Steve
@bigpike.bsky.social
Social worker and author who practised mainly with children and families. Concerned about inequality and social injustice.
Pike fisher and author.
Other interests include travelling and rock music.
Pike fisher and author.
Other interests include travelling and rock music.
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“A Labour Government has lost its way when it is making policy designed to chase Nigel Farage’s tail instead of doing what’s best for the country.”
February 13, 2026 at 4:05 PM
“A Labour Government has lost its way when it is making policy designed to chase Nigel Farage’s tail instead of doing what’s best for the country.”
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One of the richest men in the UK, living in Monaco to avoid billions in tax, suddenly gives a rare interview and awkwardly echoes Reform bullshit, shortly after meeting Farage. Im sure it’s coincidence and not a billionaire trying to tilt the scales toward an ally of the billionaire class.
February 12, 2026 at 8:13 PM
One of the richest men in the UK, living in Monaco to avoid billions in tax, suddenly gives a rare interview and awkwardly echoes Reform bullshit, shortly after meeting Farage. Im sure it’s coincidence and not a billionaire trying to tilt the scales toward an ally of the billionaire class.
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Palantir was this week called “ghastly” and “a highly questionable organisation” by MPs in the House of Commons.
NHS deal with AI firm Palantir called into question after officials’ concerns revealed
NHS deal with AI firm Palantir called into question after officials’ concerns revealed
Exclusive: in 2025 briefing to Wes Streeting, officials warned reputation of tech firm behind US ICE operations would hinder rollout of data system in UK
Health officials fear Palantir’s reputation will hinder the delivery of a “vital” £330m NHS contract, according to briefings seen by the Guardian, sparking fresh calls for the deal to be scrapped.
In 2023, ministers selected Palantir, a US surveillance technology company that also works for the Israeli military and Donald Trump’s ICE operation, to build an AI-enabled data platform to connect disparate health information across the NHS. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Palantir was this week called “ghastly” and “a highly questionable organisation” by MPs in the House of Commons.
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Utter bollocks, left wing is what we expected from the Labour party but we got Starmer's neo-liberal nazi-lite crap instead.
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/cc5575c...
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/cc5575c...
Rayner coup will trigger election, Starmer allies warn rebels
PM’s supporters say new Left-wing agenda would require fresh mandate
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Utter bollocks, left wing is what we expected from the Labour party but we got Starmer's neo-liberal nazi-lite crap instead.
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/cc5575c...
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/cc5575c...
Towards critical child protection: for a relationship-based and humane practice with children and families www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Towards critical child protection: for a relationship-based and humane practice with children and families
In the UK social work with abused children and their families has long been subject to changing conceptions, policies and practices. Post-war concerns about child cruelty, ‘battered child syndrome’...
www.tandfonline.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Towards critical child protection: for a relationship-based and humane practice with children and families www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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"Peter Mandelson, the architect of New Labour, has said he is working every day to undermine Jeremy Corbyn"
It's a good time to remind people, a lot of the smear campaign against Jeremy Corbyn, in the media, was orchestrated by Peter Mandelson.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
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It's a good time to remind people, a lot of the smear campaign against Jeremy Corbyn, in the media, was orchestrated by Peter Mandelson.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
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Peter Mandelson: I try to undermine Jeremy Corbyn 'every single day'
Ex-minister speaks out against Labour leader as Blairite peers express fury about Corbyn’s position on Brexit in Lords debate
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:13 PM
"Peter Mandelson, the architect of New Labour, has said he is working every day to undermine Jeremy Corbyn"
It's a good time to remind people, a lot of the smear campaign against Jeremy Corbyn, in the media, was orchestrated by Peter Mandelson.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
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It's a good time to remind people, a lot of the smear campaign against Jeremy Corbyn, in the media, was orchestrated by Peter Mandelson.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
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No more needs to be said .....
February 3, 2026 at 12:49 PM
No more needs to be said .....
Starmer needs to go now!
"All governments decay eventually. What distinguishes Keir Starmer’s is the speed with which the necrosis has set in. After little more than 18 months in office, it already resembles the last months of Rishi Sunak’s premiership"
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as.ft.com/r/44182887-8...
The prisoner of Downing Street
[FREE TO READ] The smell of death is descending on a directionless government
as.ft.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Starmer needs to go now!
Labour row erupts after Andy Burnham blocked from byelection race www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour row erupts after Andy Burnham blocked from byelection race
Allies of Greater Manchester mayor say No 10 has ‘chosen factionalism’ as decision leads to a furious backlash
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Labour row erupts after Andy Burnham blocked from byelection race www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Remembered Burnham is Blairite! 😡
Very telling of how rightward Labour's ideological trajectory has become that Burnham is considered to the left of Starmer
January 22, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Remembered Burnham is Blairite! 😡
So true!
There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:12 PM
So true!
Food for thought?
January 20, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Food for thought?
Starmer needs to go further!
At last, Starmer is finding the courage of his convictions. At long last
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Tariffs on Nato allies are wrong, Starmer tells Trump in Greenland crisis call
UK prime minister holds phone call with US president as European leaders scramble to protect Danish territory
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Starmer needs to go further!
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Some people say Keir Starmer has been dealt a bad hand.
We're still in January and he's already signed a defence deal with Palantir - knowing full well how unpredictable and dangerous the US President is.
We're way past the point of giving pleading appeasement speeches.
We're still in January and he's already signed a defence deal with Palantir - knowing full well how unpredictable and dangerous the US President is.
We're way past the point of giving pleading appeasement speeches.
When Trump says "one way or another we're going to have Greenland" - we should sit up and listen.
Time for British leaders to stop burying their heads in the sand.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Time for British leaders to stop burying their heads in the sand.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Trump's threat to Greenland must be a wake up call for Britain
For too long our politicians have toadied to a dangerous president
www.newstatesman.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Some people say Keir Starmer has been dealt a bad hand.
We're still in January and he's already signed a defence deal with Palantir - knowing full well how unpredictable and dangerous the US President is.
We're way past the point of giving pleading appeasement speeches.
We're still in January and he's already signed a defence deal with Palantir - knowing full well how unpredictable and dangerous the US President is.
We're way past the point of giving pleading appeasement speeches.
At last - Starmer shows some backbone!
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom release a joint statement:
January 18, 2026 at 5:57 PM
At last - Starmer shows some backbone!
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January 16, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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It looks like it's now too late for Labour to learn that becoming Tories was never going to be a strategy to win over their base. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Greens look set to clean up as Labour switchers move left
Labour voters liked the insurgent party even before the arrival of their new leader. As local elections approach, Zack Polanski appears ready to break through in the areas Keir Starmer neglected
observer.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 10:38 AM
It looks like it's now too late for Labour to learn that becoming Tories was never going to be a strategy to win over their base. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Let's hope he'll be gone!
Greens open to Labour pact - but only if Starmer goes, says Polanski
flip.it/Dpqayj
Yet another reason Starmer has to go!
flip.it/Dpqayj
Yet another reason Starmer has to go!
Greens open to Labour pact - but only if Starmer goes, says Polanski | LBC
Zack Polanski has said the Green Party would be willing to make an electoral pact with Labour to stop Reform winning elections, as long as Sir Keir Starmer was not leader.
flip.it
January 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Let's hope he'll be gone!
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Greens open to Labour pact - but only if Starmer goes, says Polanski
flip.it/Dpqayj
Yet another reason Starmer has to go!
flip.it/Dpqayj
Yet another reason Starmer has to go!
Greens open to Labour pact - but only if Starmer goes, says Polanski | LBC
Zack Polanski has said the Green Party would be willing to make an electoral pact with Labour to stop Reform winning elections, as long as Sir Keir Starmer was not leader.
flip.it
January 9, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Greens open to Labour pact - but only if Starmer goes, says Polanski
flip.it/Dpqayj
Yet another reason Starmer has to go!
flip.it/Dpqayj
Yet another reason Starmer has to go!
What is the UK slipping towards?
Special relationship is Starmer getting his Junior Pirate badge.
January 7, 2026 at 6:53 PM
What is the UK slipping towards?
Seems a sound analysis to me!
Reform and the right-wing unfairly focusing on immigrants and ignoring the greed of the wealthy. The reason is obvious, Farage, other Reform members and right-wing owners of MSM are all wealthy, employed in tax avoidance and evasion.
January 6, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Seems a sound analysis to me!
Hard to refute this analysis of Starmer's comments about events in Venezuela.
"Starmer refuses to condemn Venezuela attack."
You're the elected First Lackey of the US's primary vassal state in Eurasia—what else are you gonna do?
"Starmer refuses to say whether the US broke international law."
You were one of the UK's leading legal professionals—you are beyond contempt.
You're the elected First Lackey of the US's primary vassal state in Eurasia—what else are you gonna do?
"Starmer refuses to say whether the US broke international law."
You were one of the UK's leading legal professionals—you are beyond contempt.
January 5, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Hard to refute this analysis of Starmer's comments about events in Venezuela.
Let's hope so!
The wheels are starting to come off Farage’s Reform clown car www.thecanary.co/opinion/2026...
The wheels are starting to come off Farage's Reform clown car
Whisper it quietly, but it looks like the bubble is beginning to burst for the frog-faced phantom of British politics, Nigel Farage
www.thecanary.co
January 4, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Let's hope so!
As usual Zack gets it right!
Polanski slams Starmer’s non-response to US attack on Venezuela www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Polanski slams Starmer's non-response to US attack on Venezuela
Zack Polanski issued a robust condemnation of Trump's illegal attack - while all other party leaders wrung their hands
www.thecanary.co
January 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
As usual Zack gets it right!
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We need a strong PM that would send a big fuck you to the orange manchild. Unfortunately, our strong leaders are from the right, which would be in-bed with Tango Donny. Blair was a Bush groupie in the end. Starmer - nuff said!
Starmer’s response to Trump attacking Venezuela:
“I always say and believe we should uphold international law.”
Really?
After the unforgivable stance on Israel he’s got no leg to stand on
…and the moral high ground will never be his to claim.
“I always say and believe we should uphold international law.”
Really?
After the unforgivable stance on Israel he’s got no leg to stand on
…and the moral high ground will never be his to claim.
January 3, 2026 at 2:12 PM
We need a strong PM that would send a big fuck you to the orange manchild. Unfortunately, our strong leaders are from the right, which would be in-bed with Tango Donny. Blair was a Bush groupie in the end. Starmer - nuff said!