A red sun rises above blue hills while dry grasses dance in the cool breeze of dawn. #photography #nature

Everything the same as before except worse????

If you're worried about our future - Andy Burnham is very clearly signalling nothing will change. But we can still turn this around with the Green Party getting even bigger. No new oil & gas so we can all have a liveable future. We need your help. Join.greenparty.org.uk

Three pink flowers seen through a vintage lens. I was flying blind with an old camera and tiny LCD, but 'best shot selector' and a great macro mode with accurate focus came to the rescue. All I did was frame it. :) #photography #nature

If Burnham appoints her, all that goodwill is flushed away. She shouldn’t be anywhere near government.

Excellent and essential letters here, laying to rest some pervasive myths about Carbon Capture and Storage, and raising further concerns about both the astonishing financial outlay and the vast climate damage it will cause.

My interview today on Sky News about our Green Party plans to end Rip off Britain. news.sky.com/video/burnha...

Summer breeze makes me feel fine, glowing through the petals of my mind. Well, you get the picture :) #photography #nature

This is why we can't have rich ecosystems and safe food. The farm lobby threatens us all. www.grilled.media/inside-copa-...

Lobbyists are the carcinogens that metastasizes the latent corruption of the political class.

There's no avoiding the conclusion, however much dust the UK government throws into the air. By providing weapons, rhetorical and diplomatic support to the Israeli government as it has committed genocide in #Gaza, Keir Starmer and his ministers *are* complicit in this great crime.

Shot with a vintage CCD camera, this little white butterfly posed just long enough to grab a shot. Having a two-acre paddock unmown and with fussy pet sheep leaving nettles and thistles alone, the place is swarming with flying, flitting creatures. #photography #nature

The only good thing about Shabana Mahmood being Chancellor is that she might finally understand the benefits of immigration.

thought to galvanizing us in this way, but they just cannot and will not ever see their base as their strength. Giving directions to US is beyond their ken. So it’s up to us to get it together and work to save our elections and democracy!

Reported today that Labour plans to withhold benefits to people who have been granted Indefinite Leave to Remain. Performative cruelty and total cowardice. That’s why the Greens will replace Labour.

They think this is polite. Diplomatic. Respectful. Actually it’s just dishonest,

The memes surrounding Binface V Farage are brilliant, share your favourites below, preferably with links to original creators, and if we get enough, we will collate and publish..... Via Penny Nite on Facebook.

Brilliant to speak at the launch of some groundbreaking new research on rent controls being published by the New Economics Foundation and the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose. Rent controls are an idea whose time has well and truly come.  📸 @aldoshoots

This is a brilliant essay, which, in my view, accurately describes the predicament of the post-Boomer generations, and the vast infrastructure of lies designed to disguise it. "Degeneracy is a symptom. The disease is rent." 🧵 henryfudgeofficial.substack.com/p/degeneracy...

This point needs to be made over and again: The main purpose of wealth taxes should not be to raise revenue. That's a small and secondary benefit. The main purpose should be to *reduce the fortunes of the ultrarich*. Why? Because those fortunes present a massive threat to democracy and public life.

Despite all the noise today I'd really like you to read this, as I think it's crucial. The government's in the process of p*ssing up to £264 billion into the ground, at the behest of the fossil fuel industry. Yes, £264 *billion*. It's utterly mad, and has to stop. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When did Labour become the party who wants to tax those who clean buildings more than those who own them? This can’t be right. The Green Party would equalise Capital Gains Tax and Income Tax.

www.ft.com/content/7a0f... If I was a political aide with a conviction for fraud, under scrutiny about undeclared financial support… I simply would not write a book called “How to Launder Money”.

🔴 NEW: ‘There’s No Money In Politics If You’re Straight’: How Farage’s Words Are Coming Back To Haunt Him By @josiahmortimer.bsky.social The Reform UK leader once claimed that only the corrupt could make money in politics. Read the full story below.

Hey @chicagotribune.com Editorial Board: Why did you describe me as a “bomb-throwing influencer”? This is wrong, inflammatory, and racist. Change it. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/05/e...

📌 ICYMI — ‘Why Andy Burnham Must Break With Israel’ The likely incoming Prime Minister must break with Keir Starmer's "morally bankrupt" legacy on Gaza in order to restore his party's reputation with the public, argues genocide scholar Martin Shaw

Other people are mere counters in their game. Oh whoops, you fell off the board. Never mind. Yet somehow these sick-minded people, who don't in any way reflect the attitude of the general population, come to dominate our politics and our media. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Why politicians keep getting the economy wrong youtu.be/MyVsdntYWj4?... Politicians keep claiming there is a shortage of money - but that's nonsense. If there are resources to buy, they can always create the money to put them to use.

Great to talk about the early evidence on Andy Burnham on BBC breakfast just now. Won't nationalise water companies. Sticking to Rachel Reeves disastrous fiscal rules. Refuses to recognise genocide. King of the North? Different latitude. Same politics. Join.greenparty.org.uk

A Roe deer keeps a lookout at the top of the paddock. Just behind there is a mountain of wildness. Perfect for wild animals and other family. #photography #nature

Re: point 4

A little Substack - my first - introducing Gajido, a self-contained #LocalFirst platform designed to run entirely offline with zero external dependencies... Normal picture service will resume in due course... open.substack.com/pub/gajido/p...

#Danegeld www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

One more thing: the presumption, based both on principle and on empirical evidence, should be that asylum seekers are genuine. Policies should be based on that presumption, not the presumption that they’re bogus, lying cheats.

This is a Refugee Tax. It was originally proposed by the Tories, and the only reason asylum seekers could be claimed to 'owe' any money is because they are banned from working. Another cruel Labour policy - that must be reversed on day one by Andy Burnham. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Yeah, because bullying has such a good record in improving mental health.

Er, yes, and that is what the legislation says there should be. Which is why the government went to such lengths to get round it. As for trusting MI5 and the Home Secretary, what could possibly go wrong? 🤔

I would beg you to read the whole thread, as I think very few people have seen how fast the foundations of democracy are being torn out in the UK, and how far down the road towards authoritarianism we have already travelled. Sorry to pester you, but this could not be more important. Thanks.

So, the lesson is don't vote for Israel by proxy. Don't vote for financialised servitude. Don't vote for Labour who have dismantled your civil liberties one by one.

A warm mist lingers in the valley at the start of a very hot day in June. The oak trees watching over the twisting, dusty lanes, provide essential shade to birds and squirrels. #photography #landscape #nature

www.theguardian.com/us-news/live... The Supreme Court really screwed the US constitution today! Here is the round up.

This is Richard. He's sometimes accused of not being a real dog because of his weird paws and inability to bark. Thinks his pack would say otherwise. 12/10 for all (IG: richardandtheguardians)

The possibility that Josh Simons could be close to Andy Burnham's government raises some very serious questions. Should a man who waged factional warfare, spied on journalists and then resigned in disgrace really be at the centre of Government? Feels very Starmer 2.0

This morning's sunrise over the Welsh Marches. #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

As wrong today as he always was.

"Human rights have increasingly been portrayed as incompatible with the outcome of the Brexit referendum, creating a political environment in which rights themselves are treated as negotiable." ✍️ @danielsohege.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/06/23/t...

Mamdani: When I am speaking about AIPAC, I’m speaking about an organization that has fought any attempt to actually deliver safety to people not just in Palestine but, frankly, throughout much of the region. And it is a status quo of immorality. It is one that I will not accept.

What otherwise is the point of politicians if not to ensure adequate public services? I realize 'the politics' of it all is such a bore for the self-serving incompetent, Zionist fanatics we seem to be stuck with, but seriously...