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My interests: Voting reform (PR for GEs) environment/climate, Wealth tax, social justice, UBl, nationalised essential infrastructure, etc
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Jason Arday's utterly sad death holds a stark mirror up to the dehumanising political-media-societal culture we are in – one we must all be honest about being complicit in – which forgets there is a human being at the centre of a story, a case study, an issue, a scandal. It is dehumanising.
If it was Labour, LibDems or Greens MSM would be all over this like a nasty rash.. yet because it’s Reform it’s @bylinetimes.bsky.social once again exposing the tangled web of dodgy financial dealings.. Imagine if all journalists were like @josiahmortimer.bsky.social @adambienkov.bsky.social etc🤔
Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 2d ago🔴 Reform UK Paid £440,000 to Firms Linked to Party Insiders Exclusive: Electoral Commission filings reveal payments to companies run by Reform activists, donors and a former party chairman bylinetimes.com/2026/08/14/r...
🔎 From the archive: What’s Going On a Cambridge? The tragic premature death of Jason Arday puts the university and its safeguarding policies back in the spotlight
Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed
The world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at Cambridge University. Why?
bylinetimes.com
This week's rummage begins with troubling reports from Clacton’s polling stations of alleged voter intimidation by Reform activists. * Kai Stephens & fireworks that weren’t. * Suffolk Reform’s £500,000 legal challenge hits a Section 5A snag. * Norfolk’s new £215k chief exec raises eyebrows.
Pecksniff: Alleged strong-arm tactics at the polls as Farage wins Clacton
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
eastangliabylines.co.uk
Education policy disasters "Because many schools have joined academy trusts, council has far less control over what they offer... Academies are businesses that have to balance the funding they would get against the cost per pupil" www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/sheffield-si...
Why should poorer teens travel hours to do A-Levels?
'It helps them build resilience,' according to a senior council employee
sheffieldtribune.co.uk
If we switched to #renewableenergy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall by 40% because they're just carrying coal & oil & gas!! buff.ly/dpTrSpO We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #ClimateAction #climate #energy #GreenNewDeal
Tragic news, many people should be feeling very guilty tonight. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jason Arday: Former Cambridge university professor found dead
He was found "unresponsive" at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon, officials said.
bbc.co.uk
Water companies are trying to hike your water bills AGAIN. Privatisation is not affordable. Andy Burnham must block these bill hikes. Let the water companies that can't survive without hiking our bills GO BUST. Then we take them into public hands for nothing.
Geological Society of London Scientific Statement: what the geological record tells us about our present and future climate www.lyellcollection.org/doi/full/10....
Geological Society of London Scientific Statement: what the geological record tells us about our present and future climate | Journal of the Geological Society
lyellcollection.org
A customs union would deliver a £14–19bn economic boost, and we’d be ceding control of at least part of our trade & tariff policy. EU membership, however, would boost our economy by at least £92bn and give us the power to shape decisions. Rejoining the EU is the best way to grow the UK economy.
I was lucky enough to meet Count Binface when he flew in to Glastonbury in 2024 for anthropological research. I believe it was then that he truly understood the fundamental importance of ice cream. 99 flakes for 99p!
Democratic lawmakers are calling for an investigation into Eric and Don Jr.’s ties to 15 companies that have received $3.2 BILLION in defense contracts. Here's what you should know about their ongoing grifts.
“No amount of headline-chasing, or following Reform to the extremes can hide the damage the Tories did to our housing system” So v bored of the rightwing elbowing each other out of the way to be the most racist, the most vengeful. It’s all so deeply inadequate. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Tories unveil ‘unworkable’ plan to evict foreign nationals from social housing
Conservatives accused of copying controversial Reform policy while government data shows nine out of 10 social lets already go to UK nationals
independent.co.uk
People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership. Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend this crucial debate on water ownership? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Ask your MP to attend the water debate
People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership. Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend th...
actionnetwork.org
People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership. Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend this crucial debate on water ownership? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Ask your MP to attend the water debate
People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership. Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend th...
actionnetwork.org
Solar energy supplied more power to Great Britain’s grid in July than in any previous month as households turned to rooftop panels to cut their energy bills. ☀️ 👍 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Solar powers record share of Britain’s electricity mix in July
Farms and rooftop panels contribute 14.4% to the grid – and figures reveal a surge in new installations
theguardian.com
Count Binface was a surprise guest at Byline Times' event exploring parallels in US and UK politics with @lincolnproject.us and @quietriotpod.bsky.social in Leicester Square. His message to Clacton and beyond? Vote! And value a (flawed) democracy where he can take on – and laugh at – Nigel Farage.
George Cottrell through his lawyer at Carter Ruck - the same lawyer who also acts for Nigel Farage - flatly denies the claim & any relationship with Abramovich’s son. Three separate sources say otherwise & @bylinetimes.bsky.social has another.
NEW: The Abramovich connection. How convicted money launderer George Cottrell - & close aide to Nigel Farage - ‘signed documents’ for one of Putin’s closest allies. My latest for @thenerve.news 1/ www.thenerve.news/p/george-cot...
Farage, George Cottrell and Putin’s friend Abramovich
Source reveals convicted money launderer and Reform leader’s close ally worked as a young man for the now-sanctioned oligarch after becoming friends with his son. Report by Carole Cadwalladr
thenerve.news
Why did the British government suppress a report warning that ecosystem collapse must now be treated as a core national security threat? That’s what Caroline Lucas explores in a column for the Nerve and in her new podcast When Nature Becomes A Security Threat, from The Rest is Politics.
Thames Water CEO went unchallenged on the BBC on the claim that public ownership means water investment competes with health and defence. This is a myth! 99% of water investment comes from BILLS. Take 2 mins to complain to Ofcom and the BBC vist.ly/5d5xb
Ofcom and BBC, correct the record: Thames Water CEO misled the public about public ownership
Thames Water CEO lied about public ownership on the BBC. It is time Ofcom and the BBC corrected the record
vist.ly
Thames Water CEO went unchallenged on the BBC on the claim that public ownership means water investment competes with health and defence. This is a myth! 99% of water investment comes from BILLS. Take 2 mins to complain to Ofcom and the BBC vist.ly/5d5xb
Ofcom and BBC, correct the record: Thames Water CEO misled the public about public ownership
Thames Water CEO lied about public ownership on the BBC. It is time Ofcom and the BBC corrected the record
vist.ly
The good news: @andyburnham.bsky.social and @eddavey.libdems.org.uk command a super majority in Parliament. There is nothing they can’t achieve together in constitutional reform, social care, education, the economy, defence and Europe. They should develop a centre-left consensus to deliver it!
Big new story from @annaisaac.bsky.social. Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother before she made Reform & Tice donations. The even bigger question now is where did Cottrell’s money come from? And this is where I think a very big problem lies.. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Revealed: George Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother days before her donations to Reform UK
Exclusive: Sources say Fiona Cottrell told bankers the transfers, received 24-72 hours before her donations to Reform, came from her son
theguardian.com
“Palestine protests are treated differently in Britain to all other forms of activism. Direct action is regarded as terrorism and words on a placard are rendered illegal. The only time our equipment has been seized and destroyed was when it related to Palestine.” https://bit.ly/3S0QUqP
Led By Donkeys wins compensation over seizure of Gaza protest banner
Waste firm Veolia pays £27k after ‘Yes It’s A Genocide’ banner taken by Greater London Authority was destroyed
theguardian.com
