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Caroline

@caclarke.bsky.social
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Academic wokery. Dog lover. Discerning chocoholic. Insomniac. Pickleball aspirer

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Mike Bailey @linusd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Zack Polanski rings the alarm on the security service report in food security impact of climate change. Starmer tried to bury it. Burnham still sits on it. Only the Greens are bold enough.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In the 25 years since 9/11, the United States has spent $8 trillion+ on wars that have taken millions of lives in the name of fighting "terror." Can you imagine if we had instead invested those funds here on climate, health care, housing, and education?
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The paperback edition of my book, Breaking: How the Media Works, When it Doesn’t, and Why it Matters. Now is out today! geni.us/BreakingMicWright
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Breaking: How the Media Works, When it Doesn't and Why it Matters
Out now!
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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This third place World Cup match would be worth it if France and England each agreed to let Mbappe, Kane and Bellingham score at least 3 goals each to deny Messi the Golden Boot. Infantino would be inconsolable. #FRAENG
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Financialisation of humanity Vital services handed by the state to private equity 84% of children’s homes, 80% of adult care homes in England controlled by financial investors. Private equity is a key player. £1.5bn profit extracted from care homes. Public purse looted for poor service.
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The finance curse is devouring the UK
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Th...
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The Arsenal parade was an incredible occasion, but it was also reminder of how much we take cleaners' work for granted. So let’s use this as an opportunity to win fair pay and conditions for cleaners! My piece for @islingtontrib.bsky.social. www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/clea...
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Cleaners’ work is taken for granted
There is a huge gap between the importance of the work that cleaners do and the way society treats them
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Vote Reform. Or we will house *dangerous migrant centres* in your village. And if you vote Green, it will be even worse for you. It's beyond disturbing. The chill wind of threat, thuggery and menace of a kind never before seen in Britain.
Today we announce a new policy:


In order to deport all illegal migrants in
Britain, Reform will need to detain tens of
thousands at a time.


Migrants will not be able to leave these
detention centres, and each will be held
there a couple of weeks before being
deported.


So here's our promise:


A Reform government will not put any
migrant detention facilities in any
constituency with a Reform MP.


Nor will we put them where Reform
controls the council.


And of the remaining areas, we will
prioritise Green controlled parliamentary
constituencies and Green controlled
councils to locate the detention centres.


Put simply, if you vote in a Reform
council or Reform MP, we guarantee yPut simply, if you vote in a Reform
council or Reform MP, we guarantee you
won't have a detention centre near you


If you vote Green, there's a good chance
you will,


This is an important exercise in
democratic consent, not just for our
mass deportation policy, but for where
the detention centres are placed


Given @ZackPolanski openly advocates
for open borders, I look forward to their
warm embrace of this policy
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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Sharing, without comment, British newspapers’ depictions of the only Jewish person currently leading a UK political party . Times. Mail. Telegraph. Sun.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
However you dice it, it’s been a great night for Thai-based cryptocurrency billionaires & Vladimir Putin - who, incredibly, is currently getting more good news from the UK than Ukraine.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/04/2026
A federal panel voted to exempt oil and gas companies from complying with the Endangered Species Act when drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. The decision will have outsize impact on endangered species such as Rice’s whales, sea turtles and whooping cranes. wapo.st/3QbEeMn
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Caroline @caclarke.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Language matters. "The Iran war". (See also The Vietnam War and many others). Naming a war after where it is taking place, also suggests that the place is responsible for the events. However, they are often initially under attack from the unnamed party/country.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Gorgeous cover of A-ha's Take on Me By Walk off the Earth 👏 Find them on Youtube, Spotify & Apple
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/01/2026
It seems as though ICE has been instructed to escalate the violence to justify more violence, and to create propaganda to make us forget we outnumber them 10,000 to 1.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
The state we are in. 16,600 people a year – 320 a week – in England die as a direct result of delays in accessing A&E care or a bed on a ward. Tory legacy but handing NHS services to corporations and private equity doesn't help. Money buys less. Fiscal rules, appeasing the rich costs lives.
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NHS corridor care is ‘torture’ leading to patient deaths and staff nightmares
Royal College of Nursing publishes dossier of evidence including case of elderly patient who choked to death in corridor
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Caroline @caclarke.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Baaaaa Baaaaaa
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids? Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Bombing a sovereign nation and kidnapping the President is the behaviour of a cowboy state. The United States’ attack on Venezuela is illegal — and it is utterly shameful that the UK government refuses to condemn this reckless act of war.
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The US has launched an unprovoked and illegal attack on Venezuela. This is a brazen attempt to secure control over Venezuelan natural resources. It is an act of war that puts the lives of millions of people at risk, and should be condemned by anyone who believes in sovereignty & international law.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
500 employers fined £10m for failing to pay the national minimum wage. 42,000 workers repaid more than £6m. Roll of exploitation includes Holland & Barrett, Centrica, Adecco, Avis, Euro Garages, Genting Casinos, Go Outdoors, Mitchells & Butlers. Some have a history. None forgot to pay execs.
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£6 million repaid to workers as Government cracks down on employers underpaying their staff
Nearly 500 employers fined over £10 million for failing to pay the National Minimum Wage
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
CEO-to-worker pay gap surges to 632 to 1 at US’s lowest-paying large firms. Starbucks CEO collected $95.8m, 6,666 times as much as the company’s $14,674 median pay. Workers rely on food banks and charity for survival whilst company engaged in union busting.
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CEO-to-worker pay gap surges to 632 to 1 at US’s lowest-paying large firms, study shows
At 100 firms in S&P 500 with lowest median pay, executives’ comp increased by average of nearly 35% over five years
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
We will never descend into the gutter of blaming minorities for the problems in our society. It is the unity of all communities that can take on the rich and powerful — and win. My piece for @islingtontrib.bsky.social. www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/corb...
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Corbyn: Something is stirring all over the UK
You can sign up to build a real alternative to poverty, inequality and war, says Jeremy Corbyn
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Human cost of right-wing UK coup. 300,000 a year die in England awaiting hospital appointment. 48,000 excess deaths a year in England & Scotland due to austerity. 128,000, including 110,000 pensioners, a year die in fuel poverty. 16m, including 5.2m children, live in poverty. Coup still ongoing
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How we can fight back against the right-wing coup
For a better future the power of corporations and wealthy elites must be curbed and reversed
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Fantasy world of Farage adviser: UK should not have fought Nazi Germany. Could “regain” former colonies. Should copy mass incarcerations as in El Salvador. Should not support Ukraine. Elsewhere Reform opposes worker rights, wants US style healthcare, return to gold standard for currency.
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Farage adviser said UK would be better off if it had not fought in WW2
Exclusive: Jack Anderton says UK may ‘regain’ former colonies in future and suggests end to support for Ukraine
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
NEW: Wearing masks, no ID, unmarked & blacked out cars, refusing to say what agency they’re from and using profanity with any press & public nearby. This was at 14th & R in Washington DC, this morning (Sunday). What the hell is happening to the US? (🎥 Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post)
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Our latest Byline Book reveals how wealthy owners are doing their best to ruin the beautiful game. Grab a first edition of @GoldbergRadio ‘s brilliant new book. Order yours now! subscribe.bylinetimes.com/books/
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Caroline @caclarke.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
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Anish Kapoor and Greenpeace take on Shell
Greenpeace activists installed a haunting new artwork created by legendary artist, Anish Kapoor onto an active Shell platform in the remote North Sea.
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Caroline @caclarke.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Hmmm, wonder why.
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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Outrageous. Britain is being sued in a corporate court, for stopping the Cumbria coal mine. We’ve been saying for years that this system of corporate courts (ISDS) is an obstacle to climate action and democratic politics. Now it couldn’t be clearer
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UK taxpayers on hook as failed Cumbria coalmine investors sue government
Singapore firm using secretive international legal system to seek compensation for climate concerns blocking plans
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13/08/2025
Temperature records broken as extreme heat grips parts of Europe
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Temperature records broken as extreme heat grips parts of Europe
Unprecedented temperatures causing difficulties in south-west France, Croatia, Italy and Spain with wildfire destruction across Europe up 87% * How dangerous are wildfires and how can we stop them from getting worse? Extreme heat is breaking temperature records across Europe, early measurements suggest, and driving bigger and stronger wildfires. In south-west France, records were broken on Monday in Angoulême, Bergerac, Bordeaux, Saint-Émilion and Saint-Girons. Météo France said the “often remarkable, even unprecedented, maximum temperatures” in the region were 12C above the norm for the last few decades. Continue reading...
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European Movement International @eminternational.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
The Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU 2025 is a chance to build an autonomous EU. hashtag#EU2025DK Now is the moment to turn shared challenges into collective ambition. 📄 Our recommendations show how Denmark can help drive this shift: lnkd.in/e3ahCSYu
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Any journalist still silent on the genocide in Gaza because they care more about their Zone 2 dinner parties is a disgrace, and should be ashamed of themselves.
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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
“That attack took out Al Jazeera’s entire Gaza City news crew. … It was a direct hit on a journalist tent. Journalists are civilians, and to kill them in war is a war crime,” CPJ’s CEO @jodieginsberg.bsky.social told @skynewsrss.bsky.social. Watch here⤵️ news.sky.com/video/commit... #NotATarget
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Committee to Protect Journalists reacts to killings of Al Jazeera employees
Five Al Jazeera employees have been killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza - including a journalist who said he feared he would be assassinated.
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
The deliberate and relentless killing of Palestinian journalists is sickening beyond words — and is a desperate attempt to silence the truth about Israel’s ongoing crimes against humanity. Shame on all those who empowered Israel to murder with impunity.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
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Caroline @caclarke.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
In other news, Kier Starmer arrests 466 people in London for peacefully supporting Palestine.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 10/08/2025
Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against Netanyahu’s new Gaza plan, demand release of hostages reut.rs/4mxwPBZ
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Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against Netanyahu’s new Gaza plan, demand release of hostages
Public opinion polls show an overwhelming majority of Israelis favour an immediate end to the war.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
What an utter absurdity our Home Secretary has created - Destroying British free speech, right to protest and with it undermining democracy. It is not for the government to terrorise the public for political opinions they don’t want to hear.
Screenshot of BBC news saying police arrest 474 people at Palestine Action ban protest.
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
For over 45 years, neoliberal and neoclassical economics have dominated UK policy — and failed us. In a new series, I explain why they fail, and show how you can argue back with reason and evidence. Economics should serve people, not markets. Let’s take it back. youtu.be/uvLZCnhJFaY?...
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Neoliberal economics is a con and total rubbish – so we're going to tear it apart
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
For those who are in any doubt over my position: I’m not interested in bombs. I’m interested in peace. My piece for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social, 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. www.tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/jeremy-corbyn-remembering-hiroshima
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Jeremy Corbyn: Nuclear Disarmament Now
On the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima Day, Jeremy Corbyn continues the call for nuclear disarmament and world peace in a speech at the World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs. We publish his...
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
For too long, people have been denied a real political choice. Not anymore. My piece for the Guardian on the extraordinary response to www.yourparty.uk www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This Labour government has failed. People want real transformative politics – we will give it to them | Jeremy Corbyn
More than 500,000 people have signed up to our new party to help build a genuine alternative to poverty, inequality and war, says former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn
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SDDPHOTO @sddphoto.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Damn I love Scotland XOXOXOXOXOXO
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elmo is playing a bagpipe and elmo is riding elmo on his back .
ALT: elmo is playing a bagpipe and elmo is riding elmo on his back .
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Troovus @troovus.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Reminder - it is not the new left party that is driving people to vote Reform, it's Starmer's Lobbyist Labour The new left party will win the votes of decent people by offering decent and sincere policies. No more tactical voting or triangulation. troovus.wordpress.com/2025/07/06/h...
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How Keir Starmer’s right-wing, authoritarian, corporate-friendly Labour Party alienates decent people and boosts the far right
Neil Kinnock says the new party of the left should be called the “Farage Enabling Party”. Here are some of the ways that Kinnock’s lot have enabled Farage. Moving the political ground into Reform’s…
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Reuters @reuters.com · 23/07/2025
In landmark opinion, World Court says countries must address climate change reut.rs/3TQaELc
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In landmark opinion, World Court says countries must address climate change
The United Nations' highest court on Wednesday said countries must address the "urgent and existential threat" of climate change by cooperating to curb emissions, as it delivered an opinion set to determine future environmental litigation.
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 22/07/2025
🚨 This morning we turned the street outside Labour Party Headquarters in London into Jabaliya camp in Gaza. Listen to @ahmedmasoud02.bsky.social talking about what the Israeli army did to his neighourhood and family.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
1. Researching this week’s column, I felt that I understood at last just why, on so many issues – benefits, Gaza, environmental and planning laws, anti-protest laws, bank deregulation, fiscal rules etc - Labour is out-Torying the Tories. Why it has become so cruel, so destructive and so spineless. 🧵
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 10/07/2025
Full statement here: www.ucu.org.uk/article/1410...
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UCU statement: Stop authoritarian attacks on the Palestine movement
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Caroline @caclarke.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
And also, we need to be honest about what's causing this and not be muffled by those who have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo.
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