It's fecking obvious to many of us on this side of the pond that Trump is - at best - a "useful idiot" for Russia. At worst, he's been bought and paid for (settling of debts sufficient to bankrupt him, plus Epstein Files). And now large chunks of the UK seem to want our own Poundland version 🤬🙄

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @dennisgoris.bsky.social )

The great irony of the Welsh success of Reform, run by millionaire ex-public schoolboys, is that one the greatest Welshmen, & founder of the NHS, warned of this “How can wealth persuade poverty to use its political freedom to keep wealth in power? Here lies whole art of Tory politics” Aneurin Bevan

Wes Streeting wants new laws to force your GP to share your medical records. The bill was not in Labour's Manifesto and Palantir has explicitly said, under a new Government, it would be happy to use medical data for other purposes. Be afraid.

Happy Mother’s Day to Renée Good. Today, we honor her memory, her courage, & the ultimate sacrifice she made. She should be here with her babies today, but her legacy lives on in the people she loved, the lives she touched, & the continued fight for a more compassionate & just world. 💐

"The U.S. administration has suggested that the troop withdrawal was meant to punish German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for criticizing Washington’s Iran policy. But in fact it punishes the pro-American German middle class" www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

How about a criminal investigation and a permanent ban from public life for taking bribes and lying to the electorate? A wrist slap for breaching a code, a suspension and by-election is more prize than punishment for tantrum-prone Farage who’s barely an MP anyway. observer.co.uk/news/politic...

Always found this to be inspirational. 🦋🦋🇺🇦🇺🇦📎📎⚓️⚓️

When I read your first post on this @madgreek2024.bsky.social, I was incensed at the sheer lack of empathy and wealthy entitlement that the residents of Laurelhurst had. This response is awesome! I take it you'll be doing it every Saturday and Sunday afternoon till they back down... 🙌🏻🤜🏻🤛🏻🫶🏻

Hey Seattle Fam! The folks at Seattle Children’s could use your help.

The top of every football stadium, supermarket, sports centre, new build - domestic or commercial, retrofitting older buildings, but most importantly every big carpark could be turned into a solar farm without losing many parking spaces...

MacKenzie Scott Was A Success While Married To Bozos. Her Debut Novel Won The American Book Award in 2006,And Her 2nd Novel Followed in 2013.She Stepped Away From Amazon, to Raise 4 Children. In 2019, Bozos Announced They Were Divorcing. She's A Great American........

There is still an alternative... Holland's Dutch-American Friendship Treaty visa is still open (for now) It only took my clients five weeks from deciding to leave the US, to landing in The Netherlands with their new business, and a 5 month accommodation deal...

Any Labour politician who doesn’t constantly link inflation with Farage for his Brexit and his Trumphilia is lacking basic competence

This is exactly why language matters: “women were given the vote” frames equality as a gift from men, instead of hard won political power extracted through organized resistance. Nobody gave women anything. Women fought, marched, strategized, endured violence, went to prison and died for it.

If you are voting in the United Kingdom today, do not vote for this charlatan who lies almost every time he opens his mouth Reform has a track record of dodgy Finance amongst its small band of vocal MP‘s

"I've been the most attacked, physically, politician of modern times," Farage said. Well there were those two MPs who were murdered. And that’s just in the UK.

We have a toxic combination of low wages and high bills. We need to make life affordable for everyone. Make hope normal again & Vote Green. 💚 (& remember to take photo ID to the polling station!)

Attention all men. More of this, please.

New “Letters to America” drop From One Democracy to Another: Your Supreme Court Is Not OK From a UK lens: why SCOTUS now looks like a structural risk to US democracy, not just “a conservative court.” Read the full piece on Substack: 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

on set. what about YOU?

🇫🇮🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇸”From the start, I’ve strongly supported Ukraine’s EU and NATO membership. No military in Europe or the United States fights modern war the way Ukraine does today.” - Alexander Stubb President of Finland

Many sadly concluded we had to go through Brexit before people saw what a horrendous act of self-harm they had committed. I'm terrified the same thing will happen with #Reform - that people will vote for them without realising they've just screwed over their country, loved ones and themselves.

Day 1530 of the war in Europe. After almost going through the night, it's a late start for me today, but details are now in from another dramatic night. More civilians murdered in Ukraine, more Russian drones in NATO territory and more Russian ships hit. Lots to catch up on, so let's begin..

Democracy defenders looking to meet you! Say Hi 👋, Vet, F&R. Ty!💙 @la-divinavita.bsky.social @resistancereborn.bsky.social @stevemory.bsky.social @supplysgt.bsky.social @cathyquinn.bsky.social @mrpassportking.bsky.social @kellzevan.bsky.social @gaj0724.bsky.social @chewie71.bsky.social 🚫Add-Ons

I’m George Conway, a constitutional lawyer and co-founder of the Lincoln Project. We’ve got to protect our democracy from Trump’s deranged, egomaniacal descent into authoritarianism. But Congress is doing NOTHING to stop Trump, and it’s time for a change.

Good Morning! It is Saturday, May 2 On this day in 1879, Nannie Helen Burroughs was born. She was an educator, orator, religious leader, civil rights activist, feminist, and businesswoman in the United States She fought both for equal rights as well as new opportunities for women. #Herstory

The race is on to restore southern apartheid. Alabama and Tennessee join Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Soon-to-be-fired White House Aide: "Yes, sir, I know how much you admire what Mr. Gentile did, but you can’t give him the Medal of Freedom. Why not just commute his sentence instead? And *please* don’t call his 10,000 victims ‘suckers’ in public. Why? Oh, just trust me.”

Just started reading The 100 years war for Palestine, I naively thought Zionism started in 1947 when actually it began in 1895, and yes Britain is one of the main offenders in the situation. We carry the burden of shame.

Solar panels fitted every three minutes in UK since Iran conflict. 27,000 solar power installations in March, the highest monthly total for 14 years. Applications for heat pump grants also jumped to its second highest monthly level on record. www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

🌍 The Horn of Africa is in mourning. Farms are barren, deserts are advancing, rivers are drying, pests are spreading, and crops are dying. Climate change is not a distant threat,it’s here. #ClimateAction #HornOfAfrica #ClimateCrisis

Exhibit 1 for his trial for violations of our First Amendment rights.

We've got work to do.. #justice

If there was less demand for gasoline the price would be less. Trump does his best to destroy renewable energy. China getting it done (an argument could be made that the Chinese government loves humanity and the planet more than the Republican Party). 2024: globalenergymonitor.org/report/china...

Brilliant from @carolinelucas.bsky.social on Farage’s failed Brexit experiment 👏 bylinetimes.com/2026/05/01/n...

Bingo! It’s their common denominator.

The John Roberts Court has done more to reduce the political power of poor people and Black people while enlarging the voting rights of rich people and corporations than has any court since Roger Taney was Chief Justice in the 1800s. I opposed his nomination in 2005, and I stand by that.

Just published a new Leveller thought piece... Why do Canadian pension funds own British trains and collect £409m/year from British taxpayers? Because British governments built a system that made it inevitable. The Great Train Robbery - who actually broke British railways and why. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻