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Against capitalism & greed, exploitation & billionaire monopoly of our world. Anti war. There is another way 🕊️ For equality, journalistic freedom, legal protection of our environment, Save our NHS, for Scottish Independence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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CORPORATE POWER WINS, THE PEOPLE LOSE! Ultra processed food is a killer. The government knows this, but sides with the food industry against our best interests.

Scotland suffers whilst WM legislates for England. This will always happen whilst we remain in the 🇬🇧. #IndependentScotland must be prioritised.

West Northamptonshire Council had their first Council meeting. This photo shows the new group. What is noticeable is that 6 councillors are not in it. Guess who is also missing? Nicholas Humphries, who we previously highlighted didn’t canvas, and didn’t show up to the count: x.com/reformexpose...

This can't be posted enough

Several parties have had real success yet we hear hardly anything in our broadcast media about them. 4x as many Greens, 9x as many Lib Dems (highest in 100 years) SNP & Plaid leading polls but none seen rise in coverage. Sign the petition now Democracy at Stake petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

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Latest poll has 5 parties under 30% yet we hardly hear any coverage of several of them. Demand the media act like they should in a multi party democracy by giving regular coverage to ALL parties not just Ref/Lab/Tory. Sign this petition now petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

We desperately need a new voting system to make it fairer but we’re also crying out for political coverage where ALL the parties get parity not just the ones broadcasters choose. All these parties below have seen surges in support. How often are they covered? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Good Morning Midnighters👋 #ToriesGone315 #TurnCoatStarmer #MigrantsStaffNHS #MigrantsStaffCareHomes #DisabiltyCuts #2ChildCap #AusterityKills #PR4FairElections #DumpTrump #SupportUkraine #PutinWarCrimes #GovtComplicitIn ⏬️ #GazaGenocide #GazaStarving #SaveTheChildren🕊🕊🕊🕊 #PeaceNotWar

Remote control.

This is leadership Starmer.

'We are all just weary. A government that’s been in power for 17 years doesn’t need the public to tell them about land reform – just get on with the job.' @lesleyriddoch.bsky.social, via The National archive.is/WzdtS

Labour are backtracking on a plan to help save birds: by blocking a new rule that would make developers put a £35 nest brick in every new home. They think it'll help win them votes - we need to show it would do the opposite. Sign the petition 38d.gs/ky2i

Peter Sullivan spent 38 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit: the murder of Diane Sindall. If we'd had the death penalty, an innocent man would have been murdered by the State.

STARMER’S NOT LISTENING!

77 years ago 750,000 Palestinians were ethnically cleansed form their homes, 500 Palestinian villages were destroyed, and massacres were perpetrated. Today Palestine is again facing ethnic cleansing and genocide, with the military and political support of the UK.

Climate breakdown brings increasingly extreme weather at huge cost to individuals, businesses and government. Failure to act could leave Scotland £140 billion poorer by 2035. The more government delays and makes excuses on climate action, the more expensive it will get.

Day 9 of Lois asking Steve Reed to join her at the football. ⚽ Something stinks about Thames Water's sewage plant upgrade costs. How can it be 15x more expensive than building a new one in other countries? Perhaps Environment Secretary Steve Reed can tell her? #LoisvSteve

10 years ago the UK could boast about being the top ranked country in Europe for LGBT+ rights. But Tory and Labour governments have undermined that position through their long campaign of misinformation and demonisation. Scotland must always stand for equality, not hate.

Just FYI because evidently Fox or OAN or whatever is pushing the lie that America accepted the Statue of Liberty and that’s equivalent to the plane. Congress VOTED to approve receiving the statue. So congress should vote on the jet

What immigrants from all over the world have done for this country is tremendous. “Incalculable”, even. 🇬🇧♥️🌎

A different way of looking at the council elections: how each party did in constituencies it holds. Notable that where there are Lib Dem MPs, Lib Dems won more than twice as many councillors as all the other parties put together. public.flourish.studio/visualisatio...

I’m one of those dodgy immigrants who came here on a spouse visa and got indefinite leave to remain after 12 months. The incalculable harm I have done to the UK includes dedicating my life to public service, educating thousands of British young people, and paying more tax than I’ll ever get back.

Brexit promised to “take back control of our borders” But it also created huge labour shortages So, govt issued huge numbers of visas to fill the gaps. It ended reciprocal asylum arrangements with the EU So, crossings went up. Govt response? “Take back control of our borders” Such a ruinous deceit.

And, naturally, the PM of the whole UK didn't consult or pre-warn the leaders of the nations before announcing his proposals. This is no united kingdom.

Perhaps we could appeal to the 80% of voters who think Nigel Farage is a scumbag? Instead of everyone appealing to the 20% who are racist morons?

Immigration is a beautiful thing and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise ❤️

Scotland could be a good news story for the EU! We now have concrete plans to follow up before the next Holyrood election #IndependenceInEU youtube.com/shorts/Q6jsc...

2025: Paul Brand from ITV News explains how immigration shot up after we took back control of our borders with Brexit 2019: Boris Johnson says that immigration numbers will come down because Brexit allows us to lower migration

The Island of Strangers has been spotted.

Aaaand there it is.

Results suggest dingoes are top predators that cull emus, wallabies & kangaroos rather than sheep, cattle & - unlike cats and foxes - small marsupials. Farmers fear dingoes are eating their livestock – but predator poo tells an unexpected story theconversation.com/farmers-fear...

Can’t put it better.

Building upon the challenges faced during the 2021 heat dome and the record-breaking 2023 wildfire season, the Lower Mainland of British Columbia is bracing for a season marked by extreme heat and heightened wildfire activity. Let's talk about it. www.wbn.digital/bracing-for-...

Whenever Westminster exercises a reserved power over Scotland it never seems to be in Scotland's interests. The solution is clear. Support a party that's on the side of Scotland 💛 and support 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 #ScottishIndependence

PEOPLE ARE ANGRY! And they’ve every right to be. Why? Because they’ve been betrayed and ignored. Starmer has put his own personal interests and his party interests ahead of the national interest. He’s a prime minister we don’t need and don’t want. #Labour

The same people who went apoplectic when asked to wear a mask to *protect people* in a pandemic eagerly wear one to *kidnap people* in Gestapo cosplay.

@carolvorders.bsky.social

So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street

Interesting that the English supermarkets treat Scotland as just another region, but the German ones respect our national identity. Guess which are growing their businesses.

You yes yet let’s get out of this shit show of a union.

Now the media dust has settled, here's a more considered, and optimistic, analysis of the local elections: @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social @eastangliabylines.co.uk Pecksniff: The election results swing not to Reform, but to the left eastangliabylines.co.uk/pecksniff/pe...

BREAKING NEWS: The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections @appgfairelections.bsky.social is now the biggest APPG in Westminster 🎉 Inside and outside of Parliament, support for electoral reform is growing. Well done to the group's Chair @alexsobel.co.uk and everyone involved!

Make it make sense