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Age walls could be erected at the UK government's whim.
New Henry VIII powers would give Ministers the ability to impose age verification way beyond social media.
We'll have to surrender our ID to unregulated providers to access information and services. It only makes Big Tech more powerful – data is their lifeblood.
We must stand up for #privacy! It starts with protecting VPNs.
Sign our petition ➡️ https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-government-protect-vpn-use-uk
https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/87PRaAiX1qKCMSk3RRLPYZ
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GPs to vote in contract referendum as BMA rejects 2026/27 deal.
It's all about safety.
https://www.gponline.com/gps-vote-contract-referendum-bma-rejects-2026-27-deal/article/1949821
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Ukraine Invasion in 5th Year: meaning for #BrexitBritain, Europe, and future of US relations, with Sir Laurie Bristow
#Brexit #BrexitBritain #BrexitBrokeBritain #BrexitLies #UK #Politics #UKPolitics
#UKPol #EU #RejoinEU #NorthHerts #Hitchin #Letchworth #Baldock #Royston
Corridor care is unsafe and undignified. We stand with Richard Burgon and John Mcdonnell ✊
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❗️About 1 Hour to Go❗️
Ukraine Invasion in 5th Year: meaning for #BrexitBritain, Europe, and future of US relations, a Zoom talk by Sir Laurie Bristow, former ambassador to Russia and Afghanistan, Mon 23 Feb 7.00-8.15pm.
Free tickets on https://buytickets.at/northhertsforeurope/2017844
#Brexit #BrexitBritain #BrexitBrokeBritain #BrexitLies #UK #Politics #UKPolitics
#UKPol #EU #RejoinEU #NorthHerts #Hitchin #Letchworth #Baldock #Royston
🚨 New GPC podcast 🚨
Featuring GPCE chair Dr Katie Bramall explaining the challenges GPs face, and what the future could look like.
Feeling weirdly proud that my nation is capable of arresting a Epstein Class Royal....I mean it's more than the Yanks can do, isn't it?
How rare is that? The UK doing something right?!
#Brexit without a plan: underresourcing of phytosanitary compliance threatens to damage #BrexitBritain’s food industry
https://youtu.be/wPgkUpZ_W8Q?si=rrU6ePNqzNFZqHAN
#Brexit #BrexitBritain #BrexitBrokeBritain #BrexitLies #UK #Politics #UKPolitics
#UKPol #EU #RejoinEU #NorthHerts #Hitchin #Letchworth #Baldock #Royston
Ukraine Invasion in 5th Year: meaning for #BrexitBritain, Europe, and future of US relations, a Zoom talk by Sir Laurie Bristow, former ambassador to Russia and Afghanistan.
Free tickets on https://buytickets.at/northhertsforeurope/2017844
#Brexit #BrexitBritain #BrexitBrokeBritain #BrexitLies #UK #Politics #UKPolitics
#UKPol #EU #RejoinEU #NorthHerts #Hitchin #Letchworth #Baldock #Royston
Ben Wildsmith writes: "There are two types of people in the world: 1) Those who think Wes Streeting is popular with the British public. 2) The British public."
The UK government is playing whack-a-mole with online safety.
Plans to further age-gate the Internet dodges the real issue – the power of Big Tech.
Failing to regulate AI and the age verification industry puts the rights of users in peril.
Read our response ⬇️
#ageverification #privacy #dataprotection #bigtech #onlinesafetyact #ukpolitics #ukpol #socialmedia
"Crack down on AI Chatbots"
Good, that sounds like some kind of plan, get to it.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/16/social-media-restrictions-keir-starmer-announced
#SocialMedia #TechBros #Technology #AI #GenAI #LLMs #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS
The government has announced that local elections in 30 councils will not now be postponed, as originally planned. We've un-postponed (counter-countermanded?) these elections in our system: https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/
The UK is awash with tradition. And one of the great traditions of #UKpolitics #ukpol is the #MandelsonResignation.
But the fourth departure of #Mandelson will probably be the last great one.
Which is YOUR favourite Peter Mandelson #resignation?
1998, as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
2001, as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
2025, as British Ambassador to the United States
2026, as a member of the UK's so-called #LabourParty
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Are you a woman? Is your mother a woman? Is your wife a woman? Sister? Daughter? Do you have a Granny? Aunts? Female cousins. Is your neighbour a woman? Do you have female friends? Are you a decent, respectable human being?
Then there's no way you can vote for this.
Spread the word.
#reform #ukpolitics #womensrights
"The proscription was clearly a political decision to please Israel and its arms manufacturer. It was an extraordinary attack on the right to free speech. Who can forget the images of elderly vicars and blind wheelchair users being dragged away from peaceful protests? Who can forget all the people whose homes were raided at the break of dawn for social media posts?"
#PalestineAction #Israel #UKPolitics
https://www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/high-court-rules-that-you-cant-pretend
Politics Joe reports this billboard outside Old Trafford (which the racist old rich bastard Ratcliffe owns)
#UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #Immigrants #JimRatcliffe #OldTrafford #Racism #Whiteness #AntiRacism
Elections bill published: votes at 16 confirmed for all UK elections, alongside a range of other changes.
- Press release: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tougher-rules-on-political-interference-to-keep-uk-elections-secure
- Policy summaries: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/representation-of-the-people-bill-policy-summaries
- The bill: https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/4080
Rule #BrexitBritain: what the Epstein files reveal about #Brexit
https://youtu.be/AvIFAMFtBVU?si=GK69bI8sQYre_f7E
#Epstein #EpsteinFiles #Brexit #BrexitBritain #BrexitBrokeBritain #BrexitLies #UK #Politics #UKPolitics
#UKPol #EU #RejoinEU #NorthHerts #Hitchin #Letchworth #Baldock #Royston
#Brexit is the gift that keeps on giving: EU’s Industrial Accelerator Act poses threat to manufacturers in #BrexitBritain
https://youtu.be/AYeUlxE0k5g?si=79kKwTE-vFemdrwd
#Brexit #BrexitBritain #BrexitBrokeBritain #BrexitLies #UK #Politics #UKPolitics
#UKPol #EU #RejoinEU #NorthHerts #Hitchin #Letchworth #Baldock #Royston
Private Eye stating plainly what we all know
#UkPolitics #palestine #IsraelWarCrimes #doublestandards
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Okay, #introduction time. I'm new to Fosstodon but not to the Fediverse. I work in #SysAdmin although everyone wants to say #DevOps now for the 20% salary bump that entails but really, I was automating everything and doing CD over twenty years ago, we just called it good practice back then.
You can also expect #theology, #politics, sport, #poker and unbearable levels of ennui.
Other Hashtags: #UNIX #Linux #openSUSE #KDE #lfc #YNWA #UKPolitics #USPolitics #USElection #USElection2024
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If you’d like to sign the petition calling on the UK government to amend the Equality Act 2010 to make social class a protected characteristic, you can do so here:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/752554
#class #SocialClass #EqualityAct #ClassMatters #UKPolitics #classwar #ClassCeiling #DefundCulture #WorkingClass
RE: https://mastox.eu/@ZackPolanski/116041935122033158
Pretty impressive considering how the odds are stacked against any politician who isn't Epstein Class on Twitter.
But still, it's a Nazi bar and nobody should be on there.
#Twitter #EpsteinClass #UKPol #UKpolitics #ZackPolanski #GPEW