A six-month investigation by Byline Times reveals that with the support of Palantir's Peter Thiel, Reform's policy chief James Orr has used the University of Cambridge as a student recruitment ground for a hard-right, theocratic political project aimed at bolstering talent in Farage’s party

Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed

The world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at...

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When the government accuses asylum seekers of being given "golden tickets" and "tearing the country apart" and the media cheers them on, you know the mainstream elite has accepted fascism as a valid alternative to the radical change needed to address the many crises this country is facing

The Times and Sunday Times@thetimes.com · 9mo ago

Shabana Mahmood has vowed to end Britain’s “golden ticket” for asylum seekers by forcing people arriving illegally to wait 20 years before they can apply for permanent settlement

You will not see a more tangible encapsulation of the genocide. A war of utter annihilation waged as a joint enterprise between the Israeli state on the ground and its allies in consistent support. The debt of reparations that the West owes to the Palestinian people at this point is incalculable.

News Eye@newseye.bsky.social · last yr.

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen. By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

Really interesting and nuanced paper on the multiple layers of China's 'party-state-capital nexus'.

Philipp Köncke@philippkoencke.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 New publication out: “The Anatomy of Chinese Capitalism” (Competition & Change / Köncke, Erlbacher & Schmalz, 2025) How and to what extent does the party-state govern top Chinese firms? We unpack this with new data and a sectoral lens. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1024... @sfb294.bsky.social

Today the order banning #PalestineAction as "terrorists" came into effect. But they are not terrorists. They are protesters trying to stop a genocide. This is a "first they came for ..." situation. Unless we stand in solidarity against this assault on our freedom, they will pick us off one by one.

These three headlines tell you everything you need to know about the state of the liberal order

For anyone who still thinks the mainstream is a bulwark against the far right or that the liberal hegemony cannot accommodate authoritarianism, the eagerness of Labour MPs in the UK to crackdown on democratic rights should be a wake up call www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

UK MPs vote to proscribe Palestine Action as terrorist group

Minister argues move will not impinge on people’s right to protest but critics call it ‘grave abuse of state power’

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"Das ist die Drecksarbeit, die Israel macht" (Merz) 👉Die Worte eines Kanzlers unwürdig, 👉Die Denke, unwürdig... 👉Der Zynismus, unwürdig... Der Kanzler..... Merz zerstört 80 Jahre Lehren aus dem Dritten Reich. Denkt er nicht nach...? www.zdfheute.de/politik/g7-g...

Kanzler Merz: "Das ist die Drecksarbeit, die Israel macht"

Kanzler Merz bezeichnete das Vorgehen Israels gegen den Iran im ZDF als "Drecksarbeit für uns alle". Auch Deutschland sei vom Mullah-Regime betroffen.

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Luring starving people out into the open with the promise of food and then gunning them down in cold blood. We have a word for this and we should start using it. The word is "evil".

Jonathan Portes@jdportes.bsky.social · last yr.

Every day. Deliberate massacres of unarmed, starving civilians. The world does nothing. A shame on all of us. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We’re rooting for Germany’s conservative Chancellor… as long as he implements the AfD’s core policy. Reactionary centrism at its best/worst. Shameless newspaper.

The US president appears extremely concerned by handpicked anecdotes of violence against South Africans… …who are white. Other Africans face daily violent atrocities—at much greater risk—in Congo, Somalia, and South Sudan. The President terminated 100% of refugee arrivals from those countries.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.

Trump is now giving the South African president the full Zelenskyy treatment

This obsession is with “young men turning to the right” is everything that is wrong with the discussion about the far right. It is not just an inadequate read of what is happening, and a bias towards the male norm, but it also normalizes the far right and obscures support for inclusive politics. 🧵

Der Weg für Versorgung der Menschen in Gaza muss jetzt bedingungslos geebnet werden. Sie machen sich zum Handlanger der Israelischen Regierung, die seid 18 Monaten Hunger als Kriegswaffe & Druckmittel einsetzt. Das ist rechtswidrig & eine moralische Schande. Wollen Sie das vielleicht umformulieren?

Auswärtiges Amt@diplo.de · last yr.

Der Konflikt in #Gaza wird sich militärisch nicht dauerhaft lösen lassen. Es braucht wieder ernsthafte Verhandlungen über einen #Waffenstillstand, der auch den Weg für die Versorgung der Menschen in Gaza ebnet. Dort verschärft sich die Not jeden Tag. - @aussenminister.diplo.de 4/6