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Gerri Ellis

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Gerri Ellis @gerri5.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
To be fair the Renters Rights Act has made a good start. Rent increases limited to once per year, option to appeal it at tribunal if excessive, and an end to no fault evictions which were a key driver of rent escalation.
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Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Plan México’s targets (including water, health, energy, infrastructure) cut across government departments. Better coordination is needed across departments and sectors to utilise key levers, drive dynamic innovation and deliver rewards shared widely for “prosperidad compartida”.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 08/09/2026
It’s never been clearer: illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land are a significant obstacle to peace. There can be no two-state solution if there is no viable state left to call Palestine. /1
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Ulez has delivered remarkable public health gains in a short period. Sadiq deserves more credit than he’s had for defying Labour pressure to U-turn after Uxbridge. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds
Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone
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riksredguard.bsky.social @riksredguard.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
So Data Centres get NCI status? Really? Why, just why? Because they're going to process everyone's data, every key stroke, every website visited, every card purchase, every Doctor visit, every everything we do.
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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Dear government, don’t send startling, high-pitched alerts about wildfires to ordinary people's phones. Send them to the CEOs of fossil fuel companies and make them impossible to switch off until they stop the destructive plunder that's contributing to climate change.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Trump has dropped his $10bn charge against the BBC after he was told he would have to give the BBC his Financial Records. Not suspicious at all...
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Claire Connelly @claireconnelly.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Why are all new cars so hideously unintuitive? Forget electric vehicles. Electric schmelectric. My next car money will go to the manufacturer that brings back physical knobs, car door handles, and a gear shift. Make cars… cars again. I don’t want to drive a tablet.
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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The word that should be in quotes here is 'wasted'. Because this money wasn't 'wasted' it is now sitting in a handful of people's bank accounts. Where is can be taken back from.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
It seems like someone is trying to send a message.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Liz Truss set up CPAC Great Britain with a lawyer who used to work with sanctioned pro-Russian oligarch Firtash Many of guests at Truss’s gathering have also parroted Kremlin talking points New by me on Democracy for Sale open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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Revealed: the Russian ties of Liz Truss's radical right conference
CPAC UK was set up by a lawyer who worked with sanctioned 'notorious kleptocrat' - and speakers include politicians linked to pro-Kremlin networks and Moscow talking points
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NevereverDave.bsky.social @nevereverdave.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
#WestVirginia lightening strike captured by photographer #DebbieParker Don't shelter beside trees in a storm!
Tall mature tree struck by lightening bolt that flashes mostly alongside the trunk into the ground. Perfect exemplar of why one mustn't shelter beside trees in a storm.
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Gerri Ellis @gerri5.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. We can't let them. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division. goodlawproject.org/s/4ca10b
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Stand in solidarity with Misan Harriman | Good Law Project
Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Interesting that the idea of another EU referendum is regularly discussed on broascast media as something that would cause division and thus a bad idea. But plans to deport literally millions of people are discussed as administrative questions.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I should add that this vital story - about a company and an issue that most of Britain’s media is chasing - was broken on a v small investigative website’s newsletter. The power of independent media! Do support Democracy for Sale if you can 😊 democracyforsale.substack.com/subscribe
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Democracy for Sale | Peter Geoghegan | Substack
A newsletter dedicated to revealing how dark money and hidden influence threaten our democracy. Click to read Democracy for Sale, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Starbucks is abruptly scrapping its AI inventory tool for repeatedly miscounting and mislabeling items, just months after rolling it out at stores nationwide. It's the latest warning that the widely-hyped "AI revolution" could be a bubble that's going to burst.
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Brace Yourself for the AI Bubble
Are we watching an AI revolution, or a slow-motion economic disaster?
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@janettes-999.bsky.social @janettes-999.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The citizens of Festus, Missouri, population approximately 14,000, just voted out every single city council member who secretly approved a gigantic data center. A recall petition is also being circulated to remove the mayor and council members who were not on the ballot.
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Festus, MO Voters Oust EVERY Council Member Who Approved Data Center
YouTube video by Derrick Evans
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Margaret McG🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @caledoni4.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Just googled it. www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...
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Starmer to refuse Trump access to British bases for mission to obliterate Iran
The British Prime Minister has pledged to stay out of any offensive action against Iran and will refuse Trump access to British bases for his horror 'Power Plant Day' operation
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Build child care centers. Build health centers. Build community centers. Not data centers. And not ICE detention centers.
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Gerri Ellis @gerri5.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Support the aid shipment progressive.international/wire/2026-02...
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PI Briefing | No. 5 | We are sailing to Cuba
The Nuestra América Flotilla will break the siege, save lives, and stand with the Cuban people’s right to self-determination.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
New Brunswick, NJ just canceled plans for a colossal AI data center after massive pushback from the community. That's a huge win for people power. AI data centers are sucking up communities’ utilities AND draining state resources — while enriching Big Tech CEOs.
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'A Big F*ck You to Big Tech': New Jersey Residents Defeat AI Data Center | Common Dreams
"It's time to build communities, not data centers," said one local activist.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
In 10 years China is going to be in the 2050's with unlimited Energy and tech far beyond anything in Europe/N.America. And the only reason is because our leaders are too greedy and too stupid.
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Progressive International @progintl.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
“We stand united with Cuba to continue consolidating and developing our friendly relations."
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“Inhumane actions”: China fires back at Trump's sanctions and closes ranks with Cuba
China publicly reaffirmed its political and economic support for Cuba, condemning renewed U.S. sanctions and the longstanding blockade.
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Gerri Ellis @gerri5.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social can you cover Trump’s oil blockade of Cuba - no provocation, just a dislike of the regime - leading to hospital & school closures & food shortages.
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Gerri Ellis @gerri5.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
@mrjamesob.bsky.social how about a Tobin tax - a tax on financial transactions? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobin_tax
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Tobin tax - Wikipedia
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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 09/11/2025
People with rooftop solar panels got their power back almost immediately. The "entire neighborhood benefits," one resident said. From NYT Climate: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/c...
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After Jamaica’s Disastrous Storm, Solar Power Is a Bright Spot
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Gerri Ellis @gerri5.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
@mrjamesob.bsky.social by new houses do you mean new flats with toxic leasehold tenure? Built to the abysmal safety standards of recent flats? We need leasehold reform, commonhold & yes MORE safety regulation!
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Gerri Ellis @gerri5.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Clean, affordable water belongs to all of us. Ask the new Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people first. actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
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Ask Emma Reynolds to base water policy on facts not water industry fake maths.
Everyone deserves clean, affordable water. Lobbyists say it’ll cost £100bn to bring it back into public hands - but experts disagree. I’ve asked the new Environment Secretary to act on real evidence ...
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Gerri Ellis @gerri5.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
@mrjamesob.bsky.social could the China spy scare be a distraction from this much more clear cut spying scandal?
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Absolutely terrifying - the government is leaving communities utterly exposed to the effects of the climate emergency. We urgently need a plan with binding targets for how this govt will protect us as extreme heat and flooding worsen in the years ahead.
Screenshot of a Guardian headline: "Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk"

Subheading: "Every constituency projected to be at greater risk, with many areas likely to be uninsurable, Guardian investigation finds"
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Gerri Ellis @gerri5.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
@mrjamesob.bsky.social why are the muddled musings of Farage leading the LBC news bulletin today? He said “I don’t know” So what?
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Gerri Ellis @gerri5.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Reeves could scrap council tax & replace it with a centrally collected tax which could then be distributed to councils on basis of need.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
The anti-vaxxer CDC shooter’s father - ridiculous. www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/08/17/i...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
AOC: We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was. A man who believed that the civil rights act that granted black Americans the right to vote was a mistake… His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.
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Gerri Ellis @gerri5.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Maybe the micro payments never took off because the tech bros in those days were too dazzled by the addictive power of their shiny new algorithms.
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Kiran Stacey @kiranstacey.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Great story this morning by @rowenamason.bsky.social. Reform has taken £100,000 from an interior design company which had no contact details on its website and used stock images to illustrate its projects. HMRC has tried to wind it up. Very odd. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform UK receives £100,000 donation from design firm that faced winding-up petition
Exclusive: Interior Design Landscape, which faced closure by HMRC early this year, made donation in June
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
The USA absolutely destroyed Nigel Farage today. Can we do that in the UK too? Call out his lies and he falls apart.
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Gerri Ellis @gerri5.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
For someone who’s a self-styled housing campaigner he seems to have remarkably few solutions beyond ‘get the experts in & figure out how to sell it’. No mention of either the building safety or leasehold crisis, or land banking, or no. of empty homes
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Gerri Ellis @gerri5.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Why do you assume only female parents take on the responsibilities of child care?
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AtlantaDon💙🏳️‍🌈💙🏳️‍🌈💙 @donshantajr.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
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Brian McHugh @brianmchugh.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
This is brilliant
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs. A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut. If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
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Gerri Ellis @gerri5.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Why sell them off at all while stock is still too low?
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Katie NLC @nlc-movement.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
These kind of false advertisements should not be allowed. They are not honest. Using 'Help To Buy' Slogan and claiming to sell a 'Dream' is very much part of the problem. @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social #SharedOwnership
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Gerri Ellis @gerri5.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
The Govt’s “largest review of the water sector since privatisation” ruled out public ownership - a solution 82% of us support - before even starting. This review is a sham - but we still have a chance to be heard. Sign @labourlewis.bsky.social’s open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/si...
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Sir Jon Cunliffe: put public ownership back on the table!
From day one, the government’s “largest review of the water sector since privatisation” - a.k.a the Cunliffe Review - has ruled out the solution that 82% of the British public want: public ownership. ...
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Gerri Ellis @gerri5.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Nigel Farage says he owns a fishing boat and is "heavily invested" in the industry. But it's still not in the Register of Interests, 56 days after he said it. Where’s the boat, Nigel? Read more from @hopenothate.org.uk hopenothate.org.uk/2025/06/04/w...
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Where’s your boat, Nigel?
Reform UK’s leader is “heavily invested in fishing” – so why hasn’t he registered it?
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Gerri Ellis @gerri5.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Why has everyone adopted the American term DEI? The UK tends to use Equal Opportunities but our media just swallows Trump talking points wholesale!
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