Meg Howarth
@howarthm.bsky.social
☀️ Campaigner. 🕊️⚖️ Philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways. The point is to change it 🕊️⚖️ In order to do so we must understand and change ourselves ☀️
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Ministers, advisers and civil servants are braced for political fallout from the impending release of tens of thousands of documents relating to the disgraced peer Lord Peter Mandelson and his appointment as UK ambassador to the US
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Westminster fears release of ‘embarrassing’ exchanges in Mandelson data dump
Ministers, advisers and officials will see their communications about former peer’s appointment as UK ambassador released
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February 11, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Ministers, advisers and civil servants are braced for political fallout from the impending release of tens of thousands of documents relating to the disgraced peer Lord Peter Mandelson and his appointment as UK ambassador to the US
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Overseas tycoons such as Elon Musk would be barred from giving substantial donations to UK political parties under new legislation to block companies making gifts if they do not have British owners or make sufficient revenue in the country
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UK to ban political party donations from foreign-owned companies
Government says new legislation will curb overseas interference in elections
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February 11, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Overseas tycoons such as Elon Musk would be barred from giving substantial donations to UK political parties under new legislation to block companies making gifts if they do not have British owners or make sufficient revenue in the country
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Zohran Mamdani has hit the ground running, taking on junk fees and wage theft to make NYC more affordable. I recently spoke with his Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice (and fellow former Labor Secretary) Julie Su about these early wins and what to expect next.
Zohran Mamdani’s Fight for Economic Justice Is a Model for the Country (Ft. Julie Su)
Zohran Mamdani has hit the ground running, taking on junk fees and wage theft to make NYC more affordable.I recently spo
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February 11, 2026 at 7:55 PM
#ImmigrationMatters
🌞 #IanMcKellen over 'Sir' #JimRatcliffe any time. The last 15-20mins of this extended i/view from a recent #LateShow w/ #StephenColbert should be enough to put the hideous anti-immigrant Rat-cliffe back in his #Ineos box. McKellen a sheer delight.
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🌞 #IanMcKellen over 'Sir' #JimRatcliffe any time. The last 15-20mins of this extended i/view from a recent #LateShow w/ #StephenColbert should be enough to put the hideous anti-immigrant Rat-cliffe back in his #Ineos box. McKellen a sheer delight.
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"There's Nothing I Enjoy More Than Acting In The Theater" - Ian McKellen EXTENDED INTERVIEW
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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February 11, 2026 at 6:44 PM
#ImmigrationMatters
🌞 #IanMcKellen over 'Sir' #JimRatcliffe any time. The last 15-20mins of this extended i/view from a recent #LateShow w/ #StephenColbert should be enough to put the hideous anti-immigrant Rat-cliffe back in his #Ineos box. McKellen a sheer delight.
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🌞 #IanMcKellen over 'Sir' #JimRatcliffe any time. The last 15-20mins of this extended i/view from a recent #LateShow w/ #StephenColbert should be enough to put the hideous anti-immigrant Rat-cliffe back in his #Ineos box. McKellen a sheer delight.
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#ImmigrationMatters
🌞 #IanMcKellen over 'Sir' #JimRatcliffe any time. The last 15-20mins of this extended I/view from a recent #LateShow w/ #StephenColbert should be enough to put the hideous anti-immigrant Rat-cliffe back in his #Ineos box. McKellen a sheer delight.
youtu.be/2l2RqzVG4ag?...
🌞 #IanMcKellen over 'Sir' #JimRatcliffe any time. The last 15-20mins of this extended I/view from a recent #LateShow w/ #StephenColbert should be enough to put the hideous anti-immigrant Rat-cliffe back in his #Ineos box. McKellen a sheer delight.
youtu.be/2l2RqzVG4ag?...
February 11, 2026 at 6:43 PM
#ImmigrationMatters
🌞 #IanMcKellen over 'Sir' #JimRatcliffe any time. The last 15-20mins of this extended I/view from a recent #LateShow w/ #StephenColbert should be enough to put the hideous anti-immigrant Rat-cliffe back in his #Ineos box. McKellen a sheer delight.
youtu.be/2l2RqzVG4ag?...
🌞 #IanMcKellen over 'Sir' #JimRatcliffe any time. The last 15-20mins of this extended I/view from a recent #LateShow w/ #StephenColbert should be enough to put the hideous anti-immigrant Rat-cliffe back in his #Ineos box. McKellen a sheer delight.
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🎺 not a trombone but... 🎶
February 11, 2026 at 3:16 PM
🎺 not a trombone but... 🎶
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Prosecutors ‘in close contact’ with police investigating Andrew and Mandelson links to Epstein
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Prosecutors ‘in close contact’ with police investigating Andrew and Mandelson links to Epstein
Head of Crown Prosecution Service for England and Wales says he is working with Thames Valley and Met forces
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February 11, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Prosecutors ‘in close contact’ with police investigating Andrew and Mandelson links to Epstein
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our FT story from June 2023 showed:
Mandelson stayed at Epstein’s $77m townhouse in Manhattan in June 2009 while the financier was in prison for soliciting prostitution from minor
in 2010 and 2011 Epstein noted that “Petie” was with him in Paris, where the financier owned a sumptuous apartment
Mandelson stayed at Epstein’s $77m townhouse in Manhattan in June 2009 while the financier was in prison for soliciting prostitution from minor
in 2010 and 2011 Epstein noted that “Petie” was with him in Paris, where the financier owned a sumptuous apartment
February 11, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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It was obvious Matthew Doyle didn’t belong in the House of Lords. As I wrote just over a month ago app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/72007/...
The PM vowed to abolish the Lords. Why is he stuffing it with allies instead?
In Matthew Doyle, we are about to get another less than stellar peer. Now is the time for change
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February 10, 2026 at 10:30 PM
It was obvious Matthew Doyle didn’t belong in the House of Lords. As I wrote just over a month ago app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/72007/...
The key Atlantic current that could change Europe’s climate forever
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The key Atlantic current that could change Europe’s climate forever
Western Europe could face winters as cold as Canada because of the impact of climate change on a key Atlantic current, known as the AMOC, which helps regulate our weather.
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February 10, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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My piece in Middle East Eye on Wes Streeting and what he said on Israel. www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/wes-...
Wes Streeting has utterly exposed the UK's complicity in Israel's crimes
In messages last summer, the Labour minister acknowledged that Tel Aviv had gone 'rogue', even as his government continued shipping arms
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February 10, 2026 at 6:01 PM
My piece in Middle East Eye on Wes Streeting and what he said on Israel. www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/wes-...
@josiahmortimer.bsky.social Can you help?
February 10, 2026 at 2:46 PM
@josiahmortimer.bsky.social Can you help?
🚨 #Sudan #LestWeForget 🚨
Particularly moved by #Amal's story: "..she and her husband resisted [the #RSF]. He was shot dead, she was beaten. Their house was destroyed. Two of their sons are dead...she struggles to get out of bed each day. *💔I was a big woman, now my health is not like before*💔 "
Particularly moved by #Amal's story: "..she and her husband resisted [the #RSF]. He was shot dead, she was beaten. Their house was destroyed. Two of their sons are dead...she struggles to get out of bed each day. *💔I was a big woman, now my health is not like before*💔 "
February 10, 2026 at 1:31 PM
🚨 #Sudan #LestWeForget 🚨
Particularly moved by #Amal's story: "..she and her husband resisted [the #RSF]. He was shot dead, she was beaten. Their house was destroyed. Two of their sons are dead...she struggles to get out of bed each day. *💔I was a big woman, now my health is not like before*💔 "
Particularly moved by #Amal's story: "..she and her husband resisted [the #RSF]. He was shot dead, she was beaten. Their house was destroyed. Two of their sons are dead...she struggles to get out of bed each day. *💔I was a big woman, now my health is not like before*💔 "
🚨 #Sudan #LestWeForget 🚨
Particularly moved by #Amal's story: "..she and her husband resisted [the #RSF]. He was shot dead, she was beaten. Their house was destroyed. Two of their sons are dead...she struggles to get out of bed each day. *💔I was a big woman, now my health is not like before*💔 "
Particularly moved by #Amal's story: "..she and her husband resisted [the #RSF]. He was shot dead, she was beaten. Their house was destroyed. Two of their sons are dead...she struggles to get out of bed each day. *💔I was a big woman, now my health is not like before*💔 "
I think this is the most important article I've written for a while: a trip to Sudan to report on the UN's refugee agency.
Battered by Trump's cuts and western retreat, can humanitarianism survive?
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Battered by Trump's cuts and western retreat, can humanitarianism survive?
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February 10, 2026 at 1:31 PM
🚨 #Sudan #LestWeForget 🚨
Particularly moved by #Amal's story: "..she and her husband resisted [the #RSF]. He was shot dead, she was beaten. Their house was destroyed. Two of their sons are dead...she struggles to get out of bed each day. *💔I was a big woman, now my health is not like before*💔 "
Particularly moved by #Amal's story: "..she and her husband resisted [the #RSF]. He was shot dead, she was beaten. Their house was destroyed. Two of their sons are dead...she struggles to get out of bed each day. *💔I was a big woman, now my health is not like before*💔 "
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 PM
FYI @jd-vance-1.bsky.social You're on this site, so sending #ICYMI RSVP... 😉
We #Londoners see you...
♥️ #London ♥️
We #Londoners see you...
♥️ #London ♥️
February 10, 2026 at 1:09 PM
FYI @jd-vance-1.bsky.social You're on this site, so sending #ICYMI RSVP... 😉
We #Londoners see you...
♥️ #London ♥️
We #Londoners see you...
♥️ #London ♥️
@rantyhighwayman.bsky.social Brilliant piece - #ICYMI
February 10, 2026 at 12:48 PM
@rantyhighwayman.bsky.social Brilliant piece - #ICYMI
🚨 #SarahRogers, #Trump’s under-secretary for public 'diplomacy' [sic - oxymoronic in #MAGA world, of course], called the #UK’s online safety law “tyrannical” and openly backs #NigelFarage’s #ReformUK🚨
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♥️ #London ♥️
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♥️ #London ♥️
February 10, 2026 at 12:46 PM
🚨 #SarahRogers, #Trump’s under-secretary for public 'diplomacy' [sic - oxymoronic in #MAGA world, of course], called the #UK’s online safety law “tyrannical” and openly backs #NigelFarage’s #ReformUK🚨
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♥️ #London ♥️
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♥️ #London ♥️
@josiahmortimer.bsky.social * #SarahRogers, #Trump’s under-secretary for public 'diplomacy' [sic - oxymoronic in #MAGA world, of course], called the #UK’s online safety law “tyrannical” and openly backs #NigelFarage’s #Reform*
February 10, 2026 at 12:44 PM
@josiahmortimer.bsky.social * #SarahRogers, #Trump’s under-secretary for public 'diplomacy' [sic - oxymoronic in #MAGA world, of course], called the #UK’s online safety law “tyrannical” and openly backs #NigelFarage’s #Reform*
February 10, 2026 at 12:41 PM
February 10, 2026 at 12:39 PM
🔴 Russian aerial bombs hit Slovyansk, Donetsk region, killing a child and his mother.
Donetsk Regional Military Administration says an 11-year-old boy and his mother died, with 14 others injured in the strike.
Donetsk Regional Military Administration says an 11-year-old boy and his mother died, with 14 others injured in the strike.
February 10, 2026 at 12:37 PM
🚨 #Palantir 🚨 #PeterMandelson 🚨
#Petition to sign/share. Did #Mandelson use his position as #UK ambassador to benefit the #US #SpyTech firm?
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#Petition to sign/share. Did #Mandelson use his position as #UK ambassador to benefit the #US #SpyTech firm?
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social @labourlewis.bsky.social @emilythornberry.bsky.social @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social
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The Government must reveal all details of Peter Mandelson’s links to Palantir - Foxglove
Sign the petition for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm?
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February 10, 2026 at 11:50 AM
🚨 #Palantir 🚨 #PeterMandelson 🚨
#Petition to sign/share. Did #Mandelson use his position as #UK ambassador to benefit the #US #SpyTech firm?
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social @labourlewis.bsky.social @emilythornberry.bsky.social @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social
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#Petition to sign/share. Did #Mandelson use his position as #UK ambassador to benefit the #US #SpyTech firm?
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social @labourlewis.bsky.social @emilythornberry.bsky.social @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social
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