Barold
Socialist, Scientist, Sophist.
- Reposted by BaroldQuite funny that Starmer's allies are waking up to this point now … Cuts to Winter Fuel… not in the manifesto Disability benefit cuts… not in there either Cutting jury trials… also not there Digital ID… no mention Raising employers NI… nope Freezing tax threholds… nah Contracts with Palantir… no
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- Reposted by BaroldBriefings smearing the character of Labour MPs who are stating the obvious (that the PM’s position is untenable), instead of defending the indefensible, are utterly disgraceful. 1/3
- Reposted by BaroldPossibly says something about the Labour Party’s mad approach to everything at the moment that I read “Al” (Carns) as “AI” (artificial intelligence) and didn’t even flinch
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I wrote about how all our politicians and media are incompetent. I guess that means I’m officially back in the writing game- ‘Peter Mandelson is a case study for the way the Westminster ecosystem protects its own. Protecting the system, and the powerful men who feel entitled to benefit from it, matters more than protecting the people it harms.’ New from @judeinlondon.com: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
- Reposted by BaroldThis is huge. Tenure was axed in the UK by Thatcher for political reasons in 1988, and since then UK academics have gradually completely lost control of their entire sector. Tenure is the bedrock of what *real* academic freedom means, not the right-wing 'you must platform fascists version' /1
- Breaking, from me: An executive order from Oklahoma's governor directs most of the state's public colleges to "phase out tenure." #AcademicSky #HigherEd @chronicle.com www.chronicle.com/article/tenu...
- Reposted by BaroldAnas Sarwar says today of Peter Mandelson: “I'm utterly disgusted and furious about the entire situation … He never should have been the ambassador to the US.” For context, here’s Sarwar in April 2025 love-bombing his ‘old friend’. They think we are stupid. He is an amoral opportunistic chancer.
- Reposted by BaroldIf some random MP's can meme Al Carns to leader on the basis, essentially, he was in the military we can meme Yuan Yang leadership from Bluesky on the basis of her dog.
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- Reposted by BaroldFrost making the point that the entire cabinet backed Mandelsons appointment as ambassador Starmer is going to be the fall guy for this (& lots more), but everyone at the top of Labour is implicated, including people who might have resigned in the meantime!
- Reposted by BaroldFor sure man: Larry Summers, Peter Thiel, Ehud Barak, Peter Mandelson, Bill Gates, and basically every other oligarch, power broker and political bigwig in the western power structure were all taken in by a devious Russian plot to enact the precise policy suite they’ve espoused their entire careers.
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- Reposted by BaroldThere are a lot of journalists now keen to assure us that they were on top of this all along and just waiting for "the right moment in the political cycle".
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- Reposted by BaroldOne of the things bothering me about how people are responding to the Epstein files is that there are tons of conspiracies being created and spread about what’s in them, rather than people just believing the victims like they could have been doing for years now
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- Reposted by BaroldYeah, it brings me zero pleasure to report that not only is Groening mentioned in the Epstein Emails (albeit not alongside any implications of wrongdoing), but the late Virginia Giuffre said she was forced to give him a foot massage on the Lolita Express when she was 16:
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- Reposted by Barold"What the fuck is this...? The pedophile's ball?"
- exactly. this is not difficult. as.ft.com/r/58ed1b23-d...
- Reposted by Barold@karinsmythmp.bsky.social : "The ideal action is for Peter Mandelson to resign [from the Lords]" Shameful. Labour allowed Mandelson to resign from the party rather than kicking him out & they are now extending the same courtesy to him in the Lords
- Reposted by BaroldThis is grim-Labour MPs saying they prefer a Reform win in Gorton & Denton than The Greens: Reform is worse for the country, but the Greens are be worse for their careers. They want Reform to do well so they can use them as a threat to force folk to vote Labour www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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- Reposted by BaroldWhen all the lads said they just wanted to go back to normal regular politics, they very did much mean this guy and his friends, doing the type of stuff they do.
- Reposted by BaroldIt's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵
- Reposted by BaroldLiam and his dad are finally free and on their way back home to Minnesota. They never should have been kidnapped in the first place. abcnews.go.com/amp/US/5-yea...
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- Reposted by BaroldLabour MPs voting against making poor people poorer: instant removal of the whip & unequivocal condemnation Being an enthusiastic friend of & taking loans from the world's most notorious pedophile: *shrugs*
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- Reposted by Barold@zackpolanski.bsky.social with a simple message on #bbclaurak: "The Lab govt have taken peoples votes for granted & they're yesterdays news. This is the Green Party versus Reform, and Greens are going to win [Gorton & Denton]"
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- Reposted by BaroldI again note that I - a dork who pays very close attention - had no idea that Morgan McSweeney had been Mandelson’s protege until this was revealed in November 2025, because the press were extremely pissed off. Might it have been helpful for the public to learn this in, say, February 2020?
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- Reposted by BaroldAcademics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
- Reposted by BaroldEvery Epstein conversation is basically this.
- Reposted by BaroldI am shocked, shocked to learn that Niall Ferguson’s name appears in the Epstein database.
- Reposted by BaroldThe venn diagram of rich science folks who have told me to kick rocks when I approached them about donating to Stand Up for Science and the rich science folks who are in the Epstein files is not a perfect circle, but there is significant overlap.
- It's disturbing to see many of the the major figures in moral cognition all over the Epstein files He was friendly with a huge number of the leading figures in the field, including giving millions to their labs, long after he pled guilty to sexually abusing young girls www.justice.gov/epstein
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