Barry Sheerman
@barrysheerman.bsky.social
Interests include: Social Enterprise. Evidence based policies. Clean air. Clean streams rivers and oceans. Autism. Global Road Safety. Access to the countryside. John Clare's poetry.
What do the rest of the democratic world think about a country which has a regular national awards event celebrating it’s long gone Empire?
December 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
What do the rest of the democratic world think about a country which has a regular national awards event celebrating it’s long gone Empire?
Why do so many dodgy people & businesses elude public scrutiny or justice? Where are our great campaigners, documentary-makers & muck-rakers?
December 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Why do so many dodgy people & businesses elude public scrutiny or justice? Where are our great campaigners, documentary-makers & muck-rakers?
Hearing the voice of Bing Crosby everywhere as usual this Christmas I made the mistake of reading his biography some time he was a deeply unpleasant fellow particularly to his children. Sorry.
December 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Hearing the voice of Bing Crosby everywhere as usual this Christmas I made the mistake of reading his biography some time he was a deeply unpleasant fellow particularly to his children. Sorry.
Which companies produce wet-wipes? Shouldn’t they stump up the huge costs of disposal of the environmental catastrophe they have inflicted on our planet?
December 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Which companies produce wet-wipes? Shouldn’t they stump up the huge costs of disposal of the environmental catastrophe they have inflicted on our planet?
I’m not sure this is entirely accurate.There is also a healthy tradition of encouragement to achieve a better life for yourself by using your talents to the full Samuel Smiles “Self Help” was an early version of this.
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I’m not sure this is entirely accurate.There is also a healthy tradition of encouragement to achieve a better life for yourself by using your talents to the full Samuel Smiles “Self Help” was an early version of this.
George Osborne appears to have little education for a job in finance. He studied history at university somewhere in Oxford, never seems to have a “proper” job anywhere.Strangely enough never worked in the whips office either.
December 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
George Osborne appears to have little education for a job in finance. He studied history at university somewhere in Oxford, never seems to have a “proper” job anywhere.Strangely enough never worked in the whips office either.
Reposted by Barry Sheerman
The UK has agreed to pay pharma BILLIONS more for medicines to keep Trump happy – I’ve written to my MP urging them to do everything they can to stop this disastrous deal. Use this tool to email yours too!
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4671
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4671
Write to your MP: stop big pharma’s NHS raid
The UK government has agreed a deal with Donald Trump that could see the NHS pay pharma companies an extra £3 billion a year for drugs. Experts say that diverting NHS funding to pay for this deal woul...
act.globaljustice.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The UK has agreed to pay pharma BILLIONS more for medicines to keep Trump happy – I’ve written to my MP urging them to do everything they can to stop this disastrous deal. Use this tool to email yours too!
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4671
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4671
Musk so rich so powerful so gullible.
December 7, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Musk so rich so powerful so gullible.
I suspect this show might also have the life-span of a lettuce.
The only remaining tickets are those with an unrestricted view.
New: Liz Truss will tomorrow premiere the first episode of The Liz Truss Show.
Billed as "A bold new programme in a media landscape dominated by groupthink and timid consensus".
Truss: "The Deep State tried to destroy me but now I'm back and excited to launch this show."
Billed as "A bold new programme in a media landscape dominated by groupthink and timid consensus".
Truss: "The Deep State tried to destroy me but now I'm back and excited to launch this show."
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I suspect this show might also have the life-span of a lettuce.
What did we expect from the Mail? Haven’t they always been rather keen on right-wing populists & tyrants?
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 3:18 PM
What did we expect from the Mail? Haven’t they always been rather keen on right-wing populists & tyrants?
We must rememberAron with love & respect.
4 December 1902 | A Jewish man, Aron Statter, was born in Nowy Sącz.
In #Auschwitz from 17 April 1942.
No. 29805
He perished in the camp on 21 April 1942.
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Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
In #Auschwitz from 17 April 1942.
No. 29805
He perished in the camp on 21 April 1942.
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Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
December 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We must rememberAron with love & respect.
Delighted to have been sent a pre-festive treat of Gorvette. Chocolates if you have never tried them you haven’t savoured the best chocolate on the planet!
December 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Delighted to have been sent a pre-festive treat of Gorvette. Chocolates if you have never tried them you haven’t savoured the best chocolate on the planet!
Hurrah! The Rip-van-Winkles in Geneva have woken up smelt the polluted air and decided to support our clean air & climate change campaigns.
WHO updates guidance to better inform decisions on Clean Air and climate change mitigation policies
#AirPollution #Health #Environment
www.who.int/europe/news/...
#AirPollution #Health #Environment
www.who.int/europe/news/...
WHO updates guidance to better inform decisions on clean air and climate change mitigation policies
Assessing the health effects of air pollution is essential for developing evidence-based clean air policies and protecting public health. In the WHO European Region alone, air pollution is estimated t...
www.who.int
December 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Hurrah! The Rip-van-Winkles in Geneva have woken up smelt the polluted air and decided to support our clean air & climate change campaigns.
Stop sniffing whatever you’re sniffing right now.
Michelle Obama on a beach in Hawaii somewhere
December 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Stop sniffing whatever you’re sniffing right now.
Wasn’t it Dean Acheson the American Secretary of State who said “The UK has lost an empire but failed to find a new role” Briefly many of us thought as a key member of the European Union we had found that new role!
November 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Wasn’t it Dean Acheson the American Secretary of State who said “The UK has lost an empire but failed to find a new role” Briefly many of us thought as a key member of the European Union we had found that new role!
A privilege to see the new Noah Baumbach film “Jay Kelly” with George Clooney in the best film I’ve seen him in for a long time.
November 29, 2025 at 9:06 AM
A privilege to see the new Noah Baumbach film “Jay Kelly” with George Clooney in the best film I’ve seen him in for a long time.
Time to lick our wounds, reinvigorate the campaign by refreshing our tactics & broadening & renewing our base of support with passion & energy!
John Kerry urges Australia to take ‘hard-nosed’ approach with world’s biggest fossil fuel-producing countries at Cop31
Former US secretary of state calls for more demanding steps from Australia as it takes over presidency of next year’s UN climate summit.
@fionaharvey.bsky.social
buff.ly/e6tOkrs
Former US secretary of state calls for more demanding steps from Australia as it takes over presidency of next year’s UN climate summit.
@fionaharvey.bsky.social
buff.ly/e6tOkrs
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Time to lick our wounds, reinvigorate the campaign by refreshing our tactics & broadening & renewing our base of support with passion & energy!
All my friends living in Blackheath & Greenwich are desperate to preserve the historic farmers market & oppose the plans to build even more tall ugly high-rise apartments.Please sign the petition!
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
All my friends living in Blackheath & Greenwich are desperate to preserve the historic farmers market & oppose the plans to build even more tall ugly high-rise apartments.Please sign the petition!
Am I correct in thinking that during the 2017 Election the Conservatives were able to receive substantial donations from Russian sources but donated through someone who had dual nationality?
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Am I correct in thinking that during the 2017 Election the Conservatives were able to receive substantial donations from Russian sources but donated through someone who had dual nationality?
Reposted by Barry Sheerman
"Boris Johnson was branded a coward as it emerged he could face legal action over failures during the pandemic that led to 23,000 excess deaths. His actions during the pandemic amount to 'one of the gravest betrayals of the British public in modern history'."
#CovidInquiry
#CovidInquiry
Boris Johnson could face legal action over pandemic failings after damning report
Nadine Dorries and Michael Gove have led attempts to undermine the damning report by Heather Hallett after it found inaction by Boris Johnson’s government may have cost 23,000 people their lives
www.independent.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
"Boris Johnson was branded a coward as it emerged he could face legal action over failures during the pandemic that led to 23,000 excess deaths. His actions during the pandemic amount to 'one of the gravest betrayals of the British public in modern history'."
#CovidInquiry
#CovidInquiry
This is the quality of discussion we desperately need.
With the U.S. continuing to advance Russian interests over Ukraine’s, join @michaeldweiss.bsky.social and me on Thinking Live today, Nov. 24, at 2:00pm ET, as we break down what’s really happening.
snyder.substack.com
snyder.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This is the quality of discussion we desperately need.
In my last three years in Parliament I called for much more robust action on Russian influence in Parliament & on political parties & their influence on funding of election campaigns.MI5 informed me that the high profile Russians in London “had not broken any laws”
Gill’s sentence sets a clear legal benchmark – leaving the way clear for Parliament to finally hold a much-needed inquiry into Kremlin meddling in domestic affairs…
This inquiry cannot help but look at events surrounding the EU Referendum
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
This inquiry cannot help but look at events surrounding the EU Referendum
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
Nathan Gill, Voloshyn and the Kremlin’s European Network
The sentencing of Reform UK's former leader in Wales to ten and a half years in prison should open the door to a broader investigation into the pro-Kremlin network that has infiltrated European politi...
bylinetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
In my last three years in Parliament I called for much more robust action on Russian influence in Parliament & on political parties & their influence on funding of election campaigns.MI5 informed me that the high profile Russians in London “had not broken any laws”
Who are the manufacturers of WET WIPES? Surely these ghastly polluting items should be banned immediately or their design radically transformed! We have known about these notorious polluting products for years who is lobbying for these people?
November 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Who are the manufacturers of WET WIPES? Surely these ghastly polluting items should be banned immediately or their design radically transformed! We have known about these notorious polluting products for years who is lobbying for these people?
Let’s get better at working together all of us who dream of a more open & honest politics.
"The message is not that Trump is innocent, it's that *everyone is guilty.* Everyone assaults women, cheats on their taxes, uses public office for private gain. Propriety and following the rules? That stuff is for suckers. In a world of grift and graft, the most corrupt man should be king."
Why Trump can't make the Epstein scandal go away
His ordinary scandal management techniques are not working.
www.publicnotice.co
November 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Let’s get better at working together all of us who dream of a more open & honest politics.
We must never forget Gert and every other victim of this inhumanity.
17 November 1934 | A German Jewish boy, Gert Loewenstein, was born in Aken. He emigrated to the Netherlands.
He was deported from Westerbork to #Theresienstadt ghetto in January 1944 and on 16 May 1944 deported to #Auschwitz. He was murdered after the selection in a gas chamber.
He was deported from Westerbork to #Theresienstadt ghetto in January 1944 and on 16 May 1944 deported to #Auschwitz. He was murdered after the selection in a gas chamber.
November 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
We must never forget Gert and every other victim of this inhumanity.