My statement on the protests in Iran. I support the human rights of everyone, everywhere.

Our very first experimental episode of Bear and Monk Debunks has now been out for about 24 hours or so - if you haven’t listened to it yet, you can do so here.

Really delighted to welcome Mish Rahman to the Green Party! "My decision is based on urgency." Now is the time for economic, racial, social and environmental justice. Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk

Farage backed Boris Johnson's disastrous Brexit deal and Liz Truss's catastrophic mini-budget. No wonder he’s welcoming Nadhim Zahawi, someone who enthusiastically supported both.

If life keeps knocking, I’ll keep answering.

Our latest episode, "The Oxfordshire Problem", is now available on Spotify, Apple thingy and YouTube (below). @paulwhitewick.bsky.social youtu.be/2VA7wTALxpo?...

Amazing discovery by my friend Alex Langlands www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In Britain and around the world, the movement against Trump's violent imperialism is growing. From his disgraceful illegal attack on Venezuela to his threats against Cuba and other Latin American countries, we have a moral duty to organise and resist.

A green, mossy world.

This all women, all early career team is officially on its way to the Wedell Sea, Antarctica to study sea ice and plankton!! Wish us luck in the dreadful Drake Passage 🤞🌊🐧🇦🇶 #oceanography #iceXplankton Krill pun shirts were gifts from co-I Tricia Thibodeau 💗

London Mayor Sadiq Khan hits back on one of the biggest gobshite arseholes in the culture-war circus. Source: Guardian #ukpolitics

The Tories, Labour & Reform love freeports as a way of laundering vast amounts of tax-free cash to millionaires, criminal drug & people trafficking gangs ... "£50m has been taken out of Teesworks in dividends" instead of creating jobs, social care, youth clubs, renewables ... x.com/vicderbyshir...

George Monbiot wrote this about Johnson’s unsuccessful attempts to warp British democracy in 2021. But we are way, way past such a moment regarding the Trump Administration. #r4today #Fascism #autocracy @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Britain supported Iran’s new Islamic regime in crushing the last remaining opposition to its rule in 1983. At the same time, the UK’s leading official in the country joked about Iran’s torture techniques, declassified files reveal. www.declassifieduk.org/how-britain-...

“Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses, because somewhere down the road of history, some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.” Dwight D. Eisenhower, Germany, 1945

Congratulations Alex @ajlanglands.bsky.social and team on this incredible discovery. What a way to kick off the New Year.

More appalling news from dystopia central www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

People have been trying to talk London down, but the evidence tells a different story. Last year saw: The lowest murder rate per capita since records began The fewest murders of those aged under 25 this century One of the lowest numbers of homicides for almost three decades

“An anti-racist march could be blocked from Whitehall because of a previous farmers’ protest, or a pride march restricted because a far-right demonstration was recently held in the same town.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

about time... Malaysia and Indonesia block X over failure to curb deepfake smut www.theregister.com/2026/01/12/a...

Waking up to the latest from the US … there’s some line about things happening slowly until they happen very fast.

You can judge a person by the size of their moral circle. Trump, for instance, has the smallest possible moral circle, containing only him. Be the opposite: expand your circle. Include, for example, animals currently raised for food. We shut them out of our consciences. It's time to bring them in.

This is also what Yvette Cooper, when she was UK Home Secretary, said about #PalestineAction. If you knew the secret stuff I know, you'd agree with me that they're terrorists. It's the cheapest and basest way for a politician to malign someone, and a clear sign of a flailing, undemocratic state.

Time for everyone to follow their (or all) local pro-EU group. 2016 is going to be a huge year for the rejoin campaign. 🙌

No Kemi, Trump threatening to invade a NATO ally is not a "second order issue." It’s a direct challenge to Britain’s security and the future of NATO.

I'm 74 next week (ex Labour now Green) and everything Zack Polanski is saying is music to my socialist ears. I've waited a lifetime for it. #Hope is back 💚

Still here. Still drawing myself back into the world.

‘Last year the company made profits of £35million on an income of £65 million — a rate of return of more than 50 per cent. The money goes to Blackbaud, a US-based cloud software company, which bought JustGiving in 2017 for £95 million.’ www.thetimes.com/article/d6d3...

“Drones are the killing machines of the 21st century, combining the remorseless brutality of medieval weaponry & the sadism of video games.” The Horrifying, AI-Enhanced Future of War Is Here newrepublic.com/article/2027...

www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/lon... @greenparty.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Not just the alternative for young people. Everyone who shares our values, wants lower bills and to tax billionaires is welcome! Help us take on Labour & Reform. Join.greenparty.org.uk

I went up a mountain hillfort and had my 50th party up there! youtube.com/watch?v=vbWO...

A dominant theme of Hitler's speeches in the late 1930s is that Germany was surrounded by threats. These threats were imaginary: it was Nazi Germany that threatened other nations. But they were used to justify pre-emptive attacks. Trump is following this script.

Officially colder than my consultant’s waiting room!

7. Gastroenterology review to inflammation 8. Swallowing assessment follow-up 9. Bloods 10. Nutrition review Cancer is never just cancer. There's a whole pile of other problems that go with it. Please continue to share and support my fight. gofund.me/c977910a0

Life as a head & neck cancer patient is a complex & busy one. My next hospital appointments include: 1. Oncology consultation 2. Immunotherapy treatment 3. Photobiomodulation session 4. Maxillofacial clinic to check osteoradionecrosis 5. X-rays 6. Thoracic clinic to review my lungs....

Ball. His court.

Trump has withdrawn the US from global climate treaties. Surprise, surprise his lapdogs in Reform want the UK to follow suit. But the facts won't change: the world is getting hotter, and clean energy was 90% of new power in 2025. Reform follow Trump; we'll follow the science.

Overseas care workers go above and beyond to support our loved ones. How does the government show its gratitude? By making it harder for them to live and work in the UK. I have written to the Home Secretary urging them to reverse these changes and support care workers instead!

I wrote to my MP. "We try to live lives full of purpose, of service and usefulness to others. What purpose are our lives if we don't help Heba Muraisi and Kamran Ahmed stay alive? We will all have failed so badly. Please, please help stop this." Find yours here: members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP

If it’s so insulting, then LEAVE THE PLATFORM!

More of the @manchestereveningnews.co.uk journalists have joined Bluesky. You can follow them here 👇 go.bsky.app/4XEh7QF We will keep updating the list as more join

PFI contracts - what a sh*t show of a policy from Blair's labour government 'work slowed down markedly in the final year of the contract' then contractor went into liquidation. £millions in profit syphoned off at the expense of our public services www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Let's all be more *Raven*....

Little more than 300 years ago, a wild Beara wolf may very well have stood in the exact same spot, with the exact same poise, as our collie Charlie here. In ecological terms, that's yesterday.

Good morning 😊 We’ve made it to Friday 🥳 The first week back can be really tiring - just think how the children are feeling! Lots of teaching for me today 👍🏽 Fortunately the weather looks ok here, but stay safe if you’ve got 🌨️ Happy Pink Friday people 🩷