Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 15/07/2026looks like Thames Water has given a 14% pay rise to its chief executive and a 26% rise to its finance director 100490344
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 15/07/2026Most Britons accept that climate change is real. But the number who think the threat is exaggerated has risen sharply in just five years. What's driving that change? Max Terzza examines the issue 👇eastangliabylines.co.ukIs no one concerned about the climate any longer?Populism and the post-truth era of politics are undermining the fight against climate change 77227
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 14/07/2026At the Moulin Rouge, The Dance, by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1890 3652521193
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseMother Jones @motherjones.com · 15/07/2026On Monday, Joan Sebastian Guerrero was shot and killed by ICE agents in Biddeford, Maine. Reports say Guerrero was authorized to legally work in the US and not even ICE's target. @annayeo.bsky.social was on the ground Tuesday in Biddeford and spoke with locals—including one man who knew Guerrero. 19157562426
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseBylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 15/07/2026A new vision for public transport in the North East We need to see a fully integrated system where different types of transport can be used on the same ticket, with them working together to make a better system for transport users northeastbylines.co.uk/region/north...northeastbylines.co.ukA new vision for public transport in the North EastWe need to see a fully integrated system where different types of transport can be used on the same ticket, with them working together to make a better system for transport users 1245
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Journalist Oliver Kamm speaking at #RememberingSrebrenica "Xenophobia and racism in its various forms is ever present, and we always remember how porous is the veneer of civilisation" "And how vital it is that decent people stand together to combat it" @srebrenicauk.bsky.social 26422
Reposted by Virginia WaterhousePeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Just had Palantir’s comms person call me an ‘anti Palantir campaigner’ The classic 2026 populist move ‘I don’t like what you’ve said. You must be a campaigner against me’ Anyway read the pieces and judge for yourself…. 54906428
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I think if you’re the CEO of an extremely politically exposed firm in the public eye and you agree to take this kind of pay increase at this moment, you’re essentially demonstrating that you are not up to the job. 25592173
Reposted by Virginia Waterhousesianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Described as a “rollicking read” and “your reporting on this is brilliant, it has to be said” 017950
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseRae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Heart warming ❤️ #BookSky 147106471309
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseSimon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 12/07/2026If the action needed to prevent climate breakdown wouldn't make us better off, would we take it anyway? We did with Covid. The UK spent an estimated £310–410 billion, with no expectation of an economic return. How fortunate that the action needed to tackle climate change is different! 🧵👇 #PEBuk 39056
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseRachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 11/04/2026🖼️ Barbara Winrow 21087115
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseDiane Messias @comedywriter.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Arc d'Échec #Trump 021
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseForbes @forbes.com · 10/04/2026The pope called Trump’s threat to kill Iranian civilization “truly unacceptable” earlier this week. forbes.comPope Leo Condemns Iran War In Strongest Terms Yet: ‘God Does Not Bless Any Conflict’The pope called Trump’s threat to kill Iranian civilization “truly unacceptable” earlier this week. 1122629686
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 10/04/2026This is important (Brickell chairs the APPG on anti-corruption) 27327
Reposted by Virginia WaterhousePhil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 11/04/2026A tiny firm - so small it doesn’t have to publish audited accounts - with £81k in cash made 7 donations totalling £200k to Reform UK. We now know the firm has had long-term dealings in Iran, including a €145m deal with the Iranian state-owned telecoms company. Reform have more questions to answer.thetimes.comReform UK donor linked to sanctioned Iranian conglomerateA churchwarden behind a £200,000 gift to Nigel Farage’s party is the director of a company cited in French intelligence memos 21411261
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseDiane Messias @comedywriter.bsky.social · 10/04/2026How is any woman able to resist him?! 💘 # BorisJohnson 121
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Politico: Lab MP "Anneliese Dodds tabled an amendment to the elections bill to propose a £23m spending cap for parties during election campaigns. It follows repeated warnings from campaign groups that an increase in spending limits under the last Govt has left parties at the mercy of mega-donors." 714034
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseJim Cardillo @jimcardillo.bsky.social · 11/04/2026I'm old enough to remember when this was called election interference. 51564871378
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseDigital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Female octopuses throw rocks at males that bother them, documented in Octopus tetricus 81795542142
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseReal Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Reform are so flipping incompetent that they can't even get my councils name correct. It's South Tyneside council, not South Shields. How anyone can think this lot could run a bath let alone a council is beyond me. www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...chroniclelive.co.ukReform slammed for getting name of council wrong on local election leafletsThe leaflets were due to be distributed in South Tyneside ahead of the local election, which takes place next month 561110392
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Here we fixed this for you, @wsj.com We see you trying to help JD pretend he doesn’t have to wear this war when he runs for president. Nope. 461161124174
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Absolutely remarkable statement from Pope Leo today. One for the history books www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... 290145983885
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 10/04/2026I simply cannot understand the psychology of this behaviour. I get extremely anxious taking just an old laptop into busy pubs! 2317515
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/04/2026That is objectively a very funny phrase. 46876128
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10/04/2026“'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears. "She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.” “'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..." azmirror.com/2026/04/10/i... 789163167755
Reposted by Virginia WaterhousePeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Britain’s shadow workforce is paid as little as 65p an hour. Who cares for the carers? @francesryan.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comBritain's shadow workforce is paid as little as 65p an hour. Who cares for the carers? | Frances RyanCarer’s allowance turns 50 this year, but it’s no reflection of the labour of the millions who cook, clean and nurse behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan 1017763
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseWe Own It @weownit.org.uk · 11/04/2026We've had enough of the GREED, CORRUPTION and FINANCIAL ENGINEERING. "All of that has got to stop". We completely agree with @feargalsharkey.bsky.social Time for a referendum on water ownership. vist.ly/4y4v4 27842
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Other countries should have wholesale recruited all these researchers. 29512
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/04/2026This is the massive turnout for last night’s “anti regime” concert in Heroes Square, Budapest, ahead of tomorrow’s crucial Hungarian elections. Tens of thousands chanted “Russians go home”. #Orban 240119502846
Virginia Waterhouse @waterhov.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Add your name to People's AI Manifesto action.eko.org/a/the-people...action.eko.org 000
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseTim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social · 03/04/2026This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like ht @judywebb.bsky.social 141
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 03/04/2026so they're closing the West Coast Main Line for a week, huh? the single line connecting London to four of Britain's next five biggest urban conurbations? that's mad, weird that no one's ever thought to build an alternative route, perhaps even one that runs at a high speed, too. crazy 23660118
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 03/04/2026"From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, 'Look at that, you son of a bitch.'" ― Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut. 16879271
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Also a great rebuttal to the "net zero is impossible" defeatists. It's very possible, and we've made huge strides there already. And there have been huge benefits to doing so along the way (cleaner air for one) 15112
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseUnofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Wythenshawe amputee, 72, using bus pass to travel from John O'Groats to Land's End for charitybbc.comWythenshawe amputee, 72, using bus pass to travel from John O'Groats to Land's End for charityBarry Mackleston is attempting to get from John O Groats to Land's End using just his bus pass. 0111
Reposted by Virginia WaterhousePeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 03/04/2026The Prime Minister’s plan for immigration will keep people working in key industries like care in temporary status for a decade or more, it will keep people in insecure work, make them more easily exploitable, poorer and marginalised - when did that become the policy of a Labour government? 1212143
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Reform will find it harder and harder to pretend they’re not just the same tired old Tories. Wallowing around in wealth themselves but planning to scrap improvements to workers rights, torch welfare and bin off safety regulations to maximise profit. Ugly people. www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/crossover-...adambienkov.co.ukCrossover: Why Reform UK Are Now Losing and the Greens Are on the RiseThe big untold story of British politics is the decline of Nigel Farage's party and the rise of a new alternative on the left 29693267
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Artemis II is a thing of beauty open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/... 21732124
Reposted by Virginia WaterhousePeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 03/04/2026In 2020 Justice Secretary David Lammy said “Jury trials are a fundamental part of our democratic settlement. Criminal trials without juries are a bad idea” 1318265
Reposted by Virginia WaterhousePeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Next week’s disability cuts will make people destitute – and you might not understand how bad they are until it’s too late www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comNext week’s disability cuts will make people destitute – and you might not understand how bad they are until it’s too late | Frances RyanIf new claimants don’t meet strict criteria, they’ll lose half of the health element of universal credit. Don’t ignore that: in life’s lottery, that could easily be you, says Guardian columnist France... 321595
Reposted by Virginia WaterhousePaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 03/04/2026This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew. Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman 287218377369
Virginia Waterhouse @waterhov.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Thames Water's creditors want to set a new low for privatised water by asking Ofwat to sign off on a deal which allows them to break the rules. Ofwat are poised to agree. We can't let them. Email your MP now: weownit.org.uk/act-now/the-...weownit.org.ukThe Thames Water creditors are closing in on a deal - urge your MP to stop themAn action to write to MPs urging them to reject the Thames Water creditors' attempts to takeover the utility, signing off on pollution till 2030 000
Virginia Waterhouse @waterhov.bsky.social · 02/04/2026The Iran war is making everything more expensive for us, but some companies are cashing in. Don't think that's right? Sign the petition now demanding they are taxed more on their record profits to help us all with the cost of living. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ra...you.38degrees.org.ukRaise taxes on companies profiteering from Iran warMillions across the UK are already struggling just to get by. Bills are rising, wages aren’t keeping up, and families are being pushed to the brink. As the impacts of the Iran war ripple through the g... 000
Virginia Waterhouse @waterhov.bsky.social · 02/04/2026The Iran war is making everything more expensive for us, but some companies are cashing in. Don't think that's right? Sign the petition now demanding they are taxed more on their record profits to help us all with the cost of living. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ra...you.38degrees.org.ukRaise taxes on companies profiteering from Iran warMillions across the UK are already struggling just to get by. Bills are rising, wages aren’t keeping up, and families are being pushed to the brink. As the impacts of the Iran war ripple through the g... 000
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Not great when the only people in the free world who believe and trust Vladimir Putin’s word on critical things despite all evidence to the contrary are currently running the government of the United States. 28393942652
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseJessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Badenoch said if she was prime minister HMS Dragon would have left a week ago. Presumably with its doors hanging off and with no weapons onboard. 881782353
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11/03/2026👉 On the left, Dan Hannan lamenting Bank of England's decision to put animals and plants on currency. 👉 On the right, Dan Hannan ... a month ago... demanding a return to coinage - much of which - featured er... animals... and plants. 68485112
Reposted by Virginia WaterhouseTim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social · 11/03/2026On the #banknote question this @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social review of @oliverbullough.bsky.social new book raises questions and my eyebrows. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j... 123