Barbs Pooley
@bobobski.bsky.social
Environmentalist, Socialist, WOKE and proud, retired NHS worker and keen gardener..
Green voter and believer in a better world for all
Green voter and believer in a better world for all
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“The idea that squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything is fantasy and we do need to expose that.”
Good job no one’s ever actually said that - including me.
So why is Labour again repeatedly lying to avoid taxing the super-rich?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Good job no one’s ever actually said that - including me.
So why is Labour again repeatedly lying to avoid taxing the super-rich?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society
Joe Dromey, head of the Labour thinktank, urges his party to take on the ‘twin populisms’ of Reform UK and the Greens
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
“The idea that squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything is fantasy and we do need to expose that.”
Good job no one’s ever actually said that - including me.
So why is Labour again repeatedly lying to avoid taxing the super-rich?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Good job no one’s ever actually said that - including me.
So why is Labour again repeatedly lying to avoid taxing the super-rich?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Trump thinks he’s going to get away with this
open.substack.com/pub/davidpak...
open.substack.com/pub/davidpak...
Trump thinks he’s going to get away with this
The Epstein files were legally required to be released, but Trump is burying them anyway.
open.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Trump thinks he’s going to get away with this
open.substack.com/pub/davidpak...
open.substack.com/pub/davidpak...
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BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
December 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
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What a hero. This Labour government has attacked and terrified people with disabilities and mental health issues.
The Labour Party is a sordid mess of monsters, liars and charlatans.
The Labour Party is a sordid mess of monsters, liars and charlatans.
December 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
What a hero. This Labour government has attacked and terrified people with disabilities and mental health issues.
The Labour Party is a sordid mess of monsters, liars and charlatans.
The Labour Party is a sordid mess of monsters, liars and charlatans.
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"You shouldn't be getting a medal for being robbed by your own government."
Betty Brown 92, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Scam was outraged about being in the New Year Honours List.
We want compensation and prison sentences not worthless medals.
Betty Brown 92, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Scam was outraged about being in the New Year Honours List.
We want compensation and prison sentences not worthless medals.
December 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"You shouldn't be getting a medal for being robbed by your own government."
Betty Brown 92, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Scam was outraged about being in the New Year Honours List.
We want compensation and prison sentences not worthless medals.
Betty Brown 92, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Scam was outraged about being in the New Year Honours List.
We want compensation and prison sentences not worthless medals.
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As a Jew this saddens me beyond words. I pray for justice for the Nassars and that they will overcome.
Reading this really hurts
Reading this really hurts
‘A gift that cannot be sold’: the Palestinian family fighting to save their West Bank farm
For more than three decades, the Nassars have battled Israeli efforts to reclassify their property as ‘state land’
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
As a Jew this saddens me beyond words. I pray for justice for the Nassars and that they will overcome.
Reading this really hurts
Reading this really hurts
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Lush's soap most of the money from which goes to funding Medical Services for Palestinians in Gaza.
Let everybody know.
Let everybody know.
December 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Lush's soap most of the money from which goes to funding Medical Services for Palestinians in Gaza.
Let everybody know.
Let everybody know.
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Don't be a collaborator.
Don't help the rich people, they never help you.
They just call you scum and try to make sure you have nothing.
Don't help the rich people, they never help you.
They just call you scum and try to make sure you have nothing.
December 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Don't be a collaborator.
Don't help the rich people, they never help you.
They just call you scum and try to make sure you have nothing.
Don't help the rich people, they never help you.
They just call you scum and try to make sure you have nothing.
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Since Covid
Home Insurance up 70%.
Car Insurance up 80%.
Energy Bills up 60%.
Water Bills up more than 50%.
They are just ripping us off on things we have to buy.
Home Insurance up 70%.
Car Insurance up 80%.
Energy Bills up 60%.
Water Bills up more than 50%.
They are just ripping us off on things we have to buy.
December 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Since Covid
Home Insurance up 70%.
Car Insurance up 80%.
Energy Bills up 60%.
Water Bills up more than 50%.
They are just ripping us off on things we have to buy.
Home Insurance up 70%.
Car Insurance up 80%.
Energy Bills up 60%.
Water Bills up more than 50%.
They are just ripping us off on things we have to buy.
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Zionists are angry bc British cosmetics retailer Lush is donating the proceeds from their watermelon soap to help amputee children in Gaza. Zionists are protesting a company for providing support to Palestinian amputee children. #IsraeliTerrorism #Zionism ≠ #Judaism #FreePalestine
December 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Zionists are angry bc British cosmetics retailer Lush is donating the proceeds from their watermelon soap to help amputee children in Gaza. Zionists are protesting a company for providing support to Palestinian amputee children. #IsraeliTerrorism #Zionism ≠ #Judaism #FreePalestine
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"This is about the Coloradans who need this support, and we won’t stop fighting for them to get what they deserve."
'Blatant Act of Retaliation': Trump Denies Colorado Request for Fire, Flooding Disaster Relief
Top Dems in Colorado slam Trump for denying disaster relief requests, accusing him of playing political games. Gov. Polis urges Trump to reconsider, highlighting the resilience of Coloradans. Is Trump retaliating against the state for prosecuting an election denier?
www.commondreams.org
December 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"This is about the Coloradans who need this support, and we won’t stop fighting for them to get what they deserve."
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"The needs of the planet," Roszak believes, "are the needs of the person. The rights of the person are the rights of the planet"
December 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
"The needs of the planet," Roszak believes, "are the needs of the person. The rights of the person are the rights of the planet"
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“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.” Albert Einstein
The most precious things in life aren’t things at all …. they’re the parts of us worth protecting every single day.
🧡
#kindness #SelfCare #humanness
Picture by @Simply_Anxious
The most precious things in life aren’t things at all …. they’re the parts of us worth protecting every single day.
🧡
#kindness #SelfCare #humanness
Picture by @Simply_Anxious
December 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.” Albert Einstein
The most precious things in life aren’t things at all …. they’re the parts of us worth protecting every single day.
🧡
#kindness #SelfCare #humanness
Picture by @Simply_Anxious
The most precious things in life aren’t things at all …. they’re the parts of us worth protecting every single day.
🧡
#kindness #SelfCare #humanness
Picture by @Simply_Anxious
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“This is a clear failure of the Labour government to stand up to corporate power.” @sianberry.bsky.social
www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/corp...
www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/corp...
Corporate abuses run rampant amid health and safety law's collapse
WORKPLACE and environmental abuses may be going unpunished as a study published yesterday reveals that enforcement has fallen to new lows this year following a “catastrophic” weakening of rules.Regula...
www.morningstaronline.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 8:52 AM
“This is a clear failure of the Labour government to stand up to corporate power.” @sianberry.bsky.social
www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/corp...
www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/corp...
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Trump’s Epstein cover-up continues.
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
Trump’s Epstein cover-up continues.
December 20, 2025
open.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Trump’s Epstein cover-up continues.
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
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“The UK has been planning without the tools to test against worst-case scenarios. We’ve now given decision-makers what they need to prepare for climate outcomes they hope never happen, but can’t afford to ignore.”
https://bit.ly/4s7BkqG
https://bit.ly/4s7BkqG
‘Massive disruption’: UK’s worst-case climate crisis scenarios revealed by scientists
Scientists say government must prepare for unlikely but ‘plausible’ 4C rise in temperature and a 2-metre rise in sea levels
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“The UK has been planning without the tools to test against worst-case scenarios. We’ve now given decision-makers what they need to prepare for climate outcomes they hope never happen, but can’t afford to ignore.”
https://bit.ly/4s7BkqG
https://bit.ly/4s7BkqG
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“We’re all just walking each other home.”Ram Dass
This season can ask a lot of people in very different ways.
For anyone finding this season tender or complicated.
You matter. You’re not alone.
🧡
#compassion #care #kindness
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This season can ask a lot of people in very different ways.
For anyone finding this season tender or complicated.
You matter. You’re not alone.
🧡
#compassion #care #kindness
Picture by anxiety positive
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
“We’re all just walking each other home.”Ram Dass
This season can ask a lot of people in very different ways.
For anyone finding this season tender or complicated.
You matter. You’re not alone.
🧡
#compassion #care #kindness
Picture by anxiety positive
This season can ask a lot of people in very different ways.
For anyone finding this season tender or complicated.
You matter. You’re not alone.
🧡
#compassion #care #kindness
Picture by anxiety positive
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DOJ broke the law today by refusing to produce all the Epstein files. It also broke the law by redacting information other than to protect victims. Yet, the corporate media is acting that DOJ did us a huge favor.
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
December 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
DOJ broke the law today by refusing to produce all the Epstein files. It also broke the law by redacting information other than to protect victims. Yet, the corporate media is acting that DOJ did us a huge favor.
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
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The 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza, living under an Israeli air, land and sea blockade, have no army, air force, no mechanized units, no tanks, no navy, no missiles, no heavy artillery, no fleets of killer drones, no sophisticated tracking systems
December 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza, living under an Israeli air, land and sea blockade, have no army, air force, no mechanized units, no tanks, no navy, no missiles, no heavy artillery, no fleets of killer drones, no sophisticated tracking systems
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Gosh! This is unexpected! I firmly believed that the £148million was as good as recovered. What a shock! At least she's been stripped of the title 'Baroness.' Oh, wait...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm liquidated and unlikely to repay £148m
The firm led by Baroness Mone's husband Douglas Barrowman breached a contract to supply surgical gowns during the Covid pandemic.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Gosh! This is unexpected! I firmly believed that the £148million was as good as recovered. What a shock! At least she's been stripped of the title 'Baroness.' Oh, wait...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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In 1970 the UK and Norway were roughly equal, almost no debt, and owned all their Public Services.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivalent of £10tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivalent of £10tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
December 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
In 1970 the UK and Norway were roughly equal, almost no debt, and owned all their Public Services.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivalent of £10tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivalent of £10tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
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Another great episode, sounded like Armando and Natalie had great fun. Enjoyed.
New #StrongMessageHere is up. @nataliehaynes.bsky.social and I discuss our words and phrases of the year. And I’m compared by AI to a kangaroo. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Strong Message Here - Words of the Year (with Natalie Haynes) - BBC Sounds
Armando Iannucci and Natalie pick through some of the words of the year.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Another great episode, sounded like Armando and Natalie had great fun. Enjoyed.
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"Three dominant narratives contend for the future of Gaza and occupied Palestine, yet only one is being translated into consequential action: the Israeli narrative of domination and genocide."
#Opinion by Dr Ramzy Baroud
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251219-the...
#Opinion by Dr Ramzy Baroud
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251219-the...
December 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"Three dominant narratives contend for the future of Gaza and occupied Palestine, yet only one is being translated into consequential action: the Israeli narrative of domination and genocide."
#Opinion by Dr Ramzy Baroud
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251219-the...
#Opinion by Dr Ramzy Baroud
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251219-the...
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Happy EPSTEIN Files Release Day Eve for all those who celebrate!!! 👍
December 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Happy EPSTEIN Files Release Day Eve for all those who celebrate!!! 👍