Robert Campbell
@madman2.bsky.social
Ceramic artist INSTA:@firedclayuk, photographer, security geek, adventure racer, cyclist, vegan, EU Citizen, Bollocks to Brexit
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Robert Campbell
@madman2.bsky.social
· Oct 28
Verification, Deliberation, Accountability: A new framework for tackling epistemic collapse and renewing democracy
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
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I think this new paper by @bellingcat.com Eliot Higgins and Dr Natalie Martin from the University of Nottingham; deserves more audience. If you're interested in Democracy and Political Reform you need to read this.
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Student, "As someone who pays their finances for rent and their tuition fees" #BBCQT
"They're going up again"
"What is the point of anyone going to university any more if we can't ever pay it back?"
"They're going up again"
"What is the point of anyone going to university any more if we can't ever pay it back?"
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Student, "As someone who pays their finances for rent and their tuition fees" #BBCQT
"They're going up again"
"What is the point of anyone going to university any more if we can't ever pay it back?"
"They're going up again"
"What is the point of anyone going to university any more if we can't ever pay it back?"
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'in early Christian times not only was there no social services, or NHS, but poor people were rightly fed to lions, which I propose we begin again in churches.'
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
'in early Christian times not only was there no social services, or NHS, but poor people were rightly fed to lions, which I propose we begin again in churches.'
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@jonnelledge.bsky.social Really pleased to hear you make the point on OGWN about the number of car trips that could be walked. It's great to have that out there somewhere people might hear it
November 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
@jonnelledge.bsky.social Really pleased to hear you make the point on OGWN about the number of car trips that could be walked. It's great to have that out there somewhere people might hear it
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Hong Kong fire and Grenfell are just alike. Fire spreading through unsafe building materials installed due to penny-pinching, killing dozens. One difference: before the HK fire is even out three executives at contractors have been arrested, eight years after Grenfell no-one has been arrested.
November 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Hong Kong fire and Grenfell are just alike. Fire spreading through unsafe building materials installed due to penny-pinching, killing dozens. One difference: before the HK fire is even out three executives at contractors have been arrested, eight years after Grenfell no-one has been arrested.
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Especially a government that could potentially swing to Farage in a future election.
We cannot base our human rights on the government’s mere promise to uphold them. The UK government must listen to the public and civil society organizations in the country and say no to digital ID.
The UK Has It Wrong on Digital ID. Here’s Why.
In late September, the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his government’s plans to introduce a new digital ID scheme in the country to take effect before the end of the Parliament...
www.eff.org
November 28, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Especially a government that could potentially swing to Farage in a future election.
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Banning street hockey in Canada?
This isn’t about protecting kids. It’s about protecting drivers from having to think about kids.
This isn’t about protecting kids. It’s about protecting drivers from having to think about kids.
Get outside kids, enjoy the fresh air with your friends!
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Banning street hockey in Canada?
This isn’t about protecting kids. It’s about protecting drivers from having to think about kids.
This isn’t about protecting kids. It’s about protecting drivers from having to think about kids.
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Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
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2020: David Lammy, "Criminal trials without juries are a bad idea"
2025: The Times, "Jury trials to be scrapped except for alleged rapists and killers"
2025: The Times, "Jury trials to be scrapped except for alleged rapists and killers"
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
2020: David Lammy, "Criminal trials without juries are a bad idea"
2025: The Times, "Jury trials to be scrapped except for alleged rapists and killers"
2025: The Times, "Jury trials to be scrapped except for alleged rapists and killers"
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The Tyne walking and cycling tunnel refurbishment cost a total of £18 million.
Sounds expensive until you compare with nearby infra for driving:
Silverlink £75million
Lindesfarne £8 million
Testos £130 million
2nd tyne tunnel £240 million
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sounds expensive until you compare with nearby infra for driving:
Silverlink £75million
Lindesfarne £8 million
Testos £130 million
2nd tyne tunnel £240 million
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tyne Tunnel restoration costs top more than £18m
The refurbishment cost £11m more than expected, the North East Combined Authority confirms.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The Tyne walking and cycling tunnel refurbishment cost a total of £18 million.
Sounds expensive until you compare with nearby infra for driving:
Silverlink £75million
Lindesfarne £8 million
Testos £130 million
2nd tyne tunnel £240 million
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sounds expensive until you compare with nearby infra for driving:
Silverlink £75million
Lindesfarne £8 million
Testos £130 million
2nd tyne tunnel £240 million
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Probably won’t see this in mainstream media - aka the right wing press - coz it’s against their narrative. Wind energy in Britain broke a new record last week with nearly 23GW on the grid one cold windy evening. That was 56% of all electricity on Britain’s grid.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Probably won’t see this in mainstream media - aka the right wing press - coz it’s against their narrative. Wind energy in Britain broke a new record last week with nearly 23GW on the grid one cold windy evening. That was 56% of all electricity on Britain’s grid.
buff.ly/r8yeFmJ
buff.ly/r8yeFmJ
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Six months after a major inquiry into how the UK would meet geopolitical threats, many in the defense industry complain they haven’t received the certainty they need about where the British government plans to invest.
🔗 politi.co/3M2D9V9
🔗 politi.co/3M2D9V9
November 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Six months after a major inquiry into how the UK would meet geopolitical threats, many in the defense industry complain they haven’t received the certainty they need about where the British government plans to invest.
🔗 politi.co/3M2D9V9
🔗 politi.co/3M2D9V9
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JD Vance's Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV Is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he's urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions and immigration and pray for him instead.
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he's urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions and immigration and pray for him instead.
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
JD Vance's Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV Is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he's urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions and immigration and pray for him instead.
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he's urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions and immigration and pray for him instead.
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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“Harrods appointed the law firm, MPL Legal, to administer the scheme, claiming independent oversight...
No truly survivor-centred process would be designed this way. We were not consulted in its creation. We were not given a voice in defining its terms.“
No truly survivor-centred process would be designed this way. We were not consulted in its creation. We were not given a voice in defining its terms.“
When redress feels like re-trauma: a survivor’s view of the Harrods compensation scheme
The representatives of the perpetrators of abuse must not be allowed to control the process for survivor redress
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
“Harrods appointed the law firm, MPL Legal, to administer the scheme, claiming independent oversight...
No truly survivor-centred process would be designed this way. We were not consulted in its creation. We were not given a voice in defining its terms.“
No truly survivor-centred process would be designed this way. We were not consulted in its creation. We were not given a voice in defining its terms.“
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 26,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 26,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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‘You, Boy!
Go and racially abuse everybody you meet
…but not in a hurtful or insulting way!’
Go and racially abuse everybody you meet
…but not in a hurtful or insulting way!’
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
‘You, Boy!
Go and racially abuse everybody you meet
…but not in a hurtful or insulting way!’
Go and racially abuse everybody you meet
…but not in a hurtful or insulting way!’
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
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Impressive increase until you read that in a similar period, Paris cycling numbers increased by 240%.
Only 40% of people cycling in London feels safe when sharing with cars, but 76% feel safe on designated routes.
London needs to do a lot more and a lot quicker.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Only 40% of people cycling in London feels safe when sharing with cars, but 76% feel safe on designated routes.
London needs to do a lot more and a lot quicker.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cycling journeys up by 43% in London, TfL report suggests
Cycling journeys have increased to more than 1.5 million daily this year, according to a new report.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Impressive increase until you read that in a similar period, Paris cycling numbers increased by 240%.
Only 40% of people cycling in London feels safe when sharing with cars, but 76% feel safe on designated routes.
London needs to do a lot more and a lot quicker.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Only 40% of people cycling in London feels safe when sharing with cars, but 76% feel safe on designated routes.
London needs to do a lot more and a lot quicker.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why Tech Sucks – Cory Doctorow on Enshittification and how to fix it by Oh God, What Now?
megaphone.link
November 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Britain is one of the world’s richest countries. Why do a third of children live in poverty?
It is a political choice - years of austerity, real wage cuts, regressive taxation, unchecked profiteering, disappearance of social housing, hijacking of govts by corporations/rich.
It is a political choice - years of austerity, real wage cuts, regressive taxation, unchecked profiteering, disappearance of social housing, hijacking of govts by corporations/rich.
Britain is one of the world’s richest countries. So why do a third of its children live in poverty? | CNN
Child poverty has reached a record high in the United Kingdom as the country’s cost of living soars and its social security safety net falters following years of government austerity.
edition.cnn.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Britain is one of the world’s richest countries. Why do a third of children live in poverty?
It is a political choice - years of austerity, real wage cuts, regressive taxation, unchecked profiteering, disappearance of social housing, hijacking of govts by corporations/rich.
It is a political choice - years of austerity, real wage cuts, regressive taxation, unchecked profiteering, disappearance of social housing, hijacking of govts by corporations/rich.
Anyone seen @williamnb.bsky.social recently?
Canal slime coated Lime bikes as a proxy for a surge in cycling journeys.
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Anyone seen @williamnb.bsky.social recently?
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“UK is costliest country to…”
- build nuclear power
- build fast rail
- build a house
- buy a house
- rent a house
- travel by train
- buy a beer
- power your home
- pay for childcare
- insure a car
- stay in a hotel
- go to the dentist
- buy bog roll
At least some museums are free….
- build nuclear power
- build fast rail
- build a house
- buy a house
- rent a house
- travel by train
- buy a beer
- power your home
- pay for childcare
- insure a car
- stay in a hotel
- go to the dentist
- buy bog roll
At least some museums are free….
UK is costliest country to build new nuclear power, government review warns on.ft.com/48gamUG
UK is costliest country to build new nuclear power, government review warns
Task force calls for super regulator to seize control of sprawling bureaucracy
on.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
“UK is costliest country to…”
- build nuclear power
- build fast rail
- build a house
- buy a house
- rent a house
- travel by train
- buy a beer
- power your home
- pay for childcare
- insure a car
- stay in a hotel
- go to the dentist
- buy bog roll
At least some museums are free….
- build nuclear power
- build fast rail
- build a house
- buy a house
- rent a house
- travel by train
- buy a beer
- power your home
- pay for childcare
- insure a car
- stay in a hotel
- go to the dentist
- buy bog roll
At least some museums are free….
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People in Hexham demonstrate in support of plans for an art facility by world renowned artist Sir Antony Gormley | Andy Cooper
Living Angel of the North sends a message to Northumberland County Council
People in Hexham demonstrate in support of plans for an art facility by world renowned artist Sir Antony Gormley
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
People in Hexham demonstrate in support of plans for an art facility by world renowned artist Sir Antony Gormley | Andy Cooper