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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 2h

Imagine how high the Green Party would be polling if they got the same 24/7 coverage as Reform.

It would be much higher than Reform.

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Sylvia @sylvia-suffragette.bsky.social · 2h

We know the UK is declining back to the 18th Century - Extreme poverty, rise in homelessness, polluted water etc, but we can’t get drunk for a penny anymore, so what’s the point?

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2h

Pubs to stay open until early hours in move to boost UK growth

Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help ailing hospitality sector but health experts criticise move Pubs, clubs and restaurants will be able to open into the early hours as part of Labour’s drive for economic growth, a move which critics say will lead to more drunken disorder. Ministers are pushing ahead with plans to allow premises that sell alcohol to extend their opening hours in order to boost “the British night out” and help the hospitality sector. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 2h

A record 1,611 people — including 11 children — died while homeless in 2024.

Both Labour and the Conservatives have failed to fix Britain’s housing crisis.

A home is not a privilege.
A home is a human right.

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 2h

"10 Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire & shelling in... Gaza Strip since early Tuesday, including 1 civilian shot while waiting for humanitarian aid.

...3 ...were killed when... landslide collapsed onto tents sheltering displaced families in the al-Mawasi area..."
imemc.org/article/army...

UPDATED Day 732: Israeli Army Intensifies Gaza Bombing as Ceasefire Talks Resume in Egypt

On the 732nd day of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, occupation forces escalated their military campaign across the besieged Strip, killing and injuring dozens of ...

imemc.org

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 14h

The Green surge continues ... We’ve just passed 90,000 members! 💚

People everywhere are joining the movement for real change.

Want hope to be normal again? Join the Green Party today ↩️

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Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @leftiestats.bsky.social · 2h

🚨 BREAKING | Greens hit 10% in poll average for the very first time, an all-time high for the party.

This is the first time in the party's history that they have hit double-digits in polls, and comes as the party stands within touching distance of 100,000 members.

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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 5h

Omar Yaghi, a Palestinian refugee, wins Nobel prize in chemistry www.middleeasteye.net/news/omar-ya...

Omar Yaghi, a Palestinian refugee, wins Nobel prize in chemistry

The scientist was born and raised in a single room he shared with his family and cattle in a refugee camp in Amman

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Linda Lombard @heavensgone.bsky.social · 5h

Eleven children, including four babies less than one-year-old, were among at least 1,611 deaths in 2024, the Museum of #Homelessness found

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Homelessness deaths rise by 9% to record high

DEATHS among homeless people have hit a record high after rising by 9 per cent in a year, researchers said today.Eleven children, including four babies less than one-year-old, were among at least 1,61...

morningstaronline.co.uk

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 7h

This Reuters headline. Oof.

Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 6h

NEW VIDEO 📽️

The British army veteran arrested for supporting Palestine

Watch 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZoC...

The British army veteran arrested for supporting Palestine

YouTube video by Declassified UK

www.youtube.com

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Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 5h

Arf Arf

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 5h

"He has 100s of 1000s of Arabs' blood on his hands. Tony Blair should be heading to The Hague, not to Gaza."

What I told Piers Morgan on his show this week, about the ludicrous and colonial plan to have Blair help Trump run Gaza.

Full show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmdm...

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Tony @antonyillahiwarren.bsky.social · 5h

Labour Friends Of Genocide probably class this as "foreign aid".

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Tony @antonyillahiwarren.bsky.social · 5h

Labour's liars say they stopped arms exports to Israel.

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 8h

Where are the Epstein files⁉️

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Linda Lombard @heavensgone.bsky.social · 5h

TUC warns Tory plan to leave the #ECHR is an attack on #WorkersRights

The TUC @tuc.org.uk has warned that the Tory plan to withdraw from the (ECHR) ‘isn’t about migration, it’s about dismantling the legal protections that ordinary people rely on every day’.

leftfootforward.org/2025/10/tuc-...

TUC warns Tory plan to leave the ECHR is an attack on workers’ rights

The TUC has warned that the Tory plan to withdraw from the (ECHR) ‘isn’t about migration, it’s about dismantling the legal protections that ordinary people rely on every day’.

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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 8h

Ways to Get Rich in the UK (2025 Edition)

1⃣ Be born into a rich family
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Inequality is obscene and becoming more and more entrenched. We need a #WealthTax.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/almo...

Almost impossible for Brits to work their way to being rich, says report | LBC

The average worker would need to toil away and bring in more than a lifetime's worth of earnings in order to become wealthy, according to analysis by a think tank.

www.lbc.co.uk

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 7h

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Tony @antonyillahiwarren.bsky.social · 5h

I feel as though the status quo may be in trouble 😁

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Bimblelass @bimblelass.bsky.social · 6h

hopefully Starmer, Lammy and Cooper are next

Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 6h

#BREAKING | Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, along with Defence Minister Guido Crosetto, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, and Leonardo CEO Roberto Cingolani, have been named in a complaint to the International Criminal Court for complicity in Israel’s genocide on Gaza.

(Mint News)

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Linda Lombard @heavensgone.bsky.social · 6h

#KemiBadenoch’s plan to replace the #ClimateChangeAct is anti-science, anti-business and turns its back on those at the sharp end of climate breakdown now and future generations, says Friends of the Earth @friends-earth.bsky.social

friendsoftheearth.uk/climate/repl...

Replacing Climate Change Act is political vandalism that would abandon future generations | Friends of the Earth

Kemi Badenoch’s plan to replace the Climate Change Act is anti-science, anti-business and turns its back on those at the sharp end of climate breakdown now and future generations, says Friends of the ...

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Just Another Resister @rudyromeiro.bsky.social · 6h

Keep the pressure! #TrumpsteinFiles
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...

'Epstein bomb about to drop': Dem lawmaker claims House Republicans ready to abandon Trump

Republican lawmakers in the House are ready to abandon Donald Trump because of the fallout over files related to convicted child abuser Jeffrey Epstein, according to one Dem in Congress.Rep. Eric Swal...

www.rawstory.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 7h

My secret evil plot to ‘destroy Britain’ has been unveiled by (checks notes) the same paper that endorsed Liz Truss.

If I don’t know better I’d say we’ve got them entirely rattled.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Greens who want to save the world by destroying Britain.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 11h

20,000 new members have joined the Green Party in the past month.

This is the Green surge.

Want to be part of it? Join the Green Party today ⤵

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Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 9h

Kemi claims “work is the best way out of poverty" on the same day analysis finds an avg earner would need to save almost all of their income for 52 years to become as wealthy as the top 10%.

Individuals working harder won't tackle income inequality; we need a wealth tax now.

Lifetime of earnings not enough for UK workers to join wealthiest 10%, report says

Research finds it would take average worker saving all their earnings for 52 years to match wealth of richest 10th of society

www.theguardian.com

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