Jim Hunter
@jimhunter.bsky.social
Interested in current affairs. Does a bit of cooking. Golfer, gym rat and E-bike rider. Wordle fan. World traveller. Social democrat and federalist. Co-owner Heart of Midlothian FC.
I’m staying in the same hotel in Sydney as the Israeli President. Had to show proof of reservation to the armed Police outside before entry.There’s two snipers on the parapet below my room window. The President has just gone out in a convoy of 19 vehicles with a bunch of folk armed to the teeth.
February 9, 2026 at 6:42 AM
I’m staying in the same hotel in Sydney as the Israeli President. Had to show proof of reservation to the armed Police outside before entry.There’s two snipers on the parapet below my room window. The President has just gone out in a convoy of 19 vehicles with a bunch of folk armed to the teeth.
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Well organized #EpsteinFiles - in case you can figure out how to access this. I was not smart enough for this accessing this mail repository quite yet.
substack.com/@kristenkrol...
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Kristen Kroll (@kristenkroll)
So. Turns out some absolute internet hero did what the FBI apparently couldn’t be bothered to do properly.
They took all the released Epstein emails and turned them into a fully searchable Gmail-styl...
substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Well organized #EpsteinFiles - in case you can figure out how to access this. I was not smart enough for this accessing this mail repository quite yet.
substack.com/@kristenkrol...
substack.com/@kristenkrol...
‘Saucy Sue’. A Dirigible at Hamilton Gardens, New Zealand.
February 7, 2026 at 4:14 AM
‘Saucy Sue’. A Dirigible at Hamilton Gardens, New Zealand.
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Good to see Guardian following up Democracy for Sale’s story about Labour Together paying a PR firm to investigate journalists
Key point: confirms our reporting McSweeney knew what was going on
When will Labour Together come clean about what happened?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Key point: confirms our reporting McSweeney knew what was going on
When will Labour Together come clean about what happened?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour minister was provided with intelligence files on journalists
Exclusive: Material gathered was personally given to Josh Simons when chair of pro-Starmer thinktank, say sources
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Good to see Guardian following up Democracy for Sale’s story about Labour Together paying a PR firm to investigate journalists
Key point: confirms our reporting McSweeney knew what was going on
When will Labour Together come clean about what happened?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Key point: confirms our reporting McSweeney knew what was going on
When will Labour Together come clean about what happened?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
BREAKING: McSweeney’s think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists
Labour Together put private investigators onto journalists writing about its funding. Starmer's right-hand man knew.
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:01 PM
🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
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Senior state department official Sarah Rogers travelled to European cities in December and has spoken to key figures in Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK party about deploying grants to spread ‘American values’. ft.trib.al/Kx8ta8a
February 6, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Senior state department official Sarah Rogers travelled to European cities in December and has spoken to key figures in Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK party about deploying grants to spread ‘American values’. ft.trib.al/Kx8ta8a
The good thing about Rotorua in New Zealand is that if you farted in public no one would notice. There’s constant whiffs of sulphur anyway.
February 6, 2026 at 7:41 AM
The good thing about Rotorua in New Zealand is that if you farted in public no one would notice. There’s constant whiffs of sulphur anyway.
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If Mandelson really told Starmer he barely knew Epstein, that was an epic whopper of a lie.
Here's Mandelson to Epstein in 2009: "You are the only person who knows everything about me. Don't go away".
Their relationship only got closer after 2009.
Here's Mandelson to Epstein in 2009: "You are the only person who knows everything about me. Don't go away".
Their relationship only got closer after 2009.
February 5, 2026 at 5:49 PM
If Mandelson really told Starmer he barely knew Epstein, that was an epic whopper of a lie.
Here's Mandelson to Epstein in 2009: "You are the only person who knows everything about me. Don't go away".
Their relationship only got closer after 2009.
Here's Mandelson to Epstein in 2009: "You are the only person who knows everything about me. Don't go away".
Their relationship only got closer after 2009.
Outside and inside a Hobbit house at Hobbiton. They’re at 60% scale and brilliantly done. Made by the same people who worked on The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings trilogy.
February 5, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Outside and inside a Hobbit house at Hobbiton. They’re at 60% scale and brilliantly done. Made by the same people who worked on The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings trilogy.
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Peter Mandelson is telling the truth on one thing: the idea he was bought for a $4k “bursary” or a $75k gift is ridiculous
The real incentive was a post-government payday - one so big he *rejected* a $3–5m-a-year offer
And Epstein enabled that payday
Here’s the evidence. 🧵
The real incentive was a post-government payday - one so big he *rejected* a $3–5m-a-year offer
And Epstein enabled that payday
Here’s the evidence. 🧵
February 4, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Peter Mandelson is telling the truth on one thing: the idea he was bought for a $4k “bursary” or a $75k gift is ridiculous
The real incentive was a post-government payday - one so big he *rejected* a $3–5m-a-year offer
And Epstein enabled that payday
Here’s the evidence. 🧵
The real incentive was a post-government payday - one so big he *rejected* a $3–5m-a-year offer
And Epstein enabled that payday
Here’s the evidence. 🧵
Went out to sea on this amphibious speedboat. Owner reversed out the garage and drove 500m down the road and over the beach into the sea. Absolutely brilliant.
February 4, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Went out to sea on this amphibious speedboat. Owner reversed out the garage and drove 500m down the road and over the beach into the sea. Absolutely brilliant.
Cathedral Cove, New Zealand.
February 4, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Cathedral Cove, New Zealand.
A working Ford pickup truck parked near the Star and Garter Hotel in Coromandel. Great bar.
February 3, 2026 at 5:17 AM
A working Ford pickup truck parked near the Star and Garter Hotel in Coromandel. Great bar.
My Kiwi cousin is now a confirmed Jambo.
February 1, 2026 at 4:04 AM
My Kiwi cousin is now a confirmed Jambo.
Campbell’s Bay, Auckland, New Zealand. A beautiful day.
February 1, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Campbell’s Bay, Auckland, New Zealand. A beautiful day.
Now in New Zealand. The Kiwi cousin is now a Jambo.
February 1, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Now in New Zealand. The Kiwi cousin is now a Jambo.
Feels a bit odd watching the Hearts game while having breakfast.
January 31, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Feels a bit odd watching the Hearts game while having breakfast.
Adelaide is a slightly weird airport. International flights passengers have to go through security twice because the international area is an airport within an airport.
January 30, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Adelaide is a slightly weird airport. International flights passengers have to go through security twice because the international area is an airport within an airport.
Having a beer in Adelaide, Australia and have seen a bus heading to Blair Atholl and another to Aberfoyle. For those unaware they are both places in Scotland.
January 30, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Having a beer in Adelaide, Australia and have seen a bus heading to Blair Atholl and another to Aberfoyle. For those unaware they are both places in Scotland.
Kingscote Airport. Perfectly formed but tiny. Walk from one end to the other in 20 seconds. Nice wee cafe bar.
January 29, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Kingscote Airport. Perfectly formed but tiny. Walk from one end to the other in 20 seconds. Nice wee cafe bar.
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Devastating analysis. I had thought that the agent who removed Pretti’s gun negligently discharged it, the shot leading others to start shooting Pretti. Not even: they shot *after* disarming him. No shots were fired from Pretti’s gun. A cold-blooded execution.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: New Video Analysis Reveals Flawed and Fatal Decisions in Shooting of Pretti
A frame-by-frame assessment of actions by Alex Pretti and the two officers who fired 10 times shows how lethal force came to be used against a target who didn’t pose a threat.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Devastating analysis. I had thought that the agent who removed Pretti’s gun negligently discharged it, the shot leading others to start shooting Pretti. Not even: they shot *after* disarming him. No shots were fired from Pretti’s gun. A cold-blooded execution.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...