Labour MPs who are afraid of losing their seat to Reform could advocate for proportional representation instead of right-wing immigration policies...... Problem is they are far more likely to personally agree with the latter

House of Commons nowcast - 04/02/25 🟥 LAB: 199 (-212) ➡️ RFM: 171 (+166) 🟦 CON: 125 (+4)

UK seat projection under Proportional Representation - 03/02/25 🟥 LAB: 168 (-66) ➡️ RFM: 161 (+65) 🟦 CON: 144 (-12) 🟧 LDM: 80 (-1) 🟩 GRN: 55 (+12) 🟨 SNP: 19 (+2) +/- vs. GE24 (PR)

FPTP is a terrible system for modern-day British politics, most people understand that You don't have to be politically engaged to ask why democracies in Europe can do it but we can't? The government has a mandate to make history here - even their own party supports it

Labour vote share HALVED in Scotland Down from 35.3%

Aberdeen South nowcast - 02/02/25 (Based on recent FindOutNow polling for The Herald) 🟨 SNP: 35.9% (+3.1) 🟦 CON: 25.6% (+1.2) ➡️ RFM: 18.0% (+11.1) 🟥 LAB: 7.0% (-17.7) 🟧 LDM: 6.8% (+0.5) 🟩 GRN: 6.2% (+2.7) +/- vs. GE24 Stephen Flynn's seat

I think about this image a lot

*PR* seat projection for today's @FindoutnowUK poll 🟥 LAB: 169 (-64) ➡️ RFM: 164 (+68) 🟦 CON: 132 (-24) 🟧 LDM: 73 (-8) 🟩 GRN: 70 (+27) +/- vs. hypothetical GE2024 result

For more than two weeks, students hold an overnight protest at the Shota Rustaveli Theater and Film University. Among nationwide demands, they also want the resignation of Rector Giorgi Shalutashvili. Free & Agrarian University students expressed their support. #GeorgiaProtests

As the year comes to a close, here's a quick update on party performance (1918 - 2024) Per recent polling: 🟥 Labour on track for worst result since 1918 🟦 Tories barely recovering from 2024 Both parties in a fairly consistent state of decline

Big problem with Labour abandoning WASPI women is that they (again) prove absolutely nothing they "pledge" can be trusted The next election will be handed to Tory/Reform on a silver platter if they continue like this

Terrible MP, terrible Foreign Secretary He should've resigned months ago. news.sky.com/story/foreig...

It’s the week before the 6th annual Office Xmas Party & Paul & Eli are doing a bit of shopping. It’s one last walkabout adventure for 2024 & they’re loose in the cramped streets of London! Listen in MONO or STEREO editions! Ep 414: Joy To The Walk Share/Review www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-414-joy-t...

Assisted dying bill if parliament was proportionally elected (assuming party splits remain the same) ✅ FOR: 342 (+12) ❌ AGAINST: 271 (-4) ➖ ABSENT: 38 +/- vs. actual result

Gut feeling about the Irish general election: 🟩 FF: 40-45 🟦 FG: 35-40 🟩 SF: 35-40 🟪 SD: 10 🟥 Lab: 5 🟩 Grn: 2 I guess we'll find out in roughly 60 mins if this is anywhere close to accurate

Lost about 80 followers this week on twitter Either the exodus is real, or I've been cancelled for something without realising (!?)

Using my own seat model- 🟦 CON: 240 (+119) 🟥 LAB: 214 (-197) 🟧 LDM: 62 (-10) ➡️ RFM: 59 (+54) 🟩 GRN: 10 (+6) With a CON/RFM pact, these numbers shift dramatically to- 🟦 CON: 331 (+210) 🟥 LAB: 114 (-297) ➡️ RFM: 111 (+106) 🟧 LDM: 31 (-41) 🟩 GRN: 10 (+6) (Not saying it's likely, just interesting)

ICYMI: All four Green Party MPs voted for the Rail Public Ownership Bill yesterday 👍

🇺🇦🇵🇸 is the only morally defensible position

🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Nowcast projection - 20/11/2024 🟥 LAB: 287 (-124) 🟦 CON: 214 (+93) 🟧 LDM: 68 (-4) 🟨 SNP: 23 (+14) ➡️ RFM: 19 (+14) 🟩 GRN: 7 (+3) 🟩 PLC: 4 (=) +/- vs. last election, July 2024 Majority: ~320 Next election: 2029

Last time this happened, the (Tory) government were accused of "rolling out the red carpet to dictators" Things will be different with a human rights lawyer in charge... right?

Well, we absolutely should be targeting people who earn income from assets and land!

This is the worst poll I've ever seen for any leader 💀

One of the most evil senators in America, and he's not even a Republican!

From a British perspective, the (increasingly) huge representation, and thus influence, of independents is the most under-recognised quirk of Ireland's politics. Makes it more difficult to predict the outcome, given they obviously won't be in any way a monolithic bloc when it comes to ideology etc.

Irish government (FG/FF/GP) might scrape through this election with a one-seat majority Far too close to call

It's frustrating how many 'centre-left' journalists are simply parroting the Labour line wrt their latest streak of mass deportations Especially when this story flew under the radar a couple of months ago, it's like nobody gives a shit about injustice anymore (or ever did)

We should completely overhaul the way buses are operated in Greater Manchester, and copy everything that works so well for the biggest cities in mainland Europe • timed tickets • honesty policy • "hop on, hop off" buses • more free routes This is entirely possible through the Bee Network

Behaviour seen also in campaigns against #AbortionRights and #DecrimNow for sexworkers: Of course some people campaigning on these issues come from a genuine place; but some of the organisations are #BigMoney politics #democracy demands transparency www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Our media is in such a mess. I met with the @mediareformuk.bsky.social this week & discussed need for proper regulation and the Leveson Inquiry. 90% of our media is controlled by the same 3 people. A huge amount of hope seeing these new independent media organisations - they deserve our support! 👇🏼

Preston is leading the way in urban regeneration, setting itself apart from other post-industrial towns in the north of England.

📍 Cairo, Egypt

Thinking about the statue of Melania Trump in Slovenia

NEED SOME GOOD NEWS? The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels. Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.

Underrated feature of Bluesky is being able to search for people based on what's in their bio

Weird seeing right-wingers upset about this, when Green MP Ellie Chowns says we should prioritise our values over Trump's values Why do so many "patriotic" conservatives want us to be a US vassal state with no independent foreign policy?

🇭🇺 Hungary, Nowcast projection - 15/11/2024 🟥 TISZA: 110 (NEW) 🟧 FIDESZ: 82 (-53) 🟩 MHM: 7 (+1) +/- vs. 3 April 2022 Majority: 100 Next election: 2026

They should just ditch this. Voter fraud is a non-existent problem here, and unnecessary friction in the voting process puts people off taking part.

Labour try not to sound like Tories challenge [impossible]

Meanwhile, in New Zealand, the right-wing government has introduced a bill that would strip the Māori of rights guaranteed to them by the Treaty of Waitangi, and this happened in Parliament.

This is a letter to David Lammy from the four @thegreenparty.bsky.social MPs on UK obligations in relation to growing evidence of the unfolding genocide in Gaza

Fascists could re-enter parliament in Slovakia if the government collapses (this time as Republika) With these exact results; Government = 62 seats Opposition = 72 seats Fash = 16 seats Would be very difficult to hold a 'cordon sanitaire' around the far-right without big compromises

Loved being at the launch of @garethdennis.bsky.social book "How The Railways will fix the future." The worlds railways were created for extraction and exploitation. How can we harness them for good? Mobility is a human right. Very much looking forward to reading! 👇🏼

Yesterday, Labour voted alongside the DUP, UUP, Nigel Farage and 18 Conservatives in favour of keeping bishops in the House of Lords (as part of the hereditary peers bill) Ex-Labour independents also voted in favour Strange coalition.

Returning to Bluesky

55 years apart Šafárikovo Námestie, Bratislava

Expanding my Czechoslovak pin badge collection

Incredible things are happening on the bird app today

It's hard to see from this map of the Obec (commune/municipality) results of yesterday's election, but the neo-fascist ĽSNS party did win a single village in central Slovakia 42.4% of the vote in a place called Hrlica 😵‍💫 Hitler particle ground zero ??