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josiahmortimer.bsky.social
The UK Government is finally taking on Elon Musk. Quite a moment. (Now they need to ditch X, ofc)
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said: "I know that parents across the country want us to act urgently to keep their children safe online. That's why I stood up to Grok and Elon Musk when they flouted British laws and British values. "We will not wait to take the action families need, so we will tighten the rules on AI chatbots and we are laying the ground so we can act at pace on the results of the consultation on young people and social media. "We are determined to give children the childhood they deserve and to prepare them for the future at time of rapid technological change."
February 16, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Hungary holds elections in 2 months. And the US Secretary of State is in Hungary campaigning for Viktor Orban. And as you can see, Russian state media loves it.
February 16, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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goodlawproject.org
Blimey. Looks like Matt Goodwin, who seems to think the Handmaid's Tale is an instruction manual, is in the pay of an Orban think tank, funded by Russian oil money.
Orbán’s pay cheques: Reform candidate fuelled by profits from Russian oil
The Reform candidate at this month’s byelection claims he wants to put Britain first, but is he still on the payroll of Viktor Orbán’s far-right propaganda unit?
goodlaw.social
February 16, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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vicderbyshire.bsky.social
Gisele Pelicot told us ‘shame must shift sides’

I have received this from one viewer ..

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February 16, 2026 at 7:56 AM
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davidallengreen.bsky.social
Minister to government lawyer:
"Can we with legal safety cancel local elections using secondary legislation?"

Government lawyer to minister:
"Almost certainly not."

~ a former government lawyer
February 16, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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davidheniguk.bsky.social
Wonder how many people notice that "broken Britain with a public sector that doesn't deliver" just helped us get three winter Olympic medals?

Once more for the slow crowd, a bit more delivery means nothing if everybody "knows" everything is broken. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
GB chiefs hail greatest Winter Olympics day after super Sunday delivers two golds
Team GB chiefs have hailed Britain’s greatest day at a Winter Olympics after celebrating two gold medals in the mixed snowboard cross and mixed skeleton
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:39 AM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
The UK was declared measles free in 2017.

Vaccine programs completely eliminated it.

Since then, pro sickness conspiracy theorists and anti science idiots have enabled its return.
kityates.bsky.social Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 3d
“Seven schools and a nursery have reported more than 60 suspected cases of measles in an area of north London, and labs have confirmed 34 cases since January 12. Some children have been treated in hospital.”
archive.md/2026.02.1...
February 15, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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sundersays.bsky.social
Good evidence to believe authoritarian right may significantly overreach on British public appetite for mass deportations & remigration (esp given the dramatic visual evidence from Trump).

BUT also depends on "eıite cues": how media, political voices + online ecosystems legitimise/stigmatise this
February 15, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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rozzthomas.bsky.social
This. Since "Global Britain" we've thrown away one position after another on the foreign stage when it's never been so important.
andrewprlevi.bsky.social Andrew Levi @andrewprlevi.bsky.social · 2d
The entire UK diplomatic budget is about £1.4 billion a year. That’s pretty much precisely 0.1% of government spending.

BBC World Service is about £0.25 billion (it should be higher), or 0.02%.

These are rounding errors on rounding errors. Double each and public expenditure wouldn’t twitch.

Mad.
February 15, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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andrewprlevi.bsky.social
The BBC World Service is less than two months away from its funding running out.

What on earth is going on?
February 15, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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brendannyhan.bsky.social
Awful. Hoping the political costs can help hold the line as the public health evidence is apparently not enough.
February 15, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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atrupar.com
Rep. Angie Craig: "The attacks on Black and brown people in Minnesota have been egregious. At the end of the day, what they wanted out of Minnesota was for us to riot. I think this will go down in American history as one of the greatest examples of peaceful resistance from an entire community."
February 15, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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gabrielmilland.bsky.social
I think it's wrong to describe the World Service as "soft power". It's actually "info power". And these days that's a very hard form of power indeed.
February 15, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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antongerashchenko.bsky.social
President Zelenskyy:

Ukraine didn’t choose this war& it's wrong to assume that this is a permanent arrangement that others can stay safe behind Ukraine forever.Ukrainians are people,not terminators.
February 14, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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quietriotpod.bsky.social
🆕 Sunday School: Colonised by Ignorance

🇪🇺 Labour's clearest pivot to Europe
⚽ Ratcliffe's own goal
🖥️ Farage's hissy fit over WFH

With @pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social.

🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/2Tfg...

🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Sunday School: Colonised by Ignorance
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 15/02/2026 · 1h
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February 15, 2026 at 6:24 AM
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13sarahmurphy.bsky.social
And isn’t it special that we have our own version of this ragingly inadequate and sinister misogynist… in the supremely inadequate Matt Goodwin, Reform candidate for Gorton and Denton.

Please, Gorton and Denton, be better than him. Do not inflict this hideous piece of work on the constituency.
Reform UK candidate Matt Goodwin, standing in the Gorton and Denton by-election, argued that young girls should be educated on the "biological reality" that many British women are having children "much too late in life." • An unearthed clip shows Goodwin appearing to agree with Jordan Peterson's assertion that universities are dominated by "childless women," contributing to "politically correct authoritarianism." Goodwin had previously suggested imposing a "negative child benefit tax" on those without offspring and removing personal income tax for women with two or more children. HOLOCAUST ENCYCLOPEDIA LEBENSBORN PROGRAM Nazi authorities created the Lebensborn program to increase Germany's population. Pregnant German women deemed "racially valuable" were encouraged to give birth to their children at Lebensborn homes. During World War II, the program became complicit in the kidnapping of foreign children with physical features considered "Aryan" by the Nazis.
February 13, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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sturdyalex.bsky.social
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.
lbc.co.uk LBC @lbc.co.uk · 4d
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
James O'Brien introduces 'The Farage Files'
YouTube video by LBC
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February 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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sundersays.bsky.social
I have asked the BBC to scrutinise + correct the factually inaccurate claims made by Mr Nigel Farage about why net migration fell in 'Political Thinking with Nick Robinson'

Here is the link if you want to do something like this.
www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
Nigel Farage in answering Nick Robinson's question about why he believes Britain is broken gave an analysis of falling net migration that is demonstrably factually inaccurate. "It is so broken and its declining so quickly that anybody with a dispassionate view can see it. It is quite interesting. Just look at the net migration numbers. 'Oh isn't it good net migration is coming down?' But do you know why? It is because there is an exodus. There is now an exodus.Those who are of a situation and a financial position to have a choice are now fleeing the country in numbers". This is factually incorrect. Net migration fell year on year by 465,00 in the most recent Official of National Statisitcs figures: the year to June 2025. This was not because of an "exodus" (an increase in emigration). It is because immigration fell by 401,000 (to 898,000 from 1.299 million the previous year). That accounts for 90% of the big drop in net migration. The increase in emigration by 41,000 was a minor component. Most of the increase in emigration was of non-EU nationals. British citizens made up a third of emigrants, but there was no significant increasse in British emigration, which was at very similar levels in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025: it is not a significant cause of the drop in net migration. Nick Robinson did tell Mr Farage that he was exaggerating the number of people who don't speak English - and BBC Verify did produce an analysis showing that was a five-fold exaggeration. But this central incorrect claim about immigration and net migration was not caught in the programme, or before broadcast. It should at least be scrutinised and corrected afterwards - so that an accurate account of why net migration fell (primarily a reduction in immigration visas to the UK) can be communicated to the audience.
February 13, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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francesryan.bsky.social
When ministers defended Starmer over Mandelson’s links to Epstein this week, they rushed to X - a platform that lets users strip photos of women and girls.

Is it surely time for the government to log off X? And is social media too toxic for all of us?

My col: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Given the toxicity of social media, a moral question now faces all of us: is it still ethical to use it? | Frances Ryan
With so many platforms rife with racism, misogyny and far-right rhetoric, there must be a point where decent people walk away, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:22 AM
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gsoh31.bsky.social
This disqualifies Farage from any office in the UK whatsoever on national security grounds alone. Tankie nonsense.
February 13, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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anthonypainter.bsky.social
The problem with these Palantir deals is not primarily data security.

It's the fact we are creating single points of failure in the NHS, armed forces, and police. Palantir has massive leverage over essential information and logistics systems. A bad idea....

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
NHS deal with AI firm Palantir called into question after officials’ concerns revealed
Exclusive: in 2025 briefing to Wes Streeting, officials warned reputation of tech firm behind US ICE operations would hinder rollout of data system in UK
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
This brave woman speaks for millions of British people.

Meanwhile these thugs behave in an entirely menacing manner and nothing is done.
localnotail.bsky.social Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 8d
This woman in Crowborough who took down flags is a hero and I hope she's ok.
February 12, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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london.gov.uk
In London you are loved, wanted, valued and welcome, whatever your background. That’s why we’re funding a new network of community spaces offering free arts sessions, mentoring, cultural events, advice and essential services.

Find your local space here ⬇️
Pink background with large white and pink headline: “Loved & Wanted Community Spaces Across London”. Below is a bright yellow map of Greater London with the River Thames shown in blue. Thirty pink location pins are placed across the map, each numbered 1 to 30 to represent the listed community spaces in Central, East, North, South and West London. White arrow pointing right 2. Bright yellow background with pink section headers reading “Central”, “East” and North. Under “Central” a numbered list of six community spaces: The Big House Fitzrovia Youth in Action Grand Junction at St Mary Magdalene’s The Oasis Centre Response Community Projects Walworth Living Room Under “East” a numbered list of ten community spaces: 7. Age UK Waltham Forest 8. The Albany 9. Bromley by Bow Centre 10. The Exchange 11. Harmony House 12. The Levy Centre 13. Moorings Sociable Club 14. Rainham Foodbank 15. Rosetta Arts 16. St Hilda’s East Under “North”: 17. The Bridge Renewal Trust 18. Bush Hill Park Hub 19. The Old Library 20. Swiss Cottage Library 3. right yellow background with pink section headers reading “South” and “West”. Under “South”: 21. Anerley Town Hall 22. Cromwell Community Hub 23. Impact Centre Kingston, Everyday Church Kingston 24. ETNA Community Centre 25. Socco Cheta Community Hub 26. South Mitcham Community Centre Under “West”: 27. Bell Farm Christian Centre 28. Culture House 29. Inspire Hub 30. London Tigers Pink banner at the bottom reads “You are Loved & Wanted”.
February 13, 2026 at 9:43 AM
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libertyhq.bsky.social
We welcome the court’s finding that the proscription of Palestine Action was UNLAWFUL.

This case has exposed a deeper problem where the line between direct action and terrorism has become dangerously blurred.

www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...
Liberty responds to court's finding proscription of Palestine Action unlawful - Liberty
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk
February 13, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
Palantir, a US spy-tech firm, has been given access to millions of NHS patient records.

Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'.

Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
you.38degrees.org.uk
February 13, 2026 at 10:26 AM