Penny Stuart
@lostindisco.bsky.social
Centre left politics junkie, polite but quietly furious. RTs are not endorsements.
Same handles on 🐘 and X.
Same handles on 🐘 and X.
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Dear @washingtonpost.com
journalists. Solidarity on a terrible day. But also: it’s an opportunity. The @theguardian.com also fucked over its journalists last year.
Months later, 5 of us launched @thenerve.news - with zero £ - & it’s working! Rebuild your own media from the ground up 👊👊👊
journalists. Solidarity on a terrible day. But also: it’s an opportunity. The @theguardian.com also fucked over its journalists last year.
Months later, 5 of us launched @thenerve.news - with zero £ - & it’s working! Rebuild your own media from the ground up 👊👊👊
Breaking News: The Washington Post began sweeping layoffs that were slated to shrink the scope of the publication.
Washington Post Begins Sweeping Layoffs
The layoffs are slated to shrink the newsroom by hundreds of journalists, cutting into The Post’s local, international and sports coverage.
nyti.ms
February 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Dear @washingtonpost.com
journalists. Solidarity on a terrible day. But also: it’s an opportunity. The @theguardian.com also fucked over its journalists last year.
Months later, 5 of us launched @thenerve.news - with zero £ - & it’s working! Rebuild your own media from the ground up 👊👊👊
journalists. Solidarity on a terrible day. But also: it’s an opportunity. The @theguardian.com also fucked over its journalists last year.
Months later, 5 of us launched @thenerve.news - with zero £ - & it’s working! Rebuild your own media from the ground up 👊👊👊
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‼️🇫🇷 Marine Le Pen’s hopes of running for President next year are dribbling away. At her appeal against conviction for embezzling EU funds last night, the prosecution appeared to hand her a life-line but the concession was largely meaningless 1/
www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
Procès en appel des assistants FN : le parquet requiert quatre ans de prison, dont un an ferme, et cinq ans d’inéligibilité contre Marine Le Pen
En première instance, Marine Le Pen avait été condamnée à quatre ans d’emprisonnement dont deux avec sursis, 100 000 euros d’amende et cinq ans d’inéligibilité avec exécution immédiate.
www.lemonde.fr
February 4, 2026 at 3:21 PM
‼️🇫🇷 Marine Le Pen’s hopes of running for President next year are dribbling away. At her appeal against conviction for embezzling EU funds last night, the prosecution appeared to hand her a life-line but the concession was largely meaningless 1/
www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
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🇮🇹 Russians tried to spoil the Olympics in Italy with cyberattacks, - ANSA
Russian hackers tried to attack some of the facilities of the Winter Olympics, which will be held from February 6 to 22 in Italy.
Russian hackers tried to attack some of the facilities of the Winter Olympics, which will be held from February 6 to 22 in Italy.
February 4, 2026 at 3:22 PM
🇮🇹 Russians tried to spoil the Olympics in Italy with cyberattacks, - ANSA
Russian hackers tried to attack some of the facilities of the Winter Olympics, which will be held from February 6 to 22 in Italy.
Russian hackers tried to attack some of the facilities of the Winter Olympics, which will be held from February 6 to 22 in Italy.
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🇺🇦🇺🇸 Ukraine has received its first shipment of American liquefied natural gas in 2026.
This very important delivery will provide more than 700 thousand families, which is urgently needed during the period of Russian attacks and severe frosts
This very important delivery will provide more than 700 thousand families, which is urgently needed during the period of Russian attacks and severe frosts
February 4, 2026 at 3:25 PM
🇺🇦🇺🇸 Ukraine has received its first shipment of American liquefied natural gas in 2026.
This very important delivery will provide more than 700 thousand families, which is urgently needed during the period of Russian attacks and severe frosts
This very important delivery will provide more than 700 thousand families, which is urgently needed during the period of Russian attacks and severe frosts
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🇺🇸🇺🇦 American Raytheon confirmed its intention to accelerate the delivery of Patriot missiles “through direct contracts and international support mechanisms,” - MoD
The transition from the supply of ready-made air defense systems to deep industrial cooperation was also discussed.
The transition from the supply of ready-made air defense systems to deep industrial cooperation was also discussed.
February 4, 2026 at 3:37 PM
🇺🇸🇺🇦 American Raytheon confirmed its intention to accelerate the delivery of Patriot missiles “through direct contracts and international support mechanisms,” - MoD
The transition from the supply of ready-made air defense systems to deep industrial cooperation was also discussed.
The transition from the supply of ready-made air defense systems to deep industrial cooperation was also discussed.
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NEW - A manuscript amendment has been agreed, govt source say.
It will give the Mandelson papers that are prejudicial to national security or international relations to the Intelligence and Security Committee.
A real scramble to reassure Labour MPs.
It will give the Mandelson papers that are prejudicial to national security or international relations to the Intelligence and Security Committee.
A real scramble to reassure Labour MPs.
February 4, 2026 at 3:42 PM
NEW - A manuscript amendment has been agreed, govt source say.
It will give the Mandelson papers that are prejudicial to national security or international relations to the Intelligence and Security Committee.
A real scramble to reassure Labour MPs.
It will give the Mandelson papers that are prejudicial to national security or international relations to the Intelligence and Security Committee.
A real scramble to reassure Labour MPs.
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Carole got hit with obscene and excessive litigation, I got death threats and stalkers for over ten years, and that's the tip of the iceberg for both of us. It's safe to say that, yes, people listened to us rather intently. They had no interest in using the information we provided to seek justice.
February 4, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Carole got hit with obscene and excessive litigation, I got death threats and stalkers for over ten years, and that's the tip of the iceberg for both of us. It's safe to say that, yes, people listened to us rather intently. They had no interest in using the information we provided to seek justice.
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This is right, I think - hard to imagine any new No10/No11 team making a bunch of Truss-style unfunded spending commitments; not hard to imagine them sticking up income tax for example. Bond markets likely to create volatile backdrop to any contest tho.
it's only the right wingers that think the fiscal taps would suddenly be opened to floodgate levels. the memory of the Truss debacle is too recent for any PM/Chancellor combo to take that risk again. agree rather more likely is a kitchen sinking exercise on tax as should already have happened.
February 4, 2026 at 2:14 PM
This is right, I think - hard to imagine any new No10/No11 team making a bunch of Truss-style unfunded spending commitments; not hard to imagine them sticking up income tax for example. Bond markets likely to create volatile backdrop to any contest tho.
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This story is nuts. Small nuts in the context of everything else that's going on, but nuts all the same. A Serbian official is going on trial, accused of forgery to expedite a Jared Kushner-linked project in Belgrade \1
Serbian government official faces forgery trial over withdrawn Kushner-linked project
A Serbian government minister and three others are on trial for abuse of office and document falsification.
apnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:15 PM
This story is nuts. Small nuts in the context of everything else that's going on, but nuts all the same. A Serbian official is going on trial, accused of forgery to expedite a Jared Kushner-linked project in Belgrade \1
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China is now bankrolling Russia’s war in Ukraine by providing 60% of the funds needed by Moscow to continue fighting, MPs on the Commons Defence Committee were told today.
The aim is to gain an advantage over the West.
The aim is to gain an advantage over the West.
China bankrolling Putin’s war to gain advantage over West, MPs told
Beijing’s huge support for Russian aggression against Ukraine part of larger threatening posture, air marshal tells Commons committee
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 2:26 PM
China is now bankrolling Russia’s war in Ukraine by providing 60% of the funds needed by Moscow to continue fighting, MPs on the Commons Defence Committee were told today.
The aim is to gain an advantage over the West.
The aim is to gain an advantage over the West.
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social and @carolecadwalla.bsky.social have been unwinding the spider webs for years….strangely no one listened to these women.
"We live in a country where the mantra of the powerful is 'Move on from the dead.' Move on and don't look too hard at who is responsible. Move on and don't ask questions, because questions challenge impunity. Move forward, because justice is divisive to the unjust." -- THEY KNEW (2022)
February 4, 2026 at 3:09 PM
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social and @carolecadwalla.bsky.social have been unwinding the spider webs for years….strangely no one listened to these women.
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If Starmer does fall, Labour will have one chance to reset. It will have to make the right, decisive calls on leadership and direction.
February 4, 2026 at 2:26 PM
If Starmer does fall, Labour will have one chance to reset. It will have to make the right, decisive calls on leadership and direction.
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and through them with the Russian mission in New York and was almost certainly recruited by them at that time"
February 4, 2026 at 2:32 PM
and through them with the Russian mission in New York and was almost certainly recruited by them at that time"
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Also,according to The Times,Epstein had been planning meetings with Putin several times
Christopher Steele,a former head of MI6’s Russia desk:"My understanding from my American sources is that as early as the 1970s,Epstein was effectively involved with Russian organized crime in Brighton Beach in NY
Christopher Steele,a former head of MI6’s Russia desk:"My understanding from my American sources is that as early as the 1970s,Epstein was effectively involved with Russian organized crime in Brighton Beach in NY
February 4, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Also,according to The Times,Epstein had been planning meetings with Putin several times
Christopher Steele,a former head of MI6’s Russia desk:"My understanding from my American sources is that as early as the 1970s,Epstein was effectively involved with Russian organized crime in Brighton Beach in NY
Christopher Steele,a former head of MI6’s Russia desk:"My understanding from my American sources is that as early as the 1970s,Epstein was effectively involved with Russian organized crime in Brighton Beach in NY
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PM Tusk on Epstein: it is very likely that this was a planned operation by the Russian KGB.
More and more leads are pointing to suspicions that this unprecedented pedophilia scandal was co-organized by Russian intelligence services.
More and more leads are pointing to suspicions that this unprecedented pedophilia scandal was co-organized by Russian intelligence services.
February 4, 2026 at 2:28 PM
PM Tusk on Epstein: it is very likely that this was a planned operation by the Russian KGB.
More and more leads are pointing to suspicions that this unprecedented pedophilia scandal was co-organized by Russian intelligence services.
More and more leads are pointing to suspicions that this unprecedented pedophilia scandal was co-organized by Russian intelligence services.
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Worth turning on BBC Parliament and listening in on this debate, imo, if you want to gauge the mood of the Parliamentary Labour Party
February 4, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Worth turning on BBC Parliament and listening in on this debate, imo, if you want to gauge the mood of the Parliamentary Labour Party
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A fuel train in Michurinsk, Tambov region, in Russia exploded.
February 4, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A fuel train in Michurinsk, Tambov region, in Russia exploded.
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The government benches are a veritable feast for body language experts currently. Cabinet Office minister Chris Ward, who is being handed furiously-written notes by PPS Alice MacDonald, nods as Tory MP Simon Hoare urges him to “read the room” on the Mandelson amendment.
February 4, 2026 at 2:59 PM
The government benches are a veritable feast for body language experts currently. Cabinet Office minister Chris Ward, who is being handed furiously-written notes by PPS Alice MacDonald, nods as Tory MP Simon Hoare urges him to “read the room” on the Mandelson amendment.
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If Mandelson is being investigated for his Epstein connections, he must also be investigated for his Thiel connections, because they ran a joint fund when Mandelson fixed Starmer's visit to Palantir
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
'Peter Mandelson's Fixing of Keir Starmer’s Visit to Spytech Firm Palantir Raises Serious Questions'
Palantir was represented by a lobbying firm founded by Mandelson, Iain Overton and Max Colbert report
bylinetimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:41 PM
If Mandelson is being investigated for his Epstein connections, he must also be investigated for his Thiel connections, because they ran a joint fund when Mandelson fixed Starmer's visit to Palantir
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
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A useful reminder on today of all days from our @qmulsse.bsky.social colleague @colmpm.bsky.social
Labour's problem isn't Keir Starmer | LSE British Politics
Labour's dismal performance in the polls has lead to Keir Starmer's leadership of the Labour Party being openly contested. But Colm Murphy argues that, while Starmer is a flawed politician, many of th...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
February 4, 2026 at 12:47 PM
A useful reminder on today of all days from our @qmulsse.bsky.social colleague @colmpm.bsky.social
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In a twisted way, that the Epstein files have felled Mandelson shows exactly why Starmer chose him to be Ambassador to US - his extensive connections with a very particular US milieu
February 4, 2026 at 12:58 PM
In a twisted way, that the Epstein files have felled Mandelson shows exactly why Starmer chose him to be Ambassador to US - his extensive connections with a very particular US milieu
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Things are already way worse than when this post was made 4 months ago.
I remember these words by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
"Write your biography, write down your memories. Because if you do not do it now, you may forget.
Write a list of things you would never do. Because it is possible that in the next year, you will do them."
thecorrespondent.com/5696/were-he...
"Write your biography, write down your memories. Because if you do not do it now, you may forget.
Write a list of things you would never do. Because it is possible that in the next year, you will do them."
thecorrespondent.com/5696/were-he...
We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump
Having studied authoritarian states for over a decade, I would never exaggerate the severity of the threat we now face. But an American kleptocracy is exactly where president-elect Trump and his backe...
thecorrespondent.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Things are already way worse than when this post was made 4 months ago.