Richard Mahon
@ramahon.bsky.social
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
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You know what helps make the streets safer? Paying your taxes
Nadhim Zahawi thinks London is now unsafe, because the other day a tired-looking man walked past him during the morning rush hour.
February 13, 2026 at 4:38 PM
You know what helps make the streets safer? Paying your taxes
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A true patriot wants his daughters to be protected from foreign rapists but has no interest in them having equal pay or career opportunities, no interest in tackling intimate partner violence or stalking, no interest in ending workplace sexual harassment and no interest in combating online misogyny.
February 13, 2026 at 4:11 PM
A true patriot wants his daughters to be protected from foreign rapists but has no interest in them having equal pay or career opportunities, no interest in tackling intimate partner violence or stalking, no interest in ending workplace sexual harassment and no interest in combating online misogyny.
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With a clanging lack of subtlety, he invokes the safety of his teenage daughter, when it sounds like it's actually him that needs his hand holding and someone to protect him when he's out in public.
February 13, 2026 at 4:05 PM
With a clanging lack of subtlety, he invokes the safety of his teenage daughter, when it sounds like it's actually him that needs his hand holding and someone to protect him when he's out in public.
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The mark of any true patriot is their willingness to lie about personal safety in their beloved nation's capital.
Nadhim Zahawi thinks London is now unsafe, because the other day a tired-looking man walked past him during the morning rush hour.
February 13, 2026 at 3:52 PM
The mark of any true patriot is their willingness to lie about personal safety in their beloved nation's capital.
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Ban these things they are already being used to target women.
Meta reportedly wants to add face recognition to smart glasses while privacy advocates are distracted
Meta reportedly wants to add face recognition to smart glasses while privacy advocates are distracted
The feature could arrive as soon as this year.
buff.ly
February 13, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Ban these things they are already being used to target women.
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At the same time it reflects horribly on the wider state of European football. The team that finished 17th in England won a UEFA trophy last season (beating the one that finished 15th). This year they've cantered through the 'league phase' of apparently the most difficult club competition on Earth
February 11, 2026 at 8:26 AM
At the same time it reflects horribly on the wider state of European football. The team that finished 17th in England won a UEFA trophy last season (beating the one that finished 15th). This year they've cantered through the 'league phase' of apparently the most difficult club competition on Earth
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The salient point to Spurs being as bad as they are is this is exactly what football and sport should be. Bad teams should be in danger of and - God forbid - actually experience relegation. Money shouldn't be an impenetrable buffer. Going down shouldn't be an existential worry for clubs
February 11, 2026 at 8:10 AM
The salient point to Spurs being as bad as they are is this is exactly what football and sport should be. Bad teams should be in danger of and - God forbid - actually experience relegation. Money shouldn't be an impenetrable buffer. Going down shouldn't be an existential worry for clubs
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Farage has contributed to a parliamentary debate 34 times since his election. He's voted 161 times. By comparison (contributions/votes): Ed Davey: 53/195; Ellie Chowns (Grn): 230/342; Stephen Flynn (SNP): 76/110; Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid): 167/229.
Given how much Nigel Farage hates working from home, it would be nice to see him turn up at his workplace a bit more regularly
February 11, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Farage has contributed to a parliamentary debate 34 times since his election. He's voted 161 times. By comparison (contributions/votes): Ed Davey: 53/195; Ellie Chowns (Grn): 230/342; Stephen Flynn (SNP): 76/110; Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid): 167/229.
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allllll together now:
BAN THE PERVERT GLASSES
BAN THE PERVERT GLASSES
Social media is awash with videos of men filming themselves approaching women in public spaces and attempting to flirt. In many cases, the videos are filmed and uploaded without the women’s consent. https://cnn.it/4qtIsvB
February 10, 2026 at 4:50 PM
allllll together now:
BAN THE PERVERT GLASSES
BAN THE PERVERT GLASSES
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Reform banned journalists they dislike from covering their party conference and then Nigel Farage dissembled about it to Congress, so I think we’ve heard quite enough faux free speech bollocks out of them, tbh.
This is pretty menacing.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
February 10, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Reform banned journalists they dislike from covering their party conference and then Nigel Farage dissembled about it to Congress, so I think we’ve heard quite enough faux free speech bollocks out of them, tbh.
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Farage - a total hypocrite on the Mandelson appointment. And, besides, the Epstein files expose him too.
A grubby apologist to Trump. A useful idiot to Bannon. And a traitor to the UK.
open.substack.com/pub/adambien...
A grubby apologist to Trump. A useful idiot to Bannon. And a traitor to the UK.
open.substack.com/pub/adambien...
Nigel Farage’s Epstein Hypocrisy
The Reform leader's own connections to the Jeffrey Epstein story are far deeper than he now pretends
open.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Farage - a total hypocrite on the Mandelson appointment. And, besides, the Epstein files expose him too.
A grubby apologist to Trump. A useful idiot to Bannon. And a traitor to the UK.
open.substack.com/pub/adambien...
A grubby apologist to Trump. A useful idiot to Bannon. And a traitor to the UK.
open.substack.com/pub/adambien...
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Once again there are way better options out there than Substack. Which one works for you depends on your goals. But if you don't want to support the company that supports Nazis, there are plenty of options.
“The global publishing platform Substack is generating revenue from newsletters that promote virulent Nazi ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism, a Guardian investigation has found…” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Once again there are way better options out there than Substack. Which one works for you depends on your goals. But if you don't want to support the company that supports Nazis, there are plenty of options.
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There's definitely a sense of 'that other bloke' here. Doesn't matter who 'that other bloke' is but 'that other bloke must be better than Keir Starmer' - without really knowing who 'that other bloke' is.
February 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
There's definitely a sense of 'that other bloke' here. Doesn't matter who 'that other bloke' is but 'that other bloke must be better than Keir Starmer' - without really knowing who 'that other bloke' is.
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I wonder if members of the public saying they'd prefer Andy Burnham to Keir Starmer can even remember what Andy Burnham sounds like, never mind whether he'd be a more effective PM.
February 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM
I wonder if members of the public saying they'd prefer Andy Burnham to Keir Starmer can even remember what Andy Burnham sounds like, never mind whether he'd be a more effective PM.
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February 7, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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i love european olympics opening ceremonies. the second the ioc names a european host city the prime minister calls the culture minister into their office and says "find me your strangest homosexuals. give each of them a period of our great nation's history, a kilo of cocaine, and Ten Million Euros"
February 7, 2026 at 4:22 AM
i love european olympics opening ceremonies. the second the ioc names a european host city the prime minister calls the culture minister into their office and says "find me your strangest homosexuals. give each of them a period of our great nation's history, a kilo of cocaine, and Ten Million Euros"
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I wrote this yesterday - Starmer could still turn his premiership around, if he finally, FINALLY, finds the courage to address the grubby circs which allow people like Mandelson to rise so far. bylinetimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
'The Mandelson-Epstein Scandal Is an Opportunity for Starmer to Radically Reform Our Broken Politics'
The Prime Minister should use this moment to shine a light on the dark forces corrupting our democracy, argues former British diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
bylinetimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:11 PM
I wrote this yesterday - Starmer could still turn his premiership around, if he finally, FINALLY, finds the courage to address the grubby circs which allow people like Mandelson to rise so far. bylinetimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
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Yeah but he would say that wouldn't he
February 6, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Yeah but he would say that wouldn't he
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I still have this sticker, a present from @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social a few years ago, on my phone
February 6, 2026 at 10:09 AM
I still have this sticker, a present from @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social a few years ago, on my phone
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In case anyone hasn’t seen one of the greatest videos of all time m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue1U...
Mike Skinner Backstage Peter Mandelson Went Mad | Turn The Page Live | The Streets
YouTube video by stan tonkin
m.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:14 AM
In case anyone hasn’t seen one of the greatest videos of all time m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue1U...
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Yes, it’s *exactly* the same failings of character that got him fired from government the first two times.
Comprehensively, too: his desire to schmooze the ultra-rich, his willingness to use his office to do that, and his indignant belief that it’s okay for him to do that.
Comprehensively, too: his desire to schmooze the ultra-rich, his willingness to use his office to do that, and his indignant belief that it’s okay for him to do that.
Wes Streeting saying on Today that Mandelson is ‘not the man we thought he was’ but the trouble is, he is exactly the man we thought, just on a much worse scale than almost anyone thought. And there is an alternative world where none of this is this govt’s problem, because they never gave him a job
February 4, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Yes, it’s *exactly* the same failings of character that got him fired from government the first two times.
Comprehensively, too: his desire to schmooze the ultra-rich, his willingness to use his office to do that, and his indignant belief that it’s okay for him to do that.
Comprehensively, too: his desire to schmooze the ultra-rich, his willingness to use his office to do that, and his indignant belief that it’s okay for him to do that.
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Chaotic carnival of chancers latest:
- Jenrick and Braverman vote FOR the abolition of the two child limit while the other four Reform MPs vote against
- and of course Farage doesn’t even bother turning up to do his job
- Jenrick and Braverman vote FOR the abolition of the two child limit while the other four Reform MPs vote against
- and of course Farage doesn’t even bother turning up to do his job
Couldn’t make this up. Farage:
- WAS calling for the two child limit to be scrapped.
- NOW calling for the two child limit to be reinstated.
Reform aren’t just importing failed Tory politicians. They’re importing failed Tory policies.
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
- WAS calling for the two child limit to be scrapped.
- NOW calling for the two child limit to be reinstated.
Reform aren’t just importing failed Tory politicians. They’re importing failed Tory policies.
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Nigel Farage Calls For Lifting Of Two-Child Benefit Cap
Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage has called for the lifting of the two child benefit cap and transferable tax allowance for married couples.
www.politicshome.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Chaotic carnival of chancers latest:
- Jenrick and Braverman vote FOR the abolition of the two child limit while the other four Reform MPs vote against
- and of course Farage doesn’t even bother turning up to do his job
- Jenrick and Braverman vote FOR the abolition of the two child limit while the other four Reform MPs vote against
- and of course Farage doesn’t even bother turning up to do his job
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More integrity in his little finger than his detractors have displayed in entire careers.
Gordon Brown writes to Met to back case for investigation into Mandelson's 'inexcusable and unpatriotic' leaking - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
February 3, 2026 at 5:21 PM
More integrity in his little finger than his detractors have displayed in entire careers.
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Starmer said in 2022 that he’d abolish The Lords, and if Labour wanted a wedge to open that door, this is exactly what they need… but then again it’s Starmer so he’ll do fuck all.
UK govt drafting legislation to remove Mandelson peerage, has referred information to the police www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...
Government refers material to police after review of Mandelson Epstein emails - live updates
PM Keir Starmer calls allegations that Lord Mandelson passed on sensitive government information to Epstein
www.bbc.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Starmer said in 2022 that he’d abolish The Lords, and if Labour wanted a wedge to open that door, this is exactly what they need… but then again it’s Starmer so he’ll do fuck all.