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@nickreeves.bsky.social

After the referendum, the BBC chief Lord Hall ordered the BBC to treat Brexit as a done deal, a decision which all but wholly excluded Remainer opinion from the BBC for around 2 years, thus grossly biasing the Brexit debate. It was a grotesque abuse of democracy.
www.radiotimes.com/tv/current-a...

'BBC policy on Brexit is not impartial'

Why is the BBC giving so much time to hardline Brexiteers, asks journalist Raymond Snoddy

www.radiotimes.com

February 7, 2026 at 7:38 PM

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Ian Dunt

@iandunt.bsky.social

Great video. The homes are thoughtful, attractive and well designed. Khan is eloquent and considerate. Much more like this please.

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 5d

A real pleasure to meet George Clarke and hear about his experiences growing up on a council estate. We both know the positive impact social housing can have on families’ lives.

That’s why I’m determined to continue delivering more council homes as we build a fairer London for everyone.

February 7, 2026 at 12:20 PM

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Good Law Project

@goodlawproject.bsky.social

Get Palantir out of the NHS

https://notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=PalantirNHS&utm_medium=social_media

Say no to Palantir in the NHS

NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back

notopalantir.goodlawproject.org

February 5, 2026 at 4:36 PM

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HOPE not hate

@hopenothate.org.uk

On 24 Jan, Ben Sykes (AKA No Filter Britain) hosted a march in Blackpool.

Football hooligan turned neo-Nazi Ryan Ferguson advertised it as “whites only, no blacks”

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"Whites only, no blacks": Ferguson and friends march in Blackpool – HOPE not hate

On 24 January, Ben Sykes (AKA No Filter Britain) hosted a march through the streets of Blackpool. Striding at the front, and seizing the limelight...

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February 5, 2026 at 4:40 PM

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Mr RobertBob

@mrrobertbob.bsky.social

Just incase our government finds its balls and wants to actually act (as the France government has), here are the headquarters of Twitter in London. 20 Air Street, W1B 5AN.

Street view and map of Twitter HQ in London.

February 4, 2026 at 9:31 AM

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Otto English

@ottoenglish.bsky.social

Why isn't this a major news story?

Churchwarden linked to
foreign-born billionaire is
behind £200k Reform gift
The man whose firm made the donations will
not discuss where the money came from, nor
his ties to wealthy Farage allies who may not
hold citizenship

Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall Editor
Saturday January 31 2026, 8.00pm, The Sunday Times

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A churchwarden from Potters Bar who works
for the family of a highly secretive,
Kazakhstan-born billionaire can be revealed as
the man behind £200,000 of donations to
Reform UK.,

John Richard Simpson is a 59-year-old

February 2, 2026 at 7:53 AM

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James O’Brien

@mrjamesob.bsky.social

Incarcerated for journalism. And for sticking it to various frauds & grifters who profess to care about ‘free speech’.

Don Lemon @donlemonofficial.bsky.social · 9d

Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.

January 30, 2026 at 2:02 PM

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Niall Ó Conghaile

@nialloconghaile.bsky.social

Don't see much for the holiday villa 'Ndrangheta, I'm afraid, nor in the proposed Spanish amnesty

www.france24.com/en/europe/20...

Why Spain is offering amnesty to 500,000 undocumented migrants

As countries on both sides of the Atlantic ramp up deportations of undocumented migrants, Spain’s left-wing government is preparing to give legal status to hundreds of thousands of irregular workers.…

www.france24.com

January 29, 2026 at 2:01 PM

Raymond Bennett

@raymondbennett.bsky.social

In case you haven't seen it yet.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDaP...

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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January 30, 2026 at 10:39 AM

Raymond Bennett

@raymondbennett.bsky.social

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We Can Make an Impact.

Hold a Parliamentary Debate on Palantir’s Role in UK Defence, Security & Public Services

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January 29, 2026 at 4:32 PM

Raymond Bennett

@raymondbennett.bsky.social

G4S also involved, unsurprisingly. Should these companies be awarded any UK government contracts at all?

Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 10d

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Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown

Palantir and Deloitte among beneficiaries of spending by government agencies

www.ft.com

January 29, 2026 at 4:24 PM

Raymond Bennett

@raymondbennett.bsky.social

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Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown

Palantir and Deloitte among beneficiaries of spending by government agencies

www.ft.com

January 29, 2026 at 4:23 PM

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Carole Cadwalladr

@carolecadwalla.bsky.social

NEW: Our investigation for @thenerve_news reveals not only that Peter Thiel’s Palantir is completely enmeshed in our critical national infrastructure.

It’s also the ‘cloud support’ for our nuclear weapons system 🤯
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www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...

January 28, 2026 at 11:32 AM

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Scott Shapiro

@scottjshapiro.bsky.social

Calling the Gestapo “the Gestapo” is causing the Gestapo to act like the Gestapo.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."

January 29, 2026 at 2:27 PM

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elia ayoub

@ayoub.bsky.social

The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.

It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.

The Legislation
Upon winning a general election, a Reform government under Prime Minister Nigel Farage will:
1) Leave the ECHR
2.) Repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights.
3.) Pass The Illegal Migration (Mass Deportation) Bill:
This Bill will:
Create a legal duty to remove illegal migrants for the Home Secretary
The Bill opens with a blunt obligation for the Home Secretary: "The Secretary of State shall ensure the removal from the United Kingdom of each person who does not have extant leave to remain and is not an Irish citizen or otherwise protected by regulations made under this Act."
The following parts of the legislation are introduced on an emergency basis, with an in-built sunset clause after 5 years:
Disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention, the UN Convention Against Torture, the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention (ECAT)
Derogation is justified under the Vienna Convention doctrine of state of necessity: Britain faces a national emergency in which uncontrolled illegal migration undermines public order.
These treaties will otherwise be used by activist judges to frustrate deportations, even after the repeals of the HRA and ECHR.
Create Detention Power Without Hardial Singh Constraints
This means illegal migrants can be detained until they are deported. Activist lawyers routinely use Hardial Singh to secure their client's bail, after which the client absconds.
If you came to the UK illegally, you are ineligible for asylum. End of story
All asylum claims will become inadmissible if made by a person within the Act's scope. If you came to the country illegally, you are ineligible for asylum in the UK. This strips the Home Office, the immigration tribunals and the higher courts of jurisdiction to even consider claims. A claim that cannot be considered cannot suspend removal and therefore, cannot delay a flight.
Re-entering after deportation and destroying ID becomes a serious criminal offence
Re-entry after deportation will be…

The Operational Plan
We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command, including an Illegal Migrant Identification Centre - harnessing cutting edge data fusion
A Reform government will create a cutting edge enforcement data centre to relentlessly identify and detain all illegal migrants in the UK. Using powers granted by the new legislation, it will automatically share data between the Home Office, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, banks and the police. It will power bulk warrants, including mandatory biometric capture during any police encounter. Each power addresses a failure mode observed over the past decade - for example, banks and GP surgeries unaware of a customer's status, or overstayers slipping through because a warrant covered only a single property.
Secure Immigration Removal Centres (SIRC) will be built rapidly to detain up to 24,000
Detention capacity for up to 24,000 will be created within 18 months. The Home Office will build Secure Immigration Removal Centres. This will be modular accommodation built in remote parts of the country. Conditions are basic but not punitive: prefabricated two-person rooms, canteen catering, on-site medical suites. Robust perimeters and internal movement controls prevent escapes.
This enables detention-on-arrest: no more bail. This capacity would allow for up to 24,000 illegal migrants to be deported per month.
Initial Voluntary Return Window
A six-month Assisted Voluntary Return window precedes large-scale raids. Illegal migrants will be offered a financial incentive to self-deport. An app will be launched to facilitate this.
The Deportation Flights
The Home Office will scale up charters to 5 flights per day. To guard against last-minute aircraft unserviceability, the RAF will keep one Voyager aircraft on six-hour 'hot-spare' readiness. If a commercial charter breaks down, detainees can still be flown out that night, preserving operational integrity. The legal reset will mean activist lawyers will no longer be able preven…

January 26, 2026 at 1:22 PM

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David Corn

@davidcorn.bsky.social

Trump had dinner with this guy.

Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 12d

White nationalist Nick Fuentes says that Alex Pretti was a "race traitor' and his killing by Border Patrol agents means there is "one less asshole in the world." www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...

January 27, 2026 at 6:53 PM

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Dave Weigel

@daveweigel.bsky.social

Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
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Philip Glass
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Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center