Jean Foley
@bellaprudy.bsky.social
I am a Socialist, and love nature and cats, i am pro EU and want PR, I am anti war, monarchy, zionist, fascist,
I am almost vegan
I am almost vegan
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Time also, perhaps, to ask whether the Home Secretary’s defence of the proscription and terrorist classification of PA was even honest. She told us it was a violent organisation which inflicted significant injuries. Was this so? Had she been influenced by outside interests?
bsky.app/profile/lrb....
bsky.app/profile/lrb....
‘The proscription of Palestine Action crosses a new threshold. In the injunction proceedings, Mr Justice Chamberlain accepted that PA had not committed violence against any person or endangered life or created a risk to health or safety.’
David Renton: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Renton: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Renton · Short Cuts: What is the meaning of support?
With the proscription of Palestine Action early in July, the question of what support for a terrorist group means has...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Time also, perhaps, to ask whether the Home Secretary’s defence of the proscription and terrorist classification of PA was even honest. She told us it was a violent organisation which inflicted significant injuries. Was this so? Had she been influenced by outside interests?
bsky.app/profile/lrb....
bsky.app/profile/lrb....
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Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...
First Past the Post means millions of our votes make no difference to parliament. Add your name now to demand a fairer voting system
It only takes 30 seconds
action.electoral-reform.org.uk
February 13, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...
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Petition to Replace Chris Mason
c.org/8S5p4BCssm
c.org/8S5p4BCssm
This campaign needs you now
Replace Chris Mason with a neutral voice
c.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Petition to Replace Chris Mason
c.org/8S5p4BCssm
c.org/8S5p4BCssm
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Israeli weapons 'evaporate' thousands of Palestinians in Gaza: Investigation - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-weapons-evaporate-palestinians-gaza-investigation
Israeli weapons 'evaporate' thousands of Palestinians in Gaza: Investigation
Civil defence teams in Gaza documented over 2,800 cases of Palestinians who were 'vaporised' by US-made bombs
www.middleeasteye.net
February 10, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Israeli weapons 'evaporate' thousands of Palestinians in Gaza: Investigation - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-weapons-evaporate-palestinians-gaza-investigation
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@carolecadwalla.bsky.social discusses how Thiel, Musk et al have taken over the UK govt data--and our US personal data too. Recall how Doge took over the IRS? Palantir has all our data now, along with US military and ICE and other govt. surveillance contracts. WTAF?!
February 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social discusses how Thiel, Musk et al have taken over the UK govt data--and our US personal data too. Recall how Doge took over the IRS? Palantir has all our data now, along with US military and ICE and other govt. surveillance contracts. WTAF?!
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If you watch and listen to anything today, listen to @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social
Remember the leverage Palantir now has in our NHS because of an enormous deal done without any competition I may add, a gift from Mandelson & Streeting
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is right about Palantir, it needs to GO
Remember the leverage Palantir now has in our NHS because of an enormous deal done without any competition I may add, a gift from Mandelson & Streeting
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is right about Palantir, it needs to GO
February 8, 2026 at 11:03 AM
If you watch and listen to anything today, listen to @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social
Remember the leverage Palantir now has in our NHS because of an enormous deal done without any competition I may add, a gift from Mandelson & Streeting
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is right about Palantir, it needs to GO
Remember the leverage Palantir now has in our NHS because of an enormous deal done without any competition I may add, a gift from Mandelson & Streeting
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is right about Palantir, it needs to GO
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Cabinet Office minister Josh Simons commissioned PR firm to investigate journalists and their sources
Why? Because they were digging into the dark money behind Labour Together, and Keir Starmer's rise
Me on D4S, on why our revelations matter so much: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/labour-tog...
Why? Because they were digging into the dark money behind Labour Together, and Keir Starmer's rise
Me on D4S, on why our revelations matter so much: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/labour-tog...
‘Labour Together broke the law’
The think tank that propelled Starmer to power hired private investigators to shut down scrutiny of its dark money - I speak to one of its targets, journalist Paul Holden
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Cabinet Office minister Josh Simons commissioned PR firm to investigate journalists and their sources
Why? Because they were digging into the dark money behind Labour Together, and Keir Starmer's rise
Me on D4S, on why our revelations matter so much: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/labour-tog...
Why? Because they were digging into the dark money behind Labour Together, and Keir Starmer's rise
Me on D4S, on why our revelations matter so much: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/labour-tog...
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Scotland’s AI Gold Rush: Deregulated Data Centres Threaten North Lanarkshire’s Communities and Environment
open.substack.com/pub/european...
open.substack.com/pub/european...
Scotland’s AI Gold Rush: Deregulated Data Centres Threaten North Lanarkshire’s Communities and Environment
The AI Growth Zone in North Lanarkshire represents a deeply concerning push by the UK government to embed artificial intelligence infrastructure at the heart of Scotland’s economy.
open.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Scotland’s AI Gold Rush: Deregulated Data Centres Threaten North Lanarkshire’s Communities and Environment
open.substack.com/pub/european...
open.substack.com/pub/european...
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Ffs @teamlabouruk.bsky.social you really are a disgrace. Almost completely captured now.
And as I was researching Palantir I found out this on a website I trust.
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
( I hope or you can see this @greenparty.org.uk )
Never has the choice in a by-election been so straightforward.
( Even though I have few expectations, I found this pretty devastating)
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
( I hope or you can see this @greenparty.org.uk )
Never has the choice in a by-election been so straightforward.
( Even though I have few expectations, I found this pretty devastating)
Starmer's Gorton candidate is corporate lobbyist who supports NHS privatisation
Angeliki Stogia, the Keir Starmer pick for Gorton & Denton, was named on a list of 'professional lobbyists' aka a corporate candidate
www.thecanary.co
February 6, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Ffs @teamlabouruk.bsky.social you really are a disgrace. Almost completely captured now.
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🙏Please sign and share🙏
Tell Wes Streeting: come clean on cost of Trump’s NHS deal that will cost the NHS £3 billion a year👇
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4686
Tell Wes Streeting: come clean on cost of Trump’s NHS deal that will cost the NHS £3 billion a year👇
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4686
Tell Wes Streeting: come clean on cost of Trump’s NHS deal
The UK government has agreed a deal with Donald Trump that will see the NHS pay pharma companies much higher drugs prices. But they won’t come clean on how much this agreement will cost the NHS. Estim...
act.globaljustice.org.uk
February 6, 2026 at 12:21 PM
🙏Please sign and share🙏
Tell Wes Streeting: come clean on cost of Trump’s NHS deal that will cost the NHS £3 billion a year👇
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4686
Tell Wes Streeting: come clean on cost of Trump’s NHS deal that will cost the NHS £3 billion a year👇
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4686
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🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
BREAKING: McSweeney’s think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists
Labour Together put private investigators onto journalists writing about its funding. Starmer's right-hand man knew.
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:01 PM
🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
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#Epstein was co-owner of a Silicon Valley venture fund controlled by Peter Thiel, billionaire founder of defence analytics giant Palantir Technologies, which holds more than £670 million in UK Government contracts.
Palantir has tentacles that reach deep into the British state and institutions.
Palantir has tentacles that reach deep into the British state and institutions.
Palantir’s far-reaching gaze penetrates Britain
Are we really still independent of the US security state?
sussexbylines.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 8:37 PM
#Epstein was co-owner of a Silicon Valley venture fund controlled by Peter Thiel, billionaire founder of defence analytics giant Palantir Technologies, which holds more than £670 million in UK Government contracts.
Palantir has tentacles that reach deep into the British state and institutions.
Palantir has tentacles that reach deep into the British state and institutions.
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Lovely Brexit!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Warning of long airport queues under new EU border control system
Airport organisation says queues could last up to six hours over the summer holidays.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Lovely Brexit!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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It’s a longer video… but we REALLY need to talk about:
Peter Mandelson and -
Global Council
Lobbying (as an adviser and as ambassador)
Palantir
This is where the Mandelson affair needs to go next.
Peter Mandelson and -
Global Council
Lobbying (as an adviser and as ambassador)
Palantir
This is where the Mandelson affair needs to go next.
Peter Mandelson and Palantir
YouTube video by Scientists for EU
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 2:05 PM
It’s a longer video… but we REALLY need to talk about:
Peter Mandelson and -
Global Council
Lobbying (as an adviser and as ambassador)
Palantir
This is where the Mandelson affair needs to go next.
Peter Mandelson and -
Global Council
Lobbying (as an adviser and as ambassador)
Palantir
This is where the Mandelson affair needs to go next.
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Zack Polanski, "Palantir.. £240 million contract last month"
"That was lobbied by Global Counsel which is Peter Mandelson's lobbying group"
"The idea that a defence company from the US has its fingerprints all over our healthcare system, alongside Peter Mandelson"
"That was lobbied by Global Counsel which is Peter Mandelson's lobbying group"
"The idea that a defence company from the US has its fingerprints all over our healthcare system, alongside Peter Mandelson"
February 4, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Zack Polanski, "Palantir.. £240 million contract last month"
"That was lobbied by Global Counsel which is Peter Mandelson's lobbying group"
"The idea that a defence company from the US has its fingerprints all over our healthcare system, alongside Peter Mandelson"
"That was lobbied by Global Counsel which is Peter Mandelson's lobbying group"
"The idea that a defence company from the US has its fingerprints all over our healthcare system, alongside Peter Mandelson"
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The thing is, you didn't have to be Nostradamus to see it. You just had to be independent of the ultra-rich. Unfortunately, the great majority of the media is in the plutocrats' pockets. So the people pointing it out are shunned. In 2009 I tried and tried to get the BBC to pick this up. But ...⛔🤐
1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
Mandelson’s Fifth Column
The British government’s business department exists to undermine democracy.
www.monbiot.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:28 AM
The thing is, you didn't have to be Nostradamus to see it. You just had to be independent of the ultra-rich. Unfortunately, the great majority of the media is in the plutocrats' pockets. So the people pointing it out are shunned. In 2009 I tried and tried to get the BBC to pick this up. But ...⛔🤐
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The UK government has finally issued a plan for tackling "forever chemicals".
Except the PFAS plan isn't much of a plan — it's a promise of more tests and more consultations later down the line.
Doc here
lnkd.in/enArqKPs
Except the PFAS plan isn't much of a plan — it's a promise of more tests and more consultations later down the line.
Doc here
lnkd.in/enArqKPs
February 3, 2026 at 9:46 AM
The UK government has finally issued a plan for tackling "forever chemicals".
Except the PFAS plan isn't much of a plan — it's a promise of more tests and more consultations later down the line.
Doc here
lnkd.in/enArqKPs
Except the PFAS plan isn't much of a plan — it's a promise of more tests and more consultations later down the line.
Doc here
lnkd.in/enArqKPs
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The Government has today released a disappointing Forever Chemical Action Plan which will leave people and nature exposed to forever chemicals
The action plan does not address PFAS emissions at source but instead leans heavily on more monitoring and guidance.
The action plan does not address PFAS emissions at source but instead leans heavily on more monitoring and guidance.
February 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
The Government has today released a disappointing Forever Chemical Action Plan which will leave people and nature exposed to forever chemicals
The action plan does not address PFAS emissions at source but instead leans heavily on more monitoring and guidance.
The action plan does not address PFAS emissions at source but instead leans heavily on more monitoring and guidance.
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‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how #climatecrisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk
- As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions
#flooding
2/2
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
- As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions
#flooding
2/2
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how climate crisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk
As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how #climatecrisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk
- As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions
#flooding
2/2
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
- As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions
#flooding
2/2
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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There's more.
On 31 March 2010, Lord Mandelson's principal private secretary sent him a note of a meeting between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Larry Summers, US Treasury Secretary.
Lord Mandelson forwarded it to Jeffrey Epstein five minutes later.
On 31 March 2010, Lord Mandelson's principal private secretary sent him a note of a meeting between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Larry Summers, US Treasury Secretary.
Lord Mandelson forwarded it to Jeffrey Epstein five minutes later.
February 2, 2026 at 8:30 PM
There's more.
On 31 March 2010, Lord Mandelson's principal private secretary sent him a note of a meeting between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Larry Summers, US Treasury Secretary.
Lord Mandelson forwarded it to Jeffrey Epstein five minutes later.
On 31 March 2010, Lord Mandelson's principal private secretary sent him a note of a meeting between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Larry Summers, US Treasury Secretary.
Lord Mandelson forwarded it to Jeffrey Epstein five minutes later.
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JUNE 2016
Jeffrey Epstein to Peter Thiel:
“brexit, just the beginning”
Thiel to Epstein:
“Of what?”
Epstein to Thiel:
“return to tribalism. counter to globalization. amazing new alliances…”
(www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
1/
Jeffrey Epstein to Peter Thiel:
“brexit, just the beginning”
Thiel to Epstein:
“Of what?”
Epstein to Thiel:
“return to tribalism. counter to globalization. amazing new alliances…”
(www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
1/
February 2, 2026 at 11:47 PM
JUNE 2016
Jeffrey Epstein to Peter Thiel:
“brexit, just the beginning”
Thiel to Epstein:
“Of what?”
Epstein to Thiel:
“return to tribalism. counter to globalization. amazing new alliances…”
(www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
1/
Jeffrey Epstein to Peter Thiel:
“brexit, just the beginning”
Thiel to Epstein:
“Of what?”
Epstein to Thiel:
“return to tribalism. counter to globalization. amazing new alliances…”
(www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
1/
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Our media rightly rages about the already-disgraced Mandelson and Andrew but wrongly fails to hold others in that murky moneyed network to account.
Our democracy is under attack from these dismal people right now. Do not be exposing that a decade too late.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/steve-b...
Our democracy is under attack from these dismal people right now. Do not be exposing that a decade too late.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/steve-b...
Steve Bannon boasted about Farage ties in exchange with Epstein
Revelation comes as image surfaces of Bannon with Matt Goodwin, candidate for Farage's Reform UK in crucial Gorton and Denton by-election
www.middleeasteye.net
February 2, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Our media rightly rages about the already-disgraced Mandelson and Andrew but wrongly fails to hold others in that murky moneyed network to account.
Our democracy is under attack from these dismal people right now. Do not be exposing that a decade too late.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/steve-b...
Our democracy is under attack from these dismal people right now. Do not be exposing that a decade too late.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/steve-b...
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BREAKING on ft website:
Lord Peter Mandelson leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans
www.ft.com/content/fdf7...
Lord Peter Mandelson leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans
www.ft.com/content/fdf7...
Mandelson leaked sensitive UK government tax plans to Epstein
Former ambassador forwarded memo from special adviser to Gordon Brown to late sex offender in 2009
www.ft.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:30 AM
BREAKING on ft website:
Lord Peter Mandelson leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans
www.ft.com/content/fdf7...
Lord Peter Mandelson leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans
www.ft.com/content/fdf7...
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Extraordinary: Mandelson told Epstein that JP Morgan should "threaten" then cabinet colleague and chancellor Alistair Darling over tax on bankers' bonuses. In plain language: "Minister conspired with US bank against own government".
More brilliant FT reporting
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
More brilliant FT reporting
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
Mandelson told Epstein JPMorgan should ‘threaten’ UK government over banker tax
Then business secretary advised sex offender on how Jamie Dimon should lobby chancellor
www.ft.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Extraordinary: Mandelson told Epstein that JP Morgan should "threaten" then cabinet colleague and chancellor Alistair Darling over tax on bankers' bonuses. In plain language: "Minister conspired with US bank against own government".
More brilliant FT reporting
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
More brilliant FT reporting
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
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With more evidence coming to light of Bannon’s interference in British politics - plotting with Johnson, Rees Mogg and Farage and bigging up Yaxley Lennon while working with Epstein, thought I’d re-up this
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein
Nigel Farage was the figurehead and his partner Laure Ferrari started it. Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were providing almost daily support
bylinetimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:15 AM
With more evidence coming to light of Bannon’s interference in British politics - plotting with Johnson, Rees Mogg and Farage and bigging up Yaxley Lennon while working with Epstein, thought I’d re-up this
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...