Darran
@dazza5.bsky.social
Few words, but quite a few re posts.
Pro EU, Pro PR, Pro Climate Action
Here for politics and music
Pro EU, Pro PR, Pro Climate Action
Here for politics and music
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“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:29 AM
“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Trump vs The World
YouTube video by Jonathan Pie
youtu.be
January 10, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
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The Labour Government: there to serve the
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The Labour Government: there to serve the
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NEW: This is worth your time.
@thenerve_news has the receipts.
A comprehensive timeline of Nathan Gill & Nigel Farage’s pro-Kremlin influencing activities & 2 other MEPs, David Cobourn & Jonathan Arnott.
Please read & share.
@thenerve_news has the receipts.
A comprehensive timeline of Nathan Gill & Nigel Farage’s pro-Kremlin influencing activities & 2 other MEPs, David Cobourn & Jonathan Arnott.
Please read & share.
November 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
NEW: This is worth your time.
@thenerve_news has the receipts.
A comprehensive timeline of Nathan Gill & Nigel Farage’s pro-Kremlin influencing activities & 2 other MEPs, David Cobourn & Jonathan Arnott.
Please read & share.
@thenerve_news has the receipts.
A comprehensive timeline of Nathan Gill & Nigel Farage’s pro-Kremlin influencing activities & 2 other MEPs, David Cobourn & Jonathan Arnott.
Please read & share.
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"Brexit didn’t behave like a normal economic shock. There was no singular collapse or dramatic turning point. Instead, it created a rolling fog of uncertainty that has lasted almost a decade. It made it impossible for thousands of firms to plan." ~AA
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"Brexit didn’t behave like a normal economic shock. There was no singular collapse or dramatic turning point. Instead, it created a rolling fog of uncertainty that has lasted almost a decade. It made it impossible for thousands of firms to plan." ~AA
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
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Remembering the hit of fear as Italians I respect immensely told me in early March that "you must lock down ASAP". While the British government said these were "populist – non-science based – measures that aren't any use" and "they're who not to follow".
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Remembering the hit of fear as Italians I respect immensely told me in early March that "you must lock down ASAP". While the British government said these were "populist – non-science based – measures that aren't any use" and "they're who not to follow".
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Gary Stevenson, "You cannot allow the richest people in your society to take a bigger share, in economies with almost no growth, and not expect ordinary families to get poorer"
"The reason ordinary families and the gov get poorer year after year is because of this massively increasing inequality"
"The reason ordinary families and the gov get poorer year after year is because of this massively increasing inequality"
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Gary Stevenson, "You cannot allow the richest people in your society to take a bigger share, in economies with almost no growth, and not expect ordinary families to get poorer"
"The reason ordinary families and the gov get poorer year after year is because of this massively increasing inequality"
"The reason ordinary families and the gov get poorer year after year is because of this massively increasing inequality"
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John Major, "Our links to Europe and America may be loser now than once they were and that is a loss"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
November 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
John Major, "Our links to Europe and America may be loser now than once they were and that is a loss"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
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Alastair Campbell, "Of the mistakes I have made, the biggest is Brexit..It has made us al weaker and poorer..A campaign won by liars and conmen"
From a hypothetical scenario of what AC would do if he was PM
From a hypothetical scenario of what AC would do if he was PM
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Alastair Campbell, "Of the mistakes I have made, the biggest is Brexit..It has made us al weaker and poorer..A campaign won by liars and conmen"
From a hypothetical scenario of what AC would do if he was PM
From a hypothetical scenario of what AC would do if he was PM
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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I know it’s been said but WOW nothing makes me think someone is more pathetic than obsessing over the flag assigned to the manmade borders you’re born in to. Frightened little rabbit boys, they’re so pathetic x
August 31, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I know it’s been said but WOW nothing makes me think someone is more pathetic than obsessing over the flag assigned to the manmade borders you’re born in to. Frightened little rabbit boys, they’re so pathetic x
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President Macron speaking at Guildhall,
"The European Union was stronger with the UK, and the UK was stronger with the European Union"
"We want to write our future and not be the story written by another continent.. The only way to chose our future is to do it together"
"The European Union was stronger with the UK, and the UK was stronger with the European Union"
"We want to write our future and not be the story written by another continent.. The only way to chose our future is to do it together"
July 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
President Macron speaking at Guildhall,
"The European Union was stronger with the UK, and the UK was stronger with the European Union"
"We want to write our future and not be the story written by another continent.. The only way to chose our future is to do it together"
"The European Union was stronger with the UK, and the UK was stronger with the European Union"
"We want to write our future and not be the story written by another continent.. The only way to chose our future is to do it together"
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🇫🇷Rapturous applause for Macron in Parliament!
"Let's fix it. Let's work together in order to facilitate the exchange of students, researchers, intellectuals, artists.This is so important."
"Let's allow our children to have the same opportunities as the one we had."
🇫🇷Rapturous applause for Macron in Parliament!
"Let's fix it. Let's work together in order to facilitate the exchange of students, researchers, intellectuals, artists.This is so important."
"Let's allow our children to have the same opportunities as the one we had."
July 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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🇫🇷Rapturous applause for Macron in Parliament!
"Let's fix it. Let's work together in order to facilitate the exchange of students, researchers, intellectuals, artists.This is so important."
"Let's allow our children to have the same opportunities as the one we had."
🇫🇷Rapturous applause for Macron in Parliament!
"Let's fix it. Let's work together in order to facilitate the exchange of students, researchers, intellectuals, artists.This is so important."
"Let's allow our children to have the same opportunities as the one we had."
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Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far:
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
June 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far:
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social is 100% correct here:
With votes split three - or even five - ways, First Past the Post elections become little more than a lottery.
We think that who runs the country should be up to the people, not up to luck. That's why we need PR.
With votes split three - or even five - ways, First Past the Post elections become little more than a lottery.
We think that who runs the country should be up to the people, not up to luck. That's why we need PR.
June 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social is 100% correct here:
With votes split three - or even five - ways, First Past the Post elections become little more than a lottery.
We think that who runs the country should be up to the people, not up to luck. That's why we need PR.
With votes split three - or even five - ways, First Past the Post elections become little more than a lottery.
We think that who runs the country should be up to the people, not up to luck. That's why we need PR.
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US aggression versus EU membership: The UK must choose stability over Trump’s chaos
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US aggression versus EU membership: The UK must choose stability over Trump’s chaos
EU membership offers the stability the UK needs, whereas Trump’s tariffs bring chaos
northwestbylines.co.uk
June 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
US aggression versus EU membership: The UK must choose stability over Trump’s chaos
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“It’s time to change the myth and the religion.”
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
May 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
“It’s time to change the myth and the religion.”
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
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The best part of this is: Instantly the most famous American in the world is the new pope
May 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The best part of this is: Instantly the most famous American in the world is the new pope
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Keir Starmer says Kemi Badenoch & Nigel Farage talking down the India trade deal and accusing the government of "two tier taxation" is "incoherent nonsense".
"It's in the agreements that we've already got with 50 other countries". #PMQs
"It's in the agreements that we've already got with 50 other countries". #PMQs
May 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Keir Starmer says Kemi Badenoch & Nigel Farage talking down the India trade deal and accusing the government of "two tier taxation" is "incoherent nonsense".
"It's in the agreements that we've already got with 50 other countries". #PMQs
"It's in the agreements that we've already got with 50 other countries". #PMQs