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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 7h

#GoodNews - finally!

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BBC to give Polanski interview with Kuenssberg after ‘anti-Green’ bias complaints

The new Green Party leader will get an 'in-depth' interview on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg after a slot from the party's conference was cancelled

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 10h

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 12h

Yes, we indeed have a serious problem.

A tweet by Robert Reich reads:
“The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.”

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Trish #AbolishTheMonarchy #FreePalestine @tr1shw.bsky.social · 11h

Indeed!

#GazaGenocide
#NeverForgiveNeverForget
#WarCrimes
#TheHague

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Nelly Probin @lillmagill.bsky.social · 13h

Didn't we all witness the "full horror" of what the Palestinians endured night after night on news broadcasts and on social media?
That's why thousands marched and protested. Starmer's the most useless PM ever and an even worse human being.

Andrew Sparrow @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social · 14h

Starmer says, when media admitted to Gaza, he expects further debate about 'full horror' of what happened there - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14d

Almost two in three Labour members would back Burnham as leader

Starmer made poor policy choices
Two child benefit cap.
Winter fuel payment fiasco.
Disability benefit cuts.
Sticking to Tory income tax thresholds.
No curbs on energy/water profiteering.
Return of PFI.
No end to political corruption

Almost two in three Labour members back Burnham over Starmer for leader, poll shows

The exclusive poll also reveals that around a third of Labour members polled no longer think Sir Keir Starmer is a good prime minister.

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 15h

The West is going to suffer terrible consequences from Israel's genocide.

New column 👇

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Be sure of this: many of the horrors the west allowed in Gaza will come closer to home | Owen Jones

History shows the crimes of empire were later mirrored on European soil. Dehumanisation and militarised terror both seem normalised now, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

www.theguardian.com

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 20h

Holding govts to ransom.

Goldman Sachs warns Rachel Reeves against tax rises on banks.

Banks happy to be bailed out, take QE, mis-sell products, not to be prosecuted for frauds, hike charges, pay lousy rates on savings.

Need windfall taxes. Raise top rate of income tax.

Goldman chief delivers warning to Reeves over bank tax hikes

David Solomon urged the chancellor during a private meeting last week not to hit the industry with savage tax rises in her crucial budget statement next month, Sky News learns.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16h

Be sure of this: many of the horrors the west allowed in Gaza will come closer to home | Owen Jones

History shows the crimes of empire were later mirrored on European soil. Dehumanisation and militarised terror both seem normalised now, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

www.theguardian.com

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Trish #AbolishTheMonarchy #FreePalestine @tr1shw.bsky.social · 17h

The UK and the world are reaping the dreadful harvest of what Thatcher (and Reagan) sowed.

#NeverForgiveNeverForget

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 1d

On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 21h

Neoliberalism is dying. What comes next? youtu.be/VIdhnKskSh8?...

Neoliberalism promised prosperity but delivered austerity, insecurity, and despair. It hollowed out our public services, undermined democracy, and left wealth in the hands of the few.

In this video, I ask "What comes next?"

Neoliberalism is dying. What comes next?

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 18h

Quite a bodying, here, for the UK, from the Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe.

🏮 He points out the Supreme Court ignored human rights (which breaches its legal obligations)
🏮 He says, in effect agreeing with Lucy Powell, Parliament should be involved...

rm.coe.int/letter-to-pa...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21h

To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot

The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19h

Many on the right will try and belittle and undermine what’s happening.

But here’s the truth. Tens of thousands are joining Greens. Polls are at record highs. People are just starting to feel hope again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

The truth about the green party's booming membership

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

How the hell can you put 'dies' what is wrong with you Sky News are you denying death now?

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 1d

For years, the political centre has comforted itself with a story: that public mistrust is irrational.

But this mistrust is not irrational at all. It's rooted in the lived experience of a public that has seen too much.

Read my piece for @bylinetimes.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2025/09/29/t...

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

How austerity hit young people.

In the decade after 2010 councils’ funding for youth services in England and Wales suffered a real-terms cut of 70%.

By 2023, 1,200 publicly run youth centres closed.

Young people abandoned to fund tax cuts for corporations the rich.

Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care | John Harris

These vital spaces have been the first targets of cuts in a nation that favours age over youth – despite being the remedy for blights such as social division, polarisation and loneliness, says Guardia...

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Trish #AbolishTheMonarchy #FreePalestine @tr1shw.bsky.social · 1d

The irony! 😡

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.

ok.co.uk @ok.co.uk · 7d

Rylan Clark is set to delve into the eerie world of witchcraft in his new show, The Witches Of Essex.

Rylan Clark slams 'misogyny' in British witch hunt as he fronts new Sky show

Rylan Clark shares the spotlight with professor Alice Roberts in The Witches Of Essex, where the pair delve into the dark history of witch hunts - and one discovery rattled Rylan.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Lower Bills.

Protect our NHS.

And invest in our communities.

Let's make hope normal again.

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Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader

Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since since Zack Polanski took over last month

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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 3d

We think the UK government should ensure that management of healthcare associated infections (HCAI) is extended to include recording data on COVID infections spread within hospitals.
That’s why we signed this petition.
Please join us - if you haven’t already.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition: Direct the UKHSA to monitor COVID infections that occur in particular settings

Ensure that the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) monitors, and reports on, the numbers of COVID infections that occur in healthcare settings through its routine surveillance programmes, and advises o...

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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 2d

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