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Richard Lawson

@docrichard46.bsky.social
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Physician, poet, inventor of physical and social possibilities. Past co-Speakerfor the Green Party England and Wales. Doing my best for future generations. Woodworker.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 05/05/2025
Pass it on…
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Is it just me, or does anyone else feel that the Israeli aggression against Gazans looks very much like the Nazi aggression against Jews, Romanies and Communists? No actual gassing of course, but the killing, starvation and dehumanisation is very similar
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
BREAKING NEWS: Farage has just realised that people are shortening Reform Uk to RefUK, and has therefore decided to rename his company Net Anti Zero Inc. with immediate effect
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
How Boeing charged the Pentagon $50,000 for a $300 trash can responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/06/20/t... #ripoff #MilitarySpending #militaryindustrialcomplex #oligarchy
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The Pentagon’s $52,000 trash can
With military spending at record highs, many contractors have hiked the cost of relatively simple items. (Video)
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Radio 4 Today still trying to pin our high energy prices on renewables, and parroting RefUK arguments
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Trump’s approval rating. “They approve me so much. No President has ever had an approval rating like mine”
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Myles Hoyle @myleshoyle.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
"Why is Trump so one-sided?". Because the Russian kleptocrats saved his ass when no other financial institution was prepared to lend him money in the 1990s. He owes them bigtime.
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Jed🫠 @jaredmay76.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
There’s never enough room on those hats! 🤣
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Amesbury citizens: Shrewton Storm Tank is still discharging untreated sewage into River Till. 3 days now.
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Trump’s approval rating is -13 already. Worse than Biden at this stage in his Presidency, much worse than Obama ditto. www.economist.com/interactive/...
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Donald Trump approval tracker
Follow polls showing how favourably Americans view their president and which issues are shaping their views
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
If you live in the Amesbury region, be aware that the Shrewton Storm tank has been discharging untreated sewage into River Till for the past couple of days
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Trump and Farage are in a global minority of 11% with their Net Zero scepticism. We who want to end fossil fuel addiction are a majority of 89%, but do not realise how strong we are www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say
Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
“There is no market but the Free Market and Trump is its Prophet. Look at my works,ye mighty, and despair”
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Atmospheric CO2 has passed 430 parts per million. The last time atmospheric CO2 was at 430 ppm was during the ancient Pliocene Era, three to five million years ago, and humans didn’t exist.
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
I am honoured to be speaking on this coming Thursday at this virtual conference on what the UN can do to bring about peace. us02web.zoom.us/j/3482765417...
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Study shows political misinformation on social media is disproportionately linked to radical-right populist parties www.psypost.org/political-li...
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Political lies have a pattern — and radical-right populist parties are leading the charge
Analyzing millions of tweets, researchers found that misinformation is strongly linked to radical-right populist parties—not populism in general or partisan politics alone.
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Research finds political misinformation is significantly higher from right wingers www.psypost.org/political-li...
psypost.org
Political lies have a pattern — and radical-right populist parties are leading the charge
Analyzing millions of tweets, researchers found that misinformation is strongly linked to radical-right populist parties—not populism in general or partisan politics alone.
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
So it seems that the shooter at Florida State University was a far-right white supremacist.
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sootie123.bsky.social @sootie123.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
This is not an unreasonable request and would go some way to making the Middle East a safer place.
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
If true, this is so important. A nuclear free Middle East would be a great step towards a nuclear free world. We should reach out to Iran on this, respond positively. Peace is possible. Global Zero is possible.
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Are we all mad? Or is it just Paranoia Mutualis Caesarium? greenerblog.blogspot.com/2025/04/mutu...
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Mutual Paranoia of our Leaders
In his book “The Monstrous Anger of the Guns”, Jeremy Corbyn asks, “Does security come from spending vast amounts of time, energy and skills...
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
“Money is God and privatisation is Money’s Prophet” was the belief British Steel and Thames Water both demonstrate that privatisation of strategic national industries is absolutely wrong. The 50 year old privatisation experiment is beginning to fall to bits
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
I suppose the pedants are going to say it should be “Caesarii” greenerblog.blogspot.com/2025/04/mutu...
greenerblog.blogspot.com
Mutual Paranoia of our Leaders
In his book “The Monstrous Anger of the Guns”, Jeremy Corbyn asks, “Does security come from spending vast amounts of time, energy and skills...
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Are we all mad? Or is it just Paranoia Mutualis Caesarium? greenerblog.blogspot.com/2025/04/mutu...
greenerblog.blogspot.com
Mutual Paranoia of our Leaders
In his book “The Monstrous Anger of the Guns”, Jeremy Corbyn asks, “Does security come from spending vast amounts of time, energy and skills...
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
THE TRADER’S PRAYER Lord Money hear us. We do not care for Nature But for you, who flow From Natures red wounds. And give us our possessions To have and to hold ‘Til Death us do part From foolishness for ever And ever. Amen.
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Farage: “I hope and believe that many things that will happen in America will serve as an inspiration to us." - Feb 2025 Thanks Nigel. Don’t call us, we’ll call you
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
In 2017 an expert psychiatrist, Dr Bandy X Lee, warned the US against electing Trump The US ignored expert advice and went ahead to elect Trump In 2025, 8 years later, Trump is wrecking the global economy. Meanwhile, world leaders are ignoring expert advice on global warming…
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Trump has presided over six of his corporations going bankrupt. Six. US voters will be pleased to know that whole countries cannot go bankrupt, they just slip into poverty
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Nearly $5 trillion value wiped off world’s stock markets. Trump has done a Kwarteng. Truss must be feeling really proud
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Nearly $5 trillion value wiped off world’s stock markets. Why? Because Trump. Why Trump? Public opinion swayed by media Who owns the media? Oligarchs Does anyone know how to stop oligarchs owning media? No? Thought so
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
So right wing commentators feel strongly that embezzlement of €4million is no reason to stop someone from running from public office #LePen
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
The new tax rises mean people will have to find an extra £600-800 per year. Easy for MPs, impossible for many average people #TaxTheRich
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Neoliberalism, the absolutisation of the profit motive without external restraint, is the God of 2025, & privatisation is its prophet. Since water privatisation has failed, we may hope that the world will begin to move away from neoliberalism toward a more rational and sustainable way of thinking
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Water Bills will increase on April 1st. Wessex Water is 3rd highest bill for water and wastewater companies at £669 in 2025-6. Wessex is taking a £113 increase, 6th highest out of 11 water and sewage companies, but 3rd lowest in percentage terms. localaction4water.blogspot.com
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Local Action 4 Water
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
“The reign of the free market is facing its biggest ever challenge - not from supporters of socialism who ideologically back a big role for the state, but from Trump, a man who is broadly speaking of the right and has no qualms with capitalism allowing people to become very rich” - David Dimbleby
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I thought the free market was forever - then Trump came along
Why the reign of the free market is facing its biggest ever challenge
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Conservative broadcaster David Dimbleby on water: “In 1989 Thames Water was privatised. We were promised lower bills, better infrastructure, less red tape and investment in a system fraying at the edges. It was investment that the global capitalist system was supposedly best placed to provide. 1/
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
The safer you are in an environment of rising authoritarianism, the more obligation you have to make some noise on behalf of the people who are more vulnerable than you. Indeed, this is the only way you might avoid having the leopards eat your face.
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
On Saturday May 4th, 11am, we will be taking our plastic plant pots back to Cadbury Garden Centre for reuse and recycling, as part of the general drive to reduce single use plastics
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Kemi Badeconomics believes that an economy that is based on expensive and damaging fossil fuels is more in line with Conservative thinking.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
1. Today the Tories unveil their new policy: ripping up the commitment to net zero by 2050. Kemi Badenoch, with no evidence, claims "it can’t be achieved without a serious drop in our living standards or by bankrupting us." What the evidence shows is the opposite. We can't prosper without it. 🧵
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Badenoch somehow believes that by basing our economy on cheaper forms of energy(i.e. renewable energy that does not cause flood, droughts, heatwaves etc), our standard of living is going to fall. #Badeconomics
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 16/03/2025
🐄 The cow in the room is the beef-eating diet... 2/4
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
This is really important for peoples’ fuel bills and cost of living If Dale is right, we the people should be demanding that the Chancellor sees reason, and breaks the link If Dale is wrong here, the Energy Ministers should be here saying why they think the link is necessary
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Farmers in my constituency and across the UK have been left high and dry by the government's shameful sudden cancellation of the Sustainable Farming Incentive. No warning, no support—just chaos. This is no way to treat the people who put food on our tables.
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James Kennedy @jameskennedy.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Thoughts on this? Professor Richard Wilkinson on the global studies that prove without a doubt the direct correlation between economic inequality & other social issues like crime, addiction, violence, hatred & depression - and how the reverse is also true. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1A5...
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#42 - Richard Wilkinson - Why equality is better for everyone
YouTube video by The James Kennedy Podcast
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
In fact, Dark Storm, the likely originator of the DDOS attack, has links with a pro-Russian group www.ndtv.com/world-news/t...
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
How come Trump is so keen on the serial killer, Putin? threadreaderapp.com/thread/18987...
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Thread by @rshereme on Thread Reader App
@rshereme: July 1987, Moscow, USSR — Trump, 41 years old, flies to Moscow at the invitation of Soviet Ambassador to the U.S., Yuri Dubinin. Upon returning from Moscow, the bankrupt Trump suddenly rece...
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Good news. US citizens just are just about to reach a crossing point, with only a fraction of a decimal point in approval of Agent Krasnov. He has dropped 8 points in a month. projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/approv...
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Donald Trump : Approval Polls
The latest political polls and polling averages from FiveThirtyEight.
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Richard Lawson @docrichard46.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Here a question for serious journalists, broadcasters to ponder, and then ignore for a bit longer: What more could a hypothetical Russian Agent who has managed to get into the White House do than Trump has already done?
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