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UK loses measles elimination status Decision made after outbreaks in 2024, when there were nearly 3,000 cases in England and Wales.

UK has lost its official status as a country that has achieved elimination of measles, as vaccination rates have fallen below the 95% required to achieve herd immunity. So sad, and likely due vaccine misinformation. If you haven't already, get your kids vaccinated ASAP. www.bbc.com/news/article...

PS Keir, do you fancy some free tickets for the football?

Palantir's Swiss Exit Highlights Global Data Sovereignty Challenge | NewsCase Switzerland's military has terminated its contract with Palantir Technologies Inc. following a security audit. The review concluded that U.S. intelligence ag

"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"

www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...

#R4Today

Lower-income families face 137-year wait for living standards to double, says UK thinktank Two decades of weak pay growth have left poorer households stuck, Resolution Foundation says, fuelling political unease

Lower-income UK families face 137-year wait for living standards to double.

No govt curbs on profiteering.

No plan for redistribution. The poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in tax than the richest 20%

Poor must unite, vote en block for change, challenge power of corporations/rich.

Israel is committing genocide of Palestinians.

There is a lot of convenient amnesia about Peter Mandelson’s New Labour days. Let’s jog some memories | George Monbiot Yes, he betrayed the national interest in his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein – but also in his sanctioned role as enabler of corporate power, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

It's disturbing to see how Gordon Brown has whitewashed his reasons for reappointing Mandelson, and his own role in eroding democracy. Mandelson's official business was similar to his unauthorised scheming with Epstein. Don't let them rewrite history.
My column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare

One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.

Skye’s Revolting Crofters New cultural infrastructure is vital to stop Skye being hollowed out by holiday lets and seasonal blow-ins, writes Catherine MacPhee.

Huge admiration for @CatherineMacphee.bsky.social of a rising generation of younger tradition bearers - that is folk who stand in the tradition of which they are well informed AND understand that they carry a burden for the community, but a precious burden.

scottishleftreview.scot/skyes-revolt...

Number of homeless refugees in England soars, BBC has found Analysis of government data shows numbers increased from 3,560 in 2021/22 to 19,310 in 2024/25.

Key to this is the 28 day "move on" period for people leaving Home Office accommodation when granted refugee status. Previous government increased the period, but Labour in its desire to demonstrate its cruelty reduced it again, despite knowing the outcome. #r4today
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BREAKING: McSweeney’s think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists Labour Together put private investigators onto journalists writing about its funding. Starmer's right-hand man knew.

🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding

Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted

*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it

Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

"You should never overestimate the extent to which the BBC changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage, other far right extremists and the Tufton Street junktanks, while shutting out progressive voices."

– George Monbiot

Trove Of Emails About Pedophilia Reignites Nation’s Love Of Reading

Trove Of Emails About Pedophilia Reignites Nation’s Love Of Reading https://theonion.com/trove-of-emails-about-pedophilia-reignites-nations-love-of-reading/

After latest signature forgery scandal, could a court write off customers’ RBS debts? - Ian Fraser THE very idea of a well-established bank actively training staff members to forge customer signatures ought to be preposterous. Even […]

The story of large-scale signature forgery at RBS / NatWest was first broken by the Mail on Sunday on 4 February 2018. Amazingly the NCA has yet to open a formal criminal probe, preferring to keep the claims under “assessment” or “review”.

Here’s the comment piece I wrote for the MoS on 5.2.2018

RBS taught us to forge signatures, says whistleblower Police and finance watchdogs are being asked to investigate claims that Royal Bank of Scotland staff were trained in how to forge customers’ signatures. Manage

RBS / NatWest staff were taught how to forge customers’ signatures on loan documents, according to whistleblowers, who say the bank taught employees how to download genuine signatures from the bank’s system, trace them onto new documents and photocopy the paperwork to avoid detection #ICYMI

This new graphic from @thenerve.news could be so much bigger but we wanted to show 3 essential nodes in Peter Thiel’s sphere of influence: Silicon Valley, Washington & the UK.

In Britain, our govt is so naive about Thiel & what his company Palantir really is.
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Looking at the newspaper front pages today, you wouldn't have the slightest idea that up to 600,000 people are on the streets of London marching in support of Palestine...

There is literally no mention of a march, at all, on the national broadcasters' website. #BBCIsrael

Graphic showing Peter Thiel - chair of Palantir Technologies - and some of the powerful figures in his network including Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, Peter Mandelson, Steve Bannon

What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here

Peter Thiel's data company is powering ICE operations in the US. In part 2 of the Nerve’s Palantir series, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social argues that the UK will be next - and we map Thiel’s network🧵
www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...

Eddi Reader leads line-up for Scottish independence 'revival' event SCOTTISH music icon Eddi Reader will lead a line-up of performers at an event aiming to reignite the country’s independence movement at…

www.thenational.scot/news/2581251...

Only 1 in 4? Congratulations

Same as his hands

How did the coefficient champions get on tonight? Oh...

Sausage Sausage

‘In our DNA’: Celtic deepen London ties with girls’ football initiative On a soaked Brixton pitch, the club launches its latest programme as part of widening mission that now stretches from Glasgow’s soup kitchens to Gaza relief

‘In our DNA’: Celtic deepen London ties with girls’ football initiative www.theguardian.com/football/202...

NEW: A Texas county medical examiner found that Geraldo Lunas Campos was choked to death by a guard while he was held in ICE custody earlier this month.

Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.

I think they'd have noticed the bias during the miners strike, or during the Iraq war, or the war in Ireland, or most other major events.

Board of Peace - Season 1

Committee to Protect Journalists: "Israeli drone strike on vehicle kills three journalists in Gaza Amman, January 21, 2026 – The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for a transparent investigation after three journalists were killed on Wednesday in an Israeli drone strike on a vehicle in central Gaza during an ongoing ceasefire. According to reports, the three were killed while on assignment for the Egyptian Committee, which oversees Egypt’s humanitarian work in the Palestinian territory, and in a jeep marked with the organization as they headed to cover tent encampments built by Egypt. They include freelance photographer Abed Shaat, a regular contributor to Agence France-Presse (AFP), Mohammad Qeshta, a spokesperson for the Egyptian Committee who reported news to his large Telegram following, and Anas Ghnaim, a freelance photographer and drone operator who worked for Smart Media, Palestinian health officials said. The Israel Defense Forces later confirmed targeting the vehicle, and said the occupants were suspected of operating a drone belonging to Palestinian militant group Hamas. “CPJ condemns Israel’s strike on a clearly marked civilian vehicle in central Gaza that killed freelance photojournalists Abed Shaat, Mohammad Qeshta, and Anas Ghnaim, amid an ongoing ceasefire,” said CPJ Regional Director Sara Qudah. “Israel, which possesses advanced technology capable of identifying its targets, has an obligation under international law to protect journalists.” At least 207 other Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza – the vast majority by Israel – since the latest war in the territory began in 2023, including three since a fragile ceasefire came into effect in October."

103 days into the "ceasefire." Hours after Netanyahu joined Trump's "Board of Peace."

Israeli forces just killed 3 more journalists.

They were on assignment to film a camp in Gaza, to document the plight of Palestinians displaced by Israeli bombs.

Instead, Israel killed them.

'How can Sarwar be trusted on transport now?' Rich donors have corroded our democracy by turning it into their plaything and undermining the interests of the people. It is time for that to end,…

Let’s ban political donations

Billionaire money is pouring into the Scottish Labour Party in an attempt to buy up our politics. We should limit all donations to no more than £500. That way ordinary voters can play a role in politics whilst big business is locked out

In @heraldscotland.bsky.social