Malcolm Fincken

I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer

"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."

My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.

Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.

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Very proud of former Reform MP, James McMurdock. Who better to stand up for women and girls than a man sent to prison for repeatedly kicking his girlfriend?

I’d have thought nothing cuts more against our precious British values than selling out your country for Russian bribes…

And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say

…funny that.

BBC should not pay Trump any money, says former director general Tony Hall Not ‘appropriate’ to use licence fee payer’s money to pay US president after threat to sue for up to $5bn, says peer

There used to be a convention that presidents — and prime ministers, for that matter — didn’t sue, but the money-grasping Trump has no class. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

“Quiet! Quiet!” 😬

Government funding bill cuts food safety regulations. See the provisions for yourself The bill prohibited the FDA from enforcing regulations aimed at increasing traceability of the supply chain, among other rules.

Government funding bill cuts food safety regulations. See the provisions for yourself www.snopes.com/fact-check/g...

DeLauro: The president went to the supreme court to deprive kids of food. Unbelievable. And now wants to deny their parents healthcare.

Deep red and swing states making election flip to Democrats indicate Trump’s plunging popularity Results in smaller districts may offer even greater insight into the US political landscape heading into the midterms

The Guardian: Deep red and swing states making election flip to Democrats indicate Trump's plunging popularity
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It’s not absurd for those news organisations whose only interest is in attacking our Labour government.

BREAKING - President Obama:

"They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and blame DEI for every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? Must be DEI. Your wife kicked you out? DEI. Who knew?"

If Nigel Farage scraps IR35 it will allow anybody to claim they are working in a Tax Haven to avoid all tax.

This will cost HUNDREDS of BILLIONS.

And it is all to billionaires.

So she’d prefer ‘foreign nationals’ NOT to speak English in the U.K.?

Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

Nathan Gill is no fringe politician.

He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.

A Brexit Party MEP.

A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:

"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."

This is a MASSIVE story

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ex-Reform UK Wales leader Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

I wonder what attracted him to a party led by a massive Putin fan…
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So today, the USA government is going full ‘cancel culture’ & London is being turned into a ‘no-go zone’ for millions of its residents. And it’s all being done by people who profess to loathe both phenomena…

💯

Damn good question.

The best details are ‘behind the KFC’ and the ‘baby alligator’. No AI could have created those.

Spending $200 billion on ICE is a terrible idea I've covered federal law enforcement for two decades. Here are the things that worry me most.

"We’re creating something even more dangerous to the country: A masked monster of a law enforcement agency, one uniquely unsuited for its new power, authority, reach, and funding levels."

Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money. An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state law...

NEW: An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.

By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social

Opinion | I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here.

"the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence"
from the former American ambassador to Budapest www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...

Reform’s prison plan is a sick joke – and criminals are the ones laughing If you think Reform UK are the hard-men of law and order, think again. Behind the tough-guy act is a soft-touch scam that would be funny — if it weren’t so dangerous. They talk a big game. They shout ...

I’ve written for @politics.co.uk on why Reform UK’s latest prison policy isn’t just unserious — it’s a sick joke.

Real reform means safer streets, not cheap headlines.

👉 www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...

We need to stand up for @terrymoranabc.bsky.social

Zelenskyy: "Trust me, we understand the Russians much better, the mentality of the Russians, than the Americans understand the Russians. I know for sure Putin doesn't want to stop the war."

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy We have a world in conflict. Above all else, we must imagine how we create one that is not.

What would the world be like if we set out to eliminate the causes of war? We've tried it before. Why can't we try again?

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US anti‑abortion cash floods UK free speech frontlines Democracy for Sale investigation finds US anti‑abortion lawyer funding Toby Young’s Free Speech Union, while Alliance Defending Freedom’s UK spending soars.

UK right-wingers showing an increasing interest in anti-abortion rhetoric as US money starts to flood in - very interesting report from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social

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Yes.

If only there was some way of knowing what caused all this…

“Analysis by Persuasion UK finds 123 seats vulnerable to Reform switchers, but 250 Labour seats at risk from flight to progressive parties. While 11% of Labour voters are “Reform-curious”, 29% would consider voting Green and 41% would consider supporting the Lib Dems” @pollytoynbee.bsky.social