Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 3h🚨 GREEN WIN VS REFORM 🚨 Congratulations to Amber Valley Green Party on electing new councillor Bess Saunders in Kilburn, Denby, Holbrook & Horsley ward in Derbyshire 💚 1026763
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Company behind Scotland’s biggest data centre proposal is owned by the treasurer of the UK Conservative party via British Virgin Islands. It could receive £23m public subsidy. BVI facilitates opacity and tax avoidance. Successive UK govts have defended the use of tax havens by wealthy elites.theferret.scotThe Tory treasurer, an offshore company and Scotland’s biggest data centre planScotland may be set to host one of the world’s most powerful data centres. The Conservative Party’s money man stands to benefit. 601128697
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/10/2026NHS faces exodus of ADHD and autism services staff to private clinics. Low wages have caused brain drain, loss of skilled staff. Part of privatisation of the NHS by stealth. Private sector picks up NHS contracts, profiteers, higher cost to public purse, increases NHS queues.theguardian.comNHS faces exodus of ADHD and autism services staff to private clinicsBrain drain of psychologists, psychiatrists and nurses leaves NHS ‘weaker’, driving patients to seek care elsewhere 39501294
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialOld man Griffin @oldhuman2.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Failure for Greens? Hardly. 1330475
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 09/10/2026“Burnham wouldn’t be there without Zack, because we won four times as many votes from Labour as Reform.” Green Party Deputy Leader Rachel Millward, on BBC Newsnight, discussing Zack Polanski’s influence on moving Labour to the left. 29506154
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Poll Check are projecting the result as incredibly close. We CAN win this! Join us tomorrow anytime between 7am-10pm and then come celebrate the Green victory you helped make happen!! forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon... 46677207
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Private equity owners of Boots sell it to another PE group from Canada for £6.74bn. Debt-laden PE has no long-term interest. Everything is a commodity. No UK tax levied on dividends paid to foreign owners, which sweetens cash extraction. PE dominates town centres, when it crashes ...theguardian.comCanada’s Weston family buys Boots for $8.9bnFormer Selfridges owners buy UK high street institution from long-term backer Stefano Pessina 38589291
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialReform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026 56581278
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Rachel Millward calls for the re-nationalisation of water without compensation as water companies are insolvent and we ought to own our crucial water infrastructure. 751747426
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In June Angela Rayner took £20,000 from an anti-rent control lobby group. A few weeks later, as the housing minister, she ruled out rent controls Meanwhile: "@zackpolanski.bsky.social .. will set out plans for a 3yr emergency brake to help renters, which will temporarily limit rent rises" 914252
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialGo Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Electric car emissions benefits are far greater than first thought Their results showed that the climate benefits were generally greatest when gasoline vehicles were retired at year one, resulting in a 58% reduction in carbon emissions over a 16-year period. www.futurity.org/carbon-emiss...futurity.orgElectric car emissions benefits are far greater than first thoughtNew research shows the carbon emissions benefits of electric vehicles are far greater than initially suspected. 1830487
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Richest 1% of Britons owns more wealth than the bottom 70% of the population combined. 50 richest families hold more wealth than the poorest half of the population combined. The concentration of wealth in fewer hands has not provided the necessary economic stimulus. Need redistribution.leftfootforward.orgThis is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardshipSustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population 961889707
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Qatar has said Hamas told Israel they would give them all the hostages on October 8th in return for no invasion. Israel refused, 38 more of the Israeli Hostages died, killed by Israel's own actions. They could all have lived. 47825387
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 28/09/2026“Camden Council faces £90 million worth of cuts under a Labour government, a government that promised things were going to get better after austerity, and they’re not.” Benali Hamdache on the pressures facing people and public services in Holborn and St Pancras, on BBC Politics London. 512765
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026All medical staff have been forced to withdraw from Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza as Israeli tanks move towards the facility. There is supposed to be a ceasefire in Gaza, but War Criminal Israel will level one of the last hospitals with its tanks and no one will even say anything 23595387
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialGo Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026How Big Oil poisoned the Niger Delta The third-largest mangrove ecosystem on the planet and unique wetland devastated by oil pollution New oil spills recorded almost constantly - average spillage at about 240,000 barrels each year. thinklandscape.globallandscapesforum.org/107733/niger...thinklandscape.globallandscapesforum.orgHow oil and gas companies poisoned the Niger DeltaAfter 60 years of extraction, Western oil companies are pulling out of the Niger Delta. But who will pay for the damage they’ve caused? 03118
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialReform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Reform UK councillor Billy Burke, Trafford Council, goes on trial for possession of an offensive weapon tomorrow. 128234
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialpaulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Stewart Jackson accuses @georgemonbiot.bsky.social of being self-serving in his virtue. In other news. 'Shadow minister, Stewart Jackson, claimed £66,000 for his family home, including hundreds of pounds on refurbishing his swimming pool.' (2009) #politicslive www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop... 1221877
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"Why Is a Labour Lord Now Paid by Palantir – and What Does it Mean For Our Democracy?" Ex-Labour deputy leader Tom Watson just got hired by a controversial US tech company seeking taxpayer-funded state contracts. @graceblakeley.substack.com for Zeteo UK on the corrupting of our politics:zeteo.ukWhy Is a Labour Lord Now Paid by Palantir – and What Does it Mean For Our Democracy?Ex-Labour deputy leader Tom Watson just got hired by a controversial US tech company seeking taxpayer-funded state contracts. The intermingling of politicians and corporations corrupts our democracy. 22565227
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Right-wing press and ideologues will have you believe that the UK is the most heavily taxed place. They promise the impossible, European/Scandinavian levels of social security with American levels of taxation. This graph puts things in perspective. 19514272
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Revolving doors and political auctions. Labour peer and former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins Palantir. Palantir is trying to save its £330m NHS contract, wants more public contracts. Nick Clegg, Rishi Sunak, George Osborne and others have taken similar jobs.theguardian.comFormer Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins PalantirPeer takes full-time position at the controversial company as it fends off pressure from both Andy Burnham’s government and Sadiq Khan 90499308
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Palantir have just bought themselves a Labour Lord with close links to the Labour government. No other word to describe this other than corruption. How can Watson remain a member of the House of Lords and keep the Labour whip? 922313828
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialClive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Yesterday was an absolute whirlwind. We finally saw a record number of MPs step up and support public ownership of water, something I’ve spent years fighting for. To top it off, I got to chat with Becky Hill who came to show her support, look me in the eye, and say, “This is the Hill I’ll die on.” 319272
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialDr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Any journalists clutching pearls about these Reform crypto billionaire donations need to look in the mirror. Why has Reform got to this place? Because they’ve been relentlessly platformed for years. Legacy media outlets need to take responsibility- they’re part of the problem. 110728
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialReform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Like this one: Reform UK Freepost Millbank Tower 21-24 Millbank London SW1P 4QP 15316
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 13/09/2026"You are the problem" meme via Expose Racism 176100252893
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Reform UK given £36m donation by a crypto billionaire convicted in the US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls, pardoned by Donald Trump. Is it legal? Dwarfs £15m from a Thailand based crypto billionaire What have they been promised? Hate politics funded by the rich.theguardian.comReform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaireBen Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump 68783342
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialDavid Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Taxpayers foot the £2,700 a month rent on Kemi Badenoch's six-bedroom farmhouse in Essex. Then she goes on telly and argues that taxpayers shouldn't subsidise other people's rent. 27690288
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialOliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"We had the deployed military style Black and Tan and Oswald Mosley yobs marching at Dover, while at the Reform conference we had full on violent hysteria towards a female protester calling out Nigel Farage’s far right illegal donations" via Robert Bryson 8600281
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026We live in Rip Off Britain. The same corporations who are ripping us off are also destroying nature too. My speech to the Wild Summit 👇🏽 www.youtube.com/live/bbUxIM4...youtube.comGreens leader Zack Polanski gives speech at summitYouTube video by Sky News 20908304
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 08/09/2026via The UK Against Hate 17425208
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 08/09/2026Deputy Leader Rachel Millward responds to the Chancellor's debut speech. We need real change to transform people's lives. 416653
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This government is still sitting on parts of a buried report laying bare catastrophic risks facing us from ecosystems collapse. My message to @andyburnham.bsky.social: tell the truth. Release the report in full. And prepare the country for what's coming. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comPolanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in fullGreen leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis 271321552
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/202680 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing. 9533571382
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialCat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Why is the government privatising roads? Millions of pounds in toll revenues currently used to fund other transport projects will now go into the pockets of the private sector 💰😕⁉️ Taking rail franchises into public ownership while privatising our roads makes no sense 44419
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The Nigel Farage and Reform foreign donations scandal excluded from all but one national newspaper front page this morning. No sign of it at all on the front pages of the two papers which splashed the polls secretly funded by a Reform donor earlier this year 13024131023
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Dry weather sewage discharges by England water companies soar. 7,280 suspected illegal dumpings in rivers and sea in first five months of 2026. 8,576 cases in 2025. Criminality up, bills up. No exec fined/prosecuted. Company licenses not revoked.theguardian.comDry weather sewage discharges soar as water companies face scrutinyExclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026 18342181
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Officially, the water industry in England is regulated. Practically, it's unregulated. There's no difference between what it does under the eye of the Environment Agency and what it would do if the EA did not exist. The EA is completely useless, by design. www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comDry weather sewage discharges soar as water companies face scrutinyExclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026 9824421018
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/08/2026England's water companies have nearly 1,200 criminal convictions. Fines announced, quietly deferred/waived. No exec prosecuted. Regulator can ban exec bonuses. Companies reclassify exec bonuses as “retention payments” and “signing-on fees”. No action taken No end to abuses. Nationalise water.leftfootforward.orgThe case for nationalisation of water companiesEngland’s privatised water companies are leaders of predatory practices. In 1989, the industry was privatised for £7.6bn and had no debts. It joined Chile and a few US states&... 22465252
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialDavid Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Electricity in the UK isn't expensive because of net zero. Electricity in the UK is expensive because privatised energy companies are ripping us off. 792558594
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026🔴 NEW: Special advisers accepted hospitality from lobbyists and businesses 700 times + since Labour took power Glastonbury tickets, Taylor Swift, UFC fights + more SpAds sit outside the UK lobbying rules. So no one knows what was actually discussed🧵 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-700-fr...democracyforsale.substack.comThe 700 freebies: how lobbyists and businesses courted Labour's special advisersA Democracy for Sale investigation reveals the scale of hospitality accepted by ‘spads’ – and how little the public is allowed to know about it 27382250
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/08/2026UK households have the most expensive energy bill in Europe. In 2024 energy companies made £30bn profit. Profit margins, 23%-38%. £500 of average household bill is profit. Profiteering is a bigger factor in household bills than green levies. Nationalise energy to cut household/business costsunitetheunion.org 31611292
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The world is 700% richer than in 1970 but the average person is only 8% richer. Because the richest 0.01% are 4000% richer. We are all being robbed every second of every day, and it doesn't matter how much profit or growth there is. It will never reach you. 15654266
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Large part of UK’s water network was installed 130 to 150 years ago. Thames Water infrastructure has average age of 79 years; industry average 56 yrs. 40% of TW assets are over 100 years old. Its IT systems date back to the 1980s. Since privatisation, water companies paid £88.4bn in dividends.leftfootforward.orgThe case for nationalisation of water companiesEngland’s privatised water companies are leaders of predatory practices. In 1989, the industry was privatised for £7.6bn and had no debts. It joined Chile and a few US states&... 21405206
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 27/08/2026New immigration stats show that the numbers of asylum seekers in hotels is down to 16k - falling 50% in a year. Small boat crossings down 23% in the year to June. Numbers waiting for initial decision down from almost 180k to 40k. 771328544
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialDr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Number 4 already?!😮 You guys are amazing! I’m hoping to grow a community of 1 million people who want to know what politicians are really doing to the NHS🚨, and this is Day 2… Can we hit number 1?… Fingers crossed!🤞 Sign up here! jujuliagrace.substack.com 0193
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Toxic “forever chemical” rose to 13 times the legal limit during Thames Water pilots to pump treated sewage into the River Thames. 75m litres of river water a day removed, replaced with treated sewage during drought. Health hazards increase. TW loses 571m litres a day to leaks.theguardian.com‘Forever chemicals’ surge during pilot of Thames Water plan to combat droughtExclusive: utility company wants to draw off tens of millions of litres of water a day from Thames and replace it with treated effluent 10264168
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026It will take the Earth 50,000 years to cooldown to the temperature it was in 2005. That is how permanent Climate Change is. 15268109
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I have written to the Cabinet Secretary to seek assurances that the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff, who was lobbying for the privatised water industry until recently, has had no involvement in talks about the future of Thames Water. 381369480
Reposted by @stuge.bsky.socialParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Please ignore the fact that small boat crossings are down 44%, deportations are at their highest level in ten years and immigration is 82% lower. 511068366
