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
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I wrote this yesterday - Starmer could still turn his premiership around, if he finally, FINALLY, finds the courage to address the grubby circs which allow people like Mandelson to rise so far. bylinetimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
'The Mandelson-Epstein Scandal Is an Opportunity for Starmer to Radically Reform Our Broken Politics'
The Prime Minister should use this moment to shine a light on the dark forces corrupting our democracy, argues former British diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
bylinetimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:11 PM
I wrote this yesterday - Starmer could still turn his premiership around, if he finally, FINALLY, finds the courage to address the grubby circs which allow people like Mandelson to rise so far. bylinetimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
You think two cross-party committees bowed down to Farage?
Alberto Costa, Conservative chair of the Standards Committee, contributed to the defenestration of Boris Johnson.
Alberto Costa, Conservative chair of the Standards Committee, contributed to the defenestration of Boris Johnson.
February 9, 2026 at 9:42 PM
You think two cross-party committees bowed down to Farage?
Alberto Costa, Conservative chair of the Standards Committee, contributed to the defenestration of Boris Johnson.
Alberto Costa, Conservative chair of the Standards Committee, contributed to the defenestration of Boris Johnson.
Very much so. I bet they've done a lot of the work. What stopped them, eh @lucympowell.bsky.social?
February 9, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Very much so. I bet they've done a lot of the work. What stopped them, eh @lucympowell.bsky.social?
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There's a global solar energy revolution happening led by China and it should have been one of the biggest stories of 2025.
While the US is committing to a suicide pact with fossil fuels, the rest of the world is leapfrogging into cheap nearly limitless energy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
While the US is committing to a suicide pact with fossil fuels, the rest of the world is leapfrogging into cheap nearly limitless energy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:54 PM
There's a global solar energy revolution happening led by China and it should have been one of the biggest stories of 2025.
While the US is committing to a suicide pact with fossil fuels, the rest of the world is leapfrogging into cheap nearly limitless energy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
While the US is committing to a suicide pact with fossil fuels, the rest of the world is leapfrogging into cheap nearly limitless energy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
Is that anything like the Moomins stuffing their stomachs with hay before hibernating?
February 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Is that anything like the Moomins stuffing their stomachs with hay before hibernating?
OK, it might have been ready, but it's dishonest.
Darren Jones: The Committee on Standards is currently conducting an inquiry into second jobs
www.gov.uk/government/s...
This inquiry started on 8 January 2025, in agreement with Lucy Powell's Modernisation Committee, and ground to a halt on 15 July 2025.
committees.parliament.uk/work/8800/ou...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
This inquiry started on 8 January 2025, in agreement with Lucy Powell's Modernisation Committee, and ground to a halt on 15 July 2025.
committees.parliament.uk/work/8800/ou...
February 9, 2026 at 9:29 PM
OK, it might have been ready, but it's dishonest.
Darren Jones: The Committee on Standards is currently conducting an inquiry into second jobs
www.gov.uk/government/s...
This inquiry started on 8 January 2025, in agreement with Lucy Powell's Modernisation Committee, and ground to a halt on 15 July 2025.
committees.parliament.uk/work/8800/ou...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
This inquiry started on 8 January 2025, in agreement with Lucy Powell's Modernisation Committee, and ground to a halt on 15 July 2025.
committees.parliament.uk/work/8800/ou...
February 9, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Darren Jones: The Committee on Standards is currently conducting an inquiry into second jobs
www.gov.uk/government/s...
This inquiry started on 8 January 2025, in agreement with Lucy Powell's Modernisation Committee, and ground to a halt on 15 July 2025.
committees.parliament.uk/work/8800/ou...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
This inquiry started on 8 January 2025, in agreement with Lucy Powell's Modernisation Committee, and ground to a halt on 15 July 2025.
committees.parliament.uk/work/8800/ou...
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Note and discuss.
We're making the UK the hardest possible target for foreign interference.
Last week, I led briefings with MI5 and key sectors to help them identify the threat.
This week, we're launching a new tool to help universities report cases to security experts.
www.gov.uk/guidance/pro...
Last week, I led briefings with MI5 and key sectors to help them identify the threat.
This week, we're launching a new tool to help universities report cases to security experts.
www.gov.uk/guidance/pro...
Protecting UK higher education from foreign interference
Guidance for higher education providers to recognise, prevent and report foreign interference and protect people, research and academic freedom.
www.gov.uk
February 9, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Note and discuss.
If you can't have people behaving the way they should ethically, at least have them behaving the way they would when they think they might get caught.
- @olbermann.bsky.social
- @olbermann.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 8:57 PM
If you can't have people behaving the way they should ethically, at least have them behaving the way they would when they think they might get caught.
- @olbermann.bsky.social
- @olbermann.bsky.social
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Wow, someone really did not think this through.
"I can 'exonerate' you for a price"—made as a public offer—is essentially an acknowledgment that the person being offered the bribe is in fact...
...a criminal who did exactly what they have been accused of.
"I can 'exonerate' you for a price"—made as a public offer—is essentially an acknowledgment that the person being offered the bribe is in fact...
...a criminal who did exactly what they have been accused of.
February 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Wow, someone really did not think this through.
"I can 'exonerate' you for a price"—made as a public offer—is essentially an acknowledgment that the person being offered the bribe is in fact...
...a criminal who did exactly what they have been accused of.
"I can 'exonerate' you for a price"—made as a public offer—is essentially an acknowledgment that the person being offered the bribe is in fact...
...a criminal who did exactly what they have been accused of.
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Jesus Christ. Reports that more than 300 inmates have died in Shala prison in Darfur in the last two months. www.middleeasteye.net/news/hundred...
Hundreds dead in RSF-run prison in Sudan's North Darfur
At least 9,000 civilians said to be in Shala prison, southwest of el-Fasher, where cholera has broken out
www.middleeasteye.net
February 9, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Jesus Christ. Reports that more than 300 inmates have died in Shala prison in Darfur in the last two months. www.middleeasteye.net/news/hundred...
He's been abroad. He didn't take a lot of staff with him on his Epstein jaunts (though he probably had room service).
February 9, 2026 at 7:47 PM
He's been abroad. He didn't take a lot of staff with him on his Epstein jaunts (though he probably had room service).
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World Liberty Financial's founding document describes the company as "pioneering a new era of Decentralized Finance." Its flagship stablecoin is anything but.
Binance—Whose Founder Was Pardoned—Now Holds 87% Of Trump’s Stablecoin
World Liberty Financial's founding document describes the company as "pioneering a new era of Decentralized Finance." Its flagship stablecoin is anything but.
www.forbes.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:40 PM
World Liberty Financial's founding document describes the company as "pioneering a new era of Decentralized Finance." Its flagship stablecoin is anything but.
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Please stop trying to delete important archives.
The Ministry of Justice has ordered data analysis company Courtsdesk to delete its large archive of court records, which it believes has been used by more than 1,500 journalists from 39 media organisations www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
February 9, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Please stop trying to delete important archives.
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When he ran Labour Together, Cabinet Office minister Josh Simons hired a PR firm to investigate journalists
After our revelations, and a flurry of news stories, Simons finally gave his side of the story
But it doesn't seem to tally with the facts... 🧵
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/mcsweeney-...
After our revelations, and a flurry of news stories, Simons finally gave his side of the story
But it doesn't seem to tally with the facts... 🧵
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/mcsweeney-...
McSweeney goes - but Josh Simons in the frame over targeting journalists
Cabinet Office minister hired a PR firm to investigate journalists. His explanation is bewildering - and begs one big question. How can Starmer keep him on?
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:35 AM
When he ran Labour Together, Cabinet Office minister Josh Simons hired a PR firm to investigate journalists
After our revelations, and a flurry of news stories, Simons finally gave his side of the story
But it doesn't seem to tally with the facts... 🧵
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/mcsweeney-...
After our revelations, and a flurry of news stories, Simons finally gave his side of the story
But it doesn't seem to tally with the facts... 🧵
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/mcsweeney-...
BREAKING: Wes Streeting publishes his private WhatsApp messages with Peter Mandelson in apparent attempt to draw a line under their friendship. They reveal:
:: He feared being “toast at the next election” in his Ilford North seat, adding: “There isn’t a clear answer to the question: why Labour?”.
:: He feared being “toast at the next election” in his Ilford North seat, adding: “There isn’t a clear answer to the question: why Labour?”.
February 9, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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A round of applause from the same MPs who last week did not trust him to properly make a decision about national security.
Round of applause and cheers for Keir Starmer as he arrives to address Labour MPs at the PLP meeting
Almost as loud as the response Theresa May and Boris Johnson got from Tory MPs before they were ousted
Almost as loud as the response Theresa May and Boris Johnson got from Tory MPs before they were ousted
February 9, 2026 at 6:03 PM
A round of applause from the same MPs who last week did not trust him to properly make a decision about national security.
Email from "The Duke", AKA Citizen Andrew
February 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Email from "The Duke", AKA Citizen Andrew
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More news about Citizen Andrew - 8 February 2026 and much longer ago
"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor appears to have knowingly shared confidential information with Jeffrey Epstein from his official work as trade envoy in 2010 and 2011..."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor appears to have knowingly shared confidential information with Jeffrey Epstein from his official work as trade envoy in 2010 and 2011..."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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 7:25 PM
More news about Citizen Andrew - 8 February 2026 and much longer ago
"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor appears to have knowingly shared confidential information with Jeffrey Epstein from his official work as trade envoy in 2010 and 2011..."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor appears to have knowingly shared confidential information with Jeffrey Epstein from his official work as trade envoy in 2010 and 2011..."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Keep talking about the Epstein files. All these corrupt billionaires are PDFiles. Justice for the children.
Cartoon by Scott Rogo
Cartoon by Scott Rogo
February 9, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Keep talking about the Epstein files. All these corrupt billionaires are PDFiles. Justice for the children.
Cartoon by Scott Rogo
Cartoon by Scott Rogo