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
Scientific American models how to start on institutional accountability by bringing it all out: 6 current or former advisors in the files. In 2009, Marty Nowak of Harvard emailed Epstein: "[I] am in the newly formed board..of scientific american.. seems like everyone there is a friend of yours." 1/
February 7, 2026 at 11:17 AM
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 7, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Reposted by Ed Wilson
Do take 15 minutes out of your day to read this @andrewprlevi.bsky.social 🧵 The signs were there for decades
It isn’t possible for PMs to be expert in all fields…or indeed in many. Which is why having the judgement to identify very high quality advisors and really listen to them really matter..
It isn’t possible for PMs to be expert in all fields…or indeed in many. Which is why having the judgement to identify very high quality advisors and really listen to them really matter..
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 7, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Do take 15 minutes out of your day to read this @andrewprlevi.bsky.social 🧵 The signs were there for decades
It isn’t possible for PMs to be expert in all fields…or indeed in many. Which is why having the judgement to identify very high quality advisors and really listen to them really matter..
It isn’t possible for PMs to be expert in all fields…or indeed in many. Which is why having the judgement to identify very high quality advisors and really listen to them really matter..
Update: Searches concluded re misconduct in public office investigation
news.met.police.uk/news/update-...
news.met.police.uk/news/update-...
Update: Searches concluded re misconduct in public office investigation
The investigation relates to a 72-year-old man.
news.met.police.uk
February 7, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Update: Searches concluded re misconduct in public office investigation
news.met.police.uk/news/update-...
news.met.police.uk/news/update-...
Reposted by Ed Wilson
Useful thread by @sundersays.bsky.social on the settlement proposals.
Home Affairs Committee has received well over 100 expert submissions to its inquiry on this topic, vast majority opposing the proposals on both principled and practical
committees.parliament.uk/committee/83...
Home Affairs Committee has received well over 100 expert submissions to its inquiry on this topic, vast majority opposing the proposals on both principled and practical
committees.parliament.uk/committee/83...
February 7, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Useful thread by @sundersays.bsky.social on the settlement proposals.
Home Affairs Committee has received well over 100 expert submissions to its inquiry on this topic, vast majority opposing the proposals on both principled and practical
committees.parliament.uk/committee/83...
Home Affairs Committee has received well over 100 expert submissions to its inquiry on this topic, vast majority opposing the proposals on both principled and practical
committees.parliament.uk/committee/83...
February 7, 2026 at 9:00 AM
The Commons modernisation committee under Lucy Powell promised an investigation of MPs' outside interests and employment, and enlisted the standards committee to work on it.
Everything seems to have gone quiet.
committees.parliament.uk/committee/73...
committees.parliament.uk/work/8800/ou...
Everything seems to have gone quiet.
committees.parliament.uk/committee/73...
committees.parliament.uk/work/8800/ou...
February 7, 2026 at 8:30 AM
"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...
#R4Today
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...
#R4Today
February 7, 2026 at 8:27 AM
"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...
#R4Today
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...
#R4Today
Reposted by Ed Wilson
Minimum wage goes up every year Mr Jack, with a target (from Brown and Osborne, just about achieved) of 67% of median wage
2023: Jeremy Hunt raised it 9.8% to £11.44 per hour. The living wage was £12
2024: Rachel Reeves raised it 6.7% to £12.21 per hour. The living wage is £12.60
#R4Today
2023: Jeremy Hunt raised it 9.8% to £11.44 per hour. The living wage was £12
2024: Rachel Reeves raised it 6.7% to £12.21 per hour. The living wage is £12.60
#R4Today
February 7, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Minimum wage goes up every year Mr Jack, with a target (from Brown and Osborne, just about achieved) of 67% of median wage
2023: Jeremy Hunt raised it 9.8% to £11.44 per hour. The living wage was £12
2024: Rachel Reeves raised it 6.7% to £12.21 per hour. The living wage is £12.60
#R4Today
2023: Jeremy Hunt raised it 9.8% to £11.44 per hour. The living wage was £12
2024: Rachel Reeves raised it 6.7% to £12.21 per hour. The living wage is £12.60
#R4Today
Reposted by Ed Wilson
It is terribly sad that the former PM feels the need to say this in the face of low life blowhards.
We cannot allow this to even be a question.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We cannot allow this to even be a question.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘I’m British, English and British Asian’, says Rishi Sunak in riposte to racially charged debate over identity
Podcaster claimed former prime minister not English because he is ‘brown-skinned Hindu’
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:06 AM
It is terribly sad that the former PM feels the need to say this in the face of low life blowhards.
We cannot allow this to even be a question.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We cannot allow this to even be a question.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform and Conservatives battle over the blame for "near bankruptcy".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#R4Today
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#R4Today
Reform UK warns Worcestershire County Council is facing bankruptcy
Worcestershire County Council is asking for £71m in emergency support.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Reform and Conservatives battle over the blame for "near bankruptcy".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#R4Today
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#R4Today
February 7, 2026 at 7:40 AM
“Russia is trying to kill our light.” Zelenskyy said repair crews work under shelling in −20°C to restore power, and there are “no gray zones” in this fight. Ukraine needs enough air defense for a safe sky—and real security guarantees for a dignified peace.
February 7, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Karl Turner MP attempted to defend Starmer on Thursday, by blaming advisers - Morgan McSweeney - but he ended up protesting that Starmer keeps *taking* bad advice.
The prime minister will not be thanking him for that one.
#R4Today
The prime minister will not be thanking him for that one.
#R4Today
February 7, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Karl Turner MP attempted to defend Starmer on Thursday, by blaming advisers - Morgan McSweeney - but he ended up protesting that Starmer keeps *taking* bad advice.
The prime minister will not be thanking him for that one.
#R4Today
The prime minister will not be thanking him for that one.
#R4Today
#4$Today
This is an immensely significant document that continues to get virtually no attention in US media—but lots abroad. In Jul 2015, Epstein arranged a meeting between a known highest-level Russian intel operative, Sergey Belyakov and Peter Thiel,
February 7, 2026 at 7:07 AM
#4$Today
It's an offence, but not a big one. They'll get an easy fine later in the year.
But if there's a pattern, the fine will be... still small enough to make no difference, because government after government hasn't bothered to make the syatem work.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#R4Today
But if there's a pattern, the fine will be... still small enough to make no difference, because government after government hasn't bothered to make the syatem work.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#R4Today
Reform faces police investigation over ‘concerned neighbour’ byelection letters
Material distributed in Gorton and Denton did not have legally required imprint stating it was funded by party
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:04 AM
It's an offence, but not a big one. They'll get an easy fine later in the year.
But if there's a pattern, the fine will be... still small enough to make no difference, because government after government hasn't bothered to make the syatem work.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#R4Today
But if there's a pattern, the fine will be... still small enough to make no difference, because government after government hasn't bothered to make the syatem work.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#R4Today
February 7, 2026 at 6:59 AM
This is fascinating about Epstein’s protegee Masha Drokova, but it also relates to the Labour surveillance scandal reported by Peter Geoghegan earlier this week… follow me down the rabbit hole
1/12
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
1/12
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
February 7, 2026 at 6:43 AM
When the Daily Mail uses its undoubted skills to go with the flow...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
#R4Today
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
#R4Today
The full sordid truth about Andrew and Epstein's mansion
The former prince (pictured) lied to Emily Maitlis in his BBC interview that he had only visited the convicted child predator to 'honourably' inform him he could never see him again.
www.dailymail.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 6:31 AM
When the Daily Mail uses its undoubted skills to go with the flow...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
#R4Today
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
#R4Today
If Tim Scott judges yesterday's post to be "the most racist thing" he's seen out of this White House, I'd like to see a list of the other, less racist things he's seen from this White House.
February 7, 2026 at 6:26 AM
If Tim Scott judges yesterday's post to be "the most racist thing" he's seen out of this White House, I'd like to see a list of the other, less racist things he's seen from this White House.
"... as Europe’s political class moves to clean up its mess and address its shame concerning ties with the convicted sex offender, it’s inadvertently highlighting something else — the comparative lack of accountability in the U.S."
#R4Today
#R4Today
The Epstein scandal is taking down Europe’s political class. In the US, they’re getting a pass.
The Epstein scandal is taking down Europe’s political class. In the US, they’re getting a pass.
As Europe moves to address its shame, it’s highlighting the comparative lack of accountability in the U.S.
dlvr.it
February 7, 2026 at 6:21 AM
"... as Europe’s political class moves to clean up its mess and address its shame concerning ties with the convicted sex offender, it’s inadvertently highlighting something else — the comparative lack of accountability in the U.S."
#R4Today
#R4Today