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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 1h

Mamdani in New York and the surging Greens in England are a sign that voters want something different. They saw the pandemic as a watershed, a revelation that 40 years of trickle-down neoliberalism has led us down a dead end. They want a readjustment, a New Deal. You could call them neo-Roosevelts!

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 15h

Great use of a great song. Kudos to Bob Dylan for allowing it (and I'm sure that - unlike Trump - Zohran Mamdami would have asked him).

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 16h

New York is a-changin'.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 59m

Climate thinker and businessman Michael Liebreich tells the Green Alliance conference: "There will be no Carbon Capture post-combustion on gas power stations. It doesn't matter what the government says or how much they try. It's a really stupid idea...It is incredibly capital intensive."

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The Socialist Dad @thesocialistdad.bsky.social · 1h

Labour are not on the Left

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Ruth Curtice @ruthcurtice.bsky.social · 1h

My first op-ed! What a day for it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I hope Rachel Reeves does raise income tax – there’s a way she can do it fairly | Ruth Curtice

The chancellor might need to break manifesto pledges and a 50-year taboo, but she has a chance to steer UK finances back on track, says Ruth Curtice of the Resolution Foundation

www.theguardian.com

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 57m

One of the key players in the sequence of events that led us to pretty much all the bad things in the world today.

CNN @cnn.com · 2h

Dick Cheney, the influential GOP vice president to George W. Bush and chief architect of the "war on terror," has died. He was 84.
https://cnn.it/4qIm8zy

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 2h

spread Samir Zitouni’s name far and wide

Train hero who saved passengers during attack named:
Samir Zitouni is credited with saving lives on the train

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Patrick - Here for the craic 👍🏼 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 2h

Samir Zitouni the rail worker credited with saving multiple lives during mass stabbing on a train, “critically unwell“ in hospital is who Farage/Reform/Lowe & Tory Katie Lam would deport..

Lucy Connelly convicted for race hate is what right wing view as a hero

He saved lives she wanted them taken❗️

Train hero who saved passengers during attack named

The rail worker credited with saving multiple lives is named as Samir Zitouni.

www.bbc.com

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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 1h

So, the latest GreenSignals podcast about Virgin getting access to Temple Mills is now up www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikDn...

My job was to knit it all together, but there are v interesting parts from Phil Whittingham (Virgin) & Diccon Spain (Ashford councillor), esp about Trenitalia

#CrossChannelRail

Virgin Trains is BACK! And ready to take on Eurostar…

YouTube video by Green Signals

www.youtube.com

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Bristol24/7 @bristol247.bsky.social · 7h

A sea of Green Party supporters gathered in Bristol yesterday evening, for a rally led by Zack Polanski and Carla Denyer

‘Lack of truth and honesty in politics leads to rise in fascism’

Zack Polanski, Carla Denyer and hundreds of supporters gathered for a party rally on Monday

www.bristol247.com

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Commercial Solar Guy @commercialsolarguy.com · 2h

Retail rate design is now a game, maybe we’ll look back at how simple it was…

‘Consumers…8 off-peak hours daily, including >5 consecutive overnight… reallocate <3of those hours to daytime windows in summer, typically 11am to 5pm, while scaling back discounts during high-demand 7am-11am & 5pm-11pm’

France revises off-peak hours to match solar generation patterns

French grid operator Enedis will shift off-peak hours to daytime periods to align power demand with rising solar output and reduce evening consumption peaks.

www.pv-magazine.com

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Gareth Edwards @gedw23.bsky.social · 2h

Elon, Nigel, Yax, 'Bobby J' & the rest will be spitting feathers over this
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Cambridgeshire stabbing attack: ‘heroic’ train worker praised for saving passengers’ lives

LNER employee Samir Zitouni, who was hospitalised after Saturday’s incident, hailed by police for ‘incredibly brave’ actions

www.theguardian.com

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 21h

Andy Wigmore, close friend of Farage & former comms director at Leave.EU, is now a leading figure in Reform UK.

Wigmore is on record saying that the Nazi propaganda machine was "very clever".

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His Royal Huwness 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐸🇵🇸🇪🇺 @litterygeniarse.bsky.social · 21h

Has anyone in the UK seen this reported in main broadcast news cycle or even at all?

Two huge stories
@the-independent.com @thetimes.com @theguardian.com
@channel4news.bsky.social @vicderbyshire.bsky.social @aljazeera.com @itvnews.bsky.social

If press don't report it draw your own conclusions.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 23h

It’s clear who the aggressors are. Keep remaining nonviolent, and record EVERYTHING. All of these masked ICE thugs will be held accountable.

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 7h

Landmark G20 report led by Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz sounds alarm on ‘inequality emergency’ and calls for International Panel on Inequality.

www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-...

#R4Today

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 2h

If government excuses were included in GDP, our economic woes would be over. But what we really need to hear from the Chancellor is action – especially on Europe.

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Andy Prentice @andyprentice.bsky.social · 2h

Went to Malaga a few years ago - stayed outside the city. Had a hire car but couldn’t easily sort parking. Bus stop around the corner - there and back for two of us for less than the parking costs and much less stress. A regular reliable service makes it a game changer

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 2h

So lets do it, and at the same time introduce a congestion charge for cars to encourage people to leave cars at home to free up space for better bus services.
Oxford has done it, why can't Tyneside?
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

Better buses could put 171,000 more people within 30 minutes of Newcastle

Think tank Centre For Cities estimates that plans to make buses more frequent and line up better with rail or Metro timetables could add £1.8bn a year to the North East economy

www.chroniclelive.co.uk

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Edward Russell @byerussell.com · 18h

Time for Electrolink, Southern California 🚆

Electrification and level boarding "on the San Bernardino Line, the journey from San Bernardino to LA would go from 106 minutes to 70 minutes."

via @benschneider.bsky.social

How Southern California would benefit from electric trains

Electrification and level boarding platforms can significantly improve rail travel on the west coast, too.

benjaminschneider.substack.com

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 3h

Also notable that the Tories are on 7% with people under-50. In fifth place. And only 4 points above the SNP in sixth (who obviously only stand in Scotland).

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 3h

Notable in today's YouGov that the centre/left bloc - Lab/Green/LD/SNP are on 54%. With Reform/Tories on 43%. That's the biggest differential in a long time.

I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.

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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 2h

A rail worker credited with saving multiple lives during a mass stabbing on a train has been named as Samir Zitouni.
The 48-year-old's actions on the Doncaster to London King's Cross service on Saturday evening were described as "nothing short of heroic".

Train hero who saved passengers during attack named

The rail worker credited with saving multiple lives is named as Samir Zitouni.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Adrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social · 4h

Make no mistake, the Chancellor is laying the groundwork for her budget as hard choices for everyone but the wealthiest.⁣
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𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 on taxing extreme wealth, 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 on shifting the burden onto those with the broadest shoulders.⁣

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Andy Prentice @andyprentice.bsky.social · 2h

If judicial review goes against Ofwat, effect could include tipping water companies to nationalisation & causing Ofwat to think more clearly about their part in water companies shambles. True that Ofwat was only following orders from govts & ultimately it is for govt to lead. May shift the dial.

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The Final Report @firehorse249791.bsky.social · 2h

Floods kill 15, mostly children, in Indonesia's Papua www.gdnonline.com/Details/1367... #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Flood #Nduga #Dal #Papua #Indonesia

World News: Floods kill 15, mostly children, in Indonesia's Papua

www.gdnonline.com

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Jason @jasonoflondon.bsky.social · 3h

Cardiff is bringing in exactly this: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cardiff set to impose SUV parking premium after council approval

Owners of large cars such as SUVs would be charged more to encourage switching to smaller vehicles.

www.bbc.co.uk

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