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chilephilly.bsky.social
Parent, socialist, trade unionist, activist, musician, gardener. Resigned Labour. Enthusiastic learner of Russian. I shout at the radio a lot.
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🌱 I was just going to clear out this trough to plant some garlic (probably too late, but here we are) when I found this ❤️

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Loved this exhibition, thank you @leedscitycouncil.bsky.social

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

submitted 12 days ago • 538 comments

Today’s the day! It’s NEW CAR DAY! 🚗 🚗

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

July 2024: Five UK climate protesters jailed for conspiracy to block major road February 2025:

submitted 16 days ago • 39 comments

Me: look as if you’re awake, Ted. Everyone will think you’re dead. Ted: I’m trying to sleep. Do one. Happy #caturday all

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

This. A thousand times this.

submitted 19 days ago • 91 comments

This video is just epic. The beauty of the human spirit’s ability to overcome & thrive. 🇵🇸 ❤️

submitted 20 days ago • 63 comments

Barclays Bank tells customers to contact food banks as IT glitch disruption enters third day. It made £6.6bn pre-tax profit last year but can't produce a robust IT system. I bet no one told directors to go to food banks. news.sky.com/story/barcla...

submitted 23 days ago • 22 comments

Good morning this #socialistsunday! Remember NOT to join a union under any circumstances. All a union will get you is; - Protected job rights - Collective political power - Improved wages and conditions - Expert legal support against mistreatment. Avoid at all costs!

submitted 24 days ago • 6 comments

I started playing the cello when I was 11. Did my Grade 8 at 18. Went to uni, kept playing but music took a back seat when I started work. Anyway, picked the cello up again last year, started lessons and…. I’m working on my very first concerto! It’s only taken 47 years 😂😂

submitted 24 days ago • 7 comments

Please, for the love of god, don’t vote for any political party in Britain that threatens to privatise the NHS.

submitted 25 days ago • 31 comments

There is something delicious about it being 11am on a Saturday, and I’m in bed drinking tea and listening to Carmen

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

Five years after #Brexit, its disastrous consequences are clearer than ever. We need to do far more to rebuild relations with the EU & begin a serious conversation about rejoining. That starts with facing down Farage & faragism @europeanmovement.co.uk @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social

submitted 27 days ago • 42 comments

I wish I could sleep this soundly

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

#HumanRights

submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

We need rent caps and more council housing www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

submitted 30 days ago • 4 comments

Listening to James O’Brien talk to Laurence Rees (writer of The Nazi Mind: 12 Warnings From History) is terrifying. The parallels between now and then are stark. Dehumanisation of targeted groups, using conspiracy theories to propel propaganda. Playing on innate fears. It’s happening again.

submitted 30 days ago • 60 comments

Poppy O’Toole’s recipe for hash brown bhaji from the Guardian. Bit faffy but SO worth it #foodsky

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Be sure not to litter. #trash #fucktrump

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Time to get back to the #EU! Brexiters, you’ve had your chance, brexit is shit, just like we told you. Give it a rest, we’ve had enough 🥱#LoveEU www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Denmark has a new king, the King and Queen get approximately $500,000 from the Danish Government a year, and the whole family is worth $40m. In the UK King Charles gets $150,000,000 a year and his family is worth $25bn. We need to be more like Denmark.

submitted 31 days ago • 77 comments

An imaginary £8bn from persecuting people on benefits which will be lucky to get £800m and will only get hatred from the voters. Or a real £42bn a year for rejoining the Single Market which everyone who might ever vote for Labour wants. It's not difficult is it?

submitted 31 days ago • 13 comments

Seedy Sunday, the UK's longest-running seed swap… …is a celebration of gardening, growing and nature with a special focus on the humble seed. 🌱

submitted 31 days ago • 4 comments

They simply can’t have it both ways…👇 All of them, ‘anchor babies’ by Trump’s own definition. Let’s. Deport. All. Of. Them. ✨

submitted 31 days ago • 28 comments

I can feel a soup coming on #foodsky

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Mexico denied a US military plane from landing with deported immigrants today, foiling Donold’s plans.

submitted 33 days ago • 1530 comments

If you think Elon did nothing offensive, perhaps try it yourself at work or at school or in Germany or Austria and see how that goes for you.

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Around 7.9m UK people have no savings. More than 21m have less than £1,500 in reserve. Bottom 20% of the population has 0.5% of the wealth. This can't provide springboard for economic growth Must redistribute and boost purchasing power of the masses. leftfootforward.org/2025/01/labo...

submitted 37 days ago • 21 comments

I sometimes believe their are few coincidences Today as we celebrate the Reverend Martin Luther King We must remember he too went to DC but with a wholly different and divine purpose He filled that space with his goodness his immense love and that’s why he is celebrated

submitted 37 days ago • 118 comments