"I fear that President Rodriguez will also be overthrown and replaced with Trump’s puppet Maria Corina Machado, who just won the Nobel Peace Prize. " - Greg Palast www.gregpalast.com/when-venezue...

Today is a good time to read this again www.gregpalast.com/venezuela-wh...

The London College of Fashion is a building that should be saved not demolished c.org/HbN9rvZqxf

Over 30 MPs have already signed Cat Eccles MP's parliamentary motion, calling for our NHS to be ringfenced from public finance. Make sure your MP signs: vist.ly/4fkbd

Sign the petition weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...

😡This must be stopped! Labour's 2024 manifesto promised our NHS would always be "publicly owned and publicly funded". Now they are talking about reintroducing PFI into our NHS. PFI would set a ticking time bomb under our NHS that will blow up in patients' faces - ACT NOW.

IMPORTANT 🧵 We've been seeing how RFK Jr & anti-vax lobby has been steadily and effectively reducing access to vaccines in the US. But it could happen in UK too. It's a threat worth considering given Malhotra's speech at Reform conf & big overlap between anti-vax and RW populsim. Read on! 1/11

An excellent interview here of @zackpolanski.bsky.social by @goldbergradio.bsky.social → It’s really worth listening to, with so many thoughtful and relevant questions asked and valuable policy principles explained. Spot on throughout! 👏 Makes me delighted to be #Green !! 💚

This from @zackpolanski.bsky.social is so good youtube.com/watch?v=sTes...

The strange case of RFK jr - as told by @gregpalast.bsky.social www.gregpalast.com/bobby-why-ar...

Tell your MP: Bombing children is a red line. www.redlineforgaza.org.uk #gaza

🚨BREAKING: Rail fares could go up by 5.5%🚨 But they don't have to. There is a different way. Delivering public ownership of our whole railway - not only train operators - would allow the government to cut fares for you. 🆕READ our new report now: weownit.org.uk/passengersno...

If you still think privatised water works, you're probably either a water company shareholder or a government minister! The public, campaigners, academics and trade unions all want public ownership. It's time for The People's Plan for Water! Sign up 👇

This environment secretary is completely useless. You are the government and your job is to sort this mess out. Bring water into public ownership www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Today, MPs got a letter from Liz Kendall with the Government's panicked proposals for a two-tier disability benefits system, harsher and meaner to people who fall sick or disabled after Nov 2026. Not acceptable - Green MPs will vote against the Bill tomorrow #TakingThePIP #WelfareBill

We need more MPs with empathy and compassion like Olivia Blake www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

📢 Disabled People Against Cuts Protest @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social are protesting the UK government's proposed welfare reform on 30 June and a national day of action on 3 July. #WelfareNotWarfare Visit the campaign page for timings: www.nuj.org.uk/learn/ems-ev...

WelfareReformBill #WelfareNotWarfare 📢❌Tell Your MP to support the amendment no matter the colour of the rosette support the amendment 📢❌Tell your MP not to support any concessions 📢❌Vote NO to PIP & UC Bill 📢❌Contact your MP today Keep piling pressure on

The Railways Bill is good news for rail - BUT private companies are already lobbying govt to let them have 'an ongoing role' on the rail network. Passengers need public ownership of rail to truly deliver for them. Here's how your MP can make sure of it. weownit.org.uk/act-now/grea...

Dear Labour MPs - tell the whips to go fuck themselves. Don’t vote for this cruel welfare bill.

There are many contenders for what will be this Labour Government’s Poll Tax but this Bill is going to do so much harm it ought to suffer the same fate. #TakingThePIP

Government’s Green Paper proposes sweeping cuts to disability benefit. All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Poverty and Inequality has published its report appgpovertyinequality.org.uk/home-page/ap... and main points summarised below

IT’S NOT TOO LATE for the government to change course. Keir Starmer is being advised to urgently pause the Government's plans to cut disability & health benefits by Parliament's work & pensions committee who say they should not go ahead without a comprehensive impact assessment Contact your MP, NOW

Dear Keir Starmer - you are in power! Get on with the job of bringing water into public ownership. What are you waiting for? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Petition: bring Thames Water into public ownership weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...

Thames Water's in crisis AGAIN! 🚨 The way to end this crisis doom-loop is public ownership. And most MPs don’t know the facts about how to get this done. Wherever you live, take 1min to email your MP - ask them to read and sign our open letter now. 👇

Woolwich’s Harry Perry Cycles nears the end of the road after 51 years greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/05/23/h... @greenwichwire.bsky.social

Ah, the Crown Estate Paving Commission #CEPC , haven't heard of them for a while. (One for @westminster-lcc.bsky.social @camdencyclists.bsky.social @cycleislington.uk & co?) bsky.app/profile/fitz...

The trouble is with having a "grassroots music Tube map" is that places like the Birds' Nest, Endeavour, Fox & Firkin, Morden Arms, Pelton Arms, Lord Herbert, a chunk of record shops and even Woolwich Works get missed off. You are loved and welcomed in London, except when you're not on the Tube...

Petition: Don’t abandon the Chalk Stream recovery pack petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social

The congregation of a 120-year-old church in Charlton could lose their home next month after their landlords told them to leave. The site includes the former home of Sir William Barlow, the engineer who designed St Pancras station. greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/05/09/o...

A Greenwich Labour councillor who spoke up for local residents protesting against the sale of council land in her ward has quit after being threatened with a six-week suspension. greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/05/09/l...

❓How do you get Steve Reed the Environment Secretary to listen to your concerns about the private water industry? ❗⚽Meet him on his home turf.⚽❗ Lois is inviting Steve Reed to the football - fat cat water bosses can do it, so why shouldn't she? #Loisatthepalace

I am ashamed to have Keir Starmer as my MP. Watch this, please: youtube.com/watch?v=CTVf...

🚨BREAKING: New report shows private eye companies treating NHS patients are putting their profits before patient care. Take 1 minute to send our letter to your MP: weownit.org.uk/act-now/save...

Cannondale Caadx frame and forks, size 58cm www.ebay.co.uk/itm/18716080...

Sadiq Khan / TfL gave the go ahead for a road tunnel without building an equivalent fixed cycle bridge/tunnel in east london … so critical mass took things into their own hands and turned the Silvertown tunnel into a cycle route.

Petition: Protect Disabled people who cannot work from planned cuts to benefits. Please join me and sign this petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Keir Starmer’s government is a disgrace: Labour’s welfare cuts consultation called a ‘sham’ as PIP changes not up for discussion www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

EXPOSED: Fake water nationalisation tag would still save £3 billion a year. University of Greenwich research shows how taking back control of our water delivers a better deal for the public. Sign our petition to bring water into public ownership: weownit.org.uk/act-now/lets...

This is why the Silvertown Tunnel fails on sustainable transport wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/silvertown-t... by @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk

Worth subscribing to @greenwichwire.bsky.social to get the best local reporting in Greenwich. @darryl1974.bsky.social has had a lot of good stuff on this tunnel over the years - reporting where others have failed.

Climate Emergency Camden pointing out how hopeless @camdencouncil.bsky.social is on tackling climate change.

Keir Starmer has lost his humanity. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In which yours truly "blasts": road.cc/content/news...

“Every time you see a headline on “the cost of the benefits bill”, what you are really reading is “the cost of disabled people”.  My col. on Labour’s reported benefit cuts and the toxic narrative of the “moral” virtue of work. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Our latest email newsletter has a round up of the latest news, features, comment, local democracy reports, and public consultations open.substack.com/pub/fitzrovi... #Fitzrovia

Privatised water has failed. Just look at your water bills or the sewage pouring into our rivers. Steve Reed - include public ownership as an option in your independent commission on the water sector. Sign the petition weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...

This a cruel policy brought in by the Tories. It’s now cruelly prolonged under Labour who to their shame have not ended it. Find the money and end child poverty now.

All Souls School celebrates ‘outstanding’ Ofsted grade fitzrovianews.com/2025/02/14/a... #Fitzrovia #London