It’s time for Keir Starmer to pick a side. From protecting our right to peaceful protest, to getting us off dangerous fossil fuels, the UK can be the alternative to everything that’s wrong with Trump. act.gp/46qWAOI

Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Stop the water stitch-up!. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...

Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0

Interest rates are a terrible way to control inflation. open.substack.com/pub/jgs952/p...

🎄Season's greetings from everyone at the Grantham Institute. We wish you all a fun and restful festive period 🎉 We'll be back in 2026 with more world-class research, policy, training and innovation to tackle climate change together.

"Much of MMT is neither new nor wrong: it’s just standard economic theory presented in different language. The disagreement arises not over whether government can compel the central bank to finance its spending, but to what extent government should do this." criticalfinance.org/2025/12/19/w...

Thank God for that! The first reasonable article about #MMT and @zackpolanski.bsky.social 's fresh take on the economy. Well done @newstatesman1913.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politics/gre...

We can't let the future of the BBC be decided by its enemies and politicians swayed by billionaires. We have to protect its independence. Sign the petition today and make sure the public has its say on the future of our BBC: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Bernard Manning rides again: how TikTok and Instagram are promoting racist “jokes” to teens Sketches from the 70s & 80s featuring slurs including the N word are going viral on social media, shared by millions and boosted by algorithms @stokel.bsky.social reports www.thenerve.news/p/bernard-ma...

CEOs are earning hundreds of times more than their staff. Tesco’s boss made 431x the average worker last year! 😳 Sign the petition for a maximum wage and help make pay fair you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/it...

Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable NHS dental care. I’ve signed 38 Degrees’ petition demanding Keir Starmer properly funds NHS dentistry now, will you join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...

#mmt #obviously

Protests have taken place in Spain, Italy and Portugal to call for a curb on mass tourism.

“Reform has reached the tipping point where first-past the-post can aid it. Labour last year won 63% of seats on 34% of votes, Farage could win a majority on puny votes. Electoral reform is now in every party’s interest, and above all, in voters’” Polly Toynbee www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Agree people don’t know what councils do etc. But I also think the public is reasonable enough to question why the local area looks dirty/declining etc while council tax bills have gone up and up and up and up and up. Politically it’s therefore currently ripe for undeliverable promises

Who do you trust more, Lords or Citizens? Watch to see why I've just signed a petition calling for a House of Citizens: bsky.app/profile/sort...

Who do you trust more, Lords or Citizens? Watch to see why I've just signed a petition calling for a House of Citizens: bsky.app/profile/sort...

Our political system is broken - public trust is at an all-time low, and abuse in politics is rising. Change is only possible if we work together. Sign our open letter to MPs and demand a better politics for all! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/he...

My MP, @elliereeves.bsky.social: when will Rachel Reeves tax the ultra-rich rather than cut down the aid budget?

“71 years ago, MI6 and the CIA overthrew Iran's democracy. British officials wanted "a non communist coup d'état" in Iran to install a "dictator" who would promote UK oil interests, declassified files show.” By @declassifieduk.org - follow them.

This but for democracy

Sources say "while Labour had spent time considering reforms of the EA and Ofwat in order to fix the sewage crisis, some stricter options that had been proposed were now off the table" Fixing the sewage crisis in England was a key manifesto promise www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We are now at nearly 4,000, keep spreading the word....

👇 Fossil fuel subsidies need to end. Now.

Food prices globally could increase by 3.2 percentage points and overall inflation by 1.18 points by 2035 due to climate change, according to research by the European Central Bank and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. www.nature.com/articles/s43...