"Like so many of these so-called think tanks, the Tony Blair Institute dances to the tune of its funders" Was so great to talk about Blair, Larry Ellison, Keir Stamer and corporate capture with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/george-mon...

Transcript from President Restraining Order’s speech before the UN

The weight of evidence against Matt Hancock & the rest of Johnson's WhatsApp cronies is completely overwhelming. If there are no arrests or prosecutions, it will be the biggest & most obvious cover-up ever. And Labour will be 100% complicit in that cover-up. #CovidInquiry #PPEScandal #VIPLanes

Scotland is on the right side of history 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸🍉

ITV’s The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money shows how government went from no PPE to mountains of it with huge contracts handed to firms with little to no track record. Our director Jo Maugham explains Good Law Project’s role in exposing the VIP lane.

Brilliant from @privateeyenews.bsky.social

Pay attention folks 👏👏

Performative christianity is the weirdest and cringiest sh!t I have ever seen in my entire life. 😬

"It's the immigrants." Look at this picture. It's these people.

I’m watching and it’s astounding. We all knew something like this was going on - but the extent of it! While so many were suffering, dying, sunk into loneliness - a few were absolutely RAKING IT IN. The COVID health crisis was a very, very lucrative opportunity for some.

The new leader of @greenparty.org.uk is putting almost every other party leader in the UK to shame, and a lot more politicians besides. When did you hear anything like this from any other party leader?

Not just Unpopular! He's also the Most Unworthy-Unqualified-Unethical-Uneducated-Unprepared-Undemocratic-Unfortunate-Unhinged-Unjust-Unread-Unappealing-Unconscionable-Untrustworthy-Unscrupulous-Unstable-Unbearable-Unlikable-Unreliable-Unsound & Unctuous President in Modern American History. 🇺🇸 🙄

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.

55 Billion of Tax payer $ went to Israel's genocide of Palestine.

"And this is a gift from my brother, he says he took it at one of your parties"

The Post Office paid law firm £86m for dealing with the public inquiry into the scandal. 30 years later victims await compensation for false prosecutions. Despite evidence no exec charged. Fujitsu, lawyers, advisers complicit. Made millions in fees. No contribution to compensation fund.

"Christian nationalists want the US to be a Christian nation, but they don't want to follow the words of Christ. It's like irony & hypocrisy having violent hate-sex." www.simonandschuster.com/books/Separa...

Written by a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital, London after the Tommy Robinson march on 13/9.

A decline in living standards paved the way for toxic groups to seize the narrative, Green MP Carla Denyer writes for HuffPost UK.

"Every country was put on notice by the ICJ that there was a plausible risk of genocide in Gaza.. every country became obliged under the law.. not to speak fine words, to take action to prevent genocide.. that obligation was activated on 24th Jan 2024" Chris Sidoti spells it out

Big money is warping our democracy. As Peter Geoghegan from Democracy for Sale explains, donations that were once £50k are now millions - buying access, influence, and even government contracts. The government must cap political donations so our politics can’t be bought by the super-rich.

What would Orwell think about a huge face on a gigantic screen telling a crowd of people they should wage war on foreigners and dissidents? No way of knowing, I guess.

Edinburgh protest, Thu 18 Sept 10 September 2025 Protest against Trump’s state visit in Edinburgh! Thursday 18 September, 6pm, The Meadows (near the Pavilion Cafe).

I don't think Peter Mandelson is PM's biggest problem. The biggest problem is not standing up to the literal violent racism on our streets, supercharged by the richest man in the world, and threatening the very fabric of our society. If he and so many commentators can't see this, we're truly lost.

Tesla boss Elon Musk wants to overthrow UK govt. Big pharma wants the NHS to pay higher drugs prices or else. Banks warn govt not to levy higher taxes on them, cut worker wages they say. People bear cost of corporate pollution, abuses. Choice - Curb corporate power and slavery or democracy.

How British corrupt makes most of us poor & living in sh*t and a few billionaires even wealthier ...

Coincidentally, I just posted this... bsky.app/profile/ltro...

Far right protest today: 29 - police officers injured 9 - protestors arrested Proscribed group protests: 0 - police officers injured 1,600 - protestors arrested We have Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper to thank for this absurd anomaly

Nothing says “we’re not Nazis” like “we’re going to use the government to find each and every one of you.”

This is America.

"If the United States could only see what the United States is doing to the United States, the United States would invade the United States to save the United States from the tyranny of the United States" ᶠʳᵒᵐ ᵃⁿ ᵘⁿᶜʳᵉᵈⁱᵗᵉᵈ ᵐᵉᵐᵉ

UK banks sued over shared appreciation mortgages that left people with huge debts. Borrowed £33,000, repayment £660,000+. No attempt by regulator to bring a test case. Products not tested for potential harms before sale. No end to bank scandals. Govt deregulating, diluting customer protection.

What a line-up of mediocre greasy pole climbers ascending to that great champagne socialist pinnacle a seat in the House of Lords

Some examples of just how fuckin shit PFI deals are North Ayrshire Council – will have paid £440.1million by 2038 for 4 schools constructed 2 decades ago for £83million.

Starmer, like his predecessors, sneaks into Scotland, hides and leaves. No fanfare, no accountability, no scrutiny. They come when they want our votes, or for the odd photo op, then back to London. www.thenational.scot/news/2544186...

But of course Dorries has joined Reform… Reform is like a drain pulling all the shite towards it. Soon, all the political rubbish will have gathered there.

We need an HHS Secretary who respects science and does not make policy based on conspiracy theories. Vaccines are safe and effective. Kennedy is threatening the health of our kids and all Americans. He must resign.

Epstein victims' lawyer: While we have seen the documents, you haven't. When you see the documents, you're going to be appalled. The American people deserve to see everything. Evil flourishes in the darkness. RELEASE ALL THE EPSTEIN FILES!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸 I am proud that the Scottish Parliament has overwhelmingly voted for our motion to call for the recognition of the State of Palestine. Scotland stands proudly in solidarity with the people of Gaza in the face of genocide.

No cap on political donations. No limit on influence. That’s not democracy—it’s donor rule. Enough is enough: it’s time to cap political giving. Read more in our latest blog post. electoral-reform.org.uk/is-there-a-l...

My favorite sign at today's music festival.

Celtic board have just released a statement

They were all sustainable long before the onslaught of private enterprise that brought us the 'Gig economy' and the lessening of freedom of movement. What Westminster has done really well is to carry on Thatcher's legacy of capitalism against public ownership where profit stays with the elite.

In fact people in the UK have no protections at all. A Labour UKGovt with only 34% of the vote, can do anything, remove any rights, curb any freedom without restriction & entirely legally. They make The Law. The UK is an elected dictatorship with a powerful oligarch owned media & a govt-run BBC 🤔☹️

Tony Blair has gone to the US to discuss with the Trump administration, the plans for Gaza after the war. They're not interested in the people of Gaza, or ending the war, they're interested in the land, and what happens with it after the war. They both are working completely in Israeli interests.

"How significant is the fact that Tony Blairs involved in discussions about a post war Gaza?" Ash Sarkar: "Well I guess it's because Satan was unavailable"

"A new report has found shocking levels of exploitation in the rental sector" Don't worry, a party packed with MPs who are also exploitative landlords will sort this out, right? #GMB

I've been in the UK 3 weeks, and I am shocked at how much Farage, Yousaf, Tice et al are on UK TV screens. Britain has a serious far-right problem. The ideology of these fascists has been magnified and platformed to the extreme, it has now gotten dangerously out of control. This is totally insane.