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Chris Guiton

@chrisguiton.bsky.social

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Recently retired copywriter. But words still matter. The right words mattering most of all... Eco-socialist. Also available for general chit-chat about the arts, culture and all the crazy stuff that makes the world go round.

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Chris Guiton @chrisguiton.bsky.social · Apr 1

Bourgeois society stands at the crossroads, either transition to socialism or regression into barbarism.

Rosa Luxemburg

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HT4Ecosocialism @ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social · 5h

One fascist supporting another.

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 8h

RealClimate: High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC) www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...

RealClimate: High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC)

RealClimate: The #AMOC is the reason for Europe’s mild climate. Evidence that it is slowing has been piling up over the years – it now is likely at its weakest in at least a millennium, and it may eve...

www.realclimate.org

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Chris Guiton @chrisguiton.bsky.social · 8h

That they are!

Chris Guiton @chrisguiton.bsky.social · 8h

Reform admit they're not very good at doing sums. Who knew?!

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Reform UK abandoning manifesto pledge of £90bn in tax cuts, deputy leader admits

Richard Tice says party will concentrate on cutting civil service and scrapping net zero once in government

www.theguardian.com

Chris Guiton @chrisguiton.bsky.social · 8h

Fair point. Recent polls do suggest Burnham's more popular than Starmer amongst both Labour members and voters generally. The problem is he would need a seat to make a challenge. Which Starmer/McSweeney will do their utmost to prevent.

Chris Guiton @chrisguiton.bsky.social · 11h

Yep. A stunning level of deception. I can't see the party recovering from this...

Chris Guiton @chrisguiton.bsky.social · 12h

Just what the doctor ordered!

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Neil Miles (but spooky) @miles-online.co.uk · 1d

Here's a little something for when randoms turn up in your mentions demanding you explain what you're posting about

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Chris Guiton @chrisguiton.bsky.social · 12h

Labour's existential crisis will only deepen with the publication of The Fraud.

Which begs the question: at what point will the corporate interests that Starmer represents conclude that the risks of retaining him outweigh the risks of defenestrating him?

www.declassifieduk.org/how-keir-sta...

How Keir Starmer conned the British electorate

Book review: ‘The Fraud’ offers the most damning portrayal yet of the Starmer project.

www.declassifieduk.org

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JuneSim63 💚 @junesim63.bsky.social · 2d

And here's another way to reduce Farage's support:

www.desmog.com/2025/07/15/e...

Exposing Reform’s Oil Ties Significantly Reduces Party Support, New Research Finds

Reform UK’s oil industry interests are a major turn-off for voters, new research reveals. The think tank Persuasion UK tested five anti-Reform messages on 6,000 adults. According to the research, “by ...

www.desmog.com

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Chris Guiton @chrisguiton.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent piece. And a timely reminder of the dangers of our largely supine MSM genuflecting to the far right.

London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 2d

‘The pro-appeasement British ambassador, Nevile Henderson, said he was no longer worried by the British press corps: “Except for Ebbutt, who is now gone, they don’t seek to make mischief.”’

Patrick Cockburn on a journalist who saw the Nazi threat coming: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Patrick Cockburn · Diary: Interviewing Hitler

In August 1937, three German journalists were expelled from Britain for suspected espionage. Retaliation was a...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

Membership at record levels.

Polling at record levels.

Winning elections at record levels.

What a time to be in @greenparty.org.uk

metro.co.uk/2025/10/10/z...

Zack Polanski: I went on Question Time - I was blown away by the response

The response has been quite overwhelming.

metro.co.uk

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Greeny @greeneyedlady7.bsky.social · 3d

He accidentally said the quiet part out loud

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Trump aide FREEZES on TV after DEVASTATING mistake

YouTube video by David Pakman Show

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 3d

Yet again, the satirical media doing a far better job at conveying the truth than the mainstream press.

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The BREAK—DOWN @the-breakdown.bsky.social · 3d

“The consolidation of fossil fuel firms is creating an ever more fragile and exposed system.”

ASHOK KUMAR (@brosef-stalin.bsky.social) finds new points of leverage in a more concentrated fossil fuel industry for ISSUE #2 FRONTIERS.

Read the full essay👇

Merging to Survive

As the fossil fuel industry consolidates into an ever smaller number of vast firms, new strategic openings for disruption emerge.

www.break-down.org

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Chris Guiton @chrisguiton.bsky.social · 3d

Yep. A shocking indictment of how illiberal they've become in such a short time. Clearly, this doesn't bother them in the slightest...

Chris Guiton @chrisguiton.bsky.social · 3d

Indeed! I might suggest to the Govt, in the spirit of fairness, that they make it illegal for Starmer to keep repeating mindless platitudes ('people voted for change and I'm determined to deliver it', 'my father was a toolmaker', 'I'm a former human rights lawyer - this isn't genocide' etc).

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Chris Guiton @chrisguiton.bsky.social · 3d

Stop the War convener Lindsey German said: “This peace deal may bring short-term relief to the starving Palestinian people but no-one should be fooled that this is anything approaching a just or lasting peace.”

A useful reminder that much remains unresolved.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/hama...

Hamas accuses Netanyahu of seeking to 'blow up' ceasefire agreement

HAMAS accused Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today of seeking to “blow up” the ceasefire agreement even before the fledgling deal had a chance to get off the ground.This followed an agreem...

morningstaronline.co.uk

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Chris Guiton @chrisguiton.bsky.social · 3d

'The escalating crackdowns under Starmer’s Labour expose not only its authoritarian instincts but also its political weakness. It is scrambling to shut down every avenue of opposition because it knows its agenda lacks legitimacy and popular support.'
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/10/labo...

Labour’s War on Protest

Labour’s plan to criminalise recurring protests strikes at the heart of democratic life, transforming political freedom into a privilege granted by the state.

tribunemag.co.uk

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Chris Guiton @chrisguiton.bsky.social · 3d

Well said!

Chris Guiton @chrisguiton.bsky.social · 4d

Didn't take long did it? And it shows up the utter futility of the liberal commentariat's attempts to talk up his conference performance as a sign that a new dawn beckoned!

Chris Guiton @chrisguiton.bsky.social · 4d

And some - it's quite a feat to unite right, centre and left against you!

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Chris Guiton @chrisguiton.bsky.social · 4d

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Chris Guiton @chrisguiton.bsky.social · 4d

Yep. A sorry tale. Always compromised by its broad commitment to the status quo, the trade union connection has been a mixed blessing.

Chris Guiton @chrisguiton.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks. Yep. And they've done this in plain sight. Far too much complacency over the years amongst people who should know better about what's been happening. And we're now left with a situation where neoliberalism has become a transmission belt for fascism...

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