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Rich Turner

@richturner.bsky.social
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Plays and teaches Fiddle and Accordion. Interested in politics, history, cricket and trains. @richturnermusic on Instagram, Threads, YouTube and TikTok. Green Socialist. Winchester, England.

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 5h
This is the kind of ambition Andy Burnham must show to tackle the disaster that is water privatisation We Own It is independent of all parties. We cannot wait to praise Andy Burnham, Nigel Farage, Kemi Badenoch and Ed Davey for delivering or calling for public ownership of our water
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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 16h
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Damien Willey @kernowdamo.bsky.social · 15h
Green Party Passes MAJOR Palestine Shift - Zionists Lose Their Minds! #DamoRants #ZionismIsRacism youtu.be/3NnRmczmvUc
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Green Party Passes MAJOR Palestine Shift - Zionists Lose Their Minds!
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 15h
Oh no the USA is no longer using RAF Fairford as a base to bomb Iran. Making us safer by not being complicit in their war on Iran. Oh wait, that's a good thing.
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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 20h
youtu.be/P5nE_6T0hIo?... @novaramedia.com This is the BEST video I’ve ever seen you do (and I’m impressed by most of them)
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Polanski vs Burnham: The Battle for the Soul of the Left | Aaron Bastani Reports
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Rich Turner @richturner.bsky.social · 20h
As a Green, and a survivor of homelessness, I've absolutely zero faith in Labour doing anything substantial to recognise that housing is a human right, and house everyone. That's why public pressure, through campaigns like this, is vital. campaigns.crisis.org.uk/page/200457/...
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Sign this letter to the Chancellor: Make homes more affordable to end homelessness | Crisis UK
The Autumn Budget is on 28 October. Add your name now.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham announces end of triple-lock on the state pension from 2030. It will be replaced by double-lock, slower growth in state pension. Full state pension is already less than 50%of the minimum wage. Poverty awaits future retirees. £500bn of taxes not collected by HMRC since 2010.
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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Burnham wouldn't even be Prime Minister if it wasn't for the Greens taking hundreds of council seats from Labour, so for his supporters to suggest we should stop piling on the pressure is absurd.
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Elizabeth Ammon @elizabethammon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Chris Woakes’ new book is now out on audiobook. Love an audiobook. Saves my tired eyes. Link —- link.amazon/B0cGjXzTY
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The Wizard: The thrilling behind-the-scenes sports autobiography from the England cricketer (Audio Download): Chris Woakes, Penguin: Amazon.co.uk: Books
The Wizard: The thrilling behind-the-scenes sports autobiography from the England cricketer (Audio Download): Chris Woakes, Penguin: Amazon.co.uk: Books
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Rich Turner @richturner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.normalisland.co.uk/p/fairford-s...
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Fairford suspects released on bail and returned to Mossad
The five men suspected of plotting a massive terror attack at RAF Fairford have been released on bail.
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Rich Turner @richturner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@goonpod.bsky.social While we await @episodenumbernine.bsky.social , may I recommend The Knack... and How To Get It, for Goon Pod Film Club? A very funny sex comedy / social satire in the Richard Lester ouvre, albeit with some, er, problematic scenes for C21st viewers.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Great response on the doorsteps in Holborn & St Pancras this evening - more & more people recognising that @zackpolanski.bsky.social will make a brilliant local MP. One more Labour backbencher changes nothing - the best way to make this Labour government braver, bolder & better is to #VoteGreen
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Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Imagine having to choose between Bernie Clifton and Harrington Quadraphonic Discotheque of Distinction.
Local advert for Bernie Clifton and Harrington Quadraphonic Discotheque of Distinction in late 1980.
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Episode Number Nine @episodenumbernine.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
COMING AUTUMN 2026: 'Episode Number Nine' A new monthly podcast by the people behind GOON POD in which we talk about sitcoms from the sixties to the present day (do they still make sitcoms? - Ed.) Expect old favourites as well as a number of forgotten classics and even some obscurities!
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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Microsoft cut its tax bill by roughly 82%, from $14.1B to $2.5B, even as its income soared. Across the corporate sector, tax payments are down 25% ($96B).
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/09/2026
How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports
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How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports
Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’ On her first day as an expert author on the world’s most important climate reports, Prof Julia Steinberger knew nobody else, so she sat down at a stranger’s table for breakfast. “Hi, I’m Julia. I’m from the University of Lausanne,” she said. The man across the table replied: “I’m Mustafa Babiker. I work with Saudi Aramco.” Continue reading...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Labour are worried. They've had the Foreign Secretary, the Chancellor, the Mayor of London & the Prime Minister out in Holborn & St Pancras but we've got you. Hundreds of thousands of you who care & are making a difference! Donate today to help us win: donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk/london-by-el...
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Let's get our sixth Green MP elected - Green Party
We have a chance to elect our 6th MP - London's first Green MP, Zack Polanski! But we raise over £200k by 8 October. Will you help us?
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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 18/09/2026
Petition: We are calling on the government to double the minimum density of homes around stations to make better use of the land and to give more people the opportunity to enjoy living car-free if they choose. Please join us by signing. actionnetwork.org/petitions/in...
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Increase minimum density to build more homes near stations
We are calling on the government to double the minimum density of homes around stations (from the current 35 dwellings per hectare) so more homes can be built. This will allow more people to live with...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
King Charles inherited £650m tax free, gets £354m a year tax free from the tax payer including £132m personal spending money and has an estate worth £22bn that’s never taxed. Like if he needs a pay cut. RT if you want the Monarchy gone. #NotmyKing
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Paul @fucktheracists.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/09/2026
Plan to limit number of NHS patients diagnosed with ADHD attacked as ‘rationing’ healthcare
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Plan to limit number of NHS patients diagnosed with ADHD attacked as ‘rationing’ healthcare
Review due next week expected to say patients should be ‘triaged’ and offered support without formal diagnosis Proposals to limit the number of patients being formally diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have been atacked as “rationing” healthcare and pushing children and adults to self-diagnosis via social media. The comments come ahead of a government review due next week, which is expected to say that patients with ADHD symptoms should not automatically be formally diagnosed, but should be “triaged” and offered support without the need for a formal diagnosis. Continue reading...
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 12/09/2026
Democracy for sale: Billionaires should not be able to bankroll British politics and buy political influence. It is time this government introduced a cap on donations.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
First big weekend starts today! The Daily Mail being completely normal about the pressure Greens are putting on Labour. Vote Green on October 8th 💚
Burnham bows to the green menace
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Peter Welsh @peterwelsh68.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Aldeburgh Beach Suffolk
Sculpture. Aldeburgh Beach. Suffolk.
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Mike Bealing @sillytees.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
As luck would have it, a donation to the RNLI is made with each sale of one of my Nigel Farage-related tees. #FckFarage Tees by Sillytees. ebay.us/m/4X7nzD
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
What stands out like a butchers bull dogs bollocks about this👇is it’s Hampshire & Isle of Wight Police cracking down on face coverings at protests But Kent Police who did zip with first wave of Far Right thugs shutting down Dover last Saturday said sweet FA Their reaction imo seems sympathetic 🤷‍♂️
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Police to crack down on face coverings at protests in Portsmouth
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary says it will use powers under the Crime and Policing Act.
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 11/09/2026
#OtD 11 Sep 1946 homeless WWII ex-servicemen and their families squatted the 630-room Ivanhoe Hotel in Bloomsbury, London. Police blockaded the hotel, so supporters had to throw food and bedding to the families inside stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8358...
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Stroud District Green Party @stroudgreens.org.uk · 11/09/2026
Let's go Greens! Let's help get Zack elected: ⌚If you can give your time: linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP 💰If you can spare some money: donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk/london-by-el...
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Let's get our sixth Green MP elected - Green Party
We have a chance to elect our 6th MP - London's first Green MP! But we have just 5 weeks to raise over £200k. Will you help us get there?
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Ed Miliband’s statement on Israel is only a first step. We need to go further: a full ban on goods, services & investment. Labour is still shamefully refusing to recognise the Gaza genocide. We must have a full arms embargo, full sanctions & an end to military collaboration.
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Lore Wilson 🍉🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴🇮🇪🪶 @lorewilson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“we are rushing towards the systematic destabilization of the biosphere we all depend on to live, which will affect all future generations and the planet as we know it.” Greta Thunberg on what breaching 1.5 cel actually means and the devastating impact of it all. www.instagram.com/reel/Dc6TmA-...
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Nolan Principles Matter. End the #GazaGenocide💔💙 @philildo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
@andyburnham.bsky.social it's beyond time to take action. stop arming Israel stop spying for Israel #BoycottIsrael #BDS Israel Expel the Israeli ambassador and shut the Israeli embassy
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Ben Jennings @bjennings90.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This weekend's @theipaper.com cartoon
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
@zackpolanski.bsky.social to @owenjones.bsky.social : "We're not really hearing any solutions from the Lab govt.. they've already ruled out rent controls.. wriggled out of putting a cap on political donations.. people are sick of the fact that we're seeing a politics that is bought off repeatedly"
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This summer Britain burnt. 3000 people died from the heat. Yet this Government is drilling for more gas, despite scientist warnings & it won't make a difference to bills in the UK. We need to double down on renewables, not bend to the wishes of fossil fuel bosses. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Jackdaw gas field set to be approved as soon as mid-September, sources say
The government is set to give the go-ahead for the gas field off the coast of Aberdeen, the BBC understands.
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Rich Turner @richturner.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Data centres are springing up everywhere, using massive amounts of energy and water. I’ve signed @friends-earth.bsky.social’s petition calling for a pause on new data centres until the government gets a grip on the situation. Will you join me? foe.uk/bl2np
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Stop data centres draining our precious resources
Add my name Data centres are springing up all over the UK – using massive amounts of electricity and, in many cases, huge amounts of water. The UK is already facing water shortages, high energy demand...
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Rich Turner @richturner.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Blimey.
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Jason Scott-Warren @jes1003.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Break up the propagandist news media: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76... mediasovereignty.org/petition/
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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Until politicians & journalists recognise that this is 'migrants in crisis' rather than a 'migrant crisis' & join the dots with our warmongering, weapons production, Catastrophe Capitalism, lack of reparations & climate emergency, it's all just racism & posturing. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Andy Burnham targets migrant crisis ahead of Macron’s visit to No 10
PM will aim to centre talks with French president on key foreign policy issues such as Iran, smuggling gangs and EU relations
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Good to hear PM remains “committed to electoral reform” - an essential step to mending our broken political system. But action speaks louder than words. He needs to demonstrate that commitment by urgently setting up a National Commission to design a better, fairer, proportional voting system asap
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
What if climate change isn't the greatest threat to life on Earth? 🌡️ 🌎 The Earth has physical limits called planetary boundaries, these are 'the safe operating space for humanity', the guardrails keeping Earth stable. 🧵 1/6
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Proportional Commons @propvoting.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
2026-09-02: Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading The 404 MPs voting 'Aye' represented 13,636,234 voters. The 101 MPs voting 'No' represented 8,126,748 voters. Aye majority = 5,509,486 See ALT text and 🧵
This chart is a proportional recount of a vote in the House of Commons.

The top two bars show the number of MPs from each party who voted Aye or No in the division.

The bottom two bars show the number of voters those MPs represent. For example, if a party won two million votes in the general election and half of that party's MPs voted in the division, that would represent one million voters.

    2026-09-02: Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading

    The 404 MPs voting 'Aye' represented 13,636,234 voters.
    The 101 MPs voting 'No' represented 8,126,748 voters.

In many cases, more voters are represented by the MPs on the losing side. This is because seats don't match votes with First Past the Post (FPTP). Recounts are shown in terms of ideal MPs who all represent the same number of people.

The method is not a simulation of a PR elected Commons. It is intended to highlight the distortion of FPTP.

For more details, see the FAQ: https://tinyurl.com/4hxyc8e7
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Rich Turner @richturner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hampshire have now backtracked, inasmuch as Kuggeleijn will not be selected. They haven't stated whether they will honour his four match contract. I suppose they must.
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Joseph Wells @josephwells.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Todays the 1 year Anniversary of our elected @greenparty.org.uk Leadership @zackpolanski.bsky.social Leader @mothinali.bsky.social & @rachelmillward.bsky.social Co-Deputy Leaders We've hit over 230k members, have over 1,300 Cllrs, won our first MP by-election & 2 Mayors 💚 Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Rich Turner @richturner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This bloke has been called up to play for Hampshire, and I won't be supporting them for the remainder of the County season. Information via @thegrumbler.bsky.social . daisycutterzine.wordpress.com/2024/03/02/i...
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I am sick of thinking about Scott Kuggeleijn
Content note: sexual assault. It’s 2024 and the spectre of Scott Kuggeleijn is back to haunt us, fresh from cashing in with Dubai Capitals (why him?) to playing for New Zealand in the 1st Test v Au…
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Despite years of calls from MPs across the House to ban all trade with illegal Israeli settlements, the last govt failed to take genuine action in the face of war crimes and human rights abuses. The new Foreign Sec cannot repeat the mistakes of the old; we must act to end Britain's complicity now.
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Rich Turner @richturner.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Not the John Ellison and The Soul Boy Six tune from 1967, but the one I recorded for my Ciderhead EP today, thus completing it. I'll link to my Patreon below, if you're able to help get it pressed and printed.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/08/2026
‘Forever chemicals’ surge during pilot of Thames Water plan to combat drought
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‘Forever chemicals’ surge during pilot of Thames Water plan to combat drought
Exclusive: utility company wants to draw off tens of millions of litres of water a day from Thames and replace it with treated effluent Levels of a toxic “forever chemical” rose to 13 times the legal limit during Thames Water pilots for a controversial multimillion pound water recycling scheme that will pump millions of litres of treated sewage into the River Thames during drought. The data from the pilots is in stark contrast to public comments from Thames Water that their water recycling project in south-west London will not harm the riverine environment. Continue reading...
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Rich Turner @richturner.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Blimey. Kate Cross is going out on a high. She took 4fer and a catch in Hampshire's innings, and was 3 not out when Lancs won by 4 wickets. www.utilitabowl.com/cricket/fixt...
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Hampshire Women v Lancashire Women (Metro Bank One Day Cup)
Hampshire Women v Lancashire Women (Metro Bank One Day Cup)
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes? Trye a tarot deck. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes. Not so hotte damne swyvinge evil.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Full nationalisation of water companies must be at the top of the government’s agenda to prevent catastrophic water shortages in the years ahead. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK government ‘irresponsible’ for not publishing emergency drought plans
Campaigners demand greater transparency into water companies’ plans not made public due to ‘security reasons’
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