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GreenBat

@reremousevert.bsky.social
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Wannabe Utopian Anarchist, absurdist and jobbing programmer. Books, history, birds, philosophy, music, just being out and about, and all the other stuff its good to be interested in. Non-denominational Left. Plays with a Guitar.

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 09/10/2026
Wales is showing that ending profit-making in children’s social care can be done. The first phase of the Welsh Government’s reforms is now underway — with all new children’s homes and fostering providers required to operate on a not-for-profit basis. Why aren't we doing this in England?
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Removing profit from children's residential care
Information about removing profit from children's residential care, and where you can find out more.
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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
'Pressure is building...' is mainstream media code for Establishment power manufacturing an opportunity to pile on and destroy true opposition. We've seen it all before... #WeveGotZacksBack www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Does Polanski have to go? Greens at the crossroads after Holborn and St Pancras
Pressure is building on the party leader after byelection defeat, a damaging row over Zionism and polls that show him less popular than Nigel Farage
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#capitalism
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Sad mazov @sadmazov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
He did an hour long press conference with a bunch of experts on the climate 2 months ago and the entire MSM ignored it Stuart www.youtube.com/live/bsTXZ2V...
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Zack Polanski delivers an urgent message to the Prime Minister
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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Nelly Probin @lillmagill.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
When Zack was elected leader we knew it was only a matter of time before the establishment came to monster him and the Green party. They have a long history of lying to prevent progressive change and they're only warming up.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Karl Marx describing the effects of the poverty they are forcing on you now, nearly 200 years ago. They force you to 'save' so you are isolated.
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Bob Shields @robbo03.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage actually typed this into the internet. Please don't adjust your irony meter.
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Excellent news. The good thing is that Palantir isn’t unique and there are many options, all of which will save the taxpayer money. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Andy Burnham searches for UK alternative to Palantir
Prime minister’s ‘Buy British’ push triggers hunt to find replacement for controversial US tech group awarded health service and defence contracts
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 02/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 The NHS is trying to silence us for criticising Palantir, but we’re not bowing down to the pressure goodlawproject.org/is-this-the-firs…
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Is this the first ever SLAPP by our own Government? | Good Law Project
The Department for Health and Social Care has written to us demanding we take down our video criticising Palantir’s NHS contract – we won’t
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 02/10/2026
It's clear what the people want. Palantir OUT of our NHS 🔥 We have less than 2 months to kick them out👇 goodlaw.social/668d1d
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GreenBat @reremousevert.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm guessing a lot of that margin goes to "agencies", these could be forced out by union/cooperative agencies undercutting private ones, assuming the purchasing authorities are cost conscious and not in the pocket of the corporations
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GreenBat @reremousevert.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Show me those parsnips buttered to within an inch of a heart attack. Otherwise...could it just be another cynical RW LAbour attempt at a pre byelection bounce - show me the parsnips.
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GreenBat @reremousevert.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
More "there is no alternative" sponsored by the continuation thatcherite labour right faction
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GreenBat @reremousevert.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Its odd isn't it that a few years ago this bunch of thugs were mercilessly lambasted for wearing football colours chanting songs from the terraces and going on violent rampages but now they are all in metaphorical black shirts , spouting far right slogans and having "legitimate concerns".
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
How I feel right now about the British/ 🇬🇧English( whatever) political landscape is that some one wrapped in a Union Jack could whack me over the head with a flag pole & the BBC would shove a microphone in my face asking why I provoked the attacker & the Home Sec would invite the attacker for tea .
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GreenBat @reremousevert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This all looks bad but Right wing politics is all about the power to break the law with impunity - at least every time one of these hateful sociopaths is forced out someone somewhere has held them to account.
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GreenBat @reremousevert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Was this the "CDU wipeout" headline? they obviously wanted us to think it was another afd victory. its a tactic to make progressives feel unattached.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Lest we forgot: To bring back shame – bigots and bigoted domestic terrorists should be internally, publically and nationally embarrassed" via The UK Against Hate
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#PalantirOut - and let's close the revolving door between politics and industry while we are at it. "Watson, who was a key political ally and fixer for Gordon Brown, remains close to many senior Labour figures." www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Palantir hires Tom Watson to fight left-wing campaign against US firm
The tech giant, which holds several public sector contracts, hopes that hiring the former Labour deputy leader will buy it a hearing in the Burnham government
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The people of Piddington have spoken. I say, grant them independence. Border controls. Visas to cross into the UK. Tariffs on goods. No GBP. No NHS. No benefits or pensions. Let us know when your little lilywhite enclave has gone all Mad Max and you started eating each other. BUH-BYE!
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What I love about Western democracy is you can bung a political party £ 36 million earned from criminal activity & most media will continue to point at asylum seekers & migrant care workers with families as the barbarians at the gate we need to defend ourselves from 🙄.
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Spot on!
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
If no other picture survives Reform UK conference this year, let it be this one. It is a teachable moment. #ReformAssault #Fascism
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GreenBat @reremousevert.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Are we at the "2 minute hate" stage already?
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
As small boat numbers reach a six year low, this is what they choose to splash on
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GreenBat @reremousevert.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
He's right - i complain everytime i see him on the BBC, its far far too much, I would like that to stop
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GreenBat @reremousevert.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Oh there it is! the mystery solved - George Osbourne. With all the nonsense of the past decade we've forgotten the nest of vipers that crawled out of the woodwork and are largely responsible for the corruption we now see in public life.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The UK needs houses the Government could hire 200,000-300,000 to build them. The UK needs reservoirs and Wind Turbines, that's another 250,000 jobs. If you want to create jobs it is very easy, and these projects will be HUGELY profitable for the Government.
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🇺🇸𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕪 ℝ𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕘𝕖𝕖🇺🇸 ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖˡᵉˢˢ ᵁˢᴬ @indyrefugee.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Millions of people rely on the information they obtain via a search engine corporation which just proved it would alter digital reality if instructed to do so by those in political power. That’s some crazy shit, Google.
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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Happy #SocialistSunday comrades ✊🏻
Four-panel political cartoon. An older white man in a suit warns two workers, one Black, one white, "Careful. That foreigner wants your cookie." While he distracts them, the workers wrestle the plate of cookies away from him and ultimately share them peacefully together.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Reform UK reserve the right to sell all your data to the highest bidder ... "For those who fail to understand. Its all about them being able sell your data and your records to their mates , private health firms for example!!!" We Demand UK
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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Andy Burnham was right at the Makerfield by-election when he said there was an "overwhelming case for public ownership" of Thames Water The public will never forgive a failure to deliver on this The company is insolvent, slash the debt, LET IT GO BUST www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Andy Burnham shelves Thames Water administration plans over costs
Public control of water firms was expected to be one of the PM’s first acts in No 10. Huge costs to the taxpayer are said to have caused him to rethink plans
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
UK media always asks the wrong questions. Instead of hounding high achieving people of colour , perhaps they'd consider asking why white people who fail spectacularly in government so easily walk into high paying media & consultancy work once they’ve exhausted that particular racket .
UK media always asking the wrong questions. Instead of hounding high achieving people of colour , perhaps they should consider asking why white people who failed spectacularly in government so easily walk into high paying media & consultancy work once they’ve exhausted that particular racket .
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The Linux Foundation @linuxfoundation.org · 25/08/2026
"I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby...)" On Aug 25, 1991, a 21-year-old student shared his side project to a Usenet newsgroup. 35 years later, Linux powers the global cloud, space exploration, and billions of devices. Happy 35th Birthday, Linux! 🐧✨ bit.ly/4gkst16 #Linux35
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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Fuck my *office* not being ready for this - I don’t care about my office. I care about my *everywhere*. “Your privacy only matters if spying might hurt your company” is a bullshit message.
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Apple's Next AirPods May Have Cameras. Your Office Isn't Ready for the Privacy Implications
A new video suggests AirPods with cameras in them are coming soon. Could they open the door for IP theft?
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
BBC BIAS : Robbie Gibb - BBC non-execitive Director on the Board of Editorial Guidelines & Standards Committee- Former editorial advisor for the set up of GB News John McAndrew - Current Director of BBC Live & Daily News - Founding Director of News & Editorial Director of GB News 1/2
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
It's a pity Jason Arday wasn't a rightwing journalist arrested for beating his pregnant girlfriend. The obituaries would have been somewhat more sympathetic then.
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 17/08/2026
"Reform are not even the official opposition and the plans have less credibility than Count Binface. Will BBC News do the same for Lib Dem and Greens policy two years out from an election?" Of course they won’t - Lib Dems with >70 MPs barely get a mention www.thenational.scot/news/2646829...
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Former BBC News director slams broadcaster's 'bizarre' Reform coverage
A FORMER BBC News director has criticised the broadcaster's coverage of Reform UK's latest welfare plans branding it "bizarre".
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Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The BBC Reform propaganda story is rightly taking some flack. Don’t forget who is embedded in ‘our’ national broadcaster. What has the BBC done for me….its become a biased, uncritical Reform platform
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Nation of Stupids @warwickh.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
WTAF? The BBC is now pushing random unchallenged Reform policies on its main page. Where are the articles on Lib-Dem and Green policies? Describing cuts of £50Bn as “savings” is absolutely insane. Heads need to roll.
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GreenBat @reremousevert.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Crazy, and yet they are still being built on viable agricultural land - in the face of climate caused food insecurity
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GreenBat @reremousevert.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Its a great description unfortunately even this will not fit on the back of a stamp in point 20 font to capture the attention of the followers of disaster capitalists.
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This is a brilliant idea :
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Unregulated power and insatiable greed come in tailored suits ... via Truth Against Hate
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GreenBat @reremousevert.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I'm sure he's played the sh*tty "gentleman squire" archetype in every midsummer murders ever made
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GreenBat @reremousevert.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
A perfect picture of how multimilionaire sociopaths manipulate "angry thumbs" for their own ends.
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
“I’m so hard I’m yelling at an Afghan for having a spoon”
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Do you want to hazard a guess at what this “jaw-dropping” list of freebies included? What luxuries asylum seekers might be being given “for free” in Thetford? Xboxes? Plasma TVs? iPhones? Ferraris? Let's take a look👀 🧵 1/22
Express headline: The jaw-dropping list of everything asylum seekers in Thetford were 'given for free'.
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
New YouGov polling shows a huge majority of Labour Party supporters back an end to the capture of our media by unaccountable elites. Sign and share the Media Sovereignty Act Campaign's petition to make sure this is debated in parliament. Let's take back control from the 0.001%. shorturl.at/L38KI
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Petition: Ban foreign media ownership, enact a social media levy & new regulatory reform
Pass law to ban foreign & offshore ownership of UK media, enact a social-media levy to distribute media ownership across society & fund independent, local & cooperative-owned media. We believe democra...
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