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Gerrard Winstanley @gerrard1609.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics | Clive Lewis
When a former Labour deputy leader joins a firm built on surveillance and military targeting, it deepens public cynicism – and democracy depends on trust, says Labour MP Clive Lewis
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Gerrard Winstanley @gerrard1609.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Five UK police forces end Palantir project after two years
Significant setback for US technology company’s bid to establish itself as key supplier to British law enforcement
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Gerrard Winstanley @gerrard1609.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Government must honour its manifesto commitment to hold a public consultation on the future of the House of Lords. We're asking peers to support a Bill that would kickstart that process. Please sign the letter. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/200648/...
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House of Lords reform
The Government must honour its manifesto commitment to hold a public consultation on the future of the House of Lords. We're asking peers to support a Bill that would kickstart that process. Please si...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As 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...
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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#PalantirOut - and let's close the revolving door between politics and industry while we are at it. "Watson, who was a key political ally and fixer for Gordon Brown, remains close to many senior Labour figures." www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Palantir hires Tom Watson to fight left-wing campaign against US firm
The tech giant, which holds several public sector contracts, hopes that hiring the former Labour deputy leader will buy it a hearing in the Burnham government
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Gerrard Winstanley @gerrard1609.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
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Gerrard Winstanley @gerrard1609.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Tell Coventry City Council to Drop Palantir. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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Tell Coventry City Council to Drop Palantir
Coventry City Council should end its contract with Palantir and bring data and AI services back under public control. We are calling for transparency, meaningful consultation with residents and trade ...
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Gerrard Winstanley @gerrard1609.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Britain’s grid operator gave Palantir contract without inviting rival bids
Neso cited a legal exemption that removes the requirement to consider other suppliers if dependencies leave no alternative
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Gerrard Winstanley @gerrard1609.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Night of the Nearly Dead
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Ofcom and BBC, correct the record: Thames Water CEO misled the public about public ownership. Too many journalists amplify water industry PR. Please follow the advice in this link and lodge your complaint.
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Ofcom and BBC, correct the record: Thames Water CEO misled the public about public ownership
Thames Water CEO lied about public ownership on the BBC. It is time Ofcom and the BBC corrected the record
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
An infographic that seeks to explain economics
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Burnham wants to do what he did in Greater Manchester for the whole of the UK? But what does that mean for the people - not the property developers? Its time to end Rip off Britain. Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Gerrard Winstanley @gerrard1609.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Did you know a barrister is facing jail just for reminding a jury they have the right to vote with their conscience? This historic right has kept trials fair since 1670. We can't let it be silenced now. Add your name to defend fair trials👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Sign to protect the right to a fair trial
Imagine being called for jury duty, but advised against using your own common sense. ❗A top barrister is now facing contempt of court proceedings, simply for reminding a jury of their rights. If judg...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
We don't know what the cabinet will be yet, but the mood music is becoming really ominous. A Labour Party subservient to the City of London and harking back to the Blair years would be catastrophic for this country. People simply won't stand for Rip Off Britain any more.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 22/06/2026
• Crackdowns on peaceful protest. • Support for Tory benefit cuts. • Blaming migrants for failing public services. This is Starmer’s legacy.
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Thread: 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.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Hi @emilythornberry.bsky.social, You might want to chat with @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social about this whole disinformation thing....
Only labour can beat reform here says Emily Thornberry Londoners may regret protest votes for reform or greens in local elections says Sadiq KhanEmphatic green win. Labour and Reform both down.
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Gerrard Winstanley @gerrard1609.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
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The Debbonaire deal: how corporate sinecures keep Labour wedded to the right
THE Green victory  in the Gorton and Denton by-election shows Labour risk  losing millions of votes to their left.Lots of Labour members and voters think the obvious response would be  ...
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Gerrard Winstanley @gerrard1609.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
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Labour has left its loyal supporters disillusioned | Letters
Letters: Readers take stock of the party’s missteps in government and Keir Starmer’s leadership
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
This is why Daily Mail journalists are going after my family now. The right wing propaganda machine will not work on the Green Party. We're ready to end Rip off Britain, end the cost of living crisis and make hope normal again.
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Dara O'Reilly @daraor.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Credit to @jackseale.bsky.social for being perhaps the first mainstream journalist to even acknowledge the possibility that the reason Sir Keir Starmer has reneged on every promise he's made is because he's not a particularly good or honest person. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Keir Starmer: Where Did It All Go Wrong? review – is the PM just useless at politics or is it something more sinister?
Westminster insiders try to get to the bottom of Starmer’s awful unpopularity and frequent blunders – but fail to consider less palatable possibilities
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Listen to a grieving mother and have no doubts: water privatisation has been a lethal scandal. Progressives must wage a battle against a rotten capitalist system that milks our resources – and destroys lives. Let the fightback start with water. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Gerrard Winstanley @gerrard1609.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
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Listen to a grieving mother and have no doubts: water privatisation has been a lethal scandal | Clive Lewis
Progressives must wage a battle against a rotten capitalist system that milks our resources – and destroys lives. Let the fightback start with water, says Labour MP Clive Lewis
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Chris Williams @chrisw100.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Welcoming 3 Labour to Green councillor defectors today: 🔴 -->🟢Soraya Adejare, Hackney 🔴 -->🟢Tauseef Anwar, Lewisham 🔴 -->🟢Rudi Schmidt, Lewisham
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 11/03/2026
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
@richardburgon.bsky.social : "how did it even get to the stage where the PM was interviewing Mandelson.. the simple answer is political. It's because it suited the interests of a tiny faction in the Labour party, funded by big business, who wanted Mandelson at the heart of things.." 🎯
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Labour's core voters, on which its re-election entirely depends, are crystal clear about this: they absolutely hate its illiberal, intolerant, draconian, rightwards turn. Hence the total collapse in support. So how does the government respond? #SuicideMission🤦‍♂️ thesecretbarrister.com/2026/03/07/k...
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Keir Starmer and David Lammy are taking an extraordinarily dangerous gamble with our individual liberty
This week, MPs will vote on the second reading of the Courts and Tribunals Bill. Don’t let the anodyne name fool you – this is one of the most revolutionary pieces of legislation in our…
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
🚨On Tuesday the Prime Minister will order MPs to vote to undermine and restrict a fundamental cornerstone of our democracy - the right to trial by jury. It’s a move that will set us on a path to toward authoritarian justice. MPs must step up and tell him NO youtu.be/mXTpGebSSB8?...
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🚨PM’s plan to strip back right to trial by jury will place us on a path toward authoritarian justice
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
The Courts and Tribunals Bill will remove your right to a jury trial for serious criminal offences. Toff magistrates/judges will decide your fate. Chances of miscarriage of justice will increase. Working class, poor, minorities will be the biggest losers.
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Keir Starmer and David Lammy are taking an extraordinarily dangerous gamble with our individual liberty
This week, MPs will vote on the second reading of the Courts and Tribunals Bill. Don’t let the anodyne name fool you – this is one of the most revolutionary pieces of legislation in our…
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Starmer, Shellbrooke, Taylor should be ashamed. Desperate, they know their time as MPs is up so they're lashing out hoping to score some political points. @greenparty.org.uk is going to replace them! The majority of the UK is with me, no more illegal wars! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Greens deputy leader calls for apology from Starmer over false claims that led to death threats
Mothin Ali fears for his life after anti-war protest was wrongly described as being in support of Iranian regime
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Gerrard Winstanley @gerrard1609.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
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Labour is stubborn in defeat because it knows this: we face the belated end of the political 20th century | John Harris
In Gorton and Denton, I heard again and again that people wanted seismic political change – Labour and the Tories are no longer part of that conversation, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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Former Pingu Child Actor (BANISHED) @cursedpingu.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Lmao
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Gerrard Winstanley @gerrard1609.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
The Representation of the People Bill is a rare chance to renew our democracy - yet it ignores the voting system driving chaos and disillusionment. We need MPs standing up for fair votes in this upcoming debate. Urge your MP to attend: actionnetwork.org/letters/repr...
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Representation of the People Bill: Ask your MP to attend the debate and speak out for Fair Votes
The Representation of the People Bill is a rare chance to renew our democracy - yet it ignores the voting system driving chaos and disillusionment. We need MPs standing up for fair votes in this upco...
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Vote to Stop Reform @stopreform.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Our latest tactical voting advice to stop Reform: stopreformuk.vote/parl/gorton-... Parliamentary by-election 26th Feb 2026 🟢 Gorton & Denton = GREEN #Manchester #ByElection
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Gerrard Winstanley @gerrard1609.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
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Gerrard Winstanley @gerrard1609.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
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Keir Starmer has a unique talent – to alienate absolutely everyone | Nesrine Malik
Who is his constituency now? Not the left or the right – and not the centre any more. That’s why there’s been a nosedive in the polls, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Gerrard Winstanley @gerrard1609.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
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Behold the incredible shrinking Starmer: the PM who promises more while giving less | Aditya Chakrabortty
It is not just this doomed government but the Labour party itself that is disappearing before our very eyes, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Corruption. Nothing less can describe the scale of this influence. I asked ministers this week if they would cap donations at the same time as asking about openness on lobbying meetings, and this was the part of the question they refused to answer.
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Because the racists he’s trying to appease are not appeased, and anyone with a souls is utterly disgusted. It really isn’t that hard to understand, huns.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
A £240m defence contract without tender. Their fingerprints all over our health care data. A meeting in the USA but without any minutes. Everything around Palantir stinks. www.thenational.scot/news/2584192...
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Zack Polanski pressures Wes Streeting over Palantir after Mandelson texts released
ZACK Polanski has piled fresh pressure on Wes Streeting over Palantir’s NHS contracts after the Health Secretary’s newly-released text messages…
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
£240m. With no tender. Palantir. I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers. Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal. Palantir out.
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Gerrard Winstanley @gerrard1609.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
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For some, McSweeney resignation removes obstacle to eventual downfall of Starmer
Those pushing to oust the prime minister are unlikely to be deterred by his right-hand man’s departure
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 05/02/2026
The rot runs right through this Labour government. Starmer made Mandelson ambassador to the US despite knowing of his relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. He must go. Streeting must cancel the NHS contract with Palantir which has Mandelson's hands all over it.
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Rachel Millward @rachelmillward.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
What a day! HUNDREDS of members were out yesterday to make sure the brilliant Hannah Spencer gets elected in Gorton and Denton. 💚 It's clear that the choice here is between Reform and the Greens. We have 25 days to prove that hope can win. Action days are super fun, join us at our next one!
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Tony @antonyillahiwarren.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Labour has no friends left. That's what happens when you demonise & expel the Left, then disappoint the Right. #VoteGreen 💚
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 31/01/2026
Hundreds of volunteers hitting the streets this morning in Gorton and Denton. Lower bills, tax the super-rich- hope will win. Only the Greens can stop Reform in this by-election.
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thattimwalker.bsky.social @thattimwalker.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Starmer is his own — and Labour’s — worst enemy.
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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 21/01/2026
Horsley (Derbyshire) Council By-Election Result: 🌍 GRN: 43.6% (+16.7) ➡️ RFM: 35.5% (+0.6) 🌳 CON: 13.9% (-9.0) 🌹 LAB: 3.8% (-6.5) ☑️ ADV: 1.9% (New) 🔶 LDM: 1.4% (-2.0) No Ind (-1.7) as previous. Green GAIN from Reform. Changes w/ 2025.
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Gerrard Winstanley @gerrard1609.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Scary dystopian stuff from Labour. You can avoid the paywall for this article here: www.pressreader.com/uk/the-natio...
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Gerrard Winstanley @gerrard1609.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
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David Lammy WAKE UP
Two Palestine Action protesters haven't eaten for 48 days. David Lammy must intervene now or they will die.
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