"Political organisation alone can provide a vehicle for the expression of public anger and disillusionment with the way in which our economy is governed and our ecosystem looted and devastated"
Economist Ann Pettifor is angry.
#DunwichHeath #Wildfires #ClimateEmergency #UKPolitics
It is Time to Storm the Gates of Private Power
annpettifor.substack.com/p/it-…
if humanity is to address the question of survival.Ann Pettifor (System Change)
The use of AI in UK asylum decision-making is a disaster.
AI hallucinated a document that led to an asylum application being denied.
Applicants aren't being informed that opaque AI tools are being used in their case, nor being given the opportunity to correct errors churned out by these opaque tools.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/j…
#ai #asylum #immigration #migrants #homeoffice #ukpolitics #ukpol
Upper tribunal unable to find document cited in case and claims it is ‘analogous to relying on bogus evidence’Diane Taylor (the Guardian)
not entirely true…
…he happened to mention the “pragmatic approach” he intends to adopt on North Sea drilling as we apparently can’t ignore the resource under our seas when people are struggling with the cost of energy
Truly breathtaking, anti-science, delusionary #climatedenial
In other words, absolutely no change #uk #ukpolitics #ukpol
#ClimateDiary Supermarkets sounding alarm over food security; yesterday a wildfire in Suffolk came close to a nuclear power station; drought declared in half of England:
And not a peep from Burnham. Nothing!!
Maybe he is too busy rolling out popular measures pre-prepared to react to what is actually going on. #UKPolitics
lbc.co.uk/article/tesco-sainsb…
Food industry giants including Tesco, Sainsbury's and Aldi are urging Andy Burnham to make Britain's food security a national priority alongside energy and defence.Asher McShane (LBC)
On the #IrishTimes's #InsidePolitics podcast, Tory-aligned broadcaster #IainDale was musing about #AndyBurnham's "professional northerner" shtick.
Dale noted that it was going down badly wuth his relatives in the xouth-west, wondered how long #Burnham could keep it up before it really began to grate.
I am puzzled by why no comedian sems to have landed a ball in this open goal. Surely somebody will get over their dream of a Labour revival, and do their job as a satirsist?
Just Israeli weapons manufacturers threatening to report journalists to the police for asking them a question.
While they were *in England*.
Footage is outside the Farnborough International Air Show (Arms Fair) yesterday. Several Israeli companies are there.
So was Andy Burnham.
Full interview:
Sources!
PR quote: theguardian.com/politics/ng-in…
Bus fares: theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/j…
Electricity VAT: theguardian.com/politics/2026/…
#UK #UKPol #UKPolitics #AndyBurnham
Measure to cost more than £500m, with money allocated to allow devolved nations to do the sameAlexandra Topping (the Guardian)
Via We Demand UK.
Das Ergebnis: GC‑Narrative werden medial normalisiert, rechtliche Schutzräume für trans Menschen eingeschränkt und gesellschaftliche Einstellungen kippen. Die Bewegung wächst wie ein Schneeball – angetrieben durch gezielte Finanzierung, politische Aufmerksamkeit und eine Presse, die Konflikte überproportional verstärkt.
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amnesty.org.uk/knowledge-hub/a…
#TransRights #Menschenrechte #Medienkritik #GenderJustice #UKPolitics
Explores the rise of the gender critical movement in the UK, its media influence and impact on trans rights. Read the full report and technical summary.Amnesty International UK
"Entrenching a climate of surveillance across public life."
"People’s faces being scanned without consent and being added to lists is worrying enough, but the speed which Facewatch technology now makes it possible for someone to encounter the police force in the middle of their daily shop is a really dangerous escalation."
🗣️ Sarah Lasoye for ORG.
theguardian.com/technology/202…
#facialrecognition #surveillance #policing #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol
Civil liberties groups say Facewatch system in stores such as Sainsbury’s and B&M is ‘dangerous escalation’Jessica Murray (the Guardian)
Today, Green MP Hannah Spencer is to introduce a bill in parliament that would pave the way for a maximum workplace temperature in England.
Sorely needed. Go Hannah!
#ClimateEmergency #Heatwaves #UKPolitics #GreenParty
theguardian.com/politics/2026/…
Byelection winner says heatwaves are causing ‘absolute chaos’ and workers need protection from unsafe conditionsJessica Murray (the Guardian)
So we can all play along !
#binface #reform #clacton #UkPolitics #ukpol #FrogFacedFascistFucker
Did you know, for every day in the UK where the top temperature is over 25ºC, UK residents are legally, contractually, and chronologically required to donate £2+ to the Green Party?
🌿 Green Party of England and Wales:
💸 donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk
🌿 Scottish Greens (@ScottishGreens):
💸 members.greens.scot/donate
🌿 Green Party Northern Ireland:
💸 greenpartyni.org
#GreenParty #UK #UKPol #UKPolitics #heatwave #GreenPartyEW #NorthernIreland #NIreland #Scotland
We need your help to stand up to the billionaires backing other major parties and fight for social, environmental and climate justice. Donate now.gpewadmin (Green Party)
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Andrew Marr: " The Commons rules are very clear and they forbid face coverings "
Count Binface: "Well the Commons rules are very clear about what you can do with donations , but that seems to have got all murky so why can't I see how the line can get tested? "
What a self-own:
theguardian.com/politics/2026/…
Exclusive: Party hoped to mount serious challenge in mayoral race but attention has been diverted to EssexJosh Halliday (the Guardian)
Dammit, a friend has just told me that "Make every vote Count" is doing the rounds and that is just beautiful.
#UKPol #UKPolitics #Farage #Binface
Not gonna lie, reckon I might have missed my calling with this election sloganeering business.
#Farage has lost the #Telegraph!
Daniel Martin, #Torygraph Deputy Political Editor, puts the boot in hard. He basically accuses Frogface of having lost his grip. This is the 3rd article on the front page. See archive.ph/So7n5
A few months ago, this would have been unthinkable. The Telegraph would have gone out en masse to bat for Farage, defending their man and savaging his critics.
Something big has shifted on the right of #UKpolitics #ukpol
Now here's an idea
#trans #transgender #lgbtq #England #politics #primeminister #ukpolitics
Lest we forget, Musk is not just a nazi…….
#ukpolitics #bbc #news #EU #Labour #labourparty #RejoinEU #trump #DonaldTrump #MAGA #uspol #uspolitics #TrumpIsAPedo #epsteinfiles #epsteinfury #TaxTheRich #FuckTrump #reflectingpool #america250 #elonmusk #spacex #Musk
Burnham could hoof Palantir out of the NHS if he becomes PM.
A good start, but he needs to go further. It’s time to completely break our dependency on US tech firms.
With open source tech, we don't have to start again with a new platform when changing vendors.
Go big, go for UK Digital Sovereignty!
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…
#digitalsovereignty #techsovereignty #nhs #burnham #palantir #bigtech #opensource #ukpolitics #ukpol
The NHS will have to divert £45bn from essential services to pay for new medicines under the terms of the UK-US trade deal agreed last December, leading to more than 200,000 avoidable deaths of patients, analysis has found.
Another of Starmer's legacies. He rolled over when Trump demanded we cave to Big Pharma.
#BigPharma #UKPolitics
US-UK drug deal could result in 229,000 excess deaths in England, analysis suggests | NHS | The Guardian
theguardian.com/society/2026/j…
Analysis reveals extent of impact on NHS of placating Donald Trump over price of British medicine exportsAndrew Gregory (the Guardian)
The magic money tree found half a billion for some speedboats fam
gov.uk/government/news/high-sp…
#UKPolitics #WelfareNotWarfare
Defence Secretary has shifted Defence Investment Plan towards more immediate priorities, including getting the latest kit into the hands of military personnel on the frontline.Ministry of Defence (GOV.UK)
gov.uk/government/news/rough-s…
Rough sleeping no longer a crime as Vagrancy Act repealed
I don't ever understand why they criminalized homelessness in the first place.
The government will repeal the Vagrancy Act on Monday 29 June 2026, ending nearly two centuries of legislation that has criminalised rough sleeping and begging.Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (GOV.UK)
He's Labour, he is all talk and no trousers. The Press might want to push this as a 'reset' but it's just a distraction.
Hi, I made a single-page web calculator about how Brexit economics affect individual households.
I'm hoping a few people might check it out for UI, text, clarity, function, methodology general thoughts whatever. No data collected, entirely local to your browser.
Can #FediHelp tell me the right tag for this sort of request?
zingy-syrniki-f497b8.netlify.a…
#ClimateDiary #UKPolitics Thinking through the whole #Starmer #Burnham saga unfolding in the middle of a heatwave: it’s terrible how #Climate and #NetZero have already fallen off agenda, in terms of climate funding and discourse.
Burnham may well go further down this way; he has already said he has an “open mind” to expanding North Sea drilling. But he is also quite close to Milliband. We shall see!
politico.eu/article/ed-miliban…
For the U.K.’s ambitious energy secretary, Friday was a tale of two by-elections.Charlie Cooper (POLITICO)
Jesus MOTHERFUCKING christ 🤬
Reminder that the original contempt charge was for *telling the jury their rights, as per a plaque that is outside the Old Bailey*.
declassifieduk.org/palestine-a…
#UKPolitics #AccessToJustice #PalestineAction
Judge rules to refer Rajiv Menon KC once again over his closing speech in trial of pro-Palestine activistsDANIA AKKAD (Declassified UK)
This might be a silly question but I've not been very tuned into UK politics for a while.
What did Kier Starmer do so wrong that he is resigning?
Edit: Many answers, which I summarise in the next post. 😀 Thanks folks!
"Ignore the rhetoric of the victory speech. Look at the man's intentions based upon the people he's already chosen to advise him"
#AndyBurnham #Makerfield #UKPolitics
Everything changed, and nothing changed. The single transferable party is still in charge.
taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/0…
The result is known. Andy Burnham won resoundingly, increasing Labour’s share of the vote in the Makerfield constituency by winning 55% of the vote, leaving Reform trailing in second place with 35%, far below expectations.Richard Murphy (Funding the Future)
theguardian.com/technology/202…
No public body in the UK should be using Xitter.
Image:BackGrid
#UKPolitics #SocialMedia #X #Twitter #Xitter #ElonMusk #UKMedia
Exclusive: Richard Hermer’s office understood to be first in government to restrict use after recent riotsPeter Walker (the Guardian)
this is just getting absurd, they are so terrified of us, aren't they?
VPNs help people stay safe and secure online.
If adults use them to by-pass ID checks, it's because they don't trust unregulated age verification providers with their data.
We mustn't bulldoze cybersecurity with another authoritarian attack on the open Internet.
Sign the petition #ProtectVPNs in the UK ⬇️
action.openrightsgroup.org/tel…
#vpn #socialmediaban #ageverification #ukpolitics #cybersecurity #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol
Take action! Protect VPN use in the UK VPNs help people to stay private and safe online. Young people use them to avoid harassment, or protect location data. Companies use them to make sure remote log-in to their networks are secure.Open Rights Group
🚨 First the social media ban, now the UK government wants to restrict VPNs 🚨
VPNs are a vital cybersecurity tool for businesses, politicians, journalists and families to protect data and communications.
Banning or requiring digital ID checks before buying VPNs would increase cybercrime risks and expose IP addresses to predators.
express.co.uk/news/uk/2217934/…
#vpn #socialmediaban #ageverification #ukpolitics #cybersecurity #onlinesafety #ukpol #vpns #ProtectVPNs #privacy #onlinesafetyact
VPNs could face restrictions following the social media ban announced on Monday.Alex Evans (Express.co.uk)
Hey Brits, look what we could have....
Spanish households save €10 a month thanks to #renewables expansion, report finds - theguardian.com/world/2026/jun… "Thinktank says decoupling electricity from gas prices has also helped shield Spain from hikes caused by Iran war" clever old #spain
“Soon it will be virtually impossible to be online in the UK without handing over identity documents or biometric data to unregulated companies.”
The social media ban means EVERY user has to prove they're over 16. This puts millions at risk of their personal data being hacked.
🗣️ ORG's @JamesBaker.
computerweekly.com/news/366644…
#stopKillingInternet #StopKillingTheInternet #socialmediaban #socialmedia #ageverification #onlinesafety #privacy #censorship #ukpolitics #ukpol
UK prime minister Keir Starmer announces a UK social media ban for under-16s that requires mandatory age verification to access social media services.TechTarget (ComputerWeekly.com)
A social media ban won't fix online harms.
That's because the business model creating them is left untouched.
It just makes every user do an ID check to prove they’re over 16.
Instead we should tackle the attention capture economy of targeted ads and personalised algorithms.
Sign our petition ⬇️
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions…
#socialmediaban #onlinesafety #socialmedia #stopKillingInternet #ukpol #ukpolitics #privacy #censorship #bigtech
Platforms like X, Facebook and Instagram harvest our personal data so that they can target us with ads. Their platforms are designed to keep us online, pushing out content that will keep us engaged.38 Degrees
"Every failed attempt to make children safer online is followed by more surveillance and censorship.
Children have rights too and these policies will harm their free expression and privacy rights, and push them into less regulated spaces."
🗣️ ORG's James Baker on the under-16s social media ban.
theregister.com/personal-tech/…
#socialmediaban #ukpol #onlinesafety #stopKillingInternet #ukpolitics
UK plans to go further than Australia, while also targeting stranger contact, livestreaming, and addictive platform featuresCarly Page (theregister)
An under-16s ban means making every adult prove they're over 16 for access.
The data shared for age verification can also be used by platforms and the wider data broker ecosystem to send you ads and customised content.
It's a policy that fuels the very business model that generates online harms.
#socialmediaban #socialmedia #starmer #stopkillinginternet #ukpolitics #ukpol #onlinesafety #ageverification #digitalid #privacy #censorship
A social media ban addresses the symptoms, not the cause of online harms.
Platforms rely on extensive data collection to target ads and keep users online for longer.
Algorithms prioritise content most likely to capture attention and drive interaction, spreading harmful, polarising and addictive content.
#socialmediaban #socialmedia #starmer #stopkillinginternet #ukpolitics #ukpol #onlinesafety #ageverification #digitalid #privacy #censorship
The UK social media ban for under-16s does nothing to sort out the harms caused by platforms.
Harmful content is a product of a business model that uses data to drive engagement and target users with ads.
Digital ID checks feed more data into this system, while leaving the engine for harms unchecked.
Read our response ⬇️
openrightsgroup.org/press-rele…
#socialmediaban #socialmedia #starmer #stopkillinginternet #ukpolitics #ukpol #onlinesafety #ageverification #digitalid #privacy #censorship
Open Rights Group has responded to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s announcement that the Government will ban social media, including gaming sites, for under 16s in the UK.Open Rights Group
Jonathan Cook sums it up perfectly in four short paragraphs.
Today in Brighton.
On your left: fascists (outnumbered by police, despite the presence of Ukip bellend Nick Tenconi 😂 )
On your right: antifascists ✊
Criminally Unprincipled Narcissistic Twat
Federated and decentralised platforms show that another model is possible.
They're not perfect, but they reduce dependence on any single owner, platform, algorithm, or business model of driving hate for profit.
We can't have someone like Musk giving himself a megaphone and deciding what an entire network sees.
#belfast #northernireland #musk #x #fediverse #breakbigtech #ukpolitics #ukpol
UK politicians and the government should lead by example.
If they're serious about reducing the influence of harmful social platforms, they should engage with citizens in federated spaces, rather than Musk's rage-fuelled machine.
A healthier Internet is possible, if we only choose to build it.
#belfast #northernireland #musk #x #fediverse #breakbigtech #ukpolitics #ukpol
