Alan Mossman 💚
@alanmossman.bsky.social
Neuro-spicy 💚 grampy, electric 🚴🏻, occasional ✍️🎨, walker, studying construction as a social production process & writing on Why Construction is Broken.
Born Bristol (310 ppm), Lee-on-Solent, Sherborne, Liverpool, DC, Manchester, London, living in Stroud
Born Bristol (310 ppm), Lee-on-Solent, Sherborne, Liverpool, DC, Manchester, London, living in Stroud
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Defend Our Juries Co-Founder Tim Crosland explains what the High Court ruling showing over the Palestine Action ban means in real terms.
He adds a renewed call for a meeting with Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to discuss the harm that has been done since this ban was introduced.
He adds a renewed call for a meeting with Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to discuss the harm that has been done since this ban was introduced.
February 13, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Defend Our Juries Co-Founder Tim Crosland explains what the High Court ruling showing over the Palestine Action ban means in real terms.
He adds a renewed call for a meeting with Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to discuss the harm that has been done since this ban was introduced.
He adds a renewed call for a meeting with Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to discuss the harm that has been done since this ban was introduced.
February 13, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Green MP Ellie Chowns didn't hold back on yesterdays question time. Addressing the real issues Labour seems to avoid
February 13, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Green MP Ellie Chowns didn't hold back on yesterdays question time. Addressing the real issues Labour seems to avoid
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Professor Michael Lynk: the genocide in Gaza is still going on.
February 13, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Professor Michael Lynk: the genocide in Gaza is still going on.
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The truth about Global Warming is simple.
The richest are destroying the planet and the only way to stop it is to break their power.
Same with lack of housing, terrible wages, terrible healthcare, ripoff food...
All the same problem, all the same solution.
The richest are destroying the planet and the only way to stop it is to break their power.
Same with lack of housing, terrible wages, terrible healthcare, ripoff food...
All the same problem, all the same solution.
February 13, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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The Queen gave Prince Andrew £7m of the £12m he paid so he didn't have to face Sexual Abuse claims in court.
Of course all that money came from you.
What a disgrace this rotten establishment needs to be abolished.
Of course all that money came from you.
What a disgrace this rotten establishment needs to be abolished.
February 12, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The Queen gave Prince Andrew £7m of the £12m he paid so he didn't have to face Sexual Abuse claims in court.
Of course all that money came from you.
What a disgrace this rotten establishment needs to be abolished.
Of course all that money came from you.
What a disgrace this rotten establishment needs to be abolished.
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It always has been & always will be the billionaires.
Immigrants, benefit claimants, sick, disabled or eldery do NOT make the wealthy charge extortionate prices for energy, banking, food, public transport, housing, etc.
It's the greed of billionaires & it is why we need a #WealthTax & #TaxTheRich.
Immigrants, benefit claimants, sick, disabled or eldery do NOT make the wealthy charge extortionate prices for energy, banking, food, public transport, housing, etc.
It's the greed of billionaires & it is why we need a #WealthTax & #TaxTheRich.
Everything is shit, but it has nothing to do with immigrants.
It's billionaires who charge you the earth for energy, banking, food, public transport, housing...
And then steal all the money and provide almost nothing.
It's billionaires who charge you the earth for energy, banking, food, public transport, housing...
And then steal all the money and provide almost nothing.
February 13, 2026 at 7:06 AM
It always has been & always will be the billionaires.
Immigrants, benefit claimants, sick, disabled or eldery do NOT make the wealthy charge extortionate prices for energy, banking, food, public transport, housing, etc.
It's the greed of billionaires & it is why we need a #WealthTax & #TaxTheRich.
Immigrants, benefit claimants, sick, disabled or eldery do NOT make the wealthy charge extortionate prices for energy, banking, food, public transport, housing, etc.
It's the greed of billionaires & it is why we need a #WealthTax & #TaxTheRich.
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
The Representation of the People Bill MUST scrap First Past the Post
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.
Yet the new Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our rotten voting system, which lea...
actionnetwork.org
February 12, 2026 at 11:44 PM
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
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"Keir Starmer has lost the trust of the country. It is absolutely time for him to go.”
Ellie Chowns on Labour’s mounting scandals and leadership crisis on #BBCQT
Ellie Chowns on Labour’s mounting scandals and leadership crisis on #BBCQT
February 12, 2026 at 10:36 PM
"Keir Starmer has lost the trust of the country. It is absolutely time for him to go.”
Ellie Chowns on Labour’s mounting scandals and leadership crisis on #BBCQT
Ellie Chowns on Labour’s mounting scandals and leadership crisis on #BBCQT
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“Jim Ratcliffe’s comments were outrageous. They are offensive and they were deeply wrong. We do have a problem in our country, and that problem is inequality. It’s not immigration.”
Ellie Chowns on #BBCQT, rejecting attempts to blame migrants for country's problems.
Ellie Chowns on #BBCQT, rejecting attempts to blame migrants for country's problems.
February 12, 2026 at 10:54 PM
“Jim Ratcliffe’s comments were outrageous. They are offensive and they were deeply wrong. We do have a problem in our country, and that problem is inequality. It’s not immigration.”
Ellie Chowns on #BBCQT, rejecting attempts to blame migrants for country's problems.
Ellie Chowns on #BBCQT, rejecting attempts to blame migrants for country's problems.
Thanks for making this point so eloquently @greenjennyjones.bsky.social
We urgently need to consider the roles of Parish, town and community councils as well
We urgently need to consider the roles of Parish, town and community councils as well
This Bill talks about devolution, but vague wording risks weak participation.
Amendment 60 would set clear minimum standards so communities genuinely shape decisions.
#LocalDemocracy #CommunityVoice
Amendment 60 would set clear minimum standards so communities genuinely shape decisions.
#LocalDemocracy #CommunityVoice
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Thanks for making this point so eloquently @greenjennyjones.bsky.social
We urgently need to consider the roles of Parish, town and community councils as well
We urgently need to consider the roles of Parish, town and community councils as well
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RAPID RESPONSE ACTION
The Royal Courts have just announced that the judgment for the Judicial Review over the ban on Palestine Action will take place this Friday at 10am
wedonotcomply.org - all links and info
Action will take place in London and Edinburgh.
Lift The Ban on Palestine Action!
The Royal Courts have just announced that the judgment for the Judicial Review over the ban on Palestine Action will take place this Friday at 10am
wedonotcomply.org - all links and info
Action will take place in London and Edinburgh.
Lift The Ban on Palestine Action!
February 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
RAPID RESPONSE ACTION
The Royal Courts have just announced that the judgment for the Judicial Review over the ban on Palestine Action will take place this Friday at 10am
wedonotcomply.org - all links and info
Action will take place in London and Edinburgh.
Lift The Ban on Palestine Action!
The Royal Courts have just announced that the judgment for the Judicial Review over the ban on Palestine Action will take place this Friday at 10am
wedonotcomply.org - all links and info
Action will take place in London and Edinburgh.
Lift The Ban on Palestine Action!
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🚨 NEW | Greens lead with youth (16-25)
🟢 Grn: 34% (+2)
🔴 Lab: 28% (+3)
➡️ Ref: 18% (-2)
🔵 Con: 10% (-1)
🟠 Lib: 8% (-1)
This is a proper weighted poll, not a subsample.
Via @Savanta_UK, Feb 2026 (+/- vs 7 Nov)
🟢 Grn: 34% (+2)
🔴 Lab: 28% (+3)
➡️ Ref: 18% (-2)
🔵 Con: 10% (-1)
🟠 Lib: 8% (-1)
This is a proper weighted poll, not a subsample.
Via @Savanta_UK, Feb 2026 (+/- vs 7 Nov)
February 11, 2026 at 1:43 PM
🚨 NEW | Greens lead with youth (16-25)
🟢 Grn: 34% (+2)
🔴 Lab: 28% (+3)
➡️ Ref: 18% (-2)
🔵 Con: 10% (-1)
🟠 Lib: 8% (-1)
This is a proper weighted poll, not a subsample.
Via @Savanta_UK, Feb 2026 (+/- vs 7 Nov)
🟢 Grn: 34% (+2)
🔴 Lab: 28% (+3)
➡️ Ref: 18% (-2)
🔵 Con: 10% (-1)
🟠 Lib: 8% (-1)
This is a proper weighted poll, not a subsample.
Via @Savanta_UK, Feb 2026 (+/- vs 7 Nov)
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"The health secretary, Wes Streeting, was part of a group who would have Sunday suppers with Mandelson and McSweeney among others, and whose partner was an adviser to Mandelson in the early 2000s."
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‘Pestering for a role’: how Mandelson talked his way back into the Labour fold
Officials, MPs and other insiders recall a need for clarity and Blair-era frisson before election – even if Sue Gray was wary
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February 9, 2026 at 7:12 PM
"The health secretary, Wes Streeting, was part of a group who would have Sunday suppers with Mandelson and McSweeney among others, and whose partner was an adviser to Mandelson in the early 2000s."
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This is still one of my favourite videos ever, perfectly explaining the staggering amount of public money that’s going into NOT solving traffic congestion.
“It means you spend a lot of money now for a very short-term benefit."
Jevon’s Paradox via Australia’s great show “Utopia.” Please share!
“It means you spend a lot of money now for a very short-term benefit."
Jevon’s Paradox via Australia’s great show “Utopia.” Please share!
How to Fix Traffic Congestion In Australia | Utopia
YouTube video by Working Dog Productions
youtube.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:16 AM
This is still one of my favourite videos ever, perfectly explaining the staggering amount of public money that’s going into NOT solving traffic congestion.
“It means you spend a lot of money now for a very short-term benefit."
Jevon’s Paradox via Australia’s great show “Utopia.” Please share!
“It means you spend a lot of money now for a very short-term benefit."
Jevon’s Paradox via Australia’s great show “Utopia.” Please share!
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If you widen that highway
you won’t reduce emissions
or congestion.
What you WILL do
is spend a lot of public money
to induce even more cars
emitting even more GHGs and pollution
in the same or worse congestion
with people still demanding that you widen the highway.
Period.
you won’t reduce emissions
or congestion.
What you WILL do
is spend a lot of public money
to induce even more cars
emitting even more GHGs and pollution
in the same or worse congestion
with people still demanding that you widen the highway.
Period.
February 10, 2026 at 3:55 AM
If you widen that highway
you won’t reduce emissions
or congestion.
What you WILL do
is spend a lot of public money
to induce even more cars
emitting even more GHGs and pollution
in the same or worse congestion
with people still demanding that you widen the highway.
Period.
you won’t reduce emissions
or congestion.
What you WILL do
is spend a lot of public money
to induce even more cars
emitting even more GHGs and pollution
in the same or worse congestion
with people still demanding that you widen the highway.
Period.
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AN ARREST VIDEO EVERY DAY
(until the Palestine Action ban is lifted)
DAY 38 - A Retired Nurse arrested on Aug 9. Police swooped in at this peaceful protest and immediately arrested the Healthcare Bloc, many had not written placards when arrests began.
www.defendourjuries.net
(until the Palestine Action ban is lifted)
DAY 38 - A Retired Nurse arrested on Aug 9. Police swooped in at this peaceful protest and immediately arrested the Healthcare Bloc, many had not written placards when arrests began.
www.defendourjuries.net
February 7, 2026 at 7:56 PM
AN ARREST VIDEO EVERY DAY
(until the Palestine Action ban is lifted)
DAY 38 - A Retired Nurse arrested on Aug 9. Police swooped in at this peaceful protest and immediately arrested the Healthcare Bloc, many had not written placards when arrests began.
www.defendourjuries.net
(until the Palestine Action ban is lifted)
DAY 38 - A Retired Nurse arrested on Aug 9. Police swooped in at this peaceful protest and immediately arrested the Healthcare Bloc, many had not written placards when arrests began.
www.defendourjuries.net
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AN ARREST VIDEO EVERY DAY
(until the Palestine Action ban is lifted)
DAY 40 - A Silent Movie Special. Performance artist Neil Goodwin is arrested under the UK Terrorism Act outside the Royal Courts of Justice on November 26 alongside around 150 others.
www.defendourjuries.net
(until the Palestine Action ban is lifted)
DAY 40 - A Silent Movie Special. Performance artist Neil Goodwin is arrested under the UK Terrorism Act outside the Royal Courts of Justice on November 26 alongside around 150 others.
www.defendourjuries.net
February 9, 2026 at 10:10 PM
AN ARREST VIDEO EVERY DAY
(until the Palestine Action ban is lifted)
DAY 40 - A Silent Movie Special. Performance artist Neil Goodwin is arrested under the UK Terrorism Act outside the Royal Courts of Justice on November 26 alongside around 150 others.
www.defendourjuries.net
(until the Palestine Action ban is lifted)
DAY 40 - A Silent Movie Special. Performance artist Neil Goodwin is arrested under the UK Terrorism Act outside the Royal Courts of Justice on November 26 alongside around 150 others.
www.defendourjuries.net
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"Al‑Jazeera’s correspondents in Khan Younis and Rafah noted that Israeli forces have continued to strike residential areas, agricultural lands, and open spaces despite the declared ceasefire, a pattern documented repeatedly over the past four months."
February 9, 2026 at 6:23 AM
This is an excellent 💚 thread 🧵 on how we can improve drug policy in the UK.
Please read and consider.
Please read and consider.
1/15 The Labour Party are coming for the Green Party on drug policy. And they are doing it by sensationalising and mispresenting the policy. This is politics driven by focus group, that aims to smear and misinform at best - or lie and disinform at worst.
February 9, 2026 at 10:58 AM
This is an excellent 💚 thread 🧵 on how we can improve drug policy in the UK.
Please read and consider.
Please read and consider.
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Excellent thread.
Makes sense.
Makes sense.
January 30, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Excellent thread.
Makes sense.
Makes sense.
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I just do not understand why the Mayor of London refuses to do this. I’ve asked him many times.
TfL is a public body and public purpose should be rippled through it like a stick of rock.
Taking adverts for fossil products like cars on the TfL network only undermines his transport strategy. 🤷♀️
TfL is a public body and public purpose should be rippled through it like a stick of rock.
Taking adverts for fossil products like cars on the TfL network only undermines his transport strategy. 🤷♀️
“Amsterdam is set to ban climate-damaging advertising [fossil fuel and meat adverts] in public spaces, following a trend spreading across Dutch cities.
France has also enacted legislation outlawing adverts from non-renewable energy companies, and one Italian city has plans to do the same.”
France has also enacted legislation outlawing adverts from non-renewable energy companies, and one Italian city has plans to do the same.”
The European city banning all fossil fuel and meat adverts in public
Amsterdam initially proposed the move in 2020, becoming the first city in the world to do so.
www.euronews.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:31 AM
I just do not understand why the Mayor of London refuses to do this. I’ve asked him many times.
TfL is a public body and public purpose should be rippled through it like a stick of rock.
Taking adverts for fossil products like cars on the TfL network only undermines his transport strategy. 🤷♀️
TfL is a public body and public purpose should be rippled through it like a stick of rock.
Taking adverts for fossil products like cars on the TfL network only undermines his transport strategy. 🤷♀️
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So Starmer, a man who never met Epstein but made a bad appointment, might resign. But Trump, his closest friend, fellow sex abuser and coverer-upper of his crimes, is going nowhere.
That’s how it works, isn’t it?
That’s how it works, isn’t it?
February 9, 2026 at 7:37 AM
So Starmer, a man who never met Epstein but made a bad appointment, might resign. But Trump, his closest friend, fellow sex abuser and coverer-upper of his crimes, is going nowhere.
That’s how it works, isn’t it?
That’s how it works, isn’t it?
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I know I'm biased, but I honestly can't see the point of reading anything else but @robfordmancs.bsky.social's deep dive on the Gorton and Denton contest. Tells you all you need to know.
The Gorton and Denton by-election: a tale of two Manchesters?
Unpopular incumbent + fragmented opposition + unusual seat = unpredictable contest
swingometer.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:41 PM
I know I'm biased, but I honestly can't see the point of reading anything else but @robfordmancs.bsky.social's deep dive on the Gorton and Denton contest. Tells you all you need to know.
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The Gorton & Denton by-election is Green vs Reform.
February 4, 2026 at 12:02 PM
The Gorton & Denton by-election is Green vs Reform.