Reposted by Dr Pat MortonZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Labour just don't get it. They don't get how scared people are with extreme weather becoming our new normal. We need voices in parliament that will force them to take wildfires seriously, not quietly shirk responsibility. 411351440
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonMaster Elrond [he/him] @inuyasha1953.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A UN-backed fact-finding mission found reasonable grounds to believe the United States committed war crimes in strikes in Iran, including the attack on the elementary school in Minab. That is a grave investigative finding, although it is not a criminal conviction. 20483163
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 03/10/2026Farage is a sitting MP and yet he is allowed to have his own show on GB News. More than 8,000 people have signed the petition to demand that Ofcom take immediate action. Help us reach 10,000 signatures. 📊bestforbritain.orgFarage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain 38963505
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 04/10/2026🚨 An online tracker by Best For Britain reveals 51 Reform UK councillors have quit, defected or been suspended since May amid questions about Nigel Farage's leadership.mirror.co.ukBlow to Nigel Farage as Reform sheds 51 newly-elected councillors in five monthsEXCLUSIVE: An online tracker by Best For Britain reveals 51 Reform UK councillors have quit, defected or been suspended 28494188
Dr Pat Morton @mortonpm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Romans, Vikings, French, Commonwealth, Irish, ex colonies and more…We are all English 000
Dr Pat Morton @mortonpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026To be fair…he is telling the truth…which is better than we have had up until now! 000
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonThe Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 28/09/2026Well, well, well - if it isn’t the consequences of our own actions. It would appear that migrants are not, in fact, the fiscal drain we’ve been told they are by years if we go by the £4bn to £6.5bn shortfall that’s been caused by the precipitous drop in numbers under this government. Funny that. 391004416
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonNatalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026No wonder we are one of the most nature-depleted corners of this battered planet, with #biodiversity in a parlous state 28935
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"If your "patriotism" relies on foreign dictators using deepfakes to influence British voters, you aren't a patriot, you're an asset." via Stop Brexit & Restore Hope 16465198
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonFeral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism @feralcommie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Over 3500 people have been arrested in the UK for voicing support for Palestine Action. Anti-terrorism legislation was used for these arrests. The result is that one of the largest demographics of terrorist in the UK is now elderly middle class white people. 471003465
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The ‘harm’ from immigration is illusionary. The harm from too little immigration is all too real. 1223582
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The total weaponisation of the poppy over the last ten years by the right is undoubtedly one of the more unpleasant and depressing elements in our national pantomime. It's become a de facto nationalist symbol. 81999245
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonRobert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 22/09/2026Hard to explain how gobsmacking this is. The government opened applications for farm subsidies this morning at 10. And closed it just before 4 because they'd run out of cash. Applying for your livelihood like it's Oasis tickets. defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/2026/09/22/s...defrafarming.blog.gov.ukSFI26: Window 2 now closedWindow 2 of the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 (SFI26) has now closed. Thank you to everyone who took the time to submit an application. 1415472
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Reform leader in Wales Dan Thomas stood down last week after he was arrested on suspicion of assault and controlling or coercive behaviours. Nigel Farage calls that "a bump in the road." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comHelen Jenner unveiled as Reform UK’s new leader in Wales after arrest of Dan ThomasNigel Farage dismisses loss of previous leader as ‘bump in the road’ and says party will ‘carry on as if nothing has happened’ 70394126
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Filtering out 'social topics' is itself a choice about which values get to circulate. There is no value-free platform. Someone always decides what counts as too political. The real question is which values we want to live by together. Liberalism refuses to decide, so Meta decides for us. 02413
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026🔴 Something Tom Watson won't tell you: Five police forces in the East Midlands working with Palantir on a controversial surveillance programme are ending their involvement Exclusive by Democracy for Sale and Liberty Investigates. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-f...democracyforsale.substack.comRevealed: Five police forces to drop Palantir surveillance toolExclusive: Palantir's UK policing ambitions take a hit as East Midlands forces end their involvement in a controversial data pilot. 331216600
Reposted by Dr Pat Mortongreencentaur.bsky.social @greencentaur.bsky.social · 19/09/2026IF NETANYAHU USES THE LATEST US SUPPLIED BOMBS ON GAZA SURVIVORS He will join the likes of Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Genghis Khan as a personification of EVIL! Trump as the supplier of Israel’s bombs is not far behind. 2113662
Dr Pat Morton @mortonpm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026And he’s still bitter about the UK not fracking! Good riddance to him. 020
Dr Pat Morton @mortonpm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This is all rubbish but no one is invading our country! 010
Reposted by Dr Pat Mortonwylddane.bsky.social @wylddane.bsky.social · 18/09/2026What could possibly go wrong. Unbelievable. 33437381776
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I'm pleased this thread has proved so popular it's such an important and relevant bit of history. 21477150
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is straight out of Handmaids Tale. A high school trying to force girls to disclose the dates and lengths of their menstrual cycle. Don’t comply? You lose a grade. There’s absolutely no reason a school needs this information other than to exert control over our bodies. 118286933764
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonCatrinka56 @catrinka56.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Oklahoma Women Sue Over Being Denied Abortions Despite Fatal Fetal Diagnoses www.commondreams.org/news/oklahom...commondreams.orgOklahoma Women Sue Over Being Denied Abortions Despite Fatal Fetal Diagnoses | Common DreamsTwo Oklahoma mothers, Sheena Hamlin and Magon Hoffman, and their doctors are suing state officials over abortion bans that denied them care despite fatal fetal diagnoses. 102675977
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonGeorge 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 671280509
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/@georgemonbi... Thanks for bearing with me. Ends/skywriter.bluePage by George Monbiot | @georgemonbiot.bsky.socialA 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: p... 1837051
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Look at the community notes on this one. 👇 697145904948
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonThe Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 18/09/2026All the devil’s minions… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comFormer Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins PalantirPeer takes full-time position at the controversial company as it fends off pressure from both Andy Burnham’s government and Sadiq Khan 54812
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 17/09/2026❌ Brexit has damaged Devon's economy. From tourism to fishing, the decision to leave the EU has had a disastrous effect. 🇪🇺 Only EU membership will deliver the bed rock of economic growth we need to grow our economy.exmouthjournal.co.ukCouncillors clash over Brexit as Devon backs push for stronger EU tradeBrexit reignited a fierce political row as councillors clashed over whether leaving the European Union had damaged the e 1825592
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonGeorge 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... 18433351812
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonEddie 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. 2101926738
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonJoseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026🔎 New report out! Growing up in poverty increases the likelihood of being NEET - not in employment, education or training - as a young adult, and inadequate income holds young people back from returning to earning or learning. 12629
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Anyone remember that time when two fighting aged men living at those barracks ran amok and assaulted a member of the public.... why didn't Piddington declare independence then I wonder? www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2324828...oxfordmail.co.ukSoldiers banned from every pub in Bicester after 'dreadful' attack on civilianBradley Barr and Owen Thomas, both 20, were given community orders 851352442
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026In Alligator Alcatraz, detainees were forced into small outdoor cages for hours at a time. In Camp East Montana, detainees report beatings from guards and denial of medical care. In Delaney Hall, detainees report unsafe drinking water and retaliatory abuse for speaking up. Unimaginable cruelty. 32248281957
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 15/09/20266 months ago: "Nigel Farage pledges to repeal ‘idiotic’ smoking ban if Reform wins next election" Reform 2026 Conference ... What next ... the association of bank robbers sponsors Reform UK, and Farage argues for heists to be legal ...??? 67579262
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonCAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 14/09/2026@carbonbrief.org's new factcheck covers 45 false or misleading claims from Reform UK’s leadership on climate and energy. www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-re...carbonbrief.orgFactcheck: Reform UK’s 45 false or misleading claims about climate and energy - Carbon BriefReform UK, led by Nigel Farage, has emerged as a major force in UK politics in recent years – pushing… 01010
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Tesco could pay every worker an extra £10,000 and still make a profit. British Gas could pay every worker an extra £35,000 and still make a profit. Shell could pay every worker an extra £300,000 and still make a profit. It's the billionaires who are ripping you off. 11417171
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia. 5953724913396
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonJeff Rudd 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 @jeffrudd.bsky.social · 13/09/202610,000+ took to Ireland's capital street yesterday, to tell an oval office rapist that he wasn't welcome to Ireland. 30899272798
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonVince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Protester: “He’s just everything that is wrong in this kind of society, and he’s here. It’s just not right. I don’t know why we welcomed him here… We are a peaceful nation and he’s coming over here with blood on his hands from all the wars he’s doing.” 📍Ireland 240120043295
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Indeed, it's far worse than that... Trump is running up a tab of many millions in taxpayer funds for purposes of promoting his own golf course. And the proper word for that is *corrupt.* 35973752827
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonBlairer @haggisblarer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The apartheid state engages English lawyers to proscribe #MedecinsSansFronteir This is unilaterally England. Take note. 👇👇 56687373
Dr Pat Morton @mortonpm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Disappointed…you had some real promise when you started on radio on media radio 4 programme and then TV. But Amol Rajan…you have become an arrogant and naive pillock. You have such a lot to learn. 011
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Oops!! I think we can safely say, then, that these are going to be given the green light So, everyone in Holborn & St Pancras, you know where to put your cross @zackpolanski.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comNorth Sea gasfield decision likely delayed until after Holborn and St Pancras byelectionGreens accuse Labour of hiding position to avoid criticism before contest, in which Zack Polanski is standing 323796
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonChris #ChangeEverything #VoteGreen @chrisl86.bsky.social · 11/09/2026www.zerohour.uk/rosebank/sendzerohour.ukWrite to your MP about Rosebank 023
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026“If the UK develops additional oil and gas production, that does not mean an equivalent quantity of production elsewhere automatically stops. It adds additional fossil-fuel supply to an international market." Why is this point so hard for so many to grasp? climateuncensored.com/there-is-no-...climateuncensored.comThere Is No Atmospheric Exemption for British Oil and Gas - Climate UncensoredI was recently contacted by a colleague from my days in the 1980s and 90s when I worked as an engineer in the offshore oil and gas sector. He remains in the 24798247
Reposted by Dr Pat MortonDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 11/09/2026“It’s like crashing a car into the wall, and then you back up the car. It’s not the same car any more,” he says. “We can’t just simply take out CO2. There are consequences, and some of these consequences are long-lasting."newscientist.comThe world’s biggest carbon sink may start emitting CO2 after net zero | New ScientistIf the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere declines, the Southern Ocean is likely to begin emitting more carbon than it absorbs, prolonging global warming 20576295
Reposted by Dr Pat Mortonpaulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 11/09/2026'A £70bn programme is under way to modernise UK pylons, overhead lines and substations, so that more power can be carried from wind and solar farms and other clean energy sources to homes. But of the 80 projects needed to meet the target, just 16 are finished.' www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comSpeed up electricity grid upgrade or else face higher bills, warns UK watchdogNational Audit Office says failure to implement £70bn modernisation would also hold back economic growth 03212
Reposted by Dr Pat Mortonflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 11/09/2026An entire politics and worldview animated by a lively terror that somewhere, somebody might be eating a free cheese sandwich 2993949701