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Oliver

@oliver48.bsky.social
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Eco-socialist, 75+ disabled MH survivor Anti-Reform Green+Your Party electoral pact #FreePalestine #TaxTheRich #BLM #Feminist Songwriter www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AGDJDrklwM…

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 21h
Record heat never ends in AUSTRALIA More records of September Highest Minimums 16.4 Portland 15.9 King Island 15.5 Mortlake 15.0 Warrnambool 13.8 Low Rocky Point
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 21h
Cutting the civil service sounds a great idea until you consider it means ... "Longer waits for your pension Fewer officers at the border Prisons with even fewer staff ... [Fewer] specialists who keep rivers clean, stop cyber attacks and contain animal disease" meme via Reform Are Not Your Friends
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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 20h
RECORD HEAT IN MALDIVES Record heat again ! This time about hot nights. Brutal MINIMUM of 28.7C at Male destroys HOTTEST SEPTEMBER NIGHT IN MALDIVES Record also at Hanimadhoo: Min 28.4C.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 21h
At least after the Fairford terror plot proved untrue Reform UK can get back to its main job of laundering drug & sex trafficking gang cash via crypto billionaire donations ...
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 20h
Good on Preston, doing the right thing. Preston City Council bids to take over refugee support role rejected by Reform-led Lancashire County Council www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...
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Preston City Council bids to take over refugee support role rejected by Lancashire
County Hall has given the government notice that it wants out of the programme.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 21h
"PEOPLE who had already decided the RAF Fairford incident was definitely an Iranian terror attack have been left absolutely fucking devastated by reports suggesting it might have involved some British blokes nicking diesel." satire via Witney Gitzette www.facebook.com/WitneyGitzet...
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 20h
CHAOS IN LIVERPOOL Here’s a whole minute of Mersey Police struggling to contain peaceful signholders, mostly pensioners, who police suspect of committing terrorism offences. They’ve lost. It’s over. This law is unenforceable. @labouruk.bsky.social - Lift The Ban on Palestine Action. (27/09/26)
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 21h
What with record donations to the RNLI, Fairford suspect turning out not to be terrorists, figures out showing small boat crossings way down, and Tommo not given bail - not a good week for the hate-spewing, far-right Reform UK & Restore Britain liars
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 20h
Incredible scenes as @novaramedia.com’s Michael Walker questions Yvette Cooper over her decision to proscribe direct action group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. To date, her policy has led to nearly 4,000 arrests of peaceful protesters under the UK Terrorism Act. (29/09/26)
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 21h
via Dave Wright
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 20h
Our planet is heating faster than at any time in the geological record. That's terrifying. But here's the hopeful part: most of us are worried and want action — we just stay silent, assuming no one else cares. 7 in 10 people rarely or never talk about it. So the silence feeds itself
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 21h
Sad to see Labour so afraid of Reform UK it adopts far-right anti-migrant policies instead of blaming greedy billionaires and enacting laws to #TaxTheRich "MIGRANT workers sang while posing as chained slaves in a Unison protest against Labour’s visa reforms" morningstaronline.co.uk/article/migr...
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Migrant workers pose as slaves in Unison protest against visa reforms
MIGRANT workers sang while posing as chained slaves in a Unison protest against Labour's visa reforms outside the party’s conference in Liverpool today.Britain’s largest union staged the demonstration...
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hugely wishful thinking If emissions peak by 2040 and fall rapidly, research shows we might get away with 'just' a reprise of the Pliocene ~ 3C higher temperatures and sea level eventually 15 - 25m higher If they don't, it will be worse - much worse www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Global heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’
But scientists say the world could get back to 1.5C through deep, rapid emissions cuts and removing carbon from the atmosphere
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 21h
... and imagine paying far-right parties like Reform UK £millions to ensure they keep spewing out hate against migrants, claimants, women etc etc and ensure no government dares to #TaxTheRich #TaxBillionairesOutOfExistence
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Scientists clone Southern Africa’s wild fruit trees as forests disappear From 2000-2023, more than 193,000 square miles of forest biome was lost across Angola, Burundi, Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe — nearly 22% of total woodland cover news.mongabay.com/2026/09/scie...
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Scientists clone Southern Africa’s wild fruit trees as forests disappear
Plant geneticist Alice Muchugi recalls meeting a group of furious fruit sellers on the side of a dusty road not far from Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, in 2024. They told her that a group of men armed wi...
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 21h
Not an article Reform UK want anyone to read ... "Cutting immigration to the UK means billions less for the Treasury. Can the country really afford that?" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Cutting immigration to the UK means billions less for the Treasury. Can the country really afford that? | Zoe Williams
‘Taking back control’ turns out to be staggeringly expensive. That’s something to mull over as budget day approaches, writes Zoe Williams
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Mike Hudema @mikehudema.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Manitoba has issued a state of emergency due to wildfires, prompting the evacuation of approximately 17,000 residents, the largest in recent history. Repeat after me: We must act on climate We must act on climate We must act on climate We must act on climate We must act on climate
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 21h
I do hope he sues, as it's always fun watching two super-rich b*stards falling out ...
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 23h
That is 2 trees per square kilometre, but it's a start and a sharp contrast to Starmer's war on nature Still, much, much, more is needed to support nature recovery www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Half a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says government
Exclusive: Environment secretary Angela Eagle to make pledge as part of efforts to protect against extreme weather
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Join me on GB News where I will be lying about what Andy Burnham said, pretending to give a shit about pensioners and definitely not mentioning any £5m gifts, illegal donations or police investigations.
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katieandthebear.bsky.social @katieandthebear.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Holborn & St Pancras, make your vote count 💚 We need to keep Labour in check!
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 29/09/2026
Will Burnham back Rachel Reeves on building a third runway for Heathrow during a climate crisis?
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 29/09/2026
"It is clear that Labour needs the Greens to keep them in check everyday to push them towards the real transformation this country needs." @zackpolanski.bsky.social reacts to the Prime Minister's speech at Labour conference.
HOPE IS NOT JUST A SLOGAN, IT NEEDS TO MEAN REAL CHANGE

ZACK POLANSKI
LEADER OF THE GREEN PARTY

"Unlike his predecessor, we have a PM who talks like he gets it. But sadly like his predecessor he isn’t prepared to break from the powerful and wealthy interests that have created an inequality, affordability and a climate crisis.
 
Hope is not just a slogan, it needs to mean real change. The speech today had no wealth taxes, no rent controls, no water nationalisation and a strong hint of more North Sea drilling.
 
It is disappointing that we have a country ready to break from the last 40 years, a Labour government with the majority to do it, and yet what we see are more half measures, reannouncements and tinkering."

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Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales c/o PO Box Green Party, London SE1P 6YL
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 22h
Reform UK Council Leader dined at CEO's hotel before £215k hiring www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Norfolk council leader dined at CEO's hotel before £215k hiring
Reform UK's David Bick says he cannot recall meeting Dennis Bacon at the luxury venue.
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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
People support clean energy but think others don't. People support clean air but think others don't. People support low traffic neighbourhoods but think others don't. And they think others don't because vested interests and right-wing media work hard to create that impression.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 21h
'Last weekend, Rupert Lowe MP, leader of Restore Britain, called on “the establishment” to stop referring to his party as “somehow ‘nazi’” but 'extremists are rife within his party.' "Restormtroopers: Restore Britain’s Nazi problem in pictures" hopenothate.org.uk/2026/09/29/r... via Hope Not Hate
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Restormtroopers: Restore Britain’s Nazi problem in pictures – HOPE not hate
Warning: this article includes offensive language and imagery Last weekend, Rupert Lowe MP, leader of Restore Britain, called on “the establishment” to stop referring to...
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 20h
🚨 OCEAN HEAT: Last year, our seas absorbed heat equal to almost 40 TIMES all energy humanity used. With 84% of global coral reefs struck by bleaching-level heat stress, fossil fuel corporations and industrial meat and dairy are cooking our living ocean for profit. Protect our oceans NOW.
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World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use
The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 21h
"Fair point, well made." via Truth Against Hate
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 22h
#OtD 10 Oct 1889 a nationwide wave of schoolchildren's strikes was sparked in East London, when kids from a dozen schools walked out of class and took to the streets waving red flags, and banners emblazoned with "No cane" and "Shorter hours" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8241...
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 20h
#OtD 30 Sep 1973 Chilean army death squad the Caravan of Death flew by helicopter from the south to the north of Chile, and began brutally torturing and murdering around 100 people and dumping them in unmarked graves on the orders of Augusto Pinochet stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1035...
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 21h
If Reform UK social media output is anything to go by if they were in power white murders, rapists, paedophiles would get a slap on the wrists while guilty or not guilty black of brown murders, rapists, paedophiles would spend a week in the stocks before being publicly hung, drawn & quartered
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 20h
Instead of attacking destitute pensioner income why won't Labour #TaxTheRich (is it because millionaires give Labour ££££££ donations ...)
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 21h
Nigel Farage has deleted this post But not before it's been shared widely showing him to be either a serial liar or delusional and either way, unfit for public office
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 20h
Richest 1% of Britons owns more wealth than the bottom 70% of the population combined. 50 richest families hold more wealth than the poorest half of the population combined. The concentration of wealth in fewer hands has not provided the necessary economic stimulus. Need redistribution.
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This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 22h
What is Nigel Farage is as usual missing is facts, evidence, rational reasoning which he again replaces with a spewed out mish-mash of racist rumour, anti-migrant bias, anti-Muslim hate, peppered with umpteen outright lies meme via We Demand UK
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 29/09/2026
The government said they were wrong on how they handled the genocide in Gaza. But with over 160 arrests outside the Labour conference, it's hard to believe they're going to change … Is this a policy shift, or is this just damage control? 🗳️🇵🇸 Defend our right to protest 👇 goodlaw.social/aiar
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 29/09/2026
It's good to see the first steps back to public ownership. But the need to put water companies into special administration is immediate: regulation by negotiation is not working and it's time that the Government took action www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-...
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UK PM Burnham plans law change to allow public ownership of water companies
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Tuesday ​he would legislate to repeal a ban on the ‌public ownership of water companies, promising a ten-year route to "a very different water system" for t...
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 22h
The upshot of Reform UK's US-style healthcare plans is that - millionaires will get the very best treatment available - the well-off who get sick will go banrupt - the poor will be refused care, and die young, in pain "Nigel plans to sell off our NHS to his chums......" via We Demand UK
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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Honestly I am gutted Burnham STILL hasn't brought Thames Water into special administration Why not? It went bust 2+ years ago Shareholders have walked away US hedge fund creditors want to pollute illegally then sell it 16 million so-called "customers" need you to TAKE IT BACK
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 22h
"Reform are in free fall...... " via We Demand UK
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 29/09/2026
No one should be making a profit from children's care Add your name to our petition calling for an end to profit in children's social care: vist.ly/5kcqu
Screenshot of a We OWn It tweet that says "A National Care Service is long overdue and a welcome step.   But if we're serious about building a care system that works, children's social care must be at the heart of it.   Right now, an average children's home placement costs councils around £404k per year.   And in 2021/22, the largest independent children's social care providers recorded £310 million in profit, from the public purse.   Andy Burnham is right to say that we need a system with “care that is about people, not profit”. Reforms of social care must end profit in children’s social care.   No one should be making profit from the the most vulnerable children."
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 22h
... and I suspect after another 3,750 days Nigel Farage & Boris Johnson will still refuse to apologise for all the Brexit benefit lies they told us meme via We Demand UK
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 20h
Why has an Israeli company been licensed to drill for Falklands oil!!! "Mr Milei’s office said that it had given Britain 2 weeks to halt work on Sea Lion, an offshore oilfield being developed by Israel’s Navitas Petroleum & England’s Rockhopper Exploration." morningstaronline.co.uk/article/arge...
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Argentina's Milei threatens Britain with legal action over Falkland's oilfields
ARGENTINA’S far-right President Javier Milei said on Monday that his government would seek international arbitration against Britain over an oil project off the disputed Falkland Islands.Mr Milei’s of...
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 20h
"Half a million people in Scotland facing ‘fuel insecurity’" morningstaronline.co.uk/article/half...
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Half a million people in Scotland facing ‘fuel insecurity’
THE Scottish government must provide more robust and inclusive support to tackle fuel poverty, say academics, as more than half-a-million older people in Scotland face “fuel insecurity.”In a new paper...
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 22h
"Reform UK’s Highest-Profile Failure: How Ian Cooper’s Online Activity Betrayed Staffordshire Voters And Why Legal Loopholes Allow Him to Keep His Council Seat. The controversy surrounding the social media activity of Ian Cooper, the former Reform UK leader of ..." www.facebook.com/groups/19585...
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 20h
"It has been quite a week in Trump world..so let's narrow it down to the Top Ten shitty things that administration is doing environmentally. (and maybe a few more shitty things to top it off)." via Environmental Coffeehouse www.youtube.com/live/bAhXt1r...
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TRUMP'S ENVIRONMENTAL WEEK: MORE GASOLINE, MORE MINING:AND BASEBALL IN GRAND TETON?
YouTube video by Environmental Coffeehouse
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 22h
Up until recently, Reform UK have screamed 'Stop The Boats' so loud, supporters ignored other policies But as Farage's frauds & billionaire donations become harder to ignore, I suspect anti-worker, anti-women, anti-disabled stance will drive more people away meme via William J Dovercourt III
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 20h
"Nebraskans couldn’t escape the heat this summer — not even at night" 'Minimum temperatures have shot up, presenting an overlooked threat to people, livestock, and crops' grist.org/extreme-heat...
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Nebraskans couldn’t escape the heat this summer — not even at night
In Omaha, Nebraska, during the recent early September heat wave when temps hit the mid-90s Fahrenheit and lows stayed in the 70s, Pat Wilson-Johnson came to the Salvation Army’s North Corps Community ...
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 22h
'There’s a reason why ~80% of under-25’s in the UK vote left-of-centre. Apathy & cold pragmatism aren’t natural traits of youth, and clearly “protect our women and children” ends at political conscription. This post makes it sound like these kids have joined the scouts ...' via PapTalks Politics
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 20h
"After two landfalls in Mexico, Hurricane Polo’s rainmaking journey has just begun" yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/09/afte...
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After two landfalls in Mexico, Hurricane Polo's rainmaking journey has just begun » Yale Climate Connections
Moisture from Polo and ex-hurricane Odalys is helping spawn heavy rain and potential flooding from northwest Mexico into the southwest and central U.S.
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