Quitting the ECHR would unleash a populist nightmare in Britain, argues Simon Nixon ../2
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The far right, predictably completely silent when it's white men accused of rape Their silence speaks volumes - Nick Lowles nicklowles.substack.com/p/their-sile...
Their silence speaks volumesHow the far-right’s silence about the arrest of Andrew Tate for rape, assault and indecent images of a child tells you all you need to know about who these men are, and their political motivations.nicklowles.substack.com"A recent report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) found that solar and wind paired with battery storage can now deliver round‑the‑clock power cheaper than new fossil fuel generation." nixons.substack.com/p/this-septi...
This Septic IsleWho's afraid of Marine Le Pen, how corrupt is Farage's Britain, why investors should keep an eye on Japan, and could cheap batteries bankrupt the gridnixons.substack.com🤨🤐 ‘Posh George’, Two Passports, and a Fraudulent Identity: Convicted Fraudster and Nigel Farage Funder's Connections to Reform UK’s Murky Financial Structures – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/07/23/p...
‘Posh George’, Two Passports, and a Fraudulent Identity: Convicted Fraudster and Nigel Farage Funder's Connections to Reform UK’s Murky Financial StructuresWhy did Reform UK change from being a privately-owned company to a non-profit company limited by guarantee in 2025? Nafeez Ahmed investigates a fraudulent identity used by George Cottrell – and how hi...bylinetimes.comIt just goes on and on and on! Reform stinks.
Financial TimesBetting account in Cottrell’s name received $9mn in crypto from unidentified sources ft.trib.al/8PXAsSa
Want to break free of the dodgy countries now controlling oil supply? Phase out reliance on diesel and petrol. A huge step for national security, and better for the planet, too.
Mums for Lungs"There is simply no justification for prolonging our dependence on petrol and diesel." This lobbying comes as no surprise - we need our new Prime Minister to stand firm on this. #AirPollution #ZeroEmission @andyburnham.bsky.social @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social @heidialexander.bsky.social
AI just gets worse and worse. A plague on all their houses!
Emanuel Maibergcompanies are sourcing millions of printed books for AI labs that scan them for training data, then destroy them. printed books are more valuable because they're free of AI slop, and AI labs know destroying them is an "optics problem." www.404media.co/ai-companies...
The closer you look at Reform.... Reform UK's £30,000 Donation in Private Flights was Secretly Funded by Owner's 'Credit' – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/07/21/r...
Reform UK's £30,000 Donation in Private Flights was Secretly Funded by Owner's 'Credit'A Byline Times investigation raises questions about whether the true source of the money went undeclared by Nigel Farage's partybylinetimes.com🤔 The Troubled Firms That Gave Reform UK Tens of Thousands of Pounds Whilst on the Brink of Collapse – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/06/29/t...
The Troubled Firms That Gave Reform UK Tens of Thousands of Pounds Whilst on the Brink of CollapseAnti-corruption campaigners question why firms are choosing to donate tens of thousands of pounds they apparently don't have to Nigel Farage's partybylinetimes.comClassic. Like telling people to take down their online storage in the face of massive AI data centres. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Water firms in England and Wales ‘leak five times what hosepipe ban would save’Greenpeace UK says 2.87bn litres lost daily, a fifth of all water pumped through networkwww.theguardian.comAnd the minister who presided over this Kafkaesque farce is about to get control of Treasury? God help us! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
British girl, 15, stranded in Rome for six weeks due to new passport rulesThe dual national, who missed six weeks of school, is latest of several children affected by recent Home Office policywww.theguardian.comPolitical violence is on the rise. We must stand against it. nicklowles.substack.com/p/political-...
Political violence is on the rise. We must stand against it.The murder of Ann Widdecombe and the arrest of 12 people for a threatened attack on an Islamic event in Suffolk reminds of the growing threat of political violence and terrorism in the UK.nicklowles.substack.comTory corruption, in other words. We won't forget
Ian FraserThe UK wasted nearly £10bn on PPE during the Covid–19 pandemic, public inquiry chaired by Heather Hallett finds. The Johnson government’s “VIP lane” led to “unfairness” and was “inherently biased towards those with connections to the UK government,” she added.
Major new story on how Palantir got its claws into the NHS - through Peter Mandelson's lobbying company Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHSA decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...www.lrb.co.ukOh guess what, looks like Farage was lying about not being offered security, too liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/464...
Nigel Farage declined offer of taxpayer-funded securityThe Reform leader’s spokesman told The i Paper it was a downgrade on the state-funded security he had previously receivedliveapp.inews.co.ukWho could have possibly predicted that buildings set in poorly-shaded hard paved courts and with big glass roofs would turn into ovens in the summer? 🤔 (La canicule met à l’épreuve l’architecture des bâtiments publics récents de l’Ouest, comme la gare de Rennes) www.lemoniteur.fr/immobilier/l...
www.lemoniteur.frThe UK universities crisis: "99 UK universities and 40 arts and humanities departments have undergone restructures and redundancies since 2020. The latter have been primarily concentrated in institutions that cater to students from underrepresented backgrounds, lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...
Literature Is Not a Vibe: On ChatGPT and the Humanities | Los Angeles Review of BooksRachele Dini discusses OpenAI’s “A Machine-Shaped Hand” and an academic sector in crisis.lareviewofbooks.org“I hope it’s not getting you too hot when I tell you that the future of British politics is a load of public-school guys pointing at each other and going: “No, YOU’RE the establishment!” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
One thought on the Clacton contenders: the ‘establishment’ looks a bit different these days, doesn’t it? | Marina HydeNigel Farage has billed his byelection as a clash with the powers that be. To wit: Laurence Fox, a naked celebrity and a man with a bin on his head, says Guardian columnist Marina Hydewww.theguardian.comTalk about shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted. At least a decade late. A whole generation already hooked on nicotine. FFS. I blame the Tories for this www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Vapes to have less enticing names and flavours to protect childrenPeople are being consulted about plans to stop vape companies using enticing flavour descriptions that "attract" children into experimenting.www.bbc.co.uk