Calling all socialist in Manchester If you want to stop Reform Ltd in Gorton & Denton canvass, leaflet, support, vote for Green Party candidate Hannah Spencer #SocialistSunday "Ellie Chowns wins applause on BBC QT, exposing Reform UK immigration myths" www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

"If Reform UK ever formed a government, it would drag women’s rights back decades. Don’t believe us? Look at what they and their candidates actually say ..." - childless, pay more tax - two child cap on benefits - end work from home www.facebook.com/permalink.ph... via Reform Are Not Your Friends

Few days in Margate with my better half. Pint of Squiddly in The Shakespeare. But of rugby on the telly. Happy Valentines Day!

The NHS is now going to be under even more pressure thanks to Trump and Kier Starmer's terrible deal with him over pharmaceuticals.

Plato knew a thing or two. Problem is our governmental system still ignores his advice. In the UK our electoral system is specifically designed to enhance these shortcomings. If we don't get electoral reform before the next election, the consequences could be catastrophic for this country.

"We want to stop them bleeding people dry." The Green Party want to see stricter regulations on gambling to reduce harm. Nigel Farage thinks gambling shops are great places for lonely people to hang out... What do you think?

Reform UK's plans for our very own ICE force. Something that's left two innocent people executed on the streets in the USA and thousands more abused, tortured and dissappeared. Do you want this for your community? Are you sure they won't be coming for you?

I'm generally not a preachy vegan. You eat what you want to eat. But if you're concerned about climate change (and you really should be) then you should inform yourself about the impact your food choices have on the future you'll leave your children and grandchildren to face www.cowspiracy.com/facts

A Green momentum is building across Oxfordshire! Live in Witney, Kidlington, Bicester, Woodstock, and surrounding areas? Join the Green Party and become part of the North and West Oxfordshire Green Party community. 💚 join.greenparty.org.uk

Shakespeare's play "Sir Thomas More" was written in the late 16th century, dramatizing events from the life of Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor. It includes this speech in response to the anti-immigrant riots of May Day 1517. 400 years on it's still depressingly relevant youtu.be/DceEunnTA3A?...

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This is what oligarchy is about: If you paid 1 penny in federal income taxes last year, you paid more than Tesla - a $1.3 trillion company owned by Elon Musk, the wealthiest man alive, who became $460 billion richer since Election Day after spending $290 million to elect Trump.

This man is a disgrace. He'd rather cosy up to Donald Trump than stand up for the memory of our own fallen servicepeople.

via Truth Against Hate

Children want to live in a peaceful world. It's a shame adults seem to be creating anything but as their legacy corp.oup.com/news/peace-n...

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The poundshop Enoch is at it again!

Some retailers seem to be doing ok then. Value is key www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2026/01...

A former disgraced Tory with questionable financial acumen and a background of iffy tax affairs. Sounds like the perfect candidate for Reform. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Trump's new Oval Office portrait has just been released

Didn't take long for the Labour government to return to it's previous position of authoritarianism and public suppression did it? This is the main reason I abandoned them 15 years ago amidst their last orgy of overbearing, restrictive public control policies www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...

This is Trump's America. Innocent citizens shot dead for no reason by untrained bullies with guns. International and internal law routinely flouted. Trump accused Maduro of state sponsored terrorism. By his own standards he's also guilty and should be held to account www.advocate.com/news/minneso...

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Delighted to be included in the Rethink Retail list of Top Retail Experts for another year! rethink.industries/top-retail-e...

This is great! We need it here! vm.tiktok.com/ZNRrN91mv/

We need to be seeing more investment into climate change resilience. The impacts are inevitable now but our response to those impacts are what we need to be urgently planning for. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Yes you can have a delicious plant based Christmas dinner

Misty hilltop run today #runningbluesky

I remember Christmas being such an exciting time as a high street retailer. Now it's just stressful and often disappointing. I miss having physical stores, but I don't miss this! www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2025/12...

About time! Claims that hunting is part of rural life is like saying sending children up chimneys is part of city culture. It's an outdated cruel anachronism that needs to end. Hunts were given the chance to play nice. Instead they gamed the system. Now it's game over! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Today's run is a bit later than usual, but worth it for the fabulous skies

My traditional photograph with the Green Santa at last week's Green Fair. Almost exactly 10 years on from my first photo with him at the same event. He doesn't seem to have aged, but then I suppose he wouldn't would he?

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.

🏠NIMBY's on housing? Not the Greens! The fact is - local authorities where the Green Party holds a majority build a LOT more housing than any other, and EVEN in councils where we don’t hold the majority, the Greens have come out second only to the SNP! 1/6

“If you go back a million minutes, you reach 2023. Go back a billion minutes, you reach the Roman Empire — that’s the scale of inequality we’re living with.” Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget

Was feeling miserable and lazy this morning. Didn't want to run as it's so cold and I haven't been out on this weather for a while. But gave myself a metaphorical kick up the backside and got out here. So glad I did!

We share our residents' anger about the illegal landfill at #Kidlington. The Environment Agency is investigating and will be in charge of arranging the clean-up. If you have any information that could assist their investigation, call their 24-hour hotline: 0800 807060. 1/2

Please sign this petition, especially if you live in Oxfordshire. Even more especially if you live in Kidlington. This needs an urgent response from government as it's far too big for any single local agency to deal with c.org/wRKcvkYG8f

Yesterday the UK Home Secretary said in a TV interview, and I quote: "We want to make the UK a less attractive place for people to come." Job well done on that score, I'd say.

This has been on the cards for some time. A fairly niche offer in a world of DIY stores and bathroom/kitchen showrooms. It had a place back in the day with a more exclusive USP but overreached itself with so many branches. www.insidermedia.com/news/nationa...

Today’s episode of “there is a better way.” Helsinki went a full year without a car-related fatality. For the 90th million time, we ask-why not here? Why can’t we have the healthy, safe, secure, efficient, civilized goods others have: schools free of mass shootings, safe sidewalks, health care…

Lovely pint of Squiddly Diddly at my usual favourite watering hole with my mate Ron

Tonight was a very bad night.