100% this. GDP is not the ultimate goal. A healthy, flourishing, equal, compassionate society in balance with its ecosystem is the goal. Our political class have forgotten this - cajoled by think tanks, donors and “the city”. A country can have an excellent GDP and be terrible to live in.

People detest Starmer because they detest the status quo of cruelty, austerity and deep inequality. He was brought in on a mandate to change that. Instead, he has championed more of the same. And the promise he betrayed is why people detest him. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Hey @scotnational.bsky.social - any chance you could add Bluesky links to your Journalist page too? I know a lot of them are on here too.

This really should be given more attention to balance the insanity on this topic. Plenty of women recognise how ludicrous the current debate is, and how it’s detracting from real and tangible treats to women and girls. “reject the weaponisation of our identities to justify discrimination”

The fact that compassion is now a dirty word tells you everything you need to know about our political and media landscape. Let’s change the record: Join.greenparty.org.uk

UK parties, take note. This is what leadership looks like.

My letter in @thetimes.com today: what is the economy for? #PublicHealth #Wellbeing #Environment #Inequality

Serious question - what on earth is the point of the billions we spend on the military and defence if we ultimately just to resort to forcing school kids onto the front lines with AK47s?

Why on earth are we settling for the dross that makes up our political establishment when we can be voting for real leaders like Rachel. I want the UK to be famous for its kindness, compassion and dignity - not for its cruelty, spite and racial hatred. There is another way.

Surprise surprise. The angry troll tweeting on Christmas Day turns out to have been, quite literally, hoisted by his own petard. We really, really deserve better than this joke of a government - and their morally-adjacent rivals. Do something to fix this broken system and Join.greenparty.org.uk

This is who we are now. In fact, it’s who we’ve always been.

The point is the outrage. Whatever the cause, whatever the hypocrisy, whoever gets hurt or victimised. Keep them angry, keep them clicking, keep them ready to vote for a darker world they’re told is the light.

Finally we have a political party willing to challange the stagnation of the last 46 years brought on by relying on the 'market' to know best and 'trickle down economics' both of which made the rich fabulously richer and the other 97٪ poorer! No wonder Starmer's shower are scared!

You gotta admit it’s pretty funny how QAnon was spot on about a pedophile running the government — but they can’t brag about it because they literally voted for the pedophile.

Zach Polanski has definitely been a highlight of 2025. Amongst a dumpster fire of political immorality, genocide support, racial persecution and locking up protestors - he’s been a voice we so desperately need. If believing in a better, kinder world is naive then sign me up and bring on 2026.

Thank you to @simonoxfphys.com for teaching me a new word.

New Fairytale of New York lyrics just dropped... 😮‍💨 Grace Petrie 👏

The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters. Antonio Gramsci

This must be what draining the swamp looks like.

Some of these redactions are almost like modern art

Deck the halls and lock him up. Written by Rikki Beadle-Blair Performed at Soho Theatre, Walhamstow for charity fundraiser "Comedians Do Carols."

A Time of Monsters. In the first of four 2025 BBC Reith Lectures titled 'A Time of Monsters', the Dutch historian Rutger Bregman asks what can be done to counter the moral decay of today's un-serious elites. youtu.be/fUJ-qEmQGhM?...

Only 6 Labour backbencher attack videos on @zackpolanski.bsky.social left until Christmas Day! #MistletoeandWhine

Ok, hear me out… Every media outlet (newspapers, online rags) must display an “accuracy rating” on their homepage/front page based on an independent regulator. We already do it for food, why not for what we consume intellectually.

In the fable, it only took one boy to point out the Emperor had no clothes. It only takes a few people to start challenging the status quo, to dismantle conventional wisdom, for the rest to start doing it too. That’s why the Greens matter so much. Join.greenparty.org.uk

Trapped in this dystopian nightmare of a world, watching the elite vampires suck every resource from our planet, while our government cosies up to them - massacring innocent people while turning us against each other. What a time to be alive.

Reform, Tory, Labour. If you support them you are simply voting for gradations of the status quo - with an increasing focus on division and hate. Just different varieties of the same recipe. If you want something that puts hope before hate, do yourself a favour and Join.greenparty.org.uk

🚨 THE FINAL FOUR 🚨 We’re nearly at the end! 32 candidates have been narrowed down to a nefarious final four. But who will move on to the finals? You must decide! 🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/wpit25-semif...

Now do the Brits

Whoever’s in charge of the National Trust social media deserves a raise!

Helpful context for the slight hatchet job Rory performed on Zack. Zack recognising he needs to learn the figures (regardless of their worth in the political debate) tells you everything you need to. P.s. Rory Stewart also got his numbers wrong, but I guess that’s ok?

Everyday I feel more and more proud to be part of this movement. After years of feeling politically homeless I finally feel like there is a place for people who put hope before hate, and people’s lives above the establishment. It’s time for something better 💚 Join.greenparty.org.uk

This is amazing news. Jamie has a track record of putting people before establishment, and creating real change in communities. Sign up for a party of hope, not hate. Join.greenparty.org.uk

LEAKED: Slide 1 of the “where is all this right-wing rhetoric coming from?!” Deck, presented by David Dinsmore, ex Sun editor. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

“There’s too much far-right rhetoric in this darn country”, shouts the far-right rhetoric factory, as it churns out far-right rhetoric daily - neatly wrapped in “valid concerns” packaging. Where is all this far-right rhetoric coming from, they ask in disbelief?!?

From a professional comms perspective, I'd say a good start for Labour combatting far right rhetoric would be to stop repeating it, saying they "understand it" or including its stock tropes in official documents pretty much any time they talk about migration. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Great! Now do freedom of movement.

I think half the reluctance to explore this is because the rot is far, far deeper than most people could imagine. It will be interesting if this “foreign interference” remains focused on Russia or whether they’ll have the balls to examine Israeli, UAE and US dark money too.

@zackpolanski.bsky.social This seems to be doing numbers at a rising pace. 😂

Getting into the festive spirit of joy and cheer by diving into How They Broke Britain by the ever adroit @mrjamesob.bsky.social Superb stocking filler for the Tory and Reform voters in your family 🎄🎅

The gloves are off 🧤 Let’s hope “foreign” includes the US as well as Russia…

It’s easy to forget that Zack Polanski has only been leader for under 4 MONTHS. He has managed all of this since September. A truly remarkable achievement - and I sense he’s only getting started.

I feel physically unwell when I hear his voice, so this is a welcome approach to hearing just how deranged that psychopath is.

There’s precious few movements truly challenging the status-quo. The Bylines Network is one of them. Citizen journalism, powered by local networks and focused on integrity and honest reporting. Perhaps a perfect Christmas gift for a loved one? 🎄

So when’s Labour going to get cracking with their proportional representation plans? Asking for a friend… yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

Our young people aren’t shirkers or snowflakes - they were failed by government policy. That changes now | Pat McFadden

Believe it or not, this is excellent news www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Awesome article by @rudibanfield.bsky.social Zack Polanski: The Green leader giving hope to the left

Zack Polanski: The Green leader giving hope to the left In 3 months, Zack Polanski has reignited the hope of representation for a disenfranchised left and led the charge against the rise of Reform @rudibanfield.bsky.social @sussexbylines.co.uk