David Pearce
@medavep.bsky.social
Fundraising & Marketing for Dignity in Dying & sister charity Compassion in Dying | 'Slick and well-funded' | Dog lover
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NEW: In a joint letter, senior peers including 3 former cabinet secretaries and 3 former Lords speakers have warned peers not to use procedural manoeuvres to thwart the assisted dying bill.
With 1,100+ amendments tabled, they warn the reputation of Parliament is on the line.
With 1,100+ amendments tabled, they warn the reputation of Parliament is on the line.
December 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
NEW: In a joint letter, senior peers including 3 former cabinet secretaries and 3 former Lords speakers have warned peers not to use procedural manoeuvres to thwart the assisted dying bill.
With 1,100+ amendments tabled, they warn the reputation of Parliament is on the line.
With 1,100+ amendments tabled, they warn the reputation of Parliament is on the line.
"Ever since the 2024 riots, it appears that Musk presents a danger to public order and national security in the UK"
December 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"Ever since the 2024 riots, it appears that Musk presents a danger to public order and national security in the UK"
The PM has a Substack now
This post is about twice as long as it should be, but it’s an interesting attempt to explain themselves at greater length and to a v different audience than on X at greater open.substack.com/pub/keirstar...
Politics that makes a difference
Over half a million children, lifted out of poverty
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December 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The PM has a Substack now
It's happened again
Lancashire Reform Cllr (council lead for resources and finance) Tom Pickup suspended for membership in WhatsApp group where some called for Muslim genocide, mass deportations, shooting of the PM, and telling people to start stockpiling weapons to attack 'lefties' & 'immigrants' tinyurl.com/5fyzx372
Reform UK councillor suspended over WhatsApp group
Nigel Farage’s party is launching an investigation into the messages
tinyurl.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It's happened again
Good work be @hopenothate.org.uk exposing the racism in Reform
The Reform U.K. leader of Staffordshire county council has been expelled from the party because he failed to disclose one of his social media accounts during vetting: www.ft.com/content/3849... Can you guess what the problem with that account turned out to be?
Reform UK strips council leader of membership over undisclosed X account
Party expels Ian Cooper in Staffordshire after historic racist social media posts emerge
www.ft.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Good work be @hopenothate.org.uk exposing the racism in Reform
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Why does Tucker Carlson hate Britain?
His garish fantasies about our country are starting to infect our own conservative movement
By @JonnElledge.bsky.social
His garish fantasies about our country are starting to infect our own conservative movement
By @JonnElledge.bsky.social
Why does Tucker Carlson hate Britain?
His garish fantasies about our country are starting to infect our own conservative movement
www.newstatesman.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Why does Tucker Carlson hate Britain?
His garish fantasies about our country are starting to infect our own conservative movement
By @JonnElledge.bsky.social
His garish fantasies about our country are starting to infect our own conservative movement
By @JonnElledge.bsky.social
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I met with Dignity in Dying campaigners for the anniversary of the Assisted Dying Bill’s 2nd reading in Parliament.
I’m proud of the strong local campaign in Bath demanding this much needed law, with 83% of residents supporting it.
We must now ensure it continues to progress through the Lords.
I’m proud of the strong local campaign in Bath demanding this much needed law, with 83% of residents supporting it.
We must now ensure it continues to progress through the Lords.
December 1, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I met with Dignity in Dying campaigners for the anniversary of the Assisted Dying Bill’s 2nd reading in Parliament.
I’m proud of the strong local campaign in Bath demanding this much needed law, with 83% of residents supporting it.
We must now ensure it continues to progress through the Lords.
I’m proud of the strong local campaign in Bath demanding this much needed law, with 83% of residents supporting it.
We must now ensure it continues to progress through the Lords.
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The guy's literally got one leg, but that's apparently one too many for the DWP to consider him disabled www.mirror.co.uk/money/dwp-fi...
DWP demands £36k PIP back from one-legged dad filmed playing cricket
Shaun Rigby lost a leg when he was a child
www.mirror.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The guy's literally got one leg, but that's apparently one too many for the DWP to consider him disabled www.mirror.co.uk/money/dwp-fi...
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You can be on the side of Rowling, Putin and Trump, or you can be on the side of, you know, normal cool people.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Sugababes, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Wolf Alice and more to play all-star charity concert for trans rights
Organised by Olly Alexander and the Mighty Hoopla festival to ‘fight back against the politics of fear and exclusion’, Trans Mission will take place at Wembley Arena in March
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
You can be on the side of Rowling, Putin and Trump, or you can be on the side of, you know, normal cool people.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
It's funny how opponents of assisted dying are all like "no, don't listen to celebrities. We must listen to these experts who disagree with them".
Until, that is, a celebrity agrees with their position. 🤔
Until, that is, a celebrity agrees with their position. 🤔
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
It's funny how opponents of assisted dying are all like "no, don't listen to celebrities. We must listen to these experts who disagree with them".
Until, that is, a celebrity agrees with their position. 🤔
Until, that is, a celebrity agrees with their position. 🤔
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Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
'The elected chamber has approved assisted dying and it has the support of most voters. It will be disgraceful if it fails to become law because it is “talked out” by a clique of unelected peers.' 👏👏
November 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
'The elected chamber has approved assisted dying and it has the support of most voters. It will be disgraceful if it fails to become law because it is “talked out” by a clique of unelected peers.' 👏👏
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The trouble with Lords
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
The Lords they are a-leaping to frustrate ministers | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The trouble with Lords
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
When did it become a thing that clothes were "tactical"?
Every time I go on YouTube, I'm being encouraged to buy a "tactical hoodie" or "tactical weatherproof jacket".
Can you get a strategic jumper?
Every time I go on YouTube, I'm being encouraged to buy a "tactical hoodie" or "tactical weatherproof jacket".
Can you get a strategic jumper?
November 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
When did it become a thing that clothes were "tactical"?
Every time I go on YouTube, I'm being encouraged to buy a "tactical hoodie" or "tactical weatherproof jacket".
Can you get a strategic jumper?
Every time I go on YouTube, I'm being encouraged to buy a "tactical hoodie" or "tactical weatherproof jacket".
Can you get a strategic jumper?
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Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
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I believe the majority of my constituents in #Folkestone #Hythe & #RomneyMarsh agree we should grant asylum to those fleeing war and persecution – provided the system is fair and managed.
I spoke to one constituent, Janice, this week, who thinks that... 1/2
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
I spoke to one constituent, Janice, this week, who thinks that... 1/2
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘It’s wrong’: the Labour MP speaking out against the party’s asylum policy
As a well-informed MP on the frontline of the debate, Tony Vaughan’s views are particularly unwelcome to government
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I believe the majority of my constituents in #Folkestone #Hythe & #RomneyMarsh agree we should grant asylum to those fleeing war and persecution – provided the system is fair and managed.
I spoke to one constituent, Janice, this week, who thinks that... 1/2
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
I spoke to one constituent, Janice, this week, who thinks that... 1/2
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
"a pregnant woman doesn’t have absolute bodily autonomy.”
"Nigel has said he thinks the term limit of 24 weeks is too high. So we’d bring that down.”
On feminism, "increasingly, it’s become a code for an anti-family doctrine.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
"Nigel has said he thinks the term limit of 24 weeks is too high. So we’d bring that down.”
On feminism, "increasingly, it’s become a code for an anti-family doctrine.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘America is British’. Heaven is ‘a socialist state’. David Attenborough is ‘anti-human’ – the startling theories of Reform MP Danny Kruger
He was a Conservative party big-hitter who wrote speeches for David Cameron and worked with Boris Johnson before he suddenly jumped ship. He talks family, flags and why Nigel Farage is ‘top dog’
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
"a pregnant woman doesn’t have absolute bodily autonomy.”
"Nigel has said he thinks the term limit of 24 weeks is too high. So we’d bring that down.”
On feminism, "increasingly, it’s become a code for an anti-family doctrine.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
"Nigel has said he thinks the term limit of 24 weeks is too high. So we’d bring that down.”
On feminism, "increasingly, it’s become a code for an anti-family doctrine.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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"America is British", "socialism is heaven". Good Charlotte Edwardes profile of Danny Kruger, in which he gets the opportunity to say what he really thinks. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
November 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
"America is British", "socialism is heaven". Good Charlotte Edwardes profile of Danny Kruger, in which he gets the opportunity to say what he really thinks. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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King’s ransom bit.ly/48rKqGO what the Royal Family really costs as its income ratchets up from the Sovereign Grant after soaring Buckingham Palace costs and offshore wind
How much does the royal family really cost the British public?
The Windsors are the most expensive royal family in Europe, with coronations, weddings, funerals all funded by UK taxpayers. Norman Baker crunches the numbers
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM
King’s ransom bit.ly/48rKqGO what the Royal Family really costs as its income ratchets up from the Sovereign Grant after soaring Buckingham Palace costs and offshore wind
"State regulation should be to dignify and respect the freedom of individual choice, not deny it....For peers to seek to make it a legislative and bureaucratic bunfight is obscene."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Unelected Lords are blocking assisted dying – this is a democratic outrage | Simon Jenkins
Second chambers are a good idea, but they should not be able to overturn clear decisions reached by an elected body, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"State regulation should be to dignify and respect the freedom of individual choice, not deny it....For peers to seek to make it a legislative and bureaucratic bunfight is obscene."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Governments and voters are both reacting to algorithm-shaped “public opinion,” not grounded priorities. Immigration feels urgent because platforms amplify fear, pulling parties into hollow performances of toughness. The far right reads that drift as confirmation it’s winning.
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Governments and voters are both reacting to algorithm-shaped “public opinion,” not grounded priorities. Immigration feels urgent because platforms amplify fear, pulling parties into hollow performances of toughness. The far right reads that drift as confirmation it’s winning.
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Tommy Robinson is claiming credit for the language/policy being used by the Labour government (about deporting people found to be refugees once their home country is deemed safe)
November 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Tommy Robinson is claiming credit for the language/policy being used by the Labour government (about deporting people found to be refugees once their home country is deemed safe)
I'm reading an Observer piece about the PM's Bad Week and his "under-strapper's" plans backfiring. It compares No 10 to this...
#InfamyInfamyTheyveAllGotItInForMe!
#DownWithTheKids
#InfamyInfamyTheyveAllGotItInForMe!
#DownWithTheKids
a woman is standing in a doorway in a room with purple curtains and a candle holder .
Alt: the late Kenneth Williams playing Julius Caesar in Carry on Cleo when he pathetically laments: “Infamy! Infamy! They’ve all got it in for me!” .
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I'm reading an Observer piece about the PM's Bad Week and his "under-strapper's" plans backfiring. It compares No 10 to this...
#InfamyInfamyTheyveAllGotItInForMe!
#DownWithTheKids
#InfamyInfamyTheyveAllGotItInForMe!
#DownWithTheKids
Bill Clinton is "hot" 🤨
November 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Bill Clinton is "hot" 🤨