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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Dear government, don’t send startling, high-pitched alerts about wildfires to ordinary people's phones. Send them to the CEOs of fossil fuel companies and make them impossible to switch off until they stop the destructive plunder that's contributing to climate change.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
It’s time we sorted out the press. Constant misinformation to protect their donors and fossil fuels is destroying lives and our planet. The Government must step up and stop being cowardly.
Sorry Zack Polanski this long hot summer is not the apocalypse - it's like a gloriously long holiday in France
..with village green cricket thrown in good measure
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Very weird to be living for weeks through what has so far been the worst UK drought since records began and for the Prime Minister to have still said absolutely nothing about it
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
NEW: Green leader Zack Polanski has criticised 'absurd' editorial decisions from the BBC – and said that the broadcaster gives Nigel Farage’s Reform much more coverage than his party www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 03/08/2026
🧵Right-leaning newspapers are trying to blame Europe's raging wildfires on everything EXCEPT fossil fuels 1. The Wall Street Journal Frontpage story: "Greece fights wildfires as Europe crisis spreads" WSJ editorial: "How green policies fuel fires in Europe"
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Mearn (postseason) @mearn.me · 05/07/2026
Oh NOW they figure out how to run a safety car for an extra lap
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
We do not need to spend more money on bombs and bullets. We need to spend more on housing, schools and our NHS instead. A roof over your head. Enough food to feed your children. A public health service you can rely on in your time of need. That is what real security means.
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arseblog @arseblog.com · 11/06/2026
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The ongoing corruption of the World Cup by Gianni Infantino (aged 56 1/4)
Morning all. England’s World Cup warm-up continued last night with a game against Costa Rica which saw Declan Rice open the scoring [video], and Noni Madueke go full Noni Madueke. They eventually won 3-0, with Eberechi Eze and Bukayo Saka appearing in the second half. It’s sort of mad to think the World Cup kicks […] The post The ongoing corruption of the World Cup by Gianni Infantino (aged 56 1/4) appeared first on Arseblog ... an Arsenal blog.
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Miguel Delaney @migueldelaney.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
It’s now World Cup build-up week Last time, there was fury about Qatar’s issues There’s now nothing even though it all applies to PSG The rhapsodising of Saturday and Pep’s exit shows how this all works And this is as Qatar change how football works www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
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The dark truth behind PSG’s Champions League dominance
Just four years on from a World Cup where they took centre stage, Qatar’s sportswashing and myriad other issues have been largely forgotten, writes Miguel Delaney, even amid PSG’s European football ta...
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 30/05/2026
I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Paul Robeson was a canary in the coal mine long before Jeremy Corbyn On his birthday, Tayo Aluko looks at how the establishment destroyed Paul Robeson's character because of his political views www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
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Paul Robeson was a canary in the coal mine long before Jeremy Corbyn
On his birthday, Tayo Aluko looks at how the establishment destroyed Paul Robeson's character because of his political views
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
“Confronting the Gorton & Denton by-election result requires far more than managerial adjustment. It requires a decisive break with the political, cultural and economic settlement that has defined Britain since the 1980s.” My article for the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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While people feel the foundations of their lives are shaking, this deep crisis will continue | Clive Lewis
The partisan debate since the Gorton and Denton byelection risks blinding us to the truth. People are rejecting wholesale the way our politics has developed, says Labour MP Clive Lewis
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
“Never once did Reform promise to cut council tax” insists an angry Nigel Farage to Sky News. Here's some of the leaflets Reform have been putting out ahead of the local elections
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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Of course the CPS does…can’t have juries making up their own mind against the wishes of the state.
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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Labour government has been nasty reactionary and authoritarian with a litany of fuck ups but Starmer’s worst crime was to kill hope and unfortunately for him people have rightly sought it elsewhere.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
“According to a new large sample YouGov poll of UK voters, a grand total of 0% of voters who backed Reform at the last general election now plan to vote for Labour.” @adambienkov.bsky.social
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 23/01/2026
Well, this aged well.....
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
And we all know that what we are facing is not a “cost of living crisis“ but a “cost a greed crisis”. Privatised utilities have been given carte blanche by politicians to rob us blind. Politicians who lied to us that privatisation would provide cheaper, better services.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
"The maximum time a prisoner can spend on remand is 182 days (six months). Yet Muraisi and Ahmed were arrested in November 2024, and are not due to be tried until June at the earliest, which means they will be remanded for 20 months." Shameful. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped. The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
People want lower rents. They want cheaper bills and publicly-owned services. They want an NHS that works. Why can’t this government just do things that would actually improve people’s lives? We can fix this country. We just need the political will.
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Boring David 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @boringdavid.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Because we need more politely transphobic centrists.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Today the order banning #PalestineAction as "terrorists" came into effect. But they are not terrorists. They are protesters trying to stop a genocide. This is a "first they came for ..." situation. Unless we stand in solidarity against this assault on our freedom, they will pick us off one by one.
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people: 1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money 3) We won’t need a lot of troops 4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq 5) We’ll find WMDs 6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators 7) It will be easy 8) It won’t take long All lies.
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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
If 'centrists' hadn't shoe-horned 'electable' cardboard cut-out Sir Keir Starmer into the Labour leadership, we'd have public ownership of the electricity and water companies, the NHS would be on its way to being rescued, and we wouldn't be arming a genocidal regime...
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
So… does Iran have a right to defend itself?
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sharonfisher68.bsky.social @sharonfisher68.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
35 years of privatisation. 35 years of excessive profits. 35 years of rising bills. There is no market solution. Take water into public ownership now!
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
🔥 Well said these MPs. This government now appears to be deliberately misleading the house on their position on Israel & Gaza. Everyone write to your MPs and ask where their voice is.
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FIGHTBACK WITH JOHN McPHIE @rejoincampaign.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
And it came to pass…
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Some required weekend reading for you all. 🫶
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The silencing of Sangita Myska matters
Why has Sangita Myska (LBC) not been on the air since interviewing Israeli Government spokesman, Avi Hyman, in April?
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Suddenly, powerful and influential people are condemning Israel. It's taken them 19 months of daily genocidal depravity. But Israel's genocide was obvious from the start - and I warned you then what the cheerleaders and the silent would do.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Either James O’Brien didn’t know Sangita had an NDA (and presenters are treated *very* differently from each other at LBC)… Or he knew. If he knew, then it was an absolutely malicious & cowardly act on his part to attempt to defame Sangita, knowing she could not reply.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
If you want to understand how people and publications are trying to shift and pivot on Gaza… The Atlantic on killing kids in Gaza a year ago (left) The Atlantic on killing kids in Gaza now (right)
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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
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arseblog @arseblog.com · 15/05/2025
Great column from @tim-stillman.bsky.social today. Take a read. 👇
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
"Conservatives have created this hostile environment.. we should welcome people wherever they come from.. the UK is better because of immigration.. Lab has been a bit scared of making the positive case for immigration.. we need to turn that round" The most duplicitous politician in my lifetime
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
This might sound pretty basic but if politicians led their decision-making with “how can I care for people well?” instead of “how can I win power?” I think the world would be in a better spot.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Someone had to say it
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Full-on fascist political revisionism with the explicit aim of re-establishing white, male, Christian (in name only) supremacy is now being incorporated into US law by Trump. 1984 has arrived. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
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1984 has arrived
The Trump regime's fascist agenda becomes ever more apparent by the day. On Thursday, Trump signed an executive order that had this title: Of the text worth highlighting, this is, perhaps, key: On...
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On The Threshold @intothewoods8.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Every party in government has followed the same basic economic principles since 1979 and they’ve been doing it over and over again and the country has slid backwards. It’s time for change.
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
My prediction is that whatever Rachel Reeves does today, it will be bad news for her, and her days as Chancellor are numbered. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
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What will Rachel Reeves do today?
What will Rachel Reeves do today? I have been reading about, listening to, and then watching budgets since the 1970s, and for all practical purposes, today is yet another in the long history of fisca...
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Q. What is the point of a Labour government that leaves everyone poorer, but especially the poorest? A. Nothing. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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All UK families ‘to be worse off by 2030’ as poor bear the brunt, new data warns
Keir Starmer has been dealt a fresh blow to his living standards pledge in advance of the spring statement
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
This is a seminal moment: a Labour government cutting disability benefits. Not just continuing Tory levels. Cutting. This comes after a week of speculation, itself an act of cruelty by a government toying with people’s dignity. These cuts are disgraceful - and they will cost lives.
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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
I'll tell you who knew: every Jeremy Corbyn supporter who warned you that Starmer was just going to continue with the Tory shit-mill we've been wrung through for years, you 'centrist' fuckwits. www.dumptheguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Crap jobs, fewer homes, less money, toxic politics. And peak happiness eludes the young: who knew? | Zoe Williams
Given recent history and the state of the world now, perhaps the thing that makes older people happiest is not being under 45, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Why is it that "tough choices" are always about harming the poor and disabled, and never about making the very wealthiest pay their fair share? metro.co.uk/2025/03/05/j...
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Jeremy Corbyn: Keir Starmer says there's no money - I don't believe him
The government cites 'difficult choices' when they are harming the most vulnerable, but increasing defence spending is apparently easy.
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Larry & Paul @larryandpaul.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
🛑 LATEST: What Is Ethnic Cleansing? 👇🏻 Let #BrokenNews explain all in their latest report. Please like and share this message. youtu.be/XFG4IE6XsYQ?...
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What Is Ethnic Cleansing? - #BrokenNews Explains
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
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