Adrian Widdowson
@adrianprgreen.bsky.social
For public ownership of public services, policies to protect the planet, and a good and safe life for all the human family. Shameless idealist. Apologies, but I may block anyone sending me DMs.
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Keir Starmer doesn’t have a choice now, he is going to have to fight Farage on Brexit because Farage is going to fight him on it.
Labour need to come clean on Brexit, detail the damage that has been and put it at Farage’s door.
Labour need to come clean on Brexit, detail the damage that has been and put it at Farage’s door.
January 10, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Keir Starmer doesn’t have a choice now, he is going to have to fight Farage on Brexit because Farage is going to fight him on it.
Labour need to come clean on Brexit, detail the damage that has been and put it at Farage’s door.
Labour need to come clean on Brexit, detail the damage that has been and put it at Farage’s door.
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These 10 companies stand to rake in $1 billion by 2027 by helping ICE track down and round up immigrants.
Cashing in on cruelty.
Cashing in on cruelty.
10 Companies Have Already Made $1 Million as ICE Bounty Hunters. We Found Them.
And they stand to make millions more in cash bonuses for surveilling and tracking immigrants in service of ICE’s deporta
theintercept.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM
These 10 companies stand to rake in $1 billion by 2027 by helping ICE track down and round up immigrants.
Cashing in on cruelty.
Cashing in on cruelty.
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
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Not just the alternative for young people. Everyone who shares our values, wants lower bills and to tax billionaires is welcome!
Help us take on Labour & Reform.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Help us take on Labour & Reform.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
January 10, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Not just the alternative for young people. Everyone who shares our values, wants lower bills and to tax billionaires is welcome!
Help us take on Labour & Reform.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Help us take on Labour & Reform.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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The #DonaldTrump administration is suspending $129m in federal benefit payments to #Minnesota amid allegations of widespread fraud in the state coinciding with a federal ruling that federal money for childcare and supporting low-income families cannot be blocked www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump administration suspends $129m in benefit payments to Minnesota
USDA notified state’s governor of decision, citing inquiries into alleged fraud by local non-profits and businesses
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:24 PM
The #DonaldTrump administration is suspending $129m in federal benefit payments to #Minnesota amid allegations of widespread fraud in the state coinciding with a federal ruling that federal money for childcare and supporting low-income families cannot be blocked www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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As Tees Valley mayor Lord Houchen's defence of his deal with local businessmen crumbles, here's the Eye's recent special report on how Britain's flagship regeneration scheme secretly turned into one of the biggest giveaways of public money on record.
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
Special Report: Stripped Tees
IT WAS to be the UK’s largest regeneration scheme in decades, a model for regional devolution and the flagship post-Brexit freeport. But the redevelopment of the former steelworks on the south bank of...
www.private-eye.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM
As Tees Valley mayor Lord Houchen's defence of his deal with local businessmen crumbles, here's the Eye's recent special report on how Britain's flagship regeneration scheme secretly turned into one of the biggest giveaways of public money on record.
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
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Been reading mid-20th century humanist campaigners for prison reform and just come across a description by Brigid Brophy saying in imprisoning people we are ‘burying them alive’. What a powerful image, even more true of conditions today! If you don’t already, do support @thehowardleague.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Been reading mid-20th century humanist campaigners for prison reform and just come across a description by Brigid Brophy saying in imprisoning people we are ‘burying them alive’. What a powerful image, even more true of conditions today! If you don’t already, do support @thehowardleague.bsky.social
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#NollaignamBan
During WWII Kay McNulty was one of the women who devised processing routines for the ENIAC machine, establishing how artificial intelligence developed. At the public launch in 1946 the women programmers were relegated to the role of hostesses. www.dib.ie/biography/mc...
During WWII Kay McNulty was one of the women who devised processing routines for the ENIAC machine, establishing how artificial intelligence developed. At the public launch in 1946 the women programmers were relegated to the role of hostesses. www.dib.ie/biography/mc...
January 9, 2026 at 8:38 AM
#NollaignamBan
During WWII Kay McNulty was one of the women who devised processing routines for the ENIAC machine, establishing how artificial intelligence developed. At the public launch in 1946 the women programmers were relegated to the role of hostesses. www.dib.ie/biography/mc...
During WWII Kay McNulty was one of the women who devised processing routines for the ENIAC machine, establishing how artificial intelligence developed. At the public launch in 1946 the women programmers were relegated to the role of hostesses. www.dib.ie/biography/mc...
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New video released showing new angle of the ICE shooting and settles any debate on what actually happened.
January 9, 2026 at 11:56 AM
New video released showing new angle of the ICE shooting and settles any debate on what actually happened.
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🩸🩸🩸 NEVER FORGET: Instead of honoring our Constitution's key principle of a Peaceful Transfer of Power, POS Donald Trump Abused his Power on Jan 6th by inciting this violent & deadly attack on our country's Capital and should be in prison for life 🩸🩸🩸
January 8, 2026 at 6:46 AM
🩸🩸🩸 NEVER FORGET: Instead of honoring our Constitution's key principle of a Peaceful Transfer of Power, POS Donald Trump Abused his Power on Jan 6th by inciting this violent & deadly attack on our country's Capital and should be in prison for life 🩸🩸🩸
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🔥🔥🔥 DO NOT BE DISTRACTED BY MADURO & STAY LOUD!!
🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!!
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!!
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
January 8, 2026 at 6:47 AM
🔥🔥🔥 DO NOT BE DISTRACTED BY MADURO & STAY LOUD!!
🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!!
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!!
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir – a US spy-tech firm that has supported mass deportation in the US and enabled genocide in Gaza.
Say No to Palantir in the NHS ⬇️
goodlaw.social/658abc
Say No to Palantir in the NHS ⬇️
goodlaw.social/658abc
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
January 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir – a US spy-tech firm that has supported mass deportation in the US and enabled genocide in Gaza.
Say No to Palantir in the NHS ⬇️
goodlaw.social/658abc
Say No to Palantir in the NHS ⬇️
goodlaw.social/658abc
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Brexiters claim that pro-Europeans blame everything on Brexit…we don’t but Brexit makes just about all of them worse.
Brexiters also like to use made up stats…our latest letter in this morning’s Yorkshire Post…
Brexiters also like to use made up stats…our latest letter in this morning’s Yorkshire Post…
January 2, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Brexiters claim that pro-Europeans blame everything on Brexit…we don’t but Brexit makes just about all of them worse.
Brexiters also like to use made up stats…our latest letter in this morning’s Yorkshire Post…
Brexiters also like to use made up stats…our latest letter in this morning’s Yorkshire Post…
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Baroness Mone is being allowed to keep the estimated £15,000-a-week rent received from a mansion covered by a freezing order ⬇️
Baroness Mone can keep £15,000-a-week rent from mansion, court rules
The property, which was previously covered by a freeze order, can be rented out but not sold while proceedings on the PPE case continue
www.thetimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Baroness Mone is being allowed to keep the estimated £15,000-a-week rent received from a mansion covered by a freezing order ⬇️
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'We believe in you and our victory,' Putin says in his address, calling on Russians to support the troops https://aje.io/kqfn24
December 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
'We believe in you and our victory,' Putin says in his address, calling on Russians to support the troops https://aje.io/kqfn24
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People voted for #Brexit to reclaim UK sovereignty, not to take instructions from the United States.
Yet Britain is once again under pressure from the White House to accept US chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated meat.
www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...
Yet Britain is once again under pressure from the White House to accept US chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated meat.
www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...
Chlorinated chicken row as US seeks leverage over stalled UK tech pact
Britain is facing renewed pressure from the White House to allow American chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated meat into UK supermarkets.
www.farminguk.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:42 AM
People voted for #Brexit to reclaim UK sovereignty, not to take instructions from the United States.
Yet Britain is once again under pressure from the White House to accept US chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated meat.
www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...
Yet Britain is once again under pressure from the White House to accept US chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated meat.
www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...
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Ceremony held at hospital destroyed by Israel highlights toll of two-year war on Gaza's medical system.
Palestinian doctors graduate in ruins of Gaza's destroyed al-Shifa Hospital
Ceremony held at hospital destroyed by Israel highlights toll of two-year war on Gaza's medical system.
www.aljazeera.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Ceremony held at hospital destroyed by Israel highlights toll of two-year war on Gaza's medical system.
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We’ve seen claims online that asylum seekers are being given Freedom Passes for free London travel.
They may be eligible if they meet location, age or disability criteria which apply to all Londoners. There’s no special provision for asylum seekers.
They may be eligible if they meet location, age or disability criteria which apply to all Londoners. There’s no special provision for asylum seekers.
Are asylum seekers given Freedom Passes for free travel in London? – Full Fact
There is no specific provision for asylum seekers to get free travel in London but they may be eligible for Freedom Passes like any other Londoner.
fullfact.org
December 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We’ve seen claims online that asylum seekers are being given Freedom Passes for free London travel.
They may be eligible if they meet location, age or disability criteria which apply to all Londoners. There’s no special provision for asylum seekers.
They may be eligible if they meet location, age or disability criteria which apply to all Londoners. There’s no special provision for asylum seekers.
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BBC: UK campaigners among five denied US visas
Clare Melford and Imran Ahmed, who have campaigned against hate speech and disinformation online, have been banned from entering the US
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Clare Melford and Imran Ahmed, who have campaigned against hate speech and disinformation online, have been banned from entering the US
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK campaigners among five denied US visas
The Trump administration bans five people who have called for tech regulation from entering the country.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
BBC: UK campaigners among five denied US visas
Clare Melford and Imran Ahmed, who have campaigned against hate speech and disinformation online, have been banned from entering the US
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Clare Melford and Imran Ahmed, who have campaigned against hate speech and disinformation online, have been banned from entering the US
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“France condemns the visa restriction measures taken by the United States against Thierry Breton and four other European figures. These measures amount to intimidation and coercion aimed at undermining European digital sovereignty”
Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron
December 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“France condemns the visa restriction measures taken by the United States against Thierry Breton and four other European figures. These measures amount to intimidation and coercion aimed at undermining European digital sovereignty”
Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron
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French President Emmanuel Macron has condemed a visa ban imposed by the US on Thierry Breton, a former European Union commissioner who helped drive the EU's Digital Services Act, which has targeted US tech companies.
December 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron has condemed a visa ban imposed by the US on Thierry Breton, a former European Union commissioner who helped drive the EU's Digital Services Act, which has targeted US tech companies.
If he wins, our national broadcaster could be wrecked - and license fee payers could be stuck with the bill. 38d.gs/BBC_sued_df
Donald Trump has filed a $10bn lawsuit against the BBC over a Panorama documentary! 🚨 If he wins, our national broadcaster could be wrecked - and license fee payers could be stuck with the bill. Stand...
Donald Trump has filed a $10bn lawsuit against the BBC over a Panorama documentary! 🚨 If he wins, our national broadcaster could be wrecked - and license fee payers could be stuck with the bill. Stand...
38d.gs
December 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
If he wins, our national broadcaster could be wrecked - and license fee payers could be stuck with the bill. 38d.gs/BBC_sued_df