Phil Webber

I just don't see any chance of this. He is a product of the Labour Together' faction & purges. He has broken all his pre-leadership pledges and is surrounded by authoritarians, privatisers (PFI etc) and those following corporate & foreign govt lobbies.

Keir Starmer made a speech about Epstein survivors saying how unacceptable it was that they faced barriers to justice.

BUT HIS OWN GOVT has blocked justice for hundreds of Harrods abuse & trafficking survivors.

Complete hypocrisy 😡

Write to your MP.

See: www.nooneabove.org

'Good and serious'?? Starmer made promises / pledges pre becoming leader and has broken every one. We now know how he is the result of 'Labour Together' a shady internal faction.

Listen.
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The Al Fayad victims would beg to disagree.
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Ok UK media - oh so scandalised by Mandelson - when are you going to be scandalised by US interference in our democracy? Epstein, Farage, Bannon, Vance, Thiel, Musk, Trump, Brexit, Heritage Foundation, the funding of far right populism to collapse our govts….??
After you’ve helped their collapse?

If you are reading this it is because I’m dead: here’s what I want to tell you about how to live | Carlos Hernández de Miguel Leaving this world in an age of lies and cruelty, my last message is simple: don’t give up on truth, says Spanish journa

"Objectivity is not the same as neutrality. If there is an aggressor and a victim, a liar and an honest person, a corrupt individual and an honourable one, then your task is to describe all that clearly and forcefully."

Powerful words and an important read.

Democracy for Sale's scoop about Labour Together paying a firm to investigate journalists has now been picked up in FT, Politico and the Guardian

Huge questions to answer - for Morgan McSweeney, Josh Simons, and Keir Starmer

Oh, and do support D4S 😀 democracyforsale.substack.com/subscribe

Scrap Palantir UK contracts over Mandelson links, Zack Polanski demands ZACK Polanski has demanded that the UK Government scraps its contracts with Palantir, amid mounting questions over Peter Mandelson’s role in…

Scrap Palantir UK contracts over Mandelson links, Zack Polanski says

ZACK Polanski has demanded that the UK Government scraps its contracts with Palantir, amid mounting questions over Peter Mandelson’s role in securing the deals.

www.thenational.scot/news/2582860...

💥 GOOD.

Because that £240 million contract gifted to Palantir, with no competition…

…after Starmer had an off-the-books meeting with Mandelson and Palantir…

…while Mandelson was officially LOBBYING FOR Palantir and so personally financially benefiting from such links and contracts…

Stinks.

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.

It has been revealed that our chief reporter, @john-mcevoy.bsky.social, was among journalists investigated by a PR firm paid by Labour Together.

Labour Together was then managed by Josh Simons. Simons is now Cabinet Office minister.

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Barrister's powerful speech at Filton Trial reminds jury of its right to defy judge Starmer and the media need convictions to justify Palestine Action's proscription as a terrorist group. Rajiv Menon KC spells out to the jury why it is a vital last defence against government tyranny

If you are baffled by why the jury refused to convict the Palestine Action defendants, it's because – unlike them – you didn't hear the actual evidence. You heard what the media wanted you to know.

Here, I explain what the jury learnt from the trial: jonathancook.substack.com/p/barristers...

Diplomatic triumphs Lord Mandelson was credited with several diplomatic triumphs in Washington. He played a vital role in ensuring the UK escaped the worst of Trump's tariffs and he was instrumental in securing a much sought-after trade deal between the UK and the US.

Maybe - radical suggestion I know - *we* could be the judge of just how much of “triumph”, & just whose interests exactly were being represented, in this Trump trade deal, that Mandelson was a key broker of, & which is going to jack up NHS drug prices?
*so* much reason to end the trade secrecy now!

Pressure grows on ministers to end secrecy over UK medicines deal with Trump Critics say government hiding true cost of agreement ‘despite being forced to admit financial burden will grow year on year’

so hang on a minute, the UK (significantly, erm, “represented“ in negotiations by Mandelson) has just signed a trade deal with the US that gives into their demands for NHS to pay way more for medicines…. & yet Streeting won’t even tell us the barest details? 🤯
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So Team Starmer couldn’t ’possibly have known’ Mandelson was lying about his relationship with a convicted paedophile. Despite mountains of publicly available evidence.

Yet they spent £30,000 on private investigators trying to dig dirt on journalists who asked them troublesome questions? 🤔

The publication of documents about the appointment of Peter Mandelson must happen with maximum transparency, while protecting national security. 1/2

We urgently need a parliamentary debate on Palantir. Please sign this & share with your network. Via @the-citizens.bsky.social & @change.org.

www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...

These extensive connections to Palantir & other corporate & foreign government lobbies corrupt UK government. Buying influence, like buying votes needs to be banned. @responsiblesci.bsky.social has exposed these biases many times www.sgr.org.uk/projects/cor... .

Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points

This is essential reading for all policy makers - and it’s exactly what many of us have been warning about for years. Our current economic model is simply incompatible with a safe & secure future. We can’t bail out the Earth like we did the banks

I know the govt is in meltdown again…

but meanwhile I wrote about how their immigration policies create a subclass of migrant workers exposed to abuse in an increasingly “Dubai-style” rightless immigration model

& I explain what to do about it

Jeffrey Epstein Co-Owned Venture Fund with Palantir Founder as it Entered UK Government The Russian connected convicted sex trafficker co-owned a fund with Peter Thiel, now embedded in Britain’s most critical infrastructure with the help of Peter Mandelson

"If Mandelson's links to Jeffrey Epstein disqualifies him from holding power, why does the company controlled by Epstein's business partner and co-owner retain access to the UK's most sensitive national security infrastructure?"

Peter Thiel. Jeffrey Epstein. Palantir. The UK Government.

The PM already seems to have turned a blind eye to Mandelson's relationship with Epstein in order to cosy up to Trump, & the govt's actions today further prioritise a relationship with the US over transparency with the British public. We need urgent action to clean up politics.

Peter Mandelson is fleeing the House of Lords: now let’s throw out all the other rogues and idlers | Jenny Jones The disgraced politician throws all that is wrong with our present system into sharp focus. We need a second chamber the public can trust, says Jenny Jones, a Green party peer

"Politics and business are bound together in the Lords, with peers able to book plush rooms to pursue their private interests."

PS. Not too late to tell the government what you think about their proposed changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain - the public consultation is open until 12th Feb.

www.gov.uk/government/c...

Samuel Corner has been denied bail despite receiving no convictions in the first trial relating to the dismantling of weapons at Elbit Systems’ Bristol weapons factory.

The other 5 defendants in the case have had bail granted following their acquittals on aggravated burglary 1/3

Palestine Action protesters not guilty of defence firm burglary The group are cleared of aggravated burglary over a raid at an Elbit Systems warehouse.

Remember the reports of Palestine Action activists swinging a sledgehammer at security guards? It didn't happen.

This is the 'evidence' Starmer used to label the group terrorist. This is why you can get 14 years in prison just for holding a placard supporting them.
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PS It was Windows11 & it's disc encryption (you don't own the key) tipped me over.

Try Linux. Cachyos does it all. No bloat no AI. Also does spreadsheets, PowerPoint etc. Removes Microsoft & windows pain & data capture from your life.

Palestine Action protesters not guilty of defence firm burglary The group are cleared of aggravated burglary over the alleged raid at an Elbit Systems warehouse.

Pleased to see the jury make this decision.

We need to have eyes wide open this is exactly why the Government wants to abolish juries.

People protesting against a genocide are not the criminals here - it's the politicians who continue to provide cover.

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