If as many suspect the under-25 voters are largely lost to Labour, then Gaby Hinsliff is likely right, Labour's best bet may be to focus on the 50-65 age group, coping with sickness, unemployment & expanding care responsibilities - not least, as this also seems to be the demographic Reform is pitching for.

But, the thing is not to ape ReformUK Ltd, but rather to deal with their very real problems, not what Reform say their problems are caused by!

#politics #UK

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Why the fightback against Reform must involve the middle-aged, fed-up workers of Britain

Millions of people aged 50 to 64 are out of work – sidelined by sickness, care duties or ageism. If Labour can’t convince them they’re a priority, Farage will step in, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

^{Gaby Hinsliff (The Guardian)}

Tell #UK Government: Protect #VPN use in the UK - Open Rights Group

VPNs help people to stay #private and #safe #online. However, the Government, wants to force us to verify our age when we buy a VPN effectively deterring many people from using them.

Sign the #petition to protect the use of VPNs, so that people can stay safe and #secure online.

action.openrightsgroup.org/tel…

#authoritarianism #ToxicLabour #BigBrother #security #digital #surveillance

Tell the Government: Protect VPN use in the UK

Take action! Protect VPN use in the UK VPNs help people to stay private and safe online. Young people use them to avoid harassment, or protect location data. Companies use them to make sure remote log-in to their networks are secure.

^{Open Rights Group}

Epstein files: the UK government says it will release files on ex-prince Andrew.

UK Minister Chris Bryant said the government would release documents on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's past appointment as UK trade envoy, amid a political storm around the ex-prince and veteran Labour politician Peter Mandelson's ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

mediafaro.org/article/20260224…

#UK #Epstein #PrinceAndrew #PeterMandelson #AndrewMountbattenWindsor

Epstein files: the UK government says it will release files on ex-prince Andrew.

UK Minister Chris Bryant said the government would release documents on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's past appointment as UK trade envoy, amid a political storm around the ex-prince and veteran Labour politician …

^{Le Monde}

#Introduction Hi there, we've just set up our first account in the Fediverse!

We are a local, #grassroots campaign, supported by #Medact Sheffield, and part of a national network founded by Health Workers for a Free Palestine working to make South Yorkshire's NHS a Palantir-free zone.

We hope to reach out to others on the Fediverse who support this!

We're revving up for a demo on the 12th of March. See you there and Follow us for updates!

#UK #Sheffield #Palantir #NHS #SouthYorkshire #Medact

Find your nearest repair group in the UK
communityrepairnetwork.org.uk/…

#SolarPunkSunday #RepairCafes #Repair #RepairGroups #UK

Find a repair group - Community Repair Network

Looking for a Repair Cafe in the UK? Check our map to find your nearest community repair group and get help to fix your broken stuff!

^{Community Repair Network}

“When Karen Newton left home in late July 2025, she knew that international travellers were being locked up in immigration detention centres in the US. ‘I was aware,’ she nods. ‘But I never thought it would have any impact on my holiday.’”

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Huge “I planned a holiday in Nazi Germany because they were only persecuting Jews and I’m not Jewish” vibes.

It’s amazing to see privileged white people learn the leopards eating people’s faces lesson over and over again.

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f…

#USA #fascism #UK #privilege

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks

Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone’

^{Jenny Kleeman (The Guardian)}

Today is even Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsors birthday!

He is getting exactly the birthday party he deserves! 🎂
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_M…

On the 19 February 1960 evil was born into this world.
And 66 years later, today, he gave us all a gift! 🎁

#news #epsteinfiles #epstein #princeandrew #andrew #uk #unitedkingdom #britain #england #breakingnews #birthday

third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)

^{Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)}

"As two professors of energy studies – one British, the other Swedish – we have long puzzled over the stark contrast in how winter is experienced inside our homes in the north of England (Sheffield) and southern Sweden (Lund)."

#Energy #Heating #Sweden #UK

Cold and expensive v hot, cheap and eco-friendly: the contrasting histories of home heating in the UK and Sweden
theconversation.com/cold-and-e…

Cold and expensive v hot, cheap and eco-friendly: the contrasting histories of home heating in the UK and Sweden

Two professors of energy studies – one British, the other Swedish – explore the very different histories of home heating in their countries.

^{The Conversation}

What Jamie Raskin saw in the unredacted Epstein files: when he searched Trump's name in the unredacted #Epstein files the previous day, it came up "more than a million times."

"more than a million times."
"more than a million times."
"more than a million times."

#epsteinFiles #usa #news #eu #uk #europe

Russian opposition leader #AlexeiNavalny was poisoned by the #Kremlin with a lethal toxin derived from the skin of poison dart frogs, 5 European countries said Saturday.

The foreign ministries of the #UK, #France, #Germany, #Sweden & the #Netherlands said analysis of samples from #Navalny, who died 2 years ago, “have conclusively confirmed the presence of epibatidine.”

#law #InternationalLaw #murder #authoritarianism #MafiaState #Putin #Russia
apnews.com/article/russia-nava…

UK court rules government decision to ban #PalestineAction as "terror group" unlawful.

“This is a monumental victory both for our fundamental freedoms here in Britain and in the struggle for freedom for the Palestinian people, striking down a decision that will forever be remembered as one of the most extreme attacks on free speech in recent British history.”

aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/13/u…

#UK #UKpol #Gaza #Palestine #GazaGenocide

UK decision to ban Palestine Action as ‘terror group’ unlawful, court says

Group’s co-founder declares ruling ‘monumental victory’ in the struggle for freedom for the Palestinian people.’

^{Al Jazeera Staff (Al Jazeera)}

Jeffrey #Epstein, who laundered money for the Russians, explains how Donald was doing exactly the same thing, and how this accounts for most of his wealth.

This is from EFTA01028632.pdf for reference

#epsteinfiles #eu #uk #europe #france #deutschland #usa #news

“Reform UK’s Plans For a British ICE”

by Olly Haynes in The Byline Supplement on Substack

@uk_politics
@thegreenparty

“Key figures in Nigel Farage’s party are demanding a UK version of Trump’s immigration enforcement agency, in the wake of the killings of Alex Pretti and Renée Good”

open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu…

#Press #SocialMedia #UK #ReformUKLtd #Farage #ICE #Pretti #Good #Murder #Minneapolis #Fascism #Trump

Reform UK’s Plans For a British ICE

^{Olly Haynes (Byline Supplement)}

In case you are wondering who celebrated (and influenced) the Brexit and put the UK into missery. Guess who? Billionaires.
#brexit #thiel #billionaires #uk

justice.gov/epstein/files/Data…