Jeswings
@jeswings.bsky.social
North London Forever. Retired
CEV
Socialist #FBPE
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Socialist #FBPE
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A law with a financial penalty is just a law with price tag.
Two Parties headed by Farage, both broke election law and nothing happened apart from modest fines easily absorbed by their funding
There’s only one conclusion to make
UK Electoral Law doesn’t exist, it’s just a cost of achieving a goal to make the public think elections are regulated.. 🤷🏼♂️
There’s only one conclusion to make
UK Electoral Law doesn’t exist, it’s just a cost of achieving a goal to make the public think elections are regulated.. 🤷🏼♂️
Left: Reform UK breaks electoral law
Right: Vote Leave break electoral law
Why are there no real and meaningful consequences for breaking electoral law in the UK?
Right: Vote Leave break electoral law
Why are there no real and meaningful consequences for breaking electoral law in the UK?
February 7, 2026 at 4:26 PM
A law with a financial penalty is just a law with price tag.
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None of us are free until all of us are free. Citizens of all countries must band together and support each other in the fight for global #democracy and universal #freedom. #GeorgiaProtests 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇺🇸🇪🇺🇨🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱
February 7, 2026 at 7:56 PM
None of us are free until all of us are free. Citizens of all countries must band together and support each other in the fight for global #democracy and universal #freedom. #GeorgiaProtests 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇺🇸🇪🇺🇨🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱
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Quite a scoop here. "Last spring [NSA] detected evidence of an unusual phone call between an individual associated with foreign intelligence and a person close to Donald Trump, according to a whistleblower’s attorney briefed on the existence of the call" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Quite a scoop here. "Last spring [NSA] detected evidence of an unusual phone call between an individual associated with foreign intelligence and a person close to Donald Trump, according to a whistleblower’s attorney briefed on the existence of the call" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Thought this might cheer you up 😂
February 7, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Thought this might cheer you up 😂
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Kyiv. In the freezing cold, people are left without heat or electricity.
Many Ukrainians taken shelter in heated tents to escape bitter cold during Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
The Davydenko family moved into their cafe with their pets and their small pigs
📹🖊️Reuters
Many Ukrainians taken shelter in heated tents to escape bitter cold during Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
The Davydenko family moved into their cafe with their pets and their small pigs
📹🖊️Reuters
February 7, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Kyiv. In the freezing cold, people are left without heat or electricity.
Many Ukrainians taken shelter in heated tents to escape bitter cold during Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
The Davydenko family moved into their cafe with their pets and their small pigs
📹🖊️Reuters
Many Ukrainians taken shelter in heated tents to escape bitter cold during Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
The Davydenko family moved into their cafe with their pets and their small pigs
📹🖊️Reuters
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"I like 'em underage" and "some say that's statutory but I say it's mandatory." ~Kid Rock
February 7, 2026 at 6:18 PM
"I like 'em underage" and "some say that's statutory but I say it's mandatory." ~Kid Rock
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February 7, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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⚡️Update: Russia's mass attack targeted critical nuclear facilties, Zelensky says.
Russia's latest assault on energy infrastructure damaged "facilities crucial to the operation of Ukraine's nuclear power plants," President Zelensky said on Feb. 7.
Russia's latest assault on energy infrastructure damaged "facilities crucial to the operation of Ukraine's nuclear power plants," President Zelensky said on Feb. 7.
Russia causes 'significant damage' to thermal plants, nuclear facilities in mass attack on Ukraine power grid
"This is a level of attack that no terrorist in the world has ever dared," President Volodymyr Zelensky said the following evening.
kyivindependent.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:57 PM
⚡️Update: Russia's mass attack targeted critical nuclear facilties, Zelensky says.
Russia's latest assault on energy infrastructure damaged "facilities crucial to the operation of Ukraine's nuclear power plants," President Zelensky said on Feb. 7.
Russia's latest assault on energy infrastructure damaged "facilities crucial to the operation of Ukraine's nuclear power plants," President Zelensky said on Feb. 7.
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“The NSA detected evidence of an unusual phone call between an individual associated with foreign intelligence and a person close toTrump…Gabbard took a paper copy of the intelligence directly to Wiles…One day after Gabbard told the NSA not to publish the report.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:35 PM
“The NSA detected evidence of an unusual phone call between an individual associated with foreign intelligence and a person close toTrump…Gabbard took a paper copy of the intelligence directly to Wiles…One day after Gabbard told the NSA not to publish the report.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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A large turnout on day 437 of daily, uninterrupted protests in Georgia. 🇬🇪
February 7, 2026 at 4:29 PM
A large turnout on day 437 of daily, uninterrupted protests in Georgia. 🇬🇪
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Reform-run Kent council accused of fabricating £40m net zero savings
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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 12:31 PM
Reform-run Kent council accused of fabricating £40m net zero savings
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Bill Clinton fighting back. I like it.
February 7, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Bill Clinton fighting back. I like it.
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This is the report I spoke of on #bbcaq just now - ministers tried to suppress it, were finally forced to release it after an FoI, but shamefully only published a redacted version. The first duty of Govt is to protect its citizens - that starts with being honest with us about scale of threat we face
This is the UK security assessment that the government tried to bury: ecosystem collapse is a national security threat.
Read how you can turn knowledge into action, addressed by Caroline Lucas & Rupert Read:
resilience.org/stories/2026...
#ClimateCrisis #NationalSecurity #Adaptation #Resilience
Read how you can turn knowledge into action, addressed by Caroline Lucas & Rupert Read:
resilience.org/stories/2026...
#ClimateCrisis #NationalSecurity #Adaptation #Resilience
It's ecological breakdown that should put us on a war-footing: official
Admissions of extreme, eco-caused national security threats foreground importance of climate adaptation to bring much needed urgency and agency.
resilience.org
February 6, 2026 at 9:33 PM
This is the report I spoke of on #bbcaq just now - ministers tried to suppress it, were finally forced to release it after an FoI, but shamefully only published a redacted version. The first duty of Govt is to protect its citizens - that starts with being honest with us about scale of threat we face
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He's disabled. They're going to murder him because he's disabled.
A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
Transplant recipient arrested by federal agents in Rochester needs medicine, state representative says
State Rep. Kim Hicks told MPR News she drove to the Whipple Federal Building near Ft. Snelling Thursday night to give the man his medication but authorities wouldn't take it without a doctor's note. S...
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 9:18 PM
He's disabled. They're going to murder him because he's disabled.
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I present you the new owner of top regime propaganda media Imedi TV, Ilia Mikelaishvili, who was apparently one of the violent thugs attacking just a bunch of peaceful marchers by Tbilisi Mayor Kaladze’s Melikishvili office back in September 2025.
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February 6, 2026 at 7:20 PM
I present you the new owner of top regime propaganda media Imedi TV, Ilia Mikelaishvili, who was apparently one of the violent thugs attacking just a bunch of peaceful marchers by Tbilisi Mayor Kaladze’s Melikishvili office back in September 2025.
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They did the same in Caerffili in October 2025. Mistake? No way.
nation.cymru/news/decepti...
nation.cymru/news/decepti...
'Deceptive' dear neighbour letter from Reform sparks anger among Caerphilly residents
Emily Price Reform election propaganda claiming to be from a “neighbour” has caused uproar amongst voters in Caerphilly. Nigel Farage’s party hopes to gain a Senedd seat in the by-election on October...
nation.cymru
February 6, 2026 at 6:24 PM
They did the same in Caerffili in October 2025. Mistake? No way.
nation.cymru/news/decepti...
nation.cymru/news/decepti...
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We're going to run out of educated people as it becomes too cripplingly expensive to learn. Can't wait to see how that all gets blamed on Corbyn.
February 6, 2026 at 5:57 PM
We're going to run out of educated people as it becomes too cripplingly expensive to learn. Can't wait to see how that all gets blamed on Corbyn.
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February 6, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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BREAKING 🚨: Reform have been caught potentially cheating in the up coming Gorton & Denton by election. Residents have received a letter from a 'local pensioner'.
There is no Reform Party branding on the letter
There is no Reform Party branding on the letter
February 6, 2026 at 5:01 PM
BREAKING 🚨: Reform have been caught potentially cheating in the up coming Gorton & Denton by election. Residents have received a letter from a 'local pensioner'.
There is no Reform Party branding on the letter
There is no Reform Party branding on the letter
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Has anyone asked Nigel Farage what he thinks of his "resilient and brave" friend Donald Trump posting racist memes on Truth Social?
February 6, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Has anyone asked Nigel Farage what he thinks of his "resilient and brave" friend Donald Trump posting racist memes on Truth Social?
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⚡️ Russia launches Friday morning rush hour missile, drone attack on Ukraine.
Air raid alerts were issued shortly before 9 a.m. Kyiv time, with Ukraine's Air Force warning of Shahed-type drones and missiles in the country's airspace.
Air raid alerts were issued shortly before 9 a.m. Kyiv time, with Ukraine's Air Force warning of Shahed-type drones and missiles in the country's airspace.
Russia launches Friday morning rush hour missile, drone attack on Ukraine
Air raid alerts were issued shortly before 9 a.m. Kyiv time, with Ukraine's Air Force warning of Shahed-type drones and missiles in the country's airspace.
kyivindependent.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:33 AM
⚡️ Russia launches Friday morning rush hour missile, drone attack on Ukraine.
Air raid alerts were issued shortly before 9 a.m. Kyiv time, with Ukraine's Air Force warning of Shahed-type drones and missiles in the country's airspace.
Air raid alerts were issued shortly before 9 a.m. Kyiv time, with Ukraine's Air Force warning of Shahed-type drones and missiles in the country's airspace.
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Russians continue their human safari in Kherson. They hunt people with drones. Kherson is being used as a training ground for killing civilians.
Right now, civilians in the city (women, children, and pensioners) are being hunted, killed, and it's being filmed by Russians - all with impunity.
Right now, civilians in the city (women, children, and pensioners) are being hunted, killed, and it's being filmed by Russians - all with impunity.
February 6, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Russians continue their human safari in Kherson. They hunt people with drones. Kherson is being used as a training ground for killing civilians.
Right now, civilians in the city (women, children, and pensioners) are being hunted, killed, and it's being filmed by Russians - all with impunity.
Right now, civilians in the city (women, children, and pensioners) are being hunted, killed, and it's being filmed by Russians - all with impunity.
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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In response to Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy sites, Ukraine is having to import record amounts of energy from bordering countries -- 900 gigawatt hours of electricity in January.
February 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
In response to Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy sites, Ukraine is having to import record amounts of energy from bordering countries -- 900 gigawatt hours of electricity in January.
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk: "More and more leads, more and more information, and more and more commentary in the global press all relate to the suspicion that this unprecedented paedophilia scandal was co-organised by Russian intelligence services."
February 5, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk: "More and more leads, more and more information, and more and more commentary in the global press all relate to the suspicion that this unprecedented paedophilia scandal was co-organised by Russian intelligence services."