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Garrie Fletcher

@fletchski.bsky.social
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Writer, editor, publisher, trainer, teacher, working-class socialist. He/him. Based in the People’s Republic of Birmingham

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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I just added my name to ClientEarth's open letter to the new Energy Secretary standing against new drilling in the North Sea. Will you join me? act.clientearth.org/page/195975/...
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Stand against North Sea oil and gas drilling: Add your name
I just signed ClientEarth's open letter asking the government to stop new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. Together, we can take a stand to protect the planet. Will you join me?
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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Substack. They're all doing it. Have a read and subscribe, or not. fletcherski.substack.com/p/3rd-best-f...
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3rd Best Fighter in the Year
1st Creative Non-Fiction Publication
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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I just backed The Cancel Haus 1-10 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/hro...
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The Cancel Haus 1-10
Grab the latest instalment of this epic, graphic saga. One creator, infinite trouble. Ink with an after taste. Read with caution.
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Mendip Hills Green Party @mendiphillsgreen.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Hi! Mendip Hills Green Party from Somerset are now on Bluesky! We would greatly appreciate any reposts/follows! Let's try hope over pain. Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
The US and @uklabourparty.bsky.social are so far behind the will of the people that they're not even blips on the horizon. The killing must stop. Governments must act now. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Sea of people march across Sydney Harbour Bridge calling for an end to killing in Gaza
NSW police estimate 90,000 walked despite force and premier opposing rally, while Palestine Action Group claim up to 300,000 peacefully protested
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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
It's not a war though, is it Dave? It's genocide. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Lammy ‘sickened’ by Israel’s targeting of starving Palestinians and threatens fresh sanctions
Foreign secretary says he deeply regrets that UK does not have power to end war and claims its arms are not used in Gaza
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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
'...if Cool Britannia is to be repeated the seeds will not be found in glossy Netflix-commissioned sitcoms... “They will be bubbling in the underfunded, underpaid, backstreets of the UK where our country’s greatest artists have always risen from.”' www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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‘I love England so much’: From TV to pop, film to fashion, the UK is enjoying a cultural resurgence
Three decades on from Blur and Oasis, a new and more diverse wave of stars is celebrating British identity
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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Microplastics are now inside humans. Healthy before profit. I just signed this important petition by Greenpeace, please can you add your name?
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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/pa...
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Pass the Employment Rights Bill – in full, without delay
The biggest upgrade in workers’ rights in a generation is within reach. But Tory peers and big business want to water it down. Add your name now to demand the House of Lords passes the Employment Righ...
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 25/06/2025
Reminder: 26 bishops – appointed by the CofE, not elected by you – vote in the Lords. With abortion and (soon) assisted dying in the Lords, we’re working with the All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group to make sure that evidence, not dogma, leads the way. www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
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More than 250 clergy voice concern at ‘dangerous change’ to abortion law
Nineteen bishops sign letter; Bishops of Fulham and Oswestry also express ‘profound disquiet’
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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
This completely ignores that class generally determines education but does nail Labour's flawed election win. “The majority of 174 is a creature of the electoral system, it is not a reflection of what happened in terms of how people voted.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Class no longer main dividing line in UK politics, survey shows
Age and education now bigger indicators, according to study, which also shows record support for electoral reform
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Mo Fanning @mofanning.co.uk · 23/06/2025
@theguardian.com cartoon appropriate today
Cartoon of Donald J Trump plucking the feathers from a lifeless dove of peace. A spectacular success.
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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
URGENT: Sign the petition to end plastic pollution
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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
He was a tortured soul who created some sublime music. A musical colossus who leaves behind him some of the greatest songs ever recorded. Farewell beautiful man. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
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Brian Wilson, visionary creative spirit for the Beach Boys, dies aged 82
Musician, who suffered from mental health problems, wrote and produced the 1966 album Pet Sounds – seen by many as the greatest album of all time
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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The BBC is explicitly, consciously pivoting right to pander to a party with just 5 MPs. Where's the outrage? Where's the coverage?! They are converting our national broadcaster into a mouthpiece for the far right and no one is doing anything about it! bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
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BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output
The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party
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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
A British flagged vessel is boarded and seized and spineless PM Starmer does not have the balls to speak out about this criminal act. Detaining a British vessel in international waters is a crime and depriving starving children of food is a crime. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Israeli forces take control of Gaza aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg
The British-flagged yacht Madleen, operated by the pro-Palestinian Freedom Flotilla Coalition , was aiming to deliver a symbolic amount of aid to Gaza
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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
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Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan among 380 writers and groups to call Gaza war ‘genocide’
Letter also signed by Hanif Kureishi and Russell T Davies urges ceasefire and unrestricted distribution of aid
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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I don't agree with all the songs selected for this top 20 but there are some absolute gems here from one of my fave bands. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...
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Scotland’s most reliable sunshine! Teenage Fanclub’s greatest songs – ranked
As their album Grand Prix turns 30, we rate the standout moments from a group Kurt Cobain called ‘the best in the world’
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Henshaw Press @presshenshaw.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Writers! Our summer writing competition is currently OPEN! We're looking for stories to make us cry, laugh, gasp - or all three! Send us your best 2k words please! Winning stories receive £200 + publication 😍 We close on 30th June - get writing! #WritingCommunity #BookSky #AmWriting
White text on awesome, technicolour background. Text reads: 'Writers! Call for submissions!'
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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Birmingham should be encouraging street performances NOT cracking down on them.
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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
George Wendt, or Norm, as he was known in Cheers was a comic heavy weight - must have been all that beer. Farewell good sir. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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A man walked into a bar – and every Cheers episode, George Wendt’s Norm made it funny
The actor, who has died aged 76, was best known for the perpetually sweaty character to whom the bar gave a huge cheer each episode – ‘NOOOORM!’
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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Good morning, it’s Wednesday May 21st 2025! Already? Crikey. You be careful out among them English, John Book. (Dated this very day in 1977, just 48 years ago, 2000AD #13, with its cover collage by various artists.)
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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
They'll never get my vote, not while they're the Tory Party in red.
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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
£Billionaire's profits are out of control NOT the support given to those who most need it. The Labour Party is unrecognisable to its core voters and has been bought and paid for by the wealthy monsters that propagate inequality and greed. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Our £5bn disability benefits cut will stop welfare state collapsing, says Kendall
Exclusive: Work and pensions secretary to double down on changes despite growing pressure within Labour
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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
I love this. Down with the semi colon! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Semicolons! Do you know how to use one and would you even notice if they disappeared? | First Dog on the Moon
Semicolons are on notice!
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Lamhfada @lamhfada.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I haven't actually seen any Zionist genocide defenders on Bluesky in months. But they're out in force under the #Eurovision posts! That shows you how much Israel values @eurovision.tv for hasbara & whitewashing their Genocide of Palestine. It's why you #BoycottEurovision til they kick Israel out
Image using Eurovision branding and font modified to say "Don't watch the Genocide Song Contest" from Uplift
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Reform MP has no answer after being asked over how they would stop small boat crossings www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
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Reform MP has no answer after being asked over how they would stop small boat crossings
Reform's newest MP Sarah Pochin was challenged by Victoria Derbyshire on how exactly her party would stop small boat crossings.
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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
It’ll be interesting to see what our right-wing Labour government does about this. www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...
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Liberty defeats Government appeal as Court rules anti-protest laws are unlawful - Liberty
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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
1.9 £billion wealth tax gap in UK. This is just wealthy individuals, add in corporations and the number will be considerably higher. Our problems are NOT due to immigration, they're due to tax avoiding shits fuelled by greed. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Wealthy Britons avoiding more tax than thought, spending watchdog says
NAO reports £1.9bn tax gap for wealthy individuals and urges ministers to redouble efforts to secure more revenue
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Quoting Enoch Powell is never a coincidence. The Prime Minister knew what message he was sending — and who he was sending it to. Disgraceful.
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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
When people say they want some migrants to integrate more what do they want? More Muslims in the Cotswolds? Ali to wear tweed? Does Terry wanna buy Amjad a pint in Spoons? Mustafa to open a chippy not a kebab house? Can someone please give precise guidance?
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Starmer doing an Enoch Powell-adjacent speech and then the next day going "oh my god, I can't BELIEVE so many of you are being so performatively outraged" like me punching the air near my mum's head and going "oh my god, I can't BELIEVE you're having a go when I'm so OBVIOUSLY just punching air".
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
People who use AI to make "art" and claim they truly are artists are the kids who would trace a picture of a giant squid from a book in year three and when they got caught out exclaim that everyone else is just jealous of their brilliant giant squid drawing.
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
If you wouldn't accept "we are at risk of becoming an island of strangers" from Kemi Badenoch or Nigel Farage you probably shouldn't accept it from Keir Starmer. Don't pretzel yourself trying to explain why it's ok from the guy in the red tie.
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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Breaks my heart
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
What’s really sad is that Sagan has been dead for nearly 30 years, and everything he says here is now 100x more true and more problematic than it was then, and thousands of online goons have devoted themselves to insisting it isn’t.
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John Lees @johnlees.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
One frustrating thing is the Greens are an ideal analogue to Reform, considering how I believe they literally have the same number of MPs in Parliament, give or take one. But despite this, one is portrayed as a non-entity, while the other as the kings in waiting, who everyone’s policy bends around.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
🎉 Absolutely delighted that Sohail is one of our newest councillors for @greenparty.org.uk !!! Accrington West and Oswaldtwistle. GRN: 30.6% (+24.5) CON: 27.6% (-17.0) LAB: 24.2% (-25.0) REF: 17.5% (+17.5) GREEN GAIN from LABOUR.
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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Labour get it wrong & decide to continue getting it wrong but to go faster. Bonkers! English local elections live: Starmer admits results ‘disappointing’ as Reform say they are main opposition after byelection victory
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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 02/05/2025
Going over final copy edits on the expanded/transed edition of TRUE BELIEVER, and I was **very** pleased to see that Penguin Random House added the highlighted text Fuck GenAI to hell and back
Please note that no part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner
for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems.
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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Another sad, sad loss to music. Blondie wouldn't have existed without Clem Burke. All heart, no glass. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
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Clem Burke, Blondie’s drummer and ‘heartbeat’, dies aged 70
Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, founding members of the new wave hitmakers, pay tribute to their late bandmate
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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Ah, police watchdog ignores evidence shocker. This really is a kick in the teeth for all those families who lost loved ones due to the actions of South Yorkshire Police. The IOPC ignores clear evidence that senior officers lied and instructed others to lie. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Fury among families after senior Hillsborough officers absolved by police watchdog
Campaigners denounce ‘cover-up of a cover-up’ as IOPC clears officers of scapegoating Liverpool supporters
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Wonko the Sane @kernowmad.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
A Keir Starmer pledge, not worth the vapour it's written on.
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Citizen’s Arrest Network @citizensarrestnet.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
BREAKING NEWS: Thames Water executives citizen’s arrested at their offices this morning. It’s time someone held these criminals to account for the harm and disruption they are causing to our lives. Follow for updates. #CitizensArrest #ThamesWater
Environment, Pollution, Thames Water, CEO, Citizen's Arrest, Thames Water executives citizen's arrested for crimes of public nuisance. Woman in blue jacket seen leaving the offices of Thames Water in Reading UK Tuesday 18th March.
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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
A brave young person doing the right thing, but we need far more. Force the government to bring about real change that benefits all, not just the bloated energy companies and billionaires. Also, the prison system needs scrapping & starting again. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘The prison system is insanely broken’: a climate activist on his experience in jail
George Simonson says you learn about society by seeing how it treats its prisoners – and jail has strengthened his belief that change is crucial
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Sylvia @sylvia-suffragette.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
It’s true It was never about the Blackhole/Refilling the Purse/Whatever false analogy you use They just want to demonise and take from the vulnerable
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