Peter West
@peterfwest.bsky.social
European. Family guy. Live music enthusiast. Veteran of the mobile telecoms industry.
North Easterner living in exile in the Thames Valley
“Peter in Reading” on BBC 6 Music
North Easterner living in exile in the Thames Valley
“Peter in Reading” on BBC 6 Music
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Peter West
@peterfwest.bsky.social
· Oct 14
I’ve been thinking about this for years now, but always thought that it wouldn’t achieve anything because of our ridiculous FPTP electoral system. Like a lot of others (now over 110,000 members!) I’ve arrived at the decision that this is the best hope we have for a fairer and more radical future
Without the EU AI Act to regulate behaviour, many Chinese companies could send our data to servers in China rather than in the EU (UK also benefits from the overspill of the EU AI Act)
Almost everything is on hiatus. The EU AI Act, Digital Services Act, and Digital Markets Act are all at risk. The European Commission is preparing to end the year with virtually no movement on its most important tech policy initiatives. Many measures may even be reversed.
Europe Is Bending the Knee to the US on Tech Policy
The Trump administration's pressure on European regulators is having an impact, with fewer restrictions on Big Tech and canceled measures.
www.wired.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Without the EU AI Act to regulate behaviour, many Chinese companies could send our data to servers in China rather than in the EU (UK also benefits from the overspill of the EU AI Act)
Boris Johnson: “muddled” and “hopelessly incoherent” sounds about right
November 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Boris Johnson: “muddled” and “hopelessly incoherent” sounds about right
I was looking for a decent film to watch tonight, and I saw Spike Lee and Denzel Washington so I guessed “Highest 2 Lowest” was going to be epic. How wrong I was
November 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I was looking for a decent film to watch tonight, and I saw Spike Lee and Denzel Washington so I guessed “Highest 2 Lowest” was going to be epic. How wrong I was
Well it’s not all bad news today…
news.sky.com/story/telegr...
news.sky.com/story/telegr...
Telegraph future in limbo again as RedBird abandons £500m deal
RedBird has confirmed a Sky News report that it has withdrawn its £500m bid to buy the right-leaning newspaper titles.
news.sky.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Well it’s not all bad news today…
news.sky.com/story/telegr...
news.sky.com/story/telegr...
All the fuss about Trump attacking the BBC is just his latest smokescreen for this. As usual the media and chattering commentariat are falling for it
What Epstein said about Trump in newly released emails
What Epstein said about Trump in newly released emails
www.thetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
All the fuss about Trump attacking the BBC is just his latest smokescreen for this. As usual the media and chattering commentariat are falling for it
So the government appear to have forced the DG of the BBC to resign to please Trump, and are still spending taxpayers cash posting on X to please Musk. Spineless. I had such high hopes and look at what we have ended up with.
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
So the government appear to have forced the DG of the BBC to resign to please Trump, and are still spending taxpayers cash posting on X to please Musk. Spineless. I had such high hopes and look at what we have ended up with.
There’s left over onion gravy so I’ve slopped it over a slice of bread and devoured it just like my great grandad would have done. Mrs W is not impressed
November 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
There’s left over onion gravy so I’ve slopped it over a slice of bread and devoured it just like my great grandad would have done. Mrs W is not impressed
After about a month of noisy fireworks pretty much every night, some arsehole is setting them off here again tonight. Is it to commemorate Remembrance Sunday for all the people who have PTSD?
November 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
After about a month of noisy fireworks pretty much every night, some arsehole is setting them off here again tonight. Is it to commemorate Remembrance Sunday for all the people who have PTSD?
Mike Joyce talking about The Smiths on BBC 6 Music this morning. When asked about people who said they were boring, he retorted that those people had obviously never been to a Smiths gig.
For the record, I saw The Smiths live on their three UK tours and they were honestly one of the best live bands
For the record, I saw The Smiths live on their three UK tours and they were honestly one of the best live bands
November 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Mike Joyce talking about The Smiths on BBC 6 Music this morning. When asked about people who said they were boring, he retorted that those people had obviously never been to a Smiths gig.
For the record, I saw The Smiths live on their three UK tours and they were honestly one of the best live bands
For the record, I saw The Smiths live on their three UK tours and they were honestly one of the best live bands
Tell me you’re a racist without telling me you’re a racist…
“Trump limits refugee admissions to 7,500 and gives priority to white South Africans”https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy40jj71243o
“Trump limits refugee admissions to 7,500 and gives priority to white South Africans”https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy40jj71243o
Trump limits refugee admissions to 7,500 and gives priority to white South Africans
www.bbc.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Tell me you’re a racist without telling me you’re a racist…
“Trump limits refugee admissions to 7,500 and gives priority to white South Africans”https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy40jj71243o
“Trump limits refugee admissions to 7,500 and gives priority to white South Africans”https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy40jj71243o
With the hysteria that’s been whipped up by the media and far right recently I’m really concerned how this will play out
news.sky.com/story/kebatu...
news.sky.com/story/kebatu...
Kebatu manhunt latest: Epping hotel asylum seeker 'at large in London' after mistaken release - with three police forces searching for him
Police have launched a manhunt to find an asylum seeker jailed for sexually assaulting a teenage girl who has been accidentally freed. Officers in Essex say he boarded a train for London after the rel...
news.sky.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
With the hysteria that’s been whipped up by the media and far right recently I’m really concerned how this will play out
news.sky.com/story/kebatu...
news.sky.com/story/kebatu...
Nick Grimshaw playing Grace by IDLES this morning. Is this related to the “big” news story about the king and the pope praying together yesterday or just a coincidence?
October 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Nick Grimshaw playing Grace by IDLES this morning. Is this related to the “big” news story about the king and the pope praying together yesterday or just a coincidence?
All four members of my family are now Green Party members and I met someone else this morning who told me he joined last week having never been a member of a political party before
"We are coming for the Labour government and we are taking the fight to Reform.”
Be part of it. Join the Green Party today! 👇
Be part of it. Join the Green Party today! 👇
October 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
All four members of my family are now Green Party members and I met someone else this morning who told me he joined last week having never been a member of a political party before
A while back things like this would have been blamed on the EU, but turns out this is caused by climate change
news.sky.com/story/money-...
news.sky.com/story/money-...
Money blog: Penguins and Clubs can no longer be called 'chocolate' - and McVitie's has had to change iconic slogan
Welcome to the Money blog, Sky News' consumer hub. We kick off every Monday with a careers deep dive, today asking an aesthetics doctor what his job is really like. And there's bad news if you like a ...
news.sky.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
A while back things like this would have been blamed on the EU, but turns out this is caused by climate change
news.sky.com/story/money-...
news.sky.com/story/money-...
So Donald Trump won’t send Tomahawk Cruise missiles to support Ukraine but will drop explosives on people he thinks are drug dealing and will also post AI videos of himself dropping sh!t on people who oppose him politically, but he’s not a spineless bully?
October 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
So Donald Trump won’t send Tomahawk Cruise missiles to support Ukraine but will drop explosives on people he thinks are drug dealing and will also post AI videos of himself dropping sh!t on people who oppose him politically, but he’s not a spineless bully?
Wait till Kami Badenoch finds out how hard it is for someone from Gaza to go to a football match
October 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Wait till Kami Badenoch finds out how hard it is for someone from Gaza to go to a football match
Putin is worried about the US supplying Tomahawk Cruise missiles to Ukraine, so he’ll have the meeting, smile and shake hands, obfuscate and then nothing will change
Trump says he will meet Putin in Hungary after ‘productive’ call – live
Trump says he will meet Putin in Hungary after ‘productive’ call – live
US president says he and Russian leader agreed to convene next week in an undetermined location in Budapest
A reminder that my colleagues are covering the latest developments out of the Middle East, as Israel and Hamas continue to carry out various aspects of the US brokered ceasefire deal.
This includes the news today that Israel returned the bodies of 30 Palestinians to Gaza, bringing the total number handed over to 120, according the Gaza health ministry and Nasser hospital in Khan Younis. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Putin is worried about the US supplying Tomahawk Cruise missiles to Ukraine, so he’ll have the meeting, smile and shake hands, obfuscate and then nothing will change
I’ve been thinking about this for years now, but always thought that it wouldn’t achieve anything because of our ridiculous FPTP electoral system. Like a lot of others (now over 110,000 members!) I’ve arrived at the decision that this is the best hope we have for a fairer and more radical future
October 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I’ve been thinking about this for years now, but always thought that it wouldn’t achieve anything because of our ridiculous FPTP electoral system. Like a lot of others (now over 110,000 members!) I’ve arrived at the decision that this is the best hope we have for a fairer and more radical future
Honestly officer, I’ve only brushed my teeth
October 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Honestly officer, I’ve only brushed my teeth
I hope they have brought Confederate flags with them just to underline exactly what’s going on here
October 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I hope they have brought Confederate flags with them just to underline exactly what’s going on here
Following last night’s talk by David Olusoga, today we were entertained by Miriam Margolyes who pulled no punches when laying out her thoughts on Gaza, the Israeli government and the “patriots” nearer home with their fascist flags
October 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Following last night’s talk by David Olusoga, today we were entertained by Miriam Margolyes who pulled no punches when laying out her thoughts on Gaza, the Israeli government and the “patriots” nearer home with their fascist flags
The Tories and Reform competing for the biggest arseholes prize is a joy to behold. I wonder if David Cameron has any thoughts on this?
October 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The Tories and Reform competing for the biggest arseholes prize is a joy to behold. I wonder if David Cameron has any thoughts on this?
Thought provoking, informative and slightly depressing presentation by David Olusoga at the Concert Hall in Reading tonight. I understand even better the problems we face, but I’m not sure what I can do to help
@davidolusoga.bsky.social
@davidolusoga.bsky.social
David Olusoga (@davidolusoga.bsky.social)
British-Nigerian Historian - BAFTA Winning Producer/Presenter - Best Selling Author - AGENT [email protected]
davidolusoga.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Thought provoking, informative and slightly depressing presentation by David Olusoga at the Concert Hall in Reading tonight. I understand even better the problems we face, but I’m not sure what I can do to help
@davidolusoga.bsky.social
@davidolusoga.bsky.social