Helen H@Bluesomeh @helenh.bsky.social · 16hEnding the triple lock is being treated as if its a pension freeze or reduction. It isn't. I can't think of any other income that has this level of protection. Maybe just drop all references to the triple lock and say pension increases will be linked to inflation or whichever measure is to be. 001
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehProf Devi Sridhar @profdevisridhar.bsky.social · 20hMy latest column on healthy ageing: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comBritons are not ageing healthily – we need to learn from countries that have made it a priority | Devi SridharAlthough we’re living longer, the data on healthy life expectancy in the UK isn’t good. Andy Burnham must reverse this trend to protect the NHS and social care, says public health academic Prof Devi S... 43617
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 20hThe BBC news summary this morning went seamlessly from "critics warn PM scrapping triple lock would be electoral suicide" to "critics ask if PM has nerve to make tough decisions" and I don't think it's a particularly pro Burnham stance to suggest he might not be the entire problem here. 431385246
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Here is how politics, in most cases, works: Rich and powerful interests, whether in fossil fuels, finance, big tech, media, meat, pharma or foreign governments, make a demand, and use their sophisticated tools to persuade a government to adopt it. The government adopts it. Please read whole🧵 30896385
Helen H@Bluesomeh @helenh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big Chicken. I've signed the petition to stop it 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...you.38degrees.org.ukStop Big Chicken Choking our RiversWatching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big ... 000
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026NEW: Meet the real AI ‘rogue agent’: Lord Watson of Palantir. I am sick to the teeth of this current AI hype cycle & its perversion of language. The only thing going ‘rogue’ right now are AI boosters, a gullible & compliant press & a Labour Lord 1/ broligarchy.substack.com/p/meet-the-r...broligarchy.substack.comMeet the real AI “rogue agent”: Lord Tom WatsonA Labour leader is out of control. The world needs a containment strategy now 30999387
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehReece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If you could take a minute to read this and, if it takes your fancy, then re-post it… I’d be so grateful. 🙏🏻 I’m doing my utmost to #SaveSquareChapelArts for the good people of Halifax & far beyond, and I need all the help you lovely lot can give me. Thank you! x www.canncomms.co.uk/post/actor-a...canncomms.co.ukActor and long-standing Patron, Reece Dinsdale fronts new campaign to save Halifax’s Square Chapel Arts CentrePhoto credit: Reece Dinsdale in the cinema/studio space at Square Chapel (photo by Ant Robling)Reece Dinsdale leads Square Chapel rescue mission: “It’s time to bring it home”Award-Winning Actor, Write... 17408398
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehScarred For Life Books @scarredforlife.bsky.social · 21/09/2026If they gave out BAFTAs for PIFs, Ken Stott would have one in the bag for his incredible performance in 1988's DRINKING AND DRIVING WRECKS LIVES: A FIREMAN'S TALE... 311422
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 20/09/2026🤔 ICYMI: Nigel Farage leads a political party. He’s a sitting MP. And he now hosts his own weekly primetime show on GB News. 🚨Broadcasters are required to present news in an impartial manner, without political bias. 👇 Add your name to demand that Ofcom takes immediate actionbestforbritain.orgFarage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain 24680328
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I would love to ask a prominent BBC journalist to give me an example of an illegitimate concern. Is seems to me that it has become a question not of fact, logic, or ethics but of volume. If a big enough proportion of a village was anxious about Bigfoot or Chemtrails, BBC would cover it in a way... 791709563
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Right-wing press and ideologues will have you believe that the UK is the most heavily taxed place. They promise the impossible, European/Scandinavian levels of social security with American levels of taxation. This graph puts things in perspective. 19513271
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026A short thread on “legitimate concerns”. The phrase is used repeatedly by UK government ministers. The Home Secretary is at it again this week. But only ever - as far as I can tell - in one context: people’s response to the arrival of asylum seekers. Please read whole 🧵before responding - thanks 671278507
Helen H@Bluesomeh @helenh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I was on a tour of caves in Derbyshire last year, which culminated in the guide turning off all the lights so that visitors can (briefly) experience the psychological impact of total darkness. Of course there had to be one person who wouldn't turn their phone off... 010
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehEddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Just look at the glee on Nigel Farage’s face as he watches a Piddington resident cry about the overt racism she, her Caribbean heritage husband, and their two children have felt in the village during the referendum. Time and again he’s showing us exactly who he is. 2101924738
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehChris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"RNLI crew members had been forced to take their permits off their cars after their tyres have been repeatedly slashed. Most of them have been pilloried at the school gates or turned away from local pubs. One man who worked in search and rescue had been beaten unconscious and hospitalised" 4563358
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehDigital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 17/09/20261/ Maybe we’ve been fighting disinformation backward. Fact-checkers chase lies after they spread. But a growing body of research suggests something more powerful: teach people the manipulation tactics first, and they become harder to fool later. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy 17504250
Helen H@Bluesomeh @helenh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I managed 20 seconds of Tim's bluster before switching him off 😅 160
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehLeana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Lancashire: mercury-contaminated sludge left by a chemical firm. Documents suggest leaking between underground storage chambers. Subsidence in the area has led to yawning craters in the ground. Could groundwater be at risk from cavern 107? www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2654827...lancashiretelegraph.co.ukHow 47,000 tonnes of mercury-contaminated waste were buried beneath rural LancashireBeneath rural Lancashire lies 47,000 tonnes of mercury-contaminated waste, raising questions over its long-term safety and what happens if it… 110364
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/09/2026How EXCELLENT is this - so good to see a new anti-fossil-fuel disinfo project. I just subscribed and you should too pointsourcenews.orgpointsourcenews.orgPoint Source NewsTracing fossil fuel disinformation. 25927
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received - and that consequently, this country is at war with Piddington. 591107196
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Crypto billionaires must be stopped from undermining democracy. This is more than that. Politicians are bought by corporations and the super rich. Normal people can't compete in the auction. Must ban all political donations. Let parties be funded by modest membership fees and public money.theguardian.comThe Guardian view on Reform UK: crypto billionaires must be stopped from undermining democracy | EditorialEditorial: The vast sums given to Nigel Farage’s party in recent days must lead to action on political funding 12425172
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Remember quantitative easing. Bank of England created £895bn, bought gilts/bonds, City speculators profited. Govt could keep them, save interest/redemption costs. NO. It is selling them at £120bn loss, pushing up interest rates. Adding about £47bn to govt debt by 2031, the City profits.theguardian.comBank of England urged to slow or halt bond-selling to slash UK borrowing costsEconomists urge John Healey to press Bank to change policy that is costing the exchequer billions of pounds 10166100
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehKees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Glaciologist @matthias-huss.bsky.social shows that the centre of the Great Aletsch glacier in Switzerland (the biggest in the Alps) lost 6 meters(!) of thickness just this summer. "No words...", he adds on LinkedIn. 7621111244
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Step one: stoke the (wrong) fear Step two: tell the world they can deal with the (wrong) fear. All the while avoiding talking about the real problems with AI 511551
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I have an announcement. 762077469
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Calling all lawyers! Re. Harborne's £36m gift to Reform over the weekend... As I posted yday, he still listed his address as 'Bangkok' in a June legal filing That breaks the March 25 cutoff for overseas donations over £100k, right? Well. He MAY be relying on this carve-out in the elections bill: 49239
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehThe Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This is "Stormtroops & Freikorps Again!" - our parody of "Time Warp" from Rocky Horror Picture Show, taking on the topic of the emergence of #PatriotPlatform last week & putting it in an outrageous and glam 👠European context. One of us may have made a mistake towards the end 🤨 youtu.be/R0DGY3iH9aoyoutu.be"Stormtroops & Freikorps Again" - Marsh Family parody of "Time Warp" from Rocky Horror Picture ShowYouTube video by Marsh Family 1019099
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/09/2026👏 Angela Rayner: "Nigel Farage's sugar daddies made their money in crypto, but there's nothing cryptic about their motives." ⚠️ "They know full well that a Reform government will act in their interests" 💷 "If Farage will do you a cameo for £70, just ask yourself what he'd do for £ 70 million." 24781260
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehPhil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 10/04/2026The Telegraph just gave a convicted criminal a two-page spread to explain why he's pumping £4 million into Reform UK. They tucked his criminal record away in the small print. So as a former financial crime specialist I’ll do their job for them👇telegraph.co.ukYou are seeing this page because our security systems have detected some unusual activity on this connection. To regain access to The Telegraph website please try the following: 361356800
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehReform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Reform UK’s £105m Crypto Donations Christopher Harborne: £61m Ben Delo: £44m Maria Rost: £125-136k Simon William Smith: £116k Oscar Townsley: £30k That’s approximately £105.46m from crypto-linked donors (that we know of). 16254141
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehAndy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 14/09/20264,000 years of carbon build up in the soil burned up in a single summer. And this is just the early stages of climate chaos www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukSummer wildfires caused 'catastrophic' hidden damage, scientists warnBangor University researchers say the scale of damage is far greater than what is immediately visible. 13556308
Helen H@Bluesomeh @helenh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I thought jiggered meant tired. Never heard it used any other way. 000
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 10/09/2026A dark blizzard of disinformation is warping the public’s perception of our great city. But we know the truth: our homicide rate is lower than every major US city, neighbourhood crimes are down and we’ve been ranked #1 city in the world 11 years in a row. My piece for The Times.thetimes.comWe must fight back against troll army’s lies about LondonThere is a dark blizzard of disinformation online, where our capital is described as a lawless dystopia in decline — this couldn’t be further from the truth 581852567
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehGillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Good! West Midlands Police has opened an investigation into five assaults at Reform UK's conference. 0256
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehDr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Just so we are clear: The 83yo priest on the left is a terrorist. The balaclava-clad men on the right are protestors with legitimate concerns 522037941
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehPatrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I went back to listen to it and it’s genuinely quite shocking. 45501192
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Justin Webb is doing the ‘you’re not a *proper* Jew, are you?’ thing to Ed Miliband on the Today programme right now. 50509115
Helen H@Bluesomeh @helenh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Mischievous. Often, cringingly, pronounced mischievious 110
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026UK datacentres likely to directly employ 10,400 workers, compared with the 40,000 cited. 8.6 jobs per megawatt of power, compared to 400 in a car plant, 3,600 in a hospital or health facility. Huge consumption of electricity/water, emission of pollution. Need moratorium on expansion.theguardian.comUK datacentres will create just 25% of jobs predicted by tech sector, analysis findsFacilities likely to employ 10,400 workers, compared with 40,000 in industry estimates, thinktank says 22474248
Reposted by Helen H@Bluesomehlesleybruce @lesleybruce.bsky.social · 09/09/2026As the RNLI is in the news again I hope more people will show support and buy from their shop or simply donate to a fantastic organisation. Link to both the shop and a donate button. shop.rnli.orgshop.rnli.orgRNLI Shop | Lifesaving GiftsWe have the perfect lifesaving gifts for you and your crew. Order them online at shop.RNLI.org and help us to save lives for another 200 years. 173
Helen H@Bluesomeh @helenh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026What's most ludicrous is the BBC running the story. Giving Reform the amplification it wants. 001
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehHOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 08/09/2026Tomorrow night, Channel 4 Dispatches airs the findings of a year-long investigation into Tommy Robinson’s finances. Watch it. Then come back here. We’ve got more to show you. 511872787
Helen H@Bluesomeh @helenh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/199433/...action.wildlifetrusts.orgNature could miss out from Lottery funding – have your sayRespond to the call to action to share nature IS heritage and the National Lottery needs to continue to support nature. 002
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Here @stephenkb.bsky.social seeks to remind the Labour government, old & new, that the point + purpose of recognising "legitimate concerns" about immigration was to understand how to differentiate these from *illegitimate concerns* rooted in intimidation + xenophobia www.ft.com/content/2279...ft.comLabour’s muddled migration policy won’t stop thuggeryA government that can’t distinguish between ‘legitimate concerns’ and open racism is only making things worse 1429190
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehFairness Foundation @fairness.bsky.social · 07/09/2026💰In this week's Fair Comment, we set out how ending elite influence in politics demands a cap on domestic political donations👇 🔗 www.faircomment.co.uk/p/stripping-... 02316
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehKate Allen @kateallen.ft.com · 06/09/2026Police are facing growing questions over how up to 500 masked activists dressed in black brought parts of Dover to a standstill on Saturday. Authorities have been accused of failure to act, intelligence failures and being ‘caught on the hoof’. www.ft.com/content/f244...ft.comPolice face questions over Dover disruption caused by masked protestersUp to 500 activists dressed in black with their faces covered brought part of UK port town to a standstill on Saturday 110855264
Reposted by Helen H@BluesomehDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage. 94034422232