Reposted by Neill WatersNick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026I’ve worn a grubby RNLI cap for decades. I sound London, but I was born in Truro and I was a basically feral (Gen X) kid wandering the coast path with a dog until sunset for a lot of my early life. The lifeboats are in the fabric like trawlers and farms and pasties and fish and chips. 341533329
Reposted by Neill WatersJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270... 6428131171
Reposted by Neill WatersLizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The government needs to learn there is no way of housing asylum seekers that will please a large section of the population, and even less so the hard right They should house people in the most practical way while focusing on processing claims fairly and efficiently, and maybe talk about it less 723652
Reposted by Neill WatersRicardo Autobahn @ricardoautobahn.co.uk · 12/09/2026Good lord exactly what everybody said would happen happened 213169
Reposted by Neill WatersStella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It’s not too late to stop this madness - the government has said the uk mega donors are a problem. The lords can bring in a cap on UK donors to stop any attempt to buy the next election. Share this and ask your MP to join us protecting British democracy. 114957510
Reposted by Neill WatersDr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The RNLI have some of the best people in Britain volunteering for them. They put their lives on the line when they are called on and they will rescue anyone who needs them. Because every life matters, and offering help is the right thing to do. You can donate here: rnli.orgrnli.orgRNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at SeaThe RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and international interventions. 161168607
Reposted by Neill WatersJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I simply do not understand what's going on in Labour that renders its leaders incapable of finding a TV camera and speaking out against street violence. Even if you assume they agree about immigration, violence is wrong, unpopular AND against the interests of any even vaguely left wing govt. 1312689711
Reposted by Neill WatersScott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton on trans rights. God I loved her. 82095561
Reposted by Neill WatersRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 09/08/2026More than half of accounts posting about violence in Belfast & Southampton on X were based overseas. Only 4 of the 12 most-seen posts were from the UK. X is now "“a weapon of choice” for hostile foreign actors seeking to manipulate shocking & divisive content". www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... 271158565
Reposted by Neill WatersHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 09/08/2026Chris Hohn, billionaire hedge fund manager: ‘All these people who say we can't afford net zero - they're completely misunderstanding the gravity of the situation.' www.thetimes.com/article/de38... 281191462
Reposted by Neill WatersJessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 03/08/2026We are in the third drought in five years. We have the National Trust and NFU - those radical types - sounding the alarm on unprecedented temperatures. But so little from any single figure in politics talking about the climate crisis. 61930260
Neill Waters @neillwaters.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Completely agree with this. I hope the BBC greenlight a second season. 010
Reposted by Neill WatersSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 24/07/2026This is the equivalent of asking how a £1.5m turnover company is going to pay for £100 of drinks at the Xmas party. 23462124
Reposted by Neill WatersJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Wow. The Department for Education has just published new projections which estimate that the number of pupils in state-funded schools in England will plummet by more than 9% by 2031 amid falling birth rates And yet this issue receives probably 1,000th of the coverage the immigration debate receives 38751332
Reposted by Neill WatersSlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Actual footage of every penalty run up in the World Cup. 12815207
Reposted by Neill WatersRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 02/07/2026I bet she wishes she knew somebody who had the power to regulate X, so she didn't have to just turn her back while it continues to poison society. 28832182
Reposted by Neill WatersRazzball @razzball.bsky.social · 26/06/2026my kind of Jubilee, the Japanese national team vs. 100 kids 18781982328
Reposted by Neill WatersWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 25/06/2026At this point, climate change deniers should be treated like flat-earthers. What more evidence would a reasonable person need? 1703598693
Reposted by Neill WatersAbbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 23/06/2026When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026. 236168267552
Reposted by Neill WatersGylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026credit to Sally Nugent who just, in normal circumstances, brought Nigel Farage's political career to an end. If polls don't plummet after this, I will be truly astonished. 81599203
Reposted by Neill WatersGeorge Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Reform have now lost six by-elections in a row in England, Scotland and Wales. Their national poll rating is 26% – below Labour in 1983 – and Farage’s approval rating is -37. They’re very far from the voice of the people and need to stop being treated as such. 21169682243
Reposted by Neill WatersSlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 17/06/2026The only World Cup footage you need to see today. 📹: YouTube Rudy Janssens 26878248
Reposted by Neill WatersDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 14/06/2026This is nuts. Yes we need better protections online, but this is a massive overreach by Starmer. For many young people, especially marginalised ones such as trans and neurodivergent, online spaces can be a safe place for them to develop a genuine support community www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comStarmer to announce ‘Australia plus’ ban on social media for under-16sSources say hardline measures will also prevent young users from being to talk to strangers on gaming apps 41507186
Reposted by Neill WatersDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 05/06/2026UK tax has gone up significantly over the last 25 years But the tax paid by the average UK worker has not This apparent miracle was achieved by taxing “other people”: higher earners, capital, property, banks, etc The strategy has run out of road A 🧵 on what happens next. 47560204
Reposted by Neill WatersPeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 03/06/2026X is currently full of posts falsely naming Christi Hill and another officer as having arrested Henry Nowak. One names and pictures the other PC, saying, "Wanted: dead or alive". It gives his address. What more exactly will it take to get UK MPs, ministers and departments off that hellsite? 781740649
Reposted by Neill WatersSeva @seva.bsky.social · 31/05/2026assuming a lifespan of 80 years, the length of the entire human civilization is only about 70 people old. The US Civil War was two people ago and the Ottomans sacked Constantinople seven people ago. Not very long! 701347283
Reposted by Neill WatersSteve 🏳️🌈🇬🇧 @wohyeahwohyeah.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Your regular reminder that PoliticsUK is a fake account owned by a Reform councillor Bailey Nash-Gardner who also works for Reform MP Andrew Rosindell. ***Stop following and sharing their stuff*** 451149678
Reposted by Neill WatersDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 25/05/2026This is an unforgivably stupid situation. It is an astonishing own goal to try and drive student numbers down to move an immigration number that in turn is totally ignored by the anti-immigrant head bangers. 311389436
Reposted by Neill WatersPhil Harrison @mrpmharrison.bsky.social · 25/05/2026I've said it before but we need to somehow restore the social cost of racism. It's always been there but it's spreading at least partly because people aren't made to feel ashamed of it any more. 28615166
Reposted by Neill WatersDuncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 21/05/2026So the EHRC guidance has been updated from "Fuck trans people's rights" to "I'm terribly sorry but fuck trans people's rights", and it remains glaringly obvious that the government's response to the Supreme Court judgement should have been to fix the law rather than cower in fear of bigots. 11426122
Reposted by Neill WatersIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/05/2026This is a failure of journalism, on a really basic level, but it is also a failure of political leadership. It was going to fall simply in the basis of what the previous govt did. But Starmer somehow conspired to actively spread the impression it was rising. 671183316
Reposted by Neill WatersRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/05/2026There are few more important decisions in politics than who should lead the government. Changing PM mid-term is a completely normal part of parliamentary government. Yet Labour has a process that is almost structurally designed to produce dither, dysfunction, panic and blind decision-making. 720035
Reposted by Neill WatersGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/05/2026A please @labouruk.bsky.social, stop saying that it's up to us to stop Reform. YOU could stop a Reform government in 2029, by introducing the proportional representation so many in the country have been clamouring for. The only way Farage can win is through our crazy first-past-the-post system. 18740891263
Reposted by Neill WatersStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 03/05/2026This policy, the replies to this, Keir Starmer’s ‘the petrol retailers are being naughty’ statement, Ed Davey’s fuel duty tax cut, Kemi Badenoch’s fuel duty tax cut, John Swinney’s price controls…is there anyone in British politics who understands “the Iran war means we have less stuff”? 60739161
Reposted by Neill WatersLuca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Exclusive footage shows the White House Correspondents Dinner security. 435157194054
Reposted by Neill WatersSimon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 17/04/2026A HUGE, narrative-breaking moment for the UK car market New EVs are now cheaper than petrol cars on average, says Autotrader Last yr CCC said price parity was due by 2028 – and it's already here And EVs are already MUCH cheaper to run than petrol 281103404
Reposted by Neill WatersBirds of a feather 🏳️⚧️ @robinyourgrave.bsky.social · 11/04/2026I'm one of those trans women. I worked ground ops for Artemis I. I am torn between celebrating the success of my friends and peers and grieving how my dream of working for NASA was shattered by hateful assholes in Tallahassee 187251828431
Reposted by Neill WatersGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/04/2026The electrical revolution is happening - across several domains - faster and further than almost anyone dared predict. And any country that does not embrace it will be left in the fossil age. 491431454
Reposted by Neill WatersHelen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 08/04/2026A single line in this piece just made my day: “The electricity system operator is understood to be preparing to run the grid without any gas for short periods as soon as this summer, in a first for the UK energy system.” Renewables *work*. And progress matters🎉 www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comBritain breaks solar energy record twice as UK’s biggest solar farm gets approvalRecord high set on Monday and raised on Tuesday, with 14.4GW of electricity generated in sunny spring weather 491865499
Reposted by Neill WatersSarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 03/04/2026Will new drilling bring UK energy bills down? No Will it increase reliance on fossil fuels and contribute to climate change? Yes So thank goodness any speculation is unfounded. news.sky.com/story/specul...news.sky.comSpeculation Miliband will approve drilling new oil and gas field 'unfounded' government saysThere are calls for more drilling to take place as the UK deals with the energy price shock from the Middle East war. The UK government has not ruled out approving the field. 99223
Reposted by Neill WatersPaul Carnahan @pacarnahan.bsky.social · 01/04/2026This week, Brexit finally killed our family business. We cleared out our warehouse, handed back the keys, paid the final bills and said goodbye to our last employee. What was once a thriving firm died a slow, sad death, all thanks to Farage, Johnson and the gullible idiots they conned. 1/18 14436951750
Reposted by Neill WatersThomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Could really use this messaging in the UK rather than blindly thinking we can get through a supply crisis by pretending the issue is just prices and not the supply. 922980
Reposted by Neill WatersHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 31/03/2026Hilarious how for years serious people have said that you can't rely on renewables because they are prone to disruptions in supply www.ft.com/content/19f1...ft.comUK to receive last tanker of jet fuel from Middle East this weekIndustry warnings of disruption contrast with government calls for calm 421784621
Reposted by Neill WatersJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Spain's renewables build-out has structurally decoupled its electricity prices from gas markets. Gas now sets the price in only 15% of hours, compared to 90% in Italy. Countries that invested early in clean power are far less exposed to fossil fuel price shocks. Those that didn't now pay the price. 5142431939
Reposted by Neill WatersHadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 16/03/2026europeans when asked to help unblock the strait of hormuz 696239136220