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Labour chooses Angeliki Stogia for Gorton and Denton byelection

Congratualtions to Angeliki Stogia, who has been picked as the Labour candidate for the Gorton & Denton by-election. She has been a councillor on Manchester City Council since 2012. She was born in Greece, but moved to Manchester 30 years ago for university. She is a naturalised British citizen.

Join me in planting trees for free on Treeapp. You can now plant trees in Europe, in the UK, France, Spain, Germany and Greece. thetreeapp.org/referral?cod...

Can you imagine the fury if Starmer went to a party in Dubai?

Just for the sake of accuracy, this change still means a Labour victory and the greens are still in third. Please don’t use misleading graphics.

It's time for a truly massive general strike. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-enough

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

It feels wrong that an MP can get elected on one platform and then just... swap? 🤷‍♀️ I’ve signed this to demand a by-election when MPs cross the floor. Let's make sure our votes actually count. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...

Reminding you all that Nigel Farage has proudly claimed he is going to be setting up a British version of ICE here in the UK to terrorise us just like American ICE if he ever becomes PM. He has openly said he wants to deport legal migrants.

We need to put together a montage of all of Trump's history lessons that he's told us over the years. He is astoundingly ignorant.

If you need a reminder for how Labour ARE helping us all with the cost of living... (not that any of you do need a reminder, as you will already know if you follow my posts)

The hilarious thing is that two major members of this proposed "Board of Peace" cannot attend the ceremony as there is an international warrant out for their arrest for Genocide & War Crimes! You couldn't make it up!

I live in a World Heritage Site. Over the past years it has deteriorated due to lack of funding and visitor numbers have gone down. From March it is to be handed over to the National Trust with an award of £9m to get it all back on its feet. Great for the museums and great for the local economy. 👍

£100m is specifically earmarked for up to 200 local museums struggling with maintenance backlogs and bills. While generally the £1.5bn funding is for capital projects - to repair, rebuild, extend, conserve or upgrade important cultural assets - used by millions of people. Well done Labour! 2/2

£1.5bn to be invested in cultural organisations, reversing more than a decade of underfunding. The funds will support over 1000 arts venues, museums, libraries & heritage buildings across England. Areas and organisations that have been previously under-funded will be a focus of the new money. 1/2

At the crucial moment of diplomatic tension, Farage sided with Trump against the UK On the same day, he was found to have broken parliamentary rules around declaring his external interests A crook and a quisling

I just signed this petition calling on Prince William to end the rent on Dartmoor Prison while it remains empty and unsafe and save millions in public money. It only takes a few seconds - please add your name. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

New post about How to Make an Artwork PDF. For artists, written by me, who learned the hard way that I Must Always Have One Ready. clairecansick.com/news/advice-...

This is brilliant from Labour! They have launched their Warm Homes Plan - the biggest home upgrade plan in British history. £15bn is available with 5 million homes expected to benefit from upgrades & lower bills. Any home is eligible, but with specific interventions for low income families. 1/5

Just wondering if all the people appointed to the board of peace are going to be war criminals... Trump can fuck off. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Starmer’s US policy lies in tatters. Trump is now punishing the UK and NATO allies just for doing the right thing. Time for the PM to stand firm against the bully in the White House, and work with European and Commonwealth allies to make him back down from this reckless plan.

I’ve been stalwart backer of transatlantic alliance all my life. I understand why Europeans have so far trod softly/tried to keep Trump onside. But, there comes a time when you have to face reality. The US is no longer our ally. Its defense guarantee is worthless. Time to kick ass back🧵

All you're doing is showing what a shallow shitshow populism is, right and left.

Lichens on a stick. The large orange #lichen is a sunburst lichen (Xanthoria sp). NWT, Canada. #fungi #fungifriends

Feels like something cracked today in the transatlantic alliance. Europeans have been swallowing their pride, bitting their tongues, and bending the knee. That strategy may have bought them time but it has now clearly failed. It also had a major cost - it has made the WH think Europe will cave. 1/

US military bases closed US Treasury holdings liquidated US banks lose banking licenses US consultancies & law firms banned US companies lose patent protection US cloud substituted US social media blocked Wero replaces Visa, MasterCard, PayPal US payment processors banned Separate DNS root

This shows how stupid Reform are! 😂 For months now they have been recruiting many of the top Tories who "broke Britain" into Reform, including Jenrick yesterday who oversaw the biggest increase in immigration. Today Frogface 🐸 is gloating about how his recruits did it! 🤣🤡

Vote Reform get a Tory! Vote Tory get Reform! They are one and the same. #DontVoteTory #DontVoteReform

The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Donald Trump. Giving Trump a royal visit sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. Do you agree? Sign the petition now! 38d.gs/vnb3

The world's richest 0.1% took just three days to exhaust their annual carbon budget The UK’s richest 1% produced more carbon pollution in eight days than the poorest 50% used in a year. We can't afford the rich - they produce corruption, poverty, environmental degradation; destroy democracy.

🔥And just like that…. there it is 🔥 ‼️🚨Sophie Ridge: “You’ve secured trading terms with the US that are worse than they were before Brexit.” Wes Streeting: “I don’t dispute that.” Brexit Sucks, It’s sucking the life out of Britain. 1. Join Rejoin, 2. End Brexit, 3. Get Back Your Star 🌟 🇪🇺

It’s time for the UK government to show it has teeth: and shut off Twitter. For the good of the country, if nothing else.

Labour need to remove themselves and the government from twitter

X has been given notice about Grok! The UK Science and Techology Secretary issued a statement earlier today. The key points are: 1) she is NOT happy the dodgy images can still be made if only you pay 2) she expects Ofcom to use the full legal powers Parliament has given them within days 1/2

Important information from Tuta on how to disable Google's creepy Gemini AI on android phones... #degoogle

This is where we are. Read this joint statement by France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the Kingdom of Denmark on Greenland: "Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland."

#Degoogled Maps? Yes, it's possible. 📍🗺️ The Big Tech does not need to track your every step 👉️use a Google Maps alternative instead. Find out which open source maps we'd recommend: tuta.com/blog/google-...

Can’t wait for EU forces to abduct your corrupt dictator and his crime family and put them on trial for crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Yep. He said it earlier today. And he said it 11 months ago. He was never going to say anything else today when asked about it. It's long been his position that Greenland and it's future is up to the Greelanders to discuss with Denmark (and no one else).

Trump's attack on Venezuela will create global instability. Will prolong the Ukraine war. How could the US condemn and sanction Russia? Encourage Putin to kidnap Zelensky. Encourage China to takeover Taiwan. What is the point of the UN if rogue powers can do whatever they want?

Nobody could have predicted this.

It’s the United States that needs regime change.

❌ New Year, New Me ❌ ✅️ New DIDay, Better Privacy ✅️ For the first #DigitalIndependanceDay of this year: Share which of these Big Tech apps you replaced & with what! #NewYearNewMe #PrivacyMatters #DIDay #DigitalIndependenceDay ➡️ More info on #DIDay: di.day initiated by the Chaos Computer Club

‘Donald Trump Keir Starmer urged to rip up drug deal with 'bully' Donald Trump’ The Lib Dems have called on the Prime Minister to tear up a trade agreement with the US and plough billions into sorting the UK's social care crisis instead www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Ready to #deGoogle 💯 per cent? We've reviewed the top five smartphones that help you go Google-free in 2026. Which one is your favorite? ➡️ tuta.com/blog/degoogl...

I love the idea that governments have to stay on Twitter because that's where "their audience" is. Like if you only announced your cabinet reshuffles on Bluesky Harry bloody Cole wouldn't make an account to read about it.

Due to an admin error, we have lost our @oxfordforeurope.bsky.social account. (As you can see that account hasn’t posted for a while). So - after many attempts with the Bluesky team to regain the account - this is the new account. If you see this, please could you repost and follow back? 🙏

Winter Garden French artist Géraldine Theurot