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Getting older but no wiser every second.
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Boris Long @borislong.bsky.social · Sep 19
1% of people disagree.
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zacksbrother.bsky.social
In fact, under the current system, #supermarkets may not lower their prices at all even with a much cheaper energy system. We can see that them using energy crises and tax rises as cover for lining their pockets.

#GreedFlation

www.thecanary.co/uk/2026/01/2...
UK supermarkets hide record profits behind rising living costs
Supermarket profits have been skyrocketing as food prices surge — this is greedflation, with corporations burning the proverbial house down
www.thecanary.co
January 29, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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terribletowelie.bsky.social
nobody is being paid to oppose fascism
but obviously some are being paid to accept and spread fascism....
looking at you MSM
January 29, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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kimlanelaw.bsky.social
Now the US government has violated a court order in Scotland. www.bbc.com/news/article...
US remove tanker captain from UK waters as crew set to leave Scotland
The US Department of Justice told Scottish authorities that the skipper and his first officer were on board the US Coast Guard vessel Munro.
www.bbc.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:33 AM
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
My article in the Metro.

Why the Green Party must beat the Reform extremists in Gorton & Denton.

metro.co.uk/2026/01/28/z...
Reform’s choice in Gorton and Denton tells you everything you need to know
Goodwin is a dangerous extremist with views on race that the vast majority of us find absolutely abhorrent.
metro.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 8:29 AM
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maniisnala.bsky.social
INTERVIEW: Zack Polanski launches campaign after Andy Burnham blocked youtu.be/kmGqiCLldy0?...
INTERVIEW: Zack Polanski launches campaign after Andy Burnham blocked
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
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January 28, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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richardjmurphy.bsky.social
Labour: the friend of cheats, crooks, and conpeople www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
Labour: the friend of cheats, crooks, and conpeople
As AccountingWEB (of which I was for a decade at the start of the centiry a contributing editor) noted yesterday: The expected timeline for small companies and micro entities to file their profit and ...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
January 29, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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atrupar.com
Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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leighsus.bsky.social
I just don't know what it's going to take for the government to take any action in regard to this.

It isn't a case of the dam bursting, it's been springing leaks for years and everyone is already soaked.
leighsus.bsky.social Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 1d
Two men were given 90% of Teesworks on the promise they would take on responsibility of remediating the site.

I've discovered they were charging BP for remediation on a project the oil giant eventually pulled out of.

Teesworks overspent and then asked them for more cash.
BP cancelled hydrogen scheme after refusing to pay Teesworks additional remediation charges
Energy giant paid undisclosed fees to Teesworks Ltd for projects it eventually shelved
teesside.thelead.uk
January 28, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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Honestly folks, sound up, tap the picture and I guarantee a smile.
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January 29, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Honestly folks, sound up, tap the picture and I guarantee a smile.
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January 29, 2026 at 7:50 AM
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sanders.senate.gov
Kristi Noem AND Stephen Miller must go.
January 29, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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mja66.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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mattgreencomedy.com
“To improve your service we’re going to make it worse”
As part of ongoing improvements to our service, we have decided to reduce storage limits
January 28, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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sundersays.bsky.social
Paul Kagame's Rwanda government got £290 million from the UK government/taxpayer - for very little beyond three press conferences (with a new Home Secretary each time). The attempt to seek another £100 million shows a striking level of chutzpah
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 28, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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parodypm.bsky.social
Hot on the heels of our £9m donation from a Thailand-based crypto investor, I am currently serving my Clacton constituents by flying to Dubai for a private lunch hosted by an Indian billionaire, where I hope to encourage more foreigners to interfere in British politics.
January 28, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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paulbernal.bsky.social
This is one of the reasons we should be *very* wary of things like digital ID, extended facial recognition and AI policing. These are tools we should not put in the hands of fascists.
ayoub.bsky.social elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 3d
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.

It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
The Legislation Upon winning a general election, a Reform government under Prime Minister Nigel Farage will: 1) Leave the ECHR 2.) Repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights. 3.) Pass The Illegal Migration (Mass Deportation) Bill: This Bill will: Create a legal duty to remove illegal migrants for the Home Secretary The Bill opens with a blunt obligation for the Home Secretary: "The Secretary of State shall ensure the removal from the United Kingdom of each person who does not have extant leave to remain and is not an Irish citizen or otherwise protected by regulations made under this Act." The following parts of the legislation are introduced on an emergency basis, with an in-built sunset clause after 5 years: Disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention, the UN Convention Against Torture, the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention (ECAT) Derogation is justified under the Vienna Convention doctrine of state of necessity: Britain faces a national emergency in which uncontrolled illegal migration undermines public order. These treaties will otherwise be used by activist judges to frustrate deportations, even after the repeals of the HRA and ECHR. Create Detention Power Without Hardial Singh Constraints This means illegal migrants can be detained until they are deported. Activist lawyers routinely use Hardial Singh to secure their client's bail, after which the client absconds. If you came to the UK illegally, you are ineligible for asylum. End of story All asylum claims will become inadmissible if made by a person within the Act's scope. If you came to the country illegally, you are ineligible for asylum in the UK. This strips the Home Office, the immigration tribunals and the higher courts of jurisdiction to even consider claims. A claim that cannot be considered cannot suspend removal and therefore, cannot delay a flight. Re-entering after deportation and destroying ID becomes a serious criminal offence Re-entry after deportation will be… The Operational Plan We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command, including an Illegal Migrant Identification Centre - harnessing cutting edge data fusion A Reform government will create a cutting edge enforcement data centre to relentlessly identify and detain all illegal migrants in the UK. Using powers granted by the new legislation, it will automatically share data between the Home Office, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, banks and the police. It will power bulk warrants, including mandatory biometric capture during any police encounter. Each power addresses a failure mode observed over the past decade - for example, banks and GP surgeries unaware of a customer's status, or overstayers slipping through because a warrant covered only a single property. Secure Immigration Removal Centres (SIRC) will be built rapidly to detain up to 24,000 Detention capacity for up to 24,000 will be created within 18 months. The Home Office will build Secure Immigration Removal Centres. This will be modular accommodation built in remote parts of the country. Conditions are basic but not punitive: prefabricated two-person rooms, canteen catering, on-site medical suites. Robust perimeters and internal movement controls prevent escapes. This enables detention-on-arrest: no more bail. This capacity would allow for up to 24,000 illegal migrants to be deported per month. Initial Voluntary Return Window A six-month Assisted Voluntary Return window precedes large-scale raids. Illegal migrants will be offered a financial incentive to self-deport. An app will be launched to facilitate this. The Deportation Flights The Home Office will scale up charters to 5 flights per day. To guard against last-minute aircraft unserviceability, the RAF will keep one Voyager aircraft on six-hour 'hot-spare' readiness. If a commercial charter breaks down, detainees can still be flown out that night, preserving operational integrity. The legal reset will mean activist lawyers will no longer be able preven…
January 28, 2026 at 7:09 AM
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1olddemocrat.bsky.social
If you want the Tories to make things even worse than they did when in power 2010-2024, vote reform, the last chance saloon for failed incompetent ex-tories.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on deepening poverty in the UK: a catastrophic Tory legacy has cut millions adrift | Editorial
Editorial: A new Joseph Rowntree report underlines the corrosive impact of years of anti-welfare rhetoric. A reframing of the debate is urgently needed
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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jrf-uk.bsky.social
📢 The latest figures from #UKPoverty2026 reveal a picture of poverty hardening, not easing.

The average person in poverty in 2021-24 was 29% below the poverty line.

This is up from 23% in 1994-97.

As people fall further into poverty, the impact on their lives worsens.
Card showing an image of a family with a mother and two children, below a metaphorical poverty line. Text reads 'The average person in poverty now lives 29% below the poverty line, compared with 23% in the mid 1990s.
January 28, 2026 at 11:11 AM
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bradfordgreens.bsky.social
"They're making inequality worse"

The Green Party is the only party that is serious about tackling inequality.

Let's start by properly taxing the super-rich.

Watch @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Northstar Politics.
January 28, 2026 at 8:13 AM
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defendourjuries.bsky.social
The British Government likes to model itself as a country in which free speech, protest, and civic engagement are protected as core rights.

The reality looks increasingly different.

www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
Protest is not a security offence
Crackdowns on civil action are not confined to the US, say Yasmine Ahmed and Lydia Gall
www.churchtimes.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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defendourjuries.bsky.social
Palestine Action Reviews can be crucial step in ending brutal anti-protest laws

Scottish Greens MSP Maggie Chapman issued the following statement

greens.scot/news/palesti...
Palestine Action review can be crucial step in ending brutal anti-protest laws
Palestine Action review can be crucial step in ending brutal anti-protest laws - Scottish Greens MSP Maggie Chapman issued the following statement
greens.scot
January 28, 2026 at 9:48 AM
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mariadrutska.bsky.social
Orban is claiming it's Ukraine's fault his party is behind in Hungarian election polls.

As the Hungarian opposition pulls well ahead of Orban with a 10% lead, he's accusing Ukraine of election interference.

Blaming others for your own mistakes will always be an asshole move.
January 28, 2026 at 8:25 AM
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13sarahmurphy.bsky.social
“No progress at all was made in reducing overall levels of relative hardship”

Misery caused by Tory austerity and failures of governance; prioritising ruinous ideology over social investment.
Reform wants voters to be angry, but plans more of exactly the same.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on deepening poverty in the UK: a catastrophic Tory legacy has cut millions adrift | Editorial
Editorial: A new Joseph Rowntree report underlines the corrosive impact of years of anti-welfare rhetoric. A reframing of the debate is urgently needed
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:38 AM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Reform seem to have been charging people £125 to put themselves up as potential Gorton and Denton parliamentary Candidates:

Applications closed Sunday.

When did they select Goodwin?
Applications will close at 5PM on Sunday 25th January Gorton and Denton Candidate: Application Form Welcome to the Reform UK Gorton and Denton Candidate Application Form. Before you start, please ensure you have the following ready: • Headshot picture CV • Working links for any social media accounts held • Scan of passport • National Insurance number • Proof of address (e.g., utility bill, driving licence) Application Fee: £125
January 28, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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richardjmurphy.bsky.social
Labour is failing people by hidden design. Reform would do so explicitly. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
Labour is failing people by hidden design. Reform would do so explicitly.
As The Guardian notes this morning: The country’s most deprived neighbourhoods will have higher crime rates and worse unemployment by the end of the parliament, according to a report written at the r...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
January 28, 2026 at 8:18 AM