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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Former Labour Deputy Leader Lord Thomas Watson, now Senior VP at Palantir UK, wrote to me defending their public contracts. Instead of trading letters, I’ve challenged him to an open, public debate. He can defend Palantir’s ethos; I’ll argue for public accountability. Will you accept, Tom?
Formal letter from Clive Lewis MP, Member of Parliament for Norwich South, to Lord Thomas Watson of Wyre Forest, Senior Vice President of Palantir Technologies UK Limited, dated 7 October 2026. In the letter, Lewis challenges Watson to a public debate regarding Palantir's role in government contracts and public institutions. Lewis rejects Watson's claim that criticisms malign software engineers, stressing that elected officials must scrutinize corporate power, democratic control, and public accountability. He proposes a debate with an impartial chair, equal time, and audience questions.
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Lyam Mc @lyamelbandino.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Remember the Tories don’t care about people, they never did and this will never change. All the issue we face started with them forcing Neoliberalism on us. 😡
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Last chance to join my bird illustration & mental health workshop on zoom this Sat I'll teach you how: 🪶...to draw several different bird species using my simple formula 🧠...creative activity (incl drawing) alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health. workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bird...
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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Tories subjected us to 14 years of austerity 'to get the national debt under control' - but more than doubled the debt. They now say they must impose more austerity (welfare cuts) to fund defence - but their track record is of spending less on defence as a % of GDP over their time in power. 🤔
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 03/10/2026
Another attack overnight on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. This is the 6th attack this week, and still getting almost no coverage!! The human price for transiting the Strait seems to be being priced into business costs.
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 01/10/2026
Was just explaining this to someone at Labour’s conference - Crown Estate owns the coast and seabed and charges for the use of it for green energy projects - pushing up energy bills.
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Jo @buncharliedid.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Reform have said they want their own DOGE, I wonder how our checks and balances would hold out www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Elon is my prophet’: how Musk’s Doge team took a wrecking ball to Washington
When the new ‘department of government efficiency’ sent young techies to disrupt federal agencies, not everyone complied. Here’s what happened when one worker fought to protect immigrant data
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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Most TV is just this now.
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.” - James Baldwin. @theguardian.com you reported gleefully that Ed Millburn said the UK Labour government fell short, this is nothing to be gleeful about. This also isn’t falling short, it’s a derelection of duty
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 28/09/2026
So this is the UK in 2026? Actively wishing desperate poor people to die, and not hiding it. Putting it all out in public for people to see... How do we even come back from this? How do we deradicalise and deprogram a proportion of an entire population to return their humanity and empathy?
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good thing that this couldn’t have been predicted almost a year ago <runs bitter victory lap> and the government didn’t just blithely carry on doing the same thing. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/718...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Business groups urge John Healey to show restraint on raising UK’s minimum wage. They claim lifting people out of poverty is inflationary. Can't recall millionaires restraining on profiteering, exec pay, dividends, share buybacks. Have they tried living on minimum wage? archive.ph/h0pVc
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Business groups urge John Healey to show restraint on raising UK’s minimum wage
Companies warn that a steep rise in labour costs will fuel inflation and cut jobs for young people
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Jo @buncharliedid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#folsom street fair, missing you this year, sad times
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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Doc'n'Roll punk Brighton documentary (also will be screened in Brighton on 28th October) Rio Dalston, 29th October That's me in the red checked shirt at the end of the line next to Johnny Piranha! riocinema.org.uk/Rio.dll/What...
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Doc N' Roll: Punk Brighton + Q&A | Rio Cinema
Showing from Thu 29 Oct
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 22/09/2026
1/23 Sorry, this will be long... There is a lot of shouting about what happened in the Channel yesterday. So I want to go back to basic law. Not immigration policies or political rhetoric. At sea, the starting point is simple: Preservation of life comes first under all maritime conventions.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Palantir should not have a seat in the house of Lords. Tom Watson shouldn't be allowed to work for Palantir and be a Lord he should be fired ASAP.
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Jo @buncharliedid.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Why are LBC news legitimising the ridiculous news from Piddington? They’re reporting it in the same way Brexit was reported #lbc
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RMT Union @rmtunion.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“We’ve sold off all of our assets but kept all of the liabilities… our national debt is a limit on our democracy, we have given a veto to foreign capital, we have got to do something about that." RMT General Secretary Eddie Dempsey at #TUC26
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Political Satirical @politicalsatirical.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Its just a goosestep to the right….
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“Guys, they want us to go home.” 🔥 🇫🇷 French short film about what would happen to society if all the immigrants listened to angry old racist white men and left (aka the Republican agenda)
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Crypto billionaires don’t become crypto billionaires by being generous or altruistic. They become crypto billionaires by being greedy, selfish, amoral, dishonest, untrustworthy shites. They don’t give away money for the common good. Is that who should control our politics?
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What I love about Western democracy is you can bung a political party £ 36 million earned from criminal activity & most media will continue to point at asylum seekers & migrant care workers with families as the barbarians at the gate we need to defend ourselves from 🙄.
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Jo @buncharliedid.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
These people have been radicalised, why won’t the government take notice? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Poole Old Lifeboat Museum shuts after protesters target volunteers
The museum in Poole says it will remain closed until until the anti-migrant protests stop.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Green's Baroness Bennett points out that Palantir did not have any experience in health data and only got NHS contracts after being introduced by the now disgraced Peter Mandelson Making the case that data ownership should be with the NHS, not with external parties
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I was around in the 1970s. I don't recall even the most rightwing Tory politicians downplaying National Front marches as some kind of justifiable expression of popular discontent.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Well well @neso-energy.bsky.social Did YOU fall for the “Dangle then gobble” too? What Government advice did you get? From whom? But keep it quiet. Now why would you do that? Our National Energy Operating systems in hoc to them too? Disgusted. www.ft.com/content/f6a2...
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Britain’s grid operator gave Palantir contract without inviting rival bids
Neso cited a legal exemption that removes the requirement to consider other suppliers if dependencies leave no alternative
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 08/09/2026
Easy to follow guide from the British press
An elderly lady being carried away by the police, labelled intimidating, and two black clad, balaclava wearing men standing in front of someone’s car, staring at them.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 08/09/2026
Did Kent Police ignore Dover blockade 999 call? We can reveal the story that undermines the public statement of Kent Police. 🧵
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Jo @buncharliedid.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Sent a little money to the RNLI, the least we can do considering #rnli
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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 07/09/2026
Big fan of how Russia can shut down a major UK port for half a day with just 5kg of cocaine and 100 severely divorced men.
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Pete Lowe 🌹 @petelowe-exx.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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Jo @buncharliedid.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is interesting, perhaps we’ll get a similar change and movement in the UK eventually www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Life after Maga: the group offering an ‘exit ramp’ for rightwingers questioning Trumpism
The non-profit Leaving Maga is built on the premise that abandoning the Trump-built movement is like fighting a disease or breaking an addiction
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Jo @buncharliedid.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social this is it in a nutshell, Britain has failed these people, they want something to save them, even if it’s not true www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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‘Capitalism is dying’: in Luton, these former car workers have a moral tale for our times | Aditya Chakrabortty
Abandoned by the company they worked for, let down by Labour and their unions – now they watch their friends turn to Reform for answers, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 04/09/2026
The UK is expecting a net zero jobs boom. The Government expects the transition could deliver up to 860,000 jobs by 2030. While most of these will be spread across the UK, others could – and should – be concentrated in selected places. Read more in our latest report ⬇️ buff.ly/zLX49WU
Chart showing net new jobs due to net zero, CCC maximum disruption scenario, by sector and regional dispersion: UK, 2023-2030
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The image versus The reality.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The wonderfully talented Marsh Family has a new parody of Alanis Morissette's song "Ironic." This will piss off Crybaby Caligula yugely. Isn't he moronic? Don't you think?😅
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Ant has a first date: 🔊 #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...
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Jo @buncharliedid.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Night time walk to the Mildmay Club, nights are drawing in already
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi.
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Jo @buncharliedid.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A neighbour after the eclipse, ‘can we look at the sun again now?’ Thankfully her friend said no
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Jo @buncharliedid.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
www.thenerve.news/p/nigel-fara...
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Follow the money: the Farage funding timeline
As the revelations around donations to Reform and its leader multiply, we’re keeping the receipts. Carole Cadwalladr introduces a master timeline of our investigation into Farage’s biggest funder, cry...
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Jo @buncharliedid.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Beautiful Venice
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This video was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1961. The Blue Danube. Original post
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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Over their 14 year rule, the Tories added a net 36 prison places per year. Sunak had to release over 10,000 prisoners early to cope with the crisis the Tories created. Since 2024, Labour have built 2,900 new places. But still the far right blame Labour for the Tory legacy.
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Philippa Banks @phil510.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The BBC cancelling Winterwatch is such a shame, especially when we need to be connecting with nature more than ever. If we want people to protect our wildlife, we have to show them it! Add your name to ask the BBC to reconsider. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
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Tell the BBC: Save Winterwatch!
The UK is losing its wildlife, and shows like Winterwatch are vital for connecting us to nature. The BBC's decision to cancel it makes no sense. Let's ask them to rethink this! Add your name here:
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lukewarm24.bsky.social @lukewarm24.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
They call themselves patriots But that couldn’t be further from the truth !!
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Russia is inflaming the debate on immigration in Britain as part of “increasing ambitions to disrupt our way of life”, counter-terror police and experts say It has directly and indirectly paid right-wing influencers to spread messages that align with its political goals inews.co.uk/news/putin-i...
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How Putin is inflaming immigration tensions to spark disorder in Britain
Counter-terror leaders reveal the tactics Russia is using to sow division in the UK
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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
‘…we need to achieve a minimum of 40% street tree canopy cover, and preferably more, before we start to really feel the benefits of nature’s most advanced air-conditioning technology.’ Me, for Big Issue, on tackling urban #heatwaves…👇 www.bigissue.com/opinion/heat...
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Absolutely, definitely, not “the Establishment”…
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Jo @buncharliedid.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
‘Stunt’ rhyming slang?
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