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The sad part is that Farage knows his (continued) claims of wrongdoing are nonsensical. He also knows that his supporters will continue to believe what they're told - which is key to the whole sorry plan. I expect disturbances at polling stations in May as a result of his reckless ragebaiting.

Reform Ltd demand all migrants to England speak English But it seems no-one at Reform Wales speaks Welsh! 'The list Reform has sent out has all English place names, which are neither direct translations of the Welsh names, or the current Senedd constituencies' www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politic...

Here's GMP's full statement detailing its process, which goes into a highly unusual amount of detail for police decisions of this kind I suspect the force has done that because they fear, or know, they will receive political criticism and want the facts out there www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater...

The morning after Hannah won I was asked time and time again about this. There was no evidence for it. Instead the establishment media fuelled the fire. It was Islamaphobic. And it's because those in power are scared of us ending rip off Britain.

A few months ago politicians (especially in the “Labour” Party) were trying to ridicule @zackpolanski.bsky.social for saying this. Now, I suspect they are trying to pretend they weren’t.

It's telling that social media giants like Meta don't actually oppose social media bans for kids. Why? Because Governments treat it like a case-closed on regulation and do it by giving those social media giants unprecedented mandatory access to personal identity data. It's a win-win for them.

There is *absolutely* a game at this woman’s school where the kids dream up the most outlandish thing they can and then see if they can get her to tell a national broadsheet about it

These people have a funny way of saying "Environmentalists have been proved right yet again."

$80bn on the Metaverse with nothing to show for it. $6bn on Sora with nothing to show for it. Yet if I suggest this might not be the best way to allocate resources, I'm treated as someone with nothing serious to contribute to political discourse.

Labour have been smearing the Greens on our evidenced-based approach to drugs. If the PM won’t listen to us, and he won’t listen to the experts, will he listen to the families at @anyoneschild.bsky.social, who have lost loved ones under the UK’s current negligent drug policies?

I know we all say it a lot but it is REALLY recent that numbers like this were close to unimaginable, for a grid the size of Britain and its current level of interconnection elsewhere. This is important because pretending we can't exist without fossil fuels is a big lie designed to stop us trying

Examples are all around us that show we don't see objective reality in the way we think we do. Our brain, and its own flawed value system, gets in the way of every perception. Remarkable then that we can't or won't scale this simple, persistent fact to our wider assumptions about the world.

Anyone who thinks the solution to an oil and gas problem is more oil and gas needs their head testing. Anyone who thinks the solution to the consequences of a war of aggression is more war of aggression needs their head testing.

Jenrick: they banned Chrismas, what an insult to our Lord Chris

Everything about this including the byline is hilarious.

A quick reminder of Starmer's leadership pledge number 4.

This is outrageous for so many reasons

For 15 years trans people have been warning cis women this is on the way and the majority wouldn't listen. This is about bodily autonomy and so the trans community will still stand with our cis sisters on this as we have always done. 🏳️‍🌈♀️🏳️‍⚧️

You might have formed the impression that Paul Johnson, former director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, knows what he's talking about. The media treats him like the voice of God. But here he is - and not for the first time - talking out of his hat. Let's break it down in a short thread. 🧵

If you don't like refugees fleeing their homes in huge numbers, don't cut foreign aid. Don't cut the schemes that help ensure resilience in drought and summer heat. Don't cut the schemes that protect drinking water or provide desalination. Don't cut education for farmers or disease resistant seed.

If we want to talk about land use and maximising food production, we need to be talking about the kinds of food we’re producing. Imagining looking at the way we currently use land and thinking peat and forests were the problem. (Picture from 2022 National Food Strategy report.)

Perhaps it’s been everywhere, but I had not heard the phrase ‘the caring majority’ used before, and it captures something profoundly important. It is a concept that can ground a genuinely new kind of politics.

Starmer's New New Labour sent Luke Akehurst digging through every member's social media to ensure "only the best candidates" were meticulously selected Meanwhile, their picks for the top jobs cannot stop saying interminably stupid things

Thank you @zackpolanski.bsky.social, for building on my work on rent controls. The government’s refusal to even consider limiting rent increases has meant fortunes are poured straight into landlords’ pockets. Rent controls would mean purchasing power back in the pockets of ordinary people instead.

"A plan to end rip off Britain" @zackpolanksi.bsky.social outlines fiscal measures the government could take to end austerity and transform our economy.

NO LONGER CORRECTING TYPOS - THEY ARE ARTISINAL PROOF OF HUMANITY.

Bring back shame

“Today I’m going to share my plan with you for how we end rip-off Britain” @zackpolanski.bsky.social outlines bold measures to make life affordable again, end managed decline and increase resilience ahead of his first major economic speech @neweconomics.bsky.social today.

A great point in the quotes which I'll paraphrase is that if they're serious about this then the very least they could do is not give massive analytics contracts to Palantir and instead give them to completely capable UK companies who aren't owned by fascists

Over 50,000 patients have asked not to have their data placed on the Palantir federated data platform. The government must listen — public trust is essential to the NHS, and it cannot be taken for granted. #Palantir #NHS

Your regular reminder 👇 🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS 🏫 78% want publicly owned schools 💧 73% want publicly owned water 🚂 70% want publicly owned rail ✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail 🚍 67% want publicly owned buses 💡 65% want publicly owned energy

this is going to be really funny when the numbers don't change and he's already used up his excuse

In 2020, Keir Starmer said he would bring in legislation which would require any UK military intervention to have a lawful basis, viable objective, and approval by MPs. He has not done this - so I have, tabling the Armed Conflict (Requirements) Bill earlier this month.

It is the anniversary of the My Lai massacre today. I'd say that even more than most years, it's important to remember what happened. And the role Hugh Thompson, an active serviceman, played in both stopping and publicising it. Despite enormous military, political and public pressure to stay quiet.

For anyone asking - including @lizzicollinge.bsky.social - this is generally how healthcare policy is developed in the @greenparty.org.uk: 1️⃣ A Healthcare Policy Working Group - made up of healthcare professionals and campaigners - meets regularly to develop and refine policy motions 1.

Every time!

It's time for a new electoral system.

"unlike you, my friends only support trans rights in secret! for entirely virtuous reasons of course,"

I think one factor about the proposed new banknotes that everybody is overlooking, is that every mockup I've seen looks like the most badass shit ever. genuinely that stag on the twenty? aura

Deeply concerned about this attack on a synagogue, what's worse is thete was a school attached. We must stand in solidarity with our Jewish brothers and sisters and work to heal the divides in our societies www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"the lib dems are a viable left-wing alternative" the lib dems when they see a bit of culture war happening: 👀

I joined the Green Party because it became apparent that the fight for climate justice and the fight against the destructive excesses of capitalism are one in the same It's beyond refreshing that we can make this argument in the political mainstream

the figures in the press pushing this (again) don't think it's equivalent. they just genuinely believe that the people of this country will think whatever they're told to think

US bombers loading up on UK airstrips before raining down bombs on Iran. Parliament wasn't consulted - and polling shows huge numbers oppose it. When do MPs get a say over our involvement in this war? www.forbes.com/sites/peters...

Achieving the UK’s net zero target by 2050 will cost less than a *single* oil price shock & will insulate UK against future shocks Meanwhile Reform UK & Tories want to scrap net zero targets on the grounds of 'cost' - so either foolish or doing donors' bidding www.theguardian.com/environment/...

So, do we think that the 540k figure Mandelson allegedly asked for is being used as a distraction against the fact that he received a £75,000 golden handshake for getting sacked?

Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now