Peter English
@petermbenglish.bsky.social
Public health doctor - retired. Former Chair, BMA Public Health Medicine Committee. Now singing, violin, ballroom dancing, LibDems. PR, EU, redistribution. Widowed.
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🧵/ With tactical voting ever more common, who do voters back when only two parties have a chance in their seat?
Con 31% v Ref 24%
Lab 35% v Ref 31%
Lab 29% v Con 28%
LD 41% v Ref 29%
LD 34% v Con 26%
LD 29% v Lab 21%
LD 26% v Grn 25%
Grn 42% v Ref 27%
Grn 37% v Con 29%
Grn 30% v Lab 20%
Con 31% v Ref 24%
Lab 35% v Ref 31%
Lab 29% v Con 28%
LD 41% v Ref 29%
LD 34% v Con 26%
LD 29% v Lab 21%
LD 26% v Grn 25%
Grn 42% v Ref 27%
Grn 37% v Con 29%
Grn 30% v Lab 20%
February 18, 2026 at 9:41 AM
🧵/ With tactical voting ever more common, who do voters back when only two parties have a chance in their seat?
Con 31% v Ref 24%
Lab 35% v Ref 31%
Lab 29% v Con 28%
LD 41% v Ref 29%
LD 34% v Con 26%
LD 29% v Lab 21%
LD 26% v Grn 25%
Grn 42% v Ref 27%
Grn 37% v Con 29%
Grn 30% v Lab 20%
Con 31% v Ref 24%
Lab 35% v Ref 31%
Lab 29% v Con 28%
LD 41% v Ref 29%
LD 34% v Con 26%
LD 29% v Lab 21%
LD 26% v Grn 25%
Grn 42% v Ref 27%
Grn 37% v Con 29%
Grn 30% v Lab 20%
Trump appears to be investing heavily in fossil fuels and cutting resources for green energy. Not because it makes sense directly, but to stick it to anyone who cares about the environment.
This is not just a US matter. It harms all of us.
Now, more than ever, we must all stop him.
This is not just a US matter. It harms all of us.
Now, more than ever, we must all stop him.
February 13, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Trump appears to be investing heavily in fossil fuels and cutting resources for green energy. Not because it makes sense directly, but to stick it to anyone who cares about the environment.
This is not just a US matter. It harms all of us.
Now, more than ever, we must all stop him.
This is not just a US matter. It harms all of us.
Now, more than ever, we must all stop him.
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this is repugnant and horrific on a human/moral level, obviously, but also seems to me colossal financial mismanagement.
immigrants boost economic activity, so we're spending vast sums ($38 billion is more than the total annual spending for 22 states) to injure the economy. cruelty is expensive
immigrants boost economic activity, so we're spending vast sums ($38 billion is more than the total annual spending for 22 states) to injure the economy. cruelty is expensive
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:56 PM
this is repugnant and horrific on a human/moral level, obviously, but also seems to me colossal financial mismanagement.
immigrants boost economic activity, so we're spending vast sums ($38 billion is more than the total annual spending for 22 states) to injure the economy. cruelty is expensive
immigrants boost economic activity, so we're spending vast sums ($38 billion is more than the total annual spending for 22 states) to injure the economy. cruelty is expensive
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Palantir, a US spy-tech firm, has been given access to millions of NHS patient records.
Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'.
Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'.
Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
you.38degrees.org.uk
February 13, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Palantir, a US spy-tech firm, has been given access to millions of NHS patient records.
Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'.
Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'.
Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful but group remains proscribed for now - live updates - BBC News
Good news. Let's hope: HO appeal fails; ruling on 20 Feb is good news; legal action against protestors is struck down.
Sadly…
Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful but group remains proscribed for now - live updates - BBC News
Good news. Let's hope: HO appeal fails; ruling on 20 Feb is good news; legal action against protestors is struck down.
Sadly…
Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful but group remains proscribed for now - live updates
Three judges rule against the Home Office in a massive blow to the government, but say the ban must remain until a further hearing.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 11:37 AM
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful but group remains proscribed for now - live updates - BBC News
Good news. Let's hope: HO appeal fails; ruling on 20 Feb is good news; legal action against protestors is struck down.
Sadly…
Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful but group remains proscribed for now - live updates - BBC News
Good news. Let's hope: HO appeal fails; ruling on 20 Feb is good news; legal action against protestors is struck down.
Sadly…
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Wow!
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule
Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Wow!
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Boris Johnson and Epstein. Given what we know of Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson ( his lack if scruples or morality, his sexual incontinence, his links to Russia, etc) it seems implausible that he wasn't up to his neck in Epstein’s capers, probably with major kompromat…
February 12, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Boris Johnson and Epstein. Given what we know of Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson ( his lack if scruples or morality, his sexual incontinence, his links to Russia, etc) it seems implausible that he wasn't up to his neck in Epstein’s capers, probably with major kompromat…
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Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.
January 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.
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Trumpists believe that America is the greatest country in the history of the world because of our liberty and you deserve to die if you exercise that liberty.
They are human in a manner of speaking, I guess.
They are human in a manner of speaking, I guess.
January 28, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Trumpists believe that America is the greatest country in the history of the world because of our liberty and you deserve to die if you exercise that liberty.
They are human in a manner of speaking, I guess.
They are human in a manner of speaking, I guess.
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SHUT THE GOVERNMENT DOWN!
Do not fund the government until a full investigation is performed for Renee Good and Alex Pretti. The agents responsible for their execution must be removed from duty and put on trial.
The American people demand accountability and an end to ICE & DHS brutality!!!
Do not fund the government until a full investigation is performed for Renee Good and Alex Pretti. The agents responsible for their execution must be removed from duty and put on trial.
The American people demand accountability and an end to ICE & DHS brutality!!!
January 27, 2026 at 2:50 PM
SHUT THE GOVERNMENT DOWN!
Do not fund the government until a full investigation is performed for Renee Good and Alex Pretti. The agents responsible for their execution must be removed from duty and put on trial.
The American people demand accountability and an end to ICE & DHS brutality!!!
Do not fund the government until a full investigation is performed for Renee Good and Alex Pretti. The agents responsible for their execution must be removed from duty and put on trial.
The American people demand accountability and an end to ICE & DHS brutality!!!
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“No progress at all was made in reducing overall levels of relative hardship”
Misery caused by Tory austerity and failures of governance; prioritising ruinous ideology over social investment.
Reform wants voters to be angry, but plans more of exactly the same.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Misery caused by Tory austerity and failures of governance; prioritising ruinous ideology over social investment.
Reform wants voters to be angry, but plans more of exactly the same.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on deepening poverty in the UK: a catastrophic Tory legacy has cut millions adrift | Editorial
Editorial: A new Joseph Rowntree report underlines the corrosive impact of years of anti-welfare rhetoric. A reframing of the debate is urgently needed
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:38 AM
“No progress at all was made in reducing overall levels of relative hardship”
Misery caused by Tory austerity and failures of governance; prioritising ruinous ideology over social investment.
Reform wants voters to be angry, but plans more of exactly the same.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Misery caused by Tory austerity and failures of governance; prioritising ruinous ideology over social investment.
Reform wants voters to be angry, but plans more of exactly the same.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In other words, "I was only obeying orders".
We've heard that one before. Many of those relying on the defence were hanged.
We've heard that one before. Many of those relying on the defence were hanged.
Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
January 28, 2026 at 2:04 PM
In other words, "I was only obeying orders".
We've heard that one before. Many of those relying on the defence were hanged.
We've heard that one before. Many of those relying on the defence were hanged.
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This is how the BBC is reporting Matt Goodwin's selection as Reform's candidate in Gorton and Denton.
He's not an academic. He holds no academic position and hasn't done for quite some time.
He's not an academic. He holds no academic position and hasn't done for quite some time.
January 27, 2026 at 2:44 PM
This is how the BBC is reporting Matt Goodwin's selection as Reform's candidate in Gorton and Denton.
He's not an academic. He holds no academic position and hasn't done for quite some time.
He's not an academic. He holds no academic position and hasn't done for quite some time.
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Has anyone been able to identify the “if you raise your voice, I erase your voice” agent?
Because that’s someone who, for public safety, should be named and identified and warned about.
Because that’s someone who, for public safety, should be named and identified and warned about.
January 27, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Has anyone been able to identify the “if you raise your voice, I erase your voice” agent?
Because that’s someone who, for public safety, should be named and identified and warned about.
Because that’s someone who, for public safety, should be named and identified and warned about.
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"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
January 27, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
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Hi Suella Braverman, when are you going to call a by-election now you’ve defected?
Your new leader Nigel Farage calls those that don’t “dishonourable members”.
Your new leader Nigel Farage calls those that don’t “dishonourable members”.
January 27, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Hi Suella Braverman, when are you going to call a by-election now you’ve defected?
Your new leader Nigel Farage calls those that don’t “dishonourable members”.
Your new leader Nigel Farage calls those that don’t “dishonourable members”.
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They’ve burst through the bottom of the proverbial barrel and now risk digging down to the water table.
Reform byelection candidate refuses to disown claim that people born in UK not necessarily British
Reform byelection candidate refuses to disown claim that people born in UK not necessarily British
Matthew Goodwin, who is standing in Gorton and Denton, said UK-born people from minority ethnic backgrounds were not always British
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UK politics live – latest updates
The Reform UK candidate in the Gorton and Denton byelection has refused to disown his claim that UK-born people from minority ethnic backgrounds are not necessarily British.
Matthew Goodwin, a hard-right activist, was unveiled on Tuesday as the party’s candidate in the demographically diverse seat in south-east Manchester. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:01 PM
They’ve burst through the bottom of the proverbial barrel and now risk digging down to the water table.
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Look, if you had a party scheduled at your house, and the pipes broke and the floor was covered in raw sewage, you’d tell your friends not to come over.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
January 27, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Look, if you had a party scheduled at your house, and the pipes broke and the floor was covered in raw sewage, you’d tell your friends not to come over.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
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Man "murdered" by federal agents in Minneapolis.
There, fixed it for you.
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
Minneapolis live: Man shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis named as US citizen Alex Pretti - BBC News
There, fixed it for you.
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
Minneapolis live: Man shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis named as US citizen Alex Pretti - BBC News
Minneapolis live: Man shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis named as US citizen Alex Pretti
The shooting follows days of protests in the city over the Trump administration's immigration enforcement operation.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Man "murdered" by federal agents in Minneapolis.
There, fixed it for you.
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
Minneapolis live: Man shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis named as US citizen Alex Pretti - BBC News
There, fixed it for you.
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
Minneapolis live: Man shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis named as US citizen Alex Pretti - BBC News
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Labour's deputy leader Lucy Powell tells @thefabians.bsky.social conference the party should not prevent any candidate - ie Andy Burnham - running for Gorton by-election.
January 24, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Labour's deputy leader Lucy Powell tells @thefabians.bsky.social conference the party should not prevent any candidate - ie Andy Burnham - running for Gorton by-election.
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An accurate summary Of three key points.
The federal government is gunning people down in the streets, lying about what happened and then preventing any independent investigation of the killings
January 24, 2026 at 9:37 PM
An accurate summary Of three key points.
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Abolish ICE and prosecute everyone who stays in it from this day forward as members of a criminal conspiracy to commit murder.
January 24, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Abolish ICE and prosecute everyone who stays in it from this day forward as members of a criminal conspiracy to commit murder.
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Awful of the BBC.
How can they distribute a video that clearly shows that the official US government narrative is a lie without also stating that it's a lie?
There aren't two sides to every story.
Two news angles, yes:
- Reality of what happened.
- Official lying cover-up.
But not two sides.
How can they distribute a video that clearly shows that the official US government narrative is a lie without also stating that it's a lie?
There aren't two sides to every story.
Two news angles, yes:
- Reality of what happened.
- Official lying cover-up.
But not two sides.
The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible.
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
January 24, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Awful of the BBC.
How can they distribute a video that clearly shows that the official US government narrative is a lie without also stating that it's a lie?
There aren't two sides to every story.
Two news angles, yes:
- Reality of what happened.
- Official lying cover-up.
But not two sides.
How can they distribute a video that clearly shows that the official US government narrative is a lie without also stating that it's a lie?
There aren't two sides to every story.
Two news angles, yes:
- Reality of what happened.
- Official lying cover-up.
But not two sides.
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If this is what they do when they're out on the street with people pointing cameras at them, what do you think is happening inside the ICE prison camps that they keep denying Members of Congress access to?
January 25, 2026 at 7:20 AM
If this is what they do when they're out on the street with people pointing cameras at them, what do you think is happening inside the ICE prison camps that they keep denying Members of Congress access to?