Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialCharles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Great news, and looking forward to a book historian becoming Chief Exec of the UK Space Agency sometime soon in this brave new world! 1416451
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialSteve Bloomfield @stevebloomfield.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Miliband's brave new policy on Israel's occupation of the West Bank could be the start of a genuinely progressive foreign policy. My latest for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comCall it the Miliband doctrine. Let’s hope the new Israeli settlement boycott is just the start | Steve BloomfieldThis week’s bold move suggests that Britain will once again have an ‘ethical dimension’ to its foreign policy. That’s good for the world, says former Observer international editor Steve Bloomfield 241
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialFrances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026For the last 6 months, I’ve been working on a story of prejudice, bureaucracy, and misplaced cost-cutting. In today’s paper: the disabled people who are being banned from going abroad by the state. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s... - by me and @patrickjbutler.bsky.socialtheguardian.com‘I want to live’: the disabled people unable to go abroad because of care funding refusalCampaigners say care users face a postcode lottery for support overseas – despite no extra cost to taxpayer 315368
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/08/2026A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi. 33687332865
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialDr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · 13/08/2026My uni have just withdrawn Geography, History & Geography and Politics & Geography undergrad courses run from our Penryn campus. Terrible for Cornwall. How did the staff find out? When UCAS clearing opened at 8am 😡 97758343
clarecrick.bsky.social @clarecrick.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Support for @countbinface.bsky.social in ##StLeonardsOnSea 010
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I have a modest proposal for a new tax. It involves a deck of cards and a monkey throwing darts. Here are the rules: 41885384
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialAnn Black @annblack.bsky.social · 25/07/2026🌹Labour's NEC: after 25 years I’m standing down, and supporting loyal, energetic candidates who go beyond the old factions: Cat Arnold, current member & vice-chair for women; Jovan Owusu-Nepaul, Clacton candidate in 2024; and Kerry Postlewhite, campaigner and internationalist. Please vote for them🌹 0162
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialHastings Borough Council @hastingsbc.bsky.social · 07/07/2026If you find yourself struggling in the water, or if you fall in unexpectedly, Float to Live. Relax and try to breathe normally. Tilt your head back and submerge your ears. Use your hands to help you stay afloat. Once your breathing is under control, call for help or swim to safety. 001
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialPeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 18/06/2026NEW: The attorney general, Richard Hermer, has told his office to no longer post on X, making it the first UK government department to stop using the Elon Musk-owned platform amid increasing worries about its use to incite violence and racism. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comUK attorney general tells staff to stop using X amid disinformation concernsExclusive: Richard Hermer’s department understood to be first in government to restrict use after recent riots 18757204
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialJames Green @ajamesgreen.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Here's a free version of the same article gcaptain.com/drowning/gcaptain.comDrowning Doesn't Look Like DrowningDrowning is not the violent, splashing, call for help that most people expect. In this article, Mario explains what drowning really looks like and how to recognize it when its happening. 3325212
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialRachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 21/05/2026A generous review of my book, Off-White. Especially appreciate its recognition that my background as an Arab-Jew informs my approach and perspective: quakersocialists.org.ukquakersocialists.org.ukQuaker Socialist SocietyUniting the Quaker values of equality and peace with the Socialist values of equality and peace 0136
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialZarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Please retweet. 15229092127
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 09/05/2026Trump promised his ballroom wouldn’t cost you a penny. Now, Senate Republicans are asking taxpayers to foot a $1 BILLION bill for it. 1561750734
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialTrish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Island kids in Fiji can’t get to school because boat fuel prices have skyrocketed. They have a message for world leaders. 223095
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 23/04/2026"Small boat crossings are still increasing" reports the BBC's flagship Radio 4 Today programme. Editors could check BBC Verify, which reports they are down 35% year on year. The trend began Sept 2025, though crossings rose before that, but falling for over 6 months now if compared like with like. 42595273
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialJournal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Scottish artist Elizabeth Keith’s woodblock print of a famous teahouse in Shanghai ~ a “two-story pavilion with sweeping eaves and red lattice windows built over the water on timber piles”, created in 1924 in Japanese shin-hanga style www.villageantiques.ch/tea-house-sh... 0618
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialClive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Thread: 1/4 The usual siren voices are giving us Maginot Line thinking for a blitzkrieg world Hybrid warfare - the kind we actually face - works by exploiting inequality, division and social breakdown. Disinformation finds purchase in communities that feel abandoned. 199449
clarecrick.bsky.social @clarecrick.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Ministers are exploring triggering the break clause in Palantir's NHS contract. I've signed the open letter to Wes Streeting calling on him to get Palantir out of the NHS. www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/we...foxglove.org.ukWes Streeting: Trigger the break clause and get Palantir out of the NHS - FoxgloveWes Streeting: trigger the break clause and kick Palantir out of our NHS. ADD YOUR NAME NOW! 000
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialNational Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 11/04/2026Nearly 1 in 6 UK species are threatened with extinction. We've lost 97% of our wildflower meadows since the 1930s. We have 73 million fewer birds than in the 1970s - a decline of almost a third. And yet some politicians still just see wildlife as a blocker to progress. 9461214
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialFabian Society @thefabians.bsky.social · 10/04/2026How do we rebuild Labour’s electoral coalition? 🗳️🌹 The 2024 election saw Labour win a landslide, built on targeting key voters in marginal seats. In this pamphlet, @jamespren.bsky.social examines why Labour has struggled to hold its coalition and how a progressive one could be built. 132
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialJames Prentice @jamespren.bsky.social · 10/04/2026My analysis of Labour's problems has been published by the @thefabians.bsky.social . Lost support has mostly gone to left-liberal parties. To regain support, I argue Labour needs to go in a more progressive direction & create a progressive coalition to beat Reform. fabians.org.uk/publication/...fabians.org.ukUneven ground | Fabian SocietyFabian Society 032
clarecrick.bsky.social @clarecrick.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Thank you #royalmail for a delivery of post this afternoon in #StLeonardsOnSea. It's been at least a couple of weeks of nothing. This is today's pile of 18 items, including financial documents from March 21st, an Easter card, and a document I paid for to be dispatched on March 20th. 000
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialJames Prentice @jamespren.bsky.social · 02/04/2026My Article on how NHS waiting times are improving within Hastings & St Leonards was published in the Hastings Independent. It can be viewed in the following link: www.capturepolitics.co.uk/post/east-su...capturepolitics.co.ukEast Sussex sees strong NHS ImprovementsThis article outlines the major improvements within the Sussex NHS trust 2025. It uses data from the trust to outline the improvements. 031
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialFleet Street Fox @fleetstreetfox.bsky.social · 30/03/2026EXCLUSIVE: Ministry of Defence lawyers knew of a whistleblowing report that said British troops were exposed to radiation, but failed to tell judges. A minister wept as she made the admission to Parliament. Here's What They Don't Want You To Know: open.substack.com/pub/whatthey...open.substack.comMinister admits government lawyers knew about radiation cover-upThe Veterans Minister wept as she made the admission and MPs demanded a one-year public inquiry 0133
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialAnthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 28/03/2026This one went up like a rocket yesterday. I suspect in part because people are exhausted by a story of the country - both Reform/Tory and trad/Blue Labour flavours - that bears little resemblance to reality. And it matters for trust, economy and society. open.substack.com/pub/anthonyp...open.substack.comThe workers politics forgotModern politics has a picture of work that is half a century out of date. And it contributes to lack of political trust and a weaker economy and society. 56928
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 28/03/2026'Renaming the organisation would not have killed it, while the choice it has made could well do.' 'Gen Z are famously inclusive, more likely than any other generation to identify as LGBT+.' An own goal, and nasty with it.theguardian.comGirlguiding didn’t have to do this to its trans members. There was another way | Zoe WilliamsGirlguiding’s response to last year’s supreme court ruling is not the humane option – and changes the organisation’s identity, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams 1308
clarecrick.bsky.social @clarecrick.bsky.social · 24/03/2026www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.com‘They singled out non-white, foreign-born workers’: the restaurants raided by Britain’s version of ICEThey’re not armed and they keep a relatively low profile. But the Home Office’s immigration compliance and enforcement officers have searched thousands of business in pursuit of illegal workers. Are t... 000
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Despite laws 60,000 UK workers didn't get the minimum wage. Culprits include Browns Manufacturing, BUPA, Busy Bees Nurseries, Costa, Hays Travel, Hovis, ISS, KPMG, Norwich City Football Club. None forgot to the pay the bosses. Corporate fines passed to customers. No exec finedgov.ukHundreds of employers handed penalties for illegally underpaying workers389 employers from across the UK named for failing to pay workers the minimum wage to tens of thousands of workers. 6317184
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialBig Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 18/03/2026It's all kicking off outside. The Great British Beak Off. #hastings 3487
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialKevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Why only fossil fools would blame renewable energy for a fossil fuel crisis. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comUK energy prices are soaring – and propagandists want to sell you a false reason why | George MonbiotThe war on Iran has put fossil-fuel prices centre stage, but don’t believe those who tout ‘maximising the North Sea’ as our salvation, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 15314
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialYuan Yang @yuanfenyang.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Student loans: how fair is our repayment system? Today our Treasury Committee is launching an inquiry into this very topic - and we’d like to hear from young people in particular. Anyone over the age of 16 in the UK can feed in to our inquiry here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...forms.office.comMicrosoft Forms 21914
clarecrick.bsky.social @clarecrick.bsky.social · 08/03/2026labourlist.org/2026/03/gort...labourlist.org'Labour's problem isn't the Green Party - it's complacency' - LabourListThe Gorton and Denton result is not a crisis. It is a warning. Progressive voters cannot be taken for granted. The Greens are not the enemy. Complacency is. 131
clarecrick.bsky.social @clarecrick.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Yes, but we wait until 2028 to come up with (another) plan... 000
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialLabour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 02/03/2026📜 The House of Commons just debated the Representation of the People Bill 💥 Great to see more Labour MPs joining the call for a National Commission on Electoral Reform 📺 @patrickhurley.bsky.social @catsmithmp.bsky.social @chriscurtis94.bsky.social & @jamesnaish.bsky.social 🌹 #Labour4PR 612074
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Thanks Politico for the shout out this morning. Now back at the @bylinetimes.bsky.social desk. (DM me or comment if you have any questions about shared parental leave and I'll do my best to answer) 1435
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialBell Ribeiro-Addy MP @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social · 01/03/2026If you are a British national in Bahrain, Israel, Palestine, Qatar or the UAE, please register your presence to receive direct FCDO updates on the situation in the Middle East. You should continue to follow FCDO travel advice and the advice of the local authorities. 069
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Memorial to 72 victims of the 2017 Grenfell fire to be funded by new legislation. Govts and industry still pushing deregulation and lower planning standards. Still no prosecution of corporations, execs and advisers who made millions from knowingly using faulty building products.theguardian.comMemorial to 72 victims of Grenfell fire to be funded by new legislationHousing secretary says bill will give spending authority needed to build and maintain ‘dignified memorial’ 916968
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialBig Issue @bigissue.com · 26/02/2026Dr Allan Njanji, a refugee advocate with experience of the asylum system, writes about what the UK could learn from Spain's decision to grant legal status to half a million migrants.bigissue.comWhat Spain's migration decision means for the UK 1114
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialJames Prentice @jamespren.bsky.social · 24/02/2026How can people be expected to vote tactically in such a contest? This poll can't tell us who is in front due to 3 leading parties being within the margin of error. The voting system we have is increasingly challenged by how voters are dividing into small groups across multiple parties. 052
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialThe University of Bath @uniofbath.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Wishing all of our staff, students, alumni and community a very happy new year of the horse! 🐎✨ #UniversityOfBath 011
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialandyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social · 12/02/2026 1081959555
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialOmg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue 5783269014044
Reposted by @clarecrick.bsky.socialStella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Walthamstow please stop and look - Mohammad Jaeem went missing after school today locally. He left his phone at home - his parents and police are trying to search for him. contact police or call: 07475718981 07534712242 Last seen Hale End Road/Macdonald Road, after school. Please share. 01125
clarecrick.bsky.social @clarecrick.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Thank you for your work @bbcstever.bsky.social 000
