DJ Eddie
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Palestine Action's cofounder has won his legal challenge at the High Court against the group's proscription.
Important to note that – at least for the moment – that proscription *is still in force* as the Court hasn't lifted it. So you do still risk arrest etc if you post support of the group
Important to note that – at least for the moment – that proscription *is still in force* as the Court hasn't lifted it. So you do still risk arrest etc if you post support of the group
UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule
Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Palestine Action's cofounder has won his legal challenge at the High Court against the group's proscription.
Important to note that – at least for the moment – that proscription *is still in force* as the Court hasn't lifted it. So you do still risk arrest etc if you post support of the group
Important to note that – at least for the moment – that proscription *is still in force* as the Court hasn't lifted it. So you do still risk arrest etc if you post support of the group
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This is everything it should be - meticulously researched, deeply thought out, uncomfortably probing, scrupulously fair, AND ALSO outrageously entertaining.
This is how progressives should tell stories. An hour flew by.
This is how progressives should tell stories. An hour flew by.
The Farage Files: Week One
@mrjamesob.bsky.social and Henry Riley have been scrutinising Reform UK with a fine-tooth comb, uncovering a massive 22 stories.
youtu.be/fyNKDMxg2bM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social and Henry Riley have been scrutinising Reform UK with a fine-tooth comb, uncovering a massive 22 stories.
youtu.be/fyNKDMxg2bM
James O'Brien introduces 'The Farage Files'
YouTube video by LBC
youtu.be
February 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
This is everything it should be - meticulously researched, deeply thought out, uncomfortably probing, scrupulously fair, AND ALSO outrageously entertaining.
This is how progressives should tell stories. An hour flew by.
This is how progressives should tell stories. An hour flew by.
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Good piece on green energy jobs, business and transition in Scotland from @vickyallan.bsky.social one of Scotland's best, probably the best, environmental journalists @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2584...
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2584...
Will the north of Scotland's energy job boom ever happen?
Where are the clean energy jobs in the Highlands? The boom might not yet have happened, but there are signs of promise at the freeport - just no rush
www.heraldscotland.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Good piece on green energy jobs, business and transition in Scotland from @vickyallan.bsky.social one of Scotland's best, probably the best, environmental journalists @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2584...
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2584...
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If you haven't already. You should. Another gem from Mackenzie Crook. #SmallProphets
February 10, 2026 at 2:35 PM
If you haven't already. You should. Another gem from Mackenzie Crook. #SmallProphets
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On Eurostar earlier, a conversation struck up with a group of English trade guys, on their way back from Brussels, who felt "the English" don't "Think European".
Quick thread on why they don't need to 🧵
TL;DR: There's no such thing as "Think Nectar Card" either.
Quick thread on why they don't need to 🧵
TL;DR: There's no such thing as "Think Nectar Card" either.
February 6, 2026 at 7:15 PM
On Eurostar earlier, a conversation struck up with a group of English trade guys, on their way back from Brussels, who felt "the English" don't "Think European".
Quick thread on why they don't need to 🧵
TL;DR: There's no such thing as "Think Nectar Card" either.
Quick thread on why they don't need to 🧵
TL;DR: There's no such thing as "Think Nectar Card" either.
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I just got a lovely message from a persistent fan: “So, Alex is cool about palling around with pedos is the fkn take of the year. You disgust me.”
Incredible how many people equate trying to understand why something happened to moral approval and pretending not to understand it to morality.
Incredible how many people equate trying to understand why something happened to moral approval and pretending not to understand it to morality.
“I look at the performative hand-wringing, all the ‘OMG can’t believe Starmer appointed him despite all this!’ and I feel I’m in a parallel universe. Starmer appointed him BECAUSE of, not despite it. To be our interface with a corrupt WH that operates in precisely the same way. Everyone understood.”
🔥 NEW: Binfire of the Vanities
👿 Mandelson: Beyond the schadenfreude
🎒 Education: What next for SEND policy?
🏺 Plus a very Homeric Wokey Dokey
@sturdyalex.bsky.social, @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social & guest @samfr.bsky.social
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/61di...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
👿 Mandelson: Beyond the schadenfreude
🎒 Education: What next for SEND policy?
🏺 Plus a very Homeric Wokey Dokey
@sturdyalex.bsky.social, @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social & guest @samfr.bsky.social
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/61di...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
February 5, 2026 at 3:05 PM
I just got a lovely message from a persistent fan: “So, Alex is cool about palling around with pedos is the fkn take of the year. You disgust me.”
Incredible how many people equate trying to understand why something happened to moral approval and pretending not to understand it to morality.
Incredible how many people equate trying to understand why something happened to moral approval and pretending not to understand it to morality.
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The DUP voted for Brexit, the country didn’t. The DUP wanted the hard border returned, the country didn’t. The DUP wanted never to have the border poll… you know the rest…
Signed, a Belfast resident.
Signed, a Belfast resident.
Excellent piece by @emmadesouza.bsky.social in Irish News.
A quick 🧵on why it may not actually be a choice.
TL;DR: English Nationalists and their planned ECHR exit only takes a few months, rips up the Good Friday Agreement and suggests NI does not feature in their future plans.
1/5
A quick 🧵on why it may not actually be a choice.
TL;DR: English Nationalists and their planned ECHR exit only takes a few months, rips up the Good Friday Agreement and suggests NI does not feature in their future plans.
1/5
February 2, 2026 at 7:50 AM
The DUP voted for Brexit, the country didn’t. The DUP wanted the hard border returned, the country didn’t. The DUP wanted never to have the border poll… you know the rest…
Signed, a Belfast resident.
Signed, a Belfast resident.
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are those freedoms in room with us right now
Daily Express: PM WANTS TO 'REWIND' FREEDOM BREXIT GAVE US #TomorrowsPapersToday
February 1, 2026 at 10:00 PM
are those freedoms in room with us right now
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There are grifters and there are crooks. More great reporting from @pickardje.bsky.social and team at FT.
www.ft.com/content/1728...
www.ft.com/content/1728...
Jeffrey Epstein sent Peter Mandelson $75,000, documents show
Newly released files include 3 payments from disgraced financier’s JPMorgan account to former UK power broker
www.ft.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:10 AM
There are grifters and there are crooks. More great reporting from @pickardje.bsky.social and team at FT.
www.ft.com/content/1728...
www.ft.com/content/1728...
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My most - apparently - unfashionable opinion: I’d rather the UK had a lower minimum wage and a much more extensive system of tax credits.
February 1, 2026 at 4:25 PM
My most - apparently - unfashionable opinion: I’d rather the UK had a lower minimum wage and a much more extensive system of tax credits.
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Matt Goodwin seems rather obsessed with "too many" Muslims and what he calls the "New Elite." Unlikely to play well in Gorton and Denton (30% Muslim in 2021 census). But if I'm wrong, dinner's on me, Matt www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pop...
Matt Goodwin isn’t the winner Farage thinks he is
The academic turned right-wing firebrand is Reform’s candidate for Gorton and Denton. But his ‘Broken Britain’ mantra is unlikely to convince voters
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Matt Goodwin seems rather obsessed with "too many" Muslims and what he calls the "New Elite." Unlikely to play well in Gorton and Denton (30% Muslim in 2021 census). But if I'm wrong, dinner's on me, Matt www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pop...
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Labour appear to be more pro brexit than they are pro Union.
They openly acknowledge Brrexit and being outside the EU Single market has caused long term & deep danage to the british economy but don't seem willing to reverse that damage.
They openly acknowledge Brrexit and being outside the EU Single market has caused long term & deep danage to the british economy but don't seem willing to reverse that damage.
Rachel Reeves says Brexit deal caused long-term damage to economy
Rachel Reeves made the comments about the 2020 deal at a key meeting of the world's leading finance ministers and central bankers.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Labour appear to be more pro brexit than they are pro Union.
They openly acknowledge Brrexit and being outside the EU Single market has caused long term & deep danage to the british economy but don't seem willing to reverse that damage.
They openly acknowledge Brrexit and being outside the EU Single market has caused long term & deep danage to the british economy but don't seem willing to reverse that damage.
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Brexit Benefits latest 👇
TL;DR: "Vote Leave: Collapse the UK Union" wasn't on the side of a big red bus.
@profjacob.bsky.social ¦ @tomhayes.bsky.social
@anuragdeb.bsky.social ¦ @timcairns.bsky.social @dmcbfs.bsky.social ¦ @cjharvey1.bsky.social @vivamjm.bsky.social ¦ @scotnational.bsky.social
TL;DR: "Vote Leave: Collapse the UK Union" wasn't on the side of a big red bus.
@profjacob.bsky.social ¦ @tomhayes.bsky.social
@anuragdeb.bsky.social ¦ @timcairns.bsky.social @dmcbfs.bsky.social ¦ @cjharvey1.bsky.social @vivamjm.bsky.social ¦ @scotnational.bsky.social
Excellent piece by @emmadesouza.bsky.social in Irish News.
A quick 🧵on why it may not actually be a choice.
TL;DR: English Nationalists and their planned ECHR exit only takes a few months, rips up the Good Friday Agreement and suggests NI does not feature in their future plans.
1/5
A quick 🧵on why it may not actually be a choice.
TL;DR: English Nationalists and their planned ECHR exit only takes a few months, rips up the Good Friday Agreement and suggests NI does not feature in their future plans.
1/5
February 1, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Brexit Benefits latest 👇
TL;DR: "Vote Leave: Collapse the UK Union" wasn't on the side of a big red bus.
@profjacob.bsky.social ¦ @tomhayes.bsky.social
@anuragdeb.bsky.social ¦ @timcairns.bsky.social @dmcbfs.bsky.social ¦ @cjharvey1.bsky.social @vivamjm.bsky.social ¦ @scotnational.bsky.social
TL;DR: "Vote Leave: Collapse the UK Union" wasn't on the side of a big red bus.
@profjacob.bsky.social ¦ @tomhayes.bsky.social
@anuragdeb.bsky.social ¦ @timcairns.bsky.social @dmcbfs.bsky.social ¦ @cjharvey1.bsky.social @vivamjm.bsky.social ¦ @scotnational.bsky.social
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There is a compelling practical case for an Irish passport office in Belfast. None of the historic objections endures to any significant extent. It is increasingly hard to explain this situation when there is such an office in Dublin, in Cork & in London.
Why it’s way past time for an Irish passport office in Northern Ireland
Why is there no Irish passport office in Belfast?
m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 10:15 AM
There is a compelling practical case for an Irish passport office in Belfast. None of the historic objections endures to any significant extent. It is increasingly hard to explain this situation when there is such an office in Dublin, in Cork & in London.
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So why would a Kazakhstani billionaire be trying to secretly bankroll Reform?
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
February 1, 2026 at 10:27 AM
So why would a Kazakhstani billionaire be trying to secretly bankroll Reform?
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Am I alone in deciding Today no longer worth listening to, and News10, Newsnight, Panorama, Sunday morning politics show, and Match of the Day not worth watching. If you don't like game/panel shows, ancient soaps, reality or Traitors that leaves World Service. Excellent. But worth license fee?
February 1, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Am I alone in deciding Today no longer worth listening to, and News10, Newsnight, Panorama, Sunday morning politics show, and Match of the Day not worth watching. If you don't like game/panel shows, ancient soaps, reality or Traitors that leaves World Service. Excellent. But worth license fee?
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Another Epstein to Bannon text from May 2019 predicts Boris Johnson’s leadership victory - and then enigmatically refers to a ‘Peter’ making contact with an ‘Eric’ about the turbulence. Any clues which Peter or Eric? There aren’t that many in this political sphere
February 1, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Another Epstein to Bannon text from May 2019 predicts Boris Johnson’s leadership victory - and then enigmatically refers to a ‘Peter’ making contact with an ‘Eric’ about the turbulence. Any clues which Peter or Eric? There aren’t that many in this political sphere
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The EU Commission last week designated WhatsApp as a very large online platform under the Digital Services Act - so therefore subject to more obligations, as enforced by the Commission. This only applies to WhatsApp Channels, ie not private messages - digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...
Commission designates WhatsApp as Very Large Online Platform under the Digital Services Act
The European Commission has formally designated WhatsApp as a Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) under the Digital Services Act (DSA), as its ‘Channels’ feature reaches the designation threshold of at ...
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
February 1, 2026 at 12:16 PM
The EU Commission last week designated WhatsApp as a very large online platform under the Digital Services Act - so therefore subject to more obligations, as enforced by the Commission. This only applies to WhatsApp Channels, ie not private messages - digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...
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That sound you can hear? It's me, laughing:
February 1, 2026 at 12:21 PM
That sound you can hear? It's me, laughing:
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Excellent piece by @emmadesouza.bsky.social in Irish News.
A quick 🧵on why it may not actually be a choice.
TL;DR: English Nationalists and their planned ECHR exit only takes a few months, rips up the Good Friday Agreement and suggests NI does not feature in their future plans.
1/5
A quick 🧵on why it may not actually be a choice.
TL;DR: English Nationalists and their planned ECHR exit only takes a few months, rips up the Good Friday Agreement and suggests NI does not feature in their future plans.
1/5
February 1, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Excellent piece by @emmadesouza.bsky.social in Irish News.
A quick 🧵on why it may not actually be a choice.
TL;DR: English Nationalists and their planned ECHR exit only takes a few months, rips up the Good Friday Agreement and suggests NI does not feature in their future plans.
1/5
A quick 🧵on why it may not actually be a choice.
TL;DR: English Nationalists and their planned ECHR exit only takes a few months, rips up the Good Friday Agreement and suggests NI does not feature in their future plans.
1/5
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Happy Brexit Day folks! I cannot believe it's been 6 years already.
As we edge closer to "brexit day" starting midnight 31st Jan, I'm reminded of how an old neighbour in London sent me this clip of his british sovereignty that was delivered, bang on time - in fairness, the next day.
I'm also minded to share my Favourite Brexit Benefits 🧵
"Happy Brexit day"!
1/11
I'm also minded to share my Favourite Brexit Benefits 🧵
"Happy Brexit day"!
1/11
January 31, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Happy Brexit Day folks! I cannot believe it's been 6 years already.
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One of the most popular british blogs on brexit is Chris Greys "brexit" blog.
Going for 10+ years, it's well written but as a European outsider looking in, the underlying logic is utterly bonkers and ironically, provides an insight into why the UK is still in a massive mess.
quick 🧵
Going for 10+ years, it's well written but as a European outsider looking in, the underlying logic is utterly bonkers and ironically, provides an insight into why the UK is still in a massive mess.
quick 🧵
January 14, 2026 at 9:30 AM
One of the most popular british blogs on brexit is Chris Greys "brexit" blog.
Going for 10+ years, it's well written but as a European outsider looking in, the underlying logic is utterly bonkers and ironically, provides an insight into why the UK is still in a massive mess.
quick 🧵
Going for 10+ years, it's well written but as a European outsider looking in, the underlying logic is utterly bonkers and ironically, provides an insight into why the UK is still in a massive mess.
quick 🧵
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SO weird seeing educated smart people amplify tell-from-a-mile-off-AI-gen crap on FB! And always about Karoline Leavitt being silenced by [insert celeb who would *never* be at a WH presser]. How do they reckon Leavitt can have a massive on-camera - AND YET SECRET - fight with Cher or Prince William?
January 26, 2026 at 11:46 PM
SO weird seeing educated smart people amplify tell-from-a-mile-off-AI-gen crap on FB! And always about Karoline Leavitt being silenced by [insert celeb who would *never* be at a WH presser]. How do they reckon Leavitt can have a massive on-camera - AND YET SECRET - fight with Cher or Prince William?
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Excellent thread on how "Labours Brexit"....not "Farage's Brexit" is the biggest problem the UK faces today.
One of the most popular british blogs on brexit is Chris Greys "brexit" blog.
Going for 10+ years, it's well written but as a European outsider looking in, the underlying logic is utterly bonkers and ironically, provides an insight into why the UK is still in a massive mess.
quick 🧵
Going for 10+ years, it's well written but as a European outsider looking in, the underlying logic is utterly bonkers and ironically, provides an insight into why the UK is still in a massive mess.
quick 🧵
January 15, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Excellent thread on how "Labours Brexit"....not "Farage's Brexit" is the biggest problem the UK faces today.
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Strangely enough or not, most of the pushback I get on the current economic situation comes from anonymous accounts. Who want to claim that life was a paradise until recently. Perfect segue btw into a Reform argument that if only we got rid of the immigrants etc etc
December 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Strangely enough or not, most of the pushback I get on the current economic situation comes from anonymous accounts. Who want to claim that life was a paradise until recently. Perfect segue btw into a Reform argument that if only we got rid of the immigrants etc etc