Reposted by Michael Free
A short thread on “legitimate concerns”. The phrase is used repeatedly by UK government ministers. The Home Secretary is at it again this week. But only ever - as far as I can tell - in one context: people’s response to the arrival of asylum seekers.
Please read whole 🧵before responding - thanks
Please read whole 🧵before responding - thanks
September 18, 2026 at 6:49 AM
A short thread on “legitimate concerns”. The phrase is used repeatedly by UK government ministers. The Home Secretary is at it again this week. But only ever - as far as I can tell - in one context: people’s response to the arrival of asylum seekers.
Please read whole 🧵before responding - thanks
Please read whole 🧵before responding - thanks
Commission an immediate public inquiry to ensure we never see a tragic death like Dr Arday's again. goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
goodlawproject.org
August 16, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Commission an immediate public inquiry to ensure we never see a tragic death like Dr Arday's again. goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
Reposted by Michael Free
What's a really obvious policy that could save people millions of people money *and* save the government £2 billion a year?
July 23, 2026 at 8:54 AM
What's a really obvious policy that could save people millions of people money *and* save the government £2 billion a year?
Reposted by Michael Free
OMFG I had to go and check that this ACTUALLY happened.
Since when does the BBC ever do chyrons with a political party's branding, rather than their own? Not to mention this is during a pre-election campaign purdah.
(h/t @iainsol.bsky.social)
Since when does the BBC ever do chyrons with a political party's branding, rather than their own? Not to mention this is during a pre-election campaign purdah.
(h/t @iainsol.bsky.social)
April 20, 2026 at 6:28 PM
OMFG I had to go and check that this ACTUALLY happened.
Since when does the BBC ever do chyrons with a political party's branding, rather than their own? Not to mention this is during a pre-election campaign purdah.
(h/t @iainsol.bsky.social)
Since when does the BBC ever do chyrons with a political party's branding, rather than their own? Not to mention this is during a pre-election campaign purdah.
(h/t @iainsol.bsky.social)
Reposted by Michael Free
NEW: Will Google's AI hype man kill the BBC?
I've written about Matt Brittin because the coverage of his time at Google is shockingly naive.
The BBC's next DG is a corporate yes man at a rapacious AI monopoly that preys on journalism in order to destroy it.
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www.thenerve.news/p/matt-britt...
I've written about Matt Brittin because the coverage of his time at Google is shockingly naive.
The BBC's next DG is a corporate yes man at a rapacious AI monopoly that preys on journalism in order to destroy it.
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www.thenerve.news/p/matt-britt...
Will Google’s AI hype man kill the BBC?
Matt Brittin spent two decades at Google, a tech company helping to destroy journalism. His appointment as leader of Britain’s biggest news organisation represents an existential threat, writes Carole...
www.thenerve.news
March 25, 2026 at 5:08 PM
NEW: Will Google's AI hype man kill the BBC?
I've written about Matt Brittin because the coverage of his time at Google is shockingly naive.
The BBC's next DG is a corporate yes man at a rapacious AI monopoly that preys on journalism in order to destroy it.
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/matt-britt...
I've written about Matt Brittin because the coverage of his time at Google is shockingly naive.
The BBC's next DG is a corporate yes man at a rapacious AI monopoly that preys on journalism in order to destroy it.
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/matt-britt...
Reposted by Michael Free
Here are 5 reasons why I would wear a respirator, if I lived somewhere with a Meningitis B outbreak.
March 21, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Here are 5 reasons why I would wear a respirator, if I lived somewhere with a Meningitis B outbreak.
Reposted by Michael Free
This is huge - and proves exactly what we're saying.
We cannot have a moment of complacency - only the Green Party can stop Reform.
Vote Hannah Spencer and the Green Party on Thursday in Gorton and Denton. 💚
We cannot have a moment of complacency - only the Green Party can stop Reform.
Vote Hannah Spencer and the Green Party on Thursday in Gorton and Denton. 💚
New Omnisis poll of Gorton and Denton by-election gives Greens a *two point* lead over Reform and four points over Labour.
Basically neck and neck and within margin of error.
Hannah Spencer (Greens): 22%
Matt Goodwin (REF UK): 20%
Angeliki Stogia (Lab): 18%
Charlotte Cadden (Conservatives): 3%
Basically neck and neck and within margin of error.
Hannah Spencer (Greens): 22%
Matt Goodwin (REF UK): 20%
Angeliki Stogia (Lab): 18%
Charlotte Cadden (Conservatives): 3%
February 20, 2026 at 1:59 PM
This is huge - and proves exactly what we're saying.
We cannot have a moment of complacency - only the Green Party can stop Reform.
Vote Hannah Spencer and the Green Party on Thursday in Gorton and Denton. 💚
We cannot have a moment of complacency - only the Green Party can stop Reform.
Vote Hannah Spencer and the Green Party on Thursday in Gorton and Denton. 💚
Reposted by Michael Free
Demographics, not dinghies, will decide Britain's future, and nothing Jim Radcliffe or Nigel Farage says can change that.
No paywall.
open.substack.com/pub/russinch...
No paywall.
open.substack.com/pub/russinch...
The Indisputable Maths of Migration
How Demography, Not Dinghies, Will Decide Britain’s Future
open.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Demographics, not dinghies, will decide Britain's future, and nothing Jim Radcliffe or Nigel Farage says can change that.
No paywall.
open.substack.com/pub/russinch...
No paywall.
open.substack.com/pub/russinch...
Reposted by Michael Free
Someone sent this to me earlier.
It's a genuine Farage quote from 2015 and boy does that not say it all about the defender of British culture.
It's a genuine Farage quote from 2015 and boy does that not say it all about the defender of British culture.
January 22, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Someone sent this to me earlier.
It's a genuine Farage quote from 2015 and boy does that not say it all about the defender of British culture.
It's a genuine Farage quote from 2015 and boy does that not say it all about the defender of British culture.
Reposted by Michael Free
They claim they’re putting personal ambition aside and defecting to Reform to help fix the country.
To stop that pisstaking farce, they should be made to hold by-elections in their constituencies and let the voters decide if that’s ok with them. Please sign.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
To stop that pisstaking farce, they should be made to hold by-elections in their constituencies and let the voters decide if that’s ok with them. Please sign.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 20, 2026 at 7:47 PM
They claim they’re putting personal ambition aside and defecting to Reform to help fix the country.
To stop that pisstaking farce, they should be made to hold by-elections in their constituencies and let the voters decide if that’s ok with them. Please sign.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
To stop that pisstaking farce, they should be made to hold by-elections in their constituencies and let the voters decide if that’s ok with them. Please sign.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Reposted by Michael Free
One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda.
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
December 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda.
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
Reposted by Michael Free
So, to those who say "masks don't work", cite the flawed Cochrane report, insist upon an unfeasible RCT, accuse folks of panic, and undermine public health on social and mainstream media during a flu/RSV epidemic...
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
So, to those who say "masks don't work", cite the flawed Cochrane report, insist upon an unfeasible RCT, accuse folks of panic, and undermine public health on social and mainstream media during a flu/RSV epidemic...
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
Reposted by Michael Free
“NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir – a US spy-tech firm…We’ve set up a simple tool so you can find out if your local NHS trust has started using the software & send an email demanding they say no to Palantir.”
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...?
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...?
Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
“NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir – a US spy-tech firm…We’ve set up a simple tool so you can find out if your local NHS trust has started using the software & send an email demanding they say no to Palantir.”
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...?
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...?
Reposted by Michael Free
The UK Government’s big increase in defence spending will likely hugely benefit Reform UK’s biggest donor
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
UK Taxpayers' Cash Is Funding an Arms Firm Whose Biggest Shareholder Is Now Bankrolling Nigel Farage’s Reform UK
The UK Government's big increase in defence spending will likely hugely benefit Reform UK's biggest donor
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The UK Government’s big increase in defence spending will likely hugely benefit Reform UK’s biggest donor
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
Reposted by Michael Free
Want to know why the prisons system seems to be suddenly falling apart?
Well, it's not sudden. It's just suddenly being REPORTED. This rot was a deliberate policy choice, and I kept the receipts. Because I'm not the BBC.
(A note on what Tories did to cause this, from The Decade In Tory)
Well, it's not sudden. It's just suddenly being REPORTED. This rot was a deliberate policy choice, and I kept the receipts. Because I'm not the BBC.
(A note on what Tories did to cause this, from The Decade In Tory)
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Want to know why the prisons system seems to be suddenly falling apart?
Well, it's not sudden. It's just suddenly being REPORTED. This rot was a deliberate policy choice, and I kept the receipts. Because I'm not the BBC.
(A note on what Tories did to cause this, from The Decade In Tory)
Well, it's not sudden. It's just suddenly being REPORTED. This rot was a deliberate policy choice, and I kept the receipts. Because I'm not the BBC.
(A note on what Tories did to cause this, from The Decade In Tory)
Reposted by Michael Free
How does various mask fit compare to filter the air and protect you or others?
Most masks, even baggy blue procedure masks use filtering material that can filter 95%+ of particles that pass through it, but the key is "pass through it". Continue to learn more... 🧪🧵1/
Most masks, even baggy blue procedure masks use filtering material that can filter 95%+ of particles that pass through it, but the key is "pass through it". Continue to learn more... 🧪🧵1/
October 25, 2025 at 11:09 AM
How does various mask fit compare to filter the air and protect you or others?
Most masks, even baggy blue procedure masks use filtering material that can filter 95%+ of particles that pass through it, but the key is "pass through it". Continue to learn more... 🧪🧵1/
Most masks, even baggy blue procedure masks use filtering material that can filter 95%+ of particles that pass through it, but the key is "pass through it". Continue to learn more... 🧪🧵1/
Reposted by Michael Free
Boris Johnson, "I tried to get the scientists to say that lockdown was a bad idea"
*they all laugh*
There were 26,000 covid deaths because Boris Johnson ignored scientists and delayed the first lockdown by a week
*they all laugh*
There were 26,000 covid deaths because Boris Johnson ignored scientists and delayed the first lockdown by a week
October 14, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Boris Johnson, "I tried to get the scientists to say that lockdown was a bad idea"
*they all laugh*
There were 26,000 covid deaths because Boris Johnson ignored scientists and delayed the first lockdown by a week
*they all laugh*
There were 26,000 covid deaths because Boris Johnson ignored scientists and delayed the first lockdown by a week
Reposted by Michael Free
Over 3,000 people have emailed Virgin Active to ask them to stop following transphobes, and follow the law.
Will you join them?
https://action.goodlawproject.org/virgin-active-stop-following-transphobes-follow-the-law
Will you join them?
https://action.goodlawproject.org/virgin-active-stop-following-transphobes-follow-the-law
Virgin Active: Stop following transphobes, follow the law
After a legal threat from GB News presenter Michelle Dewberry, Virgin Active turned their back on the trans community and enforced a changing room and bathroom ban on trans people across all their gym...
action.goodlawproject.org
September 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Over 3,000 people have emailed Virgin Active to ask them to stop following transphobes, and follow the law.
Will you join them?
https://action.goodlawproject.org/virgin-active-stop-following-transphobes-follow-the-law
Will you join them?
https://action.goodlawproject.org/virgin-active-stop-following-transphobes-follow-the-law
Reposted by Michael Free
“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
September 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
Reposted by Michael Free
NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
September 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Reposted by Michael Free
Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
September 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
Reposted by Michael Free
Research summary thread!!
A COVID research paper found that the histamine 1 receptor (HRH1) is highly involved in enhancing COVID infection.
They also found that most H1 blockers (antihistamines, like Claritin) reduced COVID after exposure!
1/8
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
A COVID research paper found that the histamine 1 receptor (HRH1) is highly involved in enhancing COVID infection.
They also found that most H1 blockers (antihistamines, like Claritin) reduced COVID after exposure!
1/8
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The histamine receptor H1 acts as an alternative receptor for SARS-CoV-2
Numerous host factors, in addition to human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (hACE2), have been identified as coreceptors of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), demonstrating ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
September 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Research summary thread!!
A COVID research paper found that the histamine 1 receptor (HRH1) is highly involved in enhancing COVID infection.
They also found that most H1 blockers (antihistamines, like Claritin) reduced COVID after exposure!
1/8
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
A COVID research paper found that the histamine 1 receptor (HRH1) is highly involved in enhancing COVID infection.
They also found that most H1 blockers (antihistamines, like Claritin) reduced COVID after exposure!
1/8
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Reposted by Michael Free
Following Farage’s announcement that he plans to make “serious cuts to the welfare budgets” if he wins the next election, I’ve seen this claim being repeated from last year’s headlines again.
So let’s take a look at the the reality rather than the weaponised version
🧵
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So let’s take a look at the the reality rather than the weaponised version
🧵
1/21
September 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Following Farage’s announcement that he plans to make “serious cuts to the welfare budgets” if he wins the next election, I’ve seen this claim being repeated from last year’s headlines again.
So let’s take a look at the the reality rather than the weaponised version
🧵
1/21
So let’s take a look at the the reality rather than the weaponised version
🧵
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