Reposted by Tracey LGfrancie (Benevolent Siren) @gfrancie.bsky.social · 04/08/2026There is a lot one can do with the "fuck you, make me" approach when the government is trying to do bad public policy. Keep resisting! 0276
Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 29/07/2026So pleased that nuclear weapons can support our economic growth... That purpose seems equal to defence purpose. Feels like we are back in the 80s ... Next step invite US to put nuclear missiles back on UK bases www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comTrident renewal central to defence spending, says Andy BurnhamPrime minister to highlight investment in communities as he launches next phase of nuclear submarine replacement 000
Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Anyone else thinking that Burnham is " all over the place" ? 010
Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 22/07/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Everytime I get on a bus now I will remember that someone in the developing world is subsidising me!theguardian.comFunding bus fare cap from aid budget will hit world’s poorest, Burnham toldProposal ‘throws global south countries under the bus’, says ActionAid UK directorr 021
Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Badenochs 5C qualities for Conservative MPs not rocket science (charismatic, clever, communication skills, conservative and committed) and all but 1 desirable for all MPs? Green Party 5Gs harder to fashion? Suggestions? 000
Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 14/06/2026@wildflowerhour.bsky.social A fragrant orchid on Kent downs chalk 000
Reposted by Tracey LScreamliner Ontario @mostlyharmless.northsky.social · 11/06/2026Excellent letter to the new health sec. 0164
Reposted by Tracey LAliza Adi (she/her) @alizaadi.bsky.social · 04/06/2026BREAKING: Hampstead Heath’s Bathing Ponds to remain trans inclusive (CW: transphobic language) "biological and trans women will continue to use the Kenwood Ladies’ Pond, and biological and trans men will continue to use the Highgate Men’s Pond. The Hampstead Mixed Pond is open to everyone"news.cityoflondon.gov.ukHampstead Heath’s Bathing Ponds to remain trans inclusive spaces as City Corporation agrees future access policyKenwood Ladies’ Pond and Highgate Men’s Pond to remain trans inclusiveCity of London Corporation committees take decision on future access policy for Hampstead Heath’s Bathing PondsUpgrades to toilets... 811728
Reposted by Tracey LAthena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Elon Musk funded a far right rally in London and this government still uses his social media network lol. Beyond laughable 16569158
Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Guess what?Burnham going to campaign on " change". Even if a good strategy based on his mayor record, maybe needs to find another word? 010
Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Increasingly Burnham is Starmer Mk2 with a tiny bit more personality. Time for Green Party to unequivocally replace this version of Labour. Much talk of progressive alliance but who could GP ally with? 020
Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Dear Mr.Starmer I have an interesting life. Can I have job please? 000
Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 11/04/20263 1/2 weeks till local elections in Hastings, my lovely home town. Green led council at stake. So much vileness around, inc visit from Braverman. (Farage anticipated.) My 1st Vote Green stake board stolen and 2nd smashed to pieces. Makes me more determined to get this thing won. 141
Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Looking good for Greens in London, incl Lewisham my old patch. Says Greens might struggle to find enough candidates - I dont think so..Not my experience in my local party. Affording to campaign may be an issue so pleeeese donate to local crowdfunders! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comLabour urged to listen to progressive voters or face ‘political earthquake’ in LondonExclusive: Senior party figures share data suggesting Green surge could put Labour in fourth place in capital in May 020
Reposted by Tracey LGrace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 27/02/2026The Greens are offering a different kind of politics – one that offers a sense of solidarity, camaraderie, and agency in an age of individualism. Contests like this don’t just give us hope. They make us feel we’re part of something bigger than ourselves. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-ground...graceblakeley.substack.comThe Ground Game is BackIn an era of fractured politics and collapsing trust, grassroots organising offers the left a path to victory. 1225883
Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 12/02/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Like the bit that says women mps calling for woman deputy doesn't go far enough - Labour needs a woman PM! ( PS I am Green so on one hand shouldn't care. But my sense of where the left still is in 2026 runs deep...)theguardian.comUnion chief calls for Angela Rayner to replace Keir Starmer or risk Labour defeat to Reform UKExclusive: TSSA general secretary wants Rayner to take charge after Gorton byelection which she expects party to lose 100
Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 04/02/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Starter looking stupid. The continued contact with Epstein after conviction should have been enough. Toast. How ironical if Starmer forced to resign (sooner or ) later when he blocked Burnham.theguardian.comPM says he knew when giving Mandelson US job he had kept ties with Epstein after convictionStarmer defends ambassador appointment, saying he was lied to ‘repeatedly’ about extent of contact between pair 010
Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 03/02/2026www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-... This expresses so well the increduluty that so many have felt over the years. And in Times interview with Katy Ball Mandelson is again talking about returning to public life in some capacity. A narcissist & megalomaniac.newstatesman.comPeter Mandelson will haunt LabourThe mere mention of his name will be a gift to Starmer’s opponents 010
Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 01/02/2026BBC News - Gorton and Denton by-election: Charlotte Cadden chosen as Tory candidate - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Increasingly diff to tell diff between Tory and Reform! (& another thing, bearing in mind she is member of Sex Matters, with that look, bet she gets challenged in loos)bbc.co.ukGorton and Denton by-election: Charlotte Cadden chosen as Tory candidateThe retired detective says she wants 120
Reposted by Tracey LRedkite Traveller @redkite-traveller.bsky.social · 30/01/2026This is spectacular. 0194
Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 24/01/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Please defect Liz. Way to seriously damage Reform. Line up the lettuces.theguardian.comRed meat, no lettuce: Nigel Farage and Liz Truss attend private lunch after week of Tory defectionsMeal at Mayfair club took place on day Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick criticised former PM’s mini-budget 010
Reposted by Tracey LFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Carole Cadwalladr, "He's not that cuddle cosy golf club English pub figure" "He is in a relationship with the US far right and with the European pro-Kremlin far right" "What happened in Brexit, we saw that money that force that influence, those networks coming together" 291568736
Reposted by Tracey LGood Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 23/01/2026URGENT 🚨 We have just one week to stop Sex Matters infiltrating a vote to ban conversion therapy. We must stop them. Use our tool and tell the MPs to stand up for what's right ✊ goodlaw.social/945cd5goodlaw.socialgoodlaw.social 11235160
Reposted by Tracey LMartin Farley 🔰 @martinfarley.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Extraordinary polling from @yougov.co.uk today, showing the @greenparty.org.uk in first place across all working age people 🟢Grn - 20.5% 🔴Lab - 20.3% ⚫Ref - 20.1% 🔵Con - 15.5% baffling why 60% of pensioners are supporting Con/Ref who will slash public spending that mainly goes to pensioners 49556185
Reposted by Tracey LSiobhan "Shiv" Craig - DarkEden21 @darkeden21.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Labour Delenda Est Most transphobic party and PM I've experienced, and I was alive for Thatcher "bUt ReFoRm" i don't care lol. You're worse than them, because you are doing this to us NOW, for no reason. 2626663
Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Ah thanks to Scottish sec on Newsnight I now know that Trump's crazy declarations are just his negotiating style. That's a relief.. 000
Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 19/01/2026www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... Behind a pay wall but you get the gist.theatlantic.comHow to Understand Trump’s Obsession With GreenlandErratic though the president may sound, the Trumpian worldview is comprehensible. 000
Reposted by Tracey LUlrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 17/01/2026“Palantir is working on a tool for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that populates a map with potential deportation targets, brings up a dossier on each person, and provides a “confidence score” on the person’s current address,”eff.orgReport: ICE Using Palantir Tool That Feeds On Medicaid DataICE is using a Palantir tool that uses Medicaid and other government data to stalk people for arrest. This is exactly the kind of data privacy abuse that EFF has been warning about. 28352226
Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 15/12/2025 Well there's a surprise. We kept telling you Kier that it would end in tears! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comUS puts £31bn tech ‘prosperity deal’ with Britain on icePledge to invest billions in UK paused, with Washington citing lack of progress on trade barriers across pond 030
Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 26/11/2025We need Zack in parliament ASAP. Let's hope the next by election is not one engineered to get Andy Burnham into parliament. 110
Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 18/11/2025www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...theguardian.comStarmer facing fresh challenge as Labour MPs condemn asylum plansSignificant divisions exposed within party as angry backbenchers vow to force changes to hardline proposals 230
Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 16/11/2025www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...theguardian.comShabana Mahmood warns Labour MPs ‘dark forces are stirring up anger’ over migrationThere is understood to be growing unease in party over home secretary’s sweeping overhaul of refugee rights 120
Reposted by Tracey LHarry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 24/10/2025This is Nathan Gill. Nathan Gill was the Leader of Reform UK in Wales. Nathan Gill is a long-term friend and ally of Nigel Farage. Nathan Gill was arrested and convicted of being a Russian Asset - accepting Bribes in exchange for political influence. Repost and make him famous. 19171
Reposted by Tracey LRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/10/2025When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee. But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education. A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level. 11767932050
Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 23/10/2025www.theguardian.com/education/20... These parents, apart from behaving ridiculously, can't possibly be paying enough tax. 180 000 pounds pa would pay for 4 or 5 experienced teachers. Madnesstheguardian.comSmart money: family offers £180,000 a year for tutor to get one-year-old into EtonFamily seeks tutor from ‘socially appropriate background’ who can provide infant with ‘comprehensive British cultural environment’ 010
Reposted by Tracey LAl Quds News Network @alqudsnewsnet.bsky.social · 10/10/2025With unbreakable determination..... Hundreds of thousands return to Gaza city after being forcefully evacuated from it. 36648
Reposted by Tracey LCarolineJMolloy @carolinejmolloy.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Pretty evident that this is already happening. Surrounded by three hard right wingers on tonight’s #bbcqt the Labour guy was basically invisible, he let Zack do all the work of standing up against bigotry - well, Zack and a hearteningly decent Shrewsbury audience. 35820
Reposted by Tracey LZoe Williams @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social · 06/10/2025I'm sorry to harp on, but how can Kemi Badenoch *possibly exist* in a party alongside a guy who complains about not seeing enough white faces. How is that possible? 1915024
Reposted by Tracey LRN Mahli @rafiamahli.com · 01/10/2025Any countries with their people just abducted by Israel should do this also. Come on, people, this isn’t hard! 17047
Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 28/09/2025www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... This is so chilling. Mass intimidation of public employees to make them quit. Gov says it wants them to wake up not wanting to go to work and feel trauma! Thought I was reading extract from dystopian noveltheguardian.comUS set for largest mass resignation in history as Trump continues deep cutsFederal workers say they have little choice but to depart, with 100,000 leaving under deferred resignation program 010
Reposted by Tracey LM a r c u s 🏳️🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 15/09/2025In case you LGB without the T types are still under any illusions, the right are coming for you too in entirely predictable news 59939
Reposted by Tracey LAndy Fraser @andyfraser.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Particularly insane right now that almost every MP and journalist has an active X account when musk is very deliberately trying to undermine U.K. democracy. It’s like saying you’re only a member of the KKK for the networking opportunities. This has to stop - they must close their accounts now. 0378
Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 12/09/2025www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... In case there is any doubt that Charlie Kirk was FAR right!theguardian.comCharlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’The far-right commentator didn’t pull his punches when discussing his bigoted views on current events 020
Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 11/09/2025www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Obv don't condone shooting or celebration of shooting, but the houndingand arrest of protestors dissenting from Trump's agenda chilling. And of course this president acting like a dictator visiting next week...theguardian.comUS officials plan to punish foreigners ‘making light of’ Charlie Kirk deathDeputy secretary of state says ‘foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors’ 010
Reposted by Tracey LGregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 10/09/2025Cannot be stressed enough that there is a crucial and fundamental aspect of the Jeffrey Epstein story that directly corresponds with the Jimmy Savile story, to wit: Everybody knew. 5948335
Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Can Mandelson break records for number of times one man can be sacked or resign? 020
Tracey L @bluenotgrey.bsky.social · 09/09/2025www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comCBI boss calls for Rachel Reeves to tear up Labour’s manifesto pledge on taxRain Newton-Smith tells chancellor ‘the time for tinkering is over’ and revisit promise not to raise taxes on working people 130