72 hours of sewage dumped this summer in Deal. This is no accident, it’s a failure. Southern Water - stop treating our sea like a sewer. #SouthernWater #Deal #SaveOurSeas

We’ve put together a starter pack of trade unions in the UK. Follow to get news from the UK labour movement. 👇

Author copies for Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social arrived today! If you re-post this by Sept 30 we'll put you in a drawing & send the winner a free signed copy anywhere they happen to be on the planet.

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty. If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐 There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION YET? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

A little careless, yes. A monster, no. observer.co.uk/news/columni... #Labour #Rayner

On the same day in the Telegraph:

"A lot of people are seeing a rise in anti Muslim hate crime.. these are anti Muslim hate crimes & there doesn't seem to be any politician whose standing up & reassuring millions of Muslims in this country that the country is behind you" Well said @adilray.bsky.social #GMB

Newly elected Green Party leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social is asked, would he ever work with Keir Starmer?

Racism has cost the UK yet another nurse. This will be the cost, you will be left with racist thugs and no healthcare.

We are so sick of this… In what world is a ‘double-tap’ a mishap?

When Labour in the future say you have to vote for them to stop Reform – remember there are countless reasons that argument is equal parts absurd and offensive. But 26th August 2025 should stand out for their complete capitulation to the right. Absolutely shameful.

Is this a joke? Already this year energy companies have made £61 billion, so rising energy prices only increases their profits further. Regulators are supposed to protect us: they’ve proven to be pointless time and time again. #energy #Ofgem #CostOfLiving news.sky.com/story/energy...

Wrote a thing - www.lbc.co.uk/article/migr...

Tories trying to remain relevant 🤷‍♂️ #Tory #Hypocrites

Who would have thought it? Especially problematic when visa applications for industries like Health and Social care are on the decline. www.ft.com/content/8bfd...

Good on the Mirror for having the bravery to strike out against this bullshit

It is very nearly the tenth anniversary of that brief moment when, for 2 or 3 days, British newspapers remembered refugees are desperate human beings who need our help, rather than scum that it's okay to threaten with violence.

20% of our drinkable water is lost through leaky pipes. No new reactors in 30 years. Annual hosepipe bans. This isn’t sustainable. #Water #waterquality www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Labour members want it, voters want it. Why don’t Reed and Starmer want it? Renationalise water NOW!! #Water #Deal

Sevington should be used as a lorry park - an alternative to Operation Brock and Tap 👇👇 open.substack.com/pub/jamiepou... #Sevington

Just 1.5% of Universal Credit claimants are refugees. Someone should let Nigel Farage and his party know www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/jus...

This is important.

These 'savings' seem to involve not using solar power, not upgrading council buildings, not buying electric vehicles for council fleet So not doing stuff that will mean higher future costs for the councils on fuel & heating bills Utter foolishness www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

Imagine being this pig headed, and then refusing to apologise too. What an embarrassment. #Lowe

Southern Water are damaging Deal, in Kent. 👇 #Waterquality open.substack.com/pub/jamiepou...

Mistakenly? Or they’ve been fed false information by the media and bad faith actors for years. #Migration @yougov.co.uk

Motherfucking wind farms…

A shake up of democracy could liven things up #Politics www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

England's water companies lose 1 trillion litres of water a year to leaks. Dump sewage in rivers, have 1,135 criminal convictions Built no new reservoirs since 1989. Paid £85bn in dividends, have debt of £70bn One- third of the customer bills cover debt servicing. Govt is OK with privatisation.

UK Minister ‘furious’ about England & Wales water bills. Ministers talking PR gimmicks. Public ownership is necessary but ruled out. Since 1989 shareholders extracted £85bn in dividends which should have been invested. Nationalise without compensation.

So Keir Starmer's strategy on welfare cuts has essentially been to: 1) Fail to engage with Labour MPs before launching the policy 2) Ignore all warnings about a rebellion 3) U-Turn at the very last minute after the damage is done 4) Promise a new approach 5) Suspend the MPs anyway

Supporting NEU staff today in London, taking strike action #Unite

I asked the Govt "how many criminal convictions have been secured by regulators against Southern Water since privatisation." The Minister won't answer (see link below). Between 1989 and 2024 SW had 119 convictions Does the Minister not know or doesn't want to put the data on parliamentary record?

Everyone should have access to safe, affordable water. But our privatised system puts profit first. So I'm getting behind the People's Plan for Water. If you're with me, add your name to the call for public ownership: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...

It's completely insane. If introduced you'd have large numbers of families rendered destitute and local authorities would have to support them with no money available to do so.

Keir Starmer delays ‘day one’ workers’ rights until 2027 amid business concerns www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/keir-st...

This, to be considered by the House of Commons this afternoon, needs to cause as much political trouble for the government as the welfare bill. Ask your MP to stand up for the right to protest.

1. Starmer was warned and warned that his benefits cuts were not just cruel and unfair, but a political disaster. He dismissed the warnings, even this week, as no more than "noises off". Now, as the disaster materialises, he's desperately backtracking. Here's an idea: how about listening? 🧵

Iran were already at the negotiating table before Israel and the US decided to ‘pre-emptively’ bomb them.

I was unjustly expelled from the Labour Party earlier this year following an allegation by the Labour MP for Dover and Deal, Mike Tapp. I am appealing with the help of lawyers, Bindmans LLP. Please support my case if you can, and please share widely. www.crowdjustice.com/case/appeali...

The worst-hit areas for PIP cuts as more than 1.3m could lose support under Labour’s plans Some of the UK’s most deprived areas stand to lose out the most, new data reveals www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Former British Ambassador to Iran Sir Richard John Dalton says that Iran was not on the brink of getting a nuclear weapon "Iran has not taken a decision to develop nuclear weapons" "We should disbelieve Netanyahu's claims unless there is evidence, and I don't believe that evidence exists:

Uncosted, as expected. And they plan to save money by removing reasonable adjustments for disabled people. They really do hate workers #Reform

Former MP for party that doesn’t believe in a social safety net would like a luxury social safety net for MPs www.politico.eu/article/brit...

A Brief History of Young People Today Don't Want to Work 🧵

Excellent piece by @cbokhove.bsky.social. The bar for publication in education seems very low and it is not clear that some publishers ensure writers have the credibility to write authoritatively on their subject. www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

What now? Good that water companies are fined for their behaviour and payouts. These investigations have gone on for months, if not years, and will anything change? #ThamesWater www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Don’t believe everything you’re fed by the right-wing press #Reform

It will probably come as no surprise to anyone that Prime minister Keir Starmer performed well in a YouGov poll on the agreement, while Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch are least trusted to handle the relationship with the bloc www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...