Brian Emo
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I do think it would be a useful reflex for us to develop as a society where if someone has a clear interest in concentrating wealth then they are presumed to be an abuser of some form rather than sticking with the idolisation that people seem to have for rich people generally
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Five trans children died by suicide in 2019-20, 4 in 2020-21 then 22 in 2021-22. This is the truth, from official Government data, that Wes Streeting desperately tried to cover up.
One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
goodlaw.social
February 7, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Five trans children died by suicide in 2019-20, 4 in 2020-21 then 22 in 2021-22. This is the truth, from official Government data, that Wes Streeting desperately tried to cover up.
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Confusion and tedium have beset liberal society, which is listlessly making appeals for reforms while admitting the impracticability of anything even approximating reform.
February 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Confusion and tedium have beset liberal society, which is listlessly making appeals for reforms while admitting the impracticability of anything even approximating reform.
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BREAKING: Peter Mandelson just sent this secret notice to all UK media, demanding they leave him alone.
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
Peter Mandelson issues secret notice demanding press leave him alone – read in full
LATE on Friday evening, this notice was circulated from representatives of Peter Mandelson, via press regulator IPSO and the Press Association news…
www.thenational.scot
February 6, 2026 at 7:06 PM
BREAKING: Peter Mandelson just sent this secret notice to all UK media, demanding they leave him alone.
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
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have posted many times over the years that I'm surprised the Labour Students movement never got a death toll like the Conservative Future managed.
February 6, 2026 at 5:59 PM
have posted many times over the years that I'm surprised the Labour Students movement never got a death toll like the Conservative Future managed.
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EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK just broke electoral law in Gorton and Denton.
The party confirmed they sent out campaign materials without proper party imprint, something it insists was a mistake.
The party confirmed they sent out campaign materials without proper party imprint, something it insists was a mistake.
February 6, 2026 at 5:23 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK just broke electoral law in Gorton and Denton.
The party confirmed they sent out campaign materials without proper party imprint, something it insists was a mistake.
The party confirmed they sent out campaign materials without proper party imprint, something it insists was a mistake.
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The resident noticed that on the envelope it says, Hardings Print Solutions Middlesex. Our contributor Callum Taylor called up Hardings Print Solutions, this is what happened 👇
February 6, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The resident noticed that on the envelope it says, Hardings Print Solutions Middlesex. Our contributor Callum Taylor called up Hardings Print Solutions, this is what happened 👇
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Quite funny that Starmer's allies are waking up to this point now …
Cuts to Winter Fuel… not in the manifesto
Disability benefit cuts… not in there either
Cutting jury trials… also not there
Digital ID… no mention
Raising employers NI… nope
Freezing tax threholds… nah
Contracts with Palantir… no
Cuts to Winter Fuel… not in the manifesto
Disability benefit cuts… not in there either
Cutting jury trials… also not there
Digital ID… no mention
Raising employers NI… nope
Freezing tax threholds… nah
Contracts with Palantir… no
February 6, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Quite funny that Starmer's allies are waking up to this point now …
Cuts to Winter Fuel… not in the manifesto
Disability benefit cuts… not in there either
Cutting jury trials… also not there
Digital ID… no mention
Raising employers NI… nope
Freezing tax threholds… nah
Contracts with Palantir… no
Cuts to Winter Fuel… not in the manifesto
Disability benefit cuts… not in there either
Cutting jury trials… also not there
Digital ID… no mention
Raising employers NI… nope
Freezing tax threholds… nah
Contracts with Palantir… no
The awful purple Aga. The dog that knows what's coming but can't warn him. The rehabilitation that wouldn't have been arranged had they known what more was to come. This is wonderful
February 6, 2026 at 4:50 PM
The awful purple Aga. The dog that knows what's coming but can't warn him. The rehabilitation that wouldn't have been arranged had they known what more was to come. This is wonderful
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I note that Crerar, Walker and Elgot have stayed away from this one. can't imagine why.
Labour thinktank close to Morgan McSweeney ‘paid firm to investigate journalists’
Labour thinktank close to Morgan McSweeney ‘paid firm to investigate journalists’
Labour Together allegedly hired company to look at Sunday Times and Guardian reporters after article about donations
A thinktank previously run by a Labour minister and the prime minister’s chief of staff is alleged to have paid a PR firm to investigate journalists who were looking into its funding.
Labour Together, once run by Morgan McSweeney and then by Josh Simons, now a Cabinet Office minister, hired APCO Worldwide to investigate journalists from the Guardian, the Sunday Times and other outlets and to identify their sources, according to claims in the Substack publication Democracy for Sale. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:37 AM
I note that Crerar, Walker and Elgot have stayed away from this one. can't imagine why.
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What a bizarre thing to say (KH, not the poster)
"I always believed that, if push came to shove, those titans of industry would be guardrails for our democracy." -Kamala Harris, September 2025
Yeah, see, I believe her when she says this. Which is also why I don't think she's fit for president. Anyone who thinks this is not president material.
Yeah, see, I believe her when she says this. Which is also why I don't think she's fit for president. Anyone who thinks this is not president material.
Kamala Harris Calls Out Business Leaders For Not Standing Up To ‘Tyrant’ Trump
In a 40-minute interview with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, Harris also addressed her criticism of former President Joe Biden in her new book.
www.forbes.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:12 AM
What a bizarre thing to say (KH, not the poster)
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Reading this remark I made over a year ago, as the entire commentariat fall over themselves asking how it was that this naked and open attempt to brute force a '90s Blairism Redux ha collapsed in a heap of corruption, backhanders, ignominy and self-dealing
There’s a real Sopranos Pilot energy to the whole Starmer project. Earnest desire to do old-fashioned Blairite bungs and backhanders, but people have cottoned onto that game and view its participants with contempt. They prefer the bare-faced gangsters and conmen who stand opposed to Forensic Keith.
February 6, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Reading this remark I made over a year ago, as the entire commentariat fall over themselves asking how it was that this naked and open attempt to brute force a '90s Blairism Redux ha collapsed in a heap of corruption, backhanders, ignominy and self-dealing
Is anybody asking why the questions to Mandelson were devised by Morgan McSweeney and the issues with that?
They asked Mandelson three (3) questions and apparently didn’t follow up on his answers
February 6, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Is anybody asking why the questions to Mandelson were devised by Morgan McSweeney and the issues with that?
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Who's idea was tuition fees?
[drumm roll....]
Da daaaaaaa!!!
Peter Mandelson!!!
(Mandelson commissioned and accepted the recommendations of the Browne Review - ex BP boss - that called for a massive expansion of tuition fees)
[drumm roll....]
Da daaaaaaa!!!
Peter Mandelson!!!
(Mandelson commissioned and accepted the recommendations of the Browne Review - ex BP boss - that called for a massive expansion of tuition fees)
“The combined tuition fees of the entire Question Time panel would not cover my cost for 1 year of uni. Is that fair?”
Oli Dugmore
It’s absolutely NOT fair. This outrageous scandal must end
Oli Dugmore
It’s absolutely NOT fair. This outrageous scandal must end
February 6, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Who's idea was tuition fees?
[drumm roll....]
Da daaaaaaa!!!
Peter Mandelson!!!
(Mandelson commissioned and accepted the recommendations of the Browne Review - ex BP boss - that called for a massive expansion of tuition fees)
[drumm roll....]
Da daaaaaaa!!!
Peter Mandelson!!!
(Mandelson commissioned and accepted the recommendations of the Browne Review - ex BP boss - that called for a massive expansion of tuition fees)
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i hate keir starmer, i hate anyone who defends him, i doubt their critical thinking skills, i doubt their reading comprehension, i doubt their knowledge of uk politics pre 2016 and i doubt they would disown a friend or acquaintance who was convicted of paedophilia.
i also doubt they're real.
i also doubt they're real.
February 5, 2026 at 11:49 PM
i hate keir starmer, i hate anyone who defends him, i doubt their critical thinking skills, i doubt their reading comprehension, i doubt their knowledge of uk politics pre 2016 and i doubt they would disown a friend or acquaintance who was convicted of paedophilia.
i also doubt they're real.
i also doubt they're real.
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Cops were frequently getting caught planting drugs in 2017 because body cameras were new and many of them didn't understand how the technology worked.
When cops hit "record" it saved the 30 seconds from *before* they hit the button. Eventually, they figured it out.
When cops hit "record" it saved the 30 seconds from *before* they hit the button. Eventually, they figured it out.
Why Cops Frequently Got Caught Planting Drugs in 2017
Look. All technology comes with a learning curve.
gizmodo.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Cops were frequently getting caught planting drugs in 2017 because body cameras were new and many of them didn't understand how the technology worked.
When cops hit "record" it saved the 30 seconds from *before* they hit the button. Eventually, they figured it out.
When cops hit "record" it saved the 30 seconds from *before* they hit the button. Eventually, they figured it out.
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‘Peter Mandelson is a case study for the way the Westminster ecosystem protects its own.
Protecting the system, and the powerful men who feel entitled to benefit from it, matters more than protecting the people it harms.’
New from @judeinlondon.com:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
Protecting the system, and the powerful men who feel entitled to benefit from it, matters more than protecting the people it harms.’
New from @judeinlondon.com:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
Jude Wanga | The centre shrinks
Peter Mandelson is a case study for the way the Westminster ecosystem protects its own until it is forced, by leakage...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 5:38 PM
‘Peter Mandelson is a case study for the way the Westminster ecosystem protects its own.
Protecting the system, and the powerful men who feel entitled to benefit from it, matters more than protecting the people it harms.’
New from @judeinlondon.com:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
Protecting the system, and the powerful men who feel entitled to benefit from it, matters more than protecting the people it harms.’
New from @judeinlondon.com:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
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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-...
When I see these clowns coming to the defence of all of this I'm reminded of the first chapter of Ralph Miliband's Marxism and Politics when it comes to how superficially liberals view events like these. It's all just politics to be managed and it doesn't go any deeper so don't worry
February 5, 2026 at 8:26 PM
When I see these clowns coming to the defence of all of this I'm reminded of the first chapter of Ralph Miliband's Marxism and Politics when it comes to how superficially liberals view events like these. It's all just politics to be managed and it doesn't go any deeper so don't worry
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I wrote about how all our politicians and media are incompetent.
I guess that means I’m officially back in the writing game
I guess that means I’m officially back in the writing game
‘Peter Mandelson is a case study for the way the Westminster ecosystem protects its own.
Protecting the system, and the powerful men who feel entitled to benefit from it, matters more than protecting the people it harms.’
New from @judeinlondon.com:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
Protecting the system, and the powerful men who feel entitled to benefit from it, matters more than protecting the people it harms.’
New from @judeinlondon.com:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
Jude Wanga | The centre shrinks
Peter Mandelson is a case study for the way the Westminster ecosystem protects its own until it is forced, by leakage...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I wrote about how all our politicians and media are incompetent.
I guess that means I’m officially back in the writing game
I guess that means I’m officially back in the writing game
Milliband's sarnie. Sunak's brolly. Starmer's massive smiling face when confronted with his harbouring of the close friend of a paedophile in a top, sensitive government position against the advice of basically everyone
has someone told him not to smile when this is the fucking news headline
February 5, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Milliband's sarnie. Sunak's brolly. Starmer's massive smiling face when confronted with his harbouring of the close friend of a paedophile in a top, sensitive government position against the advice of basically everyone
Yes, no awful Prime Ministers have ever apologised before. Keep the man who harboured the friend of the most notorious paedophile in the West in his position as he said sorry despite Mandelson having already been forced out several times for corruption
February 5, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Yes, no awful Prime Ministers have ever apologised before. Keep the man who harboured the friend of the most notorious paedophile in the West in his position as he said sorry despite Mandelson having already been forced out several times for corruption
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Whenever I listen to Starmer, Reeves or any front bencher I'm always reminded of the people who talk "with a corpse in their mouth". The Situationists were referring to 60s Stalinists but the phrase is so fitting when you listen to these appalling professional-managerial class zombie apparatchiks.
February 5, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Whenever I listen to Starmer, Reeves or any front bencher I'm always reminded of the people who talk "with a corpse in their mouth". The Situationists were referring to 60s Stalinists but the phrase is so fitting when you listen to these appalling professional-managerial class zombie apparatchiks.
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February 5, 2026 at 4:47 PM
The team at QueerAF produce outstanding LGBTQ+ journalism and among other things are working to help me expose the government’s apparent cover up of trans youth suicide rates.
They are currently fundraising. If you can help support their work, please visit their crowdfunder.
They are currently fundraising. If you can help support their work, please visit their crowdfunder.