Reposted by On The ThresholdPhil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 13hI'm going to be honest: this kind of stuff is so much more enervating and demoralising than any "wrecking" behaviour by sjws in lesbian bars. Having to fight tedious centrists who never found a social security program they could actually support is exhausting. 0283
Reposted by On The ThresholdMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 8hAnd you’re *sure* they’re patsy proxies for Iran and not, you know, fuel thieves. 58413
Reposted by On The ThresholdZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10hThere is so much at stake at this election. Real hope looks like action. Rent controls, nationalising Thames Water and no to fossil fuels. Here's an update on how it's going! youtu.be/hPmtOL6obLwyoutu.beCampaigning With Zack Polanski In Holborn & St Pancras - Episode 2YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski 726587
Reposted by On The ThresholdSian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 12hI have said before and will again: any electoral reform commission must NOT rule out a change of system BEFORE the next election if needed. We cannot risk a minority vote handing a huge majority to any party that would take a shredder to democracy itself. 918864
Reposted by On The ThresholdYakhunt @yakhunt.net · 10hI know I should really have prepared better for retirement, but I was busy having a great time and taking so many drugs that I never expected to make it that far. 231238
Reposted by On The ThresholdOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 10hWith Andy Burnham's speech, the left has unequivocally won the argument - on the rhetoric, at least. The substance is rather more complicated. But this government is more susceptible to popular pressure to go in a more progressive direction than Starmerism. Should embolden us! 1820324
Reposted by On The ThresholdZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11hWe have the chance to cut bills, end the sewage scandal and stop the rampant profiteering. But instead it's more half-measures, and kicking the issue into the long grass. 19418136
Reposted by On The Thresholdflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 11hWe can conclude here that either 1) these lads have been assured none of this is going to happen, or 2) somewhere in Labour HQ there is a drawer full of evidence against them that’s so utterly damning, all of these guys will squeak “Oh yes I love nationalising things” like their nuts are in a vice. 410629
Reposted by On The ThresholdBradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 12h🗣 From effectively green-lighting new oil and gas, to failing to tax extreme wealth, Burnham’s speech missed the mark. By a long way. 🟢 For real change and real hope: Join.greenparty.org.uk 0127
Reposted by On The ThresholdMarie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · 14hHello fellow Labour enthusiasts and Andy Burnham lovers, I know it's a hassle, but while the conference is going on, Andy has asked me to just pop round and make sure everything is in order with your wallets. I'm sure it is, but if you could have them ready for inspection that would be great. 29022
Reposted by On The ThresholdZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16hWhy is the Government going after pensioners? It's time to tax the rich 1901325352
Reposted by On The ThresholdSylvia Foolproof Suddes @bossproofreader.bsky.social · 19hFor decades, electorates have been mis-sold a fanatical ideology: the prerogatives of the private sector must override the collective interest, and anything less is tantamount to Stalinism. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...theguardian.comThe Fall of the West by Owen Jones review – a bracing history of the changing world orderA journalist charts a quarter century of geopolitical hubris and economic overreach 2185
Reposted by On The ThresholdPhil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 18hWe've been doing "let's scrap [benefit] to fund [promised future public service] for close to two decades now, and while we have succeeded in scrapping benefits we do not seem to have funded any more public services. And somehow we still don't have any money. 59030
Reposted by On The ThresholdFish @fishmcneill.bsky.social · 18hRemember when Starmer presented as left wing when he wanted the leader's job, then presided over possibly the most far right government the UK has ever seen? Don't get fooled again. 18115
Reposted by On The ThresholdJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 20hA cash-strapped rural police force struggles to deal with Red Diesel gangs. Until its chief inspector realises can get the Met Police to deal with the problem... ...if he pretends they're Iranian. A new six part comedy starring Toby Jones. 641213352
Reposted by On The ThresholdGregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 19hPhoning up MI5 to say I think all the dog shit, fly-tipping and St. George's Flag graffiti around my area might be an Iranian plot 429366
Reposted by On The ThresholdTristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 19hIt is "electoral suicide" to drop the triple-lock, but apparently not to blow a hole in the side of public finances with a xenophobic campaign to make the whole UK hostile to immigration 1305
Reposted by On The ThresholdSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 20h"Its the wrong place to get money from.. there are other places.. the richest 50 families are worth £500bn. Why are we talking about pensioners £12,500 & not talking about a wealth tax. Why is that?" @unitesharon.bsky.social says scrapping the triple lock would be the wrong thing to do 1318382
Reposted by On The ThresholdPhil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Mamdani came up challenging the centre left establishment party. James would have been digging up dirt on him the second he became aware he existed. 17621
Reposted by On The ThresholdGift @giftmacher.bsky.social · 22hMeans testing is just wedge used to turn the obviously outrageous "should we have this social net at all" into "who deserves this social net?". Every edge case is then used as an argument to diminish provision until it's gone. Cynically using people's sense of fairness to fuck everyone over. 517052
On The Threshold @intothewoods8.bsky.social · 20hLabour just want to use anything as an excuse to slash welfare and harm vulnerable people. It’s pure evil and it makes me sick. People still voting/backing Labour you need to raise your standards. 0146
Reposted by On The ThresholdAlasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“Being seen as nasty“ isn’t so much a risk as the entire point 29330
Reposted by On The ThresholdMetal Gear Solidarity @mgearsolidarity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026What happens when they can't get a job? What happens when there aren't enough jobs to go around? What happens when we live in a system that relies upon a certain amount of people being unemployed? Tory shit 36514
Reposted by On The ThresholdSinan Kose @thesinankose.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Once again marvelling at how every political decision of the past 50 years has been calibrated to fuck people born in 1994 specifically. 3685
Reposted by On The ThresholdRichard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 22hIt is time for people of courage to walk away from Labour www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/09... They have had their chance. They have blown it. We need a real alternative in this country now. They will never be it again.taxresearch.org.ukIt is time for people of courage to walk away from LabourAs I say on fiscal rules in the glossary to this blog: Fiscal rules are targets set by governments to limit borrowing, debt, or deficits over time. They are presented as if they are neutral, technical... 23212114
Reposted by On The ThresholdM a r c u s 🏳️🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This man is one of the biggest complete and utter scumbags out there 49825
Reposted by On The Thresholdelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 28/09/2026they're wasting money for the sole purpose of being cruel and that in itself will cost us even more money, while they talk about more cuts because we're apparently struggling with money 118552
Reposted by On The ThresholdAidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Yuge day for American Bluesky, as many are getting their first experience of the quaint and traditional British rural pursuits, "dogging" and "flytipping" 29787155
Reposted by On The ThresholdJussie Northside @jussienorthside.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"We will make sure that Britain wins in the AI revolution." There’s a story in the Guardian today about how Euan Blair is using AI to make his employees mentally ill. 2248
Reposted by On The ThresholdThe Delicious Legacy Podcast @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Why does a Labour government in UK wants to ape and copy the authoritarian far-right libertarians in US? Why trying to be like th school bully is the aim here? 12710
On The Threshold @intothewoods8.bsky.social · 28/09/2026People who’d still vote Labour are being conned. There is little to no difference between the current government and the Starmer project. It’s just better PR. Their policies and politics is still to the right of Theresa May. Labour are just neoliberals who are in love with austerity. 2318
Reposted by On The ThresholdA.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Chancellor John Healey: "The money New Labour had in the 90s is simply not there now." "It is not progressive to allow a bigger & bigger benefits bill." "We will make sure that Britain wins in the AI revolution." TRANSLATION: expect continuity austerity & steering the UK into the AI hurricane. 2310231
Reposted by On The Thresholdarnie @arnie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026andy burnham was an op used to prevent increasing support for a left wing alternative among predominantly 'normie libs' who had even begun to realise how shit starmer, who was also an op, was 25917
Reposted by On The ThresholdSpooky Moose Malloy @spooksmalloy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Shabana is amazing, genuinely, she's like a militarised version of a district manager who thinks she's hard. Who will never defeat us, Iran? Doggers? Fly tippers? 416217
Reposted by On The ThresholdSpooky Moose Malloy @spooksmalloy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"You will never defeat us" is a very funny thing to say after you've just bailed everyone who was involved in whatever the fuck this was 1734695
Reposted by On The ThresholdAndrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Me in January The Times today 53115
Reposted by On The ThresholdCarole 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 On The ThresholdAurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 28/09/2026Economic disaster + emboldened racism Well done lads. Thanks for the sensible, grown-up politics and the grand plan to please a small minority that will never be pleased unless they get full fascism (and even then...) 23918
Reposted by On The Thresholdflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Sing along at the chorus, kids: they are building a permission structure, and this is no more a moral crusade than the Big Society was. 610737
Reposted by On The ThresholdClark the Bushman @allypallywally.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'm getting pretty sick of watching Labour constantly attack disabled welfare claimants. Below is the antidote to the Labour sickness. Time to join and vote Green 💚 join.greenparty.org.uk?utm_source=g...join.greenparty.org.ukJoin the Green PartyJoin the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet. 04513
Reposted by On The ThresholdJack Badger @ctzbadger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If you support labour you're a cunt 12710
Reposted by On The ThresholdGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'm not holding my breath, not least because the author of the worst of these polices, Yvette Cooper, is still in government, and her successor in the Home Office, Shabana Mahmood, has defended and extended her draconian anti-protest measures. And yes, these measures really are mad and bad. 543979
Reposted by On The ThresholdZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This Labour government could have responded to the genocide in Gaza in so many ways, instead they cut aid. This is a dereliction of duty. 351123476
Reposted by On The ThresholdA.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The next election? Motherfucker, you are the prime minister NOW. 77718
Reposted by On The ThresholdNatalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026#GetGreensElected - a crucial 10 days to get out the message: #VoteGreen for Zack Polanski 422170
Reposted by On The ThresholdCllr Dr Max Morris @maxmorris.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Another weekend trip for @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social to Holborn and St Pancras to get @zackpolanski.bsky.social elected. 💚 114834
Reposted by On The ThresholdPaul Moore @greenbookmarker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A vote for Labour is a vote to harm disabled people. This government is evil 04712
Reposted by On The ThresholdMetal Gear Solidarity @mgearsolidarity.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If you can't do this with the biggest majority anyone will likely see in this country for decades, you can't do it at all. Weak shit. Palette swap Starmer. Bloodless quants will say it needs to be afforded but it will not be affordable in the next parliament. 37917
Reposted by On The ThresholdGreen Elects @greenelects.world · 28/09/2026🔔 NEXT WEEK: Green Party of England and Wales Leader Zack Polanski takes on Labour in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election. 🏛️ On 8 October: VOTE ZACK. Spread the word. 💪 09537
Reposted by On The ThresholdPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The ‘harm’ from immigration is illusionary. The harm from too little immigration is all too real. 1223581