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#FBPE #FBPPR Chair of Headley Parish Council (Surrey) Active Lib Dem - previously Metapraxis, Microsoft, Imperial Group. Cornish exile in England

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The GOPโ€™s Voter Integrity Sham Make the Republicans hell bent on passing the SAVE Act put money where their mouths are.

I just applied for a passport renewal. The cost was $149 including postage. Requiring a passport or similar proof of citizenship to vote is thus a poll tax. The SAVE Act before the Senate asks to do just that.

Call your Senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them NO SAVE ACT

14.02.2026 15:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 462    ๐Ÿ” 239    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Firm that went bust owing ยฃ650k to HMRC offers staff Las Vegas trip after being bought by ex-owner Acquisition by Premier Group Recruitment boss Andrew Woosnam appears to be example of โ€˜phoenixismโ€™

Firm that went bust owing ยฃ650k to HMRC offers staff Las Vegas trip after being bought by ex-owner

Acquisition by Premier Group Recruitment boss Andrew Woosnam appears to be example of โ€˜phoenixismโ€™
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

15.02.2026 08:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It never legitimises a landslide. The 2019 Tory landslide was also an artefact of FPTP. 2029 could have small electoral movements bring a Reform landslide. The point is that PR better reflects the voters in a multi party system.

15.02.2026 08:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Over 50 Academics Warn That Voting System Is Not Fit For Multi-Party Politics Dozens of academics haveย written to the government to warn that the current voting system risks producing distorted results on an 'unprecedented' s...

"The collision of a multiparty electorate with a voting system designed for two parties is creating new risks for Britain".

I signed this letter. It's not about blocking Reform;it's about the danger to democracy of a system that can't cope with multiparty voting
www.politicshome.com/news/article...

14.02.2026 20:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 255    ๐Ÿ” 106    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Johnson, Gove, Rees-Mogg, and possibly David Davis were plotting with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and white supremacist Steve Bannon to bring down a British Prime Minister. Why this treason isnโ€™t front-page news is a disgrace for the journalistic profession in the UK.

14.02.2026 22:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 297    ๐Ÿ” 164    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
A line graph shows the time series of global mean surface temperature anomalies for each January from 1850 through 2026. There is a long-term increasing trend and large year-to-year variability. The mean surface temperature anomaly in January 2026 was 1.12ยฐC globally. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1901-2000 climate baseline. All data is from NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI NOAAGlobalTemp v6.1.0 on this graphic.

A line graph shows the time series of global mean surface temperature anomalies for each January from 1850 through 2026. There is a long-term increasing trend and large year-to-year variability. The mean surface temperature anomaly in January 2026 was 1.12ยฐC globally. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1901-2000 climate baseline. All data is from NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI NOAAGlobalTemp v6.1.0 on this graphic.

Last month was the 5th warmest January on record globally. This graph compares 2026 with every other January since 1850.

Data provided by NOAA/NCEI NOAAGlobalTemp v6.1.0.

14.02.2026 12:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 126    ๐Ÿ” 51    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Judge rules ICE likely violated Minnesota detaineesโ€™ constitutional rights A federal judge in Minnesota found that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) isolated detainees in Minnesota from seeing their attorneys, ruling the action likely violated their constitutionalโ€ฆ

Judge rules ICE likely violated Minnesota detainees' constitutional rights
#ICEOUT #Whipple #FDT #Epstein #GTFO
thehill.com/regulation/c...

14.02.2026 02:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10355    ๐Ÿ” 2954    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 564    ๐Ÿ“Œ 188

I think the people of this country have had enough of tax-exile billionaires.

12.02.2026 15:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1581    ๐Ÿ” 218    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16

Donald Trump (like Boris Johnson) doesn't understand the concept of Truth. What he says is simply what is convenient for him at that instant

13.02.2026 08:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Apply for a postal vote Use this service to apply to vote by post so you can take part in elections in the UK. You must be registered to vote in the UK before you can apply.

President Donald Trump is a liar.

We have mail-in ballots in the UK.

Here is proof.

13.02.2026 07:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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NHS deal with AI firm Palantir called into question after officialsโ€™ concerns revealed Exclusive: in 2025 briefing to Wes Streeting, officials warned reputation of tech firm behind US ICE operations would hinder rollout of data system in UK

NHS deal with AI firm Palantir called into question after officialsโ€™ concerns revealed

In 2025 briefing to Wes Streeting, officials warned reputation of tech firm behind US ICE operations would hinder rollout of data system in UK

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

13.02.2026 06:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 324    ๐Ÿ” 141    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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Lawmakers Accuse DOJ Of โ€˜Spyingโ€™ On Their Epstein File Searches Citing Photo Of Bondiโ€™s โ€˜Burn Bookโ€™ Rep. Pramila Jayapal accused Bondi and the DOJ of โ€œspyingโ€ on members of Congress by keeping track of their search history of the Epstein files.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal accused Bondi and the DOJ of โ€œspyingโ€ on members of Congress by keeping track of their search history of the Epstein files.

12.02.2026 08:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5180    ๐Ÿ” 1893    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 281    ๐Ÿ“Œ 102
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First Past the Post means millions of our votes make no difference to parliament. Add your name now to demand a fairer voting system It only takes 30 seconds

Seats in Parliament should match how we vote - Please support fair votes.
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...

13.02.2026 07:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.

13.02.2026 02:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5939    ๐Ÿ” 2674    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 77    ๐Ÿ“Œ 54
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This woman in Crowborough who took down flags is a hero and I hope she's ok.

09.02.2026 13:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 655    ๐Ÿ” 180    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26
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WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, weโ€™ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate changeโ€”all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

12.02.2026 19:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27141    ๐Ÿ” 11562    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2064    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1000

Blatant corruption - ironically just like the Russian oligarchs

13.02.2026 08:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Can you hurry up please?

10.02.2026 09:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โœŠ๐Ÿพ

#ONEV1
#Pinks ๐ŸŒธ
#Voices4Victory

11.02.2026 01:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 407    ๐Ÿ” 174    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Given the timescale of the Epstein/Bannon/Farage European โ€˜Movementโ€™ in 2018, youโ€™ve got to wonder about Johnsonโ€™s visit to see Putin proxy Alexander Lebedev earlier that year without his security detail.

The Russian Bots started pushing โ€˜moggmentumโ€™

bylinetimes.com/2019/02/19/h...

11.02.2026 08:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 331    ๐Ÿ” 218    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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We have a federal administration led by idiots and criminals.

11.02.2026 01:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23592    ๐Ÿ” 5879    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 842    ๐Ÿ“Œ 249
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It is so embarrassing that it has taken nearly a decade for a British minister to say this, a statement of the absolute bloody obvious

11.02.2026 07:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4972    ๐Ÿ” 1285    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 169    ๐Ÿ“Œ 63
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If Reform ever wins power in Westminster, it will be because of Labourโ€™s cowardice | George Monbiot Starmer could improve our unfair electoral system to stop the hard right, but he wonโ€™t. All the party has left are threats about โ€˜splitting the voteโ€™, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

7. The failure to change our disastrous electoral system, which might gift the UK to Reform on a small share of the vote, can, I feel, be understood as a matter of putting party over country and faction over party.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

10.02.2026 07:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 291    ๐Ÿ” 70    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Federal prosecutors in Minnesota were preparing to start a civil rights investigation into Renee Goodโ€™s shooting.

Then top administration officials intervened and ordered them to stop, triggering a wave of resignations in the process.

What is the regime trying to hide from us?

09.02.2026 19:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7206    ๐Ÿ” 2235    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 395    ๐Ÿ“Œ 99
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Reform-led Worcestershire set to issue Englandโ€™s largest council tax 10% rise!
Cap-busting tax hike is embarrassing for Farage, who has made low council tax a priority.
Source: Guardian

09.02.2026 21:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 174    ๐Ÿ” 91    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

It's interesting how the UK narrative seems to be shifting from the sex trafficking to the information peddling aspects. Both have very disturbing ramifications and need to be fully uncovered

10.02.2026 08:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But when will cheaper generation costs translate into lower prices, rather than more profits for power companies?

10.02.2026 08:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜Absolute hellโ€™: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record

This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy.

www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

09.02.2026 07:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3453    ๐Ÿ” 1767    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 204    ๐Ÿ“Œ 198
Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.)  If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.

Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.) If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

08.02.2026 05:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14973    ๐Ÿ” 8450    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 158    ๐Ÿ“Œ 310

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