Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social‬'s call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...

Like Farage and Reform, Trump and his cult lie…about everything but most of the media do not challenge them. The media are just as much the problem as these dodgy politicians.

Microsoft: Our future is not fuel for your AI empire! action.eko.org/a/microsoft-...

This world-famous children’s hospital in Liverpool provides complex care for poorly kids - but now they’re planning to close its vital ward! Sign the petition now to make sure kids still get the care they need. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/al...

"WE'RE LIVING IN A TIME WHERE EVIL ISN’T EVEN PRETENDING TO HIDE ANY MORE AND PEOPLE STILL REFUSE TO SEE IT."

"The fact that you can own a home, pay off the mortgage, and still lose it to property taxes is criminal".

In the work environment you hear a lot about 'up-skilling'. Now, I believe this should be, with a little tweak, the following: Up-skill on self reliance!

Every business, every website, every product - they all want me to download their app. Each of these apps does only one thing: serve the interests of that one product or site. I have enough apps on my phone. I can't manage 1000s of them, and even if I could, I don't want to.

Both the government and the Court of Appeal now treat protesters as terrorists and terrorists as protesters. It's hard to accept that a "Labour" government is imposing rightwing authoritarianism on the UK, but please read this column to see what's happening.+🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When everyone was distracted by leadership challenges to the Prime Minister, they sneaked out a list of 26 former Hereditary Peers that will be waltzing back into the Lords with new Life Peerages. Demand a fair, elected second chamber now. action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/191856/...

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The Court of Appeal judgement on Palestine Action is frankly bonkers. It says PA is not "a direct action civil disobedience protest group like the suffragettes operating transparently in the open." Right: the arson, bombings, slashings etc were all planned in open meetings in Parliament Square 🙄🧵

I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Call on Scottish Government to demand Environmental Impact Assessments on Data Centres. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...

Thames Water moves closer to nationalisation after govt objects to rescue deal. Govt concerned about public backlash to a deal that injects £3.35bn equity, more debt, exemption from fines and bigger customer bills. Let TW collapse, buy at knockdown price. Must end profit motive. Nationalise water

This Governments branding of protest as 'terrorism' has seen grandparents arrested and dragged through the courts simply for holding up signs. It's deeply authoritarian when people are speaking out against a genocide and for a free Palestine.

82% of people in England want our water in public ownership All the experts are clear that privatisation of water has failed So why is the government holding on to it? Maybe this is why @cathobbs.bsky.social.bsky.social

Faster biological aging consistently linked to poverty and discrimination. 25.3m Britons, including 14.9m working age adults and 7.7m children live below minimum income standard. Healthy life expectancy declining. Pressure on public services. Must redistribute income and wealth.

Care should put people before profit. Yet around 80% of the UK's largest care home providers are owned or backed by private equity. It's time to end profiteering in social care. Agree? Add your name 👇 party.coop/campaign/soc...

People say it’s the removal of the headphone jack. I don’t fully agree: the bigger issue is a collapse in public manners. I think there’s been a cross-generational shift to selfish individualism, which may have a political element but I suspect is also deeply connected to constant smartphone use.

Can political journalists talk about what politicians are actually doing for the public please, instead of this constant speculation about who’s going to be in Number 10 next? It’s really boring to hear your cliquey insider gossip from the Westminster bubble.

"Trees are poems that Earth writes upon the sky." Khalil Gibran Ralph Emerson art

9 years later not a single person has been put on trial for Grenfell. But they can lock up people who inconvenience a Genocide for 24 years because they are 'terrorists'. The UK is a sick place and Justice is only for the rich to use against the poor.

A crucial issue: deregulation by stealth, which could expose us to a greater range of hazardous chemicals than the EU permits, contrary to government promises. We at Fighting Dirty are suing. We need your help. Please see crowdfunder in next post. Thank you 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK cost-of living tsar, multi-millionaire Iceland boss wants to axe pension triple lock. Full UK state pension (received by 35% of pensioners) is less than 50% of minimum wage. Millions can't save for private pension 2m pensioners live in poverty. 110,000 a year die in poverty. archive.ph/OIdCF

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Same pattern unfolding in Canada and UK, already exists in the US. Along with Palantir surveillance and refusal to stand against Zionist Israel, it appears all part of a much larger transnational oligarch plan to consolidate their power and control over multiple countries.

NEW CASE: The Government promised only EU chemical safety decisions would be fast-tracked into UK law. The law it passed says something very different. We're asking the courts to hold the Government to its promises. www.crowdjustice.com/case/fightin... #ChemicalSafety #PFAS #EnvironmentalJustice

The southern Milky Way stretches high above the horizon in the early morning hours in northern Namibia, taken on my recent trip. I shot the Milky Way when it was very dark, then waited for the sky to brighten to get the rocks clearly. I blended the two shots together. #astrophotography #astronomy

Check out this from We Own It. weownit.org.uk/act-now/make...

Organised money should not rule. We should be demanding democracy and transparency in the City of London as elsewhere in our society Survey here about your view on the City of London Corporation: forms.gle/ipzzvVj57J7y...

3/ THE PART NO ONE'S COVERED: this exact transaction would almost certainly be illegal under EU state aid law. The EU has a specific rule (the 1997 Communication) for public land sales: open bidding, or independent valuation. Neither happened here. This is the textbook case the rule exists for.

There's a Genocide happening in Gaza. Our Government is arresting pensioners for holding cardboard signs that say "I support Palestine Action." And Andy Burnham - labours apparent last hope - won't even acknowledge what's really happening.

Care should put people before profit. Yet around 80% of the UK's largest care home providers are owned or backed by private equity. It's time to end profiteering in social care. Agree? Add your name 👇 party.coop/campaign/soc...

Filton 25 — Starmer's war on UK rights to protect Israel from accountability for its crimes has turned Britain into a failed and terror state Via @skwawkbox.org

Gut wrenching to see four young people jailed for direct action against an arms supplier to Israel. Years in prison for protesting to save lives in Gaza, with 'terrorism' used despite no jury convicting them of it. A truly dangerous attack on the right to protest.

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BBC gives Met Police Chief a chance to share his frustration over Sadiq Khan blocking the Palantir contract but no coverage, of course, of why that was done. Or that Palantir is a serious threat to British democracy. Typical #r4today.