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1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
Mandelson’s Fifth Column
The British government’s business department exists to undermine democracy.
www.monbiot.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:32 AM
1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
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NEW: this is how the US press would report on this if it was happening in a ‘shithole country’. It’s an execution. But it also reveals how weak Trump really is
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Death Squads Execute Second Dissident
Or what the US press would say if this was happening on the streets of a "shithole" country overseas
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:03 AM
NEW: this is how the US press would report on this if it was happening in a ‘shithole country’. It’s an execution. But it also reveals how weak Trump really is
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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The new world we need is going to be messy – and that will be the foundation of its strength www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
The new world we need is going to be messy – and that will be the foundation of its strength
I am tired. Specifically, I am tired of Trump. I am tired of the confusion that he is creating. I am tired of the chaos that he is leaving in his wake. I am tired of the uncertainty that is harming pe...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
January 23, 2026 at 9:23 AM
The new world we need is going to be messy – and that will be the foundation of its strength www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
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Hundreds and hundreds of people have joined the Green Party since this was broadcast.
Together - we are growing this movement.
Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
Together - we are growing this movement.
Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 23, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Hundreds and hundreds of people have joined the Green Party since this was broadcast.
Together - we are growing this movement.
Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
Together - we are growing this movement.
Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
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Outside Palantir this morning with @zackpolanski.bsky.social. This Trumpist corporation should be nowhere near our NHS (or indeed our military).
January 22, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Outside Palantir this morning with @zackpolanski.bsky.social. This Trumpist corporation should be nowhere near our NHS (or indeed our military).
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We need a UK Digital Sovereignty Strategy.
Urge your MP to sign @sianberry.bsky.social Early Day Motion 👇🏼
action.openrightsgroup.org/protect-brit...
Urge your MP to sign @sianberry.bsky.social Early Day Motion 👇🏼
action.openrightsgroup.org/protect-brit...
January 22, 2026 at 11:44 AM
We need a UK Digital Sovereignty Strategy.
Urge your MP to sign @sianberry.bsky.social Early Day Motion 👇🏼
action.openrightsgroup.org/protect-brit...
Urge your MP to sign @sianberry.bsky.social Early Day Motion 👇🏼
action.openrightsgroup.org/protect-brit...
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Grifting his nasty arse off.
An absent, racist MP worshipping at the MAGA altar from the Brexit rubble, demanding power without accountability. And apparently, being given it.
Every day Farage proves himself unfit for public office. And every day he gets his free pass and laughs his way to the bank.
An absent, racist MP worshipping at the MAGA altar from the Brexit rubble, demanding power without accountability. And apparently, being given it.
Every day Farage proves himself unfit for public office. And every day he gets his free pass and laughs his way to the bank.
New - Nigel Farage has been found by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards to have made 17 standards breaches, adding up to over £380,000 in late declarations.
He’s apologised, so no further investigation (which seems unusual for a breach this large)
He’s apologised, so no further investigation (which seems unusual for a breach this large)
January 21, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Grifting his nasty arse off.
An absent, racist MP worshipping at the MAGA altar from the Brexit rubble, demanding power without accountability. And apparently, being given it.
Every day Farage proves himself unfit for public office. And every day he gets his free pass and laughs his way to the bank.
An absent, racist MP worshipping at the MAGA altar from the Brexit rubble, demanding power without accountability. And apparently, being given it.
Every day Farage proves himself unfit for public office. And every day he gets his free pass and laughs his way to the bank.
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The Fucking brains of Reform scoring another own goal.
January 17, 2026 at 8:55 AM
The Fucking brains of Reform scoring another own goal.
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Genius 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂👇🏼
I’ll get a quote for Mel Stride, James Cleverly and Chris Phelp.. you can get a price in under three seconds❗️
I tried one for Priti Patel but they only buy runners that fire on all cylinders ever since Dorries joined 🤷🏼♂️
I’ll get a quote for Mel Stride, James Cleverly and Chris Phelp.. you can get a price in under three seconds❗️
I tried one for Priti Patel but they only buy runners that fire on all cylinders ever since Dorries joined 🤷🏼♂️
January 17, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Genius 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂👇🏼
I’ll get a quote for Mel Stride, James Cleverly and Chris Phelp.. you can get a price in under three seconds❗️
I tried one for Priti Patel but they only buy runners that fire on all cylinders ever since Dorries joined 🤷🏼♂️
I’ll get a quote for Mel Stride, James Cleverly and Chris Phelp.. you can get a price in under three seconds❗️
I tried one for Priti Patel but they only buy runners that fire on all cylinders ever since Dorries joined 🤷🏼♂️
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Keir Starmer has NOT condemned the murder of Renee Good by ICE.
Think about that.
Think about that.
January 15, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Keir Starmer has NOT condemned the murder of Renee Good by ICE.
Think about that.
Think about that.
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🔴 Last week the Free Speech Union got a High Court writ to prevent the publication of a list of its donors
So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit
Wanna see? 🫣
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit
Wanna see? 🫣
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
democracyforsale.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:31 AM
🔴 Last week the Free Speech Union got a High Court writ to prevent the publication of a list of its donors
So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit
Wanna see? 🫣
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit
Wanna see? 🫣
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
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January 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Why is embedding Peter Thiel’s Palantir in the British army, navy & airforce a national security disaster? Well consider what happens when you ‘buy’ a Tesla.
You’re actually just renting the software. That can be turned off at any time.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
You’re actually just renting the software. That can be turned off at any time.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
January 12, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Why is embedding Peter Thiel’s Palantir in the British army, navy & airforce a national security disaster? Well consider what happens when you ‘buy’ a Tesla.
You’re actually just renting the software. That can be turned off at any time.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
You’re actually just renting the software. That can be turned off at any time.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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SHOCK CELL PHONE VIDEO: Renee Good's final words to her murderer: “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.”
ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.”
Via Alpha News
ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.”
Via Alpha News
January 9, 2026 at 6:36 PM
SHOCK CELL PHONE VIDEO: Renee Good's final words to her murderer: “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.”
ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.”
Via Alpha News
ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.”
Via Alpha News
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Farage wants to bring Trump’s death squads to the streets of Britain. Together, we will stop him.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...
Inside Trump's deportation 'goon squads' that are blueprint for Farage's Britain
Armed ICE officers ruthlessly swoop on US homes in the dead of night, rounding up men and locking them in shackles ready for deportation. The Mirror has watched them in action
www.mirror.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Farage wants to bring Trump’s death squads to the streets of Britain. Together, we will stop him.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...
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You promised to end corridor care — so why is it still happening?
Patients are treated in corridors without dignity or privacy. Staff are forced to deliver care they know isn’t safe.
This isn’t a winter pressure. It’s a national failure.
✍️ Demand action now: bit.ly/end-corridor...
Patients are treated in corridors without dignity or privacy. Staff are forced to deliver care they know isn’t safe.
This isn’t a winter pressure. It’s a national failure.
✍️ Demand action now: bit.ly/end-corridor...
January 8, 2026 at 8:42 AM
You promised to end corridor care — so why is it still happening?
Patients are treated in corridors without dignity or privacy. Staff are forced to deliver care they know isn’t safe.
This isn’t a winter pressure. It’s a national failure.
✍️ Demand action now: bit.ly/end-corridor...
Patients are treated in corridors without dignity or privacy. Staff are forced to deliver care they know isn’t safe.
This isn’t a winter pressure. It’s a national failure.
✍️ Demand action now: bit.ly/end-corridor...
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This 73 year old cartoon by Yuliy Ganf called "At This Restaurant Only One Person Is Served," is as true today as it ever was.
January 1, 2026 at 8:23 PM
This 73 year old cartoon by Yuliy Ganf called "At This Restaurant Only One Person Is Served," is as true today as it ever was.
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I wrote this yesterday. It’s my message in a bottle from 2025. May it find you where you are xx
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
On Power
Liminal thoughts from a liminal space, "The Perineum" between Christmas and New Year
open.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:48 PM
I wrote this yesterday. It’s my message in a bottle from 2025. May it find you where you are xx
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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I'm asking John - and indeed all journalists - as a new year resolution to stop comparisons with a national economy and a household budget.
How many years have to go by until we can have coherent conversations in the media about the economy?
t.co/jIObxTAoeL
How many years have to go by until we can have coherent conversations in the media about the economy?
t.co/jIObxTAoeL
December 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I'm asking John - and indeed all journalists - as a new year resolution to stop comparisons with a national economy and a household budget.
How many years have to go by until we can have coherent conversations in the media about the economy?
t.co/jIObxTAoeL
How many years have to go by until we can have coherent conversations in the media about the economy?
t.co/jIObxTAoeL
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"Fact over fiction every time"
via Against Tories and Tory Austerity
via Against Tories and Tory Austerity
December 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
"Fact over fiction every time"
via Against Tories and Tory Austerity
via Against Tories and Tory Austerity
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Reform flagship Kent County Council to receive £50m Govt funding boost as it flounders with a £60 million budget gap
Out of their depth, mismanaging the budget, when not suspended or quitting (9 gone so far) they’re slashing adult services, raising taxes
They spend £100K on political assistants🤬🤬
Out of their depth, mismanaging the budget, when not suspended or quitting (9 gone so far) they’re slashing adult services, raising taxes
They spend £100K on political assistants🤬🤬
Reform UK-led Kent County Council to receive £50m funding boost
Kent County Council is set to get £569.7m next year in its fair funding allocation.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Reform flagship Kent County Council to receive £50m Govt funding boost as it flounders with a £60 million budget gap
Out of their depth, mismanaging the budget, when not suspended or quitting (9 gone so far) they’re slashing adult services, raising taxes
They spend £100K on political assistants🤬🤬
Out of their depth, mismanaging the budget, when not suspended or quitting (9 gone so far) they’re slashing adult services, raising taxes
They spend £100K on political assistants🤬🤬
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The managing director of Teesside airport is running the publicly owned business while holding a remarkable conflict of interest: he’s also on the books of an investor who tried to buy the airport and has snaffled up a large swathe of adjacent land.
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
December 20, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The managing director of Teesside airport is running the publicly owned business while holding a remarkable conflict of interest: he’s also on the books of an investor who tried to buy the airport and has snaffled up a large swathe of adjacent land.
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
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This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
December 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
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