Reposted by Steve PeersRichard Appleby @rmappleby.uk · 55mBet she’d have had a very different position if that camera had been outside _her_ house… 1155
Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 1hVery disturbing that a political party has moved from saying that there should be no penalty for encouragement to violence, to calling for reduced penalties for literally blowing things up. A party manifestly not fit for political office. 1821663
Reposted by Steve PeersSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 8hOne featute of @britishfuture.bsky.social research on how public see Britain's choices with Europe is that attitides to migration, mobility & free movenent are not polarised + binary, but cross-pressured + fluid. @heather-rolfe.bsky.social on both doubts + support freemovement.org.uk/free-movemen... 33720
Reposted by Steve PeersStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 6hA rich text. Robert Jenrick, who this time last year Kemi was defending and wanted to run the justice system, depicted frequently as an unperson. The multiracial crowd celebrating Kemi, the monoracial one on the boats (are Albanians, Iranians, Iraqis and Syrians black now?) 3917947
Reposted by Steve PeersSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 17hSidcup man gets 15 years for home-made bomb blowing up Ulez camera - luckily failimg to injure or kill anybody with damage in a 100 yard radius news.met.police.uk/news/man-jai...news.met.police.ukMan jailed for 15 years over ULEZ camera explosionKevin Rees, aged 63, was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday, 2 October. 79228
Reposted by Steve PeersRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 8hJust one of many problems with Braverman's definition of 'pureblood' Englishness (all-English parents/grandparents) is it excludes millions of white, English-speaking people with English-sounding names, who she/everyone would just assume are 'English'. #MudbloodsAreUs 5225052
Reposted by Steve PeersRazzball @razzball.bsky.social · 23hAnnouncing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit 439137482768
Reposted by Steve PeersRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 5hIs that meant to be wee Bobby Jenrick on the floor crying? 11817
Reposted by Steve PeersFionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 6h“Far from tackling violence against women, far-right activity has actively disrupted frontline women’s services – and ultimately left victims more vulnerable.” Including services aimed at providing protection against domestic violence. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...thebureauinvestigates.com‘Fear is part of our life now’: women’s groups thrown into disarray…Anti-immigration protestors are disrupting services aimed at those they claim to protect 7240131
Reposted by Steve PeersRuth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 4hWho radicalised this domestic terrorist - a white English man? What social media, TV channels, or politicians influenced his views? If he was not white, how different would the response from Reform UK be? 18730
Reposted by Steve PeersRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 5hThis is a great explanation. The proposal is to move from a Triple Lock to an Adjusted Triple Lock. 27426
Reposted by Steve PeersTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 17hHuge crowd to see James Talarico in deep-red Lubbock, Texas. This county hasn’t voted for a Democrat in 50 years. 432440511
Reposted by Steve PeersDylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social · 5hAside from the whole "Peter Mannion: that's fucking mental" of it all, it's just incredibly lazily done. They might have an approximation of the colour palette, but the actual visual style, typeface, use of white space is all wrong. Plus, isn't "doth" Germanic, which the original famously is not. 117110
Reposted by Steve PeersEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 5hJUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...nytimes.comU.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter... 14315951031
Reposted by Steve PeersProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 18hMind-boggling - just mind-boggling Now expected to peak at an extraordinary 4.2C in December 16627357
Reposted by Steve PeersNick Garland @npjgarland.bsky.social · 4hAs the disappointingly agnostic son of a C of E vicar, I’m not sure anything could ever make me feel more Christian than the double-header of this absolute madness and the racist right’s attempted co-option of the Anglican Church 24315
Reposted by Steve PeersJWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 4hIt is essential for the sake of the UK's future as a democracy based on the rule of law that the right does not take power in 2029. Nothing - absolutely nothing - is more important than that. 27924
Reposted by Steve PeersErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 17hThis Wednesday, Elon Musk called for the death sentence for transgender youth care providers. It was in reply to a post calling for full criminalization of all gender-affirming surgery. Musk is becoming even more radicalized in targeting trans people. Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.comElon Musk Calls For “Death Sentence” for GAC ProvidersMusk’s posts are not just inflammatory rhetoric. They have real-life consequences. 1031239402
Reposted by Steve PeersSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Dr Chiara Scissa discusses her new book on disaster displacement and international protection within the EU - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2026/10/new-...static.klipy.comFire Chatgpt FakeALT: Fire Chatgpt Fake 0116
Reposted by Steve PeersRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15hI guess he missed Hegseth’s speech at Quantico this week. 31846911129
Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 18hIncluding a link to the full text of the draft EU/Canada summit conclusions 16422
Reposted by Steve PeersThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Hello to old friend “clear”. A word which so often weakens rather than strengthens any contention. 610310
Reposted by Steve PeersVoteHub @votehub.com · 23hNorth Carolina is on the verge of Solid Democratic with an estimated final margin of Cooper +9, while Kansas has become steadily more competitive in the last few months. We rate Kansas Sen Lean R. 310721
Reposted by Steve PeersAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22hRepublicans are pulling money out of North Carolina to defend KANSAS. That’s bleak af for them and I Iove it. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...nytimes.comRepublicans Pull Money From North Carolina Senate Race As Midterm Prospects DimAs the Republicans try to hold their majority, the Senate Leadership Fund is diverting resources to Kansas, which has become a growing concern for the party. 861915358
Reposted by Steve Peers𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 21hHer face says, “We are absolutely not doing whatever you think this is.” 3942388478
Reposted by Steve PeersAubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 22hThis is true. But I think it's also true that the anti-Indian backlash is a full-fledged conservative astroturf at this time. People who were called "model minorities" 10 years ago are now being told they don't belong, which is awkward for politicians like Vivek Ramaswamy. 1432654
Reposted by Steve PeersKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered. 21294252965
Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 21hstatic.klipy.comChloe: Fille Choque Shocked ReactionALT: Chloe: Fille Choque Shocked Reaction 27011
Reposted by Steve PeersHolli Deloe (HD) @hollidurhamdeloe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026www.theguardian.com/technology/2... This guy is evil.theguardian.comPete Hegseth appoints Elon Musk to US taskforce on future of warfareA year after his explosive tenure at Doge, the SpaceX CEO is back in the Trump administration’s good graces 81813
Reposted by Steve PeersMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I ask again today, because I just saw one of the country’s leading economic journalists just describe 29K jobs last month & rising unemployment as “not catastrophic,” & I’m sorry, but that simply is not the way we talked about job growth 5-10x as strong, for ~an entire presidency, under Joe Biden. 520949
Reposted by Steve PeersAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026LOL -- Ainsley Earhardt is in disbelief about Fox News polling showing Talarico leading Paxton by 7 1141212207
Reposted by Steve PeersRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding. 511629667
Reposted by Steve PeersChristopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026New: Chris Rufo & his co-host devoted a podcast to "The Indian Question," framing Desi people as a problem to be solved. Their "solution?" Mass expulsion. For those allowed to remain: an “assimilation hazing process” w/ instances of “vulgar, defamatory racism" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chris-r...talkingpointsmemo.comChris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a ThingTo the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in... 1131291462
Reposted by Steve PeersIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026What a week. We've seen the news agenda rescued from the grip of the far-right. We've seen astonishing levels of competence in government communication. And we've seen the outline of a radical policy programme. It's a v.exciting time to be involved in politics iandunt.substack.com/p/some-dispa...iandunt.substack.comSome disparate thoughts on a historic speechFor the first time in two years, we freed ourselves from the far-right’s strangle-hold over the news agenda. 16558111
Reposted by Steve PeersElection Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 02/10/2026Hirst (Northumberland) Council By-Election Result: 🌹 LAB: 50.1% (+7.0) ➡️ RFM: 30.0% (-20.0) ◼️ RES: 10.3% (New) 🌳 CON: 4.1% (-2.8) 🔶 LDM: 3.9% (New) 🙋 Ind: 1.6% (New) Labour GAIN from Reform UK. Changes w/ 2025. 1126447
Reposted by Steve PeersMusa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This can't be talked about enough. "President Donald Trump's move to cut most of the US funding towards foreign humanitarian aid could cause more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, according to research published in The Lancet medical journal." www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comTrump's aid cut risks causing 14 million deaths, report findsThe figure from the Lancet, a leading medical journal, includes 700,000 child deaths globally a year. 9225148
Reposted by Steve PeersTom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026EU to introduce new cabin baggage rules applying to all return flights to EU. UK passengers may not be covered (except if they are flying to and from EU countries obvs) www.euronews.com/video/2026/1...euronews.comVideo. How the EU’s new cabin baggage rules will work – and when they startVideo. EU travellers could soon get a larger cabin allowance at no extra cost – but UK passengers flying out of UK airports are unlikely to benefit from the new rules. 258
Reposted by Steve PeersProf. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 02/10/2026Breaking News! Code Yikes! September 2026 finished second hottest on record, averaging 1.63°C above the 1850-1900 baseline. 2023 still holds the top spot, with an anomaly of 1.74°C. The Climate Casino is taking the OVER on 1.80°C for October. Stay tuned! 38727
Reposted by Steve PeersMiranda Dickinson @wurdsmyth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Oh HELL no, #Audible. So you're going to not only steal my characters, infringing my copyright and IP, but you're also going to steal the voices of my brilliant audiobook narrators for your utterly crap AI chatbot? Get - and I say this with my whole heart - IN THE SEA! #NoAI 19324112
Reposted by Steve PeersJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026New GB News accounts are out. Here are their losses to date. Or "spent political donations" if you prefer 39778285
Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Looking for colleagues! Two law professor jobs going at @royalholloway.bsky.social law school - jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...jobs.royalholloway.ac.ukJob Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Professor of Law (Teaching & Research) 2x postsFull-Time, Permanent (2x posts available).Royal Holloway Law School invites applications from outstanding candidates for the position of Professor of Law (Teaching and Research).Royal Holloway Law Sch... 32426
Reposted by Steve PeersSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Braverman not being "racist against myself" on her own identity To say Sunak & Marcus Rashford can not be English without at least English grandparents= an exclusionary racialised worldview, whether the MP saying it is white or Asian, just as saying they should be barred as MPs withoit one would be 1814644
Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Aliexpress has now challenged this fine in the EU courts - which means that all of the fines applied to date for breach of the Digital Services Act (also against Temu and X) are subject to pending judicial review 1169
Reposted by Steve PeersKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A federal judge has ruled that Roger Rogoff, the judicially appointed U.S. attorney in Seattle, has been illegally fired by the Trump admin and must be provisionally reinstated by the Justice Department.washingtonpost.comTrump illegally fired Seattle’s U.S. attorney, judge rulesThe ruling is the latest in a string of decisions finding that the administration bent federal law to keep loyalists in key prosecutorial posts. 473242953
Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Dr Chiara Scissa discusses her new book on disaster displacement and international protection within the EU - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2026/10/new-...static.klipy.comFire Chatgpt FakeALT: Fire Chatgpt Fake 0116
Reposted by Steve PeersTruthout @truthout.org · 01/10/2026Central to the push to reopen the rape case was Cornell’s independent student newspaper, which published an editorial shortly after Jane Doe’s September lawsuit — “Cornell Won’t, We Will.” The piece named the 7 men accused, and went on to condemn the university for its treatment of the case.truthout.orgCornell University Journalists Kept Rape Case in Spotlight“We have the right to demand safety from our university administrators,” said one student journalist. 69433
Reposted by Steve PeersSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026EU adopts new Returns Regulation, including stricter rules on expulsion and detention of non-EU citizens not authorised to stay - www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre... Updated analysis of the new Regulation, by Dr. Izabella Majcher - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-...eulawanalysis.blogspot.comThe Regulation of Shame: When Far-Right Ideas Become EU Return LawDr. Izabella Majcher , Independent Consultant Photo credit : Shutterstock * Updated 1 October 2026 to refer to the adoption of the ... 21612