Heather Vincent #FBPE
@heathermvincent.bsky.social
Politics, economics, mycology, ecology. Data nerd. Scotland.
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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BREAKING: Tayo Aluko sings "we are not the terrorists" as he is arrested in Leeds for opposing genocide and the Palestine Action ban.
He previously took direct action with Palestine Action against the Israeli weapons industry, before the group was proscribed.
He previously took direct action with Palestine Action against the Israeli weapons industry, before the group was proscribed.
November 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
BREAKING: Tayo Aluko sings "we are not the terrorists" as he is arrested in Leeds for opposing genocide and the Palestine Action ban.
He previously took direct action with Palestine Action against the Israeli weapons industry, before the group was proscribed.
He previously took direct action with Palestine Action against the Israeli weapons industry, before the group was proscribed.
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
@cjayanetti.bsky.social I have been reading several recent articles on affordable housing. Can you recommend any recent writing on government progress on social housing? Thanks!
October 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
@cjayanetti.bsky.social I have been reading several recent articles on affordable housing. Can you recommend any recent writing on government progress on social housing? Thanks!
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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation
Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
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Fiona Godlee on why she protested, knowing she would be arrested.
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
I was arrested for peacefully protesting against genocide—why our medical leaders need to speak up
I have never been arrested before, but I went to London’s Parliament Square on 6 September with that as my sole objective. I am now one of over 1400 people, including at least 25 current and former UK...
www.bmj.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Fiona Godlee on why she protested, knowing she would be arrested.
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Full video on TikTok
https://5cw38.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/1t6Af4OiGsEafzHklEeWz9zzJSc2Pj/HNi-YLb0H7CO
https://5cw38.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/1t6Af4OiGsEafzHklEeWz9zzJSc2Pj/HNi-YLb0H7CO
Led by Donkeys protests "Orwellian" arrests for projecting Trump/Epstein photos www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Led By Donkeys attacks ‘Orwellian’ arrests after Trump Windsor projections
Exclusive: Campaign group says it was behind stunt that showed images of Trump and Epstein on castle tower
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Charged today, for hanging a banner showing the destruction of a street in Gaza.
⚡ UPDATE: 2 activists have been arrested and removed by police.
August 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Charged today, for hanging a banner showing the destruction of a street in Gaza.
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A sign of the demise of classical education. BBC edits out statement that man who expresses fear (φόβος/phóbos) of foreigners (ξένος / xénos) is xenophobic.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...
BBC apologises over Thought for the Day ‘xenophobia’ claim against Jenrick
Corporation says Krish Kandiah’s criticism of senior Tory not appropriate for faith-based radio segment
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A sign of the demise of classical education. BBC edits out statement that man who expresses fear (φόβος/phóbos) of foreigners (ξένος / xénos) is xenophobic.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...
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British doctor comes back from Gaza and confirms two things we knew: 1- the Israelis *specifically* confiscate formula feed to starve children 2- there is a clear pattern in gun shot wounds pointing to the fact that IDF soldiers are playing games hunting humans.
www.instagram.com/reel/DMm03Kp...
www.instagram.com/reel/DMm03Kp...
July 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
British doctor comes back from Gaza and confirms two things we knew: 1- the Israelis *specifically* confiscate formula feed to starve children 2- there is a clear pattern in gun shot wounds pointing to the fact that IDF soldiers are playing games hunting humans.
www.instagram.com/reel/DMm03Kp...
www.instagram.com/reel/DMm03Kp...
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Love this
Why is a small Scottish island boycotting Israel?
Eigg has made the decision - here's why.
Eigg has made the decision - here's why.
July 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Love this
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🚨 RIGHT NOW opposite Labour Party HQ in London.
We’ve turned their street into Jabaliya camp in Gaza. A genocide is happening, but the Labour government is supplying weapons, intelligence and diplomatic cover to the perpetrator. Protesting this is not terrorism.
We’ve turned their street into Jabaliya camp in Gaza. A genocide is happening, but the Labour government is supplying weapons, intelligence and diplomatic cover to the perpetrator. Protesting this is not terrorism.
July 22, 2025 at 7:41 AM
🚨 RIGHT NOW opposite Labour Party HQ in London.
We’ve turned their street into Jabaliya camp in Gaza. A genocide is happening, but the Labour government is supplying weapons, intelligence and diplomatic cover to the perpetrator. Protesting this is not terrorism.
We’ve turned their street into Jabaliya camp in Gaza. A genocide is happening, but the Labour government is supplying weapons, intelligence and diplomatic cover to the perpetrator. Protesting this is not terrorism.
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🚨UK Lawyers for Israel Ltd has tried to silence various voices supporting Palestine. Their charitable wing has made public statements rejecting international law.
Activist Em Hilton is on the Charity Commission offices to ask for an investigation.
youtu.be/Ui70R8PCkJ4
Activist Em Hilton is on the Charity Commission offices to ask for an investigation.
youtu.be/Ui70R8PCkJ4
UK Lawyers for Israel
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
youtu.be
July 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🚨UK Lawyers for Israel Ltd has tried to silence various voices supporting Palestine. Their charitable wing has made public statements rejecting international law.
Activist Em Hilton is on the Charity Commission offices to ask for an investigation.
youtu.be/Ui70R8PCkJ4
Activist Em Hilton is on the Charity Commission offices to ask for an investigation.
youtu.be/Ui70R8PCkJ4
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‘I believe that damaging and destroying weapons of war is one way of waging peace: I can only conclude that for the British government, the waging of peace is terrorism.’
Huw Lemmey on Palestine Action, online early from our next issue: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Huw Lemmey on Palestine Action, online early from our next issue: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Huw Lemmey · Short Cuts: Who’s afraid of Palestine Action?
I believe there is a moral case for disarming the machinery of war that is killing innocent civilians in Gaza with the...
www.lrb.co.uk
July 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
‘I believe that damaging and destroying weapons of war is one way of waging peace: I can only conclude that for the British government, the waging of peace is terrorism.’
Huw Lemmey on Palestine Action, online early from our next issue: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Huw Lemmey on Palestine Action, online early from our next issue: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Can't help but be reminded of how author Jonathan Miller schooled Enoch Powell on same.
July 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Can't help but be reminded of how author Jonathan Miller schooled Enoch Powell on same.
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So if you cut winter fuel payments, some people start to think you don’t care if people can’t heat their homes.
And if you make it harder to claim certain disability benefits, people think you don’t care about the most vulnerable members of society.
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And if you make it harder to claim certain disability benefits, people think you don’t care about the most vulnerable members of society.
10/
May 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
So if you cut winter fuel payments, some people start to think you don’t care if people can’t heat their homes.
And if you make it harder to claim certain disability benefits, people think you don’t care about the most vulnerable members of society.
10/
And if you make it harder to claim certain disability benefits, people think you don’t care about the most vulnerable members of society.
10/
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Lovely piece about how the government sought to misuse FoI law, and how the government was defeated.
Enjoy the story.
Enjoy the story.
🔴 Remember Aria, the “moonshot" research agency dreamed up by Dominic Cummings?
It's funded by £800m in public money but exempt from FOI laws
We decided to fight for transparency... and we won 🎉
New on Democracy for Sale w/ @lucasamin.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/dominic-cu...
It's funded by £800m in public money but exempt from FOI laws
We decided to fight for transparency... and we won 🎉
New on Democracy for Sale w/ @lucasamin.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/dominic-cu...
Democracy for Sale 1, Dominic Cummings 0
We fought to expose the £800m research agency that Cummings built to escape scrutiny - and we won.
democracyforsale.substack.com
April 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Lovely piece about how the government sought to misuse FoI law, and how the government was defeated.
Enjoy the story.
Enjoy the story.
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This is the intellectual environment that the Starmer government is trying to ingratiate itself with
BRENNAN: The countries seem kind of random. Why are the Heard and McDonald islands, which don't export to the US and are quite literally inhabited by penguins, why do they face a 10% tariff. Did you use AI to generate this?
LUTNICK: Heh heh heh. No.
LUTNICK: Heh heh heh. No.
April 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This is the intellectual environment that the Starmer government is trying to ingratiate itself with
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“the President is tired of getting ripped of by penguins”
Would probably not be the weirdest quote we’ll get this week. Good luck journalists!
Would probably not be the weirdest quote we’ll get this week. Good luck journalists!
April 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
“the President is tired of getting ripped of by penguins”
Would probably not be the weirdest quote we’ll get this week. Good luck journalists!
Would probably not be the weirdest quote we’ll get this week. Good luck journalists!
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Take "aliens" - to whom they can be performatively cruel.
Take universities, law firms and the media - which they are seeking to intimidate.
And take foreign states - where tariffs are being used to cut supposed "deals" (which Trump will renege on).
In essence: the three impulses of the bully.
Take universities, law firms and the media - which they are seeking to intimidate.
And take foreign states - where tariffs are being used to cut supposed "deals" (which Trump will renege on).
In essence: the three impulses of the bully.
April 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Take "aliens" - to whom they can be performatively cruel.
Take universities, law firms and the media - which they are seeking to intimidate.
And take foreign states - where tariffs are being used to cut supposed "deals" (which Trump will renege on).
In essence: the three impulses of the bully.
Take universities, law firms and the media - which they are seeking to intimidate.
And take foreign states - where tariffs are being used to cut supposed "deals" (which Trump will renege on).
In essence: the three impulses of the bully.
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There's nothing you can do to 'support' or 'bolster'; you can offer subsidies, but you have to tax to finance them, which we all pay for. All you can do is lower trade barriers with other countries than the US.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he’ll announce measures this week to support Britain’s economy and businesses amid the threat posed by Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Starmer Vows Steps to Bolster UK Business Against Tariff Threat
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he’ll announce measures this week to support Britain’s economy and businesses amid the threat posed by Donald Trump’s tariffs.
www.bloomberg.com
April 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
There's nothing you can do to 'support' or 'bolster'; you can offer subsidies, but you have to tax to finance them, which we all pay for. All you can do is lower trade barriers with other countries than the US.
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I’m increasingly convinced that there are some strategists in Number 10 who are out of their depth. Figuring out your path through the global maelstrom is trickier than identifying ‘hero voters’.
April 6, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I’m increasingly convinced that there are some strategists in Number 10 who are out of their depth. Figuring out your path through the global maelstrom is trickier than identifying ‘hero voters’.
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Breaking now: Ministry of Economics reporting the tariffs have not caused significant changes to our trading volumes
April 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Breaking now: Ministry of Economics reporting the tariffs have not caused significant changes to our trading volumes
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This is *essential* reading on the current sentencing council Discourse, both explaining what the sentencing council actually is, and quite how ridiculous politicians are being over it.
A shame we don't have a former DPP as PM who would understand the nuance of the situation. *Glances at camera*
A shame we don't have a former DPP as PM who would understand the nuance of the situation. *Glances at camera*
April 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This is *essential* reading on the current sentencing council Discourse, both explaining what the sentencing council actually is, and quite how ridiculous politicians are being over it.
A shame we don't have a former DPP as PM who would understand the nuance of the situation. *Glances at camera*
A shame we don't have a former DPP as PM who would understand the nuance of the situation. *Glances at camera*
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