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New Friday afternoon document dump by the Thirlwall Inquiry. Thanks as always to @AnneBoleynBooks: reddit.com/r/LucyLetbyTri…

Strategic lawsuits against public participation—SLAPPs—are used by those with deep pockets to silence their critics. That includes journalists, whistleblowers, and victims. These cases are not about justice. They are about intimidation. They are designed to drain resources, to exhaust journalists, and to suppress the truth. The Government should introduce legislation to curb these abuses of our legal system 👇🏻

"@realdonaldtrump doesn't care about the distinction between truth and lies. And so does he know he's lying? It doesn't matter to him. Truth has no meaning to him. All that has any meaning to him in any given moment is whether or not he's receiving praise or adulation ... He thinks he can create his own reality and the great megalomaniacs of history have always done that."

BREAKING! @DavidDavisMP to spotlight conduct of @cheshirepolice in LUCY LETBY case. Parliamentary debate, 26 March'26! parliament.uk/business/news/… @VeraBaird @CPSUK @DavidLammy @sarahsackman @ShabanaMahmood @LabourSJ @wesstreeting @karinsmyth @sarahknapton @ClarkeMicah @RPattTheSun

But the crazy thing is that decarbonization IS cost-effective. For the majority and for GDP over it is a benefit — even a windfall. We’re destroying everything so the rich minority can keep their lifestyle and their money. That’s it.

I see Question Time has reached its inevitable endgame. It was bound to happen.

@anneapplebaum I disagree -- Trump does not connect actions he takes to events that occur five minutes later. There are smarter dogs.

Trump does not connect actions he takes on one day to events that occur weeks later. Allied leaders know that if they help him in the Persian Gulf, he won't be grateful, or even remember. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/…

@SarahIronside6 The red line is Trump stops hurting people. That is why they like him, violence in their name.

I genuinely need to know what the red line is for maga. Because at this point it seems like trump could break into your home and rape your daughter right in front of you and you would still find a way to justify your support for this absolute monster.

Jeremy Hunt ruined the NHS, oversaw yrs of historically low funding increases~1% Compared with 6% 1997-2010 And 4.3% advised by the OBR He finished it off by refusing to pay staff & fund GP Practices Wes Streeting isn’t doing enough to fix it sadly opendemocracy.net/en/jeremy-hunt…

@gilham_stuart @DebbieKennett @davidjamessmit5 There is an argument that is Ms. Letby was done for by legalese. Mr. Johnson was considerably more direct in his language to the court than Mr. Myers.

@ACLMoss I notice - The PO Horizon Inquiry seemed to publish all witness statements, in their entirety, simultaneously with the witness giving evidence. Many other documents are complete too. It seems strange that the Thirlwall documents are published so incompletely and so late. Why?

In his Statement Nicholas Rheinberg Coroner - I have to say that right up to the day of my retirement on 10th March 2017, I had not the slightest inkling or suspicion that anyone had deliberately harmed the children. #LucyLetby thirlwall.public-inquiry.uk/evidence/inq00…

@DebbieKennett @mellycatslave @MartynPitman If I may add - The perjury question.

@mellycatslave @MartynPitman It could be the refusal to respond to FOIs, the secret press conferences, the trip to the IHIA conference in Washington DC at taxpayers' expense or perhaps what has been revealed in the leaked Hummingbird dossier. #Wjd6cyb8gWEpc-TcbNY7RRjHMObYuWcXKUf4oLeFX98" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">mega.nz/file/klgwTDZR#…

This should be interesting. David Davis will debate the conduct of Cheshire Police in the Lucy Letby case in parliament. parliament.uk/business/news/…

@William26139338 Does this mean they are going to get gongs?

Sir David Davis to raise the conduct of Cheshire Police in the Letby case in Parliament parliament.uk/business/news/…

@BenGrahamUK 2/ @premnsikka keeps a list Private Equity destroyed: Bernard Matthews Cath Kidson Comet Debenhams Flybe Four Seasons Health Care Maplin Monarch Airlines Paperchase Planet Organic Poundworld Southern Cross Thames Water Toys R Us ... and more.

NCP has gone into administration. They’ve been running car parks since 1931, and somehow ended up £305m in debt. Surely the maintenance for a car park is simple: ticket machines, barriers, lights, and occasional cleaning. How can a business model literally based on people paying to park go bankrupt?

@BenGrahamUK They were bought years ago by a firm that specialises in Financial Destruction. A very, very few people were very, very probably very, very enriched, the shriveled carcass finally collapsing now. It's the same story as Manchester United.

What a fantastic event... 107 MPs coming to hear about the Dirty Business that is the water industry. Time to end the corruption, time to end the greed, time for a new approach, time for public ownership.

Trump is now cornered in the Strait of Hormuz. He is forced to choose between massive military escalation and embarrassing concessions in order to restore global shipping. Stumbling into this severe bottleneck is a textbook example of strategic failure

Well done to you all for your achievement in this fight for ensuring redress for families. I think the figures are well below what you all deserve. Time will tell.