Alan Griffiths
@alanji.bsky.social
Newham Councillor 1994-2006 & 2010-2026. UNISON retired member. Co-operative Party Branch Secretary. Lifelong Labour member, seen most of it before. Barnsley FC Season Ticket holder.
Absolute joke for a Green Party to oppose solar panels. But very much in keeping with why the UK and whole of Europe are failing on energy policy. Other priorities... www.ft.com/content/6fe7...
The one climate issue uniting Greens and Reform in Kent
Insurgent parties of left and right find common cause in stance over major solar farm scheme but UK government will have final say
ft.com
This Tory candidate put our colleague & others through hell, was convicted of assault of police officer, extremist racism to Jewish & Muslim communities. Tory leader last month withdrew the Tory whip from Gavin Barwell after he posted criticisms of Badenoch’s stance against net zero. Tory choices
“We need to have a bar when it comes to standing for public office and this individual falls far short”. @lucianaberger.bsky.social on R4Today re Tory council candidate. Previously convicted of racial harassment for 5 specific blogs, published reams of racist, misogynistic &pornographic material.
@thinklabour.bsky.social Labour membership polling written up in the Guardian today. The current Labour membership turn out to be surprisingly pragmatic about difficult issues like welfare and defence. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour members ‘have tougher view on welfare than you might think’, poll suggests
Survey finds party members see health, the economy, cost of living and climate crisis among biggest challenges
theguardian.com
A greener Stratford and Bow starts from the ground up 🌱 The UP Garden in Forest Gate is bringing people together to grow fresh food, learn new skills and build a stronger community at the same time. It’s projects like this that show the power of local people shaping the places they live!
This would be the front page of every paper and subject of every current affairs radio show if a left wing party had done it. As it stands I doubt we'll even see the gushing about Badenoch's political judgement slow down.
Patch Thompson@patchthompson.bsky.social · last wk.British politics is deeply unwell
Nigel, the questions will stop when you can prove you've done nothing wrong. It's that simple.
Its quite hard to know what, exactly, will actually lose someone their licence if 59 points, driving while disqualified and no insurance doesn't. Its not juat dangerous - its clear contempt for the law. We should treat car crime like any other crime
Jon Owen@anotherjon.bsky.social · last wk."I'm getting fed up with getting pulled by you guys, so this one will result in a complaint," says the driver with 59 points on his licence. 59 points, and still driving, and he didn't go to prison. The system is broken. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Three years ago, our reporter received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of thousands of files: years of secretly recorded conversations, private militia chat logs and videos sent by a man named John Williams. (Published Jan. 2025)
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
propublica.org
"Worldwide, solar costs have fallen by roughly 90 percent since 2010, while battery prices have dropped by 93 percent over the same period". Now consider Europe's lament for failing to preserve its solar industry in the face of Chinese competition. www.foreignaffairs.com/africa/can-r...
Can Renewables Industrialize Africa?
The Iran war is driving the continent toward Chinese-backed green energy.
foreignaffairs.com
Progressives haven’t had a compelling political project since the Third Way. Our new report sets out one: #reciprocism. A politics in which the state does more for citizens, while asking more of them in return. Read here: www.ippr.org/articles/wha...
Five million visitors. One safer city. As London welcomes millions this summer, we're continuing to make our city safer. In Westminster alone, neighbourhood crime is down by 36% in the last year.
Any 16-18 year old posting this stuff about "fight back or die" + white genocide would be on the Prevent radar. But Musk gets a unique pass
