Andrew
@andrewblueskies.bsky.social
All,
Thank you to those of you who are following me, I'm humbled - apologies to those I've not followed back, back experience on 'X' leaves me, presently, reluctant to automatically follow back.
Thank you to those of you who are following me, I'm humbled - apologies to those I've not followed back, back experience on 'X' leaves me, presently, reluctant to automatically follow back.
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Please SHARE! @europeanmovement.co.uk now has >27,000 followers. 🙌
January 31, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Please SHARE! @europeanmovement.co.uk now has >27,000 followers. 🙌
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When is a fine on a company not a fine?
When it is levied on England's water companies with nearly 1,200 criminal convictions.
Headline grabbing fines are announced but not collected for years, not even paid.
No pressure on water companies to obey laws.
Water companies indulged by govt. Why?
When it is levied on England's water companies with nearly 1,200 criminal convictions.
Headline grabbing fines are announced but not collected for years, not even paid.
No pressure on water companies to obey laws.
Water companies indulged by govt. Why?
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
January 31, 2026 at 8:11 AM
When is a fine on a company not a fine?
When it is levied on England's water companies with nearly 1,200 criminal convictions.
Headline grabbing fines are announced but not collected for years, not even paid.
No pressure on water companies to obey laws.
Water companies indulged by govt. Why?
When it is levied on England's water companies with nearly 1,200 criminal convictions.
Headline grabbing fines are announced but not collected for years, not even paid.
No pressure on water companies to obey laws.
Water companies indulged by govt. Why?
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This important petition about proportional representation has been sent to me - please consider signing your name!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Government to support the Elections (Proportional Representation) Bill
We call on the UK Government to support the progression of the Elections (Proportional Representation) Bill, ensuring time for a Second Reading in the Commons. Even if a vote were to fail, this is an ...
petition.parliament.uk
January 29, 2026 at 9:16 AM
This important petition about proportional representation has been sent to me - please consider signing your name!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Nigel Farage is in Dubai right now asking billionaires there to fund Reform.
These are the people he is selling the UK off to.
Foreign billionaires.
He loves immigrants so long as they are rich.
These are the people he is selling the UK off to.
Foreign billionaires.
He loves immigrants so long as they are rich.
January 27, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Nigel Farage is in Dubai right now asking billionaires there to fund Reform.
These are the people he is selling the UK off to.
Foreign billionaires.
He loves immigrants so long as they are rich.
These are the people he is selling the UK off to.
Foreign billionaires.
He loves immigrants so long as they are rich.
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Here’s the lesson of the Andy Burnham saga: Labour needs a new leader.
Even Toynbee is abandoning Starmer
Need policies not cults.
Pledges that mean something.
Inclusivity not authoritarianism.
Redistribution, not trickle-down.
Public ownership of essentials.
Public welfare over corporate welfare.
Even Toynbee is abandoning Starmer
Need policies not cults.
Pledges that mean something.
Inclusivity not authoritarianism.
Redistribution, not trickle-down.
Public ownership of essentials.
Public welfare over corporate welfare.
Here’s the lesson of the Andy Burnham saga: Labour needs a new leader – fast | Polly Toynbee
Keir Starmer’s dismal decision to block the Greater Manchester mayor has bought him time, but it won’t change his fate, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Here’s the lesson of the Andy Burnham saga: Labour needs a new leader.
Even Toynbee is abandoning Starmer
Need policies not cults.
Pledges that mean something.
Inclusivity not authoritarianism.
Redistribution, not trickle-down.
Public ownership of essentials.
Public welfare over corporate welfare.
Even Toynbee is abandoning Starmer
Need policies not cults.
Pledges that mean something.
Inclusivity not authoritarianism.
Redistribution, not trickle-down.
Public ownership of essentials.
Public welfare over corporate welfare.
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We finally have a shot at criminalising lying in politics…
And you can help.
I spoke at an event this week where the room voted almost unanimously that MPs & Lords must be covered by the new offence of Misleading the Public
Imagine if this went though
And this is where we need your help…
And you can help.
I spoke at an event this week where the room voted almost unanimously that MPs & Lords must be covered by the new offence of Misleading the Public
Imagine if this went though
And this is where we need your help…
January 23, 2026 at 8:54 PM
We finally have a shot at criminalising lying in politics…
And you can help.
I spoke at an event this week where the room voted almost unanimously that MPs & Lords must be covered by the new offence of Misleading the Public
Imagine if this went though
And this is where we need your help…
And you can help.
I spoke at an event this week where the room voted almost unanimously that MPs & Lords must be covered by the new offence of Misleading the Public
Imagine if this went though
And this is where we need your help…
It's not that President Trump has indicated he's willing to be a dictator of the USofA, but now, from the BBC website, he appears to want to be a World dictator, "...do as I tell you, or suffer the consequences"
January 24, 2026 at 5:30 PM
It's not that President Trump has indicated he's willing to be a dictator of the USofA, but now, from the BBC website, he appears to want to be a World dictator, "...do as I tell you, or suffer the consequences"
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The Government wants new water laws that lock us into decades of rip-off privatisation - without asking the public.
82% of Brits support public ownership. You won’t get a say.
Stop the stitch-up. Demand a real public consultation: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
82% of Brits support public ownership. You won’t get a say.
Stop the stitch-up. Demand a real public consultation: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
January 23, 2026 at 10:21 AM
The Government wants new water laws that lock us into decades of rip-off privatisation - without asking the public.
82% of Brits support public ownership. You won’t get a say.
Stop the stitch-up. Demand a real public consultation: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
82% of Brits support public ownership. You won’t get a say.
Stop the stitch-up. Demand a real public consultation: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
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🚨Now closing on 93,000 signatures!
The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.
Let’s keep going!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.
Let’s keep going!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 22, 2026 at 5:33 PM
🚨Now closing on 93,000 signatures!
The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.
Let’s keep going!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.
Let’s keep going!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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That is one mightily effective party political broadcast, and it really is not often I have ever been able to say that after a lifetime watching them.
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 8:17 PM
That is one mightily effective party political broadcast, and it really is not often I have ever been able to say that after a lifetime watching them.
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🚨WOW! Now closing on 88,000 signatures! The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.
Let’s keep going!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Let’s keep going!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 22, 2026 at 8:28 AM
🚨WOW! Now closing on 88,000 signatures! The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.
Let’s keep going!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Let’s keep going!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Credit @sophiep25397.bsky.social on Twitter
Farage lied when he said he was too ill to appear for the BBC interview on Sunday.
The Heartland Institute, whose party he attended instead, doesn't believe in tobacco harms, climate change and seeks the dismantling of the NHS.
Be warned. If you care
Farage lied when he said he was too ill to appear for the BBC interview on Sunday.
The Heartland Institute, whose party he attended instead, doesn't believe in tobacco harms, climate change and seeks the dismantling of the NHS.
Be warned. If you care
January 22, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Credit @sophiep25397.bsky.social on Twitter
Farage lied when he said he was too ill to appear for the BBC interview on Sunday.
The Heartland Institute, whose party he attended instead, doesn't believe in tobacco harms, climate change and seeks the dismantling of the NHS.
Be warned. If you care
Farage lied when he said he was too ill to appear for the BBC interview on Sunday.
The Heartland Institute, whose party he attended instead, doesn't believe in tobacco harms, climate change and seeks the dismantling of the NHS.
Be warned. If you care
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This chart by @nathanielbullard.com is one reason data centers are driving up our electricity prices. Tech companies usually build data centers close to cities, where accommodating their GW-scale power demand entails costly reinforcement of wires or transformers. Utilities pass those costs on to us.
January 19, 2026 at 4:41 PM
This chart by @nathanielbullard.com is one reason data centers are driving up our electricity prices. Tech companies usually build data centers close to cities, where accommodating their GW-scale power demand entails costly reinforcement of wires or transformers. Utilities pass those costs on to us.
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🚨BREAKING: Parliament will debate the petition Calling for a FULL public inquiry into a Russian influence.
🇬🇧 Unlike other parties who were infiltrated or hid. We campaigned for 5 years on this and it’s clear to us Russia interfered in the Brexit campaign. Do you agree?
Time to Exit Brexit.
🇬🇧 Unlike other parties who were infiltrated or hid. We campaigned for 5 years on this and it’s clear to us Russia interfered in the Brexit campaign. Do you agree?
Time to Exit Brexit.
January 18, 2026 at 8:04 AM
🚨BREAKING: Parliament will debate the petition Calling for a FULL public inquiry into a Russian influence.
🇬🇧 Unlike other parties who were infiltrated or hid. We campaigned for 5 years on this and it’s clear to us Russia interfered in the Brexit campaign. Do you agree?
Time to Exit Brexit.
🇬🇧 Unlike other parties who were infiltrated or hid. We campaigned for 5 years on this and it’s clear to us Russia interfered in the Brexit campaign. Do you agree?
Time to Exit Brexit.
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UK Govt is concerned about waste crime.
England's water companies are leaders, dump raw sewage in rivers, lakes & seas.
They have nearly 1,200 criminal convictions but no director is fined, prosecuted or disqualified.
Why is that so?
What do you make of the Minister's reply?
England's water companies are leaders, dump raw sewage in rivers, lakes & seas.
They have nearly 1,200 criminal convictions but no director is fined, prosecuted or disqualified.
Why is that so?
What do you make of the Minister's reply?
January 18, 2026 at 11:21 AM
UK Govt is concerned about waste crime.
England's water companies are leaders, dump raw sewage in rivers, lakes & seas.
They have nearly 1,200 criminal convictions but no director is fined, prosecuted or disqualified.
Why is that so?
What do you make of the Minister's reply?
England's water companies are leaders, dump raw sewage in rivers, lakes & seas.
They have nearly 1,200 criminal convictions but no director is fined, prosecuted or disqualified.
Why is that so?
What do you make of the Minister's reply?
From the BBC WebSite.
Doe Lisa Nandy not understand what NATO means? Just because President Trump is throwing major NATO allies 'under the bus', doesn't mean Nandy should also abdicate the UK's responsibility to it's allies.
Doe Lisa Nandy not understand what NATO means? Just because President Trump is throwing major NATO allies 'under the bus', doesn't mean Nandy should also abdicate the UK's responsibility to it's allies.
January 18, 2026 at 1:26 PM
From the BBC WebSite.
Doe Lisa Nandy not understand what NATO means? Just because President Trump is throwing major NATO allies 'under the bus', doesn't mean Nandy should also abdicate the UK's responsibility to it's allies.
Doe Lisa Nandy not understand what NATO means? Just because President Trump is throwing major NATO allies 'under the bus', doesn't mean Nandy should also abdicate the UK's responsibility to it's allies.
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Awaiting the next crash.
Capital requirements for UK banks to be lowered.
Safety buffers reduced as govt appeases the finance lobby.
Practical effect will be higher dividends, rather than investment in the real economy.
Public purse will bailout banks. Profits privatised, losses see socialised.
Capital requirements for UK banks to be lowered.
Safety buffers reduced as govt appeases the finance lobby.
Practical effect will be higher dividends, rather than investment in the real economy.
Public purse will bailout banks. Profits privatised, losses see socialised.
The Bank of England’s capital mistake?
On 2 December 2025, the Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee announced it would be lowering the capital requirement for UK banks. This column argues that higher macro-financial risk and sharply reduced fiscal capacity point to a need for higher rather than lower bank capital requirements. The most likely practical effect of this weakening of resilience will be higher payouts to bank shareholders, rather than increased lending to the real economy.
cepr.org
January 18, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Awaiting the next crash.
Capital requirements for UK banks to be lowered.
Safety buffers reduced as govt appeases the finance lobby.
Practical effect will be higher dividends, rather than investment in the real economy.
Public purse will bailout banks. Profits privatised, losses see socialised.
Capital requirements for UK banks to be lowered.
Safety buffers reduced as govt appeases the finance lobby.
Practical effect will be higher dividends, rather than investment in the real economy.
Public purse will bailout banks. Profits privatised, losses see socialised.
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🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 17, 2026 at 9:07 AM
🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
From the BBC WebSite:
What is driving President Donald Trump to alienate the rest of the World?
What is driving President Donald Trump to alienate the rest of the World?
January 16, 2026 at 9:37 PM
From the BBC WebSite:
What is driving President Donald Trump to alienate the rest of the World?
What is driving President Donald Trump to alienate the rest of the World?
From the BBC website;
Generic claims Britain is broken, without admitting "as a result of 14 years of Conservative austerity", and now he thinks Conservatives adopting the mantle of ReformUK will fix the country ....
Generic claims Britain is broken, without admitting "as a result of 14 years of Conservative austerity", and now he thinks Conservatives adopting the mantle of ReformUK will fix the country ....
January 15, 2026 at 5:12 PM
From the BBC website;
Generic claims Britain is broken, without admitting "as a result of 14 years of Conservative austerity", and now he thinks Conservatives adopting the mantle of ReformUK will fix the country ....
Generic claims Britain is broken, without admitting "as a result of 14 years of Conservative austerity", and now he thinks Conservatives adopting the mantle of ReformUK will fix the country ....
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The state we are in.
16,600 people a year – 320 a week – in England die as a direct result of delays in accessing A&E care or a bed on a ward.
Tory legacy but handing NHS services to corporations and private equity doesn't help. Money buys less.
Fiscal rules, appeasing the rich costs lives.
16,600 people a year – 320 a week – in England die as a direct result of delays in accessing A&E care or a bed on a ward.
Tory legacy but handing NHS services to corporations and private equity doesn't help. Money buys less.
Fiscal rules, appeasing the rich costs lives.
NHS corridor care is ‘torture’ leading to patient deaths and staff nightmares
Royal College of Nursing publishes dossier of evidence including case of elderly patient who choked to death in corridor
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM
The state we are in.
16,600 people a year – 320 a week – in England die as a direct result of delays in accessing A&E care or a bed on a ward.
Tory legacy but handing NHS services to corporations and private equity doesn't help. Money buys less.
Fiscal rules, appeasing the rich costs lives.
16,600 people a year – 320 a week – in England die as a direct result of delays in accessing A&E care or a bed on a ward.
Tory legacy but handing NHS services to corporations and private equity doesn't help. Money buys less.
Fiscal rules, appeasing the rich costs lives.
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🔴Protesters With Palestine Action Placards Handed £100 Fines Rather Than Face Prosecution
The levies, which are the equivalent of a parking fine, reveal the ridiculousness of attempts to prevent protesters from supporting the proscribed group, say campaigners
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/14/p...
The levies, which are the equivalent of a parking fine, reveal the ridiculousness of attempts to prevent protesters from supporting the proscribed group, say campaigners
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/14/p...
Protesters With Palestine Action Placards Handed £100 Fines Rather Than Face Prosecution
The levies, which are the equivalent of a parking fine, reveal the ridiculousness of attempts to prevent protesters from supporting the proscribed group, say campaigners
bylinetimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:46 PM
🔴Protesters With Palestine Action Placards Handed £100 Fines Rather Than Face Prosecution
The levies, which are the equivalent of a parking fine, reveal the ridiculousness of attempts to prevent protesters from supporting the proscribed group, say campaigners
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/14/p...
The levies, which are the equivalent of a parking fine, reveal the ridiculousness of attempts to prevent protesters from supporting the proscribed group, say campaigners
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/14/p...
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Curse of Private Equity.
Vets under pressure to increase revenue,
Six companies control 60% of the UK's pet-care market
Prices up by 63% between 2016 and 2023.
Vets pressurised to meet financial targets by offering costly tests and treatment options.
Govts do nothing. Now handing the NHS to PE.
Vets under pressure to increase revenue,
Six companies control 60% of the UK's pet-care market
Prices up by 63% between 2016 and 2023.
Vets pressurised to meet financial targets by offering costly tests and treatment options.
Govts do nothing. Now handing the NHS to PE.
Vets under increasing pressure to make money for corporate owners, BBC told
Questions have been raised about whether the pet-care market is giving customers value for money.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Curse of Private Equity.
Vets under pressure to increase revenue,
Six companies control 60% of the UK's pet-care market
Prices up by 63% between 2016 and 2023.
Vets pressurised to meet financial targets by offering costly tests and treatment options.
Govts do nothing. Now handing the NHS to PE.
Vets under pressure to increase revenue,
Six companies control 60% of the UK's pet-care market
Prices up by 63% between 2016 and 2023.
Vets pressurised to meet financial targets by offering costly tests and treatment options.
Govts do nothing. Now handing the NHS to PE.
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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.