Steve Dickinson
@stopitsteve.bsky.social
Music lover, occasional hifi reviewer but full time data protection nerd. Happy to talk about music, craft beer, food and wine and, inevitably, politics. Owned by a wife and a dog. Opinions are my own but I’m open to rational persuasion.
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MPs are about to debate Russian interference in Britain’s democracy.
We’ll be live on this thread with what matters 🧵
We’ll be live on this thread with what matters 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 4:04 PM
MPs are about to debate Russian interference in Britain’s democracy.
We’ll be live on this thread with what matters 🧵
We’ll be live on this thread with what matters 🧵
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You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses?
People
People
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses?
People
People
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Has Fartage stood down yet?
February 9, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Has Fartage stood down yet?
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U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
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Nothing makes one prouder to be British than someone resigning in disgrace because we still understand both those words
February 8, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Nothing makes one prouder to be British than someone resigning in disgrace because we still understand both those words
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Fed up with politicians afraid or unwilling to do the right thing?
Me too.
Me too.
February 8, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Fed up with politicians afraid or unwilling to do the right thing?
Me too.
Me too.
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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
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For fuck’s sake … it is long past time the British media ostracised these absolutely deranged clowns.
Once your ‘intellect’ has been disgraced in public by the actions you took, that should be it.
Hide in shame forever. The Profumo Model.
Once your ‘intellect’ has been disgraced in public by the actions you took, that should be it.
Hide in shame forever. The Profumo Model.
February 8, 2026 at 5:12 AM
For fuck’s sake … it is long past time the British media ostracised these absolutely deranged clowns.
Once your ‘intellect’ has been disgraced in public by the actions you took, that should be it.
Hide in shame forever. The Profumo Model.
Once your ‘intellect’ has been disgraced in public by the actions you took, that should be it.
Hide in shame forever. The Profumo Model.
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“Hey, who’s the new girl?”
February 3, 2026 at 7:57 PM
“Hey, who’s the new girl?”
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So why would a Kazakhstani billionaire be trying to secretly bankroll Reform?
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
February 1, 2026 at 10:27 AM
So why would a Kazakhstani billionaire be trying to secretly bankroll Reform?
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.
January 30, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.
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Gorton and Denton need to check the baggage that Matt Goodwin brings as a candidate.
January 30, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Gorton and Denton need to check the baggage that Matt Goodwin brings as a candidate.
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interested to learn what “at my direction” means because it sounds like “without a warrant”
January 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM
interested to learn what “at my direction” means because it sounds like “without a warrant”
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Badenoch at her press conference states she leads a party that has a plan
plan to leave the ECHR, Scrap Net Zero, repeal the climate change act & scrap stamp duty.
Straight out of the Trump play book - Make the millionaires & Billionaires richer while the working people suffer!
#NeverVoteTory
plan to leave the ECHR, Scrap Net Zero, repeal the climate change act & scrap stamp duty.
Straight out of the Trump play book - Make the millionaires & Billionaires richer while the working people suffer!
#NeverVoteTory
January 28, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Badenoch at her press conference states she leads a party that has a plan
plan to leave the ECHR, Scrap Net Zero, repeal the climate change act & scrap stamp duty.
Straight out of the Trump play book - Make the millionaires & Billionaires richer while the working people suffer!
#NeverVoteTory
plan to leave the ECHR, Scrap Net Zero, repeal the climate change act & scrap stamp duty.
Straight out of the Trump play book - Make the millionaires & Billionaires richer while the working people suffer!
#NeverVoteTory
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Now, if Labour were to select Gary Neville as their candidate…
January 27, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Now, if Labour were to select Gary Neville as their candidate…
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The newly acquired right wing Tory monsters are clearly there to soften the image of Reform.
As another Reform councillor backs ICE killing.
As another Reform councillor backs ICE killing.
January 27, 2026 at 10:25 AM
The newly acquired right wing Tory monsters are clearly there to soften the image of Reform.
As another Reform councillor backs ICE killing.
As another Reform councillor backs ICE killing.
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Here is your domestic terrorist.
January 27, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Here is your domestic terrorist.
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Referring to the US as a "homeland" was always creepy as fuck, always nazi-adjacent, and creating a Dept. of Homeland Security was an obvious lurch toward authoritarianism that should have been strenuously resisted from the beginning.
(Oh weird the hippies were right again.)
(Oh weird the hippies were right again.)
January 27, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Referring to the US as a "homeland" was always creepy as fuck, always nazi-adjacent, and creating a Dept. of Homeland Security was an obvious lurch toward authoritarianism that should have been strenuously resisted from the beginning.
(Oh weird the hippies were right again.)
(Oh weird the hippies were right again.)
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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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It doesn't matter what the Constitution says. If the government can execute you on the street or in your own home on a whim, you have no rights. None.
January 26, 2026 at 2:45 PM
It doesn't matter what the Constitution says. If the government can execute you on the street or in your own home on a whim, you have no rights. None.
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We are opening an investigation into Grok because we believe that X may have breached the DSA.
We have seen antisemitic content, non-consensual deepfakes of women, and child sexual abuse material.
In Europe, no company will make money by violating our fundamental rights.
link.europa.eu/Fh8h84
We have seen antisemitic content, non-consensual deepfakes of women, and child sexual abuse material.
In Europe, no company will make money by violating our fundamental rights.
link.europa.eu/Fh8h84
January 26, 2026 at 1:24 PM
We are opening an investigation into Grok because we believe that X may have breached the DSA.
We have seen antisemitic content, non-consensual deepfakes of women, and child sexual abuse material.
In Europe, no company will make money by violating our fundamental rights.
link.europa.eu/Fh8h84
We have seen antisemitic content, non-consensual deepfakes of women, and child sexual abuse material.
In Europe, no company will make money by violating our fundamental rights.
link.europa.eu/Fh8h84
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Welcome Mrs Braverman, we've been expecting you.
What took you so long?
What took you so long?
January 26, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Welcome Mrs Braverman, we've been expecting you.
What took you so long?
What took you so long?
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Reform is basically a suburban petrol station's DVD bin of Tory politicians.
January 26, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Reform is basically a suburban petrol station's DVD bin of Tory politicians.