Chris Gravell
@chrisg43.bsky.social
Retired, reads a lot, doesn't dust, vague lefty. Bikes, e-bikes, cargo bikes, disability rights, trans rights, Palestine, etc.
Text of letter in image and audible version at www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
December 27, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Text of letter in image and audible version at www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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The Liz Truss Show - Behind the Scenes
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December 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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THIS is one of the easiest ways to take action against Palantir EVER!! All done with a click & I urge you to do the same
Thank you @goodlawproject.bsky.social
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Thank you @goodlawproject.bsky.social
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
December 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM
THIS is one of the easiest ways to take action against Palantir EVER!! All done with a click & I urge you to do the same
Thank you @goodlawproject.bsky.social
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
Thank you @goodlawproject.bsky.social
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
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The NHS is under pressure to adopt Palantir software.
Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS.
You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS.
You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
goodlaw.social
December 26, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The NHS is under pressure to adopt Palantir software.
Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS.
You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS.
You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
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December 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
We need journalism which isn't owned by billionaires.
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More anti-renewables astroturfing from the BBC, quoting exactly three (3) villagers opposed to a solar farm, and zero data.
Plans to build a huge solar farm set to be opposed by villagers - BBC News
Villagers have expressed concern about plans to build a 373 acre solar farm nearby.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 8:39 AM
More anti-renewables astroturfing from the BBC, quoting exactly three (3) villagers opposed to a solar farm, and zero data.
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This is a depressingly one-sided article by @joannapartridge.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Apparently no one does any shopping except by car.
We have to reduce car trips for the climate, air pollution, health & road safety...but no, the world will end if there are parking charges.
Apparently no one does any shopping except by car.
We have to reduce car trips for the climate, air pollution, health & road safety...but no, the world will end if there are parking charges.
‘We’ve seen it decimate areas’: Somerset town’s traders oppose parking charges
Traders on Clevedon’s Hill Road say they fear the proposals could hasten the decline of independent retail as councils across Britain look to raise income by forcing shoppers to pay to park
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This is a depressingly one-sided article by @joannapartridge.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Apparently no one does any shopping except by car.
We have to reduce car trips for the climate, air pollution, health & road safety...but no, the world will end if there are parking charges.
Apparently no one does any shopping except by car.
We have to reduce car trips for the climate, air pollution, health & road safety...but no, the world will end if there are parking charges.
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I see Ireland is still very much at the asking drivers nicely not to kill people stage.
The optimism and misplaced faith is almost quaint.
The optimism and misplaced faith is almost quaint.
December 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I see Ireland is still very much at the asking drivers nicely not to kill people stage.
The optimism and misplaced faith is almost quaint.
The optimism and misplaced faith is almost quaint.
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"A city's priorities become as clear as the spaces they choose to maintain in the winter."
Creative developed with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
Creative developed with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"A city's priorities become as clear as the spaces they choose to maintain in the winter."
Creative developed with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
Creative developed with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
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As we approach the end of the year, 2025 is on track to be one of the UK’s warmest years on record, joining 2022 and 2023 in the top three warmest years.
Find out more in our news release 👇
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Find out more in our news release 👇
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December 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM
As we approach the end of the year, 2025 is on track to be one of the UK’s warmest years on record, joining 2022 and 2023 in the top three warmest years.
Find out more in our news release 👇
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
Find out more in our news release 👇
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
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Smoking is part of this, but people don’t usually realise that car commuting is social murder. Richer people who live away from city centres and drive in pollute the air of poorer people who live on their route
People in poorest areas of England ‘more likely to need emergency care for lung conditions’
People in poorest areas of England ‘more likely to need emergency care for lung conditions’
Analysis finds those from most deprived backgrounds almost twice as likely to be admitted to hospital for respiratory conditions
People from the poorest backgrounds in England with serious lung conditions are more likely to be admitted to hospital for emergency care than their more affluent counterparts, according to research.
Analysis of NHS admissions data for November by Asthma + Lung UK found people from the most deprived backgrounds in England were 56% more likely to be admitted for emergency care, while 62% were more likely to be readmitted within 39 days of an emergency admission, which is linked with an increased chance of dying. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Smoking is part of this, but people don’t usually realise that car commuting is social murder. Richer people who live away from city centres and drive in pollute the air of poorer people who live on their route
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It is absolutely wild that roads/drivers in the UK kill & seriously injure nearly 30,000 people every year & our collective response to this is just a shrug. Imagine the reaction if these were air passengers.
Oh, now they killed two peeps. But because our gov and our police don’t care. Nothing will be changed. And nothing has changed following this incident. Grim. And sad. ☹️
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It is absolutely wild that roads/drivers in the UK kill & seriously injure nearly 30,000 people every year & our collective response to this is just a shrug. Imagine the reaction if these were air passengers.
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At 8.04am on 22 December 2020 we launched #StrikeMap.
Below is our first ever post 👇
5 years, putting struggle on the map
5 years, supporting striking workers
5 years, building solidarity
Grab a copy of our 'story so far' photobook here: bit.ly/SM5yearhardback
Below is our first ever post 👇
5 years, putting struggle on the map
5 years, supporting striking workers
5 years, building solidarity
Grab a copy of our 'story so far' photobook here: bit.ly/SM5yearhardback
December 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM
At 8.04am on 22 December 2020 we launched #StrikeMap.
Below is our first ever post 👇
5 years, putting struggle on the map
5 years, supporting striking workers
5 years, building solidarity
Grab a copy of our 'story so far' photobook here: bit.ly/SM5yearhardback
Below is our first ever post 👇
5 years, putting struggle on the map
5 years, supporting striking workers
5 years, building solidarity
Grab a copy of our 'story so far' photobook here: bit.ly/SM5yearhardback
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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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The main thing to conclude from this Labour strategy to compare the Greens to Reform is that they don’t understand the threat that Reform pose.
They’re not bothered by fascism.
They’re not bothered by fascism.
December 21, 2025 at 7:56 AM
The main thing to conclude from this Labour strategy to compare the Greens to Reform is that they don’t understand the threat that Reform pose.
They’re not bothered by fascism.
They’re not bothered by fascism.
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72-year old Baroness Neville-Rolfe said:
“Scooters and cycles regularly ride on pavements and, because of electrification, they can go at high speeds, up to 70 miles per hour, according to the Sunday Telegraph”
Two solutions:
1. Close the Telegraph.
2. Mandatory dementia tests for peers.
“Scooters and cycles regularly ride on pavements and, because of electrification, they can go at high speeds, up to 70 miles per hour, according to the Sunday Telegraph”
Two solutions:
1. Close the Telegraph.
2. Mandatory dementia tests for peers.
“Arrogant” cyclists riding at 70mph are ignoring police and making pavements “as dangerous as the road”, House of Lords told
During a debate on the Crime and Policing Bill, former Met Police head Lord Hogan-Howe reiterated his calls for bike number plates, while other peers claimed that the “threat” had shifted from “Lycra ...
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December 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
72-year old Baroness Neville-Rolfe said:
“Scooters and cycles regularly ride on pavements and, because of electrification, they can go at high speeds, up to 70 miles per hour, according to the Sunday Telegraph”
Two solutions:
1. Close the Telegraph.
2. Mandatory dementia tests for peers.
“Scooters and cycles regularly ride on pavements and, because of electrification, they can go at high speeds, up to 70 miles per hour, according to the Sunday Telegraph”
Two solutions:
1. Close the Telegraph.
2. Mandatory dementia tests for peers.
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Green switchers: “We don’t think Labour listens to us or cares about progressive priorities”
Labour: “Youse are just like Farage”
Also Labour: bsky.app/profile/nwyl...
Labour: “Youse are just like Farage”
Also Labour: bsky.app/profile/nwyl...
I have my criticisms of *aspects* of the employment rights package, but this is an insane proposal, both in policy and party management terms
December 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Green switchers: “We don’t think Labour listens to us or cares about progressive priorities”
Labour: “Youse are just like Farage”
Also Labour: bsky.app/profile/nwyl...
Labour: “Youse are just like Farage”
Also Labour: bsky.app/profile/nwyl...
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It's bad - really bad: "At the end of 2024, 4.5m children – 31% of all UK children – were in relative poverty, living in households earning less than 60% of the UK’s median income. And 18% of all children were growing up in food-insecure households, without consistent access to nutritious food."
Child poverty: how bad is it in the UK?
Four and a half million children are growing up without basic necessities in the UK.
theconversation.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
It's bad - really bad: "At the end of 2024, 4.5m children – 31% of all UK children – were in relative poverty, living in households earning less than 60% of the UK’s median income. And 18% of all children were growing up in food-insecure households, without consistent access to nutritious food."
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This is my cyclical reminder that there's really only one consistently reliable source of info in the public record that isn't owned by right wing billionaires, who really want to put an end to it.
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 17, 2025 at 5:05 AM
This is my cyclical reminder that there's really only one consistently reliable source of info in the public record that isn't owned by right wing billionaires, who really want to put an end to it.
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
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There's no single mobility aid that works for everyone.
That's why we'll keep working to help make a world where all #Disabled people can use their ideal wheels to get around.
Wishing everyone their ideal wheels in 2026!
That's why we'll keep working to help make a world where all #Disabled people can use their ideal wheels to get around.
Wishing everyone their ideal wheels in 2026!
December 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
There's no single mobility aid that works for everyone.
That's why we'll keep working to help make a world where all #Disabled people can use their ideal wheels to get around.
Wishing everyone their ideal wheels in 2026!
That's why we'll keep working to help make a world where all #Disabled people can use their ideal wheels to get around.
Wishing everyone their ideal wheels in 2026!
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British Member of Parliament and former Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Theresa May there, circling around a mass casualty event like a vulture to exploit it in service of a rancid reactionary culture war, in case anybody is still wondering how we got here.
December 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
British Member of Parliament and former Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Theresa May there, circling around a mass casualty event like a vulture to exploit it in service of a rancid reactionary culture war, in case anybody is still wondering how we got here.
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Sure, but the state's capacity to enforce those rights & protections has been decimated. And without enforcement, those protections only exist on paper. We looked into how it operates with employment protections, but the same can be said for other areas. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
Thousands of rogue bosses get away with not paying tribunal awards
The government scheme ‘enforcing’ money owed to workers has been unsuccessful in a staggering three-quarters of cases
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Sure, but the state's capacity to enforce those rights & protections has been decimated. And without enforcement, those protections only exist on paper. We looked into how it operates with employment protections, but the same can be said for other areas. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
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Met police agrees to pay £7500 to a woman arrested for "suspicion of committing a religious or racial offence" in November 2023 over her Gaza protest placard www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Met police agree to pay £7,500 to woman arrested over Gaza protest placard
Exclusive: Force to pay damages to Aisha Jung, who was put into a police van and held until 4am
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Met police agrees to pay £7500 to a woman arrested for "suspicion of committing a religious or racial offence" in November 2023 over her Gaza protest placard www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘The greatest risk we face is not that the state will spend too much, but that it will do far too little, far too late, because it accepted a story about money that was never true.’
Why economic policy matters for the Greens www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
Why economic policy matters for the Greens
As readers here will be aware, I have been tackling those who are seeking to drive the Greens in what they might describe as a Marxist direction, but which does, in reality, do two things.
The first i...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
‘The greatest risk we face is not that the state will spend too much, but that it will do far too little, far too late, because it accepted a story about money that was never true.’
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Farage “draws his power not from the sheer force of his arguments and personality, but increasingly just how recklessly the immigration issue has been handled by the political establishment… there is now a little bit of his poison everywhere”
How a country fails.
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How a country fails.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Welcome to the twilight zone where Nigel Farage can be accused of racism yet still lead the polls | Nesrine Malik
After weeks of allegations of schoolboy racism, the Reform leader is doubling down. And our political establishment is allowing it, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Farage “draws his power not from the sheer force of his arguments and personality, but increasingly just how recklessly the immigration issue has been handled by the political establishment… there is now a little bit of his poison everywhere”
How a country fails.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How a country fails.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...