In public, Wes Streeting is furiously back-pedaling from his earlier Palantir cheerleading.
But in private he is refusing to let us see what civil servants told him about Palantir
So, with @petergeoghegan.bsky.social, we are taking him to court to try and force him to hand over the briefings.
Every now and then a good news story. Live Nation and Ticketmaster have ruined live music. I never bother any more unless I can buy from the venue
Yes, evidence that there are just no PIR jobs
Did no one think to write the terms of the ceasefire down? Then we can tell who’s breaking what…
🔔 Postdoc vacancies 🔔
A project co-led by our academic, Udit Bhatia, is advertising for two postdocs (four-year positions).
➡️ A third post will be advertised in 2027. The positions will assist with work on popular government in the Global South
popgovproject.wordpress.com/postdoc-posi...
Classic Trump: he’s my friend so it’s ok for him to commit crimes www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/t...
2 #postdoc positions available at UBT: on South - South security arrangements and transnational security/aid professionals from the Global South and East. Happy to answer questions! www.uni-bayreuth.de/job-vacancy-...
@postcolh.bsky.social @conf-mean-trans.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social
Wikipedia now has higher standards than all universities
Wish I had your local mums
When you hear Mandelson or Chomsky or Woody Allen or now the crown princess of Norway say this stuff you just think, what terrible, terrible decision makers and weak leaders
I don’t think anyone was deceived or manipulated by Epstein. People seized on convenient lies towards their own ends. They thought that was how the world worked and must always work. Plenty of others saw straight through it immediately
It's no longer OK for you to sit in the house of Lords because your dad did.
But if your mate put you there?
That's fine.
Neither of these really feel like democracy to me.
Congrats!
Last week, UK lobbying regulator closed investigation into ex Tory MP Ben Howlett
We offered Howlett money to work for a fake Chinese investor. He introduced us to a dozen Labour MPs
Regulator didn't even speak to us. Our system is broken
New, by me: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/we-paid-an...
Oooh ooh Jared Krushner? No, Peter Thiel maybe…
Hope they’re watching in Clacton 👀
The Devil Wore Prada
Pete Hegseth's crazed rants at reporters reveal that Trump's rationales for attacking Iran are incoherent, confused, and based on lies. Dems don't have to take refuge in criticizing Trump's war on purely procedural grounds. They can go much harder. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2072...
📣Call for Applications
We’re offering 3 funded #fellowships for a 3-month research stay (fall 2026) in Germany.
For #post-docs from African countries working on security, democracy, economic transformation, global order and science diplomacy.
📅 Deadline: 25 March 2026
Apply now: t1p.de/3tt3s
Five years ago this week, Sarah Everard was murdered by a serving police officer, sparking protests & promises of change
But now, woman officers abused by colleagues tell me reforms have victimised them more instead of protecting them
For @theobserveruk.bsky.social:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsU
need more of this in UK. I am failing to navigate after several significant health changes - my recent diagnosis might prove the career death knell
📌 ICYMI — Jeffrey Epstein ‘Co-Owned’ Venture Fund with Palantir Founder as it Entered UK Government
The Russian connected convicted sex trafficker co-owned a fund…
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/04/jeffrey-epste...
🚨 Cabinet Office investigating Labour Together and Josh Simons over campaign to smear journalists
But...ministers overseeing inquiry have received £150,000+ from Labour think tank
Experts and MPs demand 'full independent investigation'
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-g... 🧵
ICE offers jobs to FIRED police officers. If they don't follow rules in their current job, what makes ICE believe they will follow rules at ICE? This is contemptible and highlights their active recruitment of lawless agents.
The number one fall out is suicide and countless women’s lives derailed for decades @nytimes.com
The number one fall out is suicide and countless women’s lives derailed for decades @nytimes.com
Thoughts today with Virginia Guiffre and her tireless battle for justice over decades. Everything she said or testified was true. It seemed obvious in her final SM posts she was at risk of suicide but she had no one, at least nearby. This is what these men took
📌 ICYMI — How Palestinians Really Feel About Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza
Palestinians accuse the President of attempting to "pacify the victim" while overseeing a "slow genocide" in Gaza
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/18/how-palestini...
