Police State UK

"Falkner left her position as #EHRC chair in November 2025 after nearly five years heading the UK’s largest regulator of equality law. During that time, the non-departmental public body became widely condemned for its sudden shift towards what many described as a “transphobic” and politically conservative approach to #HumanRights law." #UKPol https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/03/17/ehrc-chair-abortio…

"Britain’s national security adviser, Jonathan Powell, attended the final talks between the US and #Iran and judged that the offer made by Tehran on its nuclear programme was significant enough to prevent a rush to war." #USPol https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/17/uk-security…

"A Reddit researcher just exposed how Meta funneled over $2 billion through shadowy nonprofits to push #AgeVerification laws that would force #Apple and #Google to build #surveillance infrastructure into every device—while conveniently exempting #Meta’s own platforms from the same requirements." #Politics #Privacy https://www.gadgetreview.com/reddit-user-uncovers-who-is-…

"The US is no longer a democracy. One of the most credible global sources on the health of democratic nations now says this outright." “Our data on the USA goes back to 1789. What we’re seeing now is the most severe magnitude of democratic backsliding ever in the country.” #USPol https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2026/mar/…

"The verdict is a clear victory for the Trump administration, which, after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, has stretched the definition of “domestic terrorist organization” to include a staggeringly broad set of “terroristic activities,” such as “extremism on migration, race, and gender”." #USPol #Protest #Antifa https://newrepublic.com/article/207830/trump-administrati…

“#NATO is a defensive alliance, not an interventionist one. And that is precisely why NATO has no place here at all.” “Europe is not part of this war. We have not started this war. And the political objectives are unclear.” #USPol #EUPol #Israel #Iran https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-donald-trump-strai…

"The #GreenParty have moved into a clear second ahead of the Conservatives, according to the latest polling from YouGov." Largely because the #Tories have dropped back rather than the Greens moving up. #ReformUK remain firmly in the lead nationally. #UKPol https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/greens-move-ah…

"Every hospital in England has been urged to disobey an #NHS directive to use software operated by controversial US analytics software company #Palantir." "A coalition of #HumanRights, #health and patient organisations, and #unions sent out the plea to NHS trusts by email, out of concern over Palantir’s federated data platform." #UKPol https://www.bmj.com/content/392/bmj.s481

"Pressure is rising on the government to terminate its dealings with #Palantir. The reason this is important is that Palantir was still relatively little known until #Mandelson-gate, and the #Epstein scandal more broadly." #UKPol #Labour https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/03/a-backlash-agains…

"The Cabinet Office minister in charge of negotiations with Brussels is already working on which other parts of the economy would benefit from following EU regulations. Thomas-Symonds has instructed officials to conduct a “scoping exercise” to find out where companies are already complying with EU rules and so it no longer makes sense to apply separate UK ones. In return the two countries could then remove border checks on those goods." #UKPol #EUPol #Trade https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/16/eu-urgent-r…

"Health secretary Wes Streeting has delivered a statement to the House of Commons in which he confirmed that funding for mental health has fallen as a proportion of #NHS spending in England. "This spending reduction comes despite confirmation that one in five people aged 16-64 (22.6%) in England now have a common #MentalHealth condition, a 20% increase since 2014. This rises to one in four among young people." #UKPol https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026/03/16/streeting-ann…

"#ReformUK has not shared the addresses of any of its digital crypto ‘wallets’ with the Electoral Commission, drastically limiting the election watchdog’s ability to monitor where Nigel Farage’s party is getting its money from." #UKPol https://bylinetimes.com/2026/03/16/the-elections-watchdog…

"British politicians and authorities are working intensively to escalate #censorship and mass #surveillance. When Mullvad tried to address this with the TV ad “And Then?”, it was banned on British television. The outdoor ad campaign meant to criticise the TV ban was also largely halted." "Here, we bring you the ads that were too much for British television:" #UKPol #OSA #CWS https://mullvad.net/en/and-then/uk

"The question becomes, how do you manage that? If there is a US president … very strongly moving away from the national rules-based order towards a more sort of 'might is right' approach to the world, how do you respond to that?" #UKPol #USPol #Starmer #Trump https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/589425/britain-and-the-u…

"#ReformUK's plan has prompted warnings that a shift towards a less stable and more politicised civil service could result in the loss of significant expertise and of institutional memory, and would make government less effective." #UKPol https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/14/reform-u…

"With membership soaring, the #GreenParty is grappling with logistics, culture shifts and a flood of new activists." "Before Zack Polanski took over as leader last September, the #Greens in England and Wales had around 66,000 members. They are now at 215,000, and still rising at speed." #UKPol https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/14/green-pa…

"Just over a week after the U.S. and Israel launched their joint war on Iran, Israeli settlers have ramped up their violence against Palestinians in the #WestBank." #USPol #Israel #Palestine https://theintercept.com/2026/03/10/israel-iran-war-west-…

"A tranche of documents disclosing the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador has revealed that Kier Starmer was warned of Mandelson’s “reputational risks” in 2024, before he chose the twice-fired Labour veteran to be sent to Washington." #UKPol #Labour #LabourTogether https://novaramedia.com/2026/03/12/starmer-has-dragged-la…

"#Meta spent a record $26.3 million on federal lobbying in 2025, deployed 86+ lobbyists across 45 states, and covertly funded a "grassroots" child safety group called the Digital Childhood Alliance (DCA) to advocate for the App Store Accountability Act - which requires app stores to verify user ages before downloads but imposes no requirements on social media platforms." #Politics #Facebook #Instagram #Threads #SocialMedia #AgeVerification https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings

"Undercover police officers spied on the justice campaign run by the family of Jean Charles de Menezes, the innocent man shot dead by police on the tube in 2005, the #SpyCops public inquiry has heard. "The surveillance took place while the grieving family was seeking to hold the Metropolitan police to account and uncover the truth of why officers had mistaken him for a suicide bomber when they shot him seven times in the head." #UKPol #MetPolice https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/12/undercove…