Simon O’Sullivan
@sosulliv86.bsky.social
Walk, run, cycle powered by plants! Bit of a lefty! Social justice: Active travel: Nature: Environment.
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1,157 people have just been announced as receiving honours in the New Year Honours list.
Here’s why Benjamin Zephaniah turned down his OBE (Order of the British Empire) in 2003.
Here’s why Benjamin Zephaniah turned down his OBE (Order of the British Empire) in 2003.
December 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
1,157 people have just been announced as receiving honours in the New Year Honours list.
Here’s why Benjamin Zephaniah turned down his OBE (Order of the British Empire) in 2003.
Here’s why Benjamin Zephaniah turned down his OBE (Order of the British Empire) in 2003.
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New: We got an internal ICE document revealing its $100 million ad plan to bring in 14,000 new hires: deals with "tactical" influencers; ads to gun & military buffs; and geo-targeting phones around NASCAR races and gun shows.
A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j
A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j
ICE plans $100 million ‘wartime recruitment’ push targeting gun shows, military fans for hires
An internal ICE document shared among immigration officials details plans to use influencers and geo-targeted ads to rapidly hire thousands of deportation officers.
wapo.st
December 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
New: We got an internal ICE document revealing its $100 million ad plan to bring in 14,000 new hires: deals with "tactical" influencers; ads to gun & military buffs; and geo-targeting phones around NASCAR races and gun shows.
A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j
A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j
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Studies have confirmed: when we stop eating meat, we tend to quickly lose a yearning for it shorturl.at/LpOaw. UK agriculture is dominated by livestock farming, & it’s not in its interest to point that out.
It’s an uphill to die on but I’ll keep stressing: whole food plant-based diets are win-win!
It’s an uphill to die on but I’ll keep stressing: whole food plant-based diets are win-win!
How a month of abstinence can lead to 'meat disgust'
There are some surprising impacts of cutting out meat, even for a short period, which can carry on well beyond the end of abstinence.
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December 31, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Studies have confirmed: when we stop eating meat, we tend to quickly lose a yearning for it shorturl.at/LpOaw. UK agriculture is dominated by livestock farming, & it’s not in its interest to point that out.
It’s an uphill to die on but I’ll keep stressing: whole food plant-based diets are win-win!
It’s an uphill to die on but I’ll keep stressing: whole food plant-based diets are win-win!
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At 3pm on @boldpolitics.bsky.social YouTube Channel:
I talk with Gary Lineker about Calais, Palestine and the BBC.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
I talk with Gary Lineker about Calais, Palestine and the BBC.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Gary Lineker says BBC needs to look at how people are brought in at the top
Lineker is appearing on Green Party leader Zack Polanski’s podcast on New Year’s Eve where he said he would ‘never’ go into politics himself.
www.independent.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 9:53 AM
At 3pm on @boldpolitics.bsky.social YouTube Channel:
I talk with Gary Lineker about Calais, Palestine and the BBC.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
I talk with Gary Lineker about Calais, Palestine and the BBC.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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December 31, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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A good time of year to remember some who said no to a royal Honour:
David Bowie
Albert Finney
Alan Rickman
Ken Loach
Michael Sheen
Paul Weller
Danny Boyle
John Lennon
LS Lowry
John Cleese
CS Lewis
Stephen Hawking
Jim Broadbent
Francis Bacon
Alan Bennett
Feel free to add ✊️
David Bowie
Albert Finney
Alan Rickman
Ken Loach
Michael Sheen
Paul Weller
Danny Boyle
John Lennon
LS Lowry
John Cleese
CS Lewis
Stephen Hawking
Jim Broadbent
Francis Bacon
Alan Bennett
Feel free to add ✊️
December 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
A good time of year to remember some who said no to a royal Honour:
David Bowie
Albert Finney
Alan Rickman
Ken Loach
Michael Sheen
Paul Weller
Danny Boyle
John Lennon
LS Lowry
John Cleese
CS Lewis
Stephen Hawking
Jim Broadbent
Francis Bacon
Alan Bennett
Feel free to add ✊️
David Bowie
Albert Finney
Alan Rickman
Ken Loach
Michael Sheen
Paul Weller
Danny Boyle
John Lennon
LS Lowry
John Cleese
CS Lewis
Stephen Hawking
Jim Broadbent
Francis Bacon
Alan Bennett
Feel free to add ✊️
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Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
December 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
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I’m receiving an increasing number of messages from some of you who are concerned about me. Please don’t be. I’m not going to stop speaking out. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/please-dont-worry-about-me
Please don’t worry about me
Friends,
robertreich.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I’m receiving an increasing number of messages from some of you who are concerned about me. Please don’t be. I’m not going to stop speaking out. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/please-dont-worry-about-me
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“This attack on the trail hunting is an attack on the countryside!”
“But polls show over 70% of people in rural areas oppose trail hunting”
“That’ll be all the incomers. They’re not really country people”
I think I’ve heard this argument elsewhere…
“But polls show over 70% of people in rural areas oppose trail hunting”
“That’ll be all the incomers. They’re not really country people”
I think I’ve heard this argument elsewhere…
December 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
“This attack on the trail hunting is an attack on the countryside!”
“But polls show over 70% of people in rural areas oppose trail hunting”
“That’ll be all the incomers. They’re not really country people”
I think I’ve heard this argument elsewhere…
“But polls show over 70% of people in rural areas oppose trail hunting”
“That’ll be all the incomers. They’re not really country people”
I think I’ve heard this argument elsewhere…
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Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A conversation between Joe Rogan and Mel Gibson summed up 2025 for me – and not in a good way | George Monbiot
From merrily dismissing climate science, to promoting irresponsible health claims, the podcast was an unintentional warning for our times, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Share this far and wide today.
December 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Share this far and wide today.
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We are so close to the 10k signatures we need for the Government to respond to our @climatemajority.bsky.social petition calling for a funded National Climate Resilience Plan. Please sign now. It's a simple and easy thing you can do to make a difference.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Fund a National Climate Resilience Plan: protect communities from climate impact
From floods to extreme temperatures, climate impacts risk damaging homes, health, businesses, services, and the economy. We want Government to prioritise adaptation; fund a new Resilience Plan that…
petition.parliament.uk
December 26, 2025 at 9:43 AM
We are so close to the 10k signatures we need for the Government to respond to our @climatemajority.bsky.social petition calling for a funded National Climate Resilience Plan. Please sign now. It's a simple and easy thing you can do to make a difference.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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At this very moment, foxes are being hunted, exhausted, and ripped apart by hounds all under the guise of "tradition."
Boxing Day is the biggest event for the hunting community, even though it’s illegal.
Share to raise awareness and help end this cruelty for good. 🦊
Boxing Day is the biggest event for the hunting community, even though it’s illegal.
Share to raise awareness and help end this cruelty for good. 🦊
December 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
At this very moment, foxes are being hunted, exhausted, and ripped apart by hounds all under the guise of "tradition."
Boxing Day is the biggest event for the hunting community, even though it’s illegal.
Share to raise awareness and help end this cruelty for good. 🦊
Boxing Day is the biggest event for the hunting community, even though it’s illegal.
Share to raise awareness and help end this cruelty for good. 🦊
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📰 My Real Britain article in today's Mirror
💷Stealth tax OUT, Wealth tax IN
📈Investment key for UK productivity
👩⚕️NHS a national treasure: invest
🔋Energy profiteering - public ownership
✳️Net Zero - Workers must NOT be sacrificed
💷Stealth tax OUT, Wealth tax IN
📈Investment key for UK productivity
👩⚕️NHS a national treasure: invest
🔋Energy profiteering - public ownership
✳️Net Zero - Workers must NOT be sacrificed
December 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM
📰 My Real Britain article in today's Mirror
💷Stealth tax OUT, Wealth tax IN
📈Investment key for UK productivity
👩⚕️NHS a national treasure: invest
🔋Energy profiteering - public ownership
✳️Net Zero - Workers must NOT be sacrificed
💷Stealth tax OUT, Wealth tax IN
📈Investment key for UK productivity
👩⚕️NHS a national treasure: invest
🔋Energy profiteering - public ownership
✳️Net Zero - Workers must NOT be sacrificed
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The arrest of Greta Thunberg for peacefully opposing genocide and supporting those on hunger strike is wrongful and disturbing.
This is yet another shocking example of the UK’s broad terrorism laws being used to target those exercising their right to freedom of expression and assembly rights.
This is yet another shocking example of the UK’s broad terrorism laws being used to target those exercising their right to freedom of expression and assembly rights.
December 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The arrest of Greta Thunberg for peacefully opposing genocide and supporting those on hunger strike is wrongful and disturbing.
This is yet another shocking example of the UK’s broad terrorism laws being used to target those exercising their right to freedom of expression and assembly rights.
This is yet another shocking example of the UK’s broad terrorism laws being used to target those exercising their right to freedom of expression and assembly rights.
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I’ll leave this here…
December 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I’ll leave this here…
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It’s the Clarion Christmas newsletter! Featuring:
🚠 Cable cars for Oxford
🫡 Remembering Ian Hudspeth
🗳 Elections to be postponed?
🧀 Queuing for cheese
🎶 Beautiful Oxfordshire Christmas music
Read online or by email: oxfordclarion.uk/the-clarion-...
🚠 Cable cars for Oxford
🫡 Remembering Ian Hudspeth
🗳 Elections to be postponed?
🧀 Queuing for cheese
🎶 Beautiful Oxfordshire Christmas music
Read online or by email: oxfordclarion.uk/the-clarion-...
A Christmas Clarion, 23 December 2025
This week’s top stories
Ian Hudspeth, former leader of Oxfordshire County Council, has died. He was awarded an OBE in 2021 for services to local government.
First elected in 2005 as Conservative cou...
oxfordclarion.uk
December 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
It’s the Clarion Christmas newsletter! Featuring:
🚠 Cable cars for Oxford
🫡 Remembering Ian Hudspeth
🗳 Elections to be postponed?
🧀 Queuing for cheese
🎶 Beautiful Oxfordshire Christmas music
Read online or by email: oxfordclarion.uk/the-clarion-...
🚠 Cable cars for Oxford
🫡 Remembering Ian Hudspeth
🗳 Elections to be postponed?
🧀 Queuing for cheese
🎶 Beautiful Oxfordshire Christmas music
Read online or by email: oxfordclarion.uk/the-clarion-...
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Left: Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a placard in London
Right: Labour's Baron Hain, "This gov is treating Palestine action as equivalent to ISIS or al-Qaeda, which is intellectually bankrupt, politically unprincipled and morally wrong. I'm deeply ashamed"
Right: Labour's Baron Hain, "This gov is treating Palestine action as equivalent to ISIS or al-Qaeda, which is intellectually bankrupt, politically unprincipled and morally wrong. I'm deeply ashamed"
December 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Left: Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a placard in London
Right: Labour's Baron Hain, "This gov is treating Palestine action as equivalent to ISIS or al-Qaeda, which is intellectually bankrupt, politically unprincipled and morally wrong. I'm deeply ashamed"
Right: Labour's Baron Hain, "This gov is treating Palestine action as equivalent to ISIS or al-Qaeda, which is intellectually bankrupt, politically unprincipled and morally wrong. I'm deeply ashamed"
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If you decrease the space given to cars, they go slower, walking & cycling become safer, more people turn to public transport and the higher uptake makes it faster and more reliable.
The UK: "It's hard to think of a country better suited to public transport or where it's more needed."
The UK: "It's hard to think of a country better suited to public transport or where it's more needed."
December 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM
If you decrease the space given to cars, they go slower, walking & cycling become safer, more people turn to public transport and the higher uptake makes it faster and more reliable.
The UK: "It's hard to think of a country better suited to public transport or where it's more needed."
The UK: "It's hard to think of a country better suited to public transport or where it's more needed."
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Greens welcome #GreatBritishRailways but what about rolling stock?
ROSCOs paid £275m in dividends to shareholders last year - a huge drain on public finances!
I urge the Government to find ways to bring our rolling stock into public hands.
ROSCOs paid £275m in dividends to shareholders last year - a huge drain on public finances!
I urge the Government to find ways to bring our rolling stock into public hands.
December 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Greens welcome #GreatBritishRailways but what about rolling stock?
ROSCOs paid £275m in dividends to shareholders last year - a huge drain on public finances!
I urge the Government to find ways to bring our rolling stock into public hands.
ROSCOs paid £275m in dividends to shareholders last year - a huge drain on public finances!
I urge the Government to find ways to bring our rolling stock into public hands.
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🤑Thames Water creditors are haggling with Ofwat.
💩They want permission to pollute our waters until 2040.
😡But we've had a year of reasons why Ofwat should just say NO.
Take 2 minutes to email Ofwat and tell them to reject the outrageous deal. #OFWATsayNO
vist.ly/4jdfb
💩They want permission to pollute our waters until 2040.
😡But we've had a year of reasons why Ofwat should just say NO.
Take 2 minutes to email Ofwat and tell them to reject the outrageous deal. #OFWATsayNO
vist.ly/4jdfb
December 22, 2025 at 8:27 AM
🤑Thames Water creditors are haggling with Ofwat.
💩They want permission to pollute our waters until 2040.
😡But we've had a year of reasons why Ofwat should just say NO.
Take 2 minutes to email Ofwat and tell them to reject the outrageous deal. #OFWATsayNO
vist.ly/4jdfb
💩They want permission to pollute our waters until 2040.
😡But we've had a year of reasons why Ofwat should just say NO.
Take 2 minutes to email Ofwat and tell them to reject the outrageous deal. #OFWATsayNO
vist.ly/4jdfb
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Excellent article by #Eastbourne consultant orthopaedic surgeon @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social.
She's the person on the cycle below.
She highlights contradictions on transport at national and local level.
The #NHS and @eastsussexcc.bsky.social need to do better!
#ActiveTravel
@cyclinguk.bsky.social
She's the person on the cycle below.
She highlights contradictions on transport at national and local level.
The #NHS and @eastsussexcc.bsky.social need to do better!
#ActiveTravel
@cyclinguk.bsky.social
Great article with @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social about encouraging less driving and more active travel to save the #NHS
hastingsonlinetimes.co.uk/hot-topics/h...
hastingsonlinetimes.co.uk/hot-topics/h...
We must get fitter if we’re to afford the future, says McNally
McNally in traffic outside Eastbourne hospital. Cycling on the pavement is forbidden. Plans for a bus and cycle route running three miles from Polegate to the hospital were stopped by councillors.
...
hastingsonlinetimes.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Excellent article by #Eastbourne consultant orthopaedic surgeon @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social.
She's the person on the cycle below.
She highlights contradictions on transport at national and local level.
The #NHS and @eastsussexcc.bsky.social need to do better!
#ActiveTravel
@cyclinguk.bsky.social
She's the person on the cycle below.
She highlights contradictions on transport at national and local level.
The #NHS and @eastsussexcc.bsky.social need to do better!
#ActiveTravel
@cyclinguk.bsky.social