Sebastian Wakefield
@oldartisan.bsky.social
Photography, politics, fly fishing. Retired artisan.
Woke lefty. Yorkshire Dales. Turning Green
Woke lefty. Yorkshire Dales. Turning Green
We need social housing more than affordable housing. It has to be state owned.
Latest from me: I went to minehead, to see - no, really - new council houses & flats. We could build them at scale, if we wanted. So why not? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In Somerset, I found glorious proof that the UK can build great council houses. So what is holding us back? | John Harris
It was life-affirming to meet the residents of Rainbow Way in Minehead. But so much still stands in the way of Labour’s vision for social housing, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:31 AM
We need social housing more than affordable housing. It has to be state owned.
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When we said NATO wasn't working we were derided.
When we said a nuclear weapons system relying on the US is dangerous we were called stupid.
The truth is the establishment are more interested in kissing US feet than keeping the UK safe.
It's time for a rethink.
When we said a nuclear weapons system relying on the US is dangerous we were called stupid.
The truth is the establishment are more interested in kissing US feet than keeping the UK safe.
It's time for a rethink.
January 18, 2026 at 7:36 AM
When we said NATO wasn't working we were derided.
When we said a nuclear weapons system relying on the US is dangerous we were called stupid.
The truth is the establishment are more interested in kissing US feet than keeping the UK safe.
It's time for a rethink.
When we said a nuclear weapons system relying on the US is dangerous we were called stupid.
The truth is the establishment are more interested in kissing US feet than keeping the UK safe.
It's time for a rethink.
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Donald Trump threatens 10% tariffs on UK and Nigel Farage who has positioned himself as the president's best mate in Britain drops out of a much promoted interview on the BBC.
Strange.
Almost like the two things are connected.
Strange.
Almost like the two things are connected.
January 18, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Donald Trump threatens 10% tariffs on UK and Nigel Farage who has positioned himself as the president's best mate in Britain drops out of a much promoted interview on the BBC.
Strange.
Almost like the two things are connected.
Strange.
Almost like the two things are connected.
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A real shame if this photo went viral again today.
January 18, 2026 at 8:18 AM
A real shame if this photo went viral again today.
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Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
January 18, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
🚨 NHS England is rolling out Palantir software for our health records - handing huge power to a US firm with a track record in surveillance, military technology and human rights abuses.
Email your local Trust and say NO to Palantir in the NHS: notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
Email your local Trust and say NO to Palantir in the NHS: notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org
January 18, 2026 at 8:51 AM
🚨 NHS England is rolling out Palantir software for our health records - handing huge power to a US firm with a track record in surveillance, military technology and human rights abuses.
Email your local Trust and say NO to Palantir in the NHS: notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
Email your local Trust and say NO to Palantir in the NHS: notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
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I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.
January 5, 2026 at 12:27 PM
I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.
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The Swiss Government has rejected using Palantir saying it presents devastating security risks.
Why are we using it?
Why are we using it?
December 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The Swiss Government has rejected using Palantir saying it presents devastating security risks.
Why are we using it?
Why are we using it?
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“...it was with more passion than ever that he believed others should have the choice he never would.”
Jonathan Dimbleby speaks movingly about his brother Nicholas’ final months with MND, and urges a minority in the Lords to stop delaying the assisted dying Bill.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Jonathan Dimbleby speaks movingly about his brother Nicholas’ final months with MND, and urges a minority in the Lords to stop delaying the assisted dying Bill.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“...it was with more passion than ever that he believed others should have the choice he never would.”
Jonathan Dimbleby speaks movingly about his brother Nicholas’ final months with MND, and urges a minority in the Lords to stop delaying the assisted dying Bill.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Jonathan Dimbleby speaks movingly about his brother Nicholas’ final months with MND, and urges a minority in the Lords to stop delaying the assisted dying Bill.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
All the "offs" are not working for us, only working for rip off Capitalists
If Ofcom actually existed, GB News wouldn't.
December 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
All the "offs" are not working for us, only working for rip off Capitalists
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The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
The Confidence Trick That Put Boris Johnson Into Power Is Now Being Used on Nigel Farage
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
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The BBC needs to urgently review its board structure as to its ability to respond to an existential threat. There are multiple credible reports that board members involved in its response aren’t on-side. There are allegations some leaked. And the response has been slow and disjointed throughout.
November 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The BBC needs to urgently review its board structure as to its ability to respond to an existential threat. There are multiple credible reports that board members involved in its response aren’t on-side. There are allegations some leaked. And the response has been slow and disjointed throughout.
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Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
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The first thing Yaxley-Lennon did on leaving court was to thank Elon Musk for funding his legal costs.
That's Elon Musk who has repeatedly called for civil war in the UK.
As of typing this - all of the major politicians and platforms maintain a presence on X and it is time for them all to leave.
That's Elon Musk who has repeatedly called for civil war in the UK.
As of typing this - all of the major politicians and platforms maintain a presence on X and it is time for them all to leave.
November 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The first thing Yaxley-Lennon did on leaving court was to thank Elon Musk for funding his legal costs.
That's Elon Musk who has repeatedly called for civil war in the UK.
As of typing this - all of the major politicians and platforms maintain a presence on X and it is time for them all to leave.
That's Elon Musk who has repeatedly called for civil war in the UK.
As of typing this - all of the major politicians and platforms maintain a presence on X and it is time for them all to leave.
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Once you realise that the political class has been co-opted, that our media is run for their owners not the truth, that there are people whose literal job is to find new ways to disinform, misinform and obfuscate objective reality...
...at that point you can start to see your own shackles.
...at that point you can start to see your own shackles.
November 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Once you realise that the political class has been co-opted, that our media is run for their owners not the truth, that there are people whose literal job is to find new ways to disinform, misinform and obfuscate objective reality...
...at that point you can start to see your own shackles.
...at that point you can start to see your own shackles.
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Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.'
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.'
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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This is truly shocking!!
I’m extremely worried that this will happen with digital ID cards!!
I’m extremely worried that this will happen with digital ID cards!!
I'm assuming Nigel Farage will get very exercised by this kind of de-banking www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Pro-Palestine activist couple have UK bank account closed without explanation
John Nicholson and Norma Turner’s joint retirement savings account was shut by Yorkshire Building Society
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This is truly shocking!!
I’m extremely worried that this will happen with digital ID cards!!
I’m extremely worried that this will happen with digital ID cards!!
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They want to leave the ECHR because it will allow them to abolish the State Pension, the Minimum Wage, paid holiday and sick leave.
It would make them tens of billions a year.
But of course they say immigration, because they can't tell you the real reason.
It would make them tens of billions a year.
But of course they say immigration, because they can't tell you the real reason.
September 20, 2025 at 10:17 AM
They want to leave the ECHR because it will allow them to abolish the State Pension, the Minimum Wage, paid holiday and sick leave.
It would make them tens of billions a year.
But of course they say immigration, because they can't tell you the real reason.
It would make them tens of billions a year.
But of course they say immigration, because they can't tell you the real reason.
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"Migrants try to move from Germany and other European countries to Britain partly because of Brexit. After Britain left the eu in 2020, it lost access to the Eurodac fingerprint database that shows whether an asylum-seeker has previously applied in another country"
Oh my goodness
Oh my goodness
September 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
"Migrants try to move from Germany and other European countries to Britain partly because of Brexit. After Britain left the eu in 2020, it lost access to the Eurodac fingerprint database that shows whether an asylum-seeker has previously applied in another country"
Oh my goodness
Oh my goodness
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Dear Labour government - can you explain to me why a placard about ending genocide Gaza is apparently an arrestable offence, but this is just freedom of speech? Because this is fucking nuts right now.
September 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Dear Labour government - can you explain to me why a placard about ending genocide Gaza is apparently an arrestable offence, but this is just freedom of speech? Because this is fucking nuts right now.
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The real issue isn't immigrants, or disabled people, or pensioners or 'woke'.
The real issue is the people robbing from all of us on every bill you pay, on everything you buy, on every wage you are paid.
The billionaires are THE problem.
The real issue is the people robbing from all of us on every bill you pay, on everything you buy, on every wage you are paid.
The billionaires are THE problem.
September 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The real issue isn't immigrants, or disabled people, or pensioners or 'woke'.
The real issue is the people robbing from all of us on every bill you pay, on everything you buy, on every wage you are paid.
The billionaires are THE problem.
The real issue is the people robbing from all of us on every bill you pay, on everything you buy, on every wage you are paid.
The billionaires are THE problem.
Many of us are feeling duped by Labour
I have lost all hope that Labour will do the ‘right thing’. The list is endless; Palestine,Trump, immigration, low income families, pensioners, climate change ….. I’m angry and disappointed in their stance on all these issues. I’ve always voted Labour, I feel I was duped!
September 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Many of us are feeling duped by Labour