Reposted by RedcountessaTroovus @troovus.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Starmer has opted not to do all the obvious and popular things that would improve people's lives and is instead doing all the things that were too right wing, authoritarian and unpopular for the Tories and New Labour to do 2166
Redcountessa @redcountessa.bsky.social · 11/07/2025This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/yv...you.38degrees.org.ukYvette Cooper- Proscribe the IDFThe "IDF" has repeatedly carried out large-scale, deliberate acts of violence against civilians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. It is our sincerely held belief that the atrocities and tactics use... 140
Redcountessa @redcountessa.bsky.social · 03/07/2025🚨 No More First Past the Post Elections. 5 parties polling strongly, chaotic results, millions left unrepresented. We need Proportional Representation — NOW. ✍️ Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...actionnetwork.org📢 No More First Past the Post Elections!The 2025 Local Election results confirm what so many of us already know: the current voting system is broken. With 5 parties polling strongly, First Past the Post is delivering chaos and turning elec... 011
Redcountessa @redcountessa.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Why all local councils should be elected with proportional representation www.electoral-reform.org.uk/why-all-loca... Electoral Reform Society – ERSelectoral-reform.org.ukWhy all local councils should be elected with proportional representationIf you live in England, you might be casting a vote for a councillor in a local election this May – and with your vote, expressing your desire for how you’d like your local services 020
Redcountessa @redcountessa.bsky.social · 06/03/2025This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...you.38degrees.org.ukTax the super rich to stop cuts to public servicesAcross the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo... 1116
Reposted by RedcountessaMaggie Gothard @yorkshirelass.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Billions paid out for wars and death, but nothing for those that are struggling to live - going to work isn't just about earning money. It is being social with colleagues and keeping your mind positive. Being ill is often painful, isolating, always expensive and very depressing. 042
Reposted by RedcountessaMiddle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Gaza: Israeli forces used 80-year-old Palestinian as human shield before killing him - www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-isr…middleeasteye.netIsraeli forces used 80-year-old Palestinian as human shield before killing himIsraeli forces strapped explosives around the neck of an elderly Palestinian who used a walking stick and forced him to inspect areas used by Hamas before killing him and his wife 3156126
Redcountessa @redcountessa.bsky.social · 12/02/2025ALERT EVERYONE JEREMY CORBYN IS ON PESTON TONIGHT. 283
Reposted by RedcountessaNatalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Just horrendous - so if you are a really desperate refugee without safe options, you are to be penalised for life. Labour's #HostileEnvironment www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comUK to refuse citizenship to refugees who have ‘made a dangerous journey’Home Office accused of shutting out refugees, as new guidance says those applicants will ‘normally be refused’ 20294113
Reposted by RedcountessaJeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 11/02/2025from today's post — please go read the whole thing here: bit.ly/4aV4MI6 thanks! 1002465543
Redcountessa @redcountessa.bsky.social · 10/02/2025💥 I’ve just signed the petition calling for a “National Commission on Electoral Reform” - Will YOU sign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/nc...actionstorm.orgSign the PetitionNational Commission on Electoral Reform 132
Reposted by RedcountessaOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Donald Trump's threat to Gaza is genocidal. But the Western media has helped normalise it - just like they've normalised the depravity from day one. New post 👇 www.owenjones.news/p/trump-prop...owenjones.newsTrump proposes the US taking over Gaza genocide. Our media normalises itAn obscene, shameless crime is proposed - and the Western media simply normalises it 24573183
Reposted by RedcountessaSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 05/02/2025So much evil in one photo it is actually staggering 2128278135970
Reposted by RedcountessaDan white @danwhite1972.bsky.social · 05/02/2025"Anyone who didn’t do their duty for the labour market – say, people too disabled or ill to work, family carers and jobseekers – should expect very little from Labour." Just brilliant quote from @francesryan.bsky.social on labour and it's increasingly narrow minded thinking of people. 1206
Reposted by Redcountessaeugene @eugene290390.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Palestinians Propose Taking Ownership of Mar-a-Lago open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...open.substack.comPalestinians Propose Taking Ownership of Mar-a-Lago“Right now, Mar-a-Lago is a mess,” the Palestinian spokesman said. 912130
Reposted by RedcountessaJeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Fascism doesn’t arrive in uniform overnight. It arrives with suited politicians, one piece of legislation — or executive order — at a time. My piece for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. tribunemag.co.uk/2025/01/jere...tribunemag.co.ukJeremy Corbyn: Remembering Auschwitz, Fighting TodayAs we mark the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, we must remember the heroic resistance of many inmates to inspire our struggle against renewed fascism today. 151370384
Reposted by RedcountessaPeace & Justice Project @peaceandjustice.bsky.social · 27/01/2025📚 Join Jeremy Corbyn, Vijay Prashad and Claudia Webbe in conversation on the global arms trade, the struggle for peace and our book ‘Monstrous Anger of the Guns’ — hosted at the Marx Memorial Library in London on Sunday 9 February. 🎟️ Tickets: bit.ly/MAGMarx 115155
Reposted by RedcountessaCarla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 27/01/2025I spoke to @tristancorkpost.bsky.social at the Bristol Post about finding my feet as an MP, not getting drawn into Westminster's weirdness, fighting for renters' rights - and plenty more! Have a read ⬇️ www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol... 715224
Reposted by RedcountessaPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 27/01/2025EU medicines agency quits X & moves to Bluesky "EMA will no longer post updates and content on X. We believe the X platform no longer suits our communication needs” the agency said in a statement www.reuters.com/world/europe...reuters.comEU medicines agency quits X, moves to BlueskyThe European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Monday it would no longer post on X and would use rival Bluesky instead, becoming the latest organisation to quit a social media platform that some have criticised for its content. 472315286488
Reposted by RedcountessaBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20/01/2025This is what genocide looks like. 27959367
Reposted by Redcountessachiller @chiller.eurosky.social · 20/01/2025It's a nazi salute. Can we just say it. Elon Musk did a nazi salute in front of a wildly applauding crowd. Because he's a fucking nazi. And so are they. 36210
Reposted by RedcountessaKevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Staying out of jail, enriching himself and abusing power are what drive Trump. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comDonald Trump would have been convicted over 2020 election, special counsel report saysNewly released report by Jack Smith states the ‘evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction’ of Trump had he not been elected in 2024 15210
Reposted by RedcountessaKevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Why peace wouldn't be peace in Gaza www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...mirror.co.uk'Violence could hit peacetime deal in Gaza at any moment''Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has already said it is not the end of the war. But it will mean the gradual freeing of some 94 hostages - some of them dead' 2114
Reposted by RedcountessaRobert Cooper @robertcooper-us.bsky.social · 09/01/2025In a sign of respect, every President, Vice President and First Lady put their hands over their hearts as President Carter’s casket moved past — except for one. You can guess who. Such disrespect! 🤬 2444200815117
Reposted by RedcountessaChris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Hollywood is on fire , yet still deniers clutch at straws to blame this on anything other than the real problem– climate breakdown . I’m petitioning for a ban on fossil fuel ads to take the fight to the companies who continue to exploit our fragile planet petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... 1172724761
Reposted by RedcountessaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Let’s get one thing straight: the cost of the Green New Deal is far less than the cost of losing our planet to the climate crisis. 331160343542
Reposted by RedcountessaJeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 09/01/2025here's today's post: "no, idiots, Los Angeles isn’t on fire because of ‘diversity.’ shut the fuck up" — America’s bigots are at it again. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —bit.lyno, idiots, Los Angeles isn’t on fire because of ‘diversity.’ shut the fuck upAmerica’s bigots are at it again 332130222745
Reposted by Redcountessajusticeseer.bsky.social @justiceseer.bsky.social · 09/01/2025As #NHSHospitals declare"critical incidents"due to massive increase in patients needing beds for #Flu & #Viruses-have "#Starmer & #Streeting's #PrivateHealthCronies"🤑- stepped in to help? 🙄😡 NO! #PrivateVultures DON'T SAVE LIVES-they just PONCE OFF #OurNHS!🤑🤬🤮 justtreatment.org/news/2025/1/...justtreatment.orgLabour & the NHS: new year, same dangerous mistakes — Just TreatmentAs the Labour government announces a range of new NHS pledges, we break down what they’re promising, what it means for patients, and what’s missing. 024
Reposted by RedcountessaDan white @danwhite1972.bsky.social · 09/01/2025And yet we hand out prison sentences to climate change protesters. Nothing to see here the deniers say. 12110
Reposted by RedcountessaBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Mick Lynch wants a progressive wealth tax with the richest paying the same as everyone else on PAYE, 47%. That would bring in hundred of billions, it is time for the richest to pay what everyone else has been paying their whole lives. 732353703
Reposted by RedcountessaJenny Jones @greenjennyjones.bsky.social · 09/01/2025That's a puzzle ... When they say they care so much ... 723062
Reposted by RedcountessaCarol Vorderman @carolvorders.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Suella Braverman has "seen the wall on the land border between Italy and Turkey..." Gosh I think she's been visited by more right wing fairies Minor detail - Italy and Turkey don't have a land border!!! God these right wingers are doing my head in It's like debating with stroppy 5 year olds 3153290792
Redcountessa @redcountessa.bsky.social · 03/01/2025According to the Chinese zodiac 2025 ushers in Year of the Snake. The animal represents a serpent emerging from the ground after hibernation & connotes the unveiling of something hidden or the start of a movement or something new! Come on corbyn & Socialist Independents NOW is the time to strike! 051
Reposted by RedcountessaSteve Coles @stevecoles1.bsky.social · 24/12/2024It should be a statement of the blindingly obvious that billionaires donate to political parties to further THEIR interests, not ours… Donations should certainly be capped. 021
Reposted by RedcountessaCarla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 23/12/2024I spoke to the wonderful @bigissue.com about my family's weirdest Christmas tradition, and what I'm hoping for in 2025. 48616
Reposted by RedcountessaLynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare. Eco-Socialist. Pro-🇵🇸 @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 02/01/2025youtu.be/pxKfRW18g2Y?... As a right wing Silo for fascists, X is a niche market that will only ever attract a toxic minority!!youtu.beAs thousands desert Twitter, is this the end for Elon Musk’s X?YouTube video by Channel 4 News 032
Reposted by RedcountessaYanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Don't let them get away with the Big Lie that it all started on 7th October. 16832221299
Reposted by RedcountessaAlan Rodgers @bi99le5.bsky.social · 31/12/2024This! Are you happy that our PM is implicating us in the Israeli genocide in Gazza through his failure to condemn it? Through his continued support for it using our taxes? The UK should be recognising Palestine *now* as a crucial step in ending Netenyahu's criminal activities. 0157
Reposted by RedcountessaHT4Ecosocialism @ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social · 01/01/2025People don't vote because they have lost faith in a rotten system. Why vote? Nothing changes. "UK elections are “close to a tipping point” where they lose legitimacy because of plummeting voter turnout among renters and non-graduates, an influential think-tank has said.theguardian.comTurnout inequality in UK elections close to tipping point, report warnsIPPR says elections could lose legitimacy because of falling turnout among groups such as renters and non-graduates 41511