@lynnebowers.bsky.social
“But somehow this superficially clapped-out, awkward, unmanageable old behemoth produces human beings to work in it who are capable of a resilience and love that is contagious”. 💙
December 30, 2025 at 10:10 AM
“But somehow this superficially clapped-out, awkward, unmanageable old behemoth produces human beings to work in it who are capable of a resilience and love that is contagious”. 💙
We do @zackpolanski.bsky.social, as does every other Country. 1 in 67 people in the world have been forcibly displaced. 90% escape to a neighbouring Country.
Please say more about what ‘immigration’ is, using your resonant narratives.
Please say more about what ‘immigration’ is, using your resonant narratives.
"The question is whether political leaders are brave enough to speak the truth?
Immigration is good for this country and that we have a clear, moral responsibility to protect those failed by global injustice and political neglect."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Immigration is good for this country and that we have a clear, moral responsibility to protect those failed by global injustice and political neglect."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Calais exposes our moral failure on migration. We can and...
A visit to the French town’s makeshift migrant encampments made it clear that we need a new vision for the new year
observer.co.uk
December 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
We do @zackpolanski.bsky.social, as does every other Country. 1 in 67 people in the world have been forcibly displaced. 90% escape to a neighbouring Country.
Please say more about what ‘immigration’ is, using your resonant narratives.
Please say more about what ‘immigration’ is, using your resonant narratives.
😆I love an Oxford comma, particularly since it attracted such attention!
December 22, 2025 at 8:42 AM
😆I love an Oxford comma, particularly since it attracted such attention!
Tax justice, social justice,and taxing wealth. Informing the wealth tax debate. Defining ‘wealth’. In a country, and world, of grotesque wealth inequality and avarice.
The push for wealth taxes has been one of the defining economic debates of 2025. The question now is how to create policies that work.
If we are serious about justice, democracy and effective government, this is the path we should take.
youtu.be/iSE8GsNZgBU?...
If we are serious about justice, democracy and effective government, this is the path we should take.
youtu.be/iSE8GsNZgBU?...
If we want tax justice in 2026, this is the way to tax wealth
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
December 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Tax justice, social justice,and taxing wealth. Informing the wealth tax debate. Defining ‘wealth’. In a country, and world, of grotesque wealth inequality and avarice.
There are many White British minority communities that are not fine and, currently, will not be. Indeed they were not ‘fine’ in the past either.
The ‘power’ has nearly always been with the ‘elite’.
The ‘power’ has nearly always been with the ‘elite’.
I'm none of those things - I'm that oppressed minority, the straight, white man, who has had all the power for the last few thousand years. Poor me.
But this shit isn't about me. I'll be fine. It's about people who need help - and Labour aren't helping. So I'm out. They lost me.
But this shit isn't about me. I'll be fine. It's about people who need help - and Labour aren't helping. So I'm out. They lost me.
December 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
There are many White British minority communities that are not fine and, currently, will not be. Indeed they were not ‘fine’ in the past either.
The ‘power’ has nearly always been with the ‘elite’.
The ‘power’ has nearly always been with the ‘elite’.
Speaking for many 🙏
A 🧵
Things to acknowledge about Labour.
- I won’t be voting for them again. I also don’t know yet who I’ll be voting for in the next GE.
- I will happily acknowledge that the Worker’s Rights Bill, the Breakfast Club programme, the VAWG work and quite a few other points are good work.
However.
Things to acknowledge about Labour.
- I won’t be voting for them again. I also don’t know yet who I’ll be voting for in the next GE.
- I will happily acknowledge that the Worker’s Rights Bill, the Breakfast Club programme, the VAWG work and quite a few other points are good work.
However.
December 21, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Speaking for many 🙏
So can we stop spending millions on flood defences and start investing in managed withdrawal. This is within the lifetimes of us or our children NOW.
Under current climate policies, 79 per cent of the world’s glaciers will disappear by 2100, endangering the water supply for 2 billion people and raising sea levels dramatically
The world will soon be losing 3000 glaciers every year
Under current climate policies, 79 per cent of the world’s glaciers will disappear by 2100, endangering the water supply for 2 billion people and raising sea levels dramatically
www.newscientist.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
So can we stop spending millions on flood defences and start investing in managed withdrawal. This is within the lifetimes of us or our children NOW.
“Who do you trust the least”?
December 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
“Who do you trust the least”?
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An absence of compassion can corrupt the decency of a community, a state, a nation. - Bryan Stevenson
Pic of the day
#photography
Pic of the day
#photography
December 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
An absence of compassion can corrupt the decency of a community, a state, a nation. - Bryan Stevenson
Pic of the day
#photography
Pic of the day
#photography
💚💚💚
Facts alone don’t move people – stories do. Cameron Saul explains how art and music have the power to reach hearts where policy can’t.
We must reimagine our relationship with nature to avoid climate catastrophe
www.bigissue.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
💚💚💚
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All the losses we’ve faced from Brexit over the past nine years - which turn out to be far more significant than previously?
Start referring to them as Farage Taxes.
Start referring to them as Farage Taxes.
The Farage Tax: What The UK Pays For One Man's Ego
GDP down, investment down, wages down - but Farage’s influence? Higher than ever
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:28 AM
All the losses we’ve faced from Brexit over the past nine years - which turn out to be far more significant than previously?
Start referring to them as Farage Taxes.
Start referring to them as Farage Taxes.
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Damaging rhetoric around benefit claimants is on the rise after the autumn budget. Here are the key myths around the benefits system.
5 myths about Britain's benefits system, debunked
www.bigissue.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Damaging rhetoric around benefit claimants is on the rise after the autumn budget. Here are the key myths around the benefits system.
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Daily Mail owner’s wife donates £50,000 to Reform UK
Nothing to see here...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/dai...
Nothing to see here...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/dai...
Daily Mail owner's wife donates £50,000 to Reform UK
The wife of the owner of the Daily Mail made a £50,000 donation to Reform UK earlier this year.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Daily Mail owner’s wife donates £50,000 to Reform UK
Nothing to see here...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/dai...
Nothing to see here...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/dai...
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Radical Reeves? The chancellor’s mansion tax is a small but brave step forward | Phillip Inman
Radical Reeves? The chancellor’s mansion tax is a small but brave step forward | Phillip Inman
The high-value council tax surcharge may only raise £400m but it’s the best opportunity for a bigger, fairer tax on wealth
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Radical Reeves? The chancellor’s mansion tax is a small but brave step forward | Phillip Inman
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Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
‘Worth’ ?
The president had a record net worth of $7.3 billion in September.
Trump’s Net Worth Drops $1.1 Billion
The president had a record net worth of $7.3 billion in September.
www.forbes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
‘Worth’ ?
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Hot off the press 11 announcements that will positively touch the lives of ordinary people throughout the UK. All made in the last 5 days. Labour remain focused on driving down the cost of living and securing investment and jobs across the UK. 👏👏👏
November 23, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Hot off the press 11 announcements that will positively touch the lives of ordinary people throughout the UK. All made in the last 5 days. Labour remain focused on driving down the cost of living and securing investment and jobs across the UK. 👏👏👏
We need care workers.
“The NHS cannot survive three more winters without meaningful social care reform. It cannot happen. It cannot happen operationally. It cannot happen clinically. It cannot happen morally.”
“The NHS cannot survive three more winters without meaningful social care reform. It cannot happen. It cannot happen operationally. It cannot happen clinically. It cannot happen morally.”
The NHS won’t survive this winter with one of the reasons being that social care has fallen off a cliff - but Shabana Mahmood got to punch down on the migrants propping it up as “low-qualified” and “never expected to be net economic contributors”, so… I guess there’s that.
The Punishment Model of Government
League tables, political cruelty and the quiet fear spreading through the NHS this winter.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We need care workers.
“The NHS cannot survive three more winters without meaningful social care reform. It cannot happen. It cannot happen operationally. It cannot happen clinically. It cannot happen morally.”
“The NHS cannot survive three more winters without meaningful social care reform. It cannot happen. It cannot happen operationally. It cannot happen clinically. It cannot happen morally.”
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Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
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The Care Workforce Pathway sets out what a career in care really means, showing the skills, knowledge, and experience needed at every level. It’s helping to grow confidence, strengthen teams, and make sure care is delivered safely, effectively, and with dignity: https://bit.ly/4p6HBAz
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The Care Workforce Pathway sets out what a career in care really means, showing the skills, knowledge, and experience needed at every level. It’s helping to grow confidence, strengthen teams, and make sure care is delivered safely, effectively, and with dignity: https://bit.ly/4p6HBAz
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Excited to be writing for the brilliant @bylinetimes.bsky.social - this month’s column covers a new book from @rory-stewart.bsky.social celebrating people & place in Cumbria, a new film #PowerStation about the power of community energy, & Keir Starmer’s weird obsession with flags
That's True Too - In Pursuit of Pluralism - Politics with a Difference – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
Rory Stewart was almost completely invisible behind hundreds of copies of his latest book, piled high on the table in front of him, when I walked into the green room at Friends House in Euston, centra...
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November 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Excited to be writing for the brilliant @bylinetimes.bsky.social - this month’s column covers a new book from @rory-stewart.bsky.social celebrating people & place in Cumbria, a new film #PowerStation about the power of community energy, & Keir Starmer’s weird obsession with flags
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GB News hosting Trumplethinskin so he can have a fannywobble about Panorama is the most utterly deranged media crossover of the year and is absolutely peak 2025.
Reader Discretion - I went sweary.
Reader Discretion - I went sweary.
Trumplethinskin Goes After the BBC - Because Facts Keep Hurting His Feelings
The man who demanded people "fight like hell" now insists the real injury was a slightly compressed quote on Panorama.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 AM
GB News hosting Trumplethinskin so he can have a fannywobble about Panorama is the most utterly deranged media crossover of the year and is absolutely peak 2025.
Reader Discretion - I went sweary.
Reader Discretion - I went sweary.
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Good to see: @repyassansari.bsky.social tells me she expects 50 Republicans to vote to release Epstein files (agreeing w/MTG). Dems also want to bring in heads of financial institutions on Epstein transactions.
"The dam is breaking," Ansari says. Listen to her here:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
"The dam is breaking," Ansari says. Listen to her here:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Fresh Epstein Bombshell Should Unnerve Trump
As signs mount that more Republicans than expected will break with Trump on Jeffrey Epstein, Rep. Yassamin Ansari explains why Trump has much more to worry about than is commonly known.
newrepublic.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Good to see: @repyassansari.bsky.social tells me she expects 50 Republicans to vote to release Epstein files (agreeing w/MTG). Dems also want to bring in heads of financial institutions on Epstein transactions.
"The dam is breaking," Ansari says. Listen to her here:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
"The dam is breaking," Ansari says. Listen to her here:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
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“Emails highlight Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon relationship” - note that in 2018 Bannon was trying to interfere in UK politics, cheered on by Epstein www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
“Emails highlight Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon relationship” - note that in 2018 Bannon was trying to interfere in UK politics, cheered on by Epstein www.bbc.com/news/article...