marc-ck
@marc-ck.bsky.social
East Londoner. Interested in Politics, football, science and entertainment. But, at the moment, this is mostly politics.⚒️
Frankly astonishing piece by @alexisconran.com on all the data our phones keep on us and what they do with it (it's not good). open.substack.com/pub/scamproo...
Reform's latest proposals display many features of pro-Brexit arguments, including bogus but technical-sounding claims (here, UNCLOS, cf 'CTA', 'WTO terms', 'GATT 24'), and assumptions aboutt what other countries/ EU will/ should/ must do. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 1/2
France hits out at Reform UK plan to return migrants using Royal Navy
It comes after the party said it would override French objections to return migrants to France.
bbc.co.uk
The state of this. A lovely day out for Badenoch and Philp, playing dress up and making pronouncements about early release schemes - having left the country with one hundred available men's prison places, after fourteen years in charge. You read that right. One hundred places.
Good to know after a tough weekend on the golf course the president is back at work laser focused on improving the lives of Americans by resuming his deranged AI marathon.
Vance, Farage and Weidel posted fear-mongering messages about a Spanish migrant crisis that weren't true. They haven't retracted them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Far Right Is Distorting Ceuta
We’ve seen this before.
theatlantic.com
RefUK, RW media, & Eurofash are plainly trying to whip up a panic about this. Any serious report must begin by explaining that Ceuta is in Africa - not mainland Spain - and 48k+ of the 50k crossers were already returned. It is frightening how many still don't know this. Please share on all socials.
When men make extravagant claims about how large things are, it's always worth checking with their wives for a more considered, realistic assessment.
Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social · 4d ago"Wez said he believes the feline was almost the size of a black panther but his wife is not quite so sure." 😂 www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
"Farming is becoming unprofitable as the government removes the EU-derived subsidies that once kept the industry afloat." Yet more Brexit winning.
Will Jennings📉🗳️@drjennings.bsky.social · 3d agoPeople are just not ready for the consequences of climate change.
'Every day Infantino remains in power is a fresh stain on an institution whose reputation is on the floor' www.theguardian.com/football/202...
There can be no letup. Humiliated Infantino must stand down at Fifa or be removed | Nick Ames
Uefa’s decisive call for a boycott and declaration of no confidence must be the opening salvos in a concerted push to dethrone the game’s global leader
theguardian.com
Restore Britain, Rupert Lowe's lot, beat the Tories to 5th place. Tell me again how brilliantly 'Kemi' is doing.
Having served before (and having been called to do it again fairly soon) I would say, depending on the nature of case you decide, obviously, an emphatic 'Yes'!
The trauma of jury service
Do jurors need more support?
rozenberg.substack.com
Labour says Reform ‘up to its neck in sleaze’ and demands investigation into donations
Labour says Reform ‘up to its neck in sleaze’ and demands investigation into donations
Exclusive: Electoral Commission urged to look into donations made by mother of convicted fraudster
theguardian.com
Looks like I'm becoming the least popular populist in history.
Public "wants a drastic reduction in legal migration" says Spectator, without noting fall from 800k in mid-2024 to 171k by end 2025, and on course to halve again in 2026, with net emigration more likely than not in 2027
That’s our boy Trump. Always very clinical in his strategery.
Trump is not sane and nothing is gained by pretending that he is
In everything Farage does, he looks ridiculous or dangerous inews.co.uk/opinion/nige...
Farage looks drunk on hatred and self-pity
Ian Dunt: In everything he does, he looks ridiculous or dangerous
inews.co.uk
Totally normal thing to do, nothing to see here www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Revealed: George Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother days before her donations to Reform UK
Exclusive: Sources say Fiona Cottrell told bankers the transfers, received 24-72 hours before her donations to Reform, came from her son
theguardian.com
Submitting AI hallucinations to court is always professional negligence, but the potential consequences here are far more serious than any case I have seen before. Time to start disbarring lawyers for cases as serious as this. And the first instance judge missing it is unimpressive too.
Dmitry Grozoubinski@explaintrade.com · last wk.I am normally the first to defend civil servants. However, if this reporting is true then there should be mass firings and if at all legally feasible, criminal charges. To butcher a West Wing quote: everyone who did it, everyone who ordered it, and everyone who knew about it.
I am normally the first to defend civil servants. However, if this reporting is true then there should be mass firings and if at all legally feasible, criminal charges. To butcher a West Wing quote: everyone who did it, everyone who ordered it, and everyone who knew about it.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last wk.Home Office used ‘AI hallucinated’ information to refuse asylum claim, judge suggests
Home Office used ‘AI hallucinated’ information to refuse asylum claim, judge suggests
Home Office used ‘AI hallucinated’ information to refuse asylum claim, judge suggests
Upper tribunal unable to find document cited in case and claims it is ‘analogous to relying on bogus evidence’ * UK politics live – latest updates A senior judge has accused the Home Office of relying on “AI hallucinated” information to refuse an asylum claim. The case relates to a Moroccan woman and her child who fled her country after experiencing forced underage marriage and extreme violence, including rape. The woman claimed asylum on the basis of fears that she would be killed by her husband: a powerful, previously convicted criminal. Continue reading...
theguardian.com
It's depressing that when humans created AI they did so in the form of a sycophantic, over-confident, know-all who is prone to lying, fakes sincerity, presumes a friendship that doesn't exist, and never willingly stops talking.
Said this before, will again. Badenoch is the most dangerous figure in British politics. She's not as extreme as Farage or Lowe, but her impact is more pernicious. She actively prevents the British centre-right from adopting moderate positions, and thereby facilitates the radicalisation process.