@keystothecity.bsky.social
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My take on Wednesday's underwhelming Northern Powerhouse announcement from Heidi Alexander, courtesy of @northeastbylines.co.uk
Labour’s Northern Powerhouse Rail announcement: 10 out of 10 for sheer chutzpah northeastbylines.co.uk/news/transpo...
Labour’s Northern Powerhouse Rail announcement: 10 out of 10 for sheer chutzpah northeastbylines.co.uk/news/transpo...
Labour’s Northern Powerhouse Rail announcement: 10 out of 10 for sheer chutzpah
The minister began by saying that she “get(s) why people there are sick to the back teeth of Westminster politicians promising the earth and delivering absolutely nothing.”
northeastbylines.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 12:51 PM
My take on Wednesday's underwhelming Northern Powerhouse announcement from Heidi Alexander, courtesy of @northeastbylines.co.uk
Labour’s Northern Powerhouse Rail announcement: 10 out of 10 for sheer chutzpah northeastbylines.co.uk/news/transpo...
Labour’s Northern Powerhouse Rail announcement: 10 out of 10 for sheer chutzpah northeastbylines.co.uk/news/transpo...
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Yesterday I posted my last ever Tweet and called on the Government to do the same.
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
It is time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter
Grok is just one of many reasons why Westminster should finally get off the website.
www.politicshome.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Yesterday I posted my last ever Tweet and called on the Government to do the same.
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
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"Circumspect" is a very polite way of describing Starmer's stance on Trump casually deciding he can break international law anytime he wants. Cowardly appeasement. Utter folly. Crawling. Shaming Britain. Desperately short term thinking.
Anyone got better descriptions?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Anyone got better descriptions?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Starmer's strategy of avoiding criticising Trump over Maduro
The government's cautious response has been pounced on by its critics, writes the BBC's political editor.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 8:01 AM
"Circumspect" is a very polite way of describing Starmer's stance on Trump casually deciding he can break international law anytime he wants. Cowardly appeasement. Utter folly. Crawling. Shaming Britain. Desperately short term thinking.
Anyone got better descriptions?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Anyone got better descriptions?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Punching left reminds people why they have deserted Labour.
I’ve interviewed Keir Starmer for @theobserveruk.bsky.social. He is defiant about his leadership and says he’ll prove his critics wrong. He says Angela Rayner will be back in Cabinet, the Greens are “nuts” and young people have been “collateral damage” of past policy observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Keir Starmer: ‘The Greens are anti-Nato and think it’s all right to sell drugs. That’s nuts’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Punching left reminds people why they have deserted Labour.
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Large-scale new housing developments MUST be connected to public transport from Day 1.
A new article by our Head of External Affairs:
A new article by our Head of External Affairs:
Embedding public transport in new developments: time to adopt a new approach? — Bus Centre of Excellence
With five major transport bills and two related ones progressing through Parliament, transport has, unusually, become the busiest area of legislative activity this session. That should be welcomed.…
www.buscentreofexcellence.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Large-scale new housing developments MUST be connected to public transport from Day 1.
A new article by our Head of External Affairs:
A new article by our Head of External Affairs:
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Starmer says he’s "taking the gloves off" and that the Greens are "nuts"
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Starmer says he’s "taking the gloves off" and that the Greens are "nuts"
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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"Zack Polanski exposes the difference between a millionaire and a billionaire, explaining why extreme wealth needs to be taxed"
via @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social
#TaxTheRich
#TaxBillionairesOutOfExistence
via @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social
#TaxTheRich
#TaxBillionairesOutOfExistence
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM
"Zack Polanski exposes the difference between a millionaire and a billionaire, explaining why extreme wealth needs to be taxed"
via @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social
#TaxTheRich
#TaxBillionairesOutOfExistence
via @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social
#TaxTheRich
#TaxBillionairesOutOfExistence
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The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
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Tommy Robinson openly celebrating Labour's new asylum seekers policy should tell everyone exactly how far right Labour are now.
Labour, Reform and Tories are all the same. Right wing parties only interested in making money for their donors.
Do not vote Labour.
Labour, Reform and Tories are all the same. Right wing parties only interested in making money for their donors.
Do not vote Labour.
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Tommy Robinson openly celebrating Labour's new asylum seekers policy should tell everyone exactly how far right Labour are now.
Labour, Reform and Tories are all the same. Right wing parties only interested in making money for their donors.
Do not vote Labour.
Labour, Reform and Tories are all the same. Right wing parties only interested in making money for their donors.
Do not vote Labour.
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They market their cars as weapons and we allow them on the same roads as children cycling to school.
And I still get weird middle-aged men in my notifications obfuscating for and defending this.
This is not a serious society.
And I still get weird middle-aged men in my notifications obfuscating for and defending this.
This is not a serious society.
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
They market their cars as weapons and we allow them on the same roads as children cycling to school.
And I still get weird middle-aged men in my notifications obfuscating for and defending this.
This is not a serious society.
And I still get weird middle-aged men in my notifications obfuscating for and defending this.
This is not a serious society.
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When Green party critics call our thoroughly researched policies that are often worked through for years "simplistic" "undeliverable" etc, they are never specific about which policies or why.
That's because it would reveal that what they really mean is "our donors don't like them"
That's because it would reveal that what they really mean is "our donors don't like them"
Darren knows that come the next election, Bristol is turning even more Green.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Greens’ ‘undeliverable’ promises will let voters down, says Labour minister
Exclusive: Darren Jones says Labour has to convince young people it is ‘modern party of the future’
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
When Green party critics call our thoroughly researched policies that are often worked through for years "simplistic" "undeliverable" etc, they are never specific about which policies or why.
That's because it would reveal that what they really mean is "our donors don't like them"
That's because it would reveal that what they really mean is "our donors don't like them"
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92%: the percentage of funding for Nigel Farage's far-right political party Reform UK that comes from fossil fuel interests.
Across the world, anyone blaming immigrants, etc, it's all just a smokescreen to allow the rich to keep on getting richer by killing our planet.
share.google/W2gwfc0XVpUy...
Across the world, anyone blaming immigrants, etc, it's all just a smokescreen to allow the rich to keep on getting richer by killing our planet.
share.google/W2gwfc0XVpUy...
‘You can’t eat electricity’: how rural solar farms became the latest battlefront in Britain’s culture war
Reform UK is exploiting opposition to solar panels – but most farmers are more worried about climate change.
share.google
November 3, 2025 at 7:10 AM
92%: the percentage of funding for Nigel Farage's far-right political party Reform UK that comes from fossil fuel interests.
Across the world, anyone blaming immigrants, etc, it's all just a smokescreen to allow the rich to keep on getting richer by killing our planet.
share.google/W2gwfc0XVpUy...
Across the world, anyone blaming immigrants, etc, it's all just a smokescreen to allow the rich to keep on getting richer by killing our planet.
share.google/W2gwfc0XVpUy...
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“the damage done by years of cuts is so severe that many people will not notice any difference to their local services”
English councils to remain poorer than 2010 despite funding boost, says report
English councils to remain poorer than 2010 despite funding boost, says report
Exclusive: Impact of austerity cannot be undone by end of parliament despite above-inflation funding, analysis finds
Councils in England will still be poorer by the end of this parliament than they were in 2010 despite Labour’s funding increases, according to analysis by the Institute for Government (IfG).
Funding cuts from 2010 to 2019 were so severe that they left gaps that could not be filled even by five years of above-inflation increases, leaving local authorities increasingly reliant on emergency funding and capable of only providing legally mandated services, the report shows. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“the damage done by years of cuts is so severe that many people will not notice any difference to their local services”
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One of the unexpected things I've learned from my advocacy for trans people is how malignant parts of the State can be, how it can misuse data for positively evil purposes. It's taught me people can't be safe with a digital ID card and so I've signed this. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
petition.parliament.uk
September 26, 2025 at 6:20 AM
One of the unexpected things I've learned from my advocacy for trans people is how malignant parts of the State can be, how it can misuse data for positively evil purposes. It's taught me people can't be safe with a digital ID card and so I've signed this. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Undeniably great progress but this also really illustrates the massive failure to improve outer London (& the inner London deadspots like K&C and Westminster). TfL need stronger power to implement strategic routes over intransigent Borough’s heads.
We've grown London's network of cycleways by over 450% since 2016 - enabling millions of people to cycle safely around the capital every week.
September 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Undeniably great progress but this also really illustrates the massive failure to improve outer London (& the inner London deadspots like K&C and Westminster). TfL need stronger power to implement strategic routes over intransigent Borough’s heads.
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I'm done.
Today I've cancelled my Labour membership and have joined @greenparty.org.uk.
I joined Labour to secure my future away from the Tories and Reform and due to their pandering, callousness etc., they have utterly failed at doing so.
I now place my trust in @zackpolanski.bsky.social.
Today I've cancelled my Labour membership and have joined @greenparty.org.uk.
I joined Labour to secure my future away from the Tories and Reform and due to their pandering, callousness etc., they have utterly failed at doing so.
I now place my trust in @zackpolanski.bsky.social.
September 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I'm done.
Today I've cancelled my Labour membership and have joined @greenparty.org.uk.
I joined Labour to secure my future away from the Tories and Reform and due to their pandering, callousness etc., they have utterly failed at doing so.
I now place my trust in @zackpolanski.bsky.social.
Today I've cancelled my Labour membership and have joined @greenparty.org.uk.
I joined Labour to secure my future away from the Tories and Reform and due to their pandering, callousness etc., they have utterly failed at doing so.
I now place my trust in @zackpolanski.bsky.social.
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“I reject this talk of holes. The household budget is nothing like a national economy.” Just so weird to hear a politician addressing the electorate as adults.
People are struggling.
Our NHS is collapsing.
Reform are organising.
There’s no time to waste.
Join @greenparty.org.uk Now.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Our NHS is collapsing.
Reform are organising.
There’s no time to waste.
Join @greenparty.org.uk Now.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Zack Polanski tells voters there is no ‘time to wait around’ for Corbyn party
New leader urges left-leaning voters to ‘join the Green Party right now’.
www.independent.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
“I reject this talk of holes. The household budget is nothing like a national economy.” Just so weird to hear a politician addressing the electorate as adults.
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Telling it like it is, and cutting through.
September 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Telling it like it is, and cutting through.
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Congratulations to the newly elected Leader of the Green Party of England & Wales, @zackpolanski.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Congratulations to the newly elected Leader of the Green Party of England & Wales, @zackpolanski.bsky.social
We will look back on Spineless Starmer as the Prime Minister who continued the descent of the UK into right wing tribalism
Oh nothing, just the actual Prime Minister telling people they’re entirely correct to drive asylum seekers out of their communities
September 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
We will look back on Spineless Starmer as the Prime Minister who continued the descent of the UK into right wing tribalism
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London’s SUVs now take up the same space as the entire borough of Kensington and Chelsea, with more than 800,000 registered in London alone. Madness.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
London’s SUVs now take up the same space as Kensington and Chelsea
The number of SUVs in London has increased by almost three-quarters of a million since 2002.
www.standard.co.uk
August 29, 2025 at 7:00 AM
London’s SUVs now take up the same space as the entire borough of Kensington and Chelsea, with more than 800,000 registered in London alone. Madness.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
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Migrants didn't cut council funding. Migrants didn't cut NHS funding. Migrants didn't close youth centres. Migrants didn't sell off council houses. Migrants aren't filling our rivers with sewage.
Farage and co. will tell you to point the finger at migrants.
Don't fall for it.
Farage and co. will tell you to point the finger at migrants.
Don't fall for it.
August 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Migrants didn't cut council funding. Migrants didn't cut NHS funding. Migrants didn't close youth centres. Migrants didn't sell off council houses. Migrants aren't filling our rivers with sewage.
Farage and co. will tell you to point the finger at migrants.
Don't fall for it.
Farage and co. will tell you to point the finger at migrants.
Don't fall for it.
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Harold Wilson in 1968:
August 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Harold Wilson in 1968:
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I find it hard to decide what appropriate punishments should be road death cases, but this isn't it.
Bin lorry driver who killed boy cycling to school in Edinburgh given unpaid work
Bin lorry driver who killed boy cycling to school in Edinburgh given unpaid work
Ross Wallace admitted hitting 11-year-old Thomas Wong while driving a refuse truck in Edinburgh last year.
www.bbc.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I find it hard to decide what appropriate punishments should be road death cases, but this isn't it.