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Tisdall's swan song as the Observer gets dismantled?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/29/britain-has-been-paying-a-high-price-for-uncle-sams-craziness-its-time-to-turn-to-europe
#USPol #UkPol #Tisdall #Observer #Guardian #Enshitification
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/30/mps-to-vote-on-disability-benefit-cuts-without-knowing-full-impact
#UkPol #Labour #Ignorance #Disability #Hypocrisy
I think irony died. #NIPol #RejoinEU #Brexit #UKPol #Think32
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/tuv-leader-jim-allister-says-union-inescapably-depleted-by-irish-sea-border/a1457378666.html
TUV leader Jim Allister says union ‘inescapably depleted’ by Irish sea border
The union has been “inescapably depleted” by trade frictions between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, TUV leader Jim Allister has said.By Gráinne Ní Aodha, PA (BelfastTelegraph.co.uk)
Meta harvests personal data to track your behaviour, making assumptions about who you are and what you believe. This is used to sell targeted adverts 🏧
By settling Tanya O'Carroll's case, Meta admits that you have the right to opt-out.
It's time to #StopStalkerAds
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/21/meta-settles-u-k-right-to-object-to-ad-tracking-lawsuit-by-agreeing-not-to-track-plaintiff/
Use our tool to opt-out ➡️ https://action.openrightsgroup.org/meta-opt-out
#meta #dataprotection #surveillanceadvertising #surveillancecapitalism #adtech #GDPR #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol
Meta settles UK 'right to object to ad-tracking' lawsuit by agreeing not to track plaintiff | TechCrunch
A human rights campaigner, Tanya O'Carroll, has succeeded in forcing social media giant Meta not to use her data for targeted advertising. The agreementNatasha Lomas (TechCrunch)
Last week saw a big win for data rights! Meta settled Tanya O'Carroll's legal case against them. They agreed to stop using her data for targeted advertising.
Now it's your turn 🫵
Use our tool to #StopStalkerAds (UK residents) ⬇️
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#meta #dataprotection #surveillanceadvertising #adtech #GDPR #privacy #surveillancecapitalism #ukpolitics #ukpol #Facebook
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In March 2025, there was a huge victory for your data rights! Meta settled a four year court case with human rights campaigner Tanya O’Carroll.Open Rights Group
"The democratic recession does not begin when a far-right party takes office. It begins when a centrist party crushes hope in democracy. When Keir Starmer’s government takes a chainsaw to people’s aspirations for a fairer, greener, kinder country, he cuts off not just faith in the Labour party but faith in politics itself. The almost inevitable result, as countries from the US to the Netherlands, Argentina to Austria, Italy to Sweden show, is to let the far right in."
#UKpol #USpol #auspol https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/28/fascism-britain-neoliberalism-opened-door-for-it-labour
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/28/uk-ministers-need-to-ask-why-they-are-offered-freebies-and-who-loses-out
#UkPol #Westminster #Labour #Conservative #Freebies #Corruption #Stupidity
A decent aerticle (they normally are) from Mombiot. In aping Reform and yhr Tories, Labour are enabling them. Just as well when they promised 'change' they were not prepared to define what is meant. Trading Standards might have been after them, rather than just people who despise their policies.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/28/fascism-britain-neoliberalism-opened-door-for-it-labour
#Ukpol #Reform #LabourEnablers #PromisesPromies #Starmer #Mombiot
Boris Fucking Johnson.
As for the 'Coalition of the Willing', only one in five voted for Starmer to be our PM, his poll ratings have never been in the plus since he took office and he's supposed to be getting 30 other countries to sign up to a military alliance is he?
#Starmer #Ukraine #Russia #UKPOL #UKpolitics #CoalitonOfTheWilling
![2hago 14.22 GMT
Starmer ducks question about whether plan based on hoping
Russia might agree to ceasefire is doomed to fail
Q: [From the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen] Isn’t it time to admit that Russia has no
interest in a ceasefire, and that a different approach is needed?
Starmer says he does not accept that.
He says he thinks President Trump is serious about wanting peace. And the
Ukrainians want peace too, he says.
Q: But what makes you think Putin will give up his long-held views on Ukraine?
Starmer says this is a process. A lasting peace is the right goal, he says. It is
what Trump wants, and what the Europeans want.
If they can provide leadership, backed up by operational plans, that is the
best chance for peace.
Bowen tried twice to get Starmer to addresss his point about Russia, but both
times Starmer refused to engage with Bowen’s point.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/235/230/220/451/066/original/b2c051d519dfd720.png "2hago 14.22 GMT
Starmer ducks question about whether plan based on hoping
Russia might agree to ceasefire is doomed to fail
Q: [From the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen] Isn’t it time to admit that Russia has no
interest in a ceasefire, and that a different approach is needed?
Starmer says he does not accept that.
He says he thinks President Trump is serious about wanting peace. And the
Ukrainians want peace too, he says.
Q: But what makes you think Putin will give up his long-held views on Ukraine?
Starmer says this is a process. A lasting peace is the right goal, he says. It is
what Trump wants, and what the Europeans want.
If they can provide leadership, backed up by operational plans, that is the
best chance for peace.
Bowen tried twice to get Starmer to addresss his point about Russia, but both
times Starmer refused to engage with Bowen’s point.")
![2hago 1415 GMT
Q: You have been talking about this for almost a month. But only the UK and
France have committed to putting troops on the ground. Why aren’t you
making more progress?
Starmer insists they are making progress. He says 200 planners attending the
planning meeting in London last week.
44 There was a feeling around the table [at the meeting today] that Europe,
taking Europe as a whole, has not been this strong and united for a very long
time.
He says Russia is delaying. That is tactic they had tried before.
Q: When will there be progress?
Starmer says he does not want to put a deadline on things, but “we need to
see this developing in days and weeks, not months and months”.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/235/232/636/993/392/original/29890d0a7e08c089.png "2hago 1415 GMT
Q: You have been talking about this for almost a month. But only the UK and
France have committed to putting troops on the ground. Why aren’t you
making more progress?
Starmer insists they are making progress. He says 200 planners attending the
planning meeting in London last week.
44 There was a feeling around the table [at the meeting today] that Europe,
taking Europe as a whole, has not been this strong and united for a very long
time.
He says Russia is delaying. That is tactic they had tried before.
Q: When will there be progress?
Starmer says he does not want to put a deadline on things, but “we need to
see this developing in days and weeks, not months and months”.")
It's why he gets on so well with Trump.
Don't we deserve better than this Brits?
#Starmer #Austerity #SpringStatement #UKPOL #Ukpolitics #Abuse #Gaslighting
"Sir Keir Starmer has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of making "hollow promises" on a ceasefire in Ukraine."
#France
#UKpol
#EU
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78e2x7lz25o
Keir Starmer accuses Vladimir Putin of hollow promises on ceasefire
The prime minister is co-hosting a summit of the "coalition of the willing" on Ukraine in Paris.Doug Faulkner (BBC News)
⦁ Daniel Machover, Partner, Hickman & Rose Solicitors
⦁ Dr Irene Pietropaoli, British Institute for International & Comparative Law
⦁ Dr Shahd Hammouri, School of Law, Univ. of Kent
Comment & discussion by Dr Nimer Sultany, School of Law, SOAS
https://youtu.be/aUoRsOAmeYw
#Gaza #oPt #InternationalCriminalCourt #InternationalJustice #UKpol @palestine
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/26/cannes-english-councils-property-developers-housing
#Housing #England #UkPol #LabourPolicy
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/25/streeting-israels-attacks-on-gaza-are-unjustifiable-and-intolerable
#WesStreeting #FreePalestine #Gaza #UKPOL #Ukpolitics
Meantime ‘Erasmus’ the pisspoor replacement for the EU exchange program looks to be scrapped as well.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25030965.education-secretary-suggests-cutting-free-school-meals/
http://archive.today/2025.03.24-115705/https://www.thenational.scot/news/25030965.education-secretary-suggests-cutting-free-school-meals/ (archive)
#Ukpol #Labour #WhatFuture #Education
Labour consider ending free school meals for infants
THE UK Government's Education Secretary has suggested cutting school spending by £500 million and ending universal free meals for infants in…Lucy Jackson (The National)
He is not an agile thinker, he doesn't like change or rocking the boat.
He is not the person we need leading the country today, he's a coward.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/23/starmer-is-warned-against-appeasing-trump-with-tax-cut-for-us-tech-firms
#Starmer #Appeasement #UKPOL #UKpolitics #TechBros #SiliconValley
#RejoinEU #europeanunion #EuropeanMovement #ukpol #UK_politics
#RejoinEU #europeanunion #EuropeanMovement #ukpol #UK_politics
#RejoinEU #europeanunion #EuropeanMovement #ukpol #UK_politics
#RejoinEU #europeanunion #EuropeanMovement #ukpol #UK_politics
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/mar/23/british-museum-is-right-to-keep-parthenon-marbles-says-new-trustee
Rewrite history to make your next putsch all the easier.
The Taliban are winning.
#Media #RewritingHistory #UkPol #USPol
A measured assessment (but that will not satisfy the haters and given the comments it has not)
http://archive.today/2025.03.22-191808/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/operation-branchform-nicola-sturgeon-murray-foote-b992xgtn2 (archive)
Unionists are desperate to cripple any taslkj of indep3ndence and will do what it takes.
#Sturgeon #Beattie #SNP #Branchform #PoliticalPolicing #Ukpol
https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/protesters-gather-outside-israeli-embassy-31260965
#FreePalestine #Gaza #London #UKPOL #UKpolitics
Protesters gather outside Israeli embassy in support of Palestine
Further protests have been organised for SundayMy London
Colour me amazed. The Times reports something vaguely positive about the Scottish government. Although I suspect this was simply necessary to critique #Starmer, #Sarwar and #Labour.
Having said that, businesses that favour ‘Reform’ as a party for growth are either deluded or taking the piss. So the survey is probably useless.
Meantime this has driven the haters mad in the comments.
http://archive.today/2025.03.21-184005/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/businesses-back-snp-for-growth-as-labour-support-slides-prwmgq828
#Scotland #Business #NotLabour #SNP #ScotPol #Ukpol
![The High Court has dismissed an attempt by the far-right agitant Stephen
Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, to challenge his jail
conditions.
Yaxley-Lennon argued that his segregation at HMP Woodhill in Milton
Keynes, was destroying his mental health and breaching his human rights.
Dismissing the case, Mr Justice Chamberlain said Yaxley-Lennon’s own
barrister had accepted there was no evidence his client had been segregated
“for the purpose of breaking his resistance or humiliating or debasing him”.
44 On the contrary, all the evidence shows [the decision] was taken for his own
protection and in the interests of preserving the safety of other prisoners and
staff”
He himself had said, when first detained at HMP Belmarsh, that he had a
conflict with the followers of Islam.
It was thus understandable the governor should be concerned that Mr Yaxley-
Lennon’s presence might foment unrest or violence between Muslim and non-
Muslim prisoners.
The former leader of the English Defence League, known for organising racist
and violent protests, was handed an 18-month sentence in October after
admitting he breached a court order which had told him not to repeat lies
about a Syrian refugee.
Yaxley-Lennon has a long history of criminality and has been found guilty of
offences including multiple assaults, mortgage fraud, faking a passport,
stalking, contempt of court and various public order offences.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/201/400/099/533/920/original/c9701ef1428fd09f.png "The High Court has dismissed an attempt by the far-right agitant Stephen
Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, to challenge his jail
conditions.
Yaxley-Lennon argued that his segregation at HMP Woodhill in Milton
Keynes, was destroying his mental health and breaching his human rights.
Dismissing the case, Mr Justice Chamberlain said Yaxley-Lennon’s own
barrister had accepted there was no evidence his client had been segregated
“for the purpose of breaking his resistance or humiliating or debasing him”.
44 On the contrary, all the evidence shows [the decision] was taken for his own
protection and in the interests of preserving the safety of other prisoners and
staff”
He himself had said, when first detained at HMP Belmarsh, that he had a
conflict with the followers of Islam.
It was thus understandable the governor should be concerned that Mr Yaxley-
Lennon’s presence might foment unrest or violence between Muslim and non-
Muslim prisoners.
The former leader of the English Defence League, known for organising racist
and violent protests, was handed an 18-month sentence in October after
admitting he breached a court order which had told him not to repeat lies
about a Syrian refugee.
Yaxley-Lennon has a long history of criminality and has been found guilty of
offences including multiple assaults, mortgage fraud, faking a passport,
stalking, contempt of court and various public order offences.")
#Trump Suggests US Could Join British Commonwealth.
#UKpol
#tariff
#election2026
#2026election
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-suggests-us-could-join-british-commonwealth-2048679
Donald Trump Suggests US Could Join British Commonwealth
"I Love King Charles," the president said in a Truth Social post.Jason Lemon (Newsweek)
"#Sewage in England’s rivers and seas – in pictures."
#UKpol
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/mar/21/sewage-in-englands-rivers-and-seas-in-pictures
Speaking of the SNP, now that Sturgeons political career has been destroyed, I see the charges have been dropped.
Funny that.
Mad how half of Scotland just accepts being a Colonial fuckbucket for posh fuckos down South.....
https://archive.ph/2025.03.20-171626/https://www.thenational.scot/news/25024656.snp-mp-furious-david-lammy-fails-condemn-israel-strikes/
#UKPOL #UKPolitics #ScotPol #Sturgeon #Labour #Colonialism #Gaza #Israel #SNP
#UKpol
"#EU shuts #Britain out of €150bn rearmament fund
UK is calling for defence companies to be classified as European for project but faces opposition from #france."
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/03/19/european-union-ukraine-russia-defence-britain-150bn-fund/
EU shuts Britain out of €150bn rearmament fund
UK is calling for defence companies to be classified as European for project but faces opposition from FranceJames Crisp (The Telegraph)
- shat all over disabled people and people with mental health issues that they can't get any help or support for
- shat all over pensioners
- shat all over civil servants and the NHS
- used the violent rhetoric of far-right extremists against asylum seekers and other minorities
Thankfully I didn't have to vote for this complete fucking shite.
#UKPol #UKPolitics
*nods wisely*
#taxTheRich #UKPolitics #UKPol
Also Starmer: The British people have spoken* and Brexit is final no matter how much damage that's done and continues to do to the economy
* What the British people said was, a third wanted to Leave, a third wanted to Remain, and a third didn't know or didn't care. Also, the year after, the British people said we wanted a Blue Tory government so you should resign, Keir. What's that? Changing views? Also, in the last election, 80% of the electorate didn't vote for you so the British people speaking doesn't seem to be high on your actual list of policy drivers mate
#ukpol
Musing: the lies from Labour about helping people into work.
If you want disabled people to work, and I don't know why you would other than some twisted belief that human lives are meaningful only in terms of our economic output, but if you do then you could do it this way:
* Identify areas in which deploying large numbers of people with varying skills and ability levels could improve society for all, and if you must do it this way, improve national economics capability
* Offer flexible and realistic positions to make progress in those areas, to disabled people, without threat and at market rates
* Pay for this using the power of a fiat currency with a national central bank
Maybe this would work instead of forcing people to compete in an ableist job market deliberately designed to have large numbers of unemployed in order to suppress wages.
But you don't want it to work. You just want to look good to the gammon and the City and the cost will be the livws of disabled folk.
#ukpol
We'll be left with the Sophie’s choice of monopoly services; the incubators of online harms.
URGENT: The UK government must change the Online Safety Act to protect safe, non-commercial blogs, forums and fediverse.
Write to your MP to #SaveOurSites 🌐
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/save-our-sites-write-your-mp
#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #fediverse #ukpolitics #ukpol #activitypub #mastodon #netplurality
Save our sites - Write to your MP
Small UK websites, user-to-user services and even computer games that are completely safe and well managed, are faced with difficult paperwork, risks assessments, registration and fines thanks to the Online Safety Act.Open Rights Group
ORG, Big Brother Watch and Index on Censorship call for the Tribunal into the UK government's secret order for Apple to break encryption to be held in public.
The case happens TOMORROW.
Read more ⬇️
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/13/apples-appeal-against-uks-secret-icloud-backdoor-order-must-be-held-in-public-rights-groups-urge/
#encryption #e2ee #privacy #security #ukpolitics #ukpol #cybersecurity #apple
Apple’s appeal against UK’s secret iCloud backdoor order must be held in public, rights groups urge | TechCrunch
Privacy rights groups have called on Apple's legal challenge to a secret U.K. government order asking it to backdoor an end-to-end encrypted (E2EE)Natasha Lomas (TechCrunch)