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West Country Voices @westcountryvoices.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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They Work for Who? — Who's Paying Your MP?
Type your postcode. See who's paying your MP. Share it.
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
“If we don't get wealth taxes… Labour will lose the next election.” Economist Gary Stevenson tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy that tackling wealth inequality is essential if Labour wants to stay in power.
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Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The future of this country is extreme poverty, unless we tax the super rich more.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Waiting for the system justifiers on this platform to claim that Geoffrey Robertson KC "doesn't understand the law". That's what all of us who've made these points have been told. Maybe not understanding how this could possibly be right is a sign of our humanity. www.theguardian.com/global/comme...
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You may not sympathise with the Elbit four’s methods. But you should be outraged by their treatment under the law | Geoffrey Robertson
The jurors who found the pro-Palestine activists guilty of criminal damage had no idea their verdict would be treated as a verdict on terrorism, says Geoffrey Robertson KC
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Siân @steelystan.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. We can't let them. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division. goodlawproject.org/s/4ca10b
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Misan Harriman Handraiser | Good Law Project
Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division.
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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 11/05/2026
Unemployment hurts governments. Inflation kills them. Starmer believed that his government was the exception - and did nothing to support those struggling during the cost of living crisis. This weekend, he was punished for his hubris. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-cost-o...
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The Cost of Living Revolt
Eighteen years of stagnation built the far right's base. The cost of living crisis will put them in power.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 03/10/2025
“The absolute greed... I cannot believe it!” @goodlawproject.org on the news that Thames Water’s creditors are asking to be let off sewage dumping fines for up to 15 years: www.theguardian.com/business/2025/o…
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
There seems to be some *confusion* among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them “But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes” “But, but he was in UKIP” “But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy” So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵 1/14
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/09/2025
Inside the everyday Facebook networks where far-right ideas grow
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Inside the everyday Facebook networks where far-right ideas grow
The Guardian spent a year studying an online community trading in anti-immigration sentiment and misinformation. Experts say such spaces can play a role in radicalisation * Far-right Facebook groups are engine of radicalisation in UK, data investigation suggests Far-right ideas are gaining ground. They are thriving in online worlds which are not easily visible to large swathes of the public but which spread misinformation that has real-world consequences. Take last year. In the summer of 2024, riots broke out across parts of the UK, fuelled by misinformation that spread on social media. Continue reading...
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Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Housing is getting more expensive because the rich are buying it all
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20/09/2025
Trump has dragged the US to the abyss and Nigel Farage would do the same to Britain. Here’s how to stop him
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Trump has dragged the US to the abyss and Nigel Farage would do the same to Britain. Here’s how to stop him
It’s not too late to puncture the Reform leader’s populist myth. His ‘make Britain great again’ act is out of step with the British people, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Power is the rock on which truth founders. The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single-issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital. Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I have now been a journalist for 40 years. The forces ranged against my profession have never been so powerful | George Monbiot
Once, I believed that humanity’s problem was an information deficit. Now, I know you can’t speak truth to power if power controls your words, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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War on Want @waronwant.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
The far-right peddles myths that migrants & refugees are to blame for rising bills and the cost-of-living crisis. In truth, government choices – shaped by the super-rich & big corporations – are driving poverty and injustice. We need change. Take action: secure.waronwant.org/page/175504/...
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Demand fairer, better futures for all
Take action
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Barclays Bank's CEO tells govt to cut wages of public sector workers instead of taxing banks. Wants to cut wages of doctors, nurses, teachers, cleaners, drivers, cooks, security guards to give more to bankers. Wage rises inflationary apparently but CEO pay, dividends aren't. archive.ph/yTGN7
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Barclays boss warns UK government on wages and bank taxes
CS Venkatakrishnan urges chancellor to avoid raising levies on banks in Autumn Budget
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Greens Organise @greensorganise.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Look what happens when these empty suits are held to account. Lord Walney - former head of Labour Friends of Israel - can't even justify the existence of a proscription he has argued for. Excellent journalism from Isobel Yeung - the rest of the media should take note
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Fair Political Coverage - we want to hear from ALL our parties @fairpoliticsnow.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
If you’re waking up to yet another news programme on tv or radio that is over platforming REFORM with 4 MPs and not mentioning any other opposition party, you know what to do. Sign here and get anyone else you know to sign. Fair coverage now. Takes 30 seconds petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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Petition: Ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all times
We want to ensure that a plurality of views from all political parties in Westminster are represented and the nations parliaments are heard all year round, not just election times. The rules for coverage during elections should apply at all times.
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
I've been in the UK 3 weeks, and I am shocked at how much Farage, Yousaf, Tice et al are on UK TV screens. Britain has a serious far-right problem. The ideology of these fascists has been magnified and platformed to the extreme, it has now gotten dangerously out of control. This is totally insane.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Farage’s “probity and judgment were sold as the product called Brexit. It turned out to be a piece of shit.” And, unbelievably, this Labour govt finds itself trapped because it has refused to call this out. What a profound - and now dangerous - political failure. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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There’s an obvious way to challenge Nigel Farage. But Keir Starmer won’t do it | Rafael Behr
Labour’s reluctance to name Brexit as the cause of so many problems hasn’t stopped Reform’s rise. It’s time to try the truth, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Increasingly I feel that what once was considered the political mainstream in the U.K. has completely lost its moral compass. When did the question about concentration camps and mass deportations become one of practical feasibility?
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Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
“Israel is able to kill Palestinian journalists with impunity not just because of the unconditional military support it receives from the US, but also the failure of many western media organizations and journalists to stand up for their Palestinian colleagues” — my oped @theguardian.com
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Western journalists are failing to stand up for their colleagues in Gaza | Mohamad Bazzi
This hypocrisy of western media has been laid bare by Israel’s targeting of journalists since the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack
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Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Low interest rates after 2008 failed to achieve any real growth or increase in living standards in the UK. If we stopped obsessing over rates, we might see how the resources are distributed – and how it's this that's holding our economy back, not monetary policy.
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Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
The government will tax the middle class out of existence instead of trying to tax the vast wealth of the very rich.
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Miriam Cosic @miriamcosic.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
This from Grace Blakey, UK economics and politics commentator and author of "Vulture Capitalism: How to Survive in an Age of Corporate Greed" 👇 @graceblakeley.substack.com #unions
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
BBC London: "One of two demonstrations today involved hundreds of people, many of them pensioners, peacefully breaking a new terrorism law..."
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper must really be proud of arresting an old woman - free speech at it's finest in Labour's Brexit Britain
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
The reckless lack of care at what should be the most secure site in Britain is utterly jaw dropping. Never mind diplomatic talk of “suboptimal” plans & “shortfalls in asset management” - this is a story of unforgivable negligence & cover-up - just shameful
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Radioactive water from UK nuclear bomb base leaked into sea, files show
Exclusive: Polluted water was released into loch near Glasgow because Royal Navy failed to maintain 1,500 water pipes, says watchdog
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Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
The UK government will be forced to raise taxes at the Budget in October – but taxes on who? Here are my predictions www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHdU...
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Why your government is about to raise YOUR taxes
YouTube video by Garys Economics
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/08/2025
‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
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‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
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Refugee Action @refugeeaction.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
It’s time to invest in communities and social homes, not private pockets. The government is handing money to companies that make huge profits from housing people seeking safety in appalling conditions. But this could be used to fund a joined-up, local approach to housing people seeking safety.
An infographic criticising government funding, with text that reads "Public money is being paid to privat companies to provide terrible asylum accommodation. It's time to invest in social housing—so everyone, no matter their immigration status, has a safe, secure place to call home." The upper part of the image shows a silhouette marked with against a height chart background, overlaid with a red X. Below, an image of three people happily interacting at a table.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 04/07/2025
🔍 NEW: Is a controversial spy-tech company, Palantir, in pole position to cash in on Wes Streeting's 10 year health plan? goodlaw.social/9dd9
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Palantir poised to cash in on Wes Streeting’s NHS plan | Good Law Project
The health secretary has put central records of our health data at the heart of his project to revolutionise the NHS – and a US spy-tech giant is in pole position to clean up.
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WarshipCam @warshipcam.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
USS Milius (DDG 69) Arleigh Burke-class Flight I guided missile destroyer coming into Diego Garcia - April 23, 2025 #ussmilius #ddg69 SRC: INT- dvidshub.net
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 22/04/2025
“Today, right now—and I mean right this second—you have the most power you’ll ever have in the current fight against authoritarianism in America,” writes @adriennelaf.bsky.social. If you wait to speak out against autocrats, you have already lost:
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A Ticking Clock on American Freedom
It’s later than you think, but it’s not too late.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
It's a straightforward relationship: high #inequality leads to the triumph of the far right. It will keep winning until governments deliberately seek to make societies more equal. I'm looking at you, Keir Starmer. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature | George Monbiot
Economic inequality breeds resentment and a desire to get even. That’s what fuels support for even incompetent regimes, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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