Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialrain-singer.bsky.social @rain-singer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026 12568264
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 23hTo deny the link between religion and nationalism is to wilfully ignore history. I applaud moderate Christians who speak out against dangerous Christian nationalism today. But Christianity was the state religion of the Roman Empire… 1/3 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comChristian nationalism in Britain driven by people who seldom go to church, says reportResearch challenges the notion that the growing visibility of crosses and other symbols reflects a revival of Christianity 28587145
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialsilverbeard2026 @silverbeard2026.bsky.social · 10/10/2026FYI 452295726775
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialXela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 19hLet’s fucking go! 💪🏻💙 903593652
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026So, finally, a PM who admits there **was** Russian interference in the Brexit Referendum — after all the evidence amassed by myself @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @lukeharding1968.bsky.social Sergei Cristo, J Patrick et al — dismissed as conspiracy for ten long years Truth is the daughter of Time 461333581
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialLisa Severn @lisasevern.uk · 11/10/2026The BBC charter section 6.4: "...the BBC should accurately and authentically represent and portray the lives of the people of the United Kingdom today, and raise awareness of the different cultures and alternative viewpoints that make up its society" 6611203
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialKB @bkeithb.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Three years after October 7th, the Israeli occupation’s standing among the US public has significantly deteriorated, exposing a widening divide between public opinion and US policy. From mass protests and campus uprisings to electoral backlash and divisions... @vocalpolitics.bsky.social 166
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Not for the first time, I’d ask: what does it mean, if the press keep running campaigns claiming that country’s most horrific racists and bigots are the Green Party, the Labour left, Amnesty International, Stonewall, the police (I know) and Gary Lineker? Look around you. Does that feel right? 21508149
barbarlai.bsky.social @barbarlai.bsky.social · 10/10/2026If Sadiq Khan is a trans ally, why is he allowing JK Rowling’s Harry Potter to take over the Christmas lights in Oxford Circus? Email him now and ask him to pull the plug on transphobia. goodlaw.social/e1ae3fgoodlaw.socialSadiq Khan: Pull the plug on transphobiaTell the mayor of London to switch off JK Rowling’s Christmas lights 010
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialOliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 08/10/2026While millionaires got richer ... "Households £3,000 worse off after five years of near-constant cost-of-living crisis" ‘After five years of profiting from global turmoil it’s time the banks paid their fair share and helped shield families from soaring bills’ morningstaronline.co.uk/article/andy...morningstaronline.co.ukHouseholds £3,000 worse off after five years of near-constant cost-of-living crisisANDY BURNHAM has been urged to deliver the “circuit breaker” Britain needs after a think tank revealed five years of the cost-of-living crisis has left families nearly £3,000 worse off.TUC general sec... 512668
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialOliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 10/10/2026What amazing biased illogic that the only party which did better in the by-election is the one all the mass media are saying failed and it's leader should resign ... meme via Dianne Drew 13408179
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialEuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Tower Hamlets refused the Brick Lane data centre unanimously. The govt approved it in Angela Rayner's name. Her partner, Sam Tarry, is senior adviser at NorthPoint Strategy, a lobby firm working in AI, crypto and energy, chaired by Tory peer Lord Wharton.🧵 europeanpowell.substack.com/p/free-zones...europeanpowell.substack.comFree Zones are Stepping Stones to Free Cities: Brick Lane, Teesside and the Road to PrósperaTower Hamlets Council unanimously rejected the Truman Brewery scheme. Labour approved it anyway 12207160
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Construction workers in San Diego stood up to ICE goons who tried to kidnap their co-workers on the job site. 1162233933
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialDeclassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 08/10/2026📹NEW VIDEO -- The truth about Israel, lobbying and the Labour Party How has Labour Friends of Israel managed to keep its sources of funding a secret? We spoke to journalist Solomon Hughes whose discovery gave us some answers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvpo... 29166
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialOliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Kemi Badenoch is as working class as also privately educated multi-millionaire Nigel Farage is 'a man of the people' 7372133
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialOliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The billioires press are terrified of the Green Party Don't let them do #ItWasAScam on Zolanski Genocidal Israel is an Apartheid State, Zionism is racist The by-election was a Green success "An increase voter share of 22.4% for the Green Party of England and Wales" meme via Theresa O'Shea 419889
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialHarry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The media are working very hard to keep out the Greens. I wander why 🤔 719375
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialMary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 09/10/2026Grocery store prices in rural Alaska right now. Most goods here come by barge or plane, so life here has always cost more. But this? This is as bad as it's ever been. This is what the price-hiking war in Iran is costing Alaskans. Dan Sullivan has now voted for it 14 times. 1952420887
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialCraigie 🇵🇸 🇸🇩🚩☮️🔻Proudly Un-British @craigsmive.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The UK's ban on trade with Israel's illegal settlements will only stop an estimated 0.6% of UK-Israel trade. If the government wants the UK to be a country that “stands up for what is right”, it must end the whole UK-Israel trade deal. @waronwant.bsky.social: secure.waronwant.org/page/202104/...secure.waronwant.orgStop the UK-Israel Trade DealTake action in solidarity with Palestinians 89540
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books 4093513110582
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 10/10/2026America is closing in on all of us. 281564557
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialJennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Rapepublicans are too busy practicing performance politics - looking for that "gotcha" moment - to actually understand this. 11784216
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialFreedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 09/10/2026Yes, it does, IDF. You denied killing U.S. reporter Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022 until evidence forced an admission. Then you murdered hundreds of journalists in Gaza and denied it all over again. Want credibility? Let international press into the Strip. 1124286
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialJim Fletcher @jimfletcher.bsky.social · 10/10/2026“Are you saying …?” “But are you saying …?” “Forgive me, Ellie Chowns, but are you saying …?” Could we save time on #R4Today by having #NickRobinson provide guests with the only answers he will accept? … since we clearly can’t hope he will STFU and let interviewees reply for themselves Get rid. 061
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialKatOtis! @kat-otis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Don't threaten me with a good time... 6984103629
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialNews to Remember @moments2remember.link · 10/10/2026Protestors in Syracuse, New York have surrounded Trump's motorcad, preventing it from moving, and chanting "Fuck Donald Trump." October 9, 2026 951673504
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialYTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Explainer for non-Hongkongers: "CY step down" (CY下台) refers to then Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and is a demand that he resign. Variants include 689下台; with 689 being his nickname as he only got 689 votes to become Chief Executive. 64 = June 4th. The date of the Tianmen Square Massacre. 0124
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialYTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 10/10/2026My regular Hong Kong summer(ish) hiking trifecta: seasonal waterfall (or waterfall in fuller flow than usual); lizard; protest graffiti. (Re the protest graffiti: I first noticed it in 2014/15. Then, "CY step down" was most popular. Since 2020, 64 is the most seen graffiti in the countryside.) 2248
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialChris #ChangeEverything #VoteGreen @chrisl86.bsky.social · 08/10/2026#WTAF - the corrupt 1% really are scared of #Zack and the #Greens , WE are taking the WORLD back for the 99% - from the reprehensible, immoral and frankly abhorrent few that control our CORRUPT establishments! #JOINUS for people and planet over profit!!! 💚👇💚 join.greenparty.org.uk 01910
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialStuart Hemingway @stu31.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Relying on right wing think tanks for facts and figures is not one to adopt… www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-uk...carbonbrief.orgFactcheck: UK Conservatives double the ‘cost of net-zero’ after spreadsheet blunder - Carbon BriefA booklet published by the UK’s opposition Conservative party includes a “cost of net-zero” that appears to have been doubled… 031
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error. Same error amplified by right-wing think-tanks, press It suited their ideological leanings. Future historians might say - planet earth and human life was shattered by a spreadsheet error.theguardian.comTories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet errorExclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data 65665318
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialGlobal Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026We and 120+ organisations across Europe are calling on our governments to cut ties with Palantir for good! @corporateeurope.org @epsu.bsky.social 5266157
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialBethany Williams @bethanyincbr.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Food for thought 15569224
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 10/10/2026"From Aberdeen to Lambeth, Newcastle-under-Lyme to Holborn & St Pancras, Reform contested five by-elections yesterday. They lost all five… Five contests. Five defeats. That’s eleven out of eleven lost in a fortnight. Reform are not inevitable. Have a great weekend!" via Reform Are Not Your Friends 22580199
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialTessa Munt MP 🔶 @tessamunt.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Today, Lifeboat Saturday, I’d like to pay tribute to the many brave men and women who volunteer for the #RNLI, risking their lives to save others in grave danger. I’m appalled at the abuse and intimidation faced by RNLI crews in recent weeks. Let’s support and celebrate this incredible charity. 10909248
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 10/10/2026"It is our duty to fight for our freedom, it is our duty to win, we must love and protect one another, we have nothing to lose but our chains" Ice Out Of NYC Protest 10/09/26 392767841
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialMedia Tell The Truth @mediatellthetruth.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Number of times Nigel Farage lost Westminster elections before becoming an MP: 7 Number of times the BBC called for him to quit: zero. 13670184
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialNolan Principles Matter. End the #GazaGenocide💔💙 @philildo.bsky.social · 10/10/2026@andyburnham.bsky.social 'growth' with #DataCentres is just an acceleration of the demise of planet earth #BoycottAI Say NO to data centres 094
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026This is as treasonous as it gets 1679178826429
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialpatthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Honestly, at this point, it feels like independent voices on YouTube are one of the last lines of defense for democracy.youtube.comHow Many Israelis Were Killed BY ISRAEL on October 7th? FULL VIDEOYouTube video by Zeteo 1316585
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialrhodyfl2025.bsky.social @rhodyfl2025.bsky.social · 10/10/2026 6328119
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialNolan Principles Matter. End the #GazaGenocide💔💙 @philildo.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Well done, Ellie Chowns for not falling for Robinson's suggestion that the Green Party is full of extremists and racists on #R4Today It's almost as if anyone in the left of politics is required to respond to a stuttering rifle of unfounded accusations every time there's a BiBiC interview 🤔 071
Reposted by @barbarlai.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/10/2026NHS faces exodus of ADHD and autism services staff to private clinics. Low wages have caused brain drain, loss of skilled staff. Part of privatisation of the NHS by stealth. Private sector picks up NHS contracts, profiteers, higher cost to public purse, increases NHS queues.theguardian.comNHS faces exodus of ADHD and autism services staff to private clinicsBrain drain of psychologists, psychiatrists and nurses leaves NHS ‘weaker’, driving patients to seek care elsewhere 39496292
