Lawrence Davies
@andrenascotica.bsky.social
Music, trees, birds, bees, bicycles. Newcastle, increasingly Huddersfield, working on an ecological history of sound amplification. Join a union, and tell the truth about climate breakdown. Born at 353ppm.
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Zack Polanski: "Labour Has Lost Its Soul On Immigration, Their Silent MPs Should Be Ashamed"
Writing for HuffPost UK, the Greens leader says only his party will stand up to the powerful and defend the 99%
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/zack-p...
Writing for HuffPost UK, the Greens leader says only his party will stand up to the powerful and defend the 99%
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/zack-p...
Zack Polanski: 'Labour Has Lost Its Soul On Immigration, Their Silent MPs Should Be Ashamed'
Writing for HuffPost UK, the Greens leader says only his party will stand up to the powerful and defend the 99%.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Zack Polanski: "Labour Has Lost Its Soul On Immigration, Their Silent MPs Should Be Ashamed"
Writing for HuffPost UK, the Greens leader says only his party will stand up to the powerful and defend the 99%
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/zack-p...
Writing for HuffPost UK, the Greens leader says only his party will stand up to the powerful and defend the 99%
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/zack-p...
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The Greens are winning the support of around half of 18 to 24 year olds.
Reform are on 5%. So much for young people's turn to the right!
And the Young Greens now have 40,000 members - the biggest youth and students wing in British politics
Reform are on 5%. So much for young people's turn to the right!
And the Young Greens now have 40,000 members - the biggest youth and students wing in British politics
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The Greens are winning the support of around half of 18 to 24 year olds.
Reform are on 5%. So much for young people's turn to the right!
And the Young Greens now have 40,000 members - the biggest youth and students wing in British politics
Reform are on 5%. So much for young people's turn to the right!
And the Young Greens now have 40,000 members - the biggest youth and students wing in British politics
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We must copy Denmark Social Democrats' hardline anti-asylum measures in order to win back voters' trust, says Shabana Mahmood.
Meanwhile in Denmark:
Meanwhile in Denmark:
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
We must copy Denmark Social Democrats' hardline anti-asylum measures in order to win back voters' trust, says Shabana Mahmood.
Meanwhile in Denmark:
Meanwhile in Denmark:
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UK Labour want everyone to know that their new asylum policies, inc stealing the valuables of asylum seekers, were inspired by the Danish Social Democrats.
In Denmark's local elections yesterday the Soc Dems took a hammering, losing Copenhagen for the first time in 122 years. The new mayor? Green.
In Denmark's local elections yesterday the Soc Dems took a hammering, losing Copenhagen for the first time in 122 years. The new mayor? Green.
👏 Congratulations to @sissemariewe.bsky.social who was just elected as the new mayor of Copenhagen.
💚Congratulations to all of the SF members re-elected or newly elected and for the incredible 17.9% of votes across the country.
🌻Denmark’s people and nature will have a Greener future.
💚Congratulations to all of the SF members re-elected or newly elected and for the incredible 17.9% of votes across the country.
🌻Denmark’s people and nature will have a Greener future.
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
UK Labour want everyone to know that their new asylum policies, inc stealing the valuables of asylum seekers, were inspired by the Danish Social Democrats.
In Denmark's local elections yesterday the Soc Dems took a hammering, losing Copenhagen for the first time in 122 years. The new mayor? Green.
In Denmark's local elections yesterday the Soc Dems took a hammering, losing Copenhagen for the first time in 122 years. The new mayor? Green.
Countering car-centric definition of what constitutes "good weather" and "bad weather" at every possible opportunity...
Your seasonal reminder that the amount of snow needed to have a bit of fun on the way to school is very small indeed.
November 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Countering car-centric definition of what constitutes "good weather" and "bad weather" at every possible opportunity...
Your seasonal reminder that the amount of snow needed to have a bit of fun on the way to school is very small indeed.
November 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Your seasonal reminder that the amount of snow needed to have a bit of fun on the way to school is very small indeed.
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What a shocking waste of opportunity this government has proved to be.
It has squandered its time and attention on ridiculous fiscal rules, persecuting refugees and trashing ecosystems in the name of growth, while failing to deliver what we so desperately want.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It has squandered its time and attention on ridiculous fiscal rules, persecuting refugees and trashing ecosystems in the name of growth, while failing to deliver what we so desperately want.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS failing to cut waiting times as promised in recovery plan, report warns
Public accounts committee finds Labour’s progress ‘appears to have stalled’ despite billions of pounds in investment
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:26 AM
What a shocking waste of opportunity this government has proved to be.
It has squandered its time and attention on ridiculous fiscal rules, persecuting refugees and trashing ecosystems in the name of growth, while failing to deliver what we so desperately want.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It has squandered its time and attention on ridiculous fiscal rules, persecuting refugees and trashing ecosystems in the name of growth, while failing to deliver what we so desperately want.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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They're savvy enough not to submit something that's entirely fabricated, but it's clearly part of their workflow, which they think is ok bc the university has basically said as much. So feedback takes longer, as you're really just coaching them on where the AI has failed them. It's not sustainable.
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
They're savvy enough not to submit something that's entirely fabricated, but it's clearly part of their workflow, which they think is ok bc the university has basically said as much. So feedback takes longer, as you're really just coaching them on where the AI has failed them. It's not sustainable.
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For anyone feeling deep despair - I get it.
There is hope, though. And Green Party membership is continuing to rise every single day.
That's thousands and thousands of people coming together to demand change & to make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
There is hope, though. And Green Party membership is continuing to rise every single day.
That's thousands and thousands of people coming together to demand change & to make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
For anyone feeling deep despair - I get it.
There is hope, though. And Green Party membership is continuing to rise every single day.
That's thousands and thousands of people coming together to demand change & to make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
There is hope, though. And Green Party membership is continuing to rise every single day.
That's thousands and thousands of people coming together to demand change & to make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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What is it that people expect from deporting people?
Because it won't lower House prices or rents.
And it won't make food or energy cheaper.
There won't be more jobs and they certainly won't pay better.
At what point do you realise it is going to achieve nothing?
Because it won't lower House prices or rents.
And it won't make food or energy cheaper.
There won't be more jobs and they certainly won't pay better.
At what point do you realise it is going to achieve nothing?
November 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
What is it that people expect from deporting people?
Because it won't lower House prices or rents.
And it won't make food or energy cheaper.
There won't be more jobs and they certainly won't pay better.
At what point do you realise it is going to achieve nothing?
Because it won't lower House prices or rents.
And it won't make food or energy cheaper.
There won't be more jobs and they certainly won't pay better.
At what point do you realise it is going to achieve nothing?
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Submissions for ISSUE #3 – AIRBORNE, are now open!
We are accepting pitches exploring the importance of air in the climate and ecological crises, its role in environmental history and activism, and its future on a transformed planet.
More details 👇
We are accepting pitches exploring the importance of air in the climate and ecological crises, its role in environmental history and activism, and its future on a transformed planet.
More details 👇
Pitching
What We Publish We’re interested in original ideas and clear, compelling writing that breaks down complex subjects for an engaged but non-expert audience. The best guide to what we might like is to…
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November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Submissions for ISSUE #3 – AIRBORNE, are now open!
We are accepting pitches exploring the importance of air in the climate and ecological crises, its role in environmental history and activism, and its future on a transformed planet.
More details 👇
We are accepting pitches exploring the importance of air in the climate and ecological crises, its role in environmental history and activism, and its future on a transformed planet.
More details 👇
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This whole "small boats" issue is ridiculous! It is INSIGNIFICANT
36k people arrived in 2024 = 0.05% of UK population!
568k people died in the UK in 2024. We're not full!
If we paid ALL of them an average wage it would cost you £17 a year. Let them work & you pay nothing.
UK will be better off.
36k people arrived in 2024 = 0.05% of UK population!
568k people died in the UK in 2024. We're not full!
If we paid ALL of them an average wage it would cost you £17 a year. Let them work & you pay nothing.
UK will be better off.
November 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This whole "small boats" issue is ridiculous! It is INSIGNIFICANT
36k people arrived in 2024 = 0.05% of UK population!
568k people died in the UK in 2024. We're not full!
If we paid ALL of them an average wage it would cost you £17 a year. Let them work & you pay nothing.
UK will be better off.
36k people arrived in 2024 = 0.05% of UK population!
568k people died in the UK in 2024. We're not full!
If we paid ALL of them an average wage it would cost you £17 a year. Let them work & you pay nothing.
UK will be better off.
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Rise of @greenparty.org.uk continues. Listen to the deafening silence in the media that enthusiastically reported the rise of Reform when it hit similar voting figures.
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 27% (+1)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 17% (-1)
GRN: 17% (+2)
LDM: 13% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 16-17 Nov.
Changes w/ 9-10 Nov.
RFM: 27% (+1)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 17% (-1)
GRN: 17% (+2)
LDM: 13% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 16-17 Nov.
Changes w/ 9-10 Nov.
November 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Rise of @greenparty.org.uk continues. Listen to the deafening silence in the media that enthusiastically reported the rise of Reform when it hit similar voting figures.
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A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
I hear that Chris Day, @newcastleuni.bsky.social VC and current @russellgroup.bsky.social chair admitted in a NU Town Hall meeting that he and other RG VCs had recently had lunch with the chairman of Reform UK Ltd.
I'd love to know how he would justify this.
I'd love to know how he would justify this.
November 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I hear that Chris Day, @newcastleuni.bsky.social VC and current @russellgroup.bsky.social chair admitted in a NU Town Hall meeting that he and other RG VCs had recently had lunch with the chairman of Reform UK Ltd.
I'd love to know how he would justify this.
I'd love to know how he would justify this.
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We are governed by monsters.
Asked if Keir Starmer believes British people want to "see refugee children pulled out of school and deported after 10 years in this country”, his spokesman says that “what the British public wants and what this government was elected on a mandate to deliver was to secure our borders"
November 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We are governed by monsters.
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If Edinburgh Uni, with no operational deficit, gets to sack 1800 people, imagine what this will signal to more fiscally challenged Scottish universities?
MSPs need to realise that this is more than a local crisis – we need urgent public scrutiny of Edinburgh’s governance.
MSPs need to realise that this is more than a local crisis – we need urgent public scrutiny of Edinburgh’s governance.
November 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
If Edinburgh Uni, with no operational deficit, gets to sack 1800 people, imagine what this will signal to more fiscally challenged Scottish universities?
MSPs need to realise that this is more than a local crisis – we need urgent public scrutiny of Edinburgh’s governance.
MSPs need to realise that this is more than a local crisis – we need urgent public scrutiny of Edinburgh’s governance.
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I'm on strike for the next three days in protest at my employer's refusal to rule out compulsory redundancies as part of their cost-cutting vision for a radically diminished university. My school makes a healthy profit, most of which goes back into central coffers, yet still we're told to save more.
November 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I'm on strike for the next three days in protest at my employer's refusal to rule out compulsory redundancies as part of their cost-cutting vision for a radically diminished university. My school makes a healthy profit, most of which goes back into central coffers, yet still we're told to save more.
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We must stop the hostility towards, and demonisation of, people just trying to seek safety. Our statement on just some of the Home Secretary's proposed changes to the asylum system
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
We must stop the hostility towards, and demonisation of, people just trying to seek safety. Our statement on just some of the Home Secretary's proposed changes to the asylum system
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#CycleToWork has a number of problems, but this isn’t addressing the biggest one - that those on the lowest wages who would benefit the most can’t access the scheme. #DecarbonisingTransport @walkridegm.org.uk @heidialexander.bsky.social
Rachel Reeves to cut tax benefits for workers using salary sacrifice schemes to buy bikes
Chancellor expected to introduce new limit on how much can be spent on a bicycle through cycle to work scheme
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:16 AM
#CycleToWork has a number of problems, but this isn’t addressing the biggest one - that those on the lowest wages who would benefit the most can’t access the scheme. #DecarbonisingTransport @walkridegm.org.uk @heidialexander.bsky.social
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Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Pope Leo absolutely cooking
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Apparently, Tory, Labour and Reform politics is now just about competing to see who can appease the most repulsive racists and grift most effectively for foreign billionaire fascists. They all need to go.
#VoteGreen
#VoteGreen
November 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Apparently, Tory, Labour and Reform politics is now just about competing to see who can appease the most repulsive racists and grift most effectively for foreign billionaire fascists. They all need to go.
#VoteGreen
#VoteGreen
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November 15, 2025 at 2:18 AM
A woman in a large range rover pulled in stupidly close to one of my children the other day. The look of surprise and dismay on her face when I (politely) pointed out the problem suggested that she simply couldn't see anything smaller than an adult within 6 feet of her vehicle.
“The rise in high-fronted SUVs poses a clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children,” states the report. “With no benefit to society, it’s time for lawmakers at all levels to act.” Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
EU Must Cap SUV Hood Heights Urges Report. Crash Test Body Says Not As Simple As That
Higher fronts on cars significantly increase the death rate when pedestrians and cyclists are struck, says new report. EuroNCAP says more complex than that.
www.forbes.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
A woman in a large range rover pulled in stupidly close to one of my children the other day. The look of surprise and dismay on her face when I (politely) pointed out the problem suggested that she simply couldn't see anything smaller than an adult within 6 feet of her vehicle.
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We care very much about workers which is why we didn't pay someone to make our poster 🙏
November 15, 2025 at 11:21 AM
We care very much about workers which is why we didn't pay someone to make our poster 🙏