Thames Water's creditors want to set a new low for privatised water by asking Ofwat to sign off on a deal which allows them to break the rules. Ofwat are poised to agree. We can't let them. Email your MP now: weownit.org.uk/act-now/the-...

a) this is disgustingly racist. b) Priest and Christian theologian here, and “Christian values” and indeed Christianity are absolutely not genetically transmitted. c) the only Christian society that has seriously tried to claim it is was Spain post-Reconquista, bc they were disgustingly racist.

The Guardian & the BBC have both led with the idea that Rayner is now free to make a leadership challenge - what happened to just reporting the news rather than creating it or have we reached the stage where disgruntled journalists control our democracy? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Absolutely despicable as usual and let me correct him "Farage is an abomination" bsky.app/profile/refo...

Ben Habib alleges Nigel Farage & Boris Johnson were paid £1m each by Christopher Harborne to essentially rig the election in favour of BJ. He also claims the undeclared £5m "gift" Farage received in 2024 from Harborne was payment for NF to take over as party leader of Reform UK & stand in Clacton.

Today's #birdoftheday theme is #raptors. I think this pair of birds that just decided to hang out on our fence for a bit might be immature Cooper's Hawks. (Please correct me if I'm wrong.)

And initially it was set up very much on purpose, white northerners forgiving white southerners after the Civil War (quiet part: to maintain white supremacy) because demanding accountability / repentance wouldn't have worked and would have been too useful for the cause of Black equality

But all this has deep deep roots in how white supremacy functions in our country. I talk about it a bunch in my book in various places.

There's actually old Protestant theological thinking tangled up in here ("salvation by faith alone" --> what's in my heart is what matters) which here conflates inner state + outer action. Are those bones racist?!? Which lines up perfectly w/power, accountability, maintaining status quo ofc

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #raptors. Fun fact: owls, hawks, and falcons are all considered raptors but aren't closely related to each other. Falcons are the most distantly related; they are more closely related to parrots. Here is one of my best Osprey images. #birds #birdphotography

#Birds #Paridae Rob Crank ‪@robcrank68.bsky.social‬ says today's #BirdOfTheDay Alt Theme is #Paridae, any of the species. My favourite, the Black Capped Chickadee perched amid the buds of a Saskatoon (Serviceberry) bush.

If Streeting is the answer, Labour hasn't understood the question.

Wait…and just hear me out first… 🧐 —- what if the 1% didn’t own the means of production? What if we made a better world for the entire human race?

Peregrine Falcon, sitting for a portrait session. Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Raptors, any of the birds of prey. #birds #ECK #photography #falcon #naturephotography #BirdLife

Bullies. Misogynists. Racists. Who knew? Asks absolutely no one who pays attention to the rise of Nigel Farage. Farage IS Reform. Anagram of former. He's a former Tory. So are most of his rebadged UKIP Brexit Party MEPs and MPs. Divisive hatred, pro Trump/Putin anti EU xenophobia is destroying UK.

#SkyNews Hearing this awful story, I wonder why there aren't more warnings given to Brits about the danger of gun crime in America. A daughter isn't even safe from her father's guns. The Texas police are a disgrace. This is a clear case of filicide.

The news is going to be far more than an hour long if we are going to report on everyone arrested. Oh hang on, it's only Muslims/brown people that are being plastered all over the media constantly #audpol

Britain contains nearly half the world’s population of bluebells. They are often found where ancient woodlands grow or used to grow. The plant is part of the hyacinth family named by Homer after a young Spartan warrior Hyacinthus who was killed by Apollo.

There is no equal to the morning sky, it’s artistry too often beyond description, Nature’s Art Gallery, ephemeral and so pulchritudinous … … showing at a venue near you every 24 hours … don’t miss it #Poem #Sunrise #ECK #Pulchritudinous #Nature

BBC News saying Reform have "come out of nowhere". No, they haven't. First they were UKIP, and then they were The Brexit Party, and with every incarnation, they've been amplified and boosted by the BBC, with Farage given record appearances on Question Time and other panel shows. #Reform #BBCqt

#BlueSkyArtShow #soft #ECK #photo #photography #flowers #bees #bloomscrolling #dailyflowers #gardens #mygardenwatch a soft, fluffy bee on a soft fluffy flower. Bee happy this Saturday!

Yes because these were LOCAL elections and Labour still have 1300 majority of councillors nationwide. Reform are a fraction of the total. The media are gaslighting the public.

As Labour loses more than 1,300 seats across the country and is wiped out in Wales, Keir Starmer is “the right man to do the job” and will bring a new hope for Labour into the future, says science and technology secretary Liz Kendall

"They want strong and secure borders" Well, that means they don't know what the fuck are they talking about

Reform UK’s new councillor Martin Henry Uren thinks jokes about Auschwitz are campaign material, posted on election day. Then an AI pic of him smiling by a grave stone with Labour written on it. Pretty sure posting this sort of content under the banner of Councillor is a breach of code of conduct.

Soldiers are refusing, and dissent is spreading. For the first time, Soldiers for Hostages is building a team dedicated solely to integrating new reservists who have never refused in such a manner. mailchi.mp/refuser/resi...

Yes, the Starmer piece in the Guardian is 95% vacuous tosh but it does make sure to squeeze in the toxic dog whistle “strong and secure borders”. Just in case anyone was thinking that he might be turning away from his ugly hero voter strategy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“The British press usually works itself into a fury if people in public life threaten legal action against journalists... But when it comes to the wall of money and lawyers propping up Farage and his finances, barely a squeak” Democracy dying in the darkness. www.independent.co.uk/voices/nigel...

Important data point here: “A sharp fall in Labour's performance is accompanied more often by an above average Green performance than it is by a strong Reform performance”. The Greens have already hurt Labour even before any direct gains.

74% didn't vote Reform. But a totally split centre left vote will keep letting them in under #fptp. What's the plan for addressing that? #Labour

See also this recently arising issue… 'I can't drink the water' - life next to a US data centre.

It’s Act III of a dreadful play. The people who brought you Brexit & Boris Johnson (not all of them based in Thailand) have now set Farage on the path to power. And Labour look incapable of stopping him… open.spotify.com/episode/25eY...

A please @labouruk.bsky.social, stop saying that it's up to us to stop Reform. YOU could stop a Reform government in 2029, by introducing the proportional representation so many in the country have been clamouring for. The only way Farage can win is through our crazy first-past-the-post system.

And it's not just annoying pensioners, it's upsetting their families. My neighbour is furious about how her Mum has been treated, so the whole family has said they'll never vote Labour again. #r4today

Is Shabana Mahmood still the Home Secretary? Is Labour still going ahead with their horrible and cruel Earned Settlement plan? Until she gets sacked and the plan is scrapped, I won't believe they've learnt anything or changed in any significant way. And won't vote for them.

Reform UK Councillors Gone: Updated Jay Cooper has been sacked following his election for holocaust denial.

This Government thinks only some groups merit protection. We disagree. We think everyone should be able to live free from harassment and hate. And we think it's important to establish that proposition so we are continuing with our complaint to protect the trans community.

The importance of local journalism: great Sheffield election roundup here. (Great work @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social! #Sheffieldissuper) Impossible to find proper reports for so many places www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/labour-face-...

For anti-racists: the silver lining.

This is now becoming faintly ridiculous. How many times can someone 'take responsibility' for appalling outcomes while facing no consequences for them? 'Neither left nor right' might make sense if we knew direction we're headed in. Which we don't. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How do you know that's the view of the majority of your members? Have you surveyed them? #r4today

ICE Arrests Violated Order Requiring Warrants in D.C., Judge Rules www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/u...