Remember Starmer's "urgent" review into foreign interference after Nathan Gill?

Well, there's already two ex-UK ambassadors working in Westminster on behalf of a pro-Russian foreign government whose de facto leader is under UK sanctions...

New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/ex-uk-amba...

Remember the flashbacks at the beginning of The Handmaid‘s Tale, where the main character saw the signs that the United States was morphing into a freedom – suffocating authoritarian country?

This is it.

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

On the same day in the Telegraph:

In Northern Ireland you're statistically more likely to be sexually assaulted by a bible-thumping DUP or TUV rep than you are by a drag queen (no known attacks).

Credit to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social slowly repairing the damage done by Osborne’s austerity axe. Doing the right thing but getting little credit or coverage. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

1. One of capitalism’s greatest successes is to shut down our imaginations. With the help of its favoured tools - neoliberalism and fascism - it persuades us that “there is no alternative”. Our first task is to re-ignite our moral imaginations and name our alternatives. 🧵

While many struggle to make ends meet, the wealth of the super-rich has soared. It doesn’t have to be this way. There’s another way—one that prioritises fairness, sustainability, and equality. It starts with making those at the top pay their fair share.
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