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Fix the system? Reform UK gained ground in areas where services are collapsing, not where migration is highest. Is local government failure fuelling the populist right? @lizcrosbie.bsky.social reports, Read more:

submitted 23 hours ago • 3 comments

Rejoin stop the delay ,stronger together

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

Some good news

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

All sounds very plausible

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

Donald Trump is interested in the perks of the presidency, but not the work of the presidency. And Elon Musk is more than happy to fill the void.

submitted 6 days ago • 55 comments

The community note 🤌😘

submitted 7 days ago • 2976 comments

The most important thread you'll read today. In brief: Europe has the power to save Ukraine and slip into the leadership position America has vacated. It must grasp it. And Europeans must pressure their governments to do so.

submitted 8 days ago • 45 comments

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

submitted 8 days ago • 1909 comments

Stand your ground #Canada we are with you in #Scotland

submitted 8 days ago • 169 comments

Around 70% of the Britain’s 12,000 greenhouses are more than 40 years old. So there’s a huge opportunity for hi-tech horticulture to improve food security.

submitted 8 days ago • 15 comments

Most voters now think Brexit was a mistake, and the trend is only accelerating. Labour can’t sit on the fence forever—demographics are shifting, and a choice will have to be made.

submitted 8 days ago • 7 comments

"Britain is at risk of a £24bn blow to the economy should Donald Trump forge ahead with “reciprocal tariffs”, analysts have warned." Says the Telegraph, the same paper that has repeatedly trumpeted the exciting prospect of a huge US trade deal over the years. archive.ph/oTLRw

submitted 11 days ago • 3 comments

Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do. Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.

submitted 15 days ago • 2174 comments

If Musk, Capo Trump’s enforcer, meant to freeze the work of government, he’s doing a great job. By short-circuiting the legislative process, he has invited (and is receiving) lawsuits that will freeze everything in place. This is what Amateur Hour gets you.

submitted 15 days ago • 508 comments

Who saw this coming...... Bet Musk is the toast of the Tesla shareholders.

submitted 15 days ago • 5 comments

Ketamine’s a helluva drug.

submitted 15 days ago • 82 comments

I am really frustrated that the press is discussing the destruction of USAID as something that has happened rather than an illegal action that will likely be undone in two weeks when courts tell the world that it was illegal.

submitted 16 days ago • 1712 comments

Populism is about loss of faith. Most people don’t want division—they want action. But if mainstream politics can’t deliver, populism will fill the gap. The choice for leaders is simple: disrupt or be disrupted. @stephenmcnair.bsky.social reports.

submitted 16 days ago • 5 comments

The dangers of ‘bothsidesism’: why Trump’s diatribe about the airline crash was indefensible We must get a grip on Trump’s response to the Washington aircraft tragedy. But do our UK commentators help?

submitted 15 days ago • 4 comments

The End Game? Thames Water restructuring deal would provide £1.5bn now, potentially rising to £3bn. Already has £19bn debt. Customer bills will rocket. New money would pay adviser fees, existing interest charges, leaving £500m in usable cash. And after that? End the Ponzi scheme. Nationalise

submitted 15 days ago • 22 comments

"On leaving the train station, Mahsa was arrested by... the so-called Morality Police for wearing “improper clothing” and told that she was to be taken to a detention centre... Later that evening, Mahsa collapsed at the detention centre, before slipping into a coma and dying"

submitted 60 days ago • 33 comments

The number of English households living in temporary accommodation more than doubled between 2010 and 2023. Poverty and homelessness is a political preference for austerity, low wages/benefits, unchecked profiteering.

submitted 60 days ago • 29 comments

UK Govt wants to build 1.5m new homes by 2029; 700,000 dwellings are empty in England alone. Besides questions about affordability & services, how will the govt deal with supply chain and logistical problems. I asked Minister to publish a report. Watch her answer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwK5...

submitted 71 days ago • 23 comments

🔴Two-Tier Reporting: When Climate Protesters Slow Ambulances They’re Vilified, So Why Are Wealthy Farmers Given a Free Pass? Media outlets condemn climate campaigners as “middle class” protesters causing “chaos” while ignoring greater disruption by millionaire landowners @josiah.writes.news reports

submitted 72 days ago • 21 comments

“wealthy billionaires and corporations… hoard land as an asset, Britain now having among the highest concentrations of land ownership in the world. Half of England is owned by less than 1% of its population.”

submitted 72 days ago • 23 comments

Morning lovelies - have you signed yet? The NHS is in a state of emergency. We built a Doctors’ Manifesto for the NHS, and some things could be implemented as an emergency right now by the government to make things safer. Please add your name and share this! actionnetwork.org/petitions/cr...

submitted 74 days ago • 3 comments

My new piece for the New York Times, where I make the case that we need a lot more education to deal with disinformation, not more censorship and fact checks www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/s...

submitted 78 days ago • 229 comments

IF we are NEXT? It has already happened. Not least Brexit.

submitted 75 days ago • 35 comments

Wow! - "Romanian Authorities Raid Homes Of Those Involved In Russia's Failed Attempt To Rig Presidential Election" In the UK: May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, all chose not to investigate Russian interference in Brexit because Brexit was their route to become Prime Minister

submitted 76 days ago • 18 comments

When I can't sleep, I find that a podcast on a timer (usually 30 mins) so that it cuts off automatically usually does the trick. I fall asleep before the end of the set period at least nine times out of ten. Without the distraction of the podcast, I can be lying awake with my thoughts for hours.

submitted 74 days ago • 13 comments

“The problem with vulture capitalism is that eventually you run out of the public’s money.”

submitted 74 days ago • 4 comments

We need pension funds to start investing in sustainable, future-proof assets—because the generations that follow us are the ones we’ll rely on in old age. Prof @richardjmurphy.bsky.social reports #Pensions #Sustainability #FutureInvesting eastangliabylines.co.uk/business/fin...

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

Thames Water bosses collected £770,000 in bonuses. CEO got £195k bonus, doesn't rule out £2m bonus. Bonus for what? Sewage dumping; wanting 59% increase in customer bills; not investing; debt; borrowing to pay dividends. All approved by Ofwat and successive govts. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 74 days ago • 18 comments

We posted this last night and didn't actually check the reader numbers! This article has actually been viewed just short of 300,000 times (298,965 to be precise). We're now watching closely and will celebrate in style when it hits 300k. Well done @docrussjackson.bsky.social 👏

submitted 78 days ago • 9 comments

"farmland values increased by 7%, a performance that only gold could draw level with. The FTSE 100 equities index could only muster growth of 4%"

submitted 74 days ago • 16 comments

Over 140,000 children live in sub-standard accommodation… …enduring mould, bug infestations, and inadequate washing and cooking facilities.

submitted 74 days ago • 5 comments

"analysis of Thames Water’s accounts shows that there has never been a year since privatisation when shareholders contributed more cash than they took out."

submitted 74 days ago • 56 comments

Not a word I can disagree with. Scroll straight to the video..

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