It was another poor night of council by-election performances for Nigel Farage's party

Months after the govt announced they were looking into decoupling the price of electricity from gas, we still have no further details or timelines on these plans - all while families across the UK face down surging energy bills. I've written to the SoS for Energy Security and Net Zero for answers.

'Mike Galsworthy, chair of the European Movement UK, said: “Brexit is a huge source of that paperwork, creating vast barriers where previously there were none. Rejoining the single market and customs union, or better, the EU outright, would remove it entirely."'

True cost of Brexit on UK trade revealed as calls to rejoin single market grow

Exclusive: The damning findings comes as a major new survey shows that 98.2 per cent of businesses want access to the EU single market restored

independent.co.uk

British politicians do not represent the British people. They represent the people that give them ‘donations’, and probably also the people who have Epstein-like photos and videos of them .

Why is @news.rte.ie describing this as a "natural disaster", when all the experts say it was largely due to human-caused climate collapse? This sort of messaging is a big part of the problem. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Nearly 1,400 missing, mostly tourists, after Nepal-Tibet flash flood kills at least 356

Entire villages swept away after glacial collapse triggers flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims

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Madness. Young people strapped with debt their whole lives. Surely there a better way.

Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social · 11h ago

Britons taking “Plan 2” student loan need to earn £63,600 a year to reduce debt. Plan 2 graduates with an average loan of £52,100, and earning £39,039 would see loan balance actually increase by £1,692 a year. England student debt £294.6bn, UK £324bn Median UK employee wage is £31,500. Madness.

More than 250 academics and lawyers have written to Andy Burnham urging him to end military cooperation with Israel and de-proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. "The UK Home Office and its judicial system have chosen to punish activists who oppose war crimes.."

Trump supporters who think he’s doing this because he cares about them and wants to make their lives better are possibly the biggest bunch of suckers in American history.

Christ did not even invent this Many religions stress that you’ll find god in the beggar Treat people with kindness and respect

Tim Curry has passed. He was a fantastic actor with great talent & range It is not hyperbole to say my journey from conservative evangelical Republican to very liberal progressive began with Rock Horror Picture Show. Curry's depiction and open sexuality (still not sure what 🤣) changed me forever

May I suggest that Andy Burnham consults Feargal Sharkey and @weownit.org.uk for cheap ways to discard the corrupt profiteering water company liars ...

Households are being ripped off. And small tweaks won’t cut it. It's time to bring bills down for good. End profiteering by energy giants. Insulate millions of homes. Decouple the price of gas from electricity. Invest in renewable energy.

This is our future, ad infinitum…. For as long as we are dependent on fossil fuels and have deranged tyrants like Trump in charge, starting unnecessary wars they can’t finish.

COMMENTARY: A whole lot of celebrities are loved. Dolly Parton loved you back.

Buckingham Palace band playing 9 to 5 for Dolly Parton

Care about the planet? Care about stopping us all being ripped off by vested interests? Its time to join the Green Party Join.greenparty.org.uk

Richard Sedgley@richardsedgley.bsky.social · 3d ago

Hannah Pearce – Why I Joined the Green Party - Cornwall Green Party 💚 cornwall.greenparty.org.uk/hannah-pearc...

Oh no Dolly Parton died. She gave one book a month to each enrolled child from birth until they enter kindergarten. Her Imagination Library gave books each month to 850,000 children in US, Canada, tUK, Australia, Ireland.In February 2018, she donated her 100 millionth free book. Thank you Dolly

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When Andy Burnham started making his move on Starmer back in 2025, he criticised Brexit and spoke of rejoining to get pro-EU supporters on his side. But now he's PM, he's stabbed us all in the back by retaining Starmer's red lines against the Single Market, the Customs Union and Freedom of Movement.

Mayor Mamdani Is Serving His Constituents, Not Himself.......

I wonder when America will follow what the rest of the world have already figured out....universal Healthcare!!! Oh thats right...greed is more important than your health!

The unlawful E1 settlement would “cut across the heart of Palestine”, Miliband warns, as settlement expansion threatens the viability of a two-state solution. Charlie jaay reports.

British Government is UK Lawyers for Israel's latest target

E1 would “cut across the heart of Palestine”, Miliband warns, as settlement expansion threatens the viability of a two-state solution

thecanary.co

Climate damage would obliterate any economic benefits of new North Sea fields. Damage caused by carbon pollution from the oil/gas production, between £119bn and £336bn. Benefit, £28.7bn. Oil/Gas would be sold in world markets, not just kept for the UK.

Climate damage would obliterate any economic benefits of new North Sea fields, analysis shows

Exclusive: Economic harm of CO2 pollution from Rosebank and Jackdaw forecast to far outweigh any boost to UK

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Callers into @lbc.co.uk going full on "what's happened to the young of today... I remember when kids had respect for the police." Meanwhile here's your grandad in 1958.

UK household energy debts hit £6bn, expected to hit £7bn by the end of the year Energy companies making record profits. Disposable incomes eroded, leaving less for essentials. 120,000 people a year die in fuel poverty. Can't rebuild economy on poverty. End profiteering. Nationalise energy.

Households in Great Britain ‘could owe energy suppliers £7bn by end of year’

After higher prices for winter kick in, energy debt unpaid for more than 30 days likely to rise, says Energy UK

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