Jeswings
@jeswings.bsky.social
North London Forever. Retired CEV Socialist #FBPE No unsolicited DMs, please. You'll be blocked
NEWS! Heinrich Himmler withdraws as Tory election candidate newsthump.com/2026/08/05/h...
Heinrich Himmler withdraws as Tory election candidate
Heinrich Himmler has stepped down as the Conservative candidate for a council election after massive backlash against his selection.
newsthump.com
The rules of the game have changed. Because of you, Michigan. We cannot be bought. Onto November.
Georgia is an authoritarian country where journalists are being arrested for different excuses just to shut them up.
Publika.ge@publikage.bsky.social · 5h ago"László Róbert Mészes is in Georgia without legal grounds and has violated the terms of his stay in the country," the Georgian MIA states. #TerrorinGeorgia
@laszlorobertmezes.bsky.social was detained at a metro station. 📷 Formula
JUST IN: Georgia’s Migration Department has detained @laszlorobertmezes.bsky.social!!! According to lawyer Marika Arevadze, his stay in Georgia is legal. Laszlo is a very active participant in #GeorgiaProtests!
Sophie getting her eyes dilated for her GRPU follow up exam. Such a sweet girl. Please golden families, get your pups checked annually for GRPU. It can cause pain and eye loss. She was diagnosed around 3-4 years old and has been on drops for years. So far we are lucky and it has been stable.
Pure incompetence….
Most Interesting Man In The World Head Shake
ALT: Most Interesting Man In The World Head Shake
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Anti-Reform@antireform.bsky.social · 14h agoIt looks like Reform UK want to outsource defence of the realm to the Brazilian Navy ... "Even Larry the cat knows more about the Royal Navy than Reform" via Ben Bridge
The record temperatures, wildfires and drought we have seen in the UK & Europe is climate change in action. There is hope. It has been a record year for renewable energy generation, all new homes will have solar panels from next year. But we must accelerate the transition to clean & green energy.
I can’t believe we’re still having a debate about whether there’s a trade off between job creation and measures to green the economy. There isn’t. The evidence was clear years ago - a green economy creates far more jobs than the fossil fuel economy it replaces. Come on Labour, catch up …
Government contracts to require job creation instead of green targets under new rules
Louise Haigh says taxpayer money must benefit local communities amid backlash from environmental groups
theguardian.com
Thanks to initiatives like ULEZ, deaths linked to toxic air in London have fallen by 40% between 2019 and 2024. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Toxic air death estimates in London drop by 40%, study suggests
A new study suggests estimated deaths linked to toxic air in London fell by about 40% in five years.
bbc.co.uk
Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.
Stop calling them "data centers." Start calling them pollution centers. 🧵👇
Could Wenger be the candidate to defeat Infantino? (and I say that as a West Ham fan 😉)
Windfall tax on colossal bank profits could raise £19bn in 2026. Result of profiteering and govt policies. Sufficient to increase frozen personal income tax allowance by nearly £2,000. Banks paid out £25bn in bonuses in the year to March, can easily pay more tax.
Windfall tax on colossal bank profits could raise £19bn in 2026
Burnham urged to resist lobbyists and tax banks to pay for his cost of living measures
positivemoney.org
It's been an absolute honour to visit Clacton fewer times than I've visited America, hold zero surgeries and do fuck all for the town.
The Nigel Farage Controversies. It’s not just the £5m and Cottrell, his whole career has been scandal ridden.
Crop yields down, our countryside scorched and over 2800 people are dead due to this summer's heatwaves. Meanwhile fossil fuel giants are raking in record profits. We must end this rampant profiteering, and cut fossil fuels from our energy mix as soon as possible.
Damian Carrington@dpcarrington.bsky.social · 2d agoBP profits more than double to $5.7bn in three months as Iran war sends oil prices soaring - "While BP banks enormous profits, millions of households are paying the price" #energycrisis #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Nigel Farage said it had been an honour to be Clacton’s MP – then his work record entered the chat www.thepoke.com/2026/08/04/f...
🔴 NEW 🔴 Campaigners are now demanding a parliamentary investigation into Reform MP Sarah Pochin following a donation to her office by food industry millionaires. 📝 @desmog.com & @goodlawproject.org report 👇🏻
Investigate Reform MP Over Donation, Campaigners Demand
Sarah Pochin, Reform UK MP for Runcorn and Helsby, is facing pressure over a £5,000 donation from food industry millionaires that stand to benefit from her campaigning. According to an investigation ...
desmog.com
Why @labouruk.bsky.social @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social It's so good finding these covered areas in french supermarket car parks, no brainer for UK surely with the weather extremes we're getting?
Bylines Network@bylinesnetwork.co.uk · last mo.As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports. Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round. A missed opportunity? @eastangliabylines.co.uk
The Facebook page of Georgian investigative outlet Studio Monitor was removed on Monday, just over a week after the outlet’s YouTube channel was taken down and later restored following an appeal.
Facebook page of Georgian investigative outlet Studio Monitor removed
Georgian investigative outlet Studio Monitor’s Facebook page was removed on Monday.
oc-media.org
#PalantirOut There is clearly "state capture" at the top of the NHS (and government), but happily not across the board "FOI request showed NHSE plans to overhaul part of its evaluation methods after an official raised concerns" www.ft.com/content/bc58...
NHS England to revise Palantir platform data after staff concerns
Changes to two most widely cited claims come as scrutiny grows over US tech company’s contract
ft.com
Let’s all help them out - donate to this guy running against Max Miller
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