Chris7ben
@chris7ben.bsky.social
Amateur photographer, animal lover, nature lover, NHS supporter 💙
Left the other place and taken up permanent residence here. It's much healthier. And so much more friendly.
Left the other place and taken up permanent residence here. It's much healthier. And so much more friendly.
Pinned
Earth Temperature Timeline
xkcd.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:18 PM
🚨 POSTAL VOTER 🚨 Action Day in Gorton & Denton WITH ZACK POLANSKI 💚
Start: Thursday, February 12, 2026•10:00 AM
End: Thursday, February 12, 2026•08:00 PM
Location: HQ • 173 Mount Road, Manchester, M18 7QT GB
Start: Thursday, February 12, 2026•10:00 AM
End: Thursday, February 12, 2026•08:00 PM
Location: HQ • 173 Mount Road, Manchester, M18 7QT GB
🚨 POSTAL VOTER 🚨 Action Day in Gorton & Denton 💚 Thurs 12 Feb
We have just ONE DAY to reach every postal voter in Gorton & Denton. This is POLLING DAY for the thousands of postal voters across the constituency. If you can only make one day this week, this is...
actionnetwork.org
February 11, 2026 at 7:32 PM
🚨 POSTAL VOTER 🚨 Action Day in Gorton & Denton WITH ZACK POLANSKI 💚
Start: Thursday, February 12, 2026•10:00 AM
End: Thursday, February 12, 2026•08:00 PM
Location: HQ • 173 Mount Road, Manchester, M18 7QT GB
Start: Thursday, February 12, 2026•10:00 AM
End: Thursday, February 12, 2026•08:00 PM
Location: HQ • 173 Mount Road, Manchester, M18 7QT GB
‘Pandering to Putin’
“Farage is rumoured to be stressed about the political optics of his soft-on-Putin reputation…”
“Farage is rumoured to be stressed about the political optics of his soft-on-Putin reputation…”
Reform UK Accused of Pandering to Putin
mailchi.mp
February 11, 2026 at 7:06 PM
‘Pandering to Putin’
“Farage is rumoured to be stressed about the political optics of his soft-on-Putin reputation…”
“Farage is rumoured to be stressed about the political optics of his soft-on-Putin reputation…”
“Then came yesterday’s grand jury’s rejection of Trump’s demand that the six lawmakers he targeted be criminally prosecuted.
It’s an amazing spectacle. Ordinary people serving on grand juries are refusing to indict people who have become entangled in Trump’s viciousness.
A citizen’s revolt.”
It’s an amazing spectacle. Ordinary people serving on grand juries are refusing to indict people who have become entangled in Trump’s viciousness.
A citizen’s revolt.”
The Citizen's Revolt
Ordinary people serving on grand juries have become a new front line in the resistance against the Trump regime.
open.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:02 PM
“Then came yesterday’s grand jury’s rejection of Trump’s demand that the six lawmakers he targeted be criminally prosecuted.
It’s an amazing spectacle. Ordinary people serving on grand juries are refusing to indict people who have become entangled in Trump’s viciousness.
A citizen’s revolt.”
It’s an amazing spectacle. Ordinary people serving on grand juries are refusing to indict people who have become entangled in Trump’s viciousness.
A citizen’s revolt.”
“An article was published in the iNewspaper a few days ago, and here’s the headline: “Streeting: this is how the NHS averted a winter crisis”.“
The decline of our NHS is playing out exactly as the Cons and Labour expect it to. It’s a feature of their plan not a bug. Farage can’t wait.
The decline of our NHS is playing out exactly as the Cons and Labour expect it to. It’s a feature of their plan not a bug. Farage can’t wait.
Round Up: The world’s on fire.
Call To Action
open.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:59 PM
“An article was published in the iNewspaper a few days ago, and here’s the headline: “Streeting: this is how the NHS averted a winter crisis”.“
The decline of our NHS is playing out exactly as the Cons and Labour expect it to. It’s a feature of their plan not a bug. Farage can’t wait.
The decline of our NHS is playing out exactly as the Cons and Labour expect it to. It’s a feature of their plan not a bug. Farage can’t wait.
Check out our list of the best Valentine's Day gift ideas, curating the best in Fairtrade products that would be the perfect ethical surprise for your partner, your loved ones, or even yourself! ⬇️
The Best Ethical Valentine's Day Gifts
www.fairtrade.net
February 11, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Check out our list of the best Valentine's Day gift ideas, curating the best in Fairtrade products that would be the perfect ethical surprise for your partner, your loved ones, or even yourself! ⬇️
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Ghislaine Maxwell has offered to exonerate Donald Trump in the Epstein case in exchange for clemency. Journalist @carolecadwalla.bsky.social notes this “naked transactionalism” mirrors Jeffrey Epstein’s own business model of running a “global trade in favors” among the rich and powerful.
February 10, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell has offered to exonerate Donald Trump in the Epstein case in exchange for clemency. Journalist @carolecadwalla.bsky.social notes this “naked transactionalism” mirrors Jeffrey Epstein’s own business model of running a “global trade in favors” among the rich and powerful.
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"The most extraordinary and worrying thing of what is going on in the United States is the scale of normalization that is happening, in which the press is absolutely a structural part of this," says @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, award-winning investigative journalist
(Democracy Now, 2/10/26)
(Democracy Now, 2/10/26)
February 11, 2026 at 1:31 AM
"The most extraordinary and worrying thing of what is going on in the United States is the scale of normalization that is happening, in which the press is absolutely a structural part of this," says @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, award-winning investigative journalist
(Democracy Now, 2/10/26)
(Democracy Now, 2/10/26)
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on press failings around the Epstein files @democracynow.org
February 11, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on press failings around the Epstein files @democracynow.org
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What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own.
Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social
We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.
Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊
Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social
We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.
Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊
Former Observer big-hitters inc @carolecadwalla.bsky.social launch new title The Nerve with redundancy payouts
After Observer sale: "We decided to launch a title that the journalists themselves would own, that would be truly independent"
pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...
After Observer sale: "We decided to launch a title that the journalists themselves would own, that would be truly independent"
pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...
Former Observer big-hitters launch new title with redundancy payouts
Five former Observer journalists including Carole Cadwalladr have launched their own culture publication using their redundancy money.
pressgazette.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own.
Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social
We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.
Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊
Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social
We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.
Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊
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Please just for today say a prayer for the BBC’s Chris Mason.🙏🏻
This brave & much loved Conservative stormtrooper has fought tooth & nail to bring down a Labour Govt
It didn’t quite work out Chris but you will join the long list of Tory heroes such as Boris & Maggie!
Hero! 😢
This brave & much loved Conservative stormtrooper has fought tooth & nail to bring down a Labour Govt
It didn’t quite work out Chris but you will join the long list of Tory heroes such as Boris & Maggie!
Hero! 😢
February 11, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Please just for today say a prayer for the BBC’s Chris Mason.🙏🏻
This brave & much loved Conservative stormtrooper has fought tooth & nail to bring down a Labour Govt
It didn’t quite work out Chris but you will join the long list of Tory heroes such as Boris & Maggie!
Hero! 😢
This brave & much loved Conservative stormtrooper has fought tooth & nail to bring down a Labour Govt
It didn’t quite work out Chris but you will join the long list of Tory heroes such as Boris & Maggie!
Hero! 😢
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As something of a specialist in mitigation, “Actually I took my children with me to Paedo Island” is not what I would open with.
February 11, 2026 at 9:16 AM
As something of a specialist in mitigation, “Actually I took my children with me to Paedo Island” is not what I would open with.
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Expect to see a lot more sleeping peers in the coming days
Ex Tory MP John Redwood has been made a peer, as Lord Redwood on 31 January, and was formally introduced in the Lords on Tuesday
February 11, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Expect to see a lot more sleeping peers in the coming days
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Here’s the LBC recording of Bannon talking with Farage about getting rid of Theresa May, just as his text messages to Epstein suggest he’s work with Boris Johnson to the same end youtu.be/nU0F8rP7dr4?...
February 11, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Here’s the LBC recording of Bannon talking with Farage about getting rid of Theresa May, just as his text messages to Epstein suggest he’s work with Boris Johnson to the same end youtu.be/nU0F8rP7dr4?...
The UK government is sponsoring shady mining companies to explore the deep sea, despite claiming to support a pause on deep sea mining. It's time they act. Will you help turn up the pressure? act.gp/3Mf7791
Peter Kyle: Stop sponsoring the deep sea mining industry
The UK government is sponsoring shady mining companies to explore the deep sea, despite claiming to support a pause on deep sea mining. It's time they act. Will you help turn up the pressure?
act.gp
February 11, 2026 at 12:35 PM
The UK government is sponsoring shady mining companies to explore the deep sea, despite claiming to support a pause on deep sea mining. It's time they act. Will you help turn up the pressure? act.gp/3Mf7791
“In the twelve months leading up to Keir Starmer’s 2024 election victory, companies gave £42 million to political parties and politicians, according to Electoral Commission data. That is almost double the previous record of £21.5 million ahead of Boris Johnson’s 2019 win…”
Revealed: Corporate donations to British politics have tripled
Influential Labour committee chairs call on government to clean up politics as our new analysis finds record £42 million in company donations ahead of last election
open.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:45 AM
“In the twelve months leading up to Keir Starmer’s 2024 election victory, companies gave £42 million to political parties and politicians, according to Electoral Commission data. That is almost double the previous record of £21.5 million ahead of Boris Johnson’s 2019 win…”
“NEW:To the 300 axed Washington Post journalists … You are not helpless. You are brilliant, dedicated journalists who can and must rise again xxx”
Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla)
NEW: To the 300 axed Washington Post journalists, I’ve written a how-to guide to fight back against shitty employers. We did when the Guardian binned 100+ journalists in a single stroke. We fought. We...
substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:27 AM
“NEW:To the 300 axed Washington Post journalists … You are not helpless. You are brilliant, dedicated journalists who can and must rise again xxx”
UK government: suspend all contracts with Palantir action.eko.org/a/uk-governm...
UK government: Suspend all Palantir contracts
Right now, thanks to Keir Starmer, Trump’s digital Trojan horse is 'hoovering up' the private medical records of millions of people.Quietly, and without a single vote in Parliament, Keir Starmer has s
action.eko.org
February 11, 2026 at 9:18 AM
UK government: suspend all contracts with Palantir action.eko.org/a/uk-governm...
HD Hyundai: stop supplying Israel with demolition machinery action.eko.org/a/hyundai-st...
HD Hyundai: stop destroying Palestinian homes
20 minutes. That’s all the Israeli army needs to raze a Palestinian home to the ground in the West Bank. Thanks to Korean manufacturing giant HD Hyundai’s machinery, Palestinian homes, businesses, wat
action.eko.org
February 11, 2026 at 9:18 AM
HD Hyundai: stop supplying Israel with demolition machinery action.eko.org/a/hyundai-st...
