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submitted 19 days ago • 195 comments

How can Labour defeat a man whose biggest idea has been an abject failure; who endorsed the Truss Budget; and who has supported one of the most toxic political figures the western world has seen for decades? It's a real puzzle.

submitted 21 days ago • 20 comments

If we had an actual media, they would find the people doing these jobs and ask them what they do and why they think it's important. What the media will actually do is find a Labour politician who also thinks sacking these people is a good idea.

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social. The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

submitted 40 days ago • 199 comments

Labour is a sinking ship. They have abandoned ordinary people, so we are abandoning them. There are two ways the next election can go. Help us make sure it's not the wrong way join.greenparty.org.uk

submitted 42 days ago • 8 comments

Yall gonna hear news about a lot of companies halting production in China. Even returning cargo that was loaded onto containers ready to ship at port! Trump is going to paint this as a win. But it's NOT... and here's why. 👇

submitted 43 days ago • 2 comments

Remember Trump is using emergency legislation for the tariffs. So the measures that were urgent and necessary to meet that emergency have now suddenly become non-urgent and unnecessary. If US congress and courts properly held president to account for misuse of emergency powers, this would matter.

submitted 44 days ago • 18 comments

Yup, this and also the fuckers that know these moves are coming in advance are literally stealing your 401k in the process.

submitted 44 days ago • 1 comment

Why would you move your manufacturing to America when next week the tariffs might half, or disappear, or double, or grow wings and fly, or be turned into a goblin, or become an emotion, or

submitted 44 days ago • 108 comments

The US is utter chaos. Complete and utter chaos, for at least another four years and probably long into the future. Any British government working in the national interest will be investigating how to quickly reduce our exposure to it.

submitted 44 days ago • 76 comments

Preliminary data suggests that the global average increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration in 2024 will be a record. Not just a little record, but 25% higher than the previous record. (This is the global average, as opposed to Moana Loa) gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/... 1/

submitted 66 days ago • 28 comments

Last month I did a little experiment. I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky. The results were...interesting... [Thread]

submitted 68 days ago • 129 comments

Again, he keeps doing this & again, it is obscene while 🇷🇺 is illegally occupying 20% of 🇺🇦’s territory, & again, it violates both our NATO treaty commitments & the UN Charter, & again, it should immediately end his presidency today.

submitted 73 days ago • 56 comments

More Burnley history … Mark Carney the first Canadian PM ever to have been in the Turf Moor tunnel .. and the first to be an Everton fan. Added to which he is a top bloke and dead smart. Canada has chosen well and Trump should STFU with his 51st state BS

submitted 75 days ago • 20 comments

"The United States government took some dramatic steps this week to help Russia and weaken Ukraine—the intended result of which will be more Ukrainian deaths, fewer Russian losses, and the undermining of Ukrainian democracy" from @phillipspobrien.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

submitted 76 days ago • 83 comments

Never mind the planet’s fate when the jet set feel the urge to seek out some winter sun, says @catherinebennett.bsky.social #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 82 days ago • 2 comments

Coming down slowly from the impact of the extraordinary @regentsopera.bsky.social Ring Cycle. An utter privilege to be so close to such powerful singing and acting. Unforgettable.

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

“Zelenskyy found himself ambushed by Trump and his serpentine vice-president, JD Vance. He was expected to sit back and take a beating from Nurse Ratched and Miss Trunchbull. He refused”. Superb piece by David Smith. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 84 days ago • 38 comments

These folks have never ever believed in freedom of speech, or freedom of any kind but the freedom to amass levels of wealth that are cataclysmic to organized society. Cancel your subscription and make a donation to kick-ass independent journalism of your choice.

submitted 86 days ago • 40 comments

The best way to confront a bully about the misinformation he is spreading is to confront him in front of everyone. Macron just did that.

submitted 88 days ago • 3245 comments

Free speech latest

submitted 92 days ago • 10 comments

The problem with having people with no knowledge of the federal government engage in mass firing is that you end up firing people who work on nuclear weapon safety because you don't know what the Department of Energy even does. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 97 days ago • 8 comments

It’s not politics as usual - and pretending that it is just makes us look weak and scared, with little agency and no self-conviction.

submitted 98 days ago • 238 comments

What an idiot. This level of projection would knock Sigmund Freud off his chair.

submitted 98 days ago • 317 comments

Equinor , the company behind the new Rosebank oilfield , say they are halving their investment in renewables . Inevitable when you have Starmer & Reeves briefing the press that they still blindly back new oil and gas . Criminal . www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 107 days ago • 19 comments

Trump has now asked Elon Musk to examine US defence spending. Elon Musk’s companies have multi billion dollar contracts with the Department of Defense and are seeking more. The BBC’s Today Programme just reported the first part, without mentioning the second. Unacceptable

submitted 103 days ago • 65 comments

The Orbánisation of America has begun. With tech billionaire at his side. shorturl.at/ATkcz

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments

Then why am I defrosting my car? Yet another example of physics going woke.

submitted 106 days ago • 6 comments

Trump's threats of ethnic cleansing in Gaza are abhorrent and the UK government must stand firmly against them

submitted 108 days ago • 18 comments

"Make sure you are talking to people &doing something... the logic of all coups, is to gain quick dramatic successes that deter &demoralize &create the impression of inevitability. Nothing is inevitable. Do not be alone &do not be dismayed. Find someone who is doing something you admire & join them"

submitted 110 days ago • 2 comments

What has changed @lisanandymp.bsky.social? #heathrow #HeathrowExpansion

submitted 114 days ago • 6 comments

The expansion of #Heathrow isn't only about climate breakdown, it's about fairness too A small minority of people take the majority of flights yet the pollution & climate breakdown affect everyone, especially the poorest

submitted 115 days ago • 5 comments

No. And anyone who says it can is lying to you. Climate Emergency. There's a clue in the last word. www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 115 days ago • 28 comments

Agree with all but the final sentence. I think it should read: Many of us really don’t want to fix it. Why? Because though tech-based solutions, are a prerequisite, they are now insufficient, & need to run alongside profound social change. This is not acceptable to most of us wealthy hi-emitters.

submitted 129 days ago • 7 comments

You can say, “gravity isn’t real,” but if you step off the cliff, you’re still going down. And if you convince other people it’s not real, you are responsible for what happens if they make decisions based on the information you withheld.

submitted 122 days ago • 23 comments

"The Green Party is clear – President Trump is a misogynist, a racist, a convicted criminal and, we believe, a fascist." Joint statement from the @greenparty.org.uk Co-Leaders @carladenyer.bsky.social & @adrianramsay.bsky.social ahead of Trump's inauguration greenparty.org.uk/2025/01/20/s...

submitted 124 days ago • 4 comments

Konstantly Griftin featured in Private Eye

submitted 133 days ago • 31 comments

"A lot of people assume that somewhere in Britain there are sheds full of food that we’d distribute in a disaster. Surely there is a grain or butter mountain somewhere? Surely the UK government has a plan for such a crisis? Nope. No sheds. No stores. No mountains of food. No plan"

submitted 153 days ago • 5 comments

Lambs resist calls to close slaughterhouse

submitted 153 days ago • 366 comments

With huge sadness I’m resigning as Vice President of RSPCA, a role I’ve held with pride for over 15 years. But their Assured Schemes risk misleading the public & legitimising cruelty. I tried with @ChrisGPackham to persuade the leadership to act but sadly failed www.thetimes.com/article/100c...

submitted 154 days ago • 69 comments

The top of British politics needs to wake up to what's coming.

submitted 157 days ago • 65 comments

Just a reminder that there were people claiming Syrian refugees were 'economic migrants' and it was perfectly safe for them to go back... www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 165 days ago • 44 comments