Some interesting bits in the main site, nicely presented, mostly non-partisan (though the seeming focus on covid related opinions in places made me go hmmm a bit), but it all seemed a bit slick and opaque, something about it not ringing true in some way, maybe it was just me (I'm a suspicious sort) - but then I clicked through to the about page -
the main people I didn't recognise, seemingly innocuous, a bit middle class or whatever (the dog looks nice) - then it gets to the 'board' (why exactly is there a board anyway?) - and they look a bit more iffy, halfway down who's there but mark facking littlewood from the IEA - say no more. They say you shouldn't trust any organisation that would have you as a member, that goes triple for mark littlewood. I guess freedumb's not free so we better make sure it's funded by tufton street and the billionaire astroturf network. Meet the new big brother, same as the old big brother.
Only focuses on covid response. Slightly disappointed in a way: they sound like rank amateurs, doing basic google and twitter searches and recording tweets that said nasty things about the govt. Still scandalous and ... greasy to have the army compiling information like this on the citizenry and ultimately aiding politicians to manipulate the narrative around covid. No doubt it's happening with other issues like Ukraine esp at the moment. But at least they seem to be a bit shit at it for now(!)
Will read the report which looks interesting, bearing in mind that the principle of surveillance and censorship being wrong is more important than the fact that it's scumbags like Hartley-Brewer and Keir Starmer (genuinely interested to hear how he stepped out of line!) that it's happening to.
I guess this is what happens when you have mark littlewood on your board - the tories do what you want (which was probably what they wanted to do anyway if you're mark littlewood (you probably told them to want it (well up to truss anyway)). Still good that the stuff's out there I suppose, but foxes and henhouses come to mind.
on January 30, 2023, 5:46 pm