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🔴 Jason Arday: The Story Behind the Story of The Times' 'Impossible Data' The newspaper of record failed to distinguish between corrections & retractions in the work of the late Cambridge University academic, fuelling the media storm that engulfed him. Special Investigation by @nafeez.bsky.social:

90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)

This is exactly the mindset for so many supporters of the conservatives, ReToryUk, and far right groups... I deserve it but "they" don't.

This article is informative on the initial intention and perpetrators behind the intensity of Professor Jason Arday coverage bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...

Jason Arday's marathon challenge and football claims found to be true after his death - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/jason-ardays-marathon-challenge-and-football-claims-found-be-true-after-his-death

What you're saying when you say "DEI" when universities say "EDI" (as happens here) and vice versa. And why it actually matters. The great majority of UK (esp. British) universities use "EDI" while US universities use "DEI". Is that "just" semantic, or does it matter? A thread. 🧵1/8

We've updated our briefing on migrants and crime in the UK It looks at whether foreign nationals are more or less likely to be convicted than British citizens, and how many foreign national offenders are removed after serving their sentences Here are the key points.

10,000 People Sign Official Petition Demanding Government End ‘Capture of UK Democracy by Media Billionaires’ Ministers will be forced to respond to the proposals for a new 'Media Sovereignty Act' after campaigners passed a key threshold

Just lovely.

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For the love of Orwell, a safeguarding meeting in respect of literature on widely available books, available in a public library or stocked in the local bookshop... this is sinister stuff

The failures of successive governments not to fully implement nor follow up on further Inquiry is despicable... the actions of the gutter press have been atrocious

What in the actual fook... I wonder if similar has been occuring in Gaza and Ukraine amongst others.

Absolutely disgusting.

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Wonder, if these PSA's are to a large extent responsible for creating a generation of helicopter parents!

NEW: This is worth your time. @thenerve_news has the receipts. A comprehensive timeline of Nathan Gill & Nigel Farage’s pro-Kremlin influencing activities & 2 other MEPs, David Cobourn & Jonathan Arnott. Please read & share.

If you share this thread or images, please credit @thenerve_news. We are only 3 weeks old (!!) & can only do this work with your support. And if there was ever a story that proves why Britain needs fiercely independent news outlets, it’s this. 8/ 🙏🙏🙏 www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...

Reform UK in the dock ⚖ 9th October Andy Osborn. 14th October Neil Stevens, Tony Stevens, and Rob Sheridan. 15th October Sarah White. 21st November Nathan Gill. 16th December Mandy Clare. 22nd May 2026 Daniel Taylor. Under investigation: Joseph Boam. Lee Duffy. George Cottrell. #ReformInTheDock

Wish I could say it comes as a massive surprise that there's an overlap between the flag people and suspected fraudsters, but this is great work by the @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social. 'It's 100% legitimate' www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/red-flags-th...

Yippee, arrival of much needed catharsis in the bedlam and vitriolic quagmire we seem to be trudging through. Very much looking forward to this @robinince.bsky.social I find your words are often a poultice and edifying.

If you thought that Peter Thiel had disappeared from DC, think again. “[T]he most coveted invitation for a MAGA gay in Washington is to one of the parties that Mr. Thiel… has been throwing at his mansion near Embassy Row.” 8/28/25 … 1/

This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”

NEW BLOGPOST: Why did the jury acquit Ricky Jones? thesecretbarrister.com/2025/08/16/w...

One of the most urgent crises in the criminal justice system is that allegations of rape and serious sexual offending take five years to reach trial. Any politician who claims to care about sexual violence and is silent on this issue has another agenda.

The latest figures show robbery, theft, residential burglary and knife crime are down in London, but there's still a long way to go before I’m satisfied. Backed with record funding from City Hall, the Met is putting high-visibility policing at the heart of fighting crime.

Palantir is in the news a lot lately. However, the public discourse about the company often misconstrues it as a data broker, a data miner, a single centralized database, etc. But what does Palantir actually do? I wrote a piece to firmly & clearly answer that question: www.wired.com/story/palant...

How to convince your friends, family and networks to support wealth taxes. A step-by-step guide

10 prevalent misconceptions regarding asylum hotels, clarified and refuted with accurate information for you to share, particularly if you are sick of hearing the same tired and often racially motivated arguments. from Community Integration and Advocacy Centre via @westcountryvoices.bsky.social 🙏🏻

Huh, who's your source?

Penniless and homeless, Raynor and Moth Winn found fame with their story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. The Salt Path became a global bestseller and was adapted into a major film. But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth. @chloehadj.bsky.social Read more:

What a prick.

#FACTS

Must be something else in the back of their minds...

This, this is what journalistic media should be... allow opinions, but also provide facts and don't let it just be yarn spinning and party political broadcasts!

Some history on the corruption of the EHRC into an anti-LGBT political tool in recent years (from 2022): www.vice.com/en/article/e...

This moment when the penny drops that trying to implement bathroom bans is an impossibility for the former Tory Chief Secretary Simon Clarke is delicious.

From the United Nations Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity Country visit to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (24 April – 5 May 2023) On the EHRC’s anti trans campaign:

"The Scottish Government has lost a landmark case on the Equality Act as the UK Supreme Court interprets its definition of ‘woman’"

🧵Reform UK is trying to convince voters ahead of the local elections that it is now “professional”. Farage has condemned union members who, he said, were “telling kids that Reform is a racist party”. So we looked into some of Reform's candidates and here's what we found 👇

Senior Tories and big landlords discuss ways to thwart renters’ rights bill www.theguardian.com/society/2025...