Reposted by DianeJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026As Mic notes, the Streisand effect is particularly strong when articles are removed wholesale without explanation brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/michael-go...brokenbottleboy.substack.comMichael Gove, Lola Salem, and a sudden silenceWhy did a series of newspaper stories vanish and why are right-wing organisations involved in a coordinated campaign to forget about one particular contributor? 622194
Reposted by DianeMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026This is as treasonous as it gets 1680179136440
Reposted by DianeResist Trump 🤬 🤦🏽♂️🇺🇸 💜💙💪🏽 @resist-trumps-rule.bsky.social · 09/10/2026😂Brilliant 30193212088
Reposted by DianeWe Own It @weownit.org.uk · 10/10/2026Last week South West Water were fined £8m for >200 sewage discharges in Devon & Cornwall over a 5 year period. Their mantra is “1 pollution is too many”. In the first 11 weeks of 2026, water companies had already dumped over 69,000 hours of sewage into bathing waters. ENOUGH. Public ownership now. 4202105
Diane @francis47.bsky.social · 10/10/2026An ‘ingrate’ it’s actually unbelievable that this is America! 100
Reposted by DianeSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Exactly what “standards” are those, Robert? You collude with pornographers over property deals. You take dodgy donations. You whore for racists and christofascists for personal gain. You betray your political allies, friends and your country to sniff at power. You have no standards. You’re poison. 68889232
Reposted by DianeWe Own It @weownit.org.uk · 07/10/2026Privatisation has benefited overseas investors, who have plundered the assets we used to own. It's way past time to call an end to the failed ideology of the Thatcher era and beyond. Read our report on how and why it should be done vist.ly/5mce2 29845
Reposted by DianeWulfhelm @wulfhelm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Everything that's wrong with our nation. Everything that's broken. Everything that's corrupted. Started with her. 1591221224
Reposted by DianeWe Own It @weownit.org.uk · 03/10/2026🚨BREAKING Green Party calls for Thames Water and South East Water to be taken into public ownership WITHOUT COMPENSATION by Christmas Thames Water is insolvent, and South East Water has repeatedly failed to supply water to thousands of homes This is wonderful from the Greens 21472169
Reposted by DianeDavid Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026History is written by the victors. Thatcher broke the power of trade unions by mass unemployment, industrial restructuring, frittered away N Sea Oil, laid the foundations for the current housing crisis, decimated local bus services, hollowed out local government and introduced the poll tax. 94933248
Reposted by DianeMike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026BBC re-running their headlines from 3 years ago when Sunak released 10,000 prisoners early over 6 months....oh wait, no, that went off without a media fuss. Labour are releasing up to 5,000 early over a year - due to Tory failure to build prison capacity. They only built 36 net new places a year. 23559240
Reposted by DianeBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/09/2026There can only be one option on the table. Full EU membership. 💷 £92bn for our economy. 📈 £43bn extra exports each and every year. ⬆️ Growth in every postcode, region, and nation of the UK. 🇬🇧 628/632 constituencies in favour. 🗳️ Stops Farage getting to No10. It really is a no brainer.theguardian.comBurnham vows to seek new ‘long-term’ relationship with EU in emotional Labour conference speechPM also confirms plan to end pensions triple lock to pay for national care service and pledges to put electoral reform i 729791
Reposted by DianeAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Despite all the talk about him being 'Starmer with a Northern accent,' Andy Burnham's conference speech suggests he is set to be a very different prime minister from his predecesssor bylinetimes.com/2026/09/29/a...bylinetimes.comAndy Burnham's Labour Conference Speech Offers a Clear Break From the Politics of DespairThe Prime Minister's emotional and expansive speech opened the door to a genuine shift in our politics, argues Adam Bienkov 56652120
Reposted by DianeSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Burnham made Farage seem “angry, thin-skinned… absurd. What we witnessed today was a masterclass in political communication which makes Farage look like an amateur” Finally. The confidence that comes with emotional intelligence. It could make all the difference. iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-sp...iandunt.substack.comBurnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitmentIt’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here. 491159250
Reposted by DianeSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Miliband: "To the millions in this country.. who have been moved & outraged by the plight of the Palestinian people, we hear you. You were right" So scrap the proscription of Palestine Action. End all arms exports to Israel. Impose sanctions on the Israeli govt & economy. 34569201
Reposted by Dianeflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I remind you that half of your political/media class frantically urged you to vote for this pig-ignorant, disastrously incompetent crook, and the other half frantically urged you not to vote for the only viable opposition, and then put two and two together about why they did that. 46679170
Reposted by DianeOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none. 23032751210
Reposted by DianeWear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not. 869286158253
Reposted by DianeSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This should be the moment people finally realise that Farage has turned them into fascists. If you’re choosing this dangerous inhumanity over the rescue work of the RNLI, you’ve lost your minds to racism and hatred. 1171828728
Reposted by DianeGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukPeter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHSA decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds... 18634441861
Reposted by DianeGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026We should ask ourselves why this is something a Labour Prime Minister feels the need to refute. After 16 years of austerity, a tax and spend socialist is just what we need. 43738148
Reposted by Dianehitpix+ @hitpixplus.com · 13/09/2026Christian Bale has officially opened Together California, a $22 million foster care village in Palmdale 17 years in the making. The 12-home community is designed to keep siblings in foster care together, giving them the chance to grow up under one roof. More of this, please. #moviesky #filmsky 12569491280
Reposted by DianeWe Own It @weownit.org.uk · 14/09/2026>30 backbench Labour MPs are due to speak on the debate for a referendum on public ownership of water today in parliament. They know that what happens next for water will be crucial for this government It's a simple choice: will it put the public first, or US hedge funds & faraway shareholders?news.sky.comAndy Burnham's high stakes policy headache that could split Labour MPsAndy Burnham has used bold language on the water industry but we don't know how that will fare with the economic reality he faces - as Labour MPs urge him to go in different directions. 34619
Reposted by DianeVince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Protester: “He’s just everything that is wrong in this kind of society, and he’s here. It’s just not right. I don’t know why we welcomed him here… We are a peaceful nation and he’s coming over here with blood on his hands from all the wars he’s doing.” 📍Ireland 239120013292
Reposted by DianeMrMirth @mrmirth.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Campbell, hits the nail on the head. BBC news, 'cheerleader' of Farage/Reform. 113653
Reposted by DianeSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Ffs. Well, it’s up to us to make sure that their grubby ‘investment’ is a phenomenal waste of money. Reform is a shitshow of crooks and idiots who have no idea how to behave, let alone govern. The majority of us who loathe them must unite to keep them out of power forever. 68969305
Reposted by DianeChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/09/2026I absolutely LOVE this. Christian Bale spent roughly 17 years fighting to make this happen. This week, his foster-care village opened in Palmdale, California: 12 homes built specifically to help keep siblings together when they enter foster care. 722267166333
Diane @francis47.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I don’t believe in any God but if there was one it surely couldn’t be a man? 000
Reposted by DianeGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The UK government ceasing automatically to support almost anything the government of Israel does is a major shift. The next step should be to rescind the ban on #PalestineAction, to stop treating protesters as terrorists, and to acknowledge that those seeking to disrupt a genocide may have a point. 502204638
Reposted by DianeByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026🔎 From the archive: five years of work As the Met announce an investigation into Reform Donations, catch up on the Cambridge Academic implicated - James Orr Support our workbylinetimes.comFree News SiteFree online access to the NEWS that shapeS our print edition out SOON IN PRINT & DIGITAL EDITION 89 – SEPTEMBER 2026 PLAYING WITH FIRE The fossil fuel age is burning itself alive.We know where this is headed.Why are we not doing anything? Nafeez Ahmed, Clive Lewis MP, Asad Rehman, Caroline Lucas BURNHAM’S CHALLENGE #ReformUncovered Got […] 06423
Reposted by DianeMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Let’s go.bbc.co.ukPolice launch criminal investigation into Reform UK donationsThe investigation, which follows a broadcast by Channel 4 News, is being folded into the inquiry that has been underway into other donations. 681348300
Reposted by DianeJointheDots @joiningupthedots.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Chris Rokos. He’ll be donating to Reform next but Britain is well rid. - Funded Cameron in run up to 2015 election. Thereby funding library and youth club closures, cuts to school budgets, armed forces/local authority budgets. Huge growth in corridor care & overcrowded prisons. 102507165
Reposted by DianeMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 05/09/2026In China, robots which are also solar panels, clean the other solar panels. Original post 22052551184
Reposted by DianePaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I have to admit, I’m oscillating between ’of course he’ll get away with it, he always does’ and ‘surely this time the police will do their job’. 58964105
Reposted by DianeWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This sounds as inappropriate as anything I have ever heard in UK higher education. Perhaps we need to shut down Cambridge until we find out what the hell is going on there... 56022
Reposted by DianeOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 04/09/2026E.L Wisty is still with us? I had no idea. 6119536
Reposted by DianeBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 04/09/2026Spot on ⬇️ "There can be no doubt that 10 years down the line, we are weaker, less safe and more divided than ever before. Brexit has been a monumental disaster."inews.co.ukThe disaster Britain has spent a decade refusing to discussLorraine Kelly: 10 years down the line we are weaker, less safe and more divided than ever before 10559149
Reposted by DianeDale Vince @dalevince.com · 04/09/2026[24th May 2026] "Farage is taking political donations into new territory and to new levels. The influence of big money in UK politics can no longer be ignored. Wealthy people, big business, and foreign-linked money are finding new ways into the system -- from companies to cryptocurrency. 25922
