Reposted by Peter KellyZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Labour is briefing that they know they won't win the Gorton and Denton by election. The Greens are favourites and are the only party that can stop Reform. Lower bills, tax the rich, protect the NHS. We will win. 451055285
Reposted by Peter KellyOxford For Europe @oxford4europe.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Since 2016 the world has changed immeasurably. Even for those who believed in the lies told then, they can’t anymore: We aren’t stronger alone; we can’t rely on the US to protect us; our biggest trading partner & ally is still the EU. The UK belongs in the EU: always did; always will do. 02913
Reposted by Peter KellyOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Donald Trump is so obviously going to annex Greenland. And European leaders will respond with unparalleled levels of "monitoring the situation". 601230311
Reposted by Peter KellyAdil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Analysis suggests Trump taking over Venezuela isn’t really about oil. US don’t need oil and they could do deals to rectify what they believe is owed. This is about reigning supreme in the Western Hemisphere. When will the UK wake up to that fact and who we appear to be supporting? Madness. 1613821
Reposted by Peter KellyPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Racial and religious hate crime on UK public transport is growing, data shows. Nurtured by Reform, Tories and Starmer's "Island of Strangers" speech. Scapegoating minorities for economic/political failures. Without immigration, UK economy can't function.theguardian.comRacial and religious hate crime on UK public transport is growing, data showsAnti-racism groups warn some people are avoiding public transport or limiting their use of it for fear of abuse 4213108
Reposted by Peter KellyZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Yes. Next question. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/as-no1...huffingtonpost.co.ukAs No.10 Tears Itself Apart, Are Labour Being Eaten By The Greens?“We all knew Zack would be great but I don’t think anyone thought it would be like this," a Green insider said. 591604300
Reposted by Peter KellyPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/11/2025England homelessness grown by a fifth since 2022, now 300,000. Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing. Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation. Misery is a political choice.bbc.co.ukHomelessness figures higher than data suggests, research showsOfficial data for England underestimates the scale of the problem, according to research for charity Crisis says. 8289146
Reposted by Peter KellyPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/10/2025University tuition fees in England to rise with inflation from 2026. Student debt is £267bn, could double in a decade. Due to low wages unlikely to be repaid. Young people burdened. Most European countries don't charge uni fees. England destroying social mobility. Must abolish tuition fees.bbc.co.ukUniversity tuition fees in England to rise with inflation every year from 2026Bridget Phillipson confirmed the plans for the next two years, with fees to increase automatically after that. 21317124
Reposted by Peter KellyPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 07/10/2025NHS could cease to function under Labour’s new visa rules, say nurses Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UK www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...theguardian.comNHS could cease to function under Labour’s new visa rules, say nursesExclusive: Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UK 19340151
Reposted by Peter KellyMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Zack Polanski’s response to the Manchester terror attack has been a masterclass in mature statesmanship. Soulful, human, eloquent, empathetic, nuanced, confident and focused on healing. And bold. It has shone in contrast to so much weaponising or ill thought through commentary. Thank you Zack. 💪 411789408
Reposted by Peter KellyMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 29/09/2025What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country? Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide. It undermines police and the law. 60166322606
Reposted by Peter KellyPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Welfare reform 'must happen', UK minister says. Silence on corporate welfare. For example, Drax makes profits but gets subsidies. Silence on tax perks of the rich. Capital gains and dividends taxed at lower rates than wages. Welfare reform is a code for squeezing the poor, old, sick, disabled.bbc.co.ukWelfare reform 'must happen', says Pat McFaddenThe Work and Pensions Secretary tells the BBC he will press ahead with welfare system changes. 23346176
Reposted by Peter KellyMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Reform UK intends to withdraw our human rights They want us to join Russia and Belarus as the only European states not signed up to the ECHR.sussexbylines.co.ukReform UK intends to withdraw our human rightsThey want us to join Russia and Belarus as the only European states not signed up to the ECHR 29522206
Reposted by Peter KellyMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Across England, young people are being denied the play opportunities they need for healthy physical growth, mental wellbeing, and social development...yorkshirebylines.co.ukFrom closed pools to lost parks: the urgent case for a national play strategy in EnglandAcross England, young people are being denied the play opportunities they need for healthy physical growth, mental wellbeing, and social development 1530194
Reposted by Peter KellyAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 19/09/202519 September 1929 | A French Jewish boy, Georges Berger, was born in Saint-Ouen. He arrived at Auschwitz on 28 August 1942 in a transport of Jews deported from Drancy. After the selection he was murdered in a gas chamber. --- Development of mass murder at Auschwitz: youtu.be/tRwZ49q-9e0 8442117
Reposted by Peter KellyAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 19/09/202519 September 1934 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Ise Wilk, was born in Leiden. In December 1942, he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. 13508124
Reposted by Peter KellyCarla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Israeli President Herzog signed an artillery shell before it was fired into Gaza He’s been named in the ICJ order which found Palestinians at “imminent risk” of genocide Today Starmer is rolling out the red carpet for him - instead he should be arrested for war crimes 323771
Reposted by Peter KellyAdil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Israel appears to be destroying high-rise buildings as part of its displacement efforts and aims to conquer Gaza city. Israeli law prof Eliav Lieblich comments: "17 years in the field and I haven't seen a 'state of law' that conducts itself like this. There isn't a millimetre of legality here." 3317121
Reposted by Peter KellyReece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Tactical voting will definitely still be required to keep out Reform at the next GE, wherever our individual preferences and allegiances lay. I’m simply saying @zackpolanski.bsky.social & @greenparty.org.uk are a force for good… and where my political thoughts and ideals are now most suited. 1711217
Reposted by Peter KellyPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 24/08/2025“and let me leave you with this thought - the ECHR has also protected British people from abuses of power by its own government..” 48626224
Reposted by Peter KellyMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Crime is roughly half what it was in the 90s. Britain is still one of the safest countries in the developed world. So why does Reform want you to think London’s a hellscape? The Bear provides the answer ⤵️eastangliabylines.co.ukThe Great British fear factory: manufacturing a lawless LondonReform UK’s “Britain is Lawless” campaign isn’t about making us safer – it’s about manufacturing fear for political gain 40555220
Reposted by Peter KellyReece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 11/08/2025When people use what I do for a profession to counter any opinions I might have about other worldly events… you know you’ve won. 312509
Reposted by Peter KellyMarina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Not one Al Jazeera journalist left… All systematically murdered by a regime desperate to conceal the truth And while many of their western counterparts and media figures (who are safe and salaried) choose silence and complicity. 521559538
Reposted by Peter KellyAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 12/08/202512 August 1941 | A French Jewish girl, Annie Nakache, was born in Constantine (Algeria). She lived in Toulouse. A daughter of a swimmer Alfred Nakache. In January 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her parents. She was murdered in a gas chamber with her mother Paule. 20661180
Reposted by Peter KellyDr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 12/08/2025As we watch Keir Starmer and his team expand NHS privatisation, please remember that he was elected to become Labour leader saying specifically that he would remove NHS private outsourcing. He then quietly dropped this pledge in Summer 2022. This isn’t OK 🚨 501367585
Reposted by Peter KellyZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Disgusting. This Govt defends the arms industry at all costs - distracting from the inequality destroying our democracy, shattering what little trust remains - while a genocide rages. Starmer. Lammy. Cooper. We are watching. 16429139
Reposted by Peter KellyReece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 27/07/2025Take a bow, girls! 👏🏆 2024812
Reposted by Peter KellyMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 26/07/2025The UK govt is deeply complicit in the Gaza genocide. This article powerfully documents it all. Do read and share. 👇yorkshirebylines.co.ukIn all but name: is Gaza Britain’s undeclared war?Britain isn’t just watching Gaza burn – it’s helping fuel the fire, with weapons, intelligence, and silence 11349191
Reposted by Peter KellyMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 26/07/2025“Today they bombed the place with a belt of fire, which led to the collapse of all the tents in the place from the force of the explosion, and stones were thrown at us. Some people are trapped under the rubble and we cannot get them out, both the living and the dead."northeastbylines.co.ukLetters from the rubble of Gaza: Part Three"Open the crossings immediately, bring in food and medicine. Stop this slow massacre. Save our children from starving to death! History will not forgive you for your failure.!" 9197106
Reposted by Peter KellyDr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 23/07/2025There is no context - none at all - that justifies the deliberate, calculated starvation of children. #Gaza Credit: Anatolu/Getty Images 9321130
Reposted by Peter KellyGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20/07/2025It's utterly mad. These people are the opposite of terrorists. THEY WANT PEACE. The police know they're not terrorists. The government knows they're not terrorists. Yet, on the Home Secretary's orders, they're being arrested under the Terrorism Act. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...theguardian.comMore than 100 arrested across UK at protests related to Palestine ActionPolice in London detain scores of people and confiscate placards under section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 1012582983
Reposted by Peter KellyPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 18/07/20252,800 pollution/sewage dumping incidents by English water companies last year, 75 serious incidents, 60% more than last year. 81% (61) by 3 companies: Thames Water 33, up from 14. Southern Water 15 Yorkshire Water 13 Companies have 1,137 criminal convictions. Execs get bonuses, people fleeced.theguardian.comSerious pollution incidents by English water companies rose 60% last yearEnvironment Agency records 75 serious incidents among total of 2,800, with Thames Water being worst offender 5220113
Reposted by Peter KellyWe Own It @weownit.org.uk · 18/07/2025"Government must act: the water industry's financially, environmentally & morally bankrupt". Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social speaking truth to power. Public Ownership's the ONLY viable option for water. Read The People's Commission for Water report for the facts. vist.ly/3ybkq 527596
Reposted by Peter KellyGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/07/2025How do you ensure a nation fails to cope with drought? Privatise its water system. Almost everyone wants our water renationalised. Almost everyone, that is, except the government. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comHigh water bills, filthy rivers – and now drought. This is England's great artificial water crisis of 2025 | George MonbiotIn its refusal to nationalise water, it’s clear the government operates in the interests of private capital and not of the country, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 701685699
Reposted by Peter KellyMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.yorkshirebylines.co.ukHow Britain privatised itself into failureBritain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong 24543219
Reposted by Peter KellyPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Trumpism HSBC becomes first UK bank to quit industry’s net zero alliance. Banks take bailouts, subsidies, sell dodgy financial products, launder money and abuse taxes, but never accept social responsibility. Voluntarism is a fig leaf. Change law. Impose public duties.theguardian.comHSBC becomes first UK bank to quit industry’s net zero allianceCampaigners condemn ‘troubling’ move that follows departure of six of largest US banks after Trump’s election 24458197
Reposted by Peter KellyYorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 11/07/2025✍️ How Britain privatised itself into failure Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong By John Coleyorkshirebylines.co.ukHow Britain privatised itself into failureBritain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong 19326164
Reposted by Peter KellyAmnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 01/07/2025🚨BREAKING: MPs have just voted for cuts to social security - with unwritten promises from the UK Government This is reckless. Disability rights aren’t optional. Poverty is a political choice. This Govt chose it tonight. We'll keep fighting until this cruel Bill is rejected completely. 2305146
Reposted by Peter KellyAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/06/202527 June 1933 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Sarah Elizabeth van der Heijm, was born in Rotterdam. Her family emigrated to France. In 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. 17568139
Reposted by Peter KellySian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 17/06/2025I have voted to decriminalise abortion. The 1967 Act really only set out grounds for exceptions from what stayed a criminal offence. Today we start to treat abortion rightly as a regulated healthcare choice. It should be a clear human right to access abortion when you need it. 1753472
Reposted by Peter KellyAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 18/06/202518 June 1930 | Belgian Jewish girl Irma Andrie Jeannette Speelman was born in Wenduine. During the war she lived in The Hague. She was deported to #Auschwitz in October 1942 and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. 14555132
Reposted by Peter KellyAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 17/06/202517 June 1932 | A French Jewish boy, Daniel Belchatowski, was born in Paris. In September 1942 he was deported from Drancy to #Auschwitz and after the selection murdered in a gas chamber. 12597142
Reposted by Peter KellyPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 14/06/2025🚨IT’S NOT TOO LATE for the government to change course. Keir Starmer is being advised to urgently pause the Government's plans to cut disability & health benefits by Parliament's work & pensions committee who say they should not go ahead without a comprehensive impact assessment Contact your MP,NOW 9395150
Reposted by Peter KellyZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 14/06/2025We must never forget the 72 people who died in the Grenfell Tower. We must change the system that was so unjust to ignore repeated alarms. Too many people are still living in unsafe buildings because profit is being placed above people's lives. 8361104
Reposted by Peter KellyAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 14/06/202514 June 1939 | A French Jewish boy, Michel Crispin, was born in Paris. On 21 September 1942 he was deported from Pithiviers to #Auschwitz & on 23 September 1942 he was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. 18605136
Reposted by Peter KellyAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 13/06/202513 June 1937 | Dutch Jewish boy, Rudi Roos, was born in Meppel. In October 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. 13428103
Reposted by Peter KellyAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 12/06/202512 June 1936 | A French Jewish boy, Paul Solman, was born in Paris. He arrived at #Auschwitz in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. He was murdered afer the selection in a gas chamber. 12509147
