825...Another total regulatory failure here in Rip-Off Britain.
Dr Rebecca Warren@drrjwarren.bsky.social · 1h agoabsolutely this.
Steve Gilbert
@ombudsmans61pc.bsky.social
Time for ombuds schemes that are: pro-people and pro-justice. And not: pro-business. Expelled from Twitter on Halloween 2024. Spooky.
Dr Rebecca Warren@drrjwarren.bsky.social · 1h ago
Return of the Blackshirts. Dozens of men dressed in black, wearing balaclavas blocked the road at Dover. Organised to frighten people Crime and Policing Act 2026: "the wearing or otherwise using of an item that conceals identity when in an area designated by police" is a criminal offence.
Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent
Port authorities say access roads ‘free flowing’ again after large group forces road closures in both directions
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The House voted to condemn “socialism” earlier this week. Listen, I’ve been in and around politics for over 50 years. I grew up during McCarthyism and the “red Scare” of the 1950s. I’ve seen all of this fear-mongering before. Here’s what’s really going on.
824...He's already appeased the Zionist lobby by remaining silent on the genocide in Palestine. And the de-regulation lobby with the appointment of his Chancellor. 🦋 Link to the O61% Campaign: He's unlikely to end ombudsinjustice in Rip-Off Britain.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 7h agoThe pressure on Burnham to appease the right is huge. But now is the time to step out of Reform’s shadow | Andy Beckett
823...Fuhrer Farage. Ending regulatory and ombuds injustice here in Rip-Off Britain will be put off for a 1,000 years.
Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social · 10h agoLike a medieval king, Farage threatens judges, civil servants, parliament to obey him or else. Will declare a state of emergency, make MPs sit 24 hours a day for six days a week until he gets his way. Already committed to withdraw human rights, equality, employment rights laws, and more.
#OtD 5 Sep 1934 a nationwide strike of textile workers in the US grew, with 325,000 out against an enforced reduction in hours and pay. Two strikers were killed, and two more shot and wounded. Learn more in this great book about US mass strikes: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/str...
Eva Besnyö (1910-2003), Dutch-Hungarian photographer who participated in the Nieuwe Fotografie (New Photography) movement #womensart
822...He "didn't want to talk about Tony Blair" which says a lot. He wants a return to rules based democracy and economic growth. But no mention of regulatory and ombuds injustice here in Rip-Off Britain. 🦋 Link: Every Labour politician we've contacted about ombudsinjustice has covered it up.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last wk.‘I don’t want to be a backseat driver’: Gordon Brown on Burnham, billionaires – and his vision for a better Britain
#OtD 29 Aug 2016 600 oil refinery workers in Curaçao walked out for more pay. The strike continued for over two weeks, until a general strike broke out in its support. Faced with closed schools, shops, and no electricity, the employers caved stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1008...
That MIA ribbon means it's already been selected to be shown at a Folk Art exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts later this year.
Tim Hirschel-Burns@timhirschelburns.bsky.social · last wk.Live report from the Minnesota State Fair, located in the heart of American democracy, where there’s an ICE Out adaptation of Picasso’s Guernica made entirely from crops
Scandinavian bishop chess piece carved from walrus ivory, dating back to around 1150–1200 AD, originating from Trondheim, Norway. The bishop piece emerged in 12th-century Europe to replace the elephant (Alfil) from earlier Islamic chess traditions. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) Vase with five Sunflowers, 1888. Oil on canvas.
A beautiful female Gatekeeper Butterfly resting on fern from my local heath.
63 years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led the first historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. They understood that equal economic and voting rights were the path to ending racial inequality in America.
#FullMoon in #August is also known as the Barley Moon or the #SturgeonMoon Artwork by Tamsin Abbott, English stained glass artist #WomensArt
Bronze Age barrow reused as Roman shrine and later execution site in England A Bronze Age barrow became the center of a Roman rural shrine at Red Lodge in Suffolk, where people returned for ritual acts for centuries... More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/08/bron...
Bronze Age barrow reused as Roman shrine and later execution site in England | Archaeology News Online Magazine
A Bronze Age barrow in Suffolk was reused as a Roman shrine, with animal offerings, coins and ritual deposits found around the ancient monument.
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A rare survival from Neolithic Cumbria some 5,000 years ago! A polished greenstone axehead, quarried in the Langdales, with its original wooden handle preserved! Found at Ehenside Tarn in 1869, it is the only hafted Neolithic axe known from England to date! 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology
821...Andy Burnham didn't abstain when it came to supplying the genocidal state of Israel with weapons and intelligence. So assisted in the deaths of Palestinian children. 🦋 Link: Sides with the rich and powerful. So unlikely to tackle ombudsinjustice in Rip-Off Britain.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last wk.Andy Burnham to abstain on assisted dying bill to avoid influencing debate
820..."We know too well - apart from Donald Trump and those using his Scottish golf course - that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." Nelson Mandela 1997. 🦋 Link: There are lots of links.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last wk.Seven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’
Sungi Mlengeya, born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, a painter whose figurative portraiture is a commemoration of women who surround her #WomensArt
#OtD 28 Aug 1816 the British Navy began bombarding the port of Algiers, purportedly to prevent slavery in the region, of white Europeans and Christians being enslaved. Meanwhile, slavery was widespread across the British Empire stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9979...
Medieval ship reused as basement ceiling in Germany reveals rare clues to Lake Constance shipbuilding A medieval ship was reused as the ceiling of a basement built in 1244 in Constance, southern Germany... More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/08/medi...
Medieval ship reused as basement ceiling in Germany reveals rare clues to Lake Constance shipbuilding | Archaeology News Online Magazine
A medieval ship reused in a 1244 basement in Constance reveals rare clues about shipbuilding and timber reuse around Lake Constance.
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819..."We know too well - apart from the genocide enabling Labour Party - that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." Nelson Mandela 1997. 🦋 Link: By refusing to intervene in the ombudsinjustice at Ombudsman Services, Labour politicians enabled it to continue.
Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · last wk.Labour’s ludicrous ban has made Britain a laughing stock around the world. To everyone that is apart from Donald Trump. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
818..."We know too well - especially Asad - that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." Nelson Mandela 1997. 🦋 Link: Politicians ignored our campaign. They're now criminalising those who protest at injustice.
Friends of the Earth@friends-earth.bsky.social · 4mo agoLast week parliament voted to cut down our protest rights. Listen to our chief executive Asad Rehman speak about the attack on democracy at the @pscupdates.bsky.social rally. #righttoprotest #protestrightsUK