nick Buckley (on the right) is campaigning on yet another public inquiry into grooming gangs.
#BBCPNW
It's weird to imagine Reform's printer managing to crop the legally required party information off a letter to Gorton and Denton constituents.
Was it the same printer who did it in Caerfilli?
And Sarah Pochin says the printer sent the letters out. Using the full electoral roll.
#BBCPNW #BBCLauraK
Was it the same printer who did it in Caerfilli?
And Sarah Pochin says the printer sent the letters out. Using the full electoral roll.
#BBCPNW #BBCLauraK
February 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
It's weird to imagine Reform's printer managing to crop the legally required party information off a letter to Gorton and Denton constituents.
Was it the same printer who did it in Caerfilli?
And Sarah Pochin says the printer sent the letters out. Using the full electoral roll.
#BBCPNW #BBCLauraK
Was it the same printer who did it in Caerfilli?
And Sarah Pochin says the printer sent the letters out. Using the full electoral roll.
#BBCPNW #BBCLauraK
We've slowly absorbed the 1970s New Right idea that the state is inherently useless, and our enemy. It makes terrible mistakes, but this idea is a disaster.
Latest for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social (based on my @futuregovforum.bsky.social report, Power Failure)
www.thenewworld.co.uk/phil-tinline...
Latest for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social (based on my @futuregovforum.bsky.social report, Power Failure)
www.thenewworld.co.uk/phil-tinline...
The fundamental challenge for Starmer – and Britain
Somewhere along the line people got the idea that the state was the enemy of the people. But that’s dead wrong and the government needs to prove it
www.thenewworld.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Does Steve Wright think the Labour party rule book could manage a leadership election before May?
#BBCLauraK
#BBCLauraK
February 8, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Does Steve Wright think the Labour party rule book could manage a leadership election before May?
#BBCLauraK
#BBCLauraK
Quacking Treason
Public profiles of Jeffrey Epstein going back 20+ years present a near perfect description of a massive, hostile foreign intelligence operation directed at the USA and NATO and other allies.
Why was this so widely ignored? What was Mandelson’s involvement? What next?
A 🧵 /1.
Public profiles of Jeffrey Epstein going back 20+ years present a near perfect description of a massive, hostile foreign intelligence operation directed at the USA and NATO and other allies.
Why was this so widely ignored? What was Mandelson’s involvement? What next?
A 🧵 /1.
February 8, 2026 at 9:15 AM
21 July 2011
Duke of York to step down as the UK trade envoy... friendship with US tycoon Jeffrey Epstein... lunching at Buckingham Palace with a "notorious" member of former Tunisian regime... taking a holiday with a Libyan gun smuggler... used an official trip to try to find a buyer for his home
Duke of York to step down as the UK trade envoy... friendship with US tycoon Jeffrey Epstein... lunching at Buckingham Palace with a "notorious" member of former Tunisian regime... taking a holiday with a Libyan gun smuggler... used an official trip to try to find a buyer for his home
Prince Andrew: Envoy career plagued with controversy
The Duke of York is to stand down as UK trade envoy, the BBC understands, ending a controversial time in the role after sustained criticism over his friendship with a US tycoon who was jailed for sex ...
www.bbc.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 9:12 AM
February 8, 2026 at 9:05 AM
"Epstein has given us an extraordinary portal through which we can now see how hostile state influence, criminality and the impunity of the billionaire class are intimately enmeshed... But we can’t understand any of this until we realise that Epstein isn’t just a doorway, he’s also a mirror."
We all live in Jeffrey Epstein's world
The most disturbing revelation so far
broligarchy.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:44 AM
"Epstein has given us an extraordinary portal through which we can now see how hostile state influence, criminality and the impunity of the billionaire class are intimately enmeshed... But we can’t understand any of this until we realise that Epstein isn’t just a doorway, he’s also a mirror."
🇲🇩🇺🇦 Moldovan President Sandu said that she is against her nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, because there are more worthy candidates - Ukrainian prisoners of war.
Sandu emphasized that it is Ukrainians who are truly sacrificing themselves for the sake of peace and security in Ukraine and the EU.
Sandu emphasized that it is Ukrainians who are truly sacrificing themselves for the sake of peace and security in Ukraine and the EU.
February 8, 2026 at 6:53 AM
"This is what elite impunity looks like, and it is coming directly from the so-called Department of Justice."
#BBCLauraK #R4Today
#BBCLauraK #R4Today
"It’s hard not to read these files and come to the conclusion that Epstein helped engineer the ultimate elite impunity — in which our society has been totally destroyed so the richest and most powerful men in the world can do whatever they want." — @lopatto.bsky.social
How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo
The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.
www.theverge.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:24 AM
"This is what elite impunity looks like, and it is coming directly from the so-called Department of Justice."
#BBCLauraK #R4Today
#BBCLauraK #R4Today
21 July 2011
Duke of York to step down as the UK trade envoy... friendship with US tycoon Jeffrey Epstein... lunching at Buckingham Palace with a "notorious" member of former Tunisian regime... taking a holiday with a Libyan gun smuggler... used an official trip to try to find a buyer for his home
Duke of York to step down as the UK trade envoy... friendship with US tycoon Jeffrey Epstein... lunching at Buckingham Palace with a "notorious" member of former Tunisian regime... taking a holiday with a Libyan gun smuggler... used an official trip to try to find a buyer for his home
Prince Andrew: Envoy career plagued with controversy
The Duke of York is to stand down as UK trade envoy, the BBC understands, ending a controversial time in the role after sustained criticism over his friendship with a US tycoon who was jailed for sex ...
www.bbc.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 12:55 AM
21 July 2011
Duke of York to step down as the UK trade envoy... friendship with US tycoon Jeffrey Epstein... lunching at Buckingham Palace with a "notorious" member of former Tunisian regime... taking a holiday with a Libyan gun smuggler... used an official trip to try to find a buyer for his home
Duke of York to step down as the UK trade envoy... friendship with US tycoon Jeffrey Epstein... lunching at Buckingham Palace with a "notorious" member of former Tunisian regime... taking a holiday with a Libyan gun smuggler... used an official trip to try to find a buyer for his home
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Watergate, but if someone was killed.
NYT confirming MS NOW reporting:
Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.
Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Watergate, but if someone was killed.
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At what point does a misrepresentation become a lie?
February 4, 2026 at 9:27 PM
At what point does a misrepresentation become a lie?
Rubio and Lavrov were talking about "normalising" US-Russia economic relations last February in Riyadh.
#BBCPM
#BBCPM
⚡️Zelensky says Russia presented $12 trillion economic plan to US, called 'Dmitriev package.'
President Volodymyr Zelensky described it as a proposed framework for large-scale U.S.-Russia economic cooperation.
President Volodymyr Zelensky described it as a proposed framework for large-scale U.S.-Russia economic cooperation.
Zelensky warns of 'risk' US, Russia could strike bilateral deals on Ukraine without Kyiv
"We clearly state that Ukraine will not support even potential agreements about us without us," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
kyivindependent.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Rubio and Lavrov were talking about "normalising" US-Russia economic relations last February in Riyadh.
#BBCPM
#BBCPM
To gain access to a grammer school, you have to listen to this interview with the headteacher on a dodgy line, and work out what the missing words were.
#BBCPM
#BBCPM
February 7, 2026 at 5:30 PM
To gain access to a grammer school, you have to listen to this interview with the headteacher on a dodgy line, and work out what the missing words were.
#BBCPM
#BBCPM
"Every country faces a crisis this winter.
But the crisis we face in Britain is not just short-term – it is deep-seated."
A New Britain:
Renewing our Democracy and Rebuilding our Economy
labour.org.uk/wp-content/u...
#BBCPM
But the crisis we face in Britain is not just short-term – it is deep-seated."
A New Britain:
Renewing our Democracy and Rebuilding our Economy
labour.org.uk/wp-content/u...
#BBCPM
February 7, 2026 at 5:14 PM
"Every country faces a crisis this winter.
But the crisis we face in Britain is not just short-term – it is deep-seated."
A New Britain:
Renewing our Democracy and Rebuilding our Economy
labour.org.uk/wp-content/u...
#BBCPM
But the crisis we face in Britain is not just short-term – it is deep-seated."
A New Britain:
Renewing our Democracy and Rebuilding our Economy
labour.org.uk/wp-content/u...
#BBCPM
Senior state department official Sarah Rogers travelled to Europe in December to meet influential rightwing think-tanks and has spoken to key figures in Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK party about deploying a pot of money to spread American values…
archive.ph/DDcg6
Electoral commission?
#BBCPM
archive.ph/DDcg6
Electoral commission?
#BBCPM
February 7, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Senior state department official Sarah Rogers travelled to Europe in December to meet influential rightwing think-tanks and has spoken to key figures in Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK party about deploying a pot of money to spread American values…
archive.ph/DDcg6
Electoral commission?
#BBCPM
archive.ph/DDcg6
Electoral commission?
#BBCPM
I know the BBC's "due impartiality" forbids it, but a quick note on Russia's endless attacks on Ukrainian power system: Targeting civilian infrastructure and disproportionality targeting civilian infrastructure = war crime
Expert Guidance: Law of Armed Conflict in the Israel-Hamas War
Experts detail how the laws of war apply to Israel-Hamas conflict to assist policymakers and the public at large.
www.justsecurity.org
February 7, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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Great video. The homes are thoughtful, attractive and well designed. Khan is eloquent and considerate. Much more like this please.
A real pleasure to meet George Clarke and hear about his experiences growing up on a council estate. We both know the positive impact social housing can have on families’ lives.
That’s why I’m determined to continue delivering more council homes as we build a fairer London for everyone.
That’s why I’m determined to continue delivering more council homes as we build a fairer London for everyone.
February 7, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Great video. The homes are thoughtful, attractive and well designed. Khan is eloquent and considerate. Much more like this please.
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Our new polling with More in Common exposes a simple problem in British politics.
Voters want growth, jobs and rising living standards.
But they don’t think politicians are focused on any of them.
Voters want growth, jobs and rising living standards.
But they don’t think politicians are focused on any of them.
February 7, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Our new polling with More in Common exposes a simple problem in British politics.
Voters want growth, jobs and rising living standards.
But they don’t think politicians are focused on any of them.
Voters want growth, jobs and rising living standards.
But they don’t think politicians are focused on any of them.
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The other extraordinary thing that appears in the Epstein Files evidence (so far) is that it is Mandelson who introduces Epstein to Deripaska circa 2009, and thence to Belyakov and the whole Russian orbit
February 7, 2026 at 12:04 PM
The other extraordinary thing that appears in the Epstein Files evidence (so far) is that it is Mandelson who introduces Epstein to Deripaska circa 2009, and thence to Belyakov and the whole Russian orbit
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Glenfiddich had been a popular whisky brand in Russia for many years, but suspended all its exports to the country after the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
I'd say they have a very strong case of being damaged as a result of being associated with a former tory's company
Ex-defence secretary Ben Wallace in trademark row with whisky brand
Glenfiddich issues a legal claim ex-defence minister Ben Wallace over the name of his new firm.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Glenfiddich had been a popular whisky brand in Russia for many years, but suspended all its exports to the country after the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
“These supposedly cancelled net zero projects never existed, and the fantastical £39.5m savings figure she is spinning is something she completely made up."
Reform-run Kent council accused of fabricating £40m net zero savings
Exclusive: Disclosures show figures cited by council leader rested on unfunded ideas listed briefly in budget papers
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:49 PM
“These supposedly cancelled net zero projects never existed, and the fantastical £39.5m savings figure she is spinning is something she completely made up."
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Was trying to find an old article and drifted across the Kemi Badenoch interview where she praises Israel for fighting a proxy war on our behalf in Gaza, "just like Ukraine is," and I do think it's up there for the more bonkers and revealing things she's said.
February 7, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Was trying to find an old article and drifted across the Kemi Badenoch interview where she praises Israel for fighting a proxy war on our behalf in Gaza, "just like Ukraine is," and I do think it's up there for the more bonkers and revealing things she's said.