Reposted by @martinfrankli.bsky.socialJewish Voice for Liberation @jvl.org.uk · 07/10/2026Jews from across the globe speak out about the horror that Israel is inflicting on Gaza and the West Bank and its aggression against neighbouring countries #genocide #EthnicCleansing 11237140
martinfrankli.bsky.social @martinfrankli.bsky.social · 08/10/2026richardjmurphy.substack.com/p/money-vs-t... Interesting.richardjmurphy.substack.comMoney vs The PeopleA French financier has inadvertently laid out the confict at the heart of French protests 000
martinfrankli.bsky.social @martinfrankli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Our wildlife is being poisoned by powerful chemical companies making billions selling toxic pesticides and fertilisers. The UK government can stop this, but they’re failing to act, so we have to build enough pressure to force them to step up and save UK wildlife. It only takes 2 minutes. Thanks! 000
martinfrankli.bsky.social @martinfrankli.bsky.social · 01/10/2026www.opendemocracy.net/burnham-soci...opendemocracy.netScrapping pensions triple lock won't fund social careBurnham’s plan to fund a care system by scrapping the triple lock is a bold political vision built on shaky economics 000
Reposted by @martinfrankli.bsky.socialWe Own It @weownit.org.uk · 01/10/2026Palantir's founder hates the NHS, so why is he handling our NHS patient data? Private companies should be nowhere near our NHS and our patient data It is time for them to go. Their contract ends in February 2026. You can help make sure it is not renewed Add your name: vist.ly/5kkstvist.lyTell the Health Secretary, Yvette Cooper: No Palantir in our NHSPalantir’s contract with NHS England is up for renewal in February 2027, with discussions expected to begin this year. This is a critical moment for us to tell the new Health Secretary: No Palantir in... 514880
Reposted by @martinfrankli.bsky.socialPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🔴 We asked Tony Blair's think tank about charging businesses £500k for political access at party conferences and why one of its sponsor's logos disappeared after our reporting last week on TBI's alleged cash for access scheme This is what they said 72931346
martinfrankli.bsky.social @martinfrankli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I've signed the petition calling on the Government to make wildfire prevention and climate resilience a national priority. Join me and help protect the places we love. campaigns.nationaltrust.org.uk/page/196457/...campaigns.nationaltrust.org.ukI've signed. Will you? Add your name to help make wildfire prevention and climate resilience a national priority, and stand with the communities affected by wildfires. 000
martinfrankli.bsky.social @martinfrankli.bsky.social · 25/09/2026 'Britain’s Gaza Secrets Exposed: Dispatches'? Watch it here on Channel 4: www.channel4.com/programmes/b...channel4.comBritain’s Gaza Secrets Exposed: DispatchesDispatches reveals how the UK government responded to alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza 001
Reposted by @martinfrankli.bsky.socialTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“I believe that the private sector, the people with private wealth, have been disenfranchised". Agree. The government really should allow them to vote like anyone else - and as for preventing them doing so for the rest of their lives when they move offshore: that is utterly disgraceful. 🙄ft.comPeter Hargreaves: Britain cannot afford to lose more ‘big taxpayers’Lancashire-born entrepreneur who co-founded Hargreaves Lansdown says people with private wealth ‘have been disenfranchised’ 9477
martinfrankli.bsky.social @martinfrankli.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The integrity gap will not close with better messaging. It will close only when politicians show whose side they are on. That means revolving-door rules with the force of law, and a regulator with teeth. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comTom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics | Clive LewisWhen 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 000
Reposted by @martinfrankli.bsky.socialGood Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 24/09/2026“Climate change and nature loss have never been issues for climate and environment ministers alone. They are defining challenges for our citizens, our economies, our foreign policy and our national security.” bit.ly/4hn1lO3bit.lyUK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under StarmerEl Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers 18237
martinfrankli.bsky.social @martinfrankli.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The public wants public OWNERSHIP, not public CONTROL. We Own It's new report explains how Andy Burnham can deliver public ownership. I have just sent the report to my MP. Can you take 2 mins now to send it to your MP too? @weownit.org.uk weownit.org.uk/act-now/burn...weownit.org.ukAndy Burnham can deliver public ownership: Share our NEW report with your MPYour MP can be one of the MPs telling the Prime Minister that he has to deliver public ownership. 000
martinfrankli.bsky.social @martinfrankli.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Hey, please can you sign this urgent petition. The nature and wildlife we all love: birds, bees, hedgehogs - are being silently poisoned by a group of powerful chemical companies making billions selling toxic pesticides and fertilisers. 000
martinfrankli.bsky.social @martinfrankli.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Enough is enough. Devastating wildfires are threatening our communities, our wildlife, and our landscapes 🌳 We need the UK Gov to back our amazing fire fighters and invest in a real national wildfire prevention plan. Join me and sign the petition here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/te...you.38degrees.org.ukProtect nature for the future: make wildfire prevention a national priorityEnough is enough. Devastating wildfires are threatening our communities, our wildlife, and our landscapes 🌳 We need the UK Gov to back our amazing fire fighters and invest in a real national wildfire ... 000
Reposted by @martinfrankli.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026As 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...lrb.co.ukPeter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHSA decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds... 18534441859
martinfrankli.bsky.social @martinfrankli.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Check out this from We Own It. weownit.org.uk/news/open-le...weownit.org.ukOpen letter to Environment Secretary Angela Eagle and Mayors - no local leadership without local ownershipDear Angela Eagle, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and regional and local Mayors, We welcome proposals to give more power over our water system to mayors and ... 000
martinfrankli.bsky.social @martinfrankli.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Another reason to ditch Palantir www.lbc.co.uk/article/form...lbc.co.ukFormer Labour health minister calls for 'forensic' review of £330m NHS contract with American tech giant Palantir | LBCLBC found that half of the 16 NHS trusts in England using Palantir’s Outpatient Care Co-ordination Solution saw their backlogs rise between the national rollout of the technology in April 2024 and Jun... 000
martinfrankli.bsky.social @martinfrankli.bsky.social · 10/09/2026secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/199860/...secure.hopenothate.org.ukCALL FOR AN HMRC INVESTIGATION INTO STEPHEN LENNONA year-long Channel 4 Dispatches investigation has raised serious questions about Stephen Lennon’s finances. Add your name and call on the Government to refer them to HMRC for investigation. 000
martinfrankli.bsky.social @martinfrankli.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Cut and paste politics from the USA democracyforsale.substack.com/p/reforms-un...democracyforsale.substack.comReform’s undercover donations pave road to state captureBy making rule-breaking a selling point, Reform is signalling it's open for influence trading, says anti-corruption expert Liz David-Barrett. 000
martinfrankli.bsky.social @martinfrankli.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Quite interesting richardjmurphy.substack.com/p/why-are-po...richardjmurphy.substack.comWhy are politicians so useless?Could it be that they just do not know how government can work? 000
Reposted by @martinfrankli.bsky.socialTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 27/08/2026He who pays the piper evidently still calls the tune. 🙄theguardian.comBurnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donorsPM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour 69225
martinfrankli.bsky.social @martinfrankli.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I’m not sure I would put so much blame on the unions. 000
martinfrankli.bsky.social @martinfrankli.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Gloomy but important read. www.opendemocracy.net/email/9531db...opendemocracy.netClimate Breakdown is here: Why won’t governments act?Adapting to an over-heated planet means very little unless it is accompanied by addressing the root causes of climate breakdown. 000
Reposted by @martinfrankli.bsky.socialCat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Andy Burnham was right at the Makerfield by-election when he said there was an "overwhelming case for public ownership" of Thames Water The public will never forgive a failure to deliver on this The company is insolvent, slash the debt, LET IT GO BUST www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...thetimes.comAndy Burnham shelves Thames Water administration plans over costsPublic control of water firms was expected to be one of the PM’s first acts in No 10. Huge costs to the taxpayer are said to have caused him to rethink plans 1018075
Reposted by @martinfrankli.bsky.socialZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Thames Water has ripped us off for far too long. Sky high bills. Water shortages. Polluted rivers. Sewage in the sea. No more hesitation, no half measures - we need water in public hands now. 601062329
Reposted by @martinfrankli.bsky.socialWe Own It @weownit.org.uk · 25/08/2026Andy Burnham cannot capitulate to Thames Water's US hedge fund creditors 1011762
Reposted by @martinfrankli.bsky.socialPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🔴 More than four in five Britons (83%) believe wealthy individuals use political donations to influence the government in their own personal interests. Episode 2 of Democracy for Sale's new series with @transparencyuk.bsky.social on big money in British politics out now! youtu.be/q84jM1QHQkk?...youtu.beHow mega donations destroy public trust (part 2)YouTube video by Transparency International UK 412064
martinfrankli.bsky.social @martinfrankli.bsky.social · 24/08/2026This is not a natural calamity: it is being done to us knowingly 000
Reposted by @martinfrankli.bsky.socialCat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 24/08/2026This ought to be a joke There is no "market solution" because there is NO MARKET We don't want new board members or "local representation" we want PUBLIC OWNERSHIP Let Thames Water go bust, slash the debt, take it back permanently www.ft.com/content/f160...ft.comThames Water creditors plan board shake-up if utility avoids nationalisationMove aims to reassure government there would be a change of leadership under their ownership 12295115
Reposted by @martinfrankli.bsky.socialEuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 24/08/2026The Teesworks Freeport accounts are a disaster. Auditors are refusing to sign them off. STDC carries £420m in debt. There are no formal contracts covering any of it. This is an absolute free zones scandal, and the MSM won't touch it. Why? 🧵 europeanpowell.substack.com/p/the-deregu...europeanpowell.substack.comThe Deregulated Free Zone Is What the Clearance Was ForThe Teesworks accounts, the Anthropic data centre, and eight years of evidence that nobody in power wants to examine. 511082
Reposted by @martinfrankli.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/08/2026This is short essay contains important lessons. It is not enough to position ourselves. We should be actively confronting power. simonpearson1.substack.com/p/the-left-t...simonpearson1.substack.comThe Left That Talks to ItselfA Green Party victory statement shows how easily solidarity becomes political subculture when class, ownership and material power disappear from view. 22469124
martinfrankli.bsky.social @martinfrankli.bsky.social · 24/08/2026www.desmog.com/2026/08/19/w... Burn baby burn.desmog.comWhat has Reform UK Said About Climate Change?“Climate change has always happened. It always will.” That was the remark made by Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice on Monday about this summer’s record heatwaves, which have caused wildfires and d... 100
Reposted by @martinfrankli.bsky.socialAdam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I had not some across this before, but if you want an example Nathan Cofnas’ scholarship, this is a doozy. Again I say, being sacked is not the problem; being recruited in the first place is what deserves scrutiny. 34650601118
Reposted by @martinfrankli.bsky.socialJewish Voice for Liberation @jvl.org.uk · 22/08/2026Watch the Chief Rabbi of the State of Israel, Rabbi David Yosef saying that the Palestinian people do not exist, do not have rights, that it is good that Gaza was destroyed and that with the help of God, all of Gaza and the West Bank will be Jewish soon. www.facebook.com/reel/1710695...facebook.com 156
Reposted by @martinfrankli.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/08/2026A year ago, just 42% of Americans opposed a data center being built in their community. Today, a staggering 75% do. Are data centers really that bad? Let’s take a look. 367101833763
Reposted by @martinfrankli.bsky.socialWe Own It @weownit.org.uk · 22/08/2026🔥🔥🔥MPs are debating @windrushwasp.bsky.social's petition calling for a referendum on public ownership of water on Monday 14th September Take 2 minutes now to write to your MP to attend and support public ownership in the debate: vist.ly/5fsc7actionnetwork.orgAsk your MP to attend the water debatePeople are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership. Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend ... 16237
Reposted by @martinfrankli.bsky.socialM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 22/08/2026END CITIZENS UNITED....... 517152575417
Reposted by @martinfrankli.bsky.socialEuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 22/08/2026It's here! @gilduran.com 's "The Nerd Reich" lands at a moment when the thesis it names, Silicon Valley fascism, has already left the page and entered planning law. 🧵 411347
martinfrankli.bsky.social @martinfrankli.bsky.social · 22/08/2026goodlawproject.org/palantir-uk-...goodlawproject.orgPalantir: UK police forces rack up £7.8m on US spy tech | Good Law ProjectSix police forces are now known to have processed data with Palantir software, while further information is being fed in through data sharing agreements with neighbouring forces. 010
martinfrankli.bsky.social @martinfrankli.bsky.social · 20/08/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comFrom bone-dry to soaked to the bone, welcome to the age of climate whiplash | Aditya ChakraborttyThis punishingly hot and dry summer will probably be followed by another wet winter. But it’s nothing compared with what Britain will endure in years to come, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabort... 000
Reposted by @martinfrankli.bsky.socialZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The Telegraph are determined to make this a right vs left debate. It isn't. It's about who should own our press: a few billionaires, or a genuinely diverse range of organisations - including plenty who disagree with me? Actual media pluralism & a free press. 82793179
Reposted by @martinfrankli.bsky.socialWe Own It @weownit.org.uk · 19/08/2026Thames Water is on the brink of collapse. Right now, this government is searching for the answers on what to do next. We've created a short briefing outlining the undeniable case for public ownership of Thames Water. Can you take 2 mins to send it to your MP?weownit.org.ukEmail your MP - give them the answers for Thames WaterAn action to send your MP a briefing, detailing the reasons why public ownership is the best next step for Thames Water 6118100
Reposted by @martinfrankli.bsky.socialZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Over 3000 people died this summer due to excess heat. 1272584823
martinfrankli.bsky.social @martinfrankli.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I would be surprised to see an interview like this on mainstream media in the UK youtube.com/watch?v=ICnf...youtube.comExclusive: Palestine Action Lawyer Rajiv Menon Breaks Silence on Facing Contempt Charges in U.K.YouTube video by Democracy Now! 000
Reposted by @martinfrankli.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The 60 largest planned data centers could produce the same amount of carbon dioxide emissions as 27 coal plants. Big Tech CEOs are polluting our planet and selling out our future to line their own pockets. We need a data center moratorium — now. 326102854523
Reposted by @martinfrankli.bsky.socialTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Not so much 'net stupid zero' as net zero stupid.theguardian.comReform’s Tice accused of misinformation after urging people to enjoy heatwavesBacklash from nurses, medical experts and green campaigners in response to deputy leader dismissing efforts to reach net zero 106520
martinfrankli.bsky.social @martinfrankli.bsky.social · 18/08/2026This is a different Europe, one that is coercive at the border and permissive to corporations The far right didn’t need to take over Europe’s institutions to do this; it only needed to find a mainstream party willing to translate its priorities into European law. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comHow the far right is tightening its grip over the EU – from the inside | Alberto AlemannoThe centrist coalition that traditionally shaped EU laws is now colluding with MEPs from the AfD and Marine Le Pen’s National Rally, says academic Alberto Alemanno 000
martinfrankli.bsky.social @martinfrankli.bsky.social · 18/08/2026secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...secure.avaaz.orgGreenland vs TrumpA Trump-linked oil company just sent heavy equipment to drill in Greenland. Join to help locals stop it! 000
martinfrankli.bsky.social @martinfrankli.bsky.social · 18/08/2026broligarchy.substack.com/p/a-digital-...broligarchy.substack.comA Digital LynchingA practical guide for individuals and organisations when the mobs gather 000
Reposted by @martinfrankli.bsky.socialWe Own It @weownit.org.uk · 14/08/2026Water companies are trying to hike your water bills AGAIN. Privatisation is not affordable. Andy Burnham must block these bill hikes. Let the water companies that can't survive without hiking our bills GO BUST. Then we take them into public hands for nothing. 12301300
