Boris Long

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Never let them tell you how to protest or that you shouldn’t protest. Never let them confuse protests and parades

Superb from @pimlicat.bsky.social Too many people treat the rejoin debate as if we are still in 2016 (or the 1990s for that matter). Its 2026 and literally every important question related to the UK - be it economic, defence, climate change, education or crime - the answer is: rejoin the EU.

Please read my latest article about the dangers of free zones in Wales, and why the public knows next to nothing about them. I am a volunteer; please subscribe and, where possible, donate to my Ko-Fi. Thank you💚 ko-fi.com/europeanpowell

This👇. Trump doesn’t seem to understand that no means no. Maybe a bill for $10million will help him understand.

Monstrous beyond all reckoning. The US is using remote sensing *designed for humanitarian purposes* for the opposite purpose, potentially drowning civilians en masse. Trump hates Somalis. His troops appear to be exploiting the weather to help slaughter them. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Today Israeli authorities barred me and other European elected representatives from entering the West Bank to meet Palestinian students and civil society leaders, as part of a @progintl.bsky.social delegation.

Sparse antisemitism in schools considered more heinous than mass murder of 22,000 children, or as teh BBC would put it unbiased verified balance meme via James Branch

If you're even unsure of who to vote for in any given election, you probably won't go far wrong by checking which candidate has suddenly had their Facebook and X accounts suspended in the run-up to the vote, and voting for whoever that person is

Meanwhile, pro-democracy, pro-Europe protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia, are tonight nearing their 700th consecutive day of protest against the pro-Russian government. They haven't missed a single day in the last 23 months.

🧵 Wow - this article is bordering on unhinged! Apparently the BBC is akin to a “North Korean re-education camp” for teaching children about net-zero and covering both the pros AND cons of immigration Join me for a masterclass in cherry-picking and context stripping to brainwash your own readers👍🏻

He worked in Badenoch's office?????????? Do the Tories have a vetting problem? (Rhetorical question)

Ohh that's RICH @ohhthatsrich.bsky.social linktr.ee/ohhthatsrich

We're turning the tide on violence. When I launched my Violence Reduction Unit, it was built on a simple belief: prevention works. One million Londoners reached later, the results speak for themselves.

The stock markets and bond markets are no supporters of democracy, and we should never allow them to dictate the limits of politics.

The Government™ has made an ad about all these protests happening around the world, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.

Insolvency scam The boss of twice-bust business back despite £3m debts. These people gut a company, HMRC and creditors not paid. Then buy assets cheaply from the administrator in pre-packs, and back in business. Gone on for decades. No transparency of administrator dealings. No investigation.

This is the biggest corruption scandal in American history. The Trump crime family is trying to sell the future natural gas rights of Alaska to the Russians in exchange for $25 billion in cash for themselves today.

Japan companies compensate users as cyberattacks buffet economy reut.rs/4icU6Zu

Tonight Students Saved Democracy in Serbia. 🇷🇸 They won the election. The Student List movement unites youth, academics, and civic voices across Serbia. Grounded in anti-corruption reforms, democratic integrity, transparent governance, this movement brings hope to many. Vučić conceded defeat!

Hungary - ✅ Serbia - ✅ Brazil - ✅ Machado back in Venezuela - ✅ PLEASE - Israel on Tuesday PLEASE - US midterms Nov 3 Boot all the corrupt, war-mongering, Trump-fawning, right-wingers out.

Abdul el-Sayed, "I want everybody to have guaranteed healthcare" - he then goes on to describe something just like the NHS in the UK

Beware of finance industry lobbying. It hired PwC (the firm that delivers dud audits) to produce a report, claiming that UK banks face highest rates of tax. The report included taxes not borne by banks. Omitted countries that levy higher rates of taxes. Integrity never gets in the way of profits.

UK energy bills could rise even more. Regulator is considering a Market Stabilization Charge to guarantee corporate profits. This would force energy companies to compensate consumers’ old suppliers for lost profits when people switch away. What would the govt do? Watch the Minister's reply.

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving his construction crew to work when an ICE officer shot and killed him in Houston. He wasn’t even the person ICE was looking for. Now Texas voters are leaving their “I Voted” stickers at his memorial. #BlueWaveIn10Days

Thank goodness we have Sunder. It's worrying the BBC don't report the facts on these vile protests.

BBC report sanitises the overt racism: It notes that organisers warned marchers not to talk to journalists, then gives the "anti-immigration group"'s own sanitised description of itself. It does not report they chanted "England for the white man" in the streets. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

At Aberfan, I saw fathers digging for their missing children. And the lessons society should have learned, it hasn’t | John Humphrys

Just putting finishing production touches to a *banging* Palantir scoop for tomorrow’s Democracy for Sale email Goes out straight to inbox in the morning (it’s free - but paid subs are ❤️’ed) 😊 democracyforsale.substack.com

Suspect arrested over fire at Nazis' WWII 'Eagle's Nest' mountain retreat

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

⚡️US lawmakers demand answers from Elon Musk over Ukraine Starlink restrictions. In a public letter, Democratic Senators and Representatives listed five questions concerning Starlink restrictions impacting Ukrainian forces, addressed to Musk.

In a little-noticed webpage update, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced a plan to decommission its online web archive at the end of the year, a move that would wipe tens of thousands of publicly available environmental resources from the web.

OCTOBER 31, US EMBASSY Over 400 people will gather outside the US Embassy and hold signs reading "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action", days before the Supreme Court hearing on the Palestine Action ban. Burnham must drop this "Trumpian ban".

Smells like corruption

NEW 🚨 Permanent facial recognition cameras will be installed in Oxford Street by December. Thousands of Christmas shoppers will have their faces scanned by this unregulated surveillance technology without being given a choice. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Take a moment to remember what we promised Brexit would deliver: a well-funded NHS, less immigration, more jobs, flourishing businesses with no red tape, easy to get on the housing ladder, boom time for farming, fishing and steel industries... I do hope you're enjoying it.

UK lacks essential electricity transmission/storage systems. Billions paid to solar & wind turbine farms to switch off during periods of high sunshine/winds, expected to cost £8bn a year by 2030. National Grid pays dividends. What is the Govt doing? Watch the Minister's reply.

WATCH: “Trump’s favorite pastime is taking credit for something Biden did.” @debunktionjunction.bsky.social shows Trump is taking credit for a manufacturing surge that happened under Biden… that again went DOWN under Trump. In case facts still matter.

Love this letter; please read it. There's also a link to a petition, and as someone who used, and misses, Square Chapel Arts Center, I'd be so grateful if you'd take the trouble to sign it. 🙏 Desperately want to #SaveSquareChapelArts and I feel like it would be in safe hands with Reece involved.

Looking forward to the @financialtimes.com story on this What about U.K. banks @katie0martin.ft.com ?

You do know that there is NEVER a cost of living where the elite & the corporations they protect are concerned? #CapitalismKills

Believe it or not, I actually first wrote a piece about it in the Guardian, 13 years ago, after the very bad floods in Somerset. "Lacking the state musculature required in a crisis, cannot possibly come as a total surprise to a government that has spent its entire time fostering state atrophy."

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Meeting on Financialization of Society in the Houses of Parliament. Private equity has hollowed out the UK town centres. PE now controls infrastructure, social care, hospitals, dentistry, housing, vets and more. What next? A Panel of experts will explain. Get your free ticket here.

Britons should use money we haven't got to buy food the country doesn't grow, store it in homes that don't exist, in spare rooms that got taxed away, so we can survive when reservoirs nobody built run dry because of a climate the govt won't protect. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

“Crime is spiralling out of control under Labour,” Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said about new stats out this morning. “Labour needs to stop making excuses and back the police to ensure criminals face consequences.” 🙄

Kudos to NBC New York for saying it without equivocation: "The US is to blame for the world falling behind in the fight against climate change."