For me, it comes down to this: when compounding crises threaten our water supply, do we want corporations and billionaires in control of it?
@clairevpf.bsky.social
Inclusive feminist, vegan, anti-racism, anti-fascism, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ally, very small time organic grower, sea swimmer
Having first tried being a ‘one nation’ Cameron-Tory, then a remainer, then a rabid brexiter, Jenrick has now decided that his route to power lies in being a nasty little far-right shit. A total loser scrabbling around for ‘likes’ in the cesspit of Reform. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/robert...
Robert Jenrick Says Reform Supporter Who Attacked Woman At Party Conference 'Should Get A Medal'
He previously said the heckler should “get a life”.
huffingtonpost.co.uk
What I love about Western democracy is you can bung a political party £ 36 million earned from criminal activity & most media will continue to point at asylum seekers & migrant care workers with families as the barbarians at the gate we need to defend ourselves from 🙄.
Farage net favourability with the UK public is -45, same as Starmer when he resigned. I'm sure some of the shifty types in Reform are looking at these figures and planning maneouvres. yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
Political favourability ratings, September 2026
The proportion of Britons with an unfavourable opinion of Nigel Farage reaches its highest level recorded by our tracker to date
yougov.com
The national broadcaster here, and the UK Culture Secretary, simpering over a bunch of small-town bigots in Oxfordshire holding a symbolic independence referendum, while steadfastly refuting the right to Scottish 🏴 self-determination. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans
Piddington residents vote over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby.
bbc.co.uk
Turn on #bbcbreakfast and they're treating a village's racist referendum as if it's a general election result. "The people of Piddington have roared" says presenter John Kay.
The merits or demerits of the asylum seeker base aside, you might imagine from listening to the BBC that Piddington was an isolated rural village as opposed to already right next to HMP Bullingdon and a bunch of army bases.
Dom White@domw.bsky.social · 2w agoIt has just spent 10 minutes reporting on an unofficial referendum to leave the UK in some Oxfordshire village pissed off about an old army base being used to house asylum seekers. I assume it will do the same when another village is annoyed about plans for a new housing development?
And the other dysfunctions at the heart of our energy market - it’s rigged in the favour of big companies against the interest of the country - we need the courage to change that. To challenge the orthodoxy of ‘markets’. We need an energy market that works for Britain. More info in this short paper.
This is a fossil fuel crisis and we suffer more than we should because we allow the price of fossil gas to set the price of our wind and sun. When will we fix this?
Here we go again, our second energy crisis in five years, the last one cost us £70 Billion in payments to mitigate the harm of sky high bills, what will this one cost? TBC. dalevince.com/reports/whol...
Wholesale market reform
Britain’s energy market is broken. Here’s how wholesale price controls, North Sea reform and breaking the gas link could cut bills for good.
dalevince.com
Delegates at #TUC26 backed a @ucu.org.uk motion to "build on the Wages Not Weapons campaign by advancing a trade union vision of security based on decent work, quality public services, equality, climate action, democracy and peace"
TUC votes to reiterate opposition to increased defence spending and build on ‘Wages Not Weapons’ campaign
Delegates passed a UCU motion to build a vision for security "based on decent work, quality public services, equality, climate action, democracy and peace"
leftfootforward.org
Nigel Farage: the fall of a mob boss
Nigel Farage: the fall of a mob boss
Why he’s imploding...
writesbright.substack.com
Police are facing growing questions over how up to 500 masked activists dressed in black brought parts of Dover to a standstill on Saturday. Authorities have been accused of failure to act, intelligence failures and being ‘caught on the hoof’. www.ft.com/content/f244...
Police face questions over Dover disruption caused by masked protesters
Up to 500 activists dressed in black with their faces covered brought part of UK port town to a standstill on Saturday
ft.com
So, don't share your darkest fears like a mantra. They disempower and deflate others AND you! The nihilism of presenting him as inevitable IS their strategy. I know we can beat Farage, because we ARE beatING him. His numbers are shrinking. Now is the time for shoulders to the wheel - not apathy. 3/3
It's wrong because it is based on a huge category error: voted Reform once ≠ Reform voter ≠ die-hard Farage fan I don't underestimate the loyalty of that last group. But it's easy to overestimate its size, inundated with voxpops from conference delegates, by definition the most cultish sample. 2/3
I plead with people not to propagate their "it won't make a difference; his supporters love him" gloom. Actually, Farage is on the ropes and he didn't get there by himself. He's there because people continue to believe resistance does make a difference. It's also wrong on the facts. 1/3
Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social · 4w agoFrom "I'm not a compliance officer" to "I know electoral law, I know donation law better than anybody" in 35 seconds.
Here's a small call to action: share this podcast with your social networks - take an hour to understand what the problem with Reform UK is, and wtf is going on around us.
Quiet Riot@quietriotpod.bsky.social · 4w ago🔥 Sunday School: DAS SCHADENFREUDEFEST 🔥 We dissect a horrible few days for Farage, every aspect of his latest scandal, and every moment of his car crash conference. And laugh about it quite a lot. As is right and proper. 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q... 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/7bMP...
What can you do in the face of new USPS policies that may affect mail voting? What if you live overseas? What options are local and state officials putting in place? You asked, and our new Q&A has answers:
Mail Voting in Turmoil: Your Questions Answered - Bolts
As the Trump administration and USPS look to restrict mail voting ahead of the midterms, we asked Bolts readers to send us your questions—and our team has tackled 10 of them.
boltsmag.org
Over the next 58 days, do something every day to help Democrats win. It does not have to be grand. It can be a conversation with your neighbor, a call to a family member, or a volunteer shift to knock on doors. Every action matters.
If no one has standing to sue Trump in court to stop his lawlessness, then it’s imperative to elect members of Congress who will. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
How Donald Trump Outmaneuvers the Supreme Court
In both the ballroom and the mail-in-ballot cases, the President has tested the Justices’ willingness to stop him in his tracks.
newyorker.com
MAGA social media is now filled with posters who are in the employ of the Trump administration and do not disclose this fact. It's a propaganda program that looks increasingly like that of an authoritarian state.
I hope that @zackpolanski.bsky.social can win this by election. An honest voice that will ask the questions that need to be asked in parliament and the start of turning back the tide of hate that politics has been swept up by as of late. Vote @greenparty.org.uk
Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4w agoWe can win. Together. It's going to require people power like never before. See you on Sunday? Details below. m.youtube.com/watch?v=ej0c...
Israel's defence minister revealed that his Government is seeking Donald Trump's support for their plan to forcibly remove Palestinians from Gaza. Forced displacement is a war crime. When will Labour act? End all arms sales. Ban illegal settlement trade. Sanction the Israeli Government.
‘Nigel Farage says he can’t be bought. Channel 4's documentary says otherwise.
Foraging, a dawn chorus from birds, and learning to love moths: Northumberland Wildlife Trust The latest events held by Northumberland Wildlife Trust northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
Foraging, a dawn chorus from birds, and learning to love moths: Northumberland Wildlife Trust
The latest events held by Northumberland Wildlife Trust
northeastbylines.co.uk
This was stupid when the police were asked to investigate Zahawi and Rayner, and it's stupid now. There's no evidence of dishonesty by Zahawi/Rayner/Polanski and the police should simply say that and not get drawn into these games. Carelessly paying wrong tax is not a crime.
This is very good news. UK inflation has fallen -0.5% to 2.8% instead of going up as feared www.ons.gov.uk/economy/infl...
