John L @JohnLowe56.bsky.social
@johnlowe56.bsky.social
Contemporary History and Politics MA. Green Party. Appalled by world events currently. Like football, cats, dogs, Scotland.
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This is where Brits have it over Americans.
If this were a British tradition, she would walk around it three times.
The first time she would touch it with a sword and intone the words 'Salve arbor, te videre iucundum est, frondes pulchras habes.'
The second, she would sprinkle it with water...
If this were a British tradition, she would walk around it three times.
The first time she would touch it with a sword and intone the words 'Salve arbor, te videre iucundum est, frondes pulchras habes.'
The second, she would sprinkle it with water...
You can just feel the joy of Christmas all around her 🤭🎄
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This is where Brits have it over Americans.
If this were a British tradition, she would walk around it three times.
The first time she would touch it with a sword and intone the words 'Salve arbor, te videre iucundum est, frondes pulchras habes.'
The second, she would sprinkle it with water...
If this were a British tradition, she would walk around it three times.
The first time she would touch it with a sword and intone the words 'Salve arbor, te videre iucundum est, frondes pulchras habes.'
The second, she would sprinkle it with water...
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Lucky that the budget tomorrow includes a top-secret plan to bail out universities, otherwise this would be entirely empty rhetoric
Always the way, isn't it? Graduate from top uni says other people shouldn't aspire to go to university.
The Prime Minister's target – two thirds of young people getting a degree or an apprenticeship – is the right one. Only Labour backs our young people.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
The Prime Minister's target – two thirds of young people getting a degree or an apprenticeship – is the right one. Only Labour backs our young people.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform UK bigwig who went to top university says fewer others should do the same
Reform UK's former chairman calls for "fewer people going to university" after benefiting from a degree from one of the country's most prestigious ones himself
www.mirror.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Lucky that the budget tomorrow includes a top-secret plan to bail out universities, otherwise this would be entirely empty rhetoric
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Germany uses the excuse of the ’ceasefire’ which Israel routinely violates to sell weapons to Israel again. Israel is being rewarded for committing genocide by the country that pretends to have learned from the holocaust.
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Germany uses the excuse of the ’ceasefire’ which Israel routinely violates to sell weapons to Israel again. Israel is being rewarded for committing genocide by the country that pretends to have learned from the holocaust.
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Lies, lies, damn lies.
It's treason.
Obama, Brennan, Clapper, Comey, McCabe and others....
Treason. 💯
x.com/holonabove/s...
It's treason.
Obama, Brennan, Clapper, Comey, McCabe and others....
Treason. 💯
x.com/holonabove/s...
November 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Lies, lies, damn lies.
It's treason.
Obama, Brennan, Clapper, Comey, McCabe and others....
Treason. 💯
x.com/holonabove/s...
It's treason.
Obama, Brennan, Clapper, Comey, McCabe and others....
Treason. 💯
x.com/holonabove/s...
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"device hoarding" also known as: When someone hasn't replaced the one phone that they have in a few years because they had no reason to. Words used to mean things.
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"device hoarding" also known as: When someone hasn't replaced the one phone that they have in a few years because they had no reason to. Words used to mean things.
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Interesting.
Is welfare spending ''out of control''?
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
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Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
buff.ly/s5mz97u
November 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Interesting.
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Bringing up Farage being a racist won't shift any opinions on him. Pushing him on the fact his close associates take Russian money will.
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Bringing up Farage being a racist won't shift any opinions on him. Pushing him on the fact his close associates take Russian money will.
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A recently discovered canid is making their home along the coast of LA. They’re classified as coyotes, but Red Wolf ancestry gives them bigger ears, and longer legs.
Scientists are working to better understand these hybrids and what they mean for the future of canids in the region.
bit.ly/4rfpSst
Scientists are working to better understand these hybrids and what they mean for the future of canids in the region.
bit.ly/4rfpSst
Marshland mashup: Red wolf-coyote hybrids adapt to coastal Louisiana • Louisiana Illuminator
A new kind of creature is making its home where the prairies of Southwest Louisiana turn into brackish coastal marshes.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A recently discovered canid is making their home along the coast of LA. They’re classified as coyotes, but Red Wolf ancestry gives them bigger ears, and longer legs.
Scientists are working to better understand these hybrids and what they mean for the future of canids in the region.
bit.ly/4rfpSst
Scientists are working to better understand these hybrids and what they mean for the future of canids in the region.
bit.ly/4rfpSst
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👀👀👀anyone want to be my reference 😂
Important role - new Chair of the Board of @ukri.org
£33k for one day a week. Closes 11 Jan. Would be good from my perspective to get someone who understands higher education and the value of the arts, humanities and social sciences!
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£33k for one day a week. Closes 11 Jan. Would be good from my perspective to get someone who understands higher education and the value of the arts, humanities and social sciences!
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Perrett Laver - Leading Global Executive Search Firm
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November 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
👀👀👀anyone want to be my reference 😂
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Sen. Mark Kelly on MS NOW: "I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I've been nearly shot down multiple times … My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head, six people killed around her … We know what political violence is. And we know what causes it, too."
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly on MS NOW: "I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I've been nearly shot down multiple times … My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head, six people killed around her … We know what political violence is. And we know what causes it, too."
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On Nov. 22, Israeli strikes killed more than 20 people and injured over 80 in #Gaza, according to the Ministry of Health. Since Oct. 11, over 339 Palestinians have been killed and more than 870 been injured.
Despite the ceasefire, we are still treating injured people in Gaza.
Despite the ceasefire, we are still treating injured people in Gaza.
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
On Nov. 22, Israeli strikes killed more than 20 people and injured over 80 in #Gaza, according to the Ministry of Health. Since Oct. 11, over 339 Palestinians have been killed and more than 870 been injured.
Despite the ceasefire, we are still treating injured people in Gaza.
Despite the ceasefire, we are still treating injured people in Gaza.
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Meet Pluto!
He is a smart and energetic dog who is ready for a loving forever home.
🐾
He loves to learn new tricks and commands, and will work hard to earn those treats! He's also a total softie who loves belly rubs and snuggles.
Look for him at the Philadelphia
www.pspca.org
#AdoptDontShop
💙🐶🐾
He is a smart and energetic dog who is ready for a loving forever home.
🐾
He loves to learn new tricks and commands, and will work hard to earn those treats! He's also a total softie who loves belly rubs and snuggles.
Look for him at the Philadelphia
www.pspca.org
#AdoptDontShop
💙🐶🐾
November 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Meet Pluto!
He is a smart and energetic dog who is ready for a loving forever home.
🐾
He loves to learn new tricks and commands, and will work hard to earn those treats! He's also a total softie who loves belly rubs and snuggles.
Look for him at the Philadelphia
www.pspca.org
#AdoptDontShop
💙🐶🐾
He is a smart and energetic dog who is ready for a loving forever home.
🐾
He loves to learn new tricks and commands, and will work hard to earn those treats! He's also a total softie who loves belly rubs and snuggles.
Look for him at the Philadelphia
www.pspca.org
#AdoptDontShop
💙🐶🐾
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The aurora glowed in the sky all night. It was a fantastic show in Fairbanks, Alaska
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The aurora glowed in the sky all night. It was a fantastic show in Fairbanks, Alaska
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Left, Labour's Peter Kyle: we want to grow the economy and make Brexit work
Right, "GDP reduced by 8%..Brexit decimated UK economy"
Right, "GDP reduced by 8%..Brexit decimated UK economy"
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Left, Labour's Peter Kyle: we want to grow the economy and make Brexit work
Right, "GDP reduced by 8%..Brexit decimated UK economy"
Right, "GDP reduced by 8%..Brexit decimated UK economy"
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Sweet 5 year old Sosa is a retired service K9 in search of a #ForeverHome. She is very energetic and highly skilled.
Head to the Philadelphia PSPCA to adopt this incredible pup!
www.pspca.org
#AdoptDontShop
💙🐶🐾
Head to the Philadelphia PSPCA to adopt this incredible pup!
www.pspca.org
#AdoptDontShop
💙🐶🐾
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Sweet 5 year old Sosa is a retired service K9 in search of a #ForeverHome. She is very energetic and highly skilled.
Head to the Philadelphia PSPCA to adopt this incredible pup!
www.pspca.org
#AdoptDontShop
💙🐶🐾
Head to the Philadelphia PSPCA to adopt this incredible pup!
www.pspca.org
#AdoptDontShop
💙🐶🐾
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🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
MELIA can live with cats, no dogs. She needs a patient, loving human who can train and be her forever. She needs a calm adult only home. 3.5 years old. Around 50 pounds. Over 800 days 😢
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
MELIA can live with cats, no dogs. She needs a patient, loving human who can train and be her forever. She needs a calm adult only home. 3.5 years old. Around 50 pounds. Over 800 days 😢
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
💻[email protected]
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
MELIA can live with cats, no dogs. She needs a patient, loving human who can train and be her forever. She needs a calm adult only home. 3.5 years old. Around 50 pounds. Over 800 days 😢
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
MELIA can live with cats, no dogs. She needs a patient, loving human who can train and be her forever. She needs a calm adult only home. 3.5 years old. Around 50 pounds. Over 800 days 😢
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From our Substack: why are electric cars being de-incentivised in London? chilterngreens.substack.com/p/cutting-of...
Cutting Off London's Electri-city
Opinion | David Hughes
chilterngreens.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
From our Substack: why are electric cars being de-incentivised in London? chilterngreens.substack.com/p/cutting-of...
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Perhaps Labour should learn how to govern properly instead of scapegoating people fleeing conflict and dire conditions at home.
Refugees are welcome.
Refugees are welcome.
The Greens don’t believe providing safe refuge for endangered asylum seekers is an “out-of-control” policy.
Nor do we believe making life more difficult for those in need is the way to unify British society.
Refugees are welcome.
Nor do we believe making life more difficult for those in need is the way to unify British society.
Refugees are welcome.
November 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Perhaps Labour should learn how to govern properly instead of scapegoating people fleeing conflict and dire conditions at home.
Refugees are welcome.
Refugees are welcome.
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COP30 is being flooded by fossil fuel lobbyists — more than any country delegation except Brazil. While other parties take their money, we never will.
Help us stand up to dirty fossil fuel money and demand real climate leadership. Donate today.
Help us stand up to dirty fossil fuel money and demand real climate leadership. Donate today.
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
COP30 is being flooded by fossil fuel lobbyists — more than any country delegation except Brazil. While other parties take their money, we never will.
Help us stand up to dirty fossil fuel money and demand real climate leadership. Donate today.
Help us stand up to dirty fossil fuel money and demand real climate leadership. Donate today.
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A cross-party MP inquiry found that nature does not hamper house building and was instead being scapegoated by ministers as a "lazy narrative" for the country's housing woes.
Britain needs a planning system that cares for both people and the planet if we are to have a sustainable future.
Britain needs a planning system that cares for both people and the planet if we are to have a sustainable future.
November 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
A cross-party MP inquiry found that nature does not hamper house building and was instead being scapegoated by ministers as a "lazy narrative" for the country's housing woes.
Britain needs a planning system that cares for both people and the planet if we are to have a sustainable future.
Britain needs a planning system that cares for both people and the planet if we are to have a sustainable future.
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Looking at polling averages, Reform has dipped a little recently but it's largely because of Labour 24 voters who had been saying "don't know" now saying Green.
As DKs they were excluded but as Greens they are not, so Reform drop even though they have the same number of people supporting them.
As DKs they were excluded but as Greens they are not, so Reform drop even though they have the same number of people supporting them.
November 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Looking at polling averages, Reform has dipped a little recently but it's largely because of Labour 24 voters who had been saying "don't know" now saying Green.
As DKs they were excluded but as Greens they are not, so Reform drop even though they have the same number of people supporting them.
As DKs they were excluded but as Greens they are not, so Reform drop even though they have the same number of people supporting them.