Ben
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Smoking isn't cool kids. Smoking skeletons, however, are.
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Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
Lib Dems 2010
Greens’ Polanski prepared to work with Burnham but not Starmer ‘to stop Reform’
Greens’ Polanski prepared to work with Burnham but not Starmer ‘to stop Reform’
Green party leader says he could see potential for political partnership with Labour under Andy Burnham
The Green party leader, Zack Polanski, has said he would refuse to work with Keir Starmer but could work with Andy Burnham, Starmer’s potential rival for the Labour leadership, to keep Reform out of power.
Polanski said he would not enter a political partnership with Labour under the current prime minister, but would consider it if the mayor of Greater Manchester took the helm. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Lib Dems 2010
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I came up with a speedrun route and got a little obsessed with perfecting it.
Elden Ring - Bloody Helice - Any% speedrun in 1h32m16s
YouTube video by BenSKG
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November 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I came up with a speedrun route and got a little obsessed with perfecting it.
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Q&A: 'Your Party' – what does the Socialist Party say?
✪ Why is a new party on the agenda now?
✪ What kind of party should it be?
✪ What does a new party need to fight for?
www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/142...
✪ Why is a new party on the agenda now?
✪ What kind of party should it be?
✪ What does a new party need to fight for?
www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/142...
August 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Q&A: 'Your Party' – what does the Socialist Party say?
✪ Why is a new party on the agenda now?
✪ What kind of party should it be?
✪ What does a new party need to fight for?
www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/142...
✪ Why is a new party on the agenda now?
✪ What kind of party should it be?
✪ What does a new party need to fight for?
www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/142...
One of my favourite songs ever, rest in peace Brian youtu.be/esu3NND7wvw?...
Good Vibrations
YouTube video by Brian Wilson - Topic
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June 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
One of my favourite songs ever, rest in peace Brian youtu.be/esu3NND7wvw?...
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Proud to be a founding signatory for this important initiative ✊🏻
Sign the Petition
Time for trade unions to take the lead in forming a new working class party
www.change.org
May 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Proud to be a founding signatory for this important initiative ✊🏻
Obit for my great uncle who died recently Chris Gathercole obituary www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Chris Gathercole obituary
Other lives: Clinical psychologist who advocated for people with learning disabilities
www.theguardian.com
May 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Obit for my great uncle who died recently Chris Gathercole obituary www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Since Israel broke the ceasefire, it has declared 70% of Gaza as no-go zones, forcibly displaced Palestinians amid attacks and blocking of all humanitarian aid aje.io/99p3gc
Israel has turned 70% of Gaza into no-go zones, in maps
Since Israel broke the ceasefire, it has declared most of Gaza as no-go or displacement zones.
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May 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Since Israel broke the ceasefire, it has declared 70% of Gaza as no-go zones, forcibly displaced Palestinians amid attacks and blocking of all humanitarian aid aje.io/99p3gc
Shout out to Jack Williams, whose grave I stumbled across yesterday en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Wi...
April 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Shout out to Jack Williams, whose grave I stumbled across yesterday en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Wi...
Here is a playlist of some of Peter Taaffes media appearances, putting the case for socialism over the course of decades youtube.com/playlist?lis...
FMTTSP - YouTube
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April 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Here is a playlist of some of Peter Taaffes media appearances, putting the case for socialism over the course of decades youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Very sorry to hear of Peter's passing, such a huge figure in the fight for socialism
Obituary: Peter Taaffe – International Trotskyist theoretician and fighter for socialism
www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/138...
www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/138...
Obituary: Peter Taaffe – International Trotskyist theoretician and fighter for socialism - Socialist Party
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Peter Taaffe, who after a long illness died on 23 April 2025.
www.socialistparty.org.uk
April 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Very sorry to hear of Peter's passing, such a huge figure in the fight for socialism
"If parliament can be recalled on a Saturday over the Easter recess to save British Steel, why couldn’t a workers’ government act to nationalise the major banks and industries that dominate the economy, with compensation paid only on the basis of proven need?"
Trump's tariff turmoil
www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/137...
Hannah Sell analyses Trump's tariffs and world economic instability, the consequences of a global trade war, Trump facing working-class struggle at home, and the need for a socialist alternative to the rotten capitalist system.
www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/137...
Hannah Sell analyses Trump's tariffs and world economic instability, the consequences of a global trade war, Trump facing working-class struggle at home, and the need for a socialist alternative to the rotten capitalist system.
Trump’s tariff turmoil - Socialist Party
In the face of looming catastrophe, Trump blinked and announced the ’90-day pause’ in the higher levels of tariffs (except for China)
www.socialistparty.org.uk
April 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"If parliament can be recalled on a Saturday over the Easter recess to save British Steel, why couldn’t a workers’ government act to nationalise the major banks and industries that dominate the economy, with compensation paid only on the basis of proven need?"
"and civilization itself" as a secondary
April 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
"and civilization itself" as a secondary
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Starmer's disability cuts
WHY SHOULD WE PAY THE PRICE?
Take the wealth off the super-rich
Issue 1315 of the Socialist:
www.socialistparty.org.uk/the-socialis...
Starmer and Reeves serve bosses' austerity orthodoxy
Lessons from the 2nd Labour government
TUSC election stand: Stick it to Starmer on
WHY SHOULD WE PAY THE PRICE?
Take the wealth off the super-rich
Issue 1315 of the Socialist:
www.socialistparty.org.uk/the-socialis...
Starmer and Reeves serve bosses' austerity orthodoxy
Lessons from the 2nd Labour government
TUSC election stand: Stick it to Starmer on
The Socialist issue 1315 - Socialist Party
www.socialistparty.org.uk
April 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Starmer's disability cuts
WHY SHOULD WE PAY THE PRICE?
Take the wealth off the super-rich
Issue 1315 of the Socialist:
www.socialistparty.org.uk/the-socialis...
Starmer and Reeves serve bosses' austerity orthodoxy
Lessons from the 2nd Labour government
TUSC election stand: Stick it to Starmer on
WHY SHOULD WE PAY THE PRICE?
Take the wealth off the super-rich
Issue 1315 of the Socialist:
www.socialistparty.org.uk/the-socialis...
Starmer and Reeves serve bosses' austerity orthodoxy
Lessons from the 2nd Labour government
TUSC election stand: Stick it to Starmer on
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rt if u agree
a colorful painting of a woman with the name bjork on the bottom
ALT: a colorful painting of a woman with the name bjork on the bottom
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April 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
rt if u agree
Fairly sure this guy did not make any of this music Spotify
March 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Fairly sure this guy did not make any of this music Spotify
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MFW child labour skeletons found
March 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
MFW child labour skeletons found
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Fascinating story by my colleague @bradleyjane.bsky.social, on how H.R. Smith Group, a donor to Nigel Farage's Reform UK party, sold sensitive technology to a major supplier of Russia's blacklisted state weapons agency: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...
Major Reform U.K. Donor Sold Weapons Parts to Russian Supplier (Gift Article)
The aerospace company H.R. Smith Group was an early backer of the party after Nigel Farage became leader. Reform has faced criticism over comments seen as supporting Moscow.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Fascinating story by my colleague @bradleyjane.bsky.social, on how H.R. Smith Group, a donor to Nigel Farage's Reform UK party, sold sensitive technology to a major supplier of Russia's blacklisted state weapons agency: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...
"We are campaigning for the trade unions, which are the largest democratic organisations of disabled people, to use their authority and resources to campaign for rights and benefits for disabled people." www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/136...
Labour launches attack on disabled people - Socialist Party
We need spending on welfare not warfare! Make the super-rich pay! Features a model trade union motion to campaign against the cuts
www.socialistparty.org.uk
March 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM
"We are campaigning for the trade unions, which are the largest democratic organisations of disabled people, to use their authority and resources to campaign for rights and benefits for disabled people." www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/136...