“The public will be astonished to learn that in the British justice system a protester can now be convicted of criminal damage for disrupting an arms factory and then be sentenced as ‘terrorists’ without having been convicted of terror charges and with this having been kept secret from the jury.”
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Given that UK prime ministers can come from the House of Lords, the fastest and easiest way to allow Andy Burnham to challenge Starmer would be to grant him a Lordship.
https://historyofparliament.com/2026/03/12/prime-ministers-house-of-lords/
#ukpol
"The "Great British People" Facebook page, which purports to be from Yorkshire, has had 1.3 million views for its latest video of an elderly white British man crying about his pension. Other videos show reporters discussing "the overwhelming scale of mass #immigration" and asking viewers if they miss "the Britain we used to know". But it is not clear whether the creator knows the UK at all: the account is really run by someone based in Sri Lanka."
In this time of political instability and uncertainty, just a note that Larry has now outlasted six prime ministers.
Seems British PM tenures could be effectively stated using a unit derived from lowest common denominator, so recent tenures are :
Keir Starmer: 15 Trusses
Rishi Sunak: 13 Trusses
Liz Truss: 1 Truss
Boris Johnson: 23 Tr
Theresa May: 23 Tr
David Cameron: 46 Tr
Gordon Brown: 21 Tr
Tony Blair: 76 Tr
John Major: 48 Tr
(Using @urlyman's lettuce-head data )
British Prime Minister #KeirStarmer said Monday he is stepping down as leader of the governing #LabourParty & will leave office within weeks, scarcely 2 years after being elected in a landslide. #Starmer says he will remain caretaker prime minister until a new Labour leader is chosen by the party. Starmer is the sixth prime minister in a decade to announce a premature departure.
#UK #Europe #politics #UKpol
https://apnews.com/live/keir-starmer-resignation-uk-prime-minister-updates-06-22-2026
1918: Ireland elects a majority of Sinn Féin MPs, 73/105, pledged to set up an independent parliament. Westminster ignores Dáil Éireann, then bans it.
2026: #Scotland elects yet another majority of pro-indy MSPs, who vote by 72—55 for a 2nd #indyref. Just as they promised. Within hours, an anonymous Downing Street spokesman says "no". A faceless no.
After 108 years, #UKgov still doesn't get this democracy thing.
Can anyone go to London SW1 with a large #cluebat?
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So we've been getting rinsed by Palantir... go figure 🤷
Turns out we're quid's in when we junk them from our digital systems.
Now we just need to replicate this across the UK State, getting rid of all the other Big Tech suppliers that over-charge and under-deliver.
Bring on Digital Sovereignty with open source tech 🌱
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2l2j1lxdk5o
#digitalsovereignty #opensource #palantir #bigtech #ukpolitics #ukpol
Burnham obviously will want an extended transition period because it's Labour policy that any transition must be made as long and painful and difficult as possible, followed by a two year wait to be legally recognized
The pettiness of the Reform Voter and the generosity and good spirit of those who stood up to them.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/30/durham-pride-trade-unions-beat-reform-funding-axe
EHRC Code Of Practice found to be genocidal by Lemkin Institute.
Pressure your MPs to back Early Day Motion 240!
“LGBTQ+ teens in particular may rely on social media for crucial information, exploration and support.
The ban will also impact how children access and share information that is important for their participation in democracy, as well as for their health and wellbeing."
🗣️ ORG for Queer AF.
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/youth-social-media-bans-should-raise-privacy-concerns-for-everyone/
#socialmediaban #lgbt #lgbtqia #freeexpression #censorship #ukpolitics #ukpol
I am 50 years old, approaching my 51st birthday.
I have lived through the premierships of 13 UK Prime Ministers. Seven of them during the first 41 years of my life.
And five of them in the last ten years.
Tell me again how #Brexit is good for our country.
Social media bans don't work. They just make things worse.
In Australia, for those teens who haven't bypassed the restrictions, their access to news has been curtailed.
How does this square with giving votes to 16 year olds in the UK? Children have rights to free expression too.
ORG's @JamesBaker explains.
https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/crfbePPnNhcKMPQZts5urk
#socialmediaban #socialmedia #censorship #freeexpression #humanrights #ukpolitics #ukpol
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As the world mourns the passing of Marjane Satrapi, I cannot help but reflect on her declining of the French Legion of Honor last year, calling out the hypocrisy of accepting such an award from a government that systematically fails the very Iranian refugees they claim to honor.
Her action stands out even more today, just weeks after France announced a nearly billion euro surge to further militarize Channel border security, a harsh crackdown on the exact routes desperately used by migrants fleeing the Khamenei regime.
Satrapi stood as a beacon of solidarity to those fleeing oppression, and the world is duller today without her in it.
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/01/14/persepolis-author-refuses-french-award-over-iran-hypocrisy_6737034_7.html
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/04/23/uk-and-france-strike-new-channel-migration-deal-with-boosted-enforcement-and-funding_6752732_4.html
#FemmeVieLiberté #WomanLifeFreedom #MarjaneSatrapi #Iran #FRPol #Politics #UKPol #UKPolitics
Why are US govt officials - Vance, Trump, Rubio, Hegseth, Musk - so intent on sowing racial disharmony in Europe? I can understand them doing it in their home country, but why here too?
Scanning tech would turn every phone into a surveillance device ⚠️
UK Ministers may claim this is to stop children sharing intimate images.
But it means forcing every adult through a digital ID checkpoint and scanning all private images by default.
Once the infrastructure exists, it will be expanded.
It would award every future government and every tyranny across the globe a mechanism to pre-censor everything anyone does with their phone.
Looking at Labour party's brand guidelines because reasons and thought their hex for white was an interesting choice.
https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/3502_25-Labour-Brand-Guidelines.pdf
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Lolz LBC. In your obituary for Anne Transphobicombe you say she was born in 1974! You transposed the numbers. Everyone knows she was born in 1794.
In memory of Anne the Upright (or is it Uptight), what are you best memories of the fallen warrior?
Was it when she chained pregnant prisoners to their hospital beds?
Was it when she said "science could find an answer" to being gay?
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The fight for the open Internet is on – support our work 🦾
We're facing a social media ban, digital ID checkpoints and powers to scan our devices.
Our privacy and free expression rights could lie in tatters if we don't resist.
Donate now to power our grassroots movement ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/build-our-grassroots-power-defend-open-internet
#StopKillingInternet #StopKillingTheInternet #grassroots #crowdfunder #socialmediaban #digitalrights #privacy #freeexpression #censorship #digitalid #ukpolitics #ukpol
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Seriously? I don't think you can put that genie back in the bottle...
BBC: Under-16s to be banned from TikTok, YouTube and other social media by next spring, Starmer says
RE: https://journa.host/@fulelo/116755734247464475
from the country that celebrates their genocidal past burning effigies of the people who tried to fight back…
"Don't worry, you're one of the GOOD ones."
What to do if your immigration policy is unworkable and frankly catastrophic? But on the other hand, you think it might get racists to vote for your party?
Roll it out so there are no immediately visible victims, and the negative consequences will only become apparent in a few years' time.
This is normally the realm of my boardgames.social instance account but I love it. I bought one during the London Mayor campaign and he's going to make a great Stargrave captain 😂 Get yours now before the people of Clacton sweep them all up! (and raise some money for the NHS while you're at it)
https://www.troublemakergames.co.uk/product-page/count-binface-1