There is disquiet in Parliament that a sensitive report on Russian covert actions against the UK, including allegations of electoral interference, is being sat on by No 10.
The report includes evidence from UK intelligence services concerning Russian attempts to influence the outcome of the 2016 EU referendum and 2017 general election.
Read full article: Claims No 10 'sitting on' Russian interference report - BBC News
Saturday, 2 November 2019
Saturday, 28 September 2019
'Trollbots' Swarm Twitter with Attacks on Climate Science Ahead of UN Summit | InsideClimate News
A
new tool is tracking automated and otherwise questionable social media
accounts as they sow disinformation, discord and division. Climate
change is a target.
'Trollbots' Swarm Twitter with Attacks on Climate Science Ahead of UN Summit | InsideClimate News
Thursday, 4 July 2019
Remainers: join the 6 million !
Petition now closed, with a record-breaking 6,103,058 signatures.
It made international news headlines.
Wednesday, 29 May 2019
The Brexit Blog: Interpreting the UK European Election results
The Brexit Blog: Interpreting the UK European Election results: At one level, the explanation of the UK’s European election results * is entirely simple. If you are in favour of Brexit, you see the Tories...
Sunday, 26 May 2019
Follow the 2019 EU election results
Follow the results as they are announced tonight. You can also visualise the results from previous elections.
Meanwhile, if you can still vote, get out there and do it. Low turnouts make the fascists happy. If you choose not to vote, then you chose to vote for fascism.
There are more analysis tools here: European Parliament official site.
Meanwhile, if you can still vote, get out there and do it. Low turnouts make the fascists happy. If you choose not to vote, then you chose to vote for fascism.
There are more analysis tools here: European Parliament official site.
Monday, 8 April 2019
The Brexit Blog: Parliamentary chaos holds up a mirror to the nation
Important read for anyone trying to make sense of this gawdolmighty clusterfuckalooza that's cringeworthily known as "Brexit".
The growing
confusion surrounding Brexit is partly because of the pace and scale of events.
Things which would normally be big stories, dominating the news for days, are
forgotten within hours as some new development occurs. But beyond that pace and
scale, the confusion arises because Brexit has ceased to be a single political
process and now has multiple interconnected strands, some parliamentary and
some governmental, some of which are quite unusual in their form.
Moreover, there are now multiple open factional splits amongst MPs and, of course, the wider public. All of this serves to make events both fluid and shapeless. Making any sense at all of them requires unravelling the separate strands, although the constant developments mean that some of what is written here may be out of date within a few days if not hours.
Indicative Votes...
Read the full post: The Brexit Blog: Parliamentary chaos holds up a mirror to the nation
Parliamentary chaos holds up a mirror to the nation
Moreover, there are now multiple open factional splits amongst MPs and, of course, the wider public. All of this serves to make events both fluid and shapeless. Making any sense at all of them requires unravelling the separate strands, although the constant developments mean that some of what is written here may be out of date within a few days if not hours.
Indicative Votes...
Read the full post: The Brexit Blog: Parliamentary chaos holds up a mirror to the nation
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