When asked why British police screwed up the Andrew Tate case so badly, a "detective blamed the malfeasance on 'overworked, overstretched' officers who failed to take the women’s allegations seriously, partly because two of them were sex workers."

Andrew Tate’s Empire of Abuse

How the defining figure of the manosphere built a fortune—and became a political force—by systematically exploiting women.

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The latest is from the Prosperity Institute (mainly funded by Dubai-based GB News co-owners Legatum) It's written by David Turver, armchair analyst, retired engineer & climate sceptic It comes with glowing endorsements from Reform + climate-sceptic lobby group Net Zero Watch

🧵UK media has been duped about net-zero (again) The playbook is identical: 1️⃣ Find a big scary number 2️⃣ Speed-dial non-specialist hacks 3️⃣ Do say “serious economic damage” 4️⃣ Don’t say “we pretended gas is free” 5️⃣ That's it! Many papers still fell for it 🤷

oh my god a Y Combinator startup called LemonLime threw a party, brought in a tattoo artist offering free tattoos, and then said they would give an immediate job interview to anyone who got a tattoo of their logo what is wrong with these people.

Spotlight’s @kamilakingstone.bsky.social joined @georgemonbiot.bsky.social & @elliechowns.bsky.social for an Assemble discussion on how to tackle political corruption. They explored why stronger lobbying rules, political finance reform & tougher enforcement matter.

Renewables are now the world's largest source of electricity – and the main source of new supplies

Great reporting from The Times on Farage’s income and relationship with George Cottrell www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/... If you’re interested in exploring Farage’s financial interests more, check out Farage’s entry on Accountability Now accountabilitynow.fly.dev/watch/intere...

Accountability Now

Tracking political funding, financial interests, and connections in UK politics.

accountabilitynow.fly.dev

Dodgy shops on your local high street? They're still paying rent. And what if they're actually *pricing out* the legitimate cafes, restaurants, thanks to the option of "simply not paying your taxes" and therefore having more budget to pay landlords. www.londoncentric.media/p/who-wants-...

Burnham’s new chief of staff was chief executive of lobbying firm Flint It’s like the British political elite is addicted to conflicts of interest www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Andy Burnham picks former Blair minister James Purnell as chief of staff

Decision is one of Makerfield MP’s most significant since his Westminster return as he builds his team for government

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On X (for work) and spotted a GoodAd.jpg

FT Exclusive: A KPMG report on how AI is being used by businesses across the world exaggerated adoption of the technology with bogus case studies that appear to have been based on AI hallucinations. ft.trib.al/UweHRk2

Imagine having a megaphone that large and pretending you’re silenced.

New updates to the MP register of interests: - Nigel Farage (Reform) receives over £14,000 for 6hrs work from Rupert Murdoch's Sky News Australia - Rupert Lowe (Restore Britain) registers more income from X (1/2) accountabilitynow.fly.dev/watch/intere...

Some quick thoughts on Q1 2026 donations data from @electoralcommission.org.uk 🧵 HEADLINE STATS Total: £20.7m (excl. public funds) Biggest recipient: Reform £9.3m Biggest donor: Ben Delo £4m to Reform Donors giving £1m+: £9.2m (44%) from 3 donors Donors giving £250k+: £12.7m (61%) from 14 donors

61% of all political donations in the last quarter came from just 14 people Reform took in £9.3m from a handful of super rich donors British democracy is being bought. We urgently need action to take the money out of our politics

Steve Goodrich@stevejgoodrich.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Some quick thoughts on Q1 2026 donations data from @electoralcommission.org.uk 🧵 HEADLINE STATS Total: £20.7m (excl. public funds) Biggest recipient: Reform £9.3m Biggest donor: Ben Delo £4m to Reform Donors giving £1m+: £9.2m (44%) from 3 donors Donors giving £250k+: £12.7m (61%) from 14 donors

New updates to Reform and Restore Britain MPs' register of interests, on Accountability Now: - Robert Jenrick receives a £50,000 donation from Michael Cohen - Rupert Lowe receives over £6,5000 from X for 10 hours work accountabilitynow.fly.dev/watch/intere...

Accountability Now

Tracking political funding, financial interests, and connections in UK politics.

accountabilitynow.fly.dev

Nothing will change in the UK until the press is taken in hand, example #763,859

New idea. Next time we publish a report on a politician, I’ll keep the politician’s name blanked out for a week, and let everyone take positions before they find out who it is.

This may be my favourite argument ever advanced by a politician:

Great headline from BBC News

This is horrific www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Well done her for fighting it but no one should have to go through this

BBC obtains Northamptonshire Police video of woman's arrest

Nadine Buzzard-Quashie speaks for first time about her

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How BBC Radio York covered York City's title-winning equaliser.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has committed more targeted killings of journalists than any other government’s military since the CPJ began documenting them in 1992.

Saul Staniforth@saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Diana Magnay: "on Wednesday we had 5 people killed, including the very prominent Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil. If you want a symbol of the way that this ceasefire has been broken, the fact that Israel is prepared to kill a famous journalist during a supposed ceasefire is a mark of that"

Dan Loeb has tens of billions of dollars under manangement btw lol

It gets worse: No 10 also tried to get Matthew Doyle - a close friend of Mandelson - a job working for him in DC. Remember - Doyle was asked by PM to investigate Mandelson's responses about links to Jeffrey Epstein & concluded he was "satisfied". A *clear* conflict of interests.

I know this is me still mourning a long dead world but it does feel remarkable that, not that long ago, British papers on the right would have run editorials and columns arguing that Hungary showed that only a solid, reliable centre-right party could defeat dangerous populists, but now? [crickets]

Crispin Odey abandons £79mn libel case against the FT over sexual misconduct claims ft.trib.al/ltCxjpR

Crispin Odey abandons £79mn libel case against the FT over sexual misconduct claims

The FT had said 15 women were willing to testify in court against former hedge fund boss

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How did you spend the Easter weekend? Someone spent it registering new accounts with London Centric to post rapid-fire comments in support of billionaire landlord Asif Aziz and his company Criterion Capital.