Who controls the infrastructure of today’s UK? Increasingly it isn’t us domtristram.substack.com/p/the-nhs-pa...

Britain's 'patriotic' press cheering on the latest attacks on us by a hostile foreign leader

The Greens have polled higher than Labour in the latest poll by YouGov, which puts them only two points off Reform UK and five ahead of the governing party news.sky.com/story/greens...

Bath and NE Somerset Green Party now has more than 1,200 members! Join the movement to make hope normal again - join.greenparty.org.uk

The Green Party's victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election is a clear win for the politics of hope and change over a campaign dominated by fear, smears and victim-blaming from Reform and Labour domtristram.substack.com/p/a-historic...

🚨 The Greens WIN their first by-election in history 💚 Hope is here. It's all of us. Enjoy your Friday 🎉

Across England (including here in Bath and NE Somerset) the arrival of the 2026/27 council tax bill is set to deliver an unwelcome shock - up to 125 local authorities are raising council tax by at least 4.99% open.substack.com/pub/domtrist...

“We need a better system to fund local services. We need a national wealth tax, taxing 1% of assets over £10 million which should then be used to better fund public services.” open.substack.com/pub/bathnesg...

The Labour government object to us talking about Gaza. Genocide is serious and they should hang their heads in shame for arming it, not complaining to journalists. Not surprised they're distracting from their other failures - like addressing the cost of energy bills and rent.

The media is lying to you about net zero www.instagram.com/reel/DUsrmoe...

Final weekend. One last push. This is about whether you want local plumber Hannah Spencer or the extreme Reform candidate. It's hope vs hate. It's Greens vs Reform. Hope can win.

England water company bosses raked in £15m+ in pay/perks last yr. £900m dividends paid. Customer bills up 26%. Companies have 1200 criminal convictions. Fines not collected. Sewage dumping killing people. No exec prosecuted. End the scam. Must Nationalise.

Drug deaths have risen every year for 13 years. That’s 13 years of a failed “war on drugs”. Labour should be looking at legalisation, control and regulation - not playing politics with people’s lives. This is a public health crisis. Treat it like one. Not a game.

You’d never hear calls to ‘vote tactically’ or to ‘keep someone out’ again. But they refuse to change, so we *must* vote for parties that will introduce PR. A vote for a party that supports FPTP is a vote for future Reform government (2/2)

Parties exist to gain political power. Don’t be surprised they contest elections. I often hear ‘the Greens are splitting the vote!’, but that’s the political system *Labour have chosen*. Labour could end the threat of a Reform government right now if they adopt PR. (1/2)

Stonegate, Britain's largest pub company and a holding of private equity firm TDR Capital, carries over $4 billion in debt from its 2019 leveraged acquisition of Ei Group. Private equity backed and overseas-owned companies now control roughly a quarter to a third of all British pubs.

It is more important than ever that we present climate action as a positive in people’s lives and highlight the motives (and funding) of those opposing it open.substack.com/pub/domtrist...

This week the UK government cut its contribution to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) by around a third. This is a wrong-headed and backwards step that, ethics aside, is unlikely to even 'save money' domtristram.substack.com/p/why-slashi...

Reform-led Worcestershire to set highest Council Tax increase in England www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... - it’s almost as if they lie to get elected and turn out to be incompetent isn’t it?

Today the UK government published a long‑awaited action plan on per‑ and poly‑ fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). It is alarming reading - domtristram.substack.com/p/pfas-why-t...

England’s most deprived areas are projected to get materially worse by the next general election unless investment and policy shift significantly open.substack.com/pub/domtrist...

Always remember that this is the man that Farage and Reform idolise

The ultra-wealthy and corporations are dictating what politicians in the old parties and Reform do. We need to make sure that policy is made in the interests of the people, not those with the most money open.substack.com/pub/domtrist...

This is what leaving the EU means - being so scared that Trump might make (already terrible) trade deals we’ve got with the US even worse that we dare not criticise him. In today’s world you are either part of a large block of countries or you do what those blocks tell you.

Musk, Reform and the right like to bang-on about 'freedom of speech' being eroded in the UK. However, the reality is that according to the global press freedom index the UK sits at 20th 'most freedom' while their poster child US is way below us at 57th rsf.org/en/index

Keen to reduce your dependence on US companies given the unpredictable and unethical actions of their government? Here are some European alternatives for digital services european-alternatives.eu

I promise that I will do as much as I can in any elected position or role I ever have, now or in the future, to get Palantir out of any public sector organisation. Why? @carolecadwalla.bsky.social can tell you open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

Good morning. A regular reminder: a tiny few hoard staggering wealth and own much of the media, while millions struggle to survive. That’s not an accident. It’s a choice made by those in power. Tax wealth. Fund public services. Build an economy for everyone - not the 1%.

Britain once led the world with ambitious environmental law but is now on course to miss the majority of its commitments domtristram.substack.com/p/britains-n...

The latest figures reveal that England’s social‑housing sector is declining sharply even as demand surges open.substack.com/pub/domtrist...

On average during 2025 one pub a day closed in England and Wales - domtristram.substack.com/p/what-2025s...

Capping political donations matters for UK democracy. Large donations can dwarf grassroots fundraising and give disproportionate influence to wealthy individuals or opaque funding streams domtristram.substack.com/p/capping-po...

For decades the ECHR has underpinned basic safeguards used by individuals every day to challenge injustices domtristram.substack.com/p/why-leavin...

As winter deepens and nights draw long, a telling sign of the UK’s ongoing cost‑of‑living crisis is emerging: the rapid rise of community “warm spaces” - domtristram.substack.com/p/warm-space...

The UK government has quietly but significantly revised its approach to environmental regulation, turning what was once a progressive requirement into a potential loophole for developers domtristram.substack.com/p/ditching-b...

Do you want people like this running your council? www.instagram.com/reel/DROwSr_...

Musk has contempt for our laws and is poisoning our society. Help to hold him to account. The ultra rich should not be above the law goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...

"Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors" democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...

You don’t have to ‘imagine’ it at all. So what do we do about it? Read more: open.substack.com/pub/domtrist...

“We have a number of concerns around affordable housing, climate and sustainability and the lack of data ... We need genuinely affordable homes so that people can live and work here.” bathnesgreens.substack.com

What would the Green Party do at the Budget? 💡 Cut energy bills by ending profiteering 🚰 Cut water bills by bringing water into public hands 🏠 Give councils the power to control rents 🚸 Lift the two-child benefit cap and extend free school meals to all Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.

The BBC works with more independent media companies than anyone else in the UK. Those attacking the BBC are attacking thousands of UK creative jobs outside the BBC itself and would severely damage the economy.

"The way a government treats refugees is very instructive because it shows you how they would treat the rest of us if they thought they could get away with it." Tony Benn

As a parent of autistic children this sort of ignorance and petty vindictiveness makes me furious. Reform are all about targeting the most vulnerable in society. I’m not targeted by their racism, but my family is targeted by their ableism. And they will find a way to target you too.

Not even blinking between openly using "illegal immigration" to refer to "asylum seekers". When asylum is not only my illegal, but internationally required not to be. Mahmood is the shadow of cruelty in our politics. Reform could cease to exist and she'd still be pushing for this.

Britain's ambition to deliver a net-zero economy, revitalise manufacturing and ensure decent jobs across the country is running into a somewhat hidden barrier - the tax and business-rates framework open.substack.com/pub/domtrist...

Good turnout for the Remembrance Day parade in Radstock this afternoon

Britain is a mad world filled with many far-right thugs running amok. Where Tommy Ten Names can get off on a terrorism charge. Yet two Irish lads supporting Palestine Action can get arrested under anti-terrorism laws for holding pizza boxes signs in London. www.sundayworld.com/news/world-n...

Try to stop your friends and family using Twitter news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Despite decades of the Right, and now Labour, claiming that work is the route out of poverty, a significant number of families on low incomes, even those with a parent in work, are trapped in a cycle of hardship domtristram.substack.com/p/why-the-tw...