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LBC Watch @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I'm predicting here that you're listening to the UK's next Prime MInister. I think he wins in Makerfield. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KifW...

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Andy Burnham speaks at event in Leeds as Makerfield MP resigns

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Sam @sam-b13.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I’m a Green Party member but I think they should stand down this time for the good of the country to be honest. Plus Andy Burnham is excellent and tends to share their views.

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Sam @sam-b13.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

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Stop Palantir taking over our public services!

Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

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Tony @antonyillahiwarren.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

DeformUK 🇷🇺 claims it represents British people, which is true if those British people went to private school and takes Russian bribes. Let's make this Green Wave 🌊 a Green Tsunami 💚 #SocialistSunday

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Sam @sam-b13.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Being awake in pain in the small hours is normal for me, but last night it came with the upside of getting to see Hannah Spencer become the fifth Green Party MP and I couldn’t be happier. Her acceptance speech says it all. Join the @greenparty.org.uk for hope. www.theguardian.com/politics/vid...

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Hannah Spencer's victory speech after Gorton and Denton byelection – video

The Greens’ victory in a Labour stronghold was its first ever in a Westminster byelection and establishes the party as a serious political force and a credible anti-Reform alternative

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 27/02/2026

"I really want to encourage more people from backgrounds like mine to get into a system that has always shut us out." Hannah Spencer MP: plumber, plasterer, parliamentarian

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Charlie Stayt, "A lot of people think those leaflets are the nasty side of politics" Zack Polanski, "Genocide is quite nasty"

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

This is absolute gold

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Rachel Millward @rachelmillward.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Council elections are back on in Sussex, and together we can win big. We have 3x as many members as we did in September, and we're absolutely surging in the polls. Let's get as many Greens elected as possible this May!

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 05/02/2026

The rot runs right through this Labour government. Starmer made Mandelson ambassador to the US despite knowing of his relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. He must go. Streeting must cancel the NHS contract with Palantir which has Mandelson's hands all over it.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

We urgently need a parliamentary debate on Palantir. Please sign this & share with your network. Via @the-citizens.bsky.social & @change.org. www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

NEW: What’s happening in the US is TECHNOFASCISM. It’s fascism + surveillance technologies. Palantir is playing a central role. And the UK is next in line. My latest for @thenerve.news 1/ www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...

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What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here

Peter Thiel's data surveillance company Palantir is powering Trump's ICE operation in the US. Carole Cadwalladr argues that the UK will be next

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

This new graphic from @thenerve.news could be so much bigger but we wanted to show 3 essential nodes in Peter Thiel’s sphere of influence: Silicon Valley, Washington & the UK. In Britain, our govt is so naive about Thiel & what his company Palantir really is. 3/

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

NEW: Trump's coup is almost complete. And the attack on the press is a central piece of it. Bezos's gutting of the Washington Post cannot be allowed to be just another blip in the news cycle. We are all going to have to fight for a free and independent press. open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

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Fight!

Fuck Bezos. The Washington Post can and must rise again.

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Rudely Woken @davewoken.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Very statesman like from @ZackPolanski 👍 Good to see a LP MP Barry Gardiner not trying to play party politics, so rare from the LP. "Big mistake" | Barry Gardiner & Zack Polanski debate Starmer's handling... youtu.be/Vk_QO6kFu1o?... via @YouTube

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"Big mistake" | Barry Gardiner & Zack Polanski debate Starmer's handling of Mandelson scandal

YouTube video by BBC Politics

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Flora Renz @florarenz.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

It's funny because I was telling my students in my Disability & Ethics class last week about the DWP constantly reassessing people with missing limbs and Down syndrome to see if they've been cured yet to much horrified gasping from the students...

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wamesmecfs.bsky.social @wamesmecfs.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

DWP claims that “an issue” with data is preventing it releasing figures of many disabled people have been affected by cuts to the Access to Work disability employment prog. Campaigners say this is “a major warning sign” & “deepens their concern that something is being hidden”. tinyurl.com/38z7mrck

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DWP failure to provide up-to-date figures on Access to Work cuts is ‘major warning sign’, say campaigners

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has claimed that “an issue” with data is preventing it releasing figures that would show just how many disabled people have been affected by cuts to the A…

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Sam @sam-b13.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

We’re not allowed to be disabled AND have any sort of life. Just like we shouldn’t need to be out after dark either.

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Sam @sam-b13.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Twenty years ago I left the U.K. for some of the same reasons. I eventually returned because family is here. We can’t do much about the weather but the #costofliving for so many of us continues to spiral. #emigration apple.news/ACcWNgvS_Rb-...

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I've interviewed expats all over the world - this is why people are leaving the UK — The i Paper

Living in Lisbon, my body is no longer in fight-or-flight mode. Other expats who have left London for warmer, safer climates feel the same

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Sam @sam-b13.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Every delicious word from the indomitable @captmarkkelly.bsky.social is spot on. He’s certainly got Trump seriously rattled. Only a president who lies would be so scared of the truth.

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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

This is what happens when you have the least qualified Secretary of Defense in our country’s history.

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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are not serious people. I won't let them stop me from holding this Administration accountable.

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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.

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Sam @sam-b13.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Since Zack became high profile in the Green Party and then won the leadership vote it’s been lovely to have that feeling of hope again. We knew we needed the Tories out & I don’t think any of us really thought Labour would screw us over so spectacularly. But here we are & for me the future is Green.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 28/11/2025

Hope is here. Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️

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Sam @sam-b13.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Feeling your pain. Every new Apple device has been a delight until this week with my new iPhone. Will it allow me to use iMessage? Absolutely not. It won’t work on my iPad now either. Feel like going back to my old phone.

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Sam @sam-b13.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Anyone below or hovering around the poverty line who rents privately urgently needs #LHA to be unfrozen but it wasn’t mentioned today. A huge disappointment when so many already have a rent gap to cover. I can only surmise they intend to leave it frozen for another year.

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Iain Porter @iainkporter.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Today the OBR finally published employment impacts of Govt’s (remaining) disability benefit cuts, which weren’t ready in the spring. Confirms @jrf-uk.bsky.social analysis at the time that these huge cuts to disabled people’s incomes come with relatively few expected to move into work. 🧵1/3

Image from OBR's Budget docuoment: "Our economy forecast now incorporates the net effect of the changes to universal credit (UC)
policies which remain in force following the policy changes made in July. We estimate these will add around 15,000 average hours equivalent (AHE) to labour supply in 2029-30. This reflects
the net effect of: (1) the increase in the generosity of the UC standard allowance, which is expected to reduce recipients’ financial incentive to enter or remain in employment, leading to an estimated 11,000 AHE reduction to labour supply; and (2) the reductions in the generosity of and eligibility for health-related benefits in UC, which
are expected to lower income for new claimants, increasing work incentives, and resulting in an estimated 26,000 AHE increase in labour supply. We have also assessed the new employment support programme announced in the Green Paper. Based on evidence from similar past schemes, combined with the Department for Work
and Pensions’ range of estimates of the numbers of individuals that could be provided with support, we estimate that the programme could support 20,000 to 40,000 inactive claimants"

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chiller @chiller.eurosky.social · 25/11/2025

EVERY WORD OF THIS. Join the Greens. Because we deserve a better country than this. 💚 join.greenparty.org.uk

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population. How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich? They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Are the Labour Government finally going to bring in rent controls? I seem to be living rent free in their heads! (Thanks for the shout out!) Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Growing @greenparty.org.uk membership 📈 Growing the pressure on Labour to tax extreme wealth fairly 📈 Growing the movement to make hope normal again 📈 Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Sam @sam-b13.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

I’ve read through the entire budget document and there’s no mention of it. I can only presume that means it’s frozen once more. They mention the increase in rent in the private sector and the hope that the renter’s rights bill will help. Cop out.

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Sam @sam-b13.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

I’ve been hunting for any mention of it too but haven’t found anything yet. I agree it’s absolutely critical.

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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 16/11/2025

🏠 What is the Local Housing Allowance ‘affordability gap’ and why is it growing? 🏠

ocal Housing Allowance (LHA) determines the maximum amount of benefit support that private renting families in Britain can receive.

In 2012, LHA levels were linked to the 30th percentile of local rents and revised annually to reflect market changes. But since the systematic link with market rents was broken 13 years ago, the Government has frozen LHA rates eight times, and repegged to the market level just twice (in 2020 and 2024).

Since current LHA rates (based on September 2023 rent levels) came into effect in April 2024, rents have been rising fast. This has created a average 14% affordability gap between LHA rates and local rents.

Next year this gap is forecast to pass the previous record of 17% – equivalent to £120 per month for a typical renter of a two-bedroom property. By 2029-30 the gap will reach 25%, amounting to to an average £180/month if no action is taken in the meantime.

The ongoing freeze in LHA rates will ratchet up the burden on lower-income private renters in Britain and risks wiping out any income gains from the welcome boosts to both the National Living Wage and the standard allowance in Universal Credit (UC).

The extra pressure on renters also risks increasing the number of households in temporary accommodation, which has reached a record high in England of 132,000, and cost councils in England £2.8 billion last year.

The unprecedented size of the expected affordability gap make freezing LHA until at least 2029-30 a fiscal fiction. The Government will inevitably have to act before that point in response to acute pressure on households’ living standards and local authorities’ finances.
So, instead of making ad hoc adjustments to LHA rates when these pressures get too great, the fiscal forecast should be set on a realistic basis by accounting for the cost of annual LHA uprating, expected to be £2.5 billion by 2029-30.

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Sam @sam-b13.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

I don’t want to have to use PIP for rent but LHA doesn’t come close to meeting rent in my area unless it’s social housing. There is no social housing for disabled people under 55 though. It’s farcical. When will the govt realise the impossible situation many are in?

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Sam @sam-b13.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

The LHA gap is a nightmare. More so if you’re disabled and need a home that meets certain accessibility criteria. I already have a gap of £300 pcm. This will only increase if they freeze LHA for another year. They say PIP shouldn’t be used to pay rent but how else do they expect us to stay housed? 🧵

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 19/11/2025

At the Budget, the Green Party's message is clear: Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Zack Polanski on President Trump, "It's difficult to call him anything other than a fool" "This is sociopathic behaviour" "He is toxic, misogynistic, racist" "I'm not a fan of Trump" Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

we cannot afford the political myths that pretend the government is financially constrained like a household or a commercial bank. The government's job is to ensure we have enough money in the system to let everyone live, work and care without exceeding the limits of what the economy can supply.

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇 1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK 2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves 3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...

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Keir Starmer tries to look tough - and exposes himself as a coward

The government's immigration policy is in desperate need of a bold change in direction.

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

For the vast majority of people (except Ukrainians and Hongkongers) there is NO WAY to claim asylum in the UK without coming by small boat The only way to stop people making dangerous boat crossings to the UK is by creating safe and managed routes Govt's plan is delusional

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