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Rob Greig

@therobgreig.bsky.social
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Progressive politics, equality, environmentalism, pro- Europe (and more). Used to do things nationally around disability. Now retired & trying to make sense of it all, helping to develop an age friendly community & appreciating the natural world.

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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
So the Tories have finally publicly admitted they have moved into full climate change denial mode.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 04/10/2026
The Conservatives want to cut £1bn from culture, sport and youth services. Listen to Anna Sabine's take on their plans.
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
U.S. has worse wealth distribution than pre-revolutionary France did.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none.
It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to
Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate
from the people. He has no real ideas, and
no plan,

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/09/2026
🤔 Last night Farage used his GB News slot to again attack Burnham and side with Donald Trump over Chagos. 👇 Sign our petition calling for an investigation into his programme today. bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-…
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Rob Blackie @robblackie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Kudos to @eddavey.libdems.org.uk for saying this in his speech yesterday: "Hundreds of thugs, in black shirts and balaclavas, are marching on our streets. First Dover. Then Portsmouth. Their aim? To intimidate. To spread fear. To stoke racism."
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The Fight of our Lives
Ed Davey's Leaders' Speech to Autumn Conference Speech 2026
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Important, yes, but England hasn’t had a learning disability strategy since 2001 and the numbers are not dissimilar. Strikes me that for 15 years, Governments have been so obsessed with the economy and immigration (aka racism) that socially excluded people haven’t got a look in.
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This should be a precursor to England sacking Borthwick and appointing Edwards as the England men’s coach.
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Shaun Edwards: Red Roses bring in famed defence coach for WXV Global Series
Shaun Edwards has started a short-term coaching consultancy role with England women.
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Important, yes, but England hasn’t had a learning disability strategy since 2001 and the numbers are not dissimilar. Strikes me that for 15 years, Governments have been so obsessed with the economy and immigration (aka racism) that socially excluded people haven’t got a look in.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
OMG. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Two million likes on TikTok… and counting.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There is no middle ground with the kind of people who attack the RNLI. We don’t need to ‘listen’ to them. We need to tell them where to go.
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The City of Bath covers 11 sq miles. The rest of B&NES covers 125 square miles. Of course most of the development is to be outside the City - in fact the Council should be congratulated on finding a quarter of the sites in the City.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The people of Piddington have spoken. I say, grant them independence. Border controls. Visas to cross into the UK. Tariffs on goods. No GBP. No NHS. No benefits or pensions. Let us know when your little lilywhite enclave has gone all Mad Max and you started eating each other. BUH-BYE!
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If the question was just ‘how fair is inheritance tax’ that is a badly constructed question and the results are thus flawed. For example - I think it’s unfair - it should be higher.
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 14/09/2026
Suella Braverman says she wants to see every child in every school in England (including non-faith schools) made to sing Christian hymns each morning, and says there will be ‘consequences’ for schools that refuse. Add your name if you DON'T agree with Suella. humanists.uk/action/keep-...
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Keep Christian Nationalism out of our schools
Reform UK wants to force every school to sing Christian hymns – and says there will be ‘consequences’ for schools that refuse. Add your name and help us defend inclusive education. Reform UK has unvei...
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Its time to live again and stop behaving like automated drones Rebel against the corporate/ authoritarian surveillance takeover of our lives where our every action is monitored and recorded
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
share.google/AWA0QowotTF2... The RNLI is one of those institutions that make me proud to be British - join me in donating to show your support
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
You know, this isn’t such a bad idea.
theguardian.com
Could this policy fix the care system and slash student debt at the same time?
Andy Burnham is in need of radical proposals. A ‘care first’ year in exchange for 50% off fees could be just what he needs
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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The best flight routes….
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Sign the Petition
Global petition: Gianni Infantino to resign & FIFA reform
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Last week it was Phil Parkes, this week Mike Bailey. Why are my childhood sporting heroes all dying?
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Wolves legend Mike Bailey dies, aged 84
Bailey had battled Alzheimer’s disease for the past nine years.
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This isn’t new News, but always good to give these facts fresh ímpetus at a time when it’s difficult to get a hearing for anything that argues for equality for people with learning disabilities.
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People with severe intellectual disabilities live 24 years less on average
Exclusive: Research also finds stark ethnic disparities, and 40% of deaths among group classed as avoidable
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Learning Disability England @learningdiseng.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
40 Years of Speaking Up: Memories of the Self Advocacy Movement Gary Bourlet & John Hersov will reflect on what life was like for people with learning disabilities in the early days of the self-advocacy movement, growth of self-advocacy and the progress that has been made... tinyurl.com/55k6tkwh
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Book a place – 40 Years of Speaking Up: Memories of the Self Advocacy Movement
40 Years of Speaking Up: Memories of the Self Advocacy Movement, Tue 18 Aug 2026 - This year marks 10 years since Learning Disability England was founded. To celebrate this milestone, Learning Disabil...
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 03/08/2026
Rather than allowing humanists to contribute to Radio 4's Thought for the Day, the BBC's current format requires all speakers to frame political and current affairs commentary through a religious or scriptural lens. Yet half of the UK is non-religious so why not let us speak?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The 6 largest oil companies will collectively rake in $45B in profits in the second quarter of 2026 — nearly double what they made in the first quarter. Meanwhile, Canada, France, and Spain are battling record-breaking wildfires spurred by the climate crisis. Big Oil profits while the world burns.
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Joe Root is England’s greatest ever batsman. I’m a Yorkshireman, so of course I have huge respect for him. ……. but returning as England cricket captain - the wrong move.
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
No surprise there then.
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 23/07/2026
There’s nothing radical or wrong with that. We have VAT on energy bills and not on flying. Fuel duty on cars to go to work in but not planes for flying. And duty free for flying but not at bus stops. www.telegraph.co.uk/money/net-ze...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
This all reminds me of my student politics days, when unopposed candidates had to stand against A.B.Stain. One Labour candidate (Adrian Whitehouse, wonder what happened to him) was so deeply unpopular that A.B.Stain won.
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Karma.
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World Cup 2026: Iran and Egypt to contest 'Pride match' in Seattle
Iran's coach refuses to discuss pride celebrations in Seattle, where his country face Egypt in a crucial Group G match.
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
We all (hopefully) age and negativity about being old feeds age discrimination. Embrace the process and you’ll find it’s no problem.
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Talk of Miliband for Chancellor. He should choose to stay where he is so he can leave a real legacy of pushing the UK towards a positive environmental and energy future.
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Statements like this discredit politics and undermine anti-Reform tactical voting. There is no way anyone knows yet which two parties might be 1st & 2nd. Let politics take its course. Then nearer the date, if there is evidence the Greens are in it, claim it then. Right now, you just look foolish.
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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
If Muslims or members of the Asian and Black community had set fire to white people’s homes with children running for their lives, do you think we would be discussing legitimate concerns or focussing on who radicalised them and ideological and contributing cultural factors?
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Utterly ridiculous and makes me feel pretty angry with the club.
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Barney Ronay - the best sports journalist around - says what millions more should be saying.
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Welcome to Trump’s World Cup, a depressingly angry version of football uniting the planet | Barney Ronay
Ted Lasso will deliver a message of hope before the USA’s first game, in an America that is not a fit or desirable host right now
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I’m a lifelong football fan, some would say obsessive, but there’s no way I will be watching and supporting a tournament that has been so politicised by the orange paedophile and his acolytes.
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World Cup 2026: Somali referee Omar Artan barred from entering United States
Somali referee Omar Artan, who was set to be the first from his country to officiate at the World Cup finals, is denied entry to the United States.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Two-tier policing is real and ever-present. Black and Brown people experience it. Women experience it. Pro-Palestine and green protesters experience it. But the last people who would ever experience it are right-wing white men. They are the people with whom the police instinctively align.
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 31/05/2026
Anyone seen this dodgy count recently? Seems he in hiding.
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
This makes for sad reading. So many good things happened in the first five years of his Premiership - but now he has just lost the plot totally
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Tony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to Trump
In highly unusual intervention, ex-PM says his party’s ‘almost infinite capacity for self-delusion’ makes it likely to lose next election
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Searchlight magazine @searchlightmag.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The day before he was announced as Reform's candidate in the Makerfield by election, Robert Kenyon was busy scrubbing clean his Facebook page. Wonder why? Find out why here: searchlightmagazine.com/2026/05/refo...
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Reform's Makerfield candidate scrubs fascist leader from his Facebook friends | Searchlight
Reform's Makerfeld candidate Robert Kenyon with Nigel Farage Reform UK have just announced their candidate in the Makerfield by-election, where Manches ...
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
No Lawrence or Ojomoh? Borthwick really has lost the plot.
theguardian.com
England call up former junior Springbok for Nations Championship as Borthwick seeks impetus
Bristol Bears’ South African centre Benhard Janse van Rensburg has been selected in England’s 42-man training squad for the inaugural Nations Championship
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Sorry, but don’t agree. The big prize is stopping Reform’s ‘surge’. The country needs that. Burnham beating them would be a turning point. A split Labour/lib Dem/Green vote will let Reform in and damage all of us. This is not a tribalism moment.
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Makerfield is a seat Farage & the MSM would expect Reform to win. Burnham winning could totally change the narrative about Reform’s momentum and thus their chances at the next GE. Lib Dem’s, Greens and others should back off and fight no more than paper campaigns, making it 1:1 - Burnham v Reform.
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Somehow, Deform have gone quiet on electoral reform since they started winning seats. Good to see the Lib Dems being more principled.
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
I think most Reform voters are going for Farage’s image/style for some bizarre reason and are clueless about his NHS plans.
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Any Labour MP or member who thinks that Wes Streeting will quickly appeal to the sections of the electorate that Starmer has lost, is deluding themselves.
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
I wandered into the Two Chairmen (Dartmouth St) for the first time this week. Very pleasant. Just south of St James Pk so may be out of your zone.
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Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Why is no-one pointing out that Reform’s share of seats won compared to last year dropped by about quarter, (41% to 30%) and their vote share was also much less. Bubble starting to burst as they are rumbled? Talking up their success feeds the beast. Talk them down.
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