Steve Parkinson

There’ll be no peace in Europe with Russia until Russia has fundamentally changed.

Such a Russia will, among other things, abandon resource & territorial theft & the brutalisation of people.

Fundamental change won’t happen with Putin’s clique in power.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Because of the inconsiderate timing of US Supreme Court striking down Trump’s tariff policy, nobody is going to be interested in my piece on Palantir and public procurement law at the FT.

look at my country man, we’re getting out-No Kings’d by the fuckin’ british

@kevlin.bsky.social

Original feature? Or a recent addition / conversion?

Can we get some Wikileaks or Anonymous to release the full, un-redacted Epstein-Trump files? Or better yet, anyone credible with a shred of decency?

Hanlon's Razor only states "... adequately explained by stupidity."

And stupidity is waaay inadequate for a lot of the stuff going on.

I still wonder about Theresa May - an avowed remainer - going full will'o'thepeople ...
Maybe there's kompromat on her too.

I was in Canada recently. Without exception, all the Canadians I spoke to stand squarely with Carney. They’re genuinely proud of him because he doesn’t suck up to Trump and he’s seen as being on their side, acting in their best interests.
Now that’s what I call leadership.

How to destroy a people, nation and culture:-
Encourage them to do things they will later regret for generations.

Age verification?
I loaded a computer operating system from paper tape.

Seriously, there are people on here who think a numerical reduction in immigration will reduce Farage’s appeal.

Immigration *never* caused the harms Farage ascribed to it. It was all a xenophobic lie. The actual numbers never mattered.

ethics professor here, can confirm

Plenty of used Dell WD19 around.

We have ignored this danger for way too long.
We've fostered "wealth is good; wealthier is better"... without an upper bound.

And Wealth=Power. So what happens when certain individuals are more powerful than most - or all - states?

We're finding out.

Patrick Wintour • @patrickwintour X.com Striking that it is from outside government in the shape of Gordon Brown that a plan is laid out to end the systematic abuse of power revealed by Mandelson scandal. Much of it derived from Transparency International and Brown's own report A New Britain. (Emphasis) Current anti-corruption Tsar Margaret Hodge (emphasis) upgraded to independent parliament appointed anti corruption commission with power to seize assets; controls on political lobbying including 91 peers currently paid to give political advice; existing Ethics and Integrity Commission to be given statutory powers to investigate bank accounts and initiate investigations; public select committee hearings to vet appointment of senior diplomats; end to MPs second jobs (with professional training exceptions) & controls on ministerial private external communications. Brown says Starmer could introduce a comprehensive bill within 3 months.

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I know you're in the UK (nice interview on Behind the Lines)

I'm just boggling at... To whom would you want to send such a cable! 😬

There are more interesting, general questions you can always ask people -
"How open to changing your mind are you, in the light of new evidence?" and
"When was the last time you changed your opinion?"

Wait...
US plug format, but price offered in GBP?

Denial.
They know, UNFAVORABLE, but cannot admit it.

Every American needs to watch this:

Quacking Treason

Public profiles of Jeffrey Epstein going back 20+ years present a near perfect description of a massive, hostile foreign intelligence operation directed at the USA and NATO and other allies.

Why was this so widely ignored? What was Mandelson’s involvement? What next?

A 🧵 /1.

The following week:-

* Media reform, Leveson

* Investigate Lebedev+Johnson

* Hint at a non-existent affair

* Nationalize all critical infrastructure starting with telecoms, water, rail

"Embedding Palantir into the UK’s most critical and sensitive systems represents an urgent national security risk precisely because its chairman, Peter Thiel, was a co-owner with a convicted sex offender [...] through whom he cultivated his own connections to senior Russian officials."

As we move onto a war footing it's important to take control of communications. All networks should be transferred to BT, which should be renationalised. BT's top priority should not be profit but reliable communications.

Brexit was heralded as "Just the begining" and a “return to tribalism" by Epstein in an exchange with Thiel.

Brexit was all about removing democratic accountability from the super rich, fossil fuels and crooks.

Fartage is there to carry out their plan. It has NOTHING to do with UK interests.

The following week:-

* ID cards and age-verification.

* Switching from X to Bluesky

* Full-metric

What if Starmer - with nothing left to lose - took the flood-the-zone strategy?

Monday; announce that it was BECAUSE Mandy knew those people that he was placed.

Tuesday; cancel F35s, buy/manufacture Gripen.

Wednesday; apply to join EU (incl. Euro)

Thursday; play golf.

Friday; PR.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez: Starting next week, my government will implement the following actions: First, we will change the law in Spain to hold platform executives legally accountable for many infringements taking place on their sites. Second, we will turn algorithmic manipulation and amplification of illegal content into a new criminal offense. Third, we will implement a hate and polarization footprint system to track, quantify, and expose how digital platforms fuel division and amplify hate. Fourth, Spain will ban access to social media for minors under the age of 16. Platforms will be required to implement effective age verification systems - not just checkboxes, but real barriers that work. Fifth and last, my government will work with our public prosecutor to investigate and pursue the infringement committed by Grok, TikTok, and Instagram.

Today, #Spain's prime minister Pedro Sánchez announced a comprehensive plan to control #SocialMedia, saying it "has become a failed state.
If we want to protect our children there is only one thing we can do: take back control."

A summary of his plan:

French trolling is just superb.