Only those bought by billionaires would think #TaxTheRich was a 'tough choice'

🔴BBC Accused of Pro-Reform Bias as Lib Dems Launch Campaign to End ‘Wall to Wall’ Farage Coverage They accuse the BBC of “following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage bylinetimes.com/2025/09/09/b...

It's no surprise that Nigel Farage hardly ever bothers to visit Clacton or turn up at Parliament. When he was an MEP, his attendance record was 748th out of 751. He's a workshy grifting gobshite.

This too should be in the Media non-stop for a week until Nigel Farage is forced to resign.

This is how dictatorships behave

Bluesky is better than Twitter for academic research discussions. (and for lots of other reasons! 😁) www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees. No refugee underfunded a school. No refugee closed a hospital. No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled. We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!

FIFA should pull all of the 2026 World Cup matches scheduled to be played on US soil & reassign them to venues in Canada. That includes the World Cup final scheduled to be played at the Meadowlands. This is not a country suited to host an international event now & won’t be until 2029.

Feeding Britain is circulating a petition to urge the Government to extend the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme during the school holidays in England through to the next general election. Please do sign and circulate the petition: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

A *third* of the Commons has called on the PM to recognise Palestine as a state. Never seen anything quite like this.

This article… … is, by a long way, the clearest account of the UK government’s complicity in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza that I have ever read. Please read and share.

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The story I heard concerned a Japanese businessman who was told we were going to make our universities more businesslike. His response: why would you do that? Your universities are excellent and your businesses are rubbish. But we appointed the wrong people and pressed ahead.

Looting at Thames Water Net assets in 1990, £1,329m; 2024, £1,301m; 2025, £359m negative - liabilities exceed assets NO shareholder investment since privatisation? Dividends £10.4bn. Can't rebuild water services without ending privatisation. Water Commission didn't spot looting,

I really don't want to go through the whole rigmarole of seeing Farage win power and then fuck everything up and have loads of sympathetic voxpops with dismayed Reform voters expressing their regrets when it was extremely fucking obvious what would happen because his platform is incoherent garbage

What a fantastic thought! (For the non-microbiologists among you, there is such a thing as the Epstein-Barr virus, which is linked to certain cancers, but not discovered by Jeffrey Epstein and William Barr))

Yorkshire Water’s hosepipe ban is a symptom of a broken system Last week, Yorkshire Water announced a hosepipe ban that will affect over five million people across Yorkshire, with a threat of £1,000 fines. – it’s time to take back control of our water. By Jon Trickett MP

Wow, last week our writer David Goff wrote of the NEVLAs (never voting Labour again): "Perhaps a party led by the Zarah Sultanas of this world might entice the NEVLAs back to the voting booth." Today this ⤵️ (see thread) David must have a crystal ball 🔮 @tubbyewe.bsky.social

Tommy Robinson sent a letter to himself, he meant to log out and send it from a different account. But he didn't. Don't RT 🤣

Happy Barack Obama Appreciation Day!!! #ObamaAppreciationDay

This is worth reading! Measles is not a harmless disease.

It's worth looking at this thread!

Disability cut impact could be even worse than expected warns food bank charity Research commissioned @trusselluk.bsky.social found that 340,000 people in disabled households will be pushed into severe hardship by benefit changes being brought in by the Government www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

I’m extremely chuffed by just how well the below article has done - who knew public procurement frameworks could be so popular! Thanks to @bylinesnetwork.co.uk and @eastangliabylines.co.uk for sharing it so far and wide, and for all the lovely comments and DMs.

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🚨 EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION FOR PALESTINE 🚨 We are creating a red line for Palestine around Parliament during Prime Minister's Questions to demand a full arms embargo and sanctions on Israel NOW! ⏰ Wednesday 4th June, 11:30 📍 Outside Parliament 🟥 Wear red

Why are we suggesting Reform were first to call for getting rid of the two child benefit cap? Parties like Lib Dems, Greens, SNP & Plaid have been calling for it for years. PLURAL coverage for ALL our parties not just one NOW. Stop framing 2029 elex 4 years out petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.  Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

The BBC will sack Lineker for his humanity but pay Chris Mason and Laura Kuenssberg eye watering sums to rim Tories and push a right wing agenda. We urgently need press reform.

If this person sat next to you on a bus or train and started ranting about Bruce Springsteen in this way, you would get up and move to a different seat. In the United States, we have him the nuclear codes.

A 1996 article on the same question 👉🏻 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

There is something bordering on abusive in the way ministers today are talking about public services – Jacqui Smith on universities, and Yvette Cooper on care homes. They are blaming institutions for decisions forced on them by government, without admitting they or changing anything.

Excellent. The only part of BBC News that isn’t shit & one of the remaining things that the country does well. Let’s destroy it to try & impress the Daily Mail. Yay! www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...

This right here......

❓How do you get Steve Reed the Environment Secretary to listen to your concerns about the private water industry? ❗⚽Meet him on his home turf.⚽❗ Lois is inviting Steve Reed to the football - fat cat water bosses can do it, so why shouldn't she? #Loisatthepalace

Criticizing the Israeli government's actions in Gaza, especially the U.S.-funded assault on civilians - is a moral imperative rooted in universal human rights, not antisemitism. The global community bears witness to this humanitarian catastrophe. Netanyahu must be held accountable. #3E #Endimpunity

Why are private companies being allowed to turn the NHS into a cash cow? 🚨🚨🚨 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

True facts are true

Replace Frankfurt with Harvard, Nazis with MAGA, and German with US. And the same thing that happened in 1933 is happening in 2025.

I think going to space is pretty cool but the celebrities who went on Blue Origin were not doing it to inspire people, let’s be honest here. If they want to inspire girls into STEM, maybe advocate for the talented women who work at NASA and are at risk of losing their jobs?

Our second university of the day shedding jobs is Lincoln, much-praised for its superb innovative teaching and with a host of awards for it. Every single day in Higher Ed is like this, and every day will be like this until someone gets a grip. 🇬🇧 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Horizon scandal, 92 year old, was offered 29% of the compensation she asked for. Now receives offer of 60%. Scandalous. Why is their agony being prolonged? Pay them. No victim should get less than what Post Office execs have retired on.

Science does not work like this. The only way you can set a timeline is if you have rigged the results in advance.

The @royalsociety.org should add these deaths to their citation for Elon “feed USAID into the woodchipper” Musk FRS, since they clearly no longer expect their fellows “to encourage the development and use of science for the benefit of humanity”.

Freiburg, Germany, Central Station Bookshop (right @the center of the shop‘s entryway): “This is a selection of books which are banned at schools in the US“. #UniteAgainstBookBans #FreedomToRead @ala-pla.bsky.social @librarypolicy.bsky.social

Just six energy companies control over 90% of the UK household energy supply market, Octopus has 23.7% supplying 12.9m households Competition is in name only and price differences are superficial. Customers are always fleeced even though people change suppliers.

New Gaza medic attack video contradicts Israel military claims www.channel4.com/news/new-gaz...