Nothing like enjoying your slightly cheaper pint while imagining the toddler crying from hunger that paid for it.

This story is fascinating & multifaceted. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... 1. We wring hands about young being on phones all time but it's more elderly folks who are on Facebook, Nextdoor etc. visibly engaging in toxic online discussions, amplifying conspiracy theories. 2. Politicians & media...

As a @radixuk.bsky.social Fellow and @patmillsuk.bsky.social member, I approve of this message 😘 www.radixbigtent.org.uk//news-commen... @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social

This blog by @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social was inspired from our recent webinar 🎥(youtu.be/tfOyV34lgmI) Watch the Rt Hon @liambyrnemp.bsky.social explain why extreme wealth fuels inequality 👇

It's crucial to recognise that the challenges facing high streets and local economies, and their feeding of public discontent, are long-term structural issues that are not new to the current government - but they are nevertheless currently the focus of the political backlash.

Sadly, I'm abroad, but the Cinnamon Club is outstanding, and a steal at this sort of price!

Matt Goodwin makes a living out of railing against university educated elites & his whole schtick is "he was the first person in his family to go to university", which is a bit weird given that his Dad, now being heavily invoked for his Manchester connection, appears to have a string of degrees.

American friends, this guy is a comedian, not a newsreader! But clearly he is deadly serious. Deadly, youtu.be/oU7LOpQFOPQ?...

Amid these dark moments, something important is beginning to shift. It's clearly the result of healthy political pressure - which we must sustain, and build.

🌍 After Nairobi, ahead of New York: the #UNTaxConvention is taking shape. A new draft text, background papers, and updated country positions reveal how negotiations are evolving - on sovereignty, cooperation, and definitions. Read more: taxjustice.net/2026/01/27/a...

Ground rent cap is good news (though peppercorn would be better straight away). Also welcome is promised abolition of new leasehold properties. Better still would be the outright abolition of leasehold altogether, a feudal anachronism virtually unique to England and Wales.

Despite cycling ⬆️, London is (unlike Paris) failing to really get a grip on driving. The more unnecessary driving, the worse conditions are for cycling, walking, buses, Disabled people, tradespeople, deliveries etc. Yet plan doesn't tackle unnecessary driving & might even lead to more of it... 4/10

Very good indeed

115k and counting. How many days until we hear the usual rejection from parliament ? By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - Petitions petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73... #UKDefections #NoJumpingShip

More members of Liz Truss's cabinet are in Reform than in Badenoch's shadow cabinet...

💡 This is an excellent profile of Warrington by @rjpartington.bsky.social. As @centreforcities.bsky.social says “it’s about taking tough decisions… expansion of business parks… taking chunks out of green belt to build homes” Want to fix the high street? First grow the economy and disposable incomes!

This shows the futility of infinite wealth. Tim Cook has all that money and yet he is the one who has to humiliate himself while I get to have a nice evening watching Stranger Things and eating potato chips with the kids

Always loved this simple illustration of how movements are formed through the interaction of “first movers” coupled with “first followers.” Very much worth watching—especially b/c this moment’s defense of American freedoms is led & inspired by regular people, *not* politicians.

Just had an argument with teenage son, highlights include being called “the most performative wanker in the world”, his partying shot was “you’ll be starting a fucking Substack next.” Oh, how I laughed. Just texting him details. #winningatparenting open.substack.com/pub/markisal...

‘You’re repeating a far-right load of nonsense that it’s all to do with migrants in hotels.’ @matthew-wright.bsky.social goes head-to-head with caller Patrick over the reason why ‘the country’s gone broke’.

We need to stop breeding dogs that cannot breathe. open.substack.com/pub/dannycha...

We have both the Tories and Reform very reluctant to criticise Trump and explicitly modelling policies on mass deportations and an 'ICE-like' body on the US. If UK viewers don't get good information about what these policies really mean there they can't make informed decisions here.

a tale of 3 posts twitter: 0 likes, 0 shares threads: 0 likes, 0 shares bluesky: 149 likes, 45 shares to be clear i do not have accounts on twitter or threads bc they and their ceos are destroying civilization and i don't give a fuck whether bluesky is sustainable bc it's just a fucken app

This is turning into a great thread:

I have today written to the Chair of Labour’s National Executive Committee seeking permission to enter the selection process for a candidate for the forthcoming Gorton and Denton by-election. Read my letter here.👇🏻

Burnham's running (surprise!!)

‘I’ve bought an apocalypse-proof boat, with an array of weaponry’

"Prior to the legislation, roughly 10 million tons of food were discarded annually. That same supply now supports households, reduces waste volumes, and lightens the financial burden on social programs." via Greatest Reactions

Farage has been touring Davos all week pledging to “fight the globalists” - all funded by a $10 billion trust run on behalf of an Iranian billionaire. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

For anyone in the Dumfries area on the evening of the 17th February, I will be giving a Crichton Conversation at 1930 on The Future for High Streets in Scotland. Details are at: www.crichtonfoundation.org/events/crich... @stir.ac.uk @scotlandstowns.bsky.social

the local government theory of everything

OK Boomers🤦

I cannot tell you how absolutely infuriatingly this stuff comes across to Europeans. When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.

Our member @abigaildisney.bsky.social has a message for leaders at World Economic Forum in Davos: Extreme wealth threatens global stability and our shared future. That’s why Abby and nearly 400 millionaires from around the world signed our open letter calling on leaders to tax the super rich.

HE IS RISEN! Hallelujah!

Let's not blow this out of proportion. It was just an admin error. Two admin errors. A few admin errors. Seventeen admin errors worth £380,000.

It’s time to win. That’s the message from millionaires and billionaires who have signed our letter to leaders at #Davos urging them to end the control of extreme wealth and tax us, the super-rich #WEF26. Timetowin.world

When even millionaires, like us, recognise that extreme wealth has cost everyone else everything else, there can be no doubt that society is dangerously teetering off the edge of a precipice. We want our democracies back. We want our communities back. We want our future back.

New post just out: "Power to the People" Today we have a guest post from @jamestplunkett.bsky.social on how Labour can counter the "Britain is Broken" narrative by investing in civic life and giving people more control over their community. (Free to read) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/p...

Upcoming talk at LSE! "Research is a Land Relation" with the always superb @maxliboiron.bsky.social. 5pm 3 Feb LSE room OLD 3.24. See website SLCC.online for details!

Frankly: it is ridiculous that Russia (population circa 145 million, awful demographics, GDP of about the same size as Italy) is a security threat to Europe that requires US help to manage. But it currently is. Reversing that is the first aim. And very very achievable.

Yes, agreed. A lot to like here. Easy when you announce lots of money to do things. But if Labour did more of this and less of the Reform tribute act a) they'd be more popular b) they'd actually improve the lives of millions. Which is kind of the point of being in power, no?

David Mitchell calls out tax avoidance by the super-rich 👏 #Davos #TaxTheSuperRich

Why is Donald Trump changing his mind every five minutes and saying completely mad stuff an embarrassment for Keir Starmer? It feels like it should chiefly be seen as an embarrassment for the United States.

Wes Streeting has launched an independent review into rising demand for mental health, ADHD & autism services in England. Let's ensure the voice of psychology is heard. #PsychologyMatters Members, please share your evidence to contribute to the review 👉 forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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Just reflexively oppositional, YOU NEGOTIATED THIS DEAL! If you'd not held the election when you did, Rishi would have signed it. YOU WERE IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE AT THE TIME.

🇬🇧 Property giant Landsec sees retail destination sales ‘outperform market’ www.retail-week.com/stores-and-p...

"I no longer feel an obligation to think of peace."

Who's leading the revitalisation of our high streets? 👀 Across England, pioneers like Nudge Community Builders are showing the way 🌱 Great to see them recognised in the Guardian, with @powertochange.org.uk's research showing deep connection between decline of social infrastructure & polarisation.