Jem Mills-Sheehy

Feel like I’m committing treason, but absolutely wanna see Root bring up this ton. What a player, what an innings.

lol psych

Upon reflection, I strongly object to this idea, which I consider terrible.

*opinions subject to change depending on the health of Cummins' back.

Pitch for new DG:

- Bring back Grandstand

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Scottish Gov officially commits to first ever stand alone Scottish Anti Corruption Strategy 💪💪💪

Huge shout out to @muteswann.bsky.social who leads our devolved policy programme from Scotland and advocates tirelessly for better protections against corruption throughout all of the UK.

Two months ago…

Packed room for extremely timely event on how to stop misinformation and disinformation in political advertising.

Big shout out to @reformpoliticalads.bsky.social and @appgfairelections.bsky.social for putting this event on tonight.

Do join to hear from @rosewhiff.bsky.social!

WATCH: Kemi Badenoch wants to put another multi-million pound Conservative Party donor in the House of Lords.
Keir Starmer should stop her.

💷 2013 - 2023: Nearly 25% of political House of Lords nominations were party donors, giving £58m+ collectively.

At our event with @spotlightcorruption.org at Labour Conference, @duncanhames.bsky.social set out why big money's influence on UK democracy is damaging the public's trust.

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Today! At #SNP25
Can you keep a secret?
🏰 Tackling hidden ownership of Scotland’s assets
📍Room 8, TECA
☕️ Tea and coffee
🍷 Drinks
🧀 Cheese platter

Delighted to be speaking in Aberdeen on Sunday! Do come along.

Image is a flyer for the event - full details in the link

Planning your time at #SNP25? Join us to talk secret land owners and discuss how to open up land registers at 5pm tomorrow.

www.transparency.org.uk/events/can-y...

Join us at SNP Conference this weekend.

On Sunday at 5pm, @muteswann.bsky.social and @margotmollat.bsky.social will speak at “Can you keep a secret? Tackling hidden ownership of Scottish assets” hosted with @theferret.scot.

www.transparency.org.uk/events/can-y...

If you're going to SNP Conference this year, do make sure to join my brilliant colleagues @margotmollat.bsky.social & @muteswann.bsky.social.

Details below 👇👇👇

📺 "The £122 million of Medpro is the tip of the iceberg. A billion pounds of stock that went through that VIP lane was written off as unfit for use in the NHS."

Following yesterday's ruling, @danieljbruce.bsky.social spoke with Talk TV on the serious flaws of the ‘VIP lane’ for COVID contracts.

Full room for our event atm! Brill team at @moreincommonuk.bsky.social and @spotlightcorruption.org have all helped out this together.

Great to be at todays UKACC event in partnership with @thefabians.bsky.social with @philbrickellmp.bsky.social @liambyrnemp.bsky.social @catneilan.bsky.social and @suehawley.bsky.social.

Great to be at Demos for an extremely timely event on information chaos’ impact threat to democracy.

Brill panel with @hannahperry.bsky.social, @kirstymcneill.bsky.social, @pollycurtis.bsky.social, Shuab Gamote from @futuregovforum.bsky.social and Anneliese Dodds MP.

Come along tomorrow!

📽️ NEW 📽️

Does the UK have a dark money problem?

Should we be worried?

As our Senior Research Officer, @rosewhiff.bsky.social explains - the public have a right to be concerned about the grip of dark money on our politics.

Who pays, who decides? Big money in British politics Join Transparency International UK at Labour Party Conference

Heading to Labour Party Conference this weekend?

Join our Director of Policy, @duncanhames.bsky.social, @liambyrnemp.bsky.social, @suehawley.bsky.social, @edhodgsoned.bsky.social and Baroness Hodge for "Who pays, who decides? Big money in British politics".

www.transparency.org.uk/events/who-p...

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Honestly Bernardo Silva biggest shithouser in the league.

Can’t stand the guy but would no doubt love it if he was in my team 😂😂😂

Labour conference requirements: expensive phone

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If you see a lost Australian carrying pop up banners and flyers wandering around Liverpool docks next weekend, looks like I’ll have plenty of time for a coffee 😂

My colleague @rosewhiff.bsky.social marked international ‘day of democracy’ with this timely suggestion for what we need to do to protect our politics and elections from capture by parties’ ultra-wealthy backers:

Political donation caps are needed to tackle deepening political inequality - British Politics and Policy at LSE The Government has to limit the individual donation amounts allowed and cap campaign spending by political parties.

Wealthy donors are increasingly fudning political campaigns, eroding the public’s trust in the political process. The Government has the opportunity to reverse that trend, argues Rose Whiffen of @anticorruption.bsky.social.

blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

Calls for Peter Mandelson to face inquiry over meeting wi... Patrick Vallance recorded contact as with Global Counsel, the consultancy founded by Mandelson

🗣️ “The evidence available provides grounds for the commissioners for standards to investigate.”

@stevejgoodrich.bsky.social spoke to @catneilan.bsky.social as @theobserveruk.bsky.social revealed potential breaches to lobbying rules by Peter Mandelson.

observer.co.uk/news/politic...

First time in Holyrood! Awesome to see our Open Access Tool now rolled out in Scotland thanks to the always awesome @rosewhiff.bsky.social & @muteswann.bsky.social

And of course, check it out yourself 👇

openaccess.transparency.org.uk