Green Party leader ⁦Zack Polanski says “we need to disentangle our security apparatus from the USA so that we are genuinely independent”. A “first step” is to “review how we can remove US bases from British soil while maintaining our own security”. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Justice department ‘not investigating’ Renee Good killing in contrast to 2020 inquiry on George Floyd death

The worst possible take. Like a husband who says ‘leave me and your next partner will be even more terrifying’

British education in a nutshell

As far as I can tell, we don’t give up on criminal law because some people break it. So, why do countries seem to be giving up on international law because the USA, Israel and other are choosing to break it? Isn’t this the exact moment when we need it most?

Wikipedia was created 25 years ago, today – since then it’s become the largest collection of relatively reliable knowledge in history But how vulnerable is it to those willing to pay top dollar to polish their reputations? And how do British PR firms help them do it?

Time for another one of my old London paintings. I completed this one on a crowded street and the main focus is St Martin-in-the-Fields but I also enjoyed dashing in the passing people with a few pen strokes. This went into an exhibition and sold immediately. #art #streetart #London #watercolour

Misinformation is not just a content problem, but an emotional and structural one.

This political era is not really about winning converts. It is about bloc equilibrium. Labour has more to lose shedding voters to the Greens than it does gaining voters from Reform. open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

If a human was being paid to create this material, we’d rightly throw the book at them. So why should X get a free pass? Fine them to the hilt and if they won’t comply, shut it down. We wouldn’t tolerate this offline. Why online? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 2/2

The right to protest is under attack in the United Kingdom.  In a new report, HRW documents that the UK’s Labour government has failed to reverse sweeping anti-protest laws introduced by the previous Conservative government. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4qerKB0

Reminder: ICE has a budget bigger than most militaries around the world. It has increased its spending on weapons by 700% since Trump took office. Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.

If it's not regime change, and it's certainly not "law enforcement," let's just call it a nuclear-armed oil heist.

Average FTSE 100 CEO took less than 3 days to earn what a typical UK worker will in all of 2026. Just 2 hours for the highest paid CEO. Median FTSE 100 CEO pay is £4.4m, 113 times the median earner. No relationship between exec pay and performance. UK real average worker wage stuck at 2008 level

To add to the madness of it all, the attack on Venezuela is clearly, above all, an oil grab. But we scarcely need oil any more.

Starmer being as Starmer as you can possibly be

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What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam

Turns out Trump learnt everything he knows social media wise from the 1940s French Communist Party

Poorest have got poorer under Labour while richest are better off

A quarter to a third of UN humanitarian staff losing their jobs due to aid cuts? These are dark, dark times.

European Court challenges UK on Shamima Begum citizenship revocation - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/shamima-begum-uk-citizenship-european-court-human-rights-challenges-uk-government-citizenship-stripping

How a forest soundscape installation aims to help people make sense of forests and climate through listening, not screens.

How good a year do Britons say 2025 was for... Themselves personally Good: 36% Average: 35% Bad: 27% The UK Good: 6% Average: 24% Bad: 66% yougov.co.uk/society/arti...

United Nations experts have called on Britain to protect the lives and rights of detained pro-Palestine activists who are on hunger strike. www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251229-un-...

No mainstream newspaper, except for @theguardian.com, reported on new ONS data revealing approx 1 in 3 women in England & Wales, and 1 in 4 men, experienced childhood trauma. Previous ONS studies found 1 in 5 adults experienced childhood trauma. livingunderpatriarchy.org/2025/12/29/m...

This worries me. 1. No guidance on Streetlink to get a person's consent before reporting them. 2. 9% success rate of helping (eventually) but 90% success of sharing data across authorities. If you need to report someone, please ask them first. More info: museumofhomelessness.org/news/the-pro...

"These women in Calais are in crisis, but they are not a crisis. Each is a person. And how we treat them tells us everything about the kind of country we are choosing to be." Read the rest here 👇 bylinetimes.com/2025/12/18/i... @bylinetimes.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk @care4calais.org

Our economic system is broken, the rules of the game were written by rich people for rich people. Inequality is growing and it’s no good to rich and poor alike. We need new rules.

Happy solstice - tonight is the longest night. The light is creeping back in, too slowly to notice it just yet. And maybe, so could the hope. Another world is possible ❤️

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

The more I think about it, the more I reckon the 2003 Iraq War began the process that let Trump win. The blatant lies we were told by our governments, the disregard for public opinion and mockery of international law created a rupture that never healed. Trust, consent and cohesion were smashed.🧵 1/3

Palestine Action hunger strikes stir memories of the IRA in 1981

Citizenship is a right, not a privilege. Our new briefing with @reprievehq.bsky.social reveals a shocking racial disparity in citizenship stripping practices. 3 in 5 people of colour are at risk of having their UK citizenship stripped, at the discretion of the Home Office 🧵👇

🚨New research from Crisis and Heriot-Watt University shows more than 200,000 people in Britain are experiencing ‘hidden homelessness.’ This comes on the day the UK Government launches its much-anticipated homelessness strategy for England. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

📽️ 🛩️ MAJOR NEW FILM COMING TODAY AT 4PM UK TIME Will this documentary put Keir Starmer behind bars❓ Watch the Trailer below 👇 Watch the full film here after 4pm 👉 youtu.be/0fk3t28TiAc

'But despite promises to reduce the use of temporary accommodation and halve the number of people sleeping rough, data from Shelter shows homelessness has jumped 8% over the past year.' www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Zack Polanski: We need hope, not cynicism 🖊️ @ZackPolanski.bsky.social

"The report also highlighted the critical role played by capital ownership in the inequality of climate-changing carbon emissions. “Wealthy individuals fuel the climate crisis through their investments even more than their consumption and lifestyles,” it said." www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

We should get to decide how we protect ourselves at demonstrations. But Government plans to restrict face coverings at protests could impact any of us. We need your support to make sure this law doesn't go unchallenged 👇 https://action.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/167409/petition/1

It’s 2025 and we’re still living as subjects, not citizens. It’s time for a referendum on the monarchy.

Bethlehem lights up Christmas tree for first time since 2022

Senior DWP civil servant blames victims for carer’s allowance scandal

Britain’s biggest hunger strike in decades – and the media won’t touch it. ELIZABETH SHORT reports morningstaronline.co.uk/article/brit...

I'm excited to announce this new study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, which explores public support for degrowth and ecosocialist transformation. The findings are quite surprising. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Oligarchs + fossil fuel companies can sue the UK govt in secret courts for literally billions of pounds if they impose laws that protect the climate? If you’re not fine with this, @globaljusticenow.bsky.social have a petition: act.globaljustice.org.uk/uk-call-time...

Opposing genocide is not terrorism. Make your choice. www.wedonotcomply.org

The sources of the crises in our society – the super rich, oil and gas companies, banks and energy companies – will be delighted that today's budget chooses to protect them and tax us instead.

🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it: A 6–8% hit to GDP That's £180bn-£240bn a year It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything. Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.

The death of the living room: ‘It’s hard to invite people over – not everyone wants to sit on a bed’