The reality after the local elections, not the bias situation spun by the news media.

@rory-stewart.bsky.social What's your problem with black & white 1950s Japanese films?! If you're thinking, for example, of Tokyo Story, it's a very moving depiction of change and family ties and community. I'm sure you'd love it. There's more to film than Gladiator!

Immigration obsession is all about racism. We need to be clear about that. People who don’t give a toss about public services or housing have not suddenly become public spirited.

The medium is the message, said McLuhan.'Learning' over the internet is passive,lacks opportunity to ask questions or discuss findings.It encourages uncritical acceptance of 'truth'. Meanwhile,actual education establishments are under attack,being defunded & devalued.

The internet era fed the lie that finding one piece of information online made us experts,without having to spend years learning & deepening knowledge. At the same time, tv 'talent' shows fostered the idea that everyone could 'chase their dreams', even when they were of dubious ability.A potent mix.

I really think it's time we stop eating these creatures... spacedaily.com/sd-octopuses...

I realise facts don’t matter when you belong to a cult… but, Farage wants to take away workers’ rights, reduce NMW, scrap the Equality Act, take us out of the ECHR, implement a deregulation bonanza to ditch our consumer protections and sell off the NHS. He couldn’t give a shit about working people.

Reform dodging serious questions.

And if we’re not straightforward and honest with our financial affairs, we’re extremely likely to get found out and sanctioned. Why TF would someone who has his sights on the highest public office in the land - not be subjected to the same - or, ideally - a higher level of scrutiny? It’s a disgrace.

If Andy Burnham does become PM, the G7 will have two leaders who are Everton supporters. #Everton #AndyBurnham #MarkCarney

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We should stop calling it the "Iran war". It's the "American war". Or even just the "Trump war".

It's just one lie after another from this crook Bank-rolled by an ex-patriate tax avoider Reform's commitment to the poor is as genuine as its commitment to the nation www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Be kind today!

You're entitled to your own opinion. You're NOT entitled to your own facts. #BelieveTheScience What he said 💯 👇 👇 👇

Brexit voters wanted sovereignty back (which uk and all European countries already had) And stop what was perceived to be foreigners controlling the uk Only to give it ALL to Russians and a guy from Thailand

Remember to do this one thing, today and every day: be kind to everyone.

Nigel Farage is a GRIFTER - pass it on.

Was it a gift? Was it for security? Was it for Brexit? Was it for a house? FFS. Farage must think we’re all really thick. It was a £5million bribe from a Thailand-based crypto billionaire who wants his man in power so he’ll remove consumer protections and rocket-boost crypto trading. Inquiry done.

Nigel Farage purchased a £1.4 million house just after receiving £5 million 'donation' from that somewhat shady crypto guy in Thailand.

I can't believe Labour are messing this all up so badly. Why are they giving the RWM everything they want?!?!

Farage received a £5Million bribe to stand for parliament in Clacton so that a crypto billionaire would personally benefit from him being in power. And Farage didn’t declare it. Then he lied about it. Corrupt AF. Just go straight to a criminal investigation. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Embrace kindness folks! You'll feel better inside for it.

Labour governments do always seem to implode because of internal divisions, but I thought this one would hold out longer than it seems to be doing. Even their own MPs have drunk the right wing media which media poison.

Let's be clear: this momentum to remove Starmer is entirely a concoction of the right wing media which wanted him out on day 1. Everyone on the left who went along with it have been played for fools. And the RWM will do exactly the same to the next person.

Brexit is a fundamentally dishonest policy, peddled by rightwing vested interests hiding behind prejudice. It has made the UK ungovernable because it requires relentless deceit to sustain it. And yet - in practical terms - it is ruinous. It is the debt we all have to pay to the truth.

History will show that the USA defines & sustains itself through conflict with 'otherness', with someone or something that is not itself. America cannot abide people who look different from itself. #intolerance

WE DON'T NEED PETROLEUM-BASED PLASTICS ANYMORE! "The [bamboo plastic] outperforms most commercial plastics and bioplastics in mechanical and thermo-mechanical metrics while maintaining full biodegradability in soil within 50 days and closed-loop recyclability with 90% retained strength."

History will show that the USA defines & sustains itself through conflict with 'otherness', with someone or something that is not itself. America cannot abide people who look different from itself. #intolerance

Reform is a sham. It is a front for its 2 or 3 leaders to get rich, and in the process ruin the UK by turning it into Trumpland mk2.

That rise of Reform we keep hearing about 🙄

"Do not wait for life. Do not long for it. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in the here and now." ~ Marcel Proust La Seine à La Grande Jatte (1884) 🎨 Georges Seurat

Labour losing far more to Greens than they are to Reform.

It is a horrible truth of our world that war & conflict is fuelled by the arms industry, and that the arms industry is in turn sustained by war & conflict. Keir Starmer's refusal to join Trump's Iran folly may not of itself break the cycle but it is a righteous step in the right direction.

Extrapolating general election results from the local election results seems totally foolhardy to me since it fails to take into account very variable constituency profiles.

At this point, solving climate change is cheaper than not solving it -- not only on some grand 50 year time horizon, but tomorrow, today, immediately. Soving climate change *is* affordability. Maybe Dems should tell voters about that.

More than 2000 UK Jews have signed a petition against Nigel Farage being allowed to join an antisemitism rally. When are we going to talk about Reform's antisemitism crisis?

www.livescience.com/health/live/... When science is politicized, public trust collapses. Dismantling research, attacking experts, and undermining institutions like the CDC puts everyone at risk. We should never have to question whether public health is being guided by science or ideology. #SheShed

Always found this to be inspirational. 🦋🦋🇺🇦🇺🇦📎📎⚓️⚓️

Reform candidate Jay Cooper who said the Holocaust was a hoax is now a Reform Councillor. I imagine we will be hearing endlessly about this antisemitism...

Nigel Farage earns over a million pounds a year. Still claims £160,900 in expenses (benefits) Moans about people abusing benefits. But not himself, of course.

*Just revealed* US Spy Agencies agreed that Iran WASN'T building a Nuclear Weapon before Donald Trump started the war with Iran by assassinating their leader and hundreds of school children.

“The British press usually works itself into a fury if people in public life threaten legal action against journalists... But when it comes to the wall of money and lawyers propping up Farage and his finances, barely a squeak” Democracy dying in the darkness. www.independent.co.uk/voices/nigel...

Re Reform: a classic case of working people voting against their own interests. Attracted by someone who dresses like a billionaire farmer but who wants to dismantle the NHS & the state pension. Why would you vote for him?!?!

The iconography remains striking, even if they are not quite beaming themselves into the future anymore.

It's Europe Day! Today, we celebrate all that Europe stands for. And we celebrate all of us, the citizens of Europe. Because all together, we are Europe. Happy Europe Day!

The first thing Nigel Farage will introduce if he is elected is Health Insurance. The NHS correctly costs £200bn a year. In the USA Health Insurance is £14,000 a year per person £14,000 x 50m adults is £700bn a year. £500bn a year profit If you can't afford that you are dying