David Emm
@emm-david.bsky.social
interests include books, music, guitar and cyber-security
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Who saw this coming..
Former EU commissioner and activists barred from US in attack on European tech regulators
State department accuses group of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints through regulation of disinformation
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Former EU commissioner and activists barred from US in attack on European tech regulators
State department accuses group of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints through regulation of disinformation
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Former EU commissioner and activists barred from US in attack on European tech regulators
State department accuses group of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints through regulation of disinformation
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Who saw this coming..
Former EU commissioner and activists barred from US in attack on European tech regulators
State department accuses group of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints through regulation of disinformation
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Former EU commissioner and activists barred from US in attack on European tech regulators
State department accuses group of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints through regulation of disinformation
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Regulation has failed.
This government imposed a Bonus Ban, but water bosses and shareholders will always find ways to reward themselves for their failures, with eye-watering payouts.
It's high time for the whole English water sector to come into public ownership.
vist.ly/4jhcw
This government imposed a Bonus Ban, but water bosses and shareholders will always find ways to reward themselves for their failures, with eye-watering payouts.
It's high time for the whole English water sector to come into public ownership.
vist.ly/4jhcw
Yorkshire Water boss 'mistaken' to keep £1.3m payment secret
Nicola Shaw says she was wrong in "not being transparent" about the extra money she received.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Regulation has failed.
This government imposed a Bonus Ban, but water bosses and shareholders will always find ways to reward themselves for their failures, with eye-watering payouts.
It's high time for the whole English water sector to come into public ownership.
vist.ly/4jhcw
This government imposed a Bonus Ban, but water bosses and shareholders will always find ways to reward themselves for their failures, with eye-watering payouts.
It's high time for the whole English water sector to come into public ownership.
vist.ly/4jhcw
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This time two years ago, we found out that Palantir was paying a PR firm to recruit influencers to attack us 🤯
https://goodlawproject.org/pr-firm-topham-guerin-tories-and-palantir-offers-to-pay-influencers-attacks-twitter-x/
https://goodlawproject.org/pr-firm-topham-guerin-tories-and-palantir-offers-to-pay-influencers-attacks-twitter-x/
PR firm that works for the Tories and Palantir offers to pay for attacks on us | Good Law Project
Leaked emails reveal that the tech giant Palantir has hired Topham Guerin to pay influencers to attack Good Law Project on social media – but the source of the money is to be kept ‘confidential’.
goodlawproject.org
December 23, 2025 at 11:17 AM
This time two years ago, we found out that Palantir was paying a PR firm to recruit influencers to attack us 🤯
https://goodlawproject.org/pr-firm-topham-guerin-tories-and-palantir-offers-to-pay-influencers-attacks-twitter-x/
https://goodlawproject.org/pr-firm-topham-guerin-tories-and-palantir-offers-to-pay-influencers-attacks-twitter-x/
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Israel's propaganda machine endangers every Jew on the planet - including me - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/why-israel-behaviour-endangering-every-jew-on-planet-including-me
Israel's propaganda machine endangers every Jew on the planet - including me
By framing the horrors of Bondi as justification for its genocidal actions, this government is flailing to restore its legitimacy
www.middleeasteye.net
December 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Israel's propaganda machine endangers every Jew on the planet - including me - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/why-israel-behaviour-endangering-every-jew-on-planet-including-me
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Christians in Bethlehem face existential threat under Israel's occupation - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/christmas-christians-bethlehem-existential-threat-israel-occupation
Christians in Bethlehem face existential threat under Israel's occupation
Christmas should be the busiest time of the year for the shopkeepers of Manger Square, but the birthplace of Jesus is now a ghost town
www.middleeasteye.net
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Christians in Bethlehem face existential threat under Israel's occupation - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/christmas-christians-bethlehem-existential-threat-israel-occupation
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We can't let Thames Water get away with this!
Follow @weownit.org.uk for more on how to get involved
Follow @weownit.org.uk for more on how to get involved
December 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
We can't let Thames Water get away with this!
Follow @weownit.org.uk for more on how to get involved
Follow @weownit.org.uk for more on how to get involved
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The UK Government is unlikely to see most of the £148m it is owed by a faulty PPE supplier linked to Baroness Michelle Mone after the company was wound up.
Who saw that coming?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Who saw that coming?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm liquidated and unlikely to repay £148m
The firm led by Baroness Mone's husband Douglas Barrowman breached a contract to supply surgical gowns during the Covid pandemic.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The UK Government is unlikely to see most of the £148m it is owed by a faulty PPE supplier linked to Baroness Michelle Mone after the company was wound up.
Who saw that coming?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Who saw that coming?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Looks like flu is wave is likely to be "normal bad" shifted earlier and not bigger this year after all.
Latest hospital data came out this afternoon.
Latest hospital data came out this afternoon.
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Looks like flu is wave is likely to be "normal bad" shifted earlier and not bigger this year after all.
Latest hospital data came out this afternoon.
Latest hospital data came out this afternoon.
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A day after the government announces its investigation into foreign financial interference in UK politics...
December 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
A day after the government announces its investigation into foreign financial interference in UK politics...
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Apparently, no one in media can get hold of anyone from Reform for comment on Nathan Gill, their dismal performance in local councils or Farage’s alleged conduct at school. They appear to be practising a technique which attempts to silence criticism by refusing to provide a right of reply.
December 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Apparently, no one in media can get hold of anyone from Reform for comment on Nathan Gill, their dismal performance in local councils or Farage’s alleged conduct at school. They appear to be practising a technique which attempts to silence criticism by refusing to provide a right of reply.
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🤑The £2.5m payout for Thames Water's executives has been paused.
That's right - not scrapped, but paused.
In fact, an even bigger payout of ‼️£13.5m ‼️is due to be made to be made across the course of 2026. 1/2
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That's right - not scrapped, but paused.
In fact, an even bigger payout of ‼️£13.5m ‼️is due to be made to be made across the course of 2026. 1/2
vist.ly/4iunn
December 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🤑The £2.5m payout for Thames Water's executives has been paused.
That's right - not scrapped, but paused.
In fact, an even bigger payout of ‼️£13.5m ‼️is due to be made to be made across the course of 2026. 1/2
vist.ly/4iunn
That's right - not scrapped, but paused.
In fact, an even bigger payout of ‼️£13.5m ‼️is due to be made to be made across the course of 2026. 1/2
vist.ly/4iunn
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How Nigel Farage is walking straight into the Government's trap on its inquiry into foreign financial interference
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/17/k...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/17/k...
Keir Starmer Is Setting a Trap for Nigel Farage With Foreign Interference Inquiry
As Reform opens the door to crypto donations, the Government is finally starting to take action against the threat of foreign financial interference in our politics, reports Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
How Nigel Farage is walking straight into the Government's trap on its inquiry into foreign financial interference
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/17/k...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/17/k...
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This is a section from my interview where I basically say that I don't see this as a super bad flu season - or at least, that there is no evidence to say now that it will be.
full interview is here
youtu.be/_PZiU3R7jac
full interview is here
youtu.be/_PZiU3R7jac
December 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This is a section from my interview where I basically say that I don't see this as a super bad flu season - or at least, that there is no evidence to say now that it will be.
full interview is here
youtu.be/_PZiU3R7jac
full interview is here
youtu.be/_PZiU3R7jac
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Our co-chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social said:
"It's the height of irresponsible behaviour for the government to go to war with doctors and the BMA amidst the flu epidemic. The government cannot pretend that they had no warning, that they didn’t see it coming."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"It's the height of irresponsible behaviour for the government to go to war with doctors and the BMA amidst the flu epidemic. The government cannot pretend that they had no warning, that they didn’t see it coming."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘Beyond belief’ that resident doctors could strike amid flu crisis, says Starmer
Exclusive: PM’s outspoken attack on stoppages planned for 17-22 December risks inflaming tensions with medics
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Our co-chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social said:
"It's the height of irresponsible behaviour for the government to go to war with doctors and the BMA amidst the flu epidemic. The government cannot pretend that they had no warning, that they didn’t see it coming."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"It's the height of irresponsible behaviour for the government to go to war with doctors and the BMA amidst the flu epidemic. The government cannot pretend that they had no warning, that they didn’t see it coming."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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BREAKING: Keir Starmer says the government will not be telling people to wear face masks on public transport, despite rising flu cases
He also says resident doctors planning to strike are 'being irresponsible'
He also says resident doctors planning to strike are 'being irresponsible'
December 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
BREAKING: Keir Starmer says the government will not be telling people to wear face masks on public transport, despite rising flu cases
He also says resident doctors planning to strike are 'being irresponsible'
He also says resident doctors planning to strike are 'being irresponsible'
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Highlights from the Railways Bill session in Parliament pt4.
Here's Brighton Pavilion MP Siân Berry on the scandal of Rolling Stock Companies.
🤑Every time you buy a train ticket, approx 25% of the cost goes on paying the rent being charged by the ROSCOs to the train lines. @sianberry.bsky.social
Here's Brighton Pavilion MP Siân Berry on the scandal of Rolling Stock Companies.
🤑Every time you buy a train ticket, approx 25% of the cost goes on paying the rent being charged by the ROSCOs to the train lines. @sianberry.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Highlights from the Railways Bill session in Parliament pt4.
Here's Brighton Pavilion MP Siân Berry on the scandal of Rolling Stock Companies.
🤑Every time you buy a train ticket, approx 25% of the cost goes on paying the rent being charged by the ROSCOs to the train lines. @sianberry.bsky.social
Here's Brighton Pavilion MP Siân Berry on the scandal of Rolling Stock Companies.
🤑Every time you buy a train ticket, approx 25% of the cost goes on paying the rent being charged by the ROSCOs to the train lines. @sianberry.bsky.social
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“Working-class people are being pushed out of culture. It’s becoming a middle-class profession, because you can’t be a breadwinner and work at the library.”
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/you-should...
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/you-should...
“You Should Be Honoured to Work Here”: British Library Staff are Striking for Pay, Conditions, and Respect
A battle over pay has become a fight over who Britain's cultural institutions are really for.
graceblakeley.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
“Working-class people are being pushed out of culture. It’s becoming a middle-class profession, because you can’t be a breadwinner and work at the library.”
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/you-should...
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/you-should...
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Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks in what Repro Uncensored call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks in what Repro Uncensored call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.
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NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
December 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
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Privatisation is doing real damage to the NHS and the care patients receive.
Time for the government to deliver on their promise to reverse outsourcing and rebuild our NHS.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Time for the government to deliver on their promise to reverse outsourcing and rebuild our NHS.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Concerns over 'destabilising' impact of private cataract clinics
A health committee in Oxfordshire writes to the government about the use of private providers.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Privatisation is doing real damage to the NHS and the care patients receive.
Time for the government to deliver on their promise to reverse outsourcing and rebuild our NHS.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Time for the government to deliver on their promise to reverse outsourcing and rebuild our NHS.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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90,000 people have been pushed from one queue to another. Rather than waiting for an initial decision, they are now waiting to appeal.
More time in costly hotels, more targeting from the far-right, less chance to move on with their lives.
More time in costly hotels, more targeting from the far-right, less chance to move on with their lives.
December 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
90,000 people have been pushed from one queue to another. Rather than waiting for an initial decision, they are now waiting to appeal.
More time in costly hotels, more targeting from the far-right, less chance to move on with their lives.
More time in costly hotels, more targeting from the far-right, less chance to move on with their lives.
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This is the same group that seems to have an open invitation to appear on every single BBC political programme going, without ever declaring their funding
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This is the same group that seems to have an open invitation to appear on every single BBC political programme going, without ever declaring their funding
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Human rights were built for hard times, not rewrites when it suits the Government.
Pushing to water down the European Convention on Human Rights on International Human Rights Day is a moral retreat, not a solution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Pushing to water down the European Convention on Human Rights on International Human Rights Day is a moral retreat, not a solution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Starmer is lobbying Europe to join him in watering down the ECHR. This illiberalism will harm us all | Steve Valdez-Symonds
The prime minister and his counterpart in Denmark want a concerted effort to weaken human rights across Europe. This isn’t pragmatism – it’s cruelty, says Steve Valdez-Symonds, refugee and migrant rig...
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Human rights were built for hard times, not rewrites when it suits the Government.
Pushing to water down the European Convention on Human Rights on International Human Rights Day is a moral retreat, not a solution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Pushing to water down the European Convention on Human Rights on International Human Rights Day is a moral retreat, not a solution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Calibri, which could make documents easier to read for the vision impaired, was apparently installed in 2023 by the department’s then-DEI office.
Marco Rubio bans Calibri font at State Department for being too DEI | TechCrunch
Calibri, which could make documents easier to read for the vision impaired, was apparently installed in 2023 by the department’s then-DEI office.
techcrunch.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Calibri, which could make documents easier to read for the vision impaired, was apparently installed in 2023 by the department’s then-DEI office.
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Keir Starmer, a former human rights lawyer, has called on European leaders to curb joint human rights laws
The PM won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite
youtu.be/bl0Lm7v_T18?...
The PM won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite
youtu.be/bl0Lm7v_T18?...
The government won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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December 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Keir Starmer, a former human rights lawyer, has called on European leaders to curb joint human rights laws
The PM won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite
youtu.be/bl0Lm7v_T18?...
The PM won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite
youtu.be/bl0Lm7v_T18?...