I thought that the idea of the private sector was that they invested their money not ours. Will the taxpayer now get the profits from this ethylene plant or will billionaire Jim pocket them?

Reform UK Councillors seem to be having a good few problems. Here's another example. Why is this? www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc....

Good to hear Rachel Reeves finally attack the 2 child benefit cap - but if Labour were so much against it, why’s it taken them so long to scrap it? And why were Labour MPs suspended for saying *exactly* the same last year? There’s no moral high ground here #budget2025

The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population. How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich? They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.

Plenty of solar energy capacity on rooftops as this project shows. Take action on the CPRE campaign now. Even the government agrees!! @cpresussex.bsky.social @cprecountryside.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social @sianberry.bsky.social www.theargus.co.uk/news/2564579...

Not enough on getting rid of fossil fuels by any means www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Not a claim to be proud of. "Never directly" is fullsome equivocation. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

There was no real evidence for Brexit from Farage and so can anyone expect there will there be any evidence for this? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

High up on the BBC website: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr...

The UK is about to give the US an extra £3bn a year. The NHS 'can't afford' to pay doctors £500m a year more. But it will give the USA 6x as much for nothing.

This kind of behaviour is simply unacceptable. Why not take their titles away completely? @bladeofthes.bsky.social @jamellebouie.net www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Increasingly moving science to the footnotes (or eliminating data and evidence entirely) and elevating anti-science, misleading health information, and false claims to the center stage of messaging and practice within HHS & CDC.

Nuts! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tesco is cancelling Christmas. But it ain't by not putting 'Christmas' on their products.

Zia Yusuf declares "That's irrelevant." When told his parents were economic migrants and asked why he wants it banned? But actually it's very relevant.

There is simply too much money in football www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Interesting to read in the Times of Labour Ministers admitting that the Green Party are very much ready to take them (and Reform) on. "Polanski plans to redistribute power with a smile." www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

USA wanting too much of its own way? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Well I never expected this @cpresussex.bsky.social @cprecountryside.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

This is a remarkable admission from Southern Water. @cpresussex.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social will be more than puzzled by part of the sewage treatment system appearing on the beach. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

In many ways a remarkable document. One that might well allow most of the environment to be free from any form of protection. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Vote Reform and get something unacceptable even to Reform. www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc....

Vote Reform and get something completely different ... a set of Councillors who are unacceptable even to Reform.

The UK government seem concerned it's too early to sign-up. Soon, this kind of inaction will mean it's too late. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Let's make hope normal again. theboar.org/2025/11/soci...

The 60 Minutes interview, in which Nora O’Donnell let Trump blather on with lie after lie without fact-checking him or pushing back, is a reminder of why we need journalists who will hold him accountable rather than just giving him a platform to spread lies.

What if maximum wealth were limited to $50bn and anything above that was returned to the customers and workers who created the additional wealth? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Those marketing (totally bunk) "stem cell" supplements love lean on meaningless wellness-woo phrases, like natural, GMO-free, pure, organic, toxin-free... Science-y nonsense + wellness nonsense = BS Supergroup! Our study: www.cell.com/stem-cell-re... cc @stemcellnetwork.ca @isscr.org

This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works. I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.

Hannan and Frost in the Telegraph. Sunak in the Times. Kwasi Kwarteng in the iPaper. Johnson in the Mail. Gove editing the Spectator. Farage everywhere. All of them shamelessly honking out their ‘Listen to me!’ garbage, as the country flails around in the unbelievable mess they’ve made. Nauseating.

Rep. Adam Smith: "This country has not agreed to have the death penalty for drug smuggling. If we want to have that policy conversation, we can have that policy conversation, but the president has unilaterally decided that lethal force is going to be applied. It's an enormous expansion of power."

In 1932, the Soviet Union utilized food shortages as a means of coercion against the Soviet Ukrainian population. Called the Holodomor, it was a man-made famine used for political purposes, much like what Republicans in Congress are getting ready to do to fellow Americans.

Happy Halloween. Trickle-down economics is nothing more than a cruel hoax designed to enrich corporations and the super-rich. For working people, it's been 40 years of all trick and no treat. Enough.

Swear her in. Release the Epstein Files.

Abortion Pill Is Safe. Scientists Fear FDA Will Ignore Science www.scientificamerican.com/article/fda-... by @lizszabo.bsky.social Me: RFK Jr bolstered his arguments with "questionable sources that merely look real." "Doubt mongering is a very effective strategy, especially in the health space."

Almost 100% of children in 73 neighbourhoods in England are living in income-deprived families. Govts push real wage/benefit cuts, two-child benefit cap; oppose universal basic income; don't curb profiteering. No govt targets to cut poverty. 1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/31/p... .... all hands to the pumps?

Building on a post in honor of World Phage Week (Oct 22-28), some additional reflections on the use of phage to confront the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant infections: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Success 💥 Andrew has been stripped of his titles – no one should be able to hold to titles they don’t deserve.

An extraordinary realignment of British politics If you want to see @TheGreenParty take on Reform - this is the moment Join.greenparty.org.uk

Corporate Rip-off. Ofcom rules brought in to stop phone/broadband companies from hiking prices mid-contract. O2 to ignore the rules. 15.6m O2 customer bills to rise 40% more than expected. Other companies bound to follow. They raise capital from customers. Customers need enforceable rights

Another Labour shambles www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Another Reform shambles. www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc....

Compare and contrast. Absentee MP -v- his constituency. Greedy grifting spiv -v- most deprived English neighbourhood. He really couldn’t give a shit. He feeds off the inequality and anger to line his own pockets. He doesn’t want solutions because the problems are his income stream. (iPaper & BBC)

Here's a different view to Gates': www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Billionaires aren't always right. This "strategic pivot" is a case of trying to shut a stable door with the horse jammed in it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...