And last but not least, Emily Crudden McIlhatton at @politicsinaction.bsky.social smk.org.uk/awards_nomin...

I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market."

...We are likely to see a wave of councillors claiming victory on 20 per cent or less. “Is that representative? Does that give them a mandate? One in five, of people who actually bothered to turn out to vote? That’s a difficult sell in democracy.” www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

You can see how results from the English local elections are ongoing. 68% of results completed. The old order is dying. Reform +950 Green +217 LibDem +88 Labour -777 Tory -452

Ballycastle students in Violence Against Women and Girls and toxic masculinity - delighted that the Executive Committee has asked for this report @politicsinaction.bsky.social politicsinaction.org/post/executi...

This is the moment everyone in the North should know that policing is absolutely screwed. Yesterday a horrific report revealed institutional misogyny in the PSNI that is costing lives. The Policing Board (PSNI's 'independent' oversight board) used this as an opportunity to demand more money. [1/2]

If you can vote today - please do!

"Institutional misogyny" contributed to "clear warnings signs" being missed in the initial police investigation following the murder of showjumper Katie Simpson in Co Derry in 2020, an independent review has found.

University of Oxford : maximising oil and gas extraction here would only save UK households up to £82 (€95) per year. A UK fully powered by renewable energy, would save households up to £441 (€510) a year on energy bills. www.euronews.com/2026/03/27/e...

This is what solidarity looks like. #NoKings

So proud of this project and the work of our team!

"In what's looking like a fragmented five-party system, small movements can produce dramatic political consequences." This isn't inevitable. It's the result of a broken voting system that can't cope with more than two choices. We must scrap FPTP before it's too late.

PR is not only more urgent than ever. It's also never been more winnable. There's now record support for PR, among the public and in Westminster. No party can say for sure that FPTP works in its interest anymore. The country is ready for change. We can win it - and transform UK politics for good.

For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

Come be my new boss!

@naomilong.bsky.social there are lessons to be learnt from Sicily where they have an anti-mafia museum and shops have stickers saying they won’t pay ‘Pizzi’ - protection money. Ending extortion requires a whole society approach and civic courage

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European leaders be like… after Davos Instagram.com/wiseabap-photo

Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning

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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.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

Why is the UK media not reporting this? @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social #Minnesota

Dear politicians - the 13 year olds you ban from social media now will be voting in the 2029 elections. You wan them to make informed decisions? How are they supposed be o inform themselves? #SocialMediaBan

Get Rachel running some elections. The way she organised them transfers at the end was incredible #TheTraitors

A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!

Isn't this a telling aspiration? To want robots to look after your kids, so you can do stuff, rather than robots to do stuff, so you can spend time with your kids? The darkness inside these shrivelled men must be like a gaping unfillable void.

So on the one hand the @ukgovernment.bsky.social is empowering young people by giving 16 and 17 year olds the vote (and allowing 14 year olds to register) and then proposing banning the under 16s from social media? It is a misguided and disproportionate idea and could be hugely counterproductive

This! We need to be talking more about this.how obscene wealth perverts politics and much else @politicsinaction.bsky.social @sci-belfast.bsky.social

The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred. It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

The widely reported statement about restricting the feature to subscribers was a hallucinatory answer by the AI Grok - not a statement by the company itself

24 hour Domestic and Sexual Abuse Helpline You will be heard, you will be believed. For anyone experiencing domestic or sexual violence, free and confidential 24/7. 0808 802 1414 or email [email protected] buff.ly/2ZkQSuD

Any tips out there @bsky.app for making the platform work for a small charity that has left the dark place?

RSE is important because it: helps children to keep themselves safer in the digital world; provides reliable, accurate and timely age-appropriate information; promotes the use of appropriate language; and helps children to recognise inappropriate behaviour and touch. #16DaysNI #16Days

By the time of the 2027 Council and NI Assembly elections it will have been 15 years since the @niassembly.bsky.social voted in favour of #Votesat16 NI was the first place in the UK to vote this way and we will be one of the last to give this right to our young people! @votesat16ni.bsky.social

📱 Using your #RightToRecord! In the U.S.– no matter what your immigration status is– you have the right to record immigration enforcement agents. This is a powerful tool for exposing their tactics, combatting abuse, and fighting detention.

In the US and the eurozone, central banks' financial activities are not covered by the taxpayer. We could do the same thing here. This government can renegotiate its arrangement with the Bank. 2/3 Read about it in @thetimes: www.thetimes.com/business/eco...

NEW: The Treasury could save almost £5bn a year by ending interest payments to Bank of England - enough to scrap the two-child benefit limit. "The Osborne-era policy of the Treasury covering the Bank of England’s losses makes no economic sense," says @DominicCaddick 1/3

🚨 BREAKING: Kent County Council is hurtling towards financial oblivion under Reform. A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶

This is an important and long overdue decision. Time to stop indoctrinating our children. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...

#BecauseOfYou we are able to support our young people and provide them with opportunities in evaluation, both in our own work and the work of other charities. Their perspective is vital to us. Thank you! 🎉🎉🎉

A big thank you to the National Lottery players! Without the support from the @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk, the work we do at @politicsinaction.bsky.social with our Young Evaluators would not be possible.

The Walkie Talkie Girlies at QUB have organised a walk in support of the ‘Ending Violence Against Women and Girls’ campaign. Stop by our Stall in 2 Royal Avenue after the walk form QUB in City Hall, leaving QUBSU 5:30pm 5th November. Wear pink! 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

This is just such a no-brainer win for everybody that I hope that it gets rolled out in a much bigger way.

✊Today, hundreds of New Yorkers shut down the streets surrounding 26 Federal Plaza to make it clear that they will not stay silent as ICE commits violent & unlawful actions against our immigrant communities. Join us today at 6PM at Foley Square to demand #ICEOutofNY!

Giving every person in Northern Ireland a ‘Brit Card’? What could possibly go wrong? 😂 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Please give a follow to our @youngevaluatorsni.bsky.social project. Such exciting times ahead!

HOPE not hate has written to the Prime Minister, urging him to speak up and defend multicultural Britain. Now we are gathering messages from supporters across the UK. secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/177398/...

Bizarre, xenophobic, fear-mongering post from Michael Deane… head of a small empire of restaurants that Belfast folk might wish to avoid from now on

Does Belfast have the 2nd highest number of asylum seekers in the UK, and do almost a fifth of them live in BT12, as claimed by DUP MLA Edwin Poots? ❌ No. 📊Belfast ranks 20th overall. 👥With 0.6% of the local population (1 in 167 people). ➡️ No data confirms the BT12 claim.