Treacle
@nessggd.bsky.social
Brightonian wife married to a New Yorker wife. 🌈 Alphabet family member. Fuck terfs. Anti-fascist.
Ghanaian-British.
Cancer epidemiologist.
Music & gigs & friends & pub & eating & travel.
Ghanaian-British.
Cancer epidemiologist.
Music & gigs & friends & pub & eating & travel.
Yet another reform bigoted dickhead. This loser wants your vote in Gorton and Denton.
A reminder that Reform's candidate for Gorton and Denton, Matt Goodwin, has still not explained what he meant by this claim that developments in genetic science will make younger generations more right wing as they understand the "inherent differences" between different groups
February 2, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Yet another reform bigoted dickhead. This loser wants your vote in Gorton and Denton.
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Absolutely scandalous that government is entertaining this
Thames Water creditors offer a debt "haircut" of 30%
But SPECIAL ADMINISTRATION is a far better deal =
- Slash the debt by *40-55%*
- Stop Thames Water's plans to *pollute ILLEGALLY until 2040*
news.sky.com/story/thames...
Thames Water creditors offer a debt "haircut" of 30%
But SPECIAL ADMINISTRATION is a far better deal =
- Slash the debt by *40-55%*
- Stop Thames Water's plans to *pollute ILLEGALLY until 2040*
news.sky.com/story/thames...
Thames Water closes in on £16bn rescue deal with lenders
A group of creditors is nearing an in-principle agreement with Ofwat that would keep Britain's biggest water utility out of temporary government ownership, Sky News learns.
news.sky.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Absolutely scandalous that government is entertaining this
Thames Water creditors offer a debt "haircut" of 30%
But SPECIAL ADMINISTRATION is a far better deal =
- Slash the debt by *40-55%*
- Stop Thames Water's plans to *pollute ILLEGALLY until 2040*
news.sky.com/story/thames...
Thames Water creditors offer a debt "haircut" of 30%
But SPECIAL ADMINISTRATION is a far better deal =
- Slash the debt by *40-55%*
- Stop Thames Water's plans to *pollute ILLEGALLY until 2040*
news.sky.com/story/thames...
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Frank McKenna: "The political obsession with net zero migration is becoming detached from economic reality.
"The UK is an ageing society with persistent labour shortages. Our economy depends on access to global talent."
https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/net-zero-migration-is-an-economic
"The UK is an ageing society with persistent labour shortages. Our economy depends on access to global talent."
https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/net-zero-migration-is-an-economic
Net Zero migration is an economic own goal
By Frank McKenna
bestforbritain.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Frank McKenna: "The political obsession with net zero migration is becoming detached from economic reality.
"The UK is an ageing society with persistent labour shortages. Our economy depends on access to global talent."
https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/net-zero-migration-is-an-economic
"The UK is an ageing society with persistent labour shortages. Our economy depends on access to global talent."
https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/net-zero-migration-is-an-economic
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At least 34 of the new # Labour MPs in this parliament are former lobbyists..
The voters of Gorton and Denton have a choice between a racist, a lobbyist and a female plumber!
Vote #GreenParty
Vote @hannahtheplumbermcr ❌
#gortonanddenton
#Hope ❤️
#StarmerOut
The voters of Gorton and Denton have a choice between a racist, a lobbyist and a female plumber!
Vote #GreenParty
Vote @hannahtheplumbermcr ❌
#gortonanddenton
#Hope ❤️
#StarmerOut
February 1, 2026 at 6:17 PM
At least 34 of the new # Labour MPs in this parliament are former lobbyists..
The voters of Gorton and Denton have a choice between a racist, a lobbyist and a female plumber!
Vote #GreenParty
Vote @hannahtheplumbermcr ❌
#gortonanddenton
#Hope ❤️
#StarmerOut
The voters of Gorton and Denton have a choice between a racist, a lobbyist and a female plumber!
Vote #GreenParty
Vote @hannahtheplumbermcr ❌
#gortonanddenton
#Hope ❤️
#StarmerOut
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Yall got yall’s own history months! Do we come up in yall’s months bothering yall?! NO WE DO NOT!
February 1, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Yall got yall’s own history months! Do we come up in yall’s months bothering yall?! NO WE DO NOT!
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So the guy who mentored Morgan McSweeney into masterminding the destruction of the UK Left and getting his boss elected on a platform made entirely of lies turns out to have been accepting enormous sums of money from the world's most famous child abuser and consistently lying about it? Nice.
January 31, 2026 at 12:36 PM
So the guy who mentored Morgan McSweeney into masterminding the destruction of the UK Left and getting his boss elected on a platform made entirely of lies turns out to have been accepting enormous sums of money from the world's most famous child abuser and consistently lying about it? Nice.
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It's time to realise that the richest most powerful people on the planet are the most evil, greediest people on the planet.
Stop believing their propaganda about themselves and realise that they are THE problem, the only one.
Stop believing their propaganda about themselves and realise that they are THE problem, the only one.
January 31, 2026 at 1:25 PM
It's time to realise that the richest most powerful people on the planet are the most evil, greediest people on the planet.
Stop believing their propaganda about themselves and realise that they are THE problem, the only one.
Stop believing their propaganda about themselves and realise that they are THE problem, the only one.
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Labour is run by people who think “left wing“ policies are evil.
Eg McSweeney, Reed & Mahmood.
They act for billionaire owned Hedge funds.
If you say you’re still voting Labour for a better deal for the people of the UK, you’re an ill informed mug. Or a Mossad bot.
Wake up!
bsky.app/profile/bold...
Eg McSweeney, Reed & Mahmood.
They act for billionaire owned Hedge funds.
If you say you’re still voting Labour for a better deal for the people of the UK, you’re an ill informed mug. Or a Mossad bot.
Wake up!
bsky.app/profile/bold...
January 31, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Labour is run by people who think “left wing“ policies are evil.
Eg McSweeney, Reed & Mahmood.
They act for billionaire owned Hedge funds.
If you say you’re still voting Labour for a better deal for the people of the UK, you’re an ill informed mug. Or a Mossad bot.
Wake up!
bsky.app/profile/bold...
Eg McSweeney, Reed & Mahmood.
They act for billionaire owned Hedge funds.
If you say you’re still voting Labour for a better deal for the people of the UK, you’re an ill informed mug. Or a Mossad bot.
Wake up!
bsky.app/profile/bold...
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“Apple has acquired a secretive Israeli start-up Q.AI whose technology can analyse facial expressions to understand “silent speech”, in one of the iPhone maker’s biggest ever acquisitions.”
Fuck Apple and Free Palestine
Fuck Apple and Free Palestine
Apple buys Israeli start-up Q.AI for close to $2bn in race to build AI devices
iPhone-maker strikes deal for secretive group that creates technology that analyses facial expressions
www.ft.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:37 PM
“Apple has acquired a secretive Israeli start-up Q.AI whose technology can analyse facial expressions to understand “silent speech”, in one of the iPhone maker’s biggest ever acquisitions.”
Fuck Apple and Free Palestine
Fuck Apple and Free Palestine
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England's water companies don't pay fines.
Thames Water, with nearly 200 criminal convictions, fined £122.4m in Aug/Dec 2024 for sewage dumping, paying illegal dividends.
Secretly agreed - Paid only £24.5m (20%) in Sept 2025. Remaining 80% may be paid by 2030 or never.
Why are companies indulged?
Thames Water, with nearly 200 criminal convictions, fined £122.4m in Aug/Dec 2024 for sewage dumping, paying illegal dividends.
Secretly agreed - Paid only £24.5m (20%) in Sept 2025. Remaining 80% may be paid by 2030 or never.
Why are companies indulged?
Public ownership of water is the only way to deliver security, efficiency, investment and value for money
37 years of privatisation has been a disaster
leftfootforward.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:33 AM
England's water companies don't pay fines.
Thames Water, with nearly 200 criminal convictions, fined £122.4m in Aug/Dec 2024 for sewage dumping, paying illegal dividends.
Secretly agreed - Paid only £24.5m (20%) in Sept 2025. Remaining 80% may be paid by 2030 or never.
Why are companies indulged?
Thames Water, with nearly 200 criminal convictions, fined £122.4m in Aug/Dec 2024 for sewage dumping, paying illegal dividends.
Secretly agreed - Paid only £24.5m (20%) in Sept 2025. Remaining 80% may be paid by 2030 or never.
Why are companies indulged?
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A hilariously bad Labour attack line against Zack Polanski/the Greens from Anna Turley. Are voters supposed to be angry that he let the local party choose their candidate instead of parachuting into the constituency (something Starmer claimed to believe in at one point)?
February 1, 2026 at 10:16 AM
A hilariously bad Labour attack line against Zack Polanski/the Greens from Anna Turley. Are voters supposed to be angry that he let the local party choose their candidate instead of parachuting into the constituency (something Starmer claimed to believe in at one point)?
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Africa battered by climate change.
Haru Mutasa reports on extreme drought in Kenya and massive floods in Mozambique.
"At the time, there was hardly any international news coverage on this drought in the Horn of Africa. I was not expecting anything dramatic. I was wrong."
Haru Mutasa reports on extreme drought in Kenya and massive floods in Mozambique.
"At the time, there was hardly any international news coverage on this drought in the Horn of Africa. I was not expecting anything dramatic. I was wrong."
Drought in the east, floods in the south: Africa battered by climate change
Covering extreme drought and massive flooding in a matter of weeks shows one reporter the toll of the climate crisis.
www.aljazeera.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Africa battered by climate change.
Haru Mutasa reports on extreme drought in Kenya and massive floods in Mozambique.
"At the time, there was hardly any international news coverage on this drought in the Horn of Africa. I was not expecting anything dramatic. I was wrong."
Haru Mutasa reports on extreme drought in Kenya and massive floods in Mozambique.
"At the time, there was hardly any international news coverage on this drought in the Horn of Africa. I was not expecting anything dramatic. I was wrong."
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This 100MW #solar power plant uses 12,000 mirrors and is capable of producing energy throughout the day and night.
We have the solutions. Dump fossil fuels and implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climateemergency #climatecrisis #climateaction #renewables #climate #energy
We have the solutions. Dump fossil fuels and implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climateemergency #climatecrisis #climateaction #renewables #climate #energy
January 31, 2026 at 7:07 PM
This 100MW #solar power plant uses 12,000 mirrors and is capable of producing energy throughout the day and night.
We have the solutions. Dump fossil fuels and implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climateemergency #climatecrisis #climateaction #renewables #climate #energy
We have the solutions. Dump fossil fuels and implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climateemergency #climatecrisis #climateaction #renewables #climate #energy
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Zack Polanski hit back at a BBC journalist’s suggestion that he is 'making an issue of Gaza' in the Gorton and Denton by-election campaign
Zack Polanski hits back at BBC claim he is 'politicising Gaza' in by-election
www.thenational.scot
February 1, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Zack Polanski hit back at a BBC journalist’s suggestion that he is 'making an issue of Gaza' in the Gorton and Denton by-election campaign
🇵🇸 Gaza Needs Your Support: Help Build a Lifeline for Students and Remote Workers! chuffed.org/project/spar...
🇵🇸 Gaza Needs Your Support: Help Build a Lifeline for Students and Remote Workers!
In Gaza, war has destroyed homes, blocked roads, and left countless people without work. Yet, amidst the rubble, hope remains. Students and remote workers face daily struggles—power outages, broken in...
chuffed.org
February 1, 2026 at 11:29 AM
🇵🇸 Gaza Needs Your Support: Help Build a Lifeline for Students and Remote Workers! chuffed.org/project/spar...
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social with a simple message on #bbclaurak: "The Lab govt have taken peoples votes for granted & they're yesterdays news. This is the Green Party versus Reform, and Greens are going to win [Gorton & Denton]"
February 1, 2026 at 9:06 AM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social with a simple message on #bbclaurak: "The Lab govt have taken peoples votes for granted & they're yesterdays news. This is the Green Party versus Reform, and Greens are going to win [Gorton & Denton]"
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We Americans must accept that our government and its client Israel are rogue states. Together, they will continue posing a threat to the rest of the world until we force our own government to stop funding and start sanctioning Israel
February 1, 2026 at 4:31 AM
We Americans must accept that our government and its client Israel are rogue states. Together, they will continue posing a threat to the rest of the world until we force our own government to stop funding and start sanctioning Israel
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If you want to know how good I would be in government, just look at the only thing I have ever actually achieved - Brexit. If you think that went well, vote Reform!
February 1, 2026 at 9:54 AM
If you want to know how good I would be in government, just look at the only thing I have ever actually achieved - Brexit. If you think that went well, vote Reform!
This is pathetically desperate stuff Laura K. She needed sacking 2 years ago.
#bbclaurak asks @zackpolanski.bsky.social, doesn't opposing genocide stir up division?
February 1, 2026 at 10:45 AM
This is pathetically desperate stuff Laura K. She needed sacking 2 years ago.
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So the NYT calls this movie, that is on track to lose $50-60 million, a "strong showing".
We're on our own out here folks.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/b...
We're on our own out here folks.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/b...
‘Melania’ Arrives With Strong Box Office Showing for a Documentary
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:12 AM
So the NYT calls this movie, that is on track to lose $50-60 million, a "strong showing".
We're on our own out here folks.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/b...
We're on our own out here folks.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/b...
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Today, Israeli airstrikes killed 27 Palestinians in Gaza.
The genocide never ended — and we will never stop campaigning until there is a free and independent Palestine.
The genocide never ended — and we will never stop campaigning until there is a free and independent Palestine.
January 31, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Today, Israeli airstrikes killed 27 Palestinians in Gaza.
The genocide never ended — and we will never stop campaigning until there is a free and independent Palestine.
The genocide never ended — and we will never stop campaigning until there is a free and independent Palestine.
No more blue labour.
Who is Labour's candidate Angeliki Stogia for Gorton & Denton?
She is Stakeholder Engagement and Communications lead for Arup, focusing in finding funding and state support for private Energy and Rail contracts.
Do you really want to vote Labour's Margaret Thatcher in?
She is Stakeholder Engagement and Communications lead for Arup, focusing in finding funding and state support for private Energy and Rail contracts.
Do you really want to vote Labour's Margaret Thatcher in?
February 1, 2026 at 10:40 AM
No more blue labour.
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The Democrats didn’t flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
The PEOPLE flipped a red seat in the Texas Senate.
The PEOPLE flipped a red seat in the Texas Senate.
February 1, 2026 at 6:02 AM
The Democrats didn’t flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
The PEOPLE flipped a red seat in the Texas Senate.
The PEOPLE flipped a red seat in the Texas Senate.
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Might we tactfully point out that to obsess negatively with trans people when the richest and most powerful men in the world are trying to reverse centuries of humane progress and equality to acquire impunity for rape and murder shows a weird sense of priorities?
January 31, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Might we tactfully point out that to obsess negatively with trans people when the richest and most powerful men in the world are trying to reverse centuries of humane progress and equality to acquire impunity for rape and murder shows a weird sense of priorities?