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James Upton

@jimup60.bsky.social
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An angry Green Lefty , with probably too much time on my hands. 🤔

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 09/10/2026
Islamic Relief calls for global action as deadly Israeli attacks in Gaza continue and humanitarian conditions worsen.
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Israel kills or wounds Palestinian every 90 minutes in Gaza since ceasefire
Islamic Relief calls for global action as deadly Israeli attacks in Gaza continue and humanitarian conditions worsen.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Billionaire David Reuben says he quit UK for Monaco ... actually already there since 2014. Worth £28bn, objects to non-dom tax changes. Doesn't want to be taxed on the same basis as UK residents Super-rich happy to make profits in the UK, want special treatment, hold govts to ransom.
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‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left
TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There was a time when the Tories, however hypocritically, claimed to want to protect our natural heritage. Now they're just a party of vandals, ripping down the few protections the living world has for the sake of their rich chums. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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James Upton @jimup60.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The interviewer was gushing while this tax payer subsidised Billionaire tax dodger moaned about benefits costs. This neoliberal BS has been totally debunked so why do the BBC still insist on letting it go unquestioned. We own it but it doesn't act in our interests clearly
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
How the BBC’s latest platforming of the bigoted views of the anti-migrant billionaire tax exile Jim Ratcliffe is the sign of a national broadcaster that is increasingly losing its way www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/how-the-bb...
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How the BBC Mainstreams the Right’s Anti-Migrant, Anti-British Agenda
The BBC’s platforming of the bigoted views of billionaire tax exile Jim Ratcliffe is just the latest sign of a national broadcaster that has lost its way
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 25/07/2026
🚨The most powerful nation on Earth is aligning itself with dictators and autocrats to prevent those accused of genocide, ethnic cleansing and war crimes from ever facing justice www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2…
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Trump says he will dismantle the ICC ‘brick by brick’. It could be his most chilling move of all | Steve Bloomfield
The US is aligning itself with dictators and autocrats to prevent those accused of genocide, ethnic cleansing and war cr
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James Upton @jimup60.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Drill baby drill will be the end of us , I'm never surprised how greed can win out over science, evidence and common sense in the US and the right wing around the world. Like lemmings rushing towards the cliff
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 25/07/2026
“Some children haven’t got a safe place to call home. They know they could be uprooted at any moment from their communities and schools. This is the legacy Labour has left Greater Manchester." Geraldine Coggins as she sets out the Green plan to deliver 20,000 genuinely affordable homes.
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James Upton @jimup60.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I worked in a supported housing scheme for clients with complex enduring mental health issues and many residents had been homeless or came from homeless hostels. The service was closed by a Labour council now Burnham says provision of such services is best as if invented while he was Mayor
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James Upton @jimup60.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Funny satire and so true. Racism is essential for the right wing to exist
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 24/07/2026
Fox News insists racism doesn't exist, unless a Black actor plays a white character
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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
It's looking likely that 30°C temperatures *could* be reached today (Friday) and tomorrow and if so it would put 2026 on course to be the most persistent year of extreme heat in UK history.
Yellow heat health alerts came into effect across central and southern England on Friday morning with temperatures forecast to reach 30C (86F) in places.

The alerts, issued by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), cover the East and West Midlands, eastern England, London, south-east England and south-west England and are valid from 09:00 BST on Friday until 09:00 on Sunday.

The UKHSA warns that heat is expected to cause minor impacts for health and social care services, with an increased risk to life for vulnerable people.

It comes as parts of the UK prepare to see much-needed rain this weekend - although amounts are expected to be relatively small, especially in the south.

A drought was officially declared for large parts of north and mid-Wales on Thursday.

The rest of Wales, along with much of central, southern and eastern England, is in "prolonged dry weather" category - one stage below a drought - and the Sottish Environment Protection Agency said much of eastern Scotland has moved into 'water scarcity' status

Hosepipe bans are in force for millions of the customers across eastern and southern England.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/c75gze7427vo
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James Upton @jimup60.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
US used to be good at stopping corporate monopolies and anti competitive cartels and politicians on all sides had a consensus monopolies were toxic to consumers and the so called free market economy. US now looks like Putin's Russia with the scale of political corruption working for Olygarchs
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James Upton @jimup60.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Meanwhile in the UK the right wing pundits and press push drill baby drill instead of an even faster push to renewable energy security and retrofitting homes to reduce energy costs creating jobs and cutting bills and helping urgent climate heating mitigation. Logic went out the window for greed
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Another big upcoming by-election that Reform were widely predicted to win now looks like an easy victory for Labour
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James Upton @jimup60.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This won't be reported in the media pushing drill baby drill in the North sea and trashing net zero for the big oil lobby
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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
"Europe's booming solar fleet has saved €20 billion in gas imports since Iran war, finds new analysis" As oil and gas prices remain high due to the Iran war - solar power is cushioning the impact across Europe, investment needs to continue though. www.euronews.com/2026/07/16/s...
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How solar has saved Europe €20 billion since the war on Iran began
New data shows that solar installations across Europe are cushioning the continent from volatile fossil fuel price shocks.
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James Upton @jimup60.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
How futile this all is. Europe needs to strengthen the UN because this Trumpian / Netanyahu perpetual War in this region is going to be catastrophic for Europe with more refugees from the devastation and economic collapse caused
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James Upton @jimup60.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Right wing use distraction or shoot the messenger extremely well don't they. Meanwhile in the real world increasingly scary evidence the AMAC Atlantic current that warms UK and Northern Europe so its habitable is showing clear sights of collapse because thanks to drill baby drill.
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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
If only people actually knew what 'socialism' meant 🙃
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
💥 Fantastic to see the @appgfairelections.bsky.social calling for a 'National Commission for Electoral Reform' 🌹 We're proud to say that a majority of the group's more than 100 members are Labour MPs 💪 The Labour movement is firmly in favour of fair votes 🧵 1/5
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
"Labour must remember and reassert what it is we are here to do: address inequality – economic and political... political equality at the ballot box is fundamental to delivering equality everywhere else in society." ✍️ @alexsobel.co.uk in @labourlist.bsky.social labourlist.org/2026/05/labo...
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' After these Local Elections there can be no doubt: Labour’s future lies in electoral reform' - LabourList
First Past the Post is the biggest example of the Status Quo in UK politics.
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Alex Sobel MP @alexsobel.co.uk · 18/05/2026
Local elections confirm it: we’re a five‑party system. Yet FPTP means seats don’t match votes and stability isn’t guaranteed. Govt’s restoring Supplementary Vote for mayors, so why keep FPTP for Westminster? The Representation of the People Bill is a start, but FPTP must go. #FairElections #PR #FPTP
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
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James Upton @jimup60.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Royals do little work and get the Billionaires lifestyle on the taxpayers. Why would they change they always get away with it thanks to compliant media who act like their a PR agency for them.
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James Upton @jimup60.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
When he cynically lied to Labour members about his political beliefs to win the leadership and destroyed the big tent that was the Labour Party, he was loaded by LBC presenters. Is that a decent man ? More BS Anderew Marr
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James Upton @jimup60.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Politics is an just a performance and a career for Starmer, just like representing a client to win when he was a lawyer ! Getting to the top was the goal and anyone however dirty or tainted that would help him was par for the course to him. Starmer acted and lied his way to become Labour leader
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
It's disturbing to see how Gordon Brown has whitewashed his reasons for reappointing Mandelson, and his own role in eroding democracy. Mandelson's official business was similar to his unauthorised scheming with Epstein. Don't let them rewrite history. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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There is a lot of convenient amnesia about Peter Mandelson’s New Labour days. Let’s jog some memories | George Monbiot
Yes, he betrayed the national interest in his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein – but also in his sanctioned role as enabler of corporate power, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Matt Goodwin labelled ‘chicken’ after pulling out of first by-election hustings www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/mat...
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Matt Goodwin labelled 'chicken' after pulling out of first by-election hustings
Matt Goodwin has been accused of 'chickening out' of the first hustings for the Gorton and Denton by-election, citing "concerns about impartiality."
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James Upton @jimup60.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Bannon / Trump playbook , just lie all the time and the bigger the lies the better because voters and media most won't check or keep up !
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
But they all seem so honest & competent!
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Have a read of this. Great scoop, obviously, but it’s also an absolute masterclass in how to report on these jokers. Plenty of London-based hacks could learn a lot from Martin Shipton here. If they actually wanted to… nation.cymru/news/the-new...
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The new leader of Reform UK Wales lives in Bath, not Wales
Martin Shipton The newly appointed leader of Reform UK in Wales hasn’t moved back to his home town in the Valleys, but has bought a £1m house near Bath, we can reveal. Dan Thomas, the former Conservat...
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James Upton @jimup60.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Public get much of their political information online so its Labours fault if they can't evidence they have a positive vision and policy agenda that's working.
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Trump goes full racist and depicts the Obamas as apes There is no pretence with Donald Trump; he is now as openly racist as a person can be, and his supporters need to own that www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
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Trump goes full racist and depicts the Obamas as apes
There is no pretence with Donald Trump; he is now as openly racist as a person can be, and his supporters need to own that
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
As shocking allegations explode around Trump, fears grow that a US strike on Iran is being lined up as a distraction — catastrophe underway? www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
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US attack on Iran near-certain — as Trump tries to distract from child rape revelations
As shocking allegations explode around Trump, fears grow that a US strike on Iran is being lined up as a distraction — catastrophe underway?
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
If one extended family was killed in Britain, it'd be the crime of our century. Our population is 69 million. In Gaza, Israel exterminated more than 2,700 extended families. Their pre-genocide population was 2.2 million. Don't forget Gaza 👇
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James Upton @jimup60.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Trump believes in leverage so he can bully and threaten opponents, this display of military power is probably more about that, because if he wanted to murder Irans vile leadership he could do it with drones
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
"Fossil fuel, meat + livestock producers have been funding far-right movements to stifle environmental protection measures that would reduce their profits. Such funding is a major driver of the fascistic politics that we now witness in the US." Explains *so much* going on in the world right now.
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James Upton @jimup60.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Wow, capitalists doing what capitalists do when they are not regulated and the public aren't protected. What the feck did people think the purpose of algorithms were ?
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James Upton @jimup60.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The right wing can pretend climate change isn't happening but its already causing crisis after crisis and the financial and human cost is staggering !
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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
"The idea that we pursue endless GDP growth on a fragile planet is impossible." Our Chief Exec @dhnnjyn.bsky.social spoke at the 80th anniversary of the United Nations Economic and Social Council on why we need to challenge economic assumptions on growth and inequality.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 22/01/2026
Help us make hope normal again. Join the Green Party now.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 26/12/2025
The NHS is under pressure to adopt Palantir software. Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS. You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir goodlaw.social/658abc
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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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James Upton @jimup60.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
ICE agent thugs abusing and murdering US citizens on the streets will be the downfall of Trump and Co hopefully. US voters don't care about Greenland
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James Upton @jimup60.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
She is a pointless mouthpiece for Starmer totally incapable of having, her own opinions, values or moral compass
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
P&O Ferries boss who illegally sacked 800 staff quits. He told a parliament Committee that the company knowingly broke the law, faced no action from Tory govt. Workers replaced with £4.87 an hour agency staff. Now he probably walks away with golden goodbye and pension pot.
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P&O Ferries boss who sparked outage after mass sacking quits
Chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite led the company when it sacked hundreds of staff in March 2022.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Why on earth do the Tories want to keep people locked into high energy bills? And, come to that, why is the BBC citing Reform but saying nothing about climate science or renewable alternatives? Complete madness - except for the fossil fuel industry of course
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Tories pledge to get 'all our oil and gas out of the North Sea'
The government warns Kemi Badenoch's plans would "only accelerate the worsening climate crisis".
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 31/08/2025
More than 50 ships are heading to Gaza to challenge Israel’s illegal blockade and deliver urgent humanitarian aid.
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The Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza: Everything you need to know
More than 50 ships are heading to Gaza to challenge Israel’s illegal blockade and deliver urgent humanitarian aid.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
At least a quarter of children are in poverty in two-thirds of areas across the UK. Yet govts still obsessed with austerity, real wage/benefit cuts. Will children recover from physical/mental harms inflicted by political choices? Redistribute. Save the future. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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At least one in four children in poverty in two-thirds of UK areas - see list
Overall, 42% of constituencies in the UK have a child poverty rate higher than the national average of 31%, according to new analysis by Loughborough University
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 04/06/2025
Israel warns Palestinians against travel on roads to Gaza aid hubs, labelling them ‘combat zones’
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Israel warns Palestinians against travel on roads to Gaza aid hubs, labelling them ‘combat zones’
An IDF spokesperson said roads to the distribution centres set up by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation were ‘prohibited’ for Palestinians Israel’s military has warned residents of Gaza against travel in areas leading to aid distribution centres, after at least 27 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire as they waited for food at the points set up by the US-backed foundation. An Israeli military spokesperson on Tuesday said roads leading to the distribution centres set up by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) were considered “combat zones”. Continue reading...
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