"The Nerve has mapped the political landscape to illustrate who’s for digital ID and who’s against it. And what our research shows is a web of influence that radiates out from Tony Blair’s Institute for Global Change. In the ‘for’ camp is a grab bag of people who are mostly associated with Blair. And against it…is everyone else" #DigitalID #UKPolitics If Keir Starmer's digital ID is the question, Tony Blair is the answer
The Nerve
If Keir Starmer's digital ID is the question, Tony Blair is the answer
The government's wildly unpopular new policy is backed by Britain’s wildly unpopular former PM. It’s also a techno-authoritarian’s wet dream,...
Perhaps we should ban public football matches? #Football #Crime #Sports #SportsCentres Premier League football matches can be crime hotspots – but community sports centres have the opposite effect
The Conversation
Premier League football matches can be crime hotspots – but community sports centres have the opposite effect
Men’s home matches at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium saw an increase in ‘expressive’ crimes driven by emotional release and identity conflict.
"This is the British government’s best chance to cement a series of bogus narratives: that direct-action protest equates to terrorism; that support for the right to protest is identical to support for terrorism; and that the government is the only arbiter of ethical behaviour, even when it is actively colluding in genocide" Jonathan Cook #Elbit #PalestineAction #FiltonTrial #UKPolitics Has the British public been tricked about what the Filton trial videos really show?
Has the British public been tricked about what the Filton trial videos really show?
Starmer desperately needs the trial of six peace activists who targeted Israeli arms firm Elbit to go his way, and bolster his government's claim t...
Some good news. "In a major boost to research on long COVID and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), the German government has announced that it will provide €500 million (US$582 million) in research funding to support a National Decade Against Post-Infectious Diseases from 2026 to 2036" #LongCovid #ME #MECFS #Germany Long-COVID research just got a big funding boost: will it find new treatments? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03904-w
" ..the greatest political gift anyone can give to [Farage] is the space that’s created by not attributing the negative impacts of his project in any way or form to him. If the Labour Party and the Conservatives keep treating Brexit like an heirloom too delicate and fragile to handle, Farage gets to keep insisting that its abject failure is down to everyone except him" #Brexit #Farage #UKPolitics The Farage Tax: What The UK Pays For One Man's Ego
The Farage Tax: What The UK Pays For One Man's Ego
GDP down, investment down, wages down - but Farage’s influence? Higher than ever
A new report from Crisis said that an ever depleting supply of social homes meant that housing associations were using strict criteria to choose new tenants, and people on low incomes and in receipt of benefits were having applications denied due to being deemed too risky. This was so predictable. The answer is to build much more social housing, and compulsorarily purchase existing empty properties.
the Guardian
People on lowest incomes being denied access to social housing, research finds
Benefit claimants having applications denied for being deemed too risky by housing associations, says Crisis
Superb article. "History warns us: the erasure of one minority’s rights is a blueprint for the erosion of everyone’s. When politicians declare that trans people are a threat to children, or women, or to the imaginary moral fabric of society, they construct a public enemy that does not exist" #Trans #Transgender #TransRights #UKPolitics #Transphobia Trans rights: the shame of a state punching down - TetleysTLDR
Trans rights: the shame of a state punching down - TetleysTLDR
7th Dec 25: The High Court ruling earlier this year was bad precedent. Everyone should have the right to live safely and inclusively.