Laurie Dunkin Wedd
@ldw1.bsky.social
Bought no coal or gas since 1977, no flights since 2006, no petrol since 2015. You can give up fossils too!
PV, EV, domestic battery.
ME/CFS. #UBI
Kent UK.
Sometimes musical.
PV, EV, domestic battery.
ME/CFS. #UBI
Kent UK.
Sometimes musical.
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“To prove discrimination, blacks were repeatedly dispatched as testers to Trump apartment buildings to inquire about vacancies, and white testers were sent soon after. Repeatedly, the black person was told nothing was available, while the white tester was shown apartments for immediate rental.” Gift
Opinion | Is Donald Trump a Racist? (Published 2016)
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:24 PM
“To prove discrimination, blacks were repeatedly dispatched as testers to Trump apartment buildings to inquire about vacancies, and white testers were sent soon after. Repeatedly, the black person was told nothing was available, while the white tester was shown apartments for immediate rental.” Gift
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Donald Trump creates fund to boost MAGA agenda in UK
Donald Trump creates fund to boost MAGA agenda in UK
A US "free speech" fund is set to push Donald Trump's right-wing agenda in the UK and Europe, with Reform UK's involvement, reports have…
www.thenational.scot
February 7, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Donald Trump creates fund to boost MAGA agenda in UK
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Reform-run Kent council accused of fabricating £40m net zero savings
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform-run Kent council accused of fabricating £40m net zero savings
Exclusive: Disclosures show figures cited by council leader rested on unfunded ideas listed briefly in budget papers
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Reform-run Kent council accused of fabricating £40m net zero savings
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Parliament will debate this petition on 16 March 2026! Great news.
By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
February 7, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Parliament will debate this petition on 16 March 2026! Great news.
By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
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Hey, @politico.eu, shouldn't you include Tony Blair Institute's well-known links to petrostates & oil & gas companies in this report?
And shouldn't you call him "oil & IT lobbyist" first, since he's been that twice as long as he was PM?
www.politico.eu/article/tony...
And shouldn't you call him "oil & IT lobbyist" first, since he's been that twice as long as he was PM?
www.politico.eu/article/tony...
Tony Blair’s think tank: Labour should revise Windfall Tax
The tax on oil and gas profits has been in place since 2022.
www.politico.eu
February 7, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Hey, @politico.eu, shouldn't you include Tony Blair Institute's well-known links to petrostates & oil & gas companies in this report?
And shouldn't you call him "oil & IT lobbyist" first, since he's been that twice as long as he was PM?
www.politico.eu/article/tony...
And shouldn't you call him "oil & IT lobbyist" first, since he's been that twice as long as he was PM?
www.politico.eu/article/tony...
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You want better health outcomes, lower suicide and improve mental health it's not rocket science.Enough studies have been done showing affordable housing/rent and a basic income would change the game. But governments are in with the oligarchs and corporations.Revolution time is drawing close 👊
February 7, 2026 at 7:14 PM
You want better health outcomes, lower suicide and improve mental health it's not rocket science.Enough studies have been done showing affordable housing/rent and a basic income would change the game. But governments are in with the oligarchs and corporations.Revolution time is drawing close 👊
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Big news! @bma.org.uk now advising doctors not to engage with Palantir's NHS data platform! They say there must be a "complete break from Palantir technologies in the NHS", due to the company's track record, e.g. with ICE, and the risk to patient trust. www.bmj.com/content/392/...
February 6, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Big news! @bma.org.uk now advising doctors not to engage with Palantir's NHS data platform! They say there must be a "complete break from Palantir technologies in the NHS", due to the company's track record, e.g. with ICE, and the risk to patient trust. www.bmj.com/content/392/...
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Why do we keep pretending that ‘cost-saving’ is at the top of what matters to us in public health? This is an economic priority, not necessarily a health one. We get too sucked into trying to be ‘pragmatic’ & lose sight of the notion that such an ideological stance is a choice not an inevitability.
February 7, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Why do we keep pretending that ‘cost-saving’ is at the top of what matters to us in public health? This is an economic priority, not necessarily a health one. We get too sucked into trying to be ‘pragmatic’ & lose sight of the notion that such an ideological stance is a choice not an inevitability.
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Now, that’s one cracker of a line: “The Mandelson scandal is bad. Very bad indeed. And that therefore makes it comparable to an average Tuesday under the Johnson administration.” 10/10.
This—by @iandunt.bsky.social—is the best thing I’ve read on the implications of this week’s shitshow for UK government, diplomacy and democracy
Starmer's moment of reckoning
Where is the competent boring government we were promised?
iandunt.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Now, that’s one cracker of a line: “The Mandelson scandal is bad. Very bad indeed. And that therefore makes it comparable to an average Tuesday under the Johnson administration.” 10/10.
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Gordon Brown very good on the BBC this morning. I know he got a lot of criticism as Prime Minister but consider his successors in office.
February 7, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Gordon Brown very good on the BBC this morning. I know he got a lot of criticism as Prime Minister but consider his successors in office.
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“We owe it to Epstein’s victims and to British democracy to demand historic change”
Gordon Brown
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Gordon Brown
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We owe it to Epstein’s victims and to British democracy to demand historic change | Gordon Brown
The abuse of women by figures such as Epstein, and of political power by the likes of Mandelson, must be confronted. As far as I am able, I will play my part, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brow...
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:19 AM
“We owe it to Epstein’s victims and to British democracy to demand historic change”
Gordon Brown
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Gordon Brown
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Reform claim they've saved £40 million by cancelling projects which don't exist
But I've saved myself even more than that just this morning, by not buying a massive castle
But I've saved myself even more than that just this morning, by not buying a massive castle
Reform-run Kent council accused of fabricating £40m net zero savings
Exclusive: Disclosures show figures cited by council leader rested on unfunded ideas listed briefly in budget papers
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Reform claim they've saved £40 million by cancelling projects which don't exist
But I've saved myself even more than that just this morning, by not buying a massive castle
But I've saved myself even more than that just this morning, by not buying a massive castle
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#AirPollution is an invisible killer
If we saw what this guy saw we’d hold our breath….& demand action
“I'm staring at my blood in a microscope. Rather than pristine red blood cells, some are tainted black. I'm now one of 1st in the world to see air pollution inside their body”
If we saw what this guy saw we’d hold our breath….& demand action
“I'm staring at my blood in a microscope. Rather than pristine red blood cells, some are tainted black. I'm now one of 1st in the world to see air pollution inside their body”
February 7, 2026 at 3:16 PM
#AirPollution is an invisible killer
If we saw what this guy saw we’d hold our breath….& demand action
“I'm staring at my blood in a microscope. Rather than pristine red blood cells, some are tainted black. I'm now one of 1st in the world to see air pollution inside their body”
If we saw what this guy saw we’d hold our breath….& demand action
“I'm staring at my blood in a microscope. Rather than pristine red blood cells, some are tainted black. I'm now one of 1st in the world to see air pollution inside their body”
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Big polluters, climate deniers, and oil and gas interests have donated millions to Reform.
Why? Because they trust them.
But we don't. The Green Party is taking on Reform and their corporate backers - because we know whose interests they serve.
Are you with us?
Why? Because they trust them.
But we don't. The Green Party is taking on Reform and their corporate backers - because we know whose interests they serve.
Are you with us?
February 7, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Big polluters, climate deniers, and oil and gas interests have donated millions to Reform.
Why? Because they trust them.
But we don't. The Green Party is taking on Reform and their corporate backers - because we know whose interests they serve.
Are you with us?
Why? Because they trust them.
But we don't. The Green Party is taking on Reform and their corporate backers - because we know whose interests they serve.
Are you with us?
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Any business which doesn't sell loaves of bread isn't a bakery.
February 7, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Any business which doesn't sell loaves of bread isn't a bakery.
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“Great changes come about because of the extraordinary courage and personal sacrifice of ordinary people.”
Read the incredible speech from Rajiv Menon KC on behalf of the Filton6 defendant, Charlotte Head
As reported by @realmediapress.bsky.social
Thursday Jan 8th
realmedia.press/the-filton-t...
Read the incredible speech from Rajiv Menon KC on behalf of the Filton6 defendant, Charlotte Head
As reported by @realmediapress.bsky.social
Thursday Jan 8th
realmedia.press/the-filton-t...
THE FILTON TRIAL - DEFENCE SPEECHES - Real Media - The View From Below
Detailed reporting on the closing speeches by counsel on behalf of the six defendants in the Palestine Action Filton trial at Woolwich Crown Court.
realmedia.press
February 7, 2026 at 3:31 PM
“Great changes come about because of the extraordinary courage and personal sacrifice of ordinary people.”
Read the incredible speech from Rajiv Menon KC on behalf of the Filton6 defendant, Charlotte Head
As reported by @realmediapress.bsky.social
Thursday Jan 8th
realmedia.press/the-filton-t...
Read the incredible speech from Rajiv Menon KC on behalf of the Filton6 defendant, Charlotte Head
As reported by @realmediapress.bsky.social
Thursday Jan 8th
realmedia.press/the-filton-t...
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NEW: Reform UK’s flagship council, Kent, has been accused of telling a “blatant lie” after its claim of nearly £40m in savings on net zero were found to be based on hypothetical projects for which there was no documentation.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform-run Kent council accused of fabricating £40m net zero savings
Disclosures show figures cited by authority’s leader rested on unfunded ideas listed briefly in budget papers
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:04 AM
NEW: Reform UK’s flagship council, Kent, has been accused of telling a “blatant lie” after its claim of nearly £40m in savings on net zero were found to be based on hypothetical projects for which there was no documentation.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I think a lot of politicians & commentators see all this very differently from most of the country. They see it as part of an ongoing story about decision-making, personalities, probity, money etc. For everyone else it’s part of a long series of events: Saville, Huw Edwards, Rotherham & more (1/)
February 7, 2026 at 3:30 PM
I think a lot of politicians & commentators see all this very differently from most of the country. They see it as part of an ongoing story about decision-making, personalities, probity, money etc. For everyone else it’s part of a long series of events: Saville, Huw Edwards, Rotherham & more (1/)
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I don't know for sure, but I'd bet that Mandelson was a key figure lobbying for Labour NOT to hold a proper inquiry into Russian interference in our elections. His closeness to Deripaska and others would have come out
February 7, 2026 at 3:15 PM
I don't know for sure, but I'd bet that Mandelson was a key figure lobbying for Labour NOT to hold a proper inquiry into Russian interference in our elections. His closeness to Deripaska and others would have come out
OK, Keir Starmer - Mr Clean Hands, DPP, Honest John, etc etc: let’s see what you’ve got.
(I predict timidity, hallmark of this joke government.)
(I predict timidity, hallmark of this joke government.)
February 7, 2026 at 10:21 AM
OK, Keir Starmer - Mr Clean Hands, DPP, Honest John, etc etc: let’s see what you’ve got.
(I predict timidity, hallmark of this joke government.)
(I predict timidity, hallmark of this joke government.)
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In Sweden, over €400,000 were raised to help Ukraine's energy sector in the first five minutes of the SVT channel broadcast, Ukrainian Ambassador Svitlana Zalishchuk said.
According to the organizers, they "have never seen anything like this," referring to the pace of fundraising
According to the organizers, they "have never seen anything like this," referring to the pace of fundraising
February 6, 2026 at 8:38 PM
In Sweden, over €400,000 were raised to help Ukraine's energy sector in the first five minutes of the SVT channel broadcast, Ukrainian Ambassador Svitlana Zalishchuk said.
According to the organizers, they "have never seen anything like this," referring to the pace of fundraising
According to the organizers, they "have never seen anything like this," referring to the pace of fundraising
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Lots of things are beginning to make sense now. Given Mandelson’s role in the People’s Vote, and his proximity to Epstein and his MAGA/Russian ties, no wonder they dismissed @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on Cambridge Analytica/Vote Leave and our joint investigation into Russian interference
February 6, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Lots of things are beginning to make sense now. Given Mandelson’s role in the People’s Vote, and his proximity to Epstein and his MAGA/Russian ties, no wonder they dismissed @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on Cambridge Analytica/Vote Leave and our joint investigation into Russian interference
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There is such 'hunger' among Europeans to contribute to help Ukrainians through the cold. In NL we just broke through the €300.000 mark but this is next level. Five minutes! Ordinary Europeans stepping in to help Ukraine buy the generators it needs.
In Sweden, over €400,000 were raised to help Ukraine's energy sector in the first five minutes of the SVT channel broadcast, Ukrainian Ambassador Svitlana Zalishchuk said.
According to the organizers, they "have never seen anything like this," referring to the pace of fundraising
According to the organizers, they "have never seen anything like this," referring to the pace of fundraising
February 7, 2026 at 9:33 AM
There is such 'hunger' among Europeans to contribute to help Ukrainians through the cold. In NL we just broke through the €300.000 mark but this is next level. Five minutes! Ordinary Europeans stepping in to help Ukraine buy the generators it needs.
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Powerful & comprehensive call to action from former PM Gordon Brown:
‘Every few years, our country has suffered a major scandal that shakes us to the core but from which lessons are never fully learned’
#AntiCorruption #UKPolitics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘Every few years, our country has suffered a major scandal that shakes us to the core but from which lessons are never fully learned’
#AntiCorruption #UKPolitics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We owe it to Epstein’s victims and to British democracy to demand historic change | Gordon Brown
The abuse of women by figures such as Epstein, and of political power by the likes of Mandelson, must be confronted. As far as I am able, I will play my part, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brow...
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Powerful & comprehensive call to action from former PM Gordon Brown:
‘Every few years, our country has suffered a major scandal that shakes us to the core but from which lessons are never fully learned’
#AntiCorruption #UKPolitics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘Every few years, our country has suffered a major scandal that shakes us to the core but from which lessons are never fully learned’
#AntiCorruption #UKPolitics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...