Reposted by Nick HaydonPhilip Stephens @philipstephens.bsky.social · 08/10/2026In Berlin this week …depressing to report that British pms visit seems to have gone unnoticed … 333
Reposted by Nick HaydonMaryamB (She/Her) #FBPE #BanX #DemocracyDiedInDarkness 6Nov24🖤 @maryamb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026bsky.app/profile/good... 14424
Reposted by Nick HaydonGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukPeter 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... 18634441861
Reposted by Nick HaydonJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 18/09/2026It is incredibly important that political violence does not succeed. The far-right mob that shut down Portsmouth wanted this outcome. If the state wishes to avoid more of these actions, it needs to make sure this RNLI branch reopens *immediately*, or as close to that as humanly possible. 411206369
Reposted by Nick HaydonAlex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Glad our MPs have enough time on their hands for such important matters. Perhaps they could also scrutinize UK record at international croquet events; why haircuts are so expensive; and how to improve the annoying music when you’re on hold for a phone call. 🙄🙄🙄 www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...theguardian.comUK to answer for its ‘dismal record’ in Eurovision before committee of MPsDigital, culture, media and sport committee expected to hear evidence from BBC bosses and music industry experts 1814642
Reposted by Nick HaydonPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 24/08/2026‘£30 billion lost’: Six major studies confirm Brexit’s HUGE toll on UK economy In 10 days' time, MPs will be summoned to debate the economic impact of Brexit. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...thelondoneconomic.com'£30 billion lost': Six major studies confirm Brexit's HUGE toll on UK economyIn 10 days' time, MPs will be summoned to debate the economic impact of Brexit. Let's hope they all have a good read of this... 45961429
Reposted by Nick HaydonSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel is stoking anti-Muslim prejudice with juvenile trolling of Britain as "an Islamic Republic", that plays mainly to the American far right www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...theguardian.comBenjamin Netanyahu describes UK as ‘first Islamic republic to get a nuclear weapon’Israeli PM criticised by political rival for attacking an international ally and overseeing ‘horrific diplomatic failure’ 22310111
Reposted by Nick HaydonFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 15/08/2026Ukraine left exposed as Patriot launchers run empty ft.trib.al/G8L808Eft.trib.alUkraine left exposed as Patriot launchers run emptyKyiv’s military momentum at risk as dwindling interceptor stocks leave it vulnerable to Russia’s winter campaign 32611
Reposted by Nick HaydonMarianne Velvart @mariannevelvart.bsky.social · 12/08/2026UK's brexit campaign was triggered by outrage from the moneyed classes at the social democratic EU wanting to make offshore shell accounts transparent? Basically, shell accounts exist to disguise the wealth of non tax-paying billionaires. A surefire way to make us poor plebs carry the entire load. 185
Reposted by Nick HaydonBylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 14/08/2026Britain has another “ingenious” plan for Europe: single market access without freedom of movement or EU law. Niall Ó Conghaile spots a familiar problem. Britons are talking to Britons again. Why would Europe agree? @eastangliabylines.co.uk @nialloconghaile.bsky.socialeastangliabylines.co.ukBritons talking to Britons: the Brexit mistake we keep makingAnother 'ingenious' plan for Europe founders on a familiar problem: nobody seems to have asked what Europe actually wants 1610345
Reposted by Nick HaydonMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports. Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round. A missed opportunity?eastangliabylines.co.ukAs Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carportsMinisters have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations 28128671226
Reposted by Nick HaydonJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I've been rummaging through Keir Starmer's last acts in office, including many that got totally buried This (rather big list) is from his last week in power: bylinetimes.com/2026/07/22/f...bylinetimes.comFrom Steel Nationalisation to Plug-In Solar: Keir Starmer’s Final Acts in GovernmentThe outgoing PM sneaked a lot of significant announcements out just before he left office 19331164
Reposted by Nick HaydonAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I'm old enough to remember when the entire British right had a month long meltdown about "foreign interference" when Obama said something mildly disobliging about Brexit. The Trump administration pouring millions of dollars into far right political groups in the UK? Not a peep 641437637
Reposted by Nick HaydonRuth Fox @ruthfox.bsky.social · 07/07/2026🧵 Amid all the speculation about Nigel Farage's 2pm statement, it's worth noting paragraph 40 of the Procedural Protocol to the MPs' Code of Conduct. If he announces he's resigning and seeking a by-election, that would not automatically end the investigation into whether he breached the Code in... 42971400
Reposted by Nick HaydonPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 07/07/2026A timely reminder Nigel Farage wants to - leave the ECHR - repeal the Equality Act - Strip back workers rights - Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts - repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes “no fault evictions” PLEASE DON’T FALL FOR IT youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...youtu.beIf UK media actually explained Nigel Farage’s policies to the public no one would be supporting himYouTube video by Peter Stefanovic 21598234
Reposted by Nick HaydonFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 07/06/2026 Britain’s questionable reliance on Palantir ft.trib.al/3RJ8MrL | opinionft.trib.alBritain’s questionable reliance on PalantirGovernment should use the best technology for any task, but be wary of ‘lock-ins’ 75420
Reposted by Nick HaydonGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/05/2026ICE knows it's acting illegally and without authority to arrest in thousands of cases. The court records demonstrate this. It must stop. Now. 481641399
Reposted by Nick HaydonPOLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 15/05/2026Just as its Conservative predecessors did before it, Britain's Labour government risks driving the U.K.’s economy into a ditch with an internal party fight over the steering wheel.politico.euStarmer drama has UK markets reliving their Truss nightmareU.K. politicians yet again risk shooting the economy in the foot in a fight for control of the government. 3124
Reposted by Nick HaydonPrincess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Good News! A modern experiment shows that vaccines work, and what happens when vaccination levels fall. South Carolina was grappling with a measles outbreak. Luckily they reversed it. 🧪 abcnews.com/Health/after...abcnews.comAfter nearly 1,000 cases, here's how South Carolina officials beat back a measles outbreakAfter six months and nearly 1,000 cases, a measles outbreak in South Carolina came to an end. Here's how officials got it under control. 5237129
Reposted by Nick HaydonGood Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 27/04/2026“Mandelson has a clear conflict of interest – and the failure to keep a minute of the meeting he arranged for the PM shows a kind of contempt for the public interest.” A year ago, the FCDO blanked us on details of *that* Starmer meeting with Palantir in DC: goodlaw.social/ln45 210336
Reposted by Nick HaydonAda Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Oh, would you look at that: Men are perceived as more creative than women even when competency is controlled for, and more deserving of rewards. Five studies shows men are routinely seen having more 'out of the box' creativity. But not only are women... adalovelaceday.substack.com/p/gender-ste...adalovelaceday.substack.comALD Report: Gender stereotypes result in women being judged as less creativeAnd men being judged as more deserving of reward. 49647
Nick Haydon @haynick.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Just watched the documentary on the Artemis II mission on BBC. Apparently moon landing probably in 2028. Remind me - when will the HS2 project be built and trains running? 010
Reposted by Nick HaydonBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Conservative MP Edward Leigh thinks disabled people and pensioners cost too much. He claims £2350 to pay his Council Tax, and £2500 to pay his energy bills every year But he isn't disabled or a pensioner, he is on £94,000 He should pay his self and cut the bloody benefit costs 43429143
Reposted by Nick HaydonThe Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 14/04/2026Viktor Orbán stifled the press at home and cultivated media friends abroadirishtimes.comViktor Orbán stifled the press at home and cultivated media friends abroadHe showed how the international illiberal right could survive inside a liberal democratic alliance 021
Reposted by Nick HaydonThe Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Are junior doctor's pay demands unreasonable? They rejected a pay offer of 4.9% (that's 35% over 4 years) - that looks greedy. BUT, pay would still be 20% lower in real terms than in 2008. That's a MASSIVE cut. In comparison, MPs basic salary gained 48% over the same period... 42816
Reposted by Nick HaydonEdwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 03/04/2026A lot of nonsense circulating today about how the EU will force us to relabel marmalade as "Citrus Marmalade". The truth: The new law's requirements will be met if the citrus fruit is named, so e.g. "Orange Marmalade" would be fine. You merely can't use "Marmalade" on its own. 2411134
Reposted by Nick HaydonBill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 03/04/2026It’s a real problem that our elite institutions are just much stupider now than they used to be 752747405
Reposted by Nick HaydonGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Just what we don't need. Already, our rivers are overloaded with both human and livestock waste, leading in many cases to #rivercide. Now the government, responding as always to lobbyists, wants to make it worse. Then it wonders why it loses public support. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comUK looks to relax planning rules for factory farms after industry lobbyingExclusive: documents chronicle years-long campaign to make it easier to build intensive livestock units 701223498
Reposted by Nick HaydonHelene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Here is the full Rycroft report on foreign interference in the UK www.gov.uk/government/p...gov.ukThe Rycroft Review: Report of the independent review into countering foreign financial influence and interference in UK politics 44729
Reposted by Nick HaydonLiz Webster 🏴🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 06/01/2026‼️🚨Sophie Ridge: “You’ve secured trading terms with the US that are worse than they were before Brexit.” Wes Streeting: “I don’t dispute that.” 🔥 And there it is 🔥 Brexit made Britain weak and that’s why it will continue to make us poorer until with rejoin the EU. 612551
Reposted by Nick HaydonMark Vanderbeeken @vanderbeeken.app.leafplaza.eu · 20/12/2025Top Dutch Brussels correspondent on how the Americans have put incredible pressure on EU government leaders to ensure that they do not touch Russian assets at Euroclear. (English translation of key paragraph attached.) 55123
Reposted by Nick HaydonMax Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social · 19/12/2025The EU never gets praise even when it acts. There is so much constant EU negging that commentators struggle to praise when it delivers. The EU did what it needed to do. Take the win. Last night was a big step for Ukraine and the European project. First, the EU got the money for Ukraine 1/ 23583214
Reposted by Nick HaydonThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 19/12/2025NEW Donald Trump v the British Broadcasting Corporation: the battle begins The president filed a claim this week more about exerting leverage than legal niceties By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...prospectmagazine.co.ukDonald Trump v the British Broadcasting Corporation: the battle beginsThe president filed a claim this week more about exerting leverage than legal niceties 711245
Reposted by Nick HaydonBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 10/11/2025SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten. "I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA 7541031312
Reposted by Nick HaydonRobert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 07/10/2025It's quite wrong to suggest Robert Jenrick is a racist. Racists believe in something. My SKETCH.thecritic.co.ukRob whistle | Robert Hutton | The Critic MagazineThe day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something. Some of us remember Jenrick as a chubby-cheeked fan of David Cameron fighting the… 1318043
Reposted by Nick HaydonStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/10/2025"The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something." Absolutely fantastic sketch by @roberthutton.co.uk. Every line is a banger:thecritic.co.ukRob whistle | Robert Hutton | The Critic MagazineThe day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something. Some of us remember Jenrick as a chubby-cheeked fan of David Cameron fighting… 819059
Reposted by Nick HaydonAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 21/09/2025The ITV exposé on COVID now turns its sights on testing. I was stunned in 2020 when Sir Paul Nurse - Director of the Francis Crick Institute - told me he’d written to the government to offer the services of the Crick (the biggest biomeolecular lab in the country) - and never got a reply… 371014352
Reposted by Nick HaydonJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 04/09/2025'The Conservative party, whose leader Kemi Badenoch has repeatedly pledged to fight for “free speech”, has banned Byline Times from attending her party’s annual conference' bylinetimes.com/2025/09/04/k...bylinetimes.comKemi Badenoch's 'Free Speech' Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Party ConferenceThe ban on covering the party's annual gathering came despite Badenoch's repeated commitment to "fight" for free speech and a free press 17505253
Reposted by Nick HaydonAndrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 04/09/2025Well, there's a thing. New research from Oxford University says that misleading media coverage is shaping UK public debate on immigration, human rights and the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHR👇 🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09... via @bonavero.bsky.social 35637300
Reposted by Nick HaydonSecond Reading @commonslibrary.bsky.social · 07/08/2025The EU Entry/Exit system and EU travel authorisation system commonslibrary.parliament.uk/the-eu… 044
Reposted by Nick HaydonMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 27/07/2025🚨How Britain privatised itself into failure.🚨 Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.yorkshirebylines.co.ukHow Britain privatised itself into failureBritain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong 661359570
Reposted by Nick HaydonGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Sorry to burden you with another jaw-dropping scandal. But what the government intends to do to chemicals regulation in the UK is chilling. Its consultation was slipped out so quietly that most of us missed it. When I read it, I saw why. This week's column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comWant to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead | George MonbiotJacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 681282761
Reposted by Nick HaydonSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Hey, UK media! Are you just going to let Farage dump another steaming pile of populist bullshit on us *without ever* properly scrutinising his ideas or him…his funding, his riots, his links to Putin and Trump, his Brexit shitshow, his grifting side gigs, his lies, his ignorance…? Call. Him. TF. Out. 30820270
Reposted by Nick HaydonLewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 16/07/2025There is a lot of deflection taking place by politicians this morning, suggesting that the court kept the superinjunction in place and that had to be overcome. That's not true or not complete- the government kept it in place by repeatedly applying for its renewal. 28488173
Reposted by Nick HaydonFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Rachel Reeves says the UK is open for business with the US, EU and India deals: But we only get £22 billion: - £3.4 billion from UK-US tariff deal - £14 billion from UK-EU reset - £4.8 billion from UK-India Rejoining the EU Single Market would give us £140 billion 25442209