@neils99.bsky.social
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From the court’s opinion today blocking Hegseth’s attempt to discipline Mark Kelly: “As Bob Dylan once famously said, ‘You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.’ Our retired vets deserve more respect from our govt, and our Constitution demands they receive it!”
February 12, 2026 at 5:49 PM
From the court’s opinion today blocking Hegseth’s attempt to discipline Mark Kelly: “As Bob Dylan once famously said, ‘You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.’ Our retired vets deserve more respect from our govt, and our Constitution demands they receive it!”
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“One of the most egregious myths surrounding immigration is the idea that immigrants act as a drain on the public finances when in fact the complete opposite is true and immigration has fostered innovation and enriched cultural diversity”
🚨Gorton and Denton by-election
Surely by now we can all see that Reform is a party that thrives on division, fuels anger, and uses the scapegoating of minorities to gain support.
We are so much better than that.
DON’T BE TAKEN IN BY THE DIVISIVE POLITICS OF REFORM
youtu.be/cWWf1mZhlGk?...
Surely by now we can all see that Reform is a party that thrives on division, fuels anger, and uses the scapegoating of minorities to gain support.
We are so much better than that.
DON’T BE TAKEN IN BY THE DIVISIVE POLITICS OF REFORM
youtu.be/cWWf1mZhlGk?...
🚨Gorton and Denton by-election - JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
February 12, 2026 at 7:32 PM
“One of the most egregious myths surrounding immigration is the idea that immigrants act as a drain on the public finances when in fact the complete opposite is true and immigration has fostered innovation and enriched cultural diversity”
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Zoe cramming more truth into 3 mins than most of the coverage on immigration in the media for the last 3 days in this video.
Oh look!
We’re talking about immigration again!
Instead of corruption money & pedos permeating our politics! 🤩 Brilliant! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhZk...
We’re talking about immigration again!
Instead of corruption money & pedos permeating our politics! 🤩 Brilliant! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhZk...
Finally! A chance to talk about IMMIGRANTs & not corruption!
YouTube video by Zoe Gardner
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Zoe cramming more truth into 3 mins than most of the coverage on immigration in the media for the last 3 days in this video.
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Rachel Reeves promises to lower student loan costs by tackling inflation
'By getting inflation down, we can also reduce the interest on student loans and I think that will make a big difference in making that more affordable’
Not sure students will see it that way
'By getting inflation down, we can also reduce the interest on student loans and I think that will make a big difference in making that more affordable’
Not sure students will see it that way
February 12, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Rachel Reeves promises to lower student loan costs by tackling inflation
'By getting inflation down, we can also reduce the interest on student loans and I think that will make a big difference in making that more affordable’
Not sure students will see it that way
'By getting inflation down, we can also reduce the interest on student loans and I think that will make a big difference in making that more affordable’
Not sure students will see it that way
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Breaking: A fed judge has shut down Hegseth’s attempts to punish Sen. Mark Kelly over his urging of US service members to refuse illegal orders
“Senator Kelly was reprimanded for exercising his First Amendment right to speak on matters of public concern," wrote US District Judge Richard Leon.
“Senator Kelly was reprimanded for exercising his First Amendment right to speak on matters of public concern," wrote US District Judge Richard Leon.
February 12, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Breaking: A fed judge has shut down Hegseth’s attempts to punish Sen. Mark Kelly over his urging of US service members to refuse illegal orders
“Senator Kelly was reprimanded for exercising his First Amendment right to speak on matters of public concern," wrote US District Judge Richard Leon.
“Senator Kelly was reprimanded for exercising his First Amendment right to speak on matters of public concern," wrote US District Judge Richard Leon.
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Day after Alex Pretti killing I complained to BBC about presentation of White House statements and evidence as equivalent. Duty of balance doesn’t extend to complicity with clear lies, I said. BBC could and should report WH making false statements as a *fact of the story*. Today I got response …
February 12, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Day after Alex Pretti killing I complained to BBC about presentation of White House statements and evidence as equivalent. Duty of balance doesn’t extend to complicity with clear lies, I said. BBC could and should report WH making false statements as a *fact of the story*. Today I got response …
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Government deals with Palantir stink, and stank long before the Peter Mandelson scandal. The government must pivot away from companies like Palantir.
February 12, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Government deals with Palantir stink, and stank long before the Peter Mandelson scandal. The government must pivot away from companies like Palantir.
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Mass detaining and sorting by race —- tell me this is not Nazi Germany
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Mass detaining and sorting by race —- tell me this is not Nazi Germany
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Man who's never had a girlfriend struggles to understand why he's a man who's never had a girlfriend.
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Man who's never had a girlfriend struggles to understand why he's a man who's never had a girlfriend.
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My assumption is that Amazon is still in the phase of killing off other shops and then once that’s done it will realise that delivering things is a bit of a hassle and we’ll need to go to their monopoly warehouses to get stuff. It’ll be called “amazoning”. As in, “where’s mum? She’s gone amazoning.”
February 12, 2026 at 12:15 PM
My assumption is that Amazon is still in the phase of killing off other shops and then once that’s done it will realise that delivering things is a bit of a hassle and we’ll need to go to their monopoly warehouses to get stuff. It’ll be called “amazoning”. As in, “where’s mum? She’s gone amazoning.”
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My column in this week's @newstatesman1913.bsky.social, on bad data used in bad faith.
FOI-ing the stats myself, I didn't find a great deal of difference in sex offending rates: 5 per 10,000 Afghan men, 7 per 10,000 UK men:
FOI-ing the stats myself, I didn't find a great deal of difference in sex offending rates: 5 per 10,000 Afghan men, 7 per 10,000 UK men:
The truth about immigrants and sex crime
Corrosive innuendo about asylum seekers is helping no one
www.newstatesman.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
My column in this week's @newstatesman1913.bsky.social, on bad data used in bad faith.
FOI-ing the stats myself, I didn't find a great deal of difference in sex offending rates: 5 per 10,000 Afghan men, 7 per 10,000 UK men:
FOI-ing the stats myself, I didn't find a great deal of difference in sex offending rates: 5 per 10,000 Afghan men, 7 per 10,000 UK men:
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I have co-sponsored a parliamentary motion backing @togetheralliance.bsky.social
They are mobilising people nationwide for a major demo on 28 March to show unity against the far right. We must reject narratives of division and racism, and stand together in solidarity, for hope, unity and equality.
They are mobilising people nationwide for a major demo on 28 March to show unity against the far right. We must reject narratives of division and racism, and stand together in solidarity, for hope, unity and equality.
February 12, 2026 at 12:26 PM
I have co-sponsored a parliamentary motion backing @togetheralliance.bsky.social
They are mobilising people nationwide for a major demo on 28 March to show unity against the far right. We must reject narratives of division and racism, and stand together in solidarity, for hope, unity and equality.
They are mobilising people nationwide for a major demo on 28 March to show unity against the far right. We must reject narratives of division and racism, and stand together in solidarity, for hope, unity and equality.
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This is really encouraging. It's not too late to stop this.
70 parliamentarians have written to the Home Office saying the settlement proposals are unfair & need a significant rethink
February 12, 2026 at 11:49 AM
This is really encouraging. It's not too late to stop this.
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Worse than the tories.
#StarmerOut
#StarmerOut
Under Starmer, recognised refugees can no longer reunite with their children.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
What these “but why do people hate Starmer SO MUCH” takes come down to is so shallow.
Starmer doesn’t sound or look like a firebrand so what’s the big deal?
Immune to questions of SUBSTANCE - he’s liar, enabled a genocide, pandered to anti-migrant politics & global Fascism.
Starmer doesn’t sound or look like a firebrand so what’s the big deal?
Immune to questions of SUBSTANCE - he’s liar, enabled a genocide, pandered to anti-migrant politics & global Fascism.
February 11, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Worse than the tories.
#StarmerOut
#StarmerOut
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He should have known better and kept to the IOC spirit - and glued a 100 Dollar note to his helmet.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/w...
Ukrainian Olympian Is Disqualified Over Helmet With Images of War Dead
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:19 AM
He should have known better and kept to the IOC spirit - and glued a 100 Dollar note to his helmet.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/w...
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Europe has a narrow window of opportunity.
Just as we acted on health in the pandemic & on defence after Ukraine, now we must act on competitiveness.
•Complete Single Market
•Simplify procedures
•Turn savings into investment
•Strengthen strategic autonomy
•Pursue ambitious free & fair trade agenda
Just as we acted on health in the pandemic & on defence after Ukraine, now we must act on competitiveness.
•Complete Single Market
•Simplify procedures
•Turn savings into investment
•Strengthen strategic autonomy
•Pursue ambitious free & fair trade agenda
February 12, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Europe has a narrow window of opportunity.
Just as we acted on health in the pandemic & on defence after Ukraine, now we must act on competitiveness.
•Complete Single Market
•Simplify procedures
•Turn savings into investment
•Strengthen strategic autonomy
•Pursue ambitious free & fair trade agenda
Just as we acted on health in the pandemic & on defence after Ukraine, now we must act on competitiveness.
•Complete Single Market
•Simplify procedures
•Turn savings into investment
•Strengthen strategic autonomy
•Pursue ambitious free & fair trade agenda
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What a powerful, courageous message.
“I said to myself that fighting against that on an individual level was also fighting for the collective. I said if I could do it, other people could too … My message of hope to all victims is never have shame.”
“I said to myself that fighting against that on an individual level was also fighting for the collective. I said if I could do it, other people could too … My message of hope to all victims is never have shame.”
Gisèle Pelicot calls on victims to ‘never have shame’ in her first TV interview
Pelicot says shame is ‘a double sentence’ and describes shock of seeing herself like ‘a rag doll’ in police footage
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:40 AM
What a powerful, courageous message.
“I said to myself that fighting against that on an individual level was also fighting for the collective. I said if I could do it, other people could too … My message of hope to all victims is never have shame.”
“I said to myself that fighting against that on an individual level was also fighting for the collective. I said if I could do it, other people could too … My message of hope to all victims is never have shame.”
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Obviously zero reflection in any of this on how operating the largest empire in human history may have turned us into a multicultural nation. We are here because you were there. #Empireland
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
PM asks Sir Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK 'colonised by immigrants'
Sir Keir Starmer says comments by the businessman and Manchester United co-owner are
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Obviously zero reflection in any of this on how operating the largest empire in human history may have turned us into a multicultural nation. We are here because you were there. #Empireland
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Yesterday: we exposed the terrifying extent of corporate capture in British politics
Three Labour select committee chairs came out calling for urgent action in response
Today: Labour government's Elections Bill lands. Does almost *nothing* to tackle any of the issues we exposed. 🤦
Three Labour select committee chairs came out calling for urgent action in response
Today: Labour government's Elections Bill lands. Does almost *nothing* to tackle any of the issues we exposed. 🤦
🔴 Exclusive: Corporate donations British parties tripled over last three elections
But here's key thing: almost none is from FTSE500/listed companies
It's almost all companies controlled by super-wealthy individuals, or small, opaque firms
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-c...
But here's key thing: almost none is from FTSE500/listed companies
It's almost all companies controlled by super-wealthy individuals, or small, opaque firms
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-c...
Revealed: Corporate donations to British politics have tripled
Influential Labour committee chairs call on government to clean up politics as our new analysis finds record £42 million in company donations ahead of last election
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Yesterday: we exposed the terrifying extent of corporate capture in British politics
Three Labour select committee chairs came out calling for urgent action in response
Today: Labour government's Elections Bill lands. Does almost *nothing* to tackle any of the issues we exposed. 🤦
Three Labour select committee chairs came out calling for urgent action in response
Today: Labour government's Elections Bill lands. Does almost *nothing* to tackle any of the issues we exposed. 🤦
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In any other part of the public sector, the idea that you might personally be able to receive a gift from a foreign company up to £2,000 and that's *fine* would be comically lax. research.mysociety.org/html/beyond-...
Excerpt from: Beyond Transparency
Practical steps to improve data quality and fix the wider environment
research.mysociety.org
February 12, 2026 at 9:27 AM
In any other part of the public sector, the idea that you might personally be able to receive a gift from a foreign company up to £2,000 and that's *fine* would be comically lax. research.mysociety.org/html/beyond-...
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Ratcliffe is, quite obviously, factually, morally & intellectually wrong about immigration. But his racist comments will be 'both-sided' everywhere because people who simply don't like seeing non-white faces aren't ashamed to say so anymore.
February 12, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Ratcliffe is, quite obviously, factually, morally & intellectually wrong about immigration. But his racist comments will be 'both-sided' everywhere because people who simply don't like seeing non-white faces aren't ashamed to say so anymore.
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Chris Mason failing to point out that Ratcliffe's immigration numbers were untruthful
February 11, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Chris Mason failing to point out that Ratcliffe's immigration numbers were untruthful
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If the PM reckons Jim Ratcliffe should apologise for spreading this exact same lie, should the Home Office apologise too, or? 🤨
February 12, 2026 at 9:29 AM
If the PM reckons Jim Ratcliffe should apologise for spreading this exact same lie, should the Home Office apologise too, or? 🤨
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Jim Radcliffe pissed me off, so I wrote this about the inconvenient truth of migration.
tl:dr - no, just fucking read it. Some basic mathematics - you know, COUNTING THINGS - might make you reconsider, you stupid twats.
(I'm not trying to make friends)
open.substack.com/pub/russinch...
tl:dr - no, just fucking read it. Some basic mathematics - you know, COUNTING THINGS - might make you reconsider, you stupid twats.
(I'm not trying to make friends)
open.substack.com/pub/russinch...
The Indisputable Maths of Migration
How Demography, Not Dinghies, Will Decide Britain’s Future
open.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Jim Radcliffe pissed me off, so I wrote this about the inconvenient truth of migration.
tl:dr - no, just fucking read it. Some basic mathematics - you know, COUNTING THINGS - might make you reconsider, you stupid twats.
(I'm not trying to make friends)
open.substack.com/pub/russinch...
tl:dr - no, just fucking read it. Some basic mathematics - you know, COUNTING THINGS - might make you reconsider, you stupid twats.
(I'm not trying to make friends)
open.substack.com/pub/russinch...