John Hedges
@johnhedges109.bsky.social
Lefty Londoner in Lanarkshire. 🏴 😉
Scottish independence. 🏴 👍🏻
Up the Republic! 🇮🇪 ✊🏻
Scottish independence. 🏴 👍🏻
Up the Republic! 🇮🇪 ✊🏻
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February 8, 2026 at 3:05 PM
If Man City v Liverpool ends goalless, one lucky person to repost this, wins these excellent sunglasses
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It's not just Mandelson McSweeney got wrong, he was also responsible for the disastrous policy of appeasing the hard right on immigration. But Starmer was his boss, he doesn't get to walk away with clean hands after throwing his minions under the bus.
February 8, 2026 at 3:12 PM
It's not just Mandelson McSweeney got wrong, he was also responsible for the disastrous policy of appeasing the hard right on immigration. But Starmer was his boss, he doesn't get to walk away with clean hands after throwing his minions under the bus.
McSweeney gave Starmer advice to back Mandelson – Starmer didn't have to believe and act on that advice. #Epstein 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
Labour source: "It seems bizarre Morgan has gone just for giving advice. There are plenty of other people still around Keir who have hidden behind Morgan and tried to pretend they weren’t pushing for this appointment. They will no longer be able to."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/morgan...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/morgan...
Morgan McSweeney Quits As Starmer's Chief Of Staff Over Mandelson Scandal
The key No.10 adviser has fallen on his sword.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 3:11 PM
McSweeney gave Starmer advice to back Mandelson – Starmer didn't have to believe and act on that advice. #Epstein 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
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Labour source: "It seems bizarre Morgan has gone just for giving advice. There are plenty of other people still around Keir who have hidden behind Morgan and tried to pretend they weren’t pushing for this appointment. They will no longer be able to."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/morgan...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/morgan...
Morgan McSweeney Quits As Starmer's Chief Of Staff Over Mandelson Scandal
The key No.10 adviser has fallen on his sword.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Labour source: "It seems bizarre Morgan has gone just for giving advice. There are plenty of other people still around Keir who have hidden behind Morgan and tried to pretend they weren’t pushing for this appointment. They will no longer be able to."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/morgan...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/morgan...
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This is what a lot of potential Reform voters don’t get. Amid all the “well they’re new, give them a chance” they know nothing about of Reform’s actual policies. Instead of banging on about the blatant racism etc. of Farage & Co. we should stress how Reform will make their lives worse, not better.
Vote Reform - get the same rights as Belarus & the safety net of Hungary.
Reform have met with the Orban govt
leftfootforward.org/2025/06/refo...
leftfootforward.org/2025/06/refo...
February 8, 2026 at 11:20 AM
This is what a lot of potential Reform voters don’t get. Amid all the “well they’re new, give them a chance” they know nothing about of Reform’s actual policies. Instead of banging on about the blatant racism etc. of Farage & Co. we should stress how Reform will make their lives worse, not better.
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NEW: Anas Sarwar has been accused of 'going into hiding' and dodging media scrutiny amid the Peter Mandelson scandal
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
February 8, 2026 at 1:02 PM
NEW: Anas Sarwar has been accused of 'going into hiding' and dodging media scrutiny amid the Peter Mandelson scandal
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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I warned Starmer about Mandelson.
My wife Bunty did
So did Dean our paperboy
Ramrod our Lab did.
Jill in the village shop baked some warning baps for him & Simple Sally, who helps Jill, warned him using dance & spit.
Ronnie Pickering warned him.
So did Chaka Demus.
And Pliers.
Why didn’t he LISTEN?🤦🏻♂️
My wife Bunty did
So did Dean our paperboy
Ramrod our Lab did.
Jill in the village shop baked some warning baps for him & Simple Sally, who helps Jill, warned him using dance & spit.
Ronnie Pickering warned him.
So did Chaka Demus.
And Pliers.
Why didn’t he LISTEN?🤦🏻♂️
February 8, 2026 at 12:03 PM
I warned Starmer about Mandelson.
My wife Bunty did
So did Dean our paperboy
Ramrod our Lab did.
Jill in the village shop baked some warning baps for him & Simple Sally, who helps Jill, warned him using dance & spit.
Ronnie Pickering warned him.
So did Chaka Demus.
And Pliers.
Why didn’t he LISTEN?🤦🏻♂️
My wife Bunty did
So did Dean our paperboy
Ramrod our Lab did.
Jill in the village shop baked some warning baps for him & Simple Sally, who helps Jill, warned him using dance & spit.
Ronnie Pickering warned him.
So did Chaka Demus.
And Pliers.
Why didn’t he LISTEN?🤦🏻♂️
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Remarkable how the unionist press have spent decades screaming about SNP supporters being Stalinist haters of a free press. Because someone told Alex Massie to fuck off on twotter.
But Labour Together investigating journalists and Mandleson threatening them gets a free pass.
Odd innit?
But Labour Together investigating journalists and Mandleson threatening them gets a free pass.
Odd innit?
February 7, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Remarkable how the unionist press have spent decades screaming about SNP supporters being Stalinist haters of a free press. Because someone told Alex Massie to fuck off on twotter.
But Labour Together investigating journalists and Mandleson threatening them gets a free pass.
Odd innit?
But Labour Together investigating journalists and Mandleson threatening them gets a free pass.
Odd innit?
Scotland – Saturday’s front page from @scotnational.bsky.social
#Epstein #Mandelson
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#Epstein #Mandelson
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February 7, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Scotland – Saturday’s front page from @scotnational.bsky.social
#Epstein #Mandelson
@thedailybeast.bsky.social
@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
@thebulwark.com
#Epstein #Mandelson
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Whether Starmer stays or goes, what will remain is the same broken Westminster system that fails to serve Scotland.
For the Scotland we want, we need independence.
For the Scotland we want, we need independence.
February 7, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Whether Starmer stays or goes, what will remain is the same broken Westminster system that fails to serve Scotland.
For the Scotland we want, we need independence.
For the Scotland we want, we need independence.
Isn't White House Press Secretary Leavitt always professing her Christian values by prominently wearing a cross while speaking for President Trump,? 🤔
The press secretary attempted to defend a racist video that Trump shared of the Obamas, calling the outrage around the post “fake.”
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February 6, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Isn't White House Press Secretary Leavitt always professing her Christian values by prominently wearing a cross while speaking for President Trump,? 🤔
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Bravo.
Good #Journalism speaks truth to power.
That independent editorial approach, once standard among the broadsheets, is hard to find in the current climate.
Today is a good day to subscribe to @scotnational.bsky.social, if you don't already.
www.thenational.scot/subscribe/
Good #Journalism speaks truth to power.
That independent editorial approach, once standard among the broadsheets, is hard to find in the current climate.
Today is a good day to subscribe to @scotnational.bsky.social, if you don't already.
www.thenational.scot/subscribe/
February 6, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Bravo.
Good #Journalism speaks truth to power.
That independent editorial approach, once standard among the broadsheets, is hard to find in the current climate.
Today is a good day to subscribe to @scotnational.bsky.social, if you don't already.
www.thenational.scot/subscribe/
Good #Journalism speaks truth to power.
That independent editorial approach, once standard among the broadsheets, is hard to find in the current climate.
Today is a good day to subscribe to @scotnational.bsky.social, if you don't already.
www.thenational.scot/subscribe/
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NEW: Mandelson just sent a memo to UK newspapers via the press watchdog demanding they stop publishing his links to Epstein.
He cited clauses in the Editors code, designed to protect grieving families.
The memo was NOT to be published.
The National just said ‘fuck that’ & published it in full 👏
He cited clauses in the Editors code, designed to protect grieving families.
The memo was NOT to be published.
The National just said ‘fuck that’ & published it in full 👏
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 8:20 PM
NEW: Mandelson just sent a memo to UK newspapers via the press watchdog demanding they stop publishing his links to Epstein.
He cited clauses in the Editors code, designed to protect grieving families.
The memo was NOT to be published.
The National just said ‘fuck that’ & published it in full 👏
He cited clauses in the Editors code, designed to protect grieving families.
The memo was NOT to be published.
The National just said ‘fuck that’ & published it in full 👏
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Pressure building on govt to come clean about Mandelson's role in bringing US spy-tech firm Palantir into the heart of our NHS.
The fingerprints of Mandelson and his lobbying firm are all over these deals.
The rot goes to the heart of this Labour govt
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The fingerprints of Mandelson and his lobbying firm are all over these deals.
The rot goes to the heart of this Labour govt
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Calls to halt UK Palantir contracts grow amid ‘lack of transparency’ over deals
Opposition MPs urge Labour to pause public contracts with the US tech firm after attempts to examine deals blocked
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Pressure building on govt to come clean about Mandelson's role in bringing US spy-tech firm Palantir into the heart of our NHS.
The fingerprints of Mandelson and his lobbying firm are all over these deals.
The rot goes to the heart of this Labour govt
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The fingerprints of Mandelson and his lobbying firm are all over these deals.
The rot goes to the heart of this Labour govt
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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We already suspected that the Westminster system was out of step with modern Scotland. Events since the referendum have done nothing but confirm that, writes Richard Walker✍️
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
February 6, 2026 at 10:09 AM
We already suspected that the Westminster system was out of step with modern Scotland. Events since the referendum have done nothing but confirm that, writes Richard Walker✍️
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
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Anas Sarwar says today of Peter Mandelson: “I'm utterly disgusted and furious about the entire situation … He never should have been the ambassador to the US.”
For context, here’s Sarwar in April 2025 love-bombing his ‘old friend’.
They think we are stupid.
He is an amoral opportunistic chancer.
For context, here’s Sarwar in April 2025 love-bombing his ‘old friend’.
They think we are stupid.
He is an amoral opportunistic chancer.
February 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Anas Sarwar says today of Peter Mandelson: “I'm utterly disgusted and furious about the entire situation … He never should have been the ambassador to the US.”
For context, here’s Sarwar in April 2025 love-bombing his ‘old friend’.
They think we are stupid.
He is an amoral opportunistic chancer.
For context, here’s Sarwar in April 2025 love-bombing his ‘old friend’.
They think we are stupid.
He is an amoral opportunistic chancer.
#EpsteinFiles #PrinceAndrew alert at Buckingham Palace.
🚨🚨 JUST IN: 'Crime Scene' tape has just been put up on the railings of Buckingham Palace. It's inconceivable to think Charles and William knew nothing about allegations against Andrew. Charles, what are you hiding? #NotMyKing #AbolishTheMonarchy #Epstein
February 4, 2026 at 3:42 PM
#EpsteinFiles #PrinceAndrew alert at Buckingham Palace.
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More "8th in line to the throne" news.
FT exclusive
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor discussed ways round restrictions on his making investments while an official UK trade representative and shared official documents from the role with Jeffrey Epstein, files released by the US Department of Justice show
www.ft.com/content/6b2f...
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor discussed ways round restrictions on his making investments while an official UK trade representative and shared official documents from the role with Jeffrey Epstein, files released by the US Department of Justice show
www.ft.com/content/6b2f...
Former prince discussed with Jeffrey Epstein ways to get round investment rules
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor shared official documents while serving as a UK trade envoy
www.ft.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM
More "8th in line to the throne" news.
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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 Lords is a massive problem. How can a supposedly advanced country still be maintaing a veritably feudal upper house where you can't get rid of members.
It's absolutely insane.
It's absolutely insane.
The government has:
1. Referred Mandelson to the police for investigation over leaking sensitive information while in government
2. Decided it *will* try to strip Mandelson of his peerage after all.
That’s both throwing him under the bus and then reversing to make sure in one fell swoop.
1. Referred Mandelson to the police for investigation over leaking sensitive information while in government
2. Decided it *will* try to strip Mandelson of his peerage after all.
That’s both throwing him under the bus and then reversing to make sure in one fell swoop.
February 3, 2026 at 1:31 PM
The Lords is a massive problem. How can a supposedly advanced country still be maintaing a veritably feudal upper house where you can't get rid of members.
It's absolutely insane.
It's absolutely insane.
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Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
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Govt—citing "national security implications"—asks Judge Leon to stay any preliminary injunction he might be contemplating that would stall his Ballroom project.
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February 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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Me:
“What about the fact that Trump was found guilty in a civil court for sexual abuse…was that not enough for you to withdraw your support?”
Now listen to the response from Andrea Jenkyns of the Reform Party…
“What about the fact that Trump was found guilty in a civil court for sexual abuse…was that not enough for you to withdraw your support?”
Now listen to the response from Andrea Jenkyns of the Reform Party…
February 2, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Me:
“What about the fact that Trump was found guilty in a civil court for sexual abuse…was that not enough for you to withdraw your support?”
Now listen to the response from Andrea Jenkyns of the Reform Party…
“What about the fact that Trump was found guilty in a civil court for sexual abuse…was that not enough for you to withdraw your support?”
Now listen to the response from Andrea Jenkyns of the Reform Party…
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🔴The Case for Charging Peter Mandelson With Misconduct in Public Office
An example must be set for all politicians considering abusing their office for personal gain, argues barrister Gareth Roberts
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/t...
An example must be set for all politicians considering abusing their office for personal gain, argues barrister Gareth Roberts
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/t...
The Case for Charging Peter Mandelson With Misconduct in Public Office
An example must be set for all politicians considering abusing their office for personal gain, argues barrister Gareth Roberts
bylinetimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:19 AM
🔴The Case for Charging Peter Mandelson With Misconduct in Public Office
An example must be set for all politicians considering abusing their office for personal gain, argues barrister Gareth Roberts
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/t...
An example must be set for all politicians considering abusing their office for personal gain, argues barrister Gareth Roberts
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/t...