Neil Brading
@neilbr.bsky.social
Retired teacher and teacher educator. Green and left-leaning. Interested in politics, education and travel - and lots of other things.
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Reminder of the spectacularly poor judgement of these people
January 18, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Reminder of the spectacularly poor judgement of these people
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Palantir was a warning sign.
Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment.
All in the name of "investment." What about national security?
Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment.
All in the name of "investment." What about national security?
January 18, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Palantir was a warning sign.
Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment.
All in the name of "investment." What about national security?
Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment.
All in the name of "investment." What about national security?
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How it started ... How it's going
January 17, 2026 at 9:58 PM
How it started ... How it's going
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It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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.
open.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:45 AM
It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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Trump (and right wingers in Britain & EU) often claim that the USA economy outperforms “sclerotic” Europe.
A more comprehensive comparison gives a different perspective about the quality of life in each:
A more comprehensive comparison gives a different perspective about the quality of life in each:
January 16, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Trump (and right wingers in Britain & EU) often claim that the USA economy outperforms “sclerotic” Europe.
A more comprehensive comparison gives a different perspective about the quality of life in each:
A more comprehensive comparison gives a different perspective about the quality of life in each:
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Palantir, which Wes Streeting is giving your health care records to, and which Labour has given a contract for military analytics to, is working with ICE in the United States to work out who to raid. www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 16, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Palantir, which Wes Streeting is giving your health care records to, and which Labour has given a contract for military analytics to, is working with ICE in the United States to work out who to raid. www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
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Trump enthusiastically endorsing keeping the Maduro regime in power in Venezuela.
January 15, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Trump enthusiastically endorsing keeping the Maduro regime in power in Venezuela.
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The Oxfordshire sport of Aunt Sally has been proposed as a contender for UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage inventory. Dating from the 17th century, it involves players throwing a stick at a dolly resting on a pole, and is known in France as “jeu de massacre”.
January 15, 2026 at 12:38 PM
The Oxfordshire sport of Aunt Sally has been proposed as a contender for UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage inventory. Dating from the 17th century, it involves players throwing a stick at a dolly resting on a pole, and is known in France as “jeu de massacre”.
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"Peter Thiel... the founder of this company, does not believe in democracy"
January 15, 2026 at 11:08 AM
"Peter Thiel... the founder of this company, does not believe in democracy"
‘There’s a yearning to celebrate Maduro’s removal. Hope that a transition to democracy is near. Contempt for Trump who may have emboldened Maduro’s loyalists to entrench themselves in power. Bewilderment about what exactly this foreign President plans to do with Venezuelan oil.’
🔴The Missing Voice
A Venezuelan journalist, who is desperate to speak out about recent events, but cannot for fear for their family, writes anonymously about what could happen next
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-missin...
A Venezuelan journalist, who is desperate to speak out about recent events, but cannot for fear for their family, writes anonymously about what could happen next
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-missin...
The Missing Voice
A Venezuelan journalist, who is desperate to speak out about recent events, but cannot for fear for their family, writes anonymously about what could happen next
www.bylinesupplement.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:39 AM
‘There’s a yearning to celebrate Maduro’s removal. Hope that a transition to democracy is near. Contempt for Trump who may have emboldened Maduro’s loyalists to entrench themselves in power. Bewilderment about what exactly this foreign President plans to do with Venezuelan oil.’
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Hands off Greenland!
December 23, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Hands off Greenland!
‘The mobile spins to its collision’, from Bowie’s Eight Line Poem keeps playing in my head whenever I think of Trump.
January 14, 2026 at 5:51 PM
‘The mobile spins to its collision’, from Bowie’s Eight Line Poem keeps playing in my head whenever I think of Trump.
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Gibberish
Trump: "After that you had a depression but that was a long time. That was in, like, 1913 you had the tariff switched into income tax. And then in 19-- and they like to blame tariffs. You ever notice? They brought tariffs back in 1932 to try to save the sucker. But it was in 1929."
January 13, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Gibberish
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Are we the baddies?
January 13, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Are we the baddies?
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Jeez. This is completely insane. How has this been allowed to happen?
January 13, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Jeez. This is completely insane. How has this been allowed to happen?
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This is beyond shocking - how can this be allowed to happen? Why on earth can’t they be released on bail? They have a right to a fair trial, appropriate medical treatment, & the removal of punitive Prison Service conditions. Govt’s ban on Palestine Action is simply intolerable
Imprisoned hunger striker linked to Palestine Action tells friend: ‘I’m dying’
Imprisoned hunger striker linked to Palestine Action tells friend: ‘I’m dying’
Francesca Nadin visited Heba Muraisi, 31, in a Wakefield prison at the weekend and says ‘her body is shutting down’
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A prisoner linked to Palestine Action who is on day 71 of a hunger strike has told a friend: “I’m dying.”
Francesca Nadin visited Heba Muraisi, 31, at HMP New Hall, in Wakefield, on Saturday for the first time since the protest began and said she was taken aback by her friend’s appearance. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:53 PM
This is beyond shocking - how can this be allowed to happen? Why on earth can’t they be released on bail? They have a right to a fair trial, appropriate medical treatment, & the removal of punitive Prison Service conditions. Govt’s ban on Palestine Action is simply intolerable
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The government sits and watches as Heba dies. It's heartbreaking, horrible, almost impossible to compute. Didn't people vote in the hope (however forlorn) of ending the Tories' psychopathic mode of government? Yet on it goes, under Keir Starmer. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Imprisoned hunger striker linked to Palestine Action tells friend: ‘I’m dying’
Francesca Nadin visited Heba Muraisi, 31, in a Wakefield prison at the weekend and says ‘her body is shutting down’
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
The government sits and watches as Heba dies. It's heartbreaking, horrible, almost impossible to compute. Didn't people vote in the hope (however forlorn) of ending the Tories' psychopathic mode of government? Yet on it goes, under Keir Starmer. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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hey, any chance we can get a green mp to request an urgent question on the hunger strikers this week please?
January 12, 2026 at 6:10 PM
hey, any chance we can get a green mp to request an urgent question on the hunger strikers this week please?
At best Mandelson is a terrible judge of character.
January 11, 2026 at 9:17 PM
At best Mandelson is a terrible judge of character.
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WTAF is Louis Mosley of Palantir doing on Laura Kuenssberg? Why is an executive of this predatory big data firm, owned & run by far-right fanatics & central to the genocidal machinery of the Israeli state, given privileged airtime on the BBC's flagship politics show?
#bbclaurak
#bbclaurak
January 11, 2026 at 9:31 AM
WTAF is Louis Mosley of Palantir doing on Laura Kuenssberg? Why is an executive of this predatory big data firm, owned & run by far-right fanatics & central to the genocidal machinery of the Israeli state, given privileged airtime on the BBC's flagship politics show?
#bbclaurak
#bbclaurak
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When Keir Starmer appointed Mandelson I said publicly it was a serious error of judgement. I’ve always been a supporter of the BBC in its role as a public broadcaster but the decision to invite Mandelson onto the Kuensberg programme calls into question once more its own judgment.
January 11, 2026 at 11:33 AM
When Keir Starmer appointed Mandelson I said publicly it was a serious error of judgement. I’ve always been a supporter of the BBC in its role as a public broadcaster but the decision to invite Mandelson onto the Kuensberg programme calls into question once more its own judgment.
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Two-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll finds.
Net migration to the UK fell by more than two-thirds to a post-pandemic low in the year ending June 2025, but 67% of the people polled thought it had increased
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Net migration to the UK fell by more than two-thirds to a post-pandemic low in the year ending June 2025, but 67% of the people polled thought it had increased
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Two-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll finds
Exclusive: Voters say they have little confidence that government can control borders despite sharp falls in net migration
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Two-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll finds.
Net migration to the UK fell by more than two-thirds to a post-pandemic low in the year ending June 2025, but 67% of the people polled thought it had increased
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Net migration to the UK fell by more than two-thirds to a post-pandemic low in the year ending June 2025, but 67% of the people polled thought it had increased
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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How about a travel ban on all US citizens to the EU and UK if Trump’s Hooligans ’take’ Greenland? Sound like one good point to add to the plan?
January 11, 2026 at 7:37 AM
How about a travel ban on all US citizens to the EU and UK if Trump’s Hooligans ’take’ Greenland? Sound like one good point to add to the plan?
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DEYANKIFICATION NOW!
We need urgent DEYANKIFICATION in the UK to end our dependence on the Fascistic Trump regime!
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January 10, 2026 at 12:03 PM
DEYANKIFICATION NOW!