Graham
@grahamph.bsky.social
IT Consultant. Author - CIO Magazine, FX Trader. Book ‘Dynamic Web Programming’ - Prentice Hall.
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"Politics has got to get back to fixing the fundamental things that everybody needs for a good life"
Hardeep Matharu's interview with Labour's Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham at last year's Byline Festival:
Hardeep Matharu's interview with Labour's Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham at last year's Byline Festival:
Andy Burnham: These Dangerous, Alienating Times Call for Radical Change of Our Politics
From imposter syndrome and proportional representation, to fixing the fundamentals and the 'incestuous' Westminster media-political class – Labour’s Greater Manchester Mayor believes the right can be ...
bylinetimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:51 PM
"Politics has got to get back to fixing the fundamental things that everybody needs for a good life"
Hardeep Matharu's interview with Labour's Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham at last year's Byline Festival:
Hardeep Matharu's interview with Labour's Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham at last year's Byline Festival:
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Starmer maybe rightly doesn’t take bait each time but he needs an outrider - a semi-licensed “off message” attack dog - to make Haw-Haw Farage pay for sucking up to the guy who denigrates British war dead.
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Starmer maybe rightly doesn’t take bait each time but he needs an outrider - a semi-licensed “off message” attack dog - to make Haw-Haw Farage pay for sucking up to the guy who denigrates British war dead.
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Important summary list from the article.....
January 22, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Important summary list from the article.....
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Good quality polling to show that @andyburnham.bsky.social, more than any other senior Labour politician, wins voters back from Reform, so this is significant and to be welcomed. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Andy Burnham set for Westminster comeback as MP agrees to retire
Andrew Gwynne’s decision to stand down offers by-election opening for Labour rival to Keir Starmer
giftarticle.ft.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Good quality polling to show that @andyburnham.bsky.social, more than any other senior Labour politician, wins voters back from Reform, so this is significant and to be welcomed. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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My brother fought in the infantry and lost soldiers in Afghanistan. The press used to report deaths before families had been told and I would check my phone over and over, scared it would ring.
I went to the inquest of one of his killed men. I saw his red-eyed parents, girlfriend and baby daughter.
I went to the inquest of one of his killed men. I saw his red-eyed parents, girlfriend and baby daughter.
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 1:29 PM
My brother fought in the infantry and lost soldiers in Afghanistan. The press used to report deaths before families had been told and I would check my phone over and over, scared it would ring.
I went to the inquest of one of his killed men. I saw his red-eyed parents, girlfriend and baby daughter.
I went to the inquest of one of his killed men. I saw his red-eyed parents, girlfriend and baby daughter.
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There you have it, the Board of Peace is nothing more than a corrupt real estate deal dressed up as diplomacy with the sole purpose of enriching Trump and his favoured cronies.
Trump makes concluding remarks. He says Gaza ceasefire push began because he is “a real estate person at heart, and it’s all about location, and I said, ‘look at this location, on the sea, look at this beautiful piece of property’”.
January 22, 2026 at 11:16 AM
There you have it, the Board of Peace is nothing more than a corrupt real estate deal dressed up as diplomacy with the sole purpose of enriching Trump and his favoured cronies.
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News Analysis: President Trump used a keynote speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland to renounce the last vestiges of the liberal democratic order.
China Wins as Trump Cedes Leadership of the Global Economy
The president used a keynote speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland to renounce the last vestiges of the liberal democratic order.
nyti.ms
January 22, 2026 at 12:55 PM
News Analysis: President Trump used a keynote speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland to renounce the last vestiges of the liberal democratic order.
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So it was Badenoch *personally* who stabbed Britain in the back during the Greenland crisis! Simply unbelievable. Ought to be a resignation matter.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
How Badenoch’s meeting with Mike Johnson led to Trump’s Chagos deal rant
A brief encounter set off a chain of events that culminated in a public rebuff to the US president from Keir Starmer
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:58 AM
So it was Badenoch *personally* who stabbed Britain in the back during the Greenland crisis! Simply unbelievable. Ought to be a resignation matter.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Inside Epstein's russian Tech Web: How Oligarch Cash and Three Women Connected moscow to Silicon Valley
✍️ Matt Bernardini
Leaked records obtained by Byline Times reveal how kremlin-linked investors used Epstein's network to channel oligarch money into Silicon Valley
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/20/i...
✍️ Matt Bernardini
Leaked records obtained by Byline Times reveal how kremlin-linked investors used Epstein's network to channel oligarch money into Silicon Valley
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/20/i...
Inside Epstein's Russian Tech Web: How Oligarch Cash and Three Women Connected Moscow to Silicon Valley
Leaked records obtained by Byline Times reveal how Kremlin-linked investors used Epstein's network to channel oligarch money into Silicon Valley
bylinetimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Inside Epstein's russian Tech Web: How Oligarch Cash and Three Women Connected moscow to Silicon Valley
✍️ Matt Bernardini
Leaked records obtained by Byline Times reveal how kremlin-linked investors used Epstein's network to channel oligarch money into Silicon Valley
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/20/i...
✍️ Matt Bernardini
Leaked records obtained by Byline Times reveal how kremlin-linked investors used Epstein's network to channel oligarch money into Silicon Valley
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/20/i...
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It is incumbent on every single decent-minded, responsible British citizen to do *everything* they can to prevent Farage from gaining power. It couldn’t matter more for the future wellbeing of our country. Him as PM is too grotesque for words. Trump is a genuinely comparable case study.
January 21, 2026 at 7:23 PM
It is incumbent on every single decent-minded, responsible British citizen to do *everything* they can to prevent Farage from gaining power. It couldn’t matter more for the future wellbeing of our country. Him as PM is too grotesque for words. Trump is a genuinely comparable case study.
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“Three women close to Epstein – Masha Bucher, her sister Victoria Drokova, and model-turned-entrepreneur Lana Pozhidaeva – built venture-capital empires in Silicon Valley while maintaining hidden financial ties to Russian oligarchs, documents obtained by Byline Times show.” 10/20/25 … 1/
Inside Epstein's Russian Tech Web: How Oligarch Cash and Three Women Connected Moscow to Silicon Valley
Leaked records obtained by Byline Times reveal how Kremlin-linked investors used Epstein's network to channel oligarch money into Silicon Valley
bylinetimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:07 PM
“Three women close to Epstein – Masha Bucher, her sister Victoria Drokova, and model-turned-entrepreneur Lana Pozhidaeva – built venture-capital empires in Silicon Valley while maintaining hidden financial ties to Russian oligarchs, documents obtained by Byline Times show.” 10/20/25 … 1/
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Strong alliances constrain aspects of freedom of action for individual members, while amplifying their power and influence. The net effect, not least for the largest, most powerful countries, is massive gain for little pain.
Geopolitical Leadership 101.
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Geopolitical Leadership 101.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
January 21, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Strong alliances constrain aspects of freedom of action for individual members, while amplifying their power and influence. The net effect, not least for the largest, most powerful countries, is massive gain for little pain.
Geopolitical Leadership 101.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Geopolitical Leadership 101.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Without the US there is only one path to security, which is further European integration. There is no third way this time, writes Andrew Adonis.
What Starmer should do if Trump annexes Greenland
Britain needs an emergency plan in response, so here goes
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Without the US there is only one path to security, which is further European integration. There is no third way this time, writes Andrew Adonis.
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🔴 A Victim All Over Again’: The Mail Trial and the Murders of Stephen Lawrence and Daniel Morgan
@peterjukes.bsky.social looks at how an ongoing High Court case plunges us back over thirty years to two murders in south‑east London and to a ‘criminal-media nexus’
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/19/a...
@peterjukes.bsky.social looks at how an ongoing High Court case plunges us back over thirty years to two murders in south‑east London and to a ‘criminal-media nexus’
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/19/a...
A Victim All Over Again’: The Mail Trial and the Murders of Stephen Lawrence and Daniel Morgan
Peter Jukes looks at how an ongoing High Court case plunges us back over thirty years to two murders in south‑east London and to a nexus of corrupt police officers and private investigators
bylinetimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:10 PM
🔴 A Victim All Over Again’: The Mail Trial and the Murders of Stephen Lawrence and Daniel Morgan
@peterjukes.bsky.social looks at how an ongoing High Court case plunges us back over thirty years to two murders in south‑east London and to a ‘criminal-media nexus’
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/19/a...
@peterjukes.bsky.social looks at how an ongoing High Court case plunges us back over thirty years to two murders in south‑east London and to a ‘criminal-media nexus’
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/19/a...
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"You can always count on Farage to bootlick for Trump rather than stand up for Britain.”
Nigel Farage branded 'pathetic' for weak response to Trump's UK tariff threat
Ed Davey has accused Nigel Farage of choosing to 'bootlick Trump instead of stand up for Britain' in the row over Greenland.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:39 AM
"You can always count on Farage to bootlick for Trump rather than stand up for Britain.”
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The warning signs are clear. Can we get our politicians to act in time?
Time to Defend Democracy 99-percent.org/time-to-defe...
Time to Defend Democracy 99-percent.org/time-to-defe...
Time to Defend Democracy - 99%
Why we need urgent action to protect our democracy and our social contract European democracy is at risk from hostile actors. In the UK, if we do not act, we […]
99-percent.org
January 18, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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If true, the fucker MUST be impeached and the intelligence officers involved, stood up for treason.
I'm no expert but it seems to me whether he likes it or not, the US is still a member of NATO and has international obligations. Betraying allies in this way should lead to ending all intel sharing.
I'm no expert but it seems to me whether he likes it or not, the US is still a member of NATO and has international obligations. Betraying allies in this way should lead to ending all intel sharing.
January 18, 2026 at 1:19 PM
If true, the fucker MUST be impeached and the intelligence officers involved, stood up for treason.
I'm no expert but it seems to me whether he likes it or not, the US is still a member of NATO and has international obligations. Betraying allies in this way should lead to ending all intel sharing.
I'm no expert but it seems to me whether he likes it or not, the US is still a member of NATO and has international obligations. Betraying allies in this way should lead to ending all intel sharing.
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“And I can’t understand the reason that America collapsed”
January 18, 2026 at 12:52 PM
“And I can’t understand the reason that America collapsed”
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This opens up wider questions about how far the UK and Canada in the 5 eyes intel sharing framework as well as other former allies of the United States can still provide the Americans with any sensitive intelligence information at all
January 18, 2026 at 12:44 PM
This opens up wider questions about how far the UK and Canada in the 5 eyes intel sharing framework as well as other former allies of the United States can still provide the Americans with any sensitive intelligence information at all
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In 1916, the US was worried that Germany might take control of the Danish West Indies to use as a submarine base. So, Denmark sold the Danish West Indies to the USA, with the colony becoming the US Virgin Islands. In exchange, the USA acknowledged Denmark's complete sovereignty over Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 7:23 PM
In 1916, the US was worried that Germany might take control of the Danish West Indies to use as a submarine base. So, Denmark sold the Danish West Indies to the USA, with the colony becoming the US Virgin Islands. In exchange, the USA acknowledged Denmark's complete sovereignty over Greenland.
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As far as I can tell, we don’t give up on criminal law because some people break it. So, why do countries seem to be giving up on international law because the USA, Israel and other are choosing to break it? Isn’t this the exact moment when we need it most?
January 17, 2026 at 12:16 PM
As far as I can tell, we don’t give up on criminal law because some people break it. So, why do countries seem to be giving up on international law because the USA, Israel and other are choosing to break it? Isn’t this the exact moment when we need it most?
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‘He’s taught me more about living than life itself’: on the road with Niki and Jimmy
‘He’s taught me more about living than life itself’: on the road with Niki and Jimmy
At 17 Niki vowed to give her newborn son, born blind and profoundly disabled, the best life she could. Thirty years on she and Jimmy are travelling Australia in a Toyota Troopy, balancing hard-won freedom with constant care
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:18 PM
‘He’s taught me more about living than life itself’: on the road with Niki and Jimmy
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Hundreds of children in illegal care homes is ‘what failure looks like’.
New data obtained by Rachel de Souza, the children’s commissioner for England, reveals many youngsters are being housed in unregistered and unsuitable premises.
✍️ @catneilan.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3Ni7XSG
New data obtained by Rachel de Souza, the children’s commissioner for England, reveals many youngsters are being housed in unregistered and unsuitable premises.
✍️ @catneilan.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3Ni7XSG
Hundreds of children in illegal care homes is ‘what failu...
New data obtained by Rachel de Souza, the children's commissioner for England, reveals many youngsters are being housed in unregistered and unsuitable premises
bit.ly
January 17, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Hundreds of children in illegal care homes is ‘what failure looks like’.
New data obtained by Rachel de Souza, the children’s commissioner for England, reveals many youngsters are being housed in unregistered and unsuitable premises.
✍️ @catneilan.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3Ni7XSG
New data obtained by Rachel de Souza, the children’s commissioner for England, reveals many youngsters are being housed in unregistered and unsuitable premises.
✍️ @catneilan.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3Ni7XSG