Peter Cherbi

Detective Sergeant Steve Beels & the 'Revolving Door' The Undercover Research Group investigate Steve Beels, a Met Police spycop turned corporate spy on protest groups

As the #spycops public inquiry continues, we see reminders that the scandal extends beyond the police into the corporate arena - & some people straddle both worlds.This guest post from the Undercover Research Group investigates one of them.

campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2026/03/08/d...

Labour lawyers ‘blocked’ from briefing MPs on jury trials overhaul before vote Leader of rebel group says there is deep concern within Society of Labour Lawyers about courts and tribunals bill

This is shocking. Labour lawyers ‘blocked’ from briefing MPs on jury trials overhaul before vote. The Prime Minister is completely out of control on this. MPs must come together and stop him from undermining & restricting a fundamental cornerstone of our democracy
www.theguardian.com/law/2026/mar...

Great Britain has only two days of gas stored, while Iran war threatens to disrupt supplies National Gas insists storage broadly in line with levels for time of year despite disruption for tankers carrying LNG

UK has only two days of gas stored, Iran war threatens supplies.

Maximum capacity is 12 days.

Mainland Europe has reserves of several weeks’ worth of gas.

UK storage capacity shrank after privatisation.

The Rough storage facility closed in in 2017. British Gas wanted subsidies.

too true ..

Alba members can't 'just pay a direct debit' and rejoin SNP, John Swinney says ALBA members cannot “just fill in a direct debit” and re-join the SNP, John Swinney has said ...

www.thenational.scot/news/2592021...
Good

Major fire collapses building in Glasgow's Union Street as crews tackle blaze A huge fire broke out in Forsyth House on Union Street in Glasgow city centre this afternoon.

Huge fire in Glasgow's Union Street causes building to collapse and indefinitely closes Central Station, Scotland's busiest railway station.

Keir Starmer and David Lammy are taking an extraordinarily dangerous gamble with our individual liberty This week, MPs will vote on the second reading of the Courts and Tribunals Bill. Don’t let the anodyne name fool you – this is one of the most revolutionary pieces of legislation in our…

The Courts and Tribunals Bill will remove your right to a jury trial for serious criminal offences.

Toff magistrates/judges will decide your fate.

Chances of miscarriage of justice will increase. Working class, poor, minorities will be the biggest losers.

UK recruiter emerges from insolvency for third time, avoiding millions owed in tax Hampshire business seems to have benefited from ‘phoenixism’, which costs the taxpayer about £800m a year

UK recruiter emerges from insolvency for third time, avoiding millions owed in tax.

Companies run up debts, declare bankruptcy, debts shed, new company formed with same management/owners ... rinsed and repeated.

HMRC loses £836m a year. Creditors, including SMEs, lose millions.

Inside the Home Office: 'Hostile culture and Kafkaesque chaos' Immigration is the most divisive issue in British politics. Our Writer at Large talks to the Home Office insider blowing the whistle on government…

The Home Office is hiring staff from McDonalds and supermarkets to decide on refugee deportation cases. Staff know so little that some consult Lonely Planet guides to decide if a country is safe. Some can’t even find countries they’re returning people to on the map

Inside the UK’s asylum system

Good one. Needs a good deep dive, maybe even a book on all the plots, 5th column'ish stuff & the sinister side, incl who helped out to do what to who & steer bogus narratives +++

Happy Saturday from Silas! 👅😄

This policy needs to be revisited. A couple thousand of these cases around the country in last few months. Many filings inaccessible.
Even causes problems for US Attorney offices because THEY can't see the filings remotely unless the specific attorney is assigned to that case

House of Lords standards commissioner finds Peter Selwyn Gummer, aka Lord Chadlington, committed three breaches of a Lords rule banning peers from providing “parliamentary services in return for payment or other incentive or reward”.

White House: the witness’s allegations are “completely baseless” and “backed by zero credible evidence.”

Fact: FBI found her credible enough to interview repeatedly, and she received a financial settlement from the Epstein estate.

'Alba is now at the two bald men fighting over a comb stage of absurdity' The hardline nationalist party set up by Alex Salmond is in a state of utter collapse. Neil Mackay surveys the chaos, with his tongue planted firmly…

The Alba Party has now reached the ‘two bald men fighting over a comb’ stage of absurdity

Alex Salmond’s vanity project and revenge vehicle has driven itself into a ditch. It’s collapsing in a storm of demented factionalism. To be honest, it is a joy to watch

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column

Headline and subhed of Washington Post op-ed arguing that there should be more representation of evangelical Christians on the Supreme Court and other government institutions.

I’m currently writing a book about what’s really wrong with #SCOTUS and how to fix it.

Suffice it to say, this ain’t it:

How democratic is the UK? The UK has a crisis of democracy

UK democracy in action

The state unable/unwilling to provide people with clean water, timely healthcare, social care, decent housing, pension, affordable education, energy, decent roads.

Corporate profits guaranteed through PFI, privatisations, outsourcing, subsidies, regulatory inaction.

Ex-Scots judge accused of taking 'blood money' from Middle East regime A RETIRED Scots judge has been accused of taking “blood money” from a Middle East regime as it emerged he faces being blocked from any return to the Scottish judiciary. Lord Angus Glennie is facing…

Dont forget all the Scottish & other UK judges in Dubai and the UAE ...

www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/9511248...

Dubai influencers share near-identical videos with footage of Dubai crown prince | LBC Videos featuring the caption ‘I know who protects us’ have been circulating on social media

As Iranian missiles streak across the UAE skies, “influencers” paid for by the regime have been posting near identical messages—they feel totally safe and have absolute confidence in Dubai’s future.

Also: any influencer who criticises Dubai's government risks large fines, jail or visa revocation

This is a life and death story for the UK – so why is it being brushed under the carpet? | Aditya Chakrabortty The news that healthy life expectancy is in decline in Britain exposes a serious truth about the state we’re in, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

News that healthy life expectancy is in decline in Britain exposes serious truths about the state we’re in.

By @theguardian.com columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Greed.

BP’s new boss will take home at least £11.7m this year, more than double her predecessor Meg O’Neill will be first woman to serve as CEO of 117-year-oil firm when joining from Woodside Energy in April

Why do we tolerate this?

Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who d...

NEW: ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.

UK Government confirms ban on sale & use of toxic lead ammunition for ‘live quarry shooting’ from 1st April 2029 Following the announcement from Defra in July 2025 that the Government aimed to introduce legislation by the summer of 2026 to ban the sale and use of toxic lead ammunition for ‘live quarry s…

UK Government confirms ban on sale and use of toxic lead ammunition for live quarry shooting from 1st April 2029.

Good news for the environment & wildlife (especially raptors!)

New blog ⬇️

#RaptorResearch

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Our democracy deserves a cleanup.

My DISCLOSE Act is the solution.

Kristi Noem has been fired and replaced by the dumbest US Senator.

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Kristi Noem.

BeebScotland became an org deciding the news, instead of reporting it. a few boycotts & news blacklists on issues here & there too .. and FTR [like others I guess] seen/heard much worse from goings-on inside it than Kaye Adams outburst.
Scotland can do better than beebscot ..

How democratic is the UK? The UK has a crisis of democracy

Did you vote for this?

Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20%-45% + NIC.

Dividends taxed at rates of 8.75% to 39.35%. No NIC.

Capital gains at rates 18% to 32%. No NIC.

Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.

Democracy and social justice... whose?

'It’s couthy, it’s cringey, embarrassing and twee: that’s Bonnie Scotland on the BBC' Whilst the BBC across Britain has serious problems, the broadcaster nationally has at least some elegance and intelligence. BBC Scotland is like the…

'It's couthy, it's cringey, embarrassing and twee: that's how Bonnie Scotland is presented on the BBC'

I look at how the BBC in Scotland has failed, failed and failed again

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social Counter Culture column