Never forget that Labour under Corbyn won more votes than Starmer in both the 2017 and 2019 elections than he did in 2024. Calling it “morally bankrupt” insulted all the people that cast those votes. His irrational & visceral hatred of the left led to most if not all of the mistakes that doomed him

The media chooses our leaders.

I still can’t work out which astonishes me more of the two recent judicial interventions on PA — the Big Brother sentencing people for crimes they weren’t actually charged with, or the insane misrepresentation of the Suggragettes as non-violent and transparent www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Voyager 1 and the Epic Journey Through the Oort Cloud Even though Voyager 1 has already entered interstellar space, it’s still deep inside our Solar System in the grandest sense.It will take roughly 300 years for humanity’s farthest spacecraft to reach the inner edge of the Oort Cloud — the

What is it about group seeking to stop a genocide that seems to bring the red mist down over the eyes of the judiciary? First we had the Filton 4 being sentenced for a crime other than the one they’d been found guilty of, now this, the stupidest thing I’ve heard a judge say in my 50+ adult years

I’d forgotten just how excoriating the description of colonialism is

My father Bob Callaghan, who landed with the 8th Army’s tank brigade in the second wave of D-Day and then fought all the way through France, Belgium and Holland to Berlin. He would be 23 two days later, on 8th June 1944

Excellent rebuttal of “the bond markets must be obeyed” mantra: the conservatism of these markets is creating an instability that’s actually working against their interests www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Genocide does not require mass graves, it also includes efforts to destroy a people's capacity to bring the next generation into being. Israel’s systematic use of torture and sexual violence against Palestinians meets that definition. mondoweiss.net/2026/03/isra...

Over 2,000 Britons have served for the Israel military in the Gaza war since 7 October 2023. Our political commentator @sangitamyska.bsky.social argues that it’s essential the government investigate “potential links to war crimes” www.thenerve.news/p/sangita-my...

We boycotted apartheid South Africa — now we must do the same to Israel youtu.be/0fq051jFFTY?...

Am I the only person to notice that @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk gave Lee Anderson a chance to retract his accusation that the PM lied but immediately told @zarahsultana.bsky.social to “sit down and leave”?

Twenty years ago today, April 20 2006, Morgan Stanley closed a landmark #microfinance deal I had led that was an important step forward in what’s now called #impactinvesting

Excellent piece as ever by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com explaining why young people, though their pay is rising, feel dissatisfied (free article) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Why higher pay hasn’t made young adults feel richer @paulnightingale.bsky.social @jdportes.bsky.social

A prophesy in yesterdays ‘i’ Paper cryptic crossword that didn’t come true thanks to the efforts of @alastairmci.bsky.social and others! (Prob need to click on the pic to see …)

And why aren’t we in the UK too?

I mean, anybody who describes Israeli air strikes as "surgical" at this point, after two years of multiple, systemic atrocities, is either delusional or a shameless liar, but the basic point is of course correct.

Palestinians do not, and have never, systematically oppressed Israelis. The institutional oppression in Occupied Palestine flows one way and only one way. So no, your equivalence fails because Israeli violence isn't against Palestinian oppression. Israeli violence IS the oppression.

I do the Wordle equivalent in the ‘I’ Paper. Once I entered my starter this morning, the puzzle and I didn’t take long to reach a pithy conclusion. (Apologies to anyone that hasn’t done today’s yet)

We visited Tasha's tree nursery, she's doing beautiful work. It's great to see some of the younger generation, the children of those who led the revolutionary Eigg communty land trust buyout in the 1990s, living there and doing things that give life. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/eiggtreenu...

First clear night for 10 weeks and above us in the UK was a lovely montage of the Owl Nebula (bottom L), the Surfboard Galaxy (top R) and some lesser stars in Ursa forming a cone #seestar50 #astrophotography

Excellent piece by Clive @labourlewis.bsky.social, with this probably being the critical insight: “Until control over the foundations of everyday life is democratised, no government will fully resolve the cost of living or cost of doing business crises.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

New report says Scotland’s public resources “flow to wealthy private landowners” encouraging further land concentration via subsidies and tax breaks, rather than taking “bold and necessary land reform measures.” There’s too much pandering to the powerful. app.scotsman.com/story/560647...

“Silence is no longer neutrality” : On the monarchy, accountability and reform www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/02...

📢 The Scottish Government has just published new proposals for community benefits from onshore renewable energy developments. Have your say on the proposals 👇 www.ideas.gov.scot

📮 Full text of the letter calling on the Government to engage with the growing risks First Past the Post now presents ✍️ Signatories include leading academics, political scientists and constitutional experts - including a former Chief Executive of the UK Electoral Commission 👇 Read it in full

I never really sign stuff. But this was different. It's not about trying to facilitate or block a particular party's route to power. It's about an electoral system that's unsuited to the political realities we face today and risks giving us government after government with no convincing mandate.

We don’t need more food banks, we need change. Repost if you agree.

Everything a great protest song should be. And it so happens “Minneapolis” can be sung as a dactyl /spondee, the perfect end to a Virgilian hexameter à la Aeneid. Heroic stuff

On Holocaust Memorial Day, Bristol Green Party remembers those murdered during the Holocaust and all genocides. Our Cllr Edwards has given this statement in remembrance.

Pretty much exactly 250 years ago (January 10 1776) the English radical Thomas Paine’s pamphlet ‘Common Sense’ was published in Philadelphia. It listed the lies, crimes and oppressions of a mad king across the water and launched the American revolution.

Brilliant photo. Alt text: a morning street scene in Cork city. On the buildings, three clocks are visible. They read 8.56, 9.03, and 9.10. Cork people would tell you that any one of these times counts as CMT and will be followed when the revolution comes.

🧵 I was a Zionist a few years ago - Here’s the full story When I was young I proudly raised the Israeli flag, so I want to talk a little bit about what happened since then I grew up learning that Israel is "surrounded by enemies" so it’s a miracle we got to survive that we must serve in (1/8)

Gibb’s personal agenda through Brexit was not in any way impartial. Sack him.

Anna Ford narrates a LedByDonkeys video about the decidedly not unbiased people accusing the BBC of bias youtube.com/shorts/h5kF1...

Above us last night in the UK was the Heart Nebula, captured with my #seestar50. Another long clear night tonight, so I got the Soul Nebula as well, to be processed tomorrow. #astrophotography

This is spot on

1/ Michael Prescott of Hanover Communications, whose leaked memo alleging left-wing bias led to the BBC meltdown. You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.

I pointed out at the time that if this had gone ahead we might well have been welcoming into the country people involved in war crimes and genocide

Dr. Shir Hever is the grandson of Israel Magali, a war criminal involved in the Lydda massacre, one of the horrific events of the 1948 Nakba. He also serves as the coordinator for the Palestinian BDS movement’s military embargo campaign. Watch his powerful speech…

Good and I hope it continues

They can’t even control their own fans at home but Starmer wants to unleash them here 🤦‍♀️

"We need a sporting and cultural boycott of all Israeli teams, like we saw for South African teams under apartheid." @mothinali.bsky.social responds to Maccabi Tel Aviv fans being banned from attending a football game against Aston Villa.

There’s literally nothing this pair or party can add to what the @greenparty.org.uk under @zackpolanski.bsky.social @rachelmillward.bsky.social @mothinali.bsky.social are already providing in terms of a left wing alternative. All they can do is take votes away www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

This is quite long but worth the watch. Look out for what @mothinali.bsky.social has to say about class

open.substack.com/pub/thomhart... “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” —Abraham Lincoln