Richard Bennett @richardbennett.bsky.social · 03/02/2025It occurs to me that Trump being relatively nice about Keir Starmer while attacking the EU, is intended to discourage Starmer from getting closer to the EU. If undoing Brexit is disliked by Trump and Putin then it looks even more attractive. 072
Richard Bennett @richardbennett.bsky.social · 02/02/2025GB News expresses similar outrage that companies won’t advertise on their channel. Why should anyone be obliged to hand over money if the medium and audience are wrong for their product? An exaggerated sense of entitlement and bullying wouldn’t change my mind. 030
Reposted by Richard BennettSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 31/01/2025The European Court of Human Rights is now posting on here 👋🏛 627378
Reposted by Richard BennettCllr Katie Mansfield 🔶 @katiemansfield.bsky.social · 30/01/2025A third runway at Heathrow would worsen air quality and noise pollution for thousands in London - while increasing carbon emissions globally. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social should prioritise sustainable infrastructure projects that boost the economy without harming the planet youtube.com/watch?v=jsnV...youtube.com 041
Richard Bennett @richardbennett.bsky.social · 29/01/2025This is insightful. Trump has effectively said trust nothing and no one but me. His followers obediently do so and others are cowed and bullied into accepting his omnipotence and infallibility. We all know how difficult it to rescue someone from a cult. This is millions! 120
Reposted by Richard BennettKingston Green Party @kingstongreenparty.bsky.social · 29/01/2025The increase in #AirPollution and noise will affect us all in the borough Whereas Boris Johnson famously said he’d lie in front of the first bulldozer, Labour’s Rachel Reeves is laying out the red carpet for the first bulldozer There is little argument in favour of Heathrow expansion 041
Reposted by Richard BennettThomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Teenagers in Western democracies one year after using Deepseek: 177
Reposted by Richard BennettGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Stop Musk! This petition to prevent overseas billionaires meddling in our politics is now at *94,000* signatures - having leapt up from just 30k a day ago. It’s *so close* now to triggering a parliamentary debate - let’s get it over the 100k mark by the end of today! bsky.app/profile/guys... 13165125
Reposted by Richard BennettOliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 28/01/2025"Gerald Kaufman was a Jewish Labour Party legend, and it's hard to imagine Keir Starmer not booting him out of the Labour Party if he were alive today and saying stuff like this." via Another Angry Voice 07736
Reposted by Richard BennettAndy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Some solar schemes involve spraying land with glyphosate for 30 years. Others mix food and energy production in creative ways that enhance biodiversity. Sensible Greens back some schemes and oppose others. 2224
Reposted by Richard BennettColin Boyle @colinboyle.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Labour talk a good game on nature, but when they need to make a decision, too often they revert to the option that further damages nature. The UK is already one of the most nature depleted countries. If we truly want to stop further damage, we need to get Greens elected. 112
Reposted by Richard BennettCllr Katie Mansfield 🔶 @katiemansfield.bsky.social · 27/01/2025We cannot change the past or undo the atrocities of the Holocaust, but we must learn from it. Survivors warn how it crept up—discrimination, powerful rhetoric, dehumanisation, then murder. Never forget, always act. #NeverAgain #HolocaustMemorialDay #WeRemember 011
Reposted by Richard BennettPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Anglian Water passed thousands of pollution tests at sewage plants that weren’t carried out. That's what happens when companies self certify. Sewage dumping under stated. Will get worse, regulators required to promote growth i.e. keep quiet, fewer fines. www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comAnglian Water passed thousands of pollution tests at sewage plants that weren’t carried outAnalysis by campaign group finds utility company had highest rate of ‘no-flow’ samples of any water and sewerage firm in 2024 24492295
Reposted by Richard BennettJenny Jones @greenjennyjones.bsky.social · 27/01/2025More social housing needed! All new houses to be properly insulated! All old homes to be properly insulated! And so on. Labour just doesn't understand how to make homes safe and comfortable. 613739
Richard Bennett @richardbennett.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Trump says that Gaza should be “cleaned out”. The Palestinian population of about 2 million taken by Egypt and Jordan. This accords with the Israeli agenda and his enticing vision of seashore condos. Disgusted but I am no longer capable of being surprised. 020
Richard Bennett @richardbennett.bsky.social · 25/01/2025I wouldn’t say that so far I am disappointed by the Labour Government. It’s rather that I am consumed by pent up fury. 000
Reposted by Richard BennettTristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 25/01/2025First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends. 6646382312522
Richard Bennett @richardbennett.bsky.social · 24/01/2025The EU is entirely right in their effort to exercise some control controls on the American tech giants. That they turn to Trump to persuade him to bully the EU only emphasises the importance of them sticking to their policies. Sadly, I fear the bullying will weaken the commitment. 000
Reposted by Richard BennettBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Just a horrifyingly awful lie, trying to validate an illegal invasion of a sovereign nation and blatant war crimes by Putin and Russia in Ukraine. 922939
Reposted by Richard BennettLittle Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 07/01/2025A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. Please repost if you agree 🌳 11994083449
Reposted by Richard BennettOliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 23/01/2025I just wrote a @biofuelwatch.bsky.social letter Please call on Rachel Reeves and Ed Miliband to stop wasting our money on Drax and Lynemouth’s tree burning. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge... #StopBurningTreesactionnetwork.orgUrgent action: Please call on Rachel Reeves and Ed Miliband to stop wasting our money on Drax and Lynemouth’s tree burningPlease call on Rachel Reeves and Ed Miliband to stop wasting our money on Drax's planet-wrecking tree burning by ending subsidies for burning wood in power stations. Drax, which is the UK’s single la... 11514
Reposted by Richard BennettArt Gelling @artgelling.bsky.social · 23/01/2025If legal challenges to UK infrastructure projects are blocked in the "push for growth", expect lots more physical activism. Projects like Heathrow R3 will not go ahead without a VERY big fight. Take away legal process, and you force people into direct action. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comLegal challenges to UK infrastructure projects to be blocked in push for growthKeir Starmer hopes his plan to ‘take the brakes off Britain’ will send a message to business to build more 011
Reposted by Richard BennettTom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 22/01/2025A whistleblower describes how Elon Musk tweaked X algorithms & used bots & AI agents to push Trump ahead of the US election. You could see this happening in real time just by looking at your For You feed. The UK needs to wake up & act. Or we're going the same way as the US. 12510
Reposted by Richard BennettNatalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Because it is not like we have problems with giant multinational companies dominating markets, exploiting consumers and workers and poisoning the planet. Right? #CMA www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukGovernment ousts UK competition watchdog chairMarcus Bokkerink is leaving as the government signals it is serious about growth, the BBC understands. 38929
Reposted by Richard BennettColin Boyle @colinboyle.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Tactical silence = strategic failure 121
Richard Bennett @richardbennett.bsky.social · 22/01/2025The pardon was a reward for Lyn Ulbrecht his mother and the support Trump received from the Libertarian Party. Trump referred to the “scum” who convicted Russ Ulbrecht as the same who pursued him. There must be a serial killer and cannibal in prison living in hope of a pardon. 010
Reposted by Richard BennettNick Hedley @nickhedley.bsky.social · 22/01/2025The case for healthier cities: How urban design shapes wellbeing theprogressplaybook.com/2025/01/17/t...theprogressplaybook.comThe case for healthier cities: How urban design shapes wellbeingLisbon has begun transforming the Santo António Valley with an urban park and mobility hubs designed to foster a "15-minute city" model. 25416
Reposted by Richard BennettByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 21/01/2025🔴Trump’s Return Must Be a Turning Point for the UK to Stop Pandering to America and Forge a Brighter Future With Europe Trump is taking the US in a dark direction and we must not let ourselves be dragged along with him, argues Green Party co-leader @carladenyer.bsky.socialbylinetimes.comTrump’s Return Must Be a Turning Point for the UK to Stop Pandering to America and Forge a Brighter Future With EuropeTrump is taking the US in a dark direction and we must not let ourselves be dragged along with him, argues Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer 23972237
Reposted by Richard BennettTortoise @tortoisemedia.bsky.social · 21/01/2025"We're starting to get better images of how devastating it's been." Tortoise reporter @chloehadj.bsky.social on the new drone footage coming out of Gaza following the ceasefire deal last week. Listen to the News Meeting: lnk.to/PeFhZbBS 074
Richard Bennett @richardbennett.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Trump thinks that Americans will stomach anything because they wouldn’t dream of leaving US for pastures new. I suspect there are many highly qualified Americans who are contemplating a move. The UK has to be a welcoming and attractive option. 100
Richard Bennett @richardbennett.bsky.social · 21/01/2025They are always elevating their relationship to a new level. Why does Putin need such frequent reassurance? Perhaps the awareness of having become a junior partner undermines his ego. While trying to expand his sphere of influence in the west he is losing it in the east. 010
Richard Bennett @richardbennett.bsky.social · 21/01/2025A heartbreaking story. Jair must be brave and consoled by being so favoured by President Trump. What a collection of notables to cherish these invitees make. 010
Reposted by Richard BennettCat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 21/01/2025If you're a Thames Water "customer" you should be angry about this There are 16 million of you But a tiny group of creditors in this building has the power to approve an expensive bailout at your expense 💰💰💰 The government can and should step in to defend YOU www.youtube.com/shorts/vAQIG...youtube.comTell Steve Reed - don't let Thames Water rip you off!YouTube video by We Own It 13719
Reposted by Richard BennettCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 19/01/2025Excellent NYT interview with the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Hungary. This is a key insight! 4938351577
Richard Bennett @richardbennett.bsky.social · 21/01/2025The Roman Salute is very similar, but then it is also known as the Fascist Salute. It is not traceable to the Roman era. 010
Richard Bennett @richardbennett.bsky.social · 21/01/2025So, we understand why Sadiq Khan was so cagey in not answering Zac Polanski on Heathrow expansion. 010
Reposted by Richard BennettHeather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 19/01/2025Classic Treasury 🙄 - good tale from top colleagues Rowena Mason and Helena Horton www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comTreasury seeks to keep water firm fines earmarked for sewage cleanupsExclusive: Restoration fund in England could be ‘siphoned off’ to be used for general government spending, not repairing rivers 183
Reposted by Richard BennettZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/01/2025We don't gather to only mourn the dead and the endless destruction. Our government has been complicit in selling arms to a country committing a genocide. We gather to demand justice and an end to the occupation. @pscupdates.bsky.social 7349104
Reposted by Richard BennettThomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 19/01/2025The next register of interests will make for an interesting read… 073
Reposted by Richard BennettDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 19/01/2025The next few years are going to introduce us to levels of corruption and fraud we'd not previously conceived of. Just unabashed, naked looting. 24115
Reposted by Richard BennettLorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 19/01/2025I will be tuning in. What happened in this country with the government's 'VIP lane' for PPE is a disgrace, when so many died for lack of it. 0248
Richard Bennett @richardbennett.bsky.social · 18/01/2025What action is required to get this pricing formula changed? 000
Reposted by Richard BennettChannel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Psychological trauma to families in Gaza ‘will be huge’ – charity www.channel4.com/news/psychol...channel4.comPsychological trauma to families in Gaza ‘will be huge’ – charityWe spoke to Dr Louisa Baxter, a doctor working for Save the Children in Gaza. She's currently stationed in Deir al Balah in central Gaza. 24218
Richard Bennett @richardbennett.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Tusk’s warmth doesn’t appear to be reciprocated. 010
Reposted by Richard BennettPoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 18/01/2025"Politically, it would be utterly disastrous" Labour MPs urge Rachel Reeves not to cut welfare spending in response to recent market moves @nadinebh.bsky.social reportspoliticshome.comLabour MPs Warn Rachel Reeves Welfare Cuts Would Be 'Utterly Disastrous'The government faces a backlash from Labour MPs if it decides to cut spending in areas like welfare in response to recent rises in borrowing costs. 26721