mansfielddave.bsky.social
@mansfielddave.bsky.social
Quite enjoy political debate and opinion but can't work out when that happened to me.
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Over the weekend, more than 50 academics urged the government to shift away from first-past-the-post, warning that it is not designed to handle multi-party politics
The letter, shared with PolHome, said it risks electoral "distortions" on an "unprecedented" scale at the next general election
The letter, shared with PolHome, said it risks electoral "distortions" on an "unprecedented" scale at the next general election
Over 50 Academics Warn That Voting System Is Not Fit For Multi-Party Politics
Dozens of academics have written to the government to warn that the current voting system risks producing distorted results on an 'unprecedented' s...
www.politicshome.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Over the weekend, more than 50 academics urged the government to shift away from first-past-the-post, warning that it is not designed to handle multi-party politics
The letter, shared with PolHome, said it risks electoral "distortions" on an "unprecedented" scale at the next general election
The letter, shared with PolHome, said it risks electoral "distortions" on an "unprecedented" scale at the next general election
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I never really sign stuff. But this was different. It's not about trying to facilitate or block a particular party's route to power. It's about an electoral system that's unsuited to the political realities we face today and risks giving us government after government with no convincing mandate.
Over 50 Academics Warn That Voting System Is Not Fit For Multi-Party Politics
Dozens of academics have written to the government to warn that the current voting system risks producing distorted results on an 'unprecedented' s...
www.politicshome.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:25 AM
I never really sign stuff. But this was different. It's not about trying to facilitate or block a particular party's route to power. It's about an electoral system that's unsuited to the political realities we face today and risks giving us government after government with no convincing mandate.
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The Representation of the People Bill is a good start, but doesn't go nearly far enough. First Past the Post leaves millions unfairly shut out of democracy.
#Democracy #ElectoralReform
#Democracy #ElectoralReform
February 13, 2026 at 8:06 AM
The Representation of the People Bill is a good start, but doesn't go nearly far enough. First Past the Post leaves millions unfairly shut out of democracy.
#Democracy #ElectoralReform
#Democracy #ElectoralReform
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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...
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
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...
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...
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Why is every scandal existential for Starmer? Because he has actively worked to eradicate his own support base. And that, along with the Mandelson decision, can be laid at McSweeney's door iandunt.substack.com/p/starmers-m...
February 6, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Why is every scandal existential for Starmer? Because he has actively worked to eradicate his own support base. And that, along with the Mandelson decision, can be laid at McSweeney's door iandunt.substack.com/p/starmers-m...
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Why isn't this a major news story?
February 2, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Why isn't this a major news story?
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"Who's city is it Chief?
Bovino: "It's our fucking city."
And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. It is not a democracy when men with guns and uniforms believe they have more control over a city than its residents.
Bovino: "It's our fucking city."
And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. It is not a democracy when men with guns and uniforms believe they have more control over a city than its residents.
January 29, 2026 at 2:41 PM
"Who's city is it Chief?
Bovino: "It's our fucking city."
And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. It is not a democracy when men with guns and uniforms believe they have more control over a city than its residents.
Bovino: "It's our fucking city."
And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. It is not a democracy when men with guns and uniforms believe they have more control over a city than its residents.
It will come as a great relief to the millions struggling to pay their bills and afford enough food that they will no longer have to worry about arranging a visa for their family holiday to China.
January 29, 2026 at 11:13 AM
It will come as a great relief to the millions struggling to pay their bills and afford enough food that they will no longer have to worry about arranging a visa for their family holiday to China.
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🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is now closing on 77,000 signatures! Let’s get it to the 100,000 needed!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 21, 2026 at 9:28 AM
🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is now closing on 77,000 signatures! Let’s get it to the 100,000 needed!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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There was, of course, absolutely nothing to stop these Tories resigning when their own Party was literally in the middle of doing all the things they now claim to be so unhappy about.
(Come on Higgins!)
(Come on Higgins!)
January 18, 2026 at 9:26 PM
There was, of course, absolutely nothing to stop these Tories resigning when their own Party was literally in the middle of doing all the things they now claim to be so unhappy about.
(Come on Higgins!)
(Come on Higgins!)
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🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 17, 2026 at 9:07 AM
🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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🚨🚨"Surprise, surprise": X has continued to allow users to post highly sexualised videos of women in bikinis generated by its AI tool Grok, despite the company’s claim to have cracked down on misuse. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
X still allowing users to post sexualised images generated by Grok AI tool
Despite restrictions announced this week, Guardian reporters find standalone app continues to allow posting of nonconsensual content
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:19 AM
🚨🚨"Surprise, surprise": X has continued to allow users to post highly sexualised videos of women in bikinis generated by its AI tool Grok, despite the company’s claim to have cracked down on misuse. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.
January 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.
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A Deltapoll survey for The Mirror found that 86% of 18-24 year olds want to rejoin the EU. It is time for the Government to listen; young people are the future.
January 12, 2026 at 4:05 PM
A Deltapoll survey for The Mirror found that 86% of 18-24 year olds want to rejoin the EU. It is time for the Government to listen; young people are the future.
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BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.
January 15, 2026 at 6:44 AM
BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.
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If pumping indecent images of children into our news feeds, isn’t enough to force the Government to finally take action against Musk then nothing ever will be.
New post on how Musks useful British idiots are trying desperately to stop the Government from acting
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/elon-musks...
New post on how Musks useful British idiots are trying desperately to stop the Government from acting
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/elon-musks...
Elon Musk’s Useful British Idiots
The far-right billionaire continues to be protected by British politicians and commentators, even as his X platform pumps indecent images of children into our news feeds
www.adambienkov.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 1:03 PM
If pumping indecent images of children into our news feeds, isn’t enough to force the Government to finally take action against Musk then nothing ever will be.
New post on how Musks useful British idiots are trying desperately to stop the Government from acting
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/elon-musks...
New post on how Musks useful British idiots are trying desperately to stop the Government from acting
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/elon-musks...
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Yes, it's become completely normal for this terrible man to say and do terrible things, and the governments of the world just ignore it.
Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
Elon Musk Just Endorsed Blatant White Nationalism And the Silence is Deafening
On Thursday morning Elon Musk retweeted (with a ‘100%’ endorsement) a post declaring that:
If white men become a minority, we will be slaughtered. Remember, if non-Whites openly hate White men while...
religiondispatches.org
January 10, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Yes, it's become completely normal for this terrible man to say and do terrible things, and the governments of the world just ignore it.
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'Ofcom does have the powers to temporarily take down X and I think that is a power that should be used given the seriousness of the issue'
Munira Wilson from the Liberal Democrats tells #BBCBreakfast
Munira Wilson from the Liberal Democrats tells #BBCBreakfast
January 10, 2026 at 8:51 AM
'Ofcom does have the powers to temporarily take down X and I think that is a power that should be used given the seriousness of the issue'
Munira Wilson from the Liberal Democrats tells #BBCBreakfast
Munira Wilson from the Liberal Democrats tells #BBCBreakfast
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The richest individual on Earth should not own the keys to the largest disinformation machine on the planet.
It's not censorship to switch X off. It's common sense.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's not censorship to switch X off. It's common sense.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Musk says X outcry is 'excuse for censorship'
The government is urging Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 9:26 AM
The richest individual on Earth should not own the keys to the largest disinformation machine on the planet.
It's not censorship to switch X off. It's common sense.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's not censorship to switch X off. It's common sense.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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ladies, it's ok because only paying subscribers can make/distribute deepfake porn of you and your children now www.ft.com/content/c24d...
Elon Musk’s xAI restricts Grok after outcry over sexualised images
Start-up limits use of image generation system to paid users following spread of deepfakes and child sex abuse material
www.ft.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:36 AM
ladies, it's ok because only paying subscribers can make/distribute deepfake porn of you and your children now www.ft.com/content/c24d...
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I write in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social about the laws that are broken when online AI platforms facilitate the production of child sex abuse material. No new laws are needed. Companies (and their executives) are accountable as well as users.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Ireland could prosecute Twitter/X for AI 'child porn' deepfakes
The horrific child sex abuse material produced every day by Grok is already banned under Irish law. The real test is if we are ready to enforce that law against large tech companies
www.irishexaminer.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:48 AM
I write in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social about the laws that are broken when online AI platforms facilitate the production of child sex abuse material. No new laws are needed. Companies (and their executives) are accountable as well as users.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Seeing exact same defences of X that we saw when there were calls to pull the plug on the dangerous poison that was Russia Today.
I'm not even going out on a limb when I say that X is far, far worse than RT ever was and that's a very low bar indeed.
The case for it to be shut down is a no brainer.
I'm not even going out on a limb when I say that X is far, far worse than RT ever was and that's a very low bar indeed.
The case for it to be shut down is a no brainer.
January 9, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Seeing exact same defences of X that we saw when there were calls to pull the plug on the dangerous poison that was Russia Today.
I'm not even going out on a limb when I say that X is far, far worse than RT ever was and that's a very low bar indeed.
The case for it to be shut down is a no brainer.
I'm not even going out on a limb when I say that X is far, far worse than RT ever was and that's a very low bar indeed.
The case for it to be shut down is a no brainer.
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If a human was being paid to create this material, we’d rightly throw the book at them. So why should X get a free pass?
Fine them to the hilt and if they won’t comply, shut it down. We wouldn’t tolerate this offline. Why online?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 2/2
Fine them to the hilt and if they won’t comply, shut it down. We wouldn’t tolerate this offline. Why online?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 2/2
Elon Musk's Grok AI image editing limited to paid users after deepfakes
It comes after government urged Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 9:13 AM
If a human was being paid to create this material, we’d rightly throw the book at them. So why should X get a free pass?
Fine them to the hilt and if they won’t comply, shut it down. We wouldn’t tolerate this offline. Why online?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 2/2
Fine them to the hilt and if they won’t comply, shut it down. We wouldn’t tolerate this offline. Why online?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 2/2