David Powell
@davidpowell1.bsky.social
Believer in real, constitutional, democracy and unfashionable truth telling in politics.
9 Nov 1989, the Berlin wall, Tyranny, falls. Now Putin obscenely abetted by mega-rich tech barons would crush human, democratic values. 9 November 1938 marks vicious Nazi pogrom against German Jews, presaging grotesque catastrophe. Never again. Michael Rosen www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iR_...
The Missing | Kids Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen
YouTube video by Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
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November 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
9 Nov 1989, the Berlin wall, Tyranny, falls. Now Putin obscenely abetted by mega-rich tech barons would crush human, democratic values. 9 November 1938 marks vicious Nazi pogrom against German Jews, presaging grotesque catastrophe. Never again. Michael Rosen www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iR_...
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Always remember that Tories/Reform wanted Brexit so that they could ignore rules that everyone else followed. A race to the bottom. Deregulation. A bonfire of *our* rights and protections. Exploitation and consumer risk so that the wealthy and the powerful could grab more wealth and more power.
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Always remember that Tories/Reform wanted Brexit so that they could ignore rules that everyone else followed. A race to the bottom. Deregulation. A bonfire of *our* rights and protections. Exploitation and consumer risk so that the wealthy and the powerful could grab more wealth and more power.
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Reform/Tories hate the Employment Rights Bill as it gives workers a bit more control over their lives.
They also moan about how many people are off work, sick and Farage says NMW is too high
“being pro-worker is not a barrier to success, but a launchpad to it.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
They also moan about how many people are off work, sick and Farage says NMW is too high
“being pro-worker is not a barrier to success, but a launchpad to it.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We can’t let the Tories sabotage this once-in-a-generation chance to reshape the world of work | Angela Rayner
The employment rights bill is in the Commons today. As Zohran Mamdani’s victory shows, people are desperate for policies that actually improve lives, says Labour MP Angela Rayner
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Reform/Tories hate the Employment Rights Bill as it gives workers a bit more control over their lives.
They also moan about how many people are off work, sick and Farage says NMW is too high
“being pro-worker is not a barrier to success, but a launchpad to it.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
They also moan about how many people are off work, sick and Farage says NMW is too high
“being pro-worker is not a barrier to success, but a launchpad to it.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Flagmania is racist bunting and we all know it.
Poppy-policing is more of the same menacing ‘patriotism’.
“Those who oppose the UK’s emboldened far right need to speak out” not cower before Farage and the Daily Mail
Otherwise what *exactly* are we remembering?
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-f...
Poppy-policing is more of the same menacing ‘patriotism’.
“Those who oppose the UK’s emboldened far right need to speak out” not cower before Farage and the Daily Mail
Otherwise what *exactly* are we remembering?
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-f...
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Flagmania is racist bunting and we all know it.
Poppy-policing is more of the same menacing ‘patriotism’.
“Those who oppose the UK’s emboldened far right need to speak out” not cower before Farage and the Daily Mail
Otherwise what *exactly* are we remembering?
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-f...
Poppy-policing is more of the same menacing ‘patriotism’.
“Those who oppose the UK’s emboldened far right need to speak out” not cower before Farage and the Daily Mail
Otherwise what *exactly* are we remembering?
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-f...
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Aren’t they all? This is how Tories and Reform really think. Convinced of their own superiority and right to power, they’re quick to be sneering, racist and bitter when they fail. Always blaming. Never taking responsibility. Or feeling any shame. Cummings is nothing. But god he’s furious about that.
For anyone still tempted to take Dominic Cummings at all seriously, he's now an advocate of Donald Trump-style open racism.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Aren’t they all? This is how Tories and Reform really think. Convinced of their own superiority and right to power, they’re quick to be sneering, racist and bitter when they fail. Always blaming. Never taking responsibility. Or feeling any shame. Cummings is nothing. But god he’s furious about that.
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MPs… Ragingly racist and prejudiced MPs… making money from X.
Lowe. Farage. Tice. Anderson.
If ever people say they speak for them, remind them of this. No. They do not. They speak for themselves. They speak for their bank accounts. There’s money to be made from keeping people fearful and angry.
Lowe. Farage. Tice. Anderson.
If ever people say they speak for them, remind them of this. No. They do not. They speak for themselves. They speak for their bank accounts. There’s money to be made from keeping people fearful and angry.
Human trafficking.
Rupert Lowe makes more money from using Elon Musk’s website than any other MP.
There is money to be made from mass deportations and talking about mass deportations.
Rupert Lowe makes more money from using Elon Musk’s website than any other MP.
There is money to be made from mass deportations and talking about mass deportations.
November 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
MPs… Ragingly racist and prejudiced MPs… making money from X.
Lowe. Farage. Tice. Anderson.
If ever people say they speak for them, remind them of this. No. They do not. They speak for themselves. They speak for their bank accounts. There’s money to be made from keeping people fearful and angry.
Lowe. Farage. Tice. Anderson.
If ever people say they speak for them, remind them of this. No. They do not. They speak for themselves. They speak for their bank accounts. There’s money to be made from keeping people fearful and angry.
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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Have to say.. very tired of this now. We all know Brexit is a shitshow. Nothing is better. No one is happier.
No one who really cared about our country or understood how anything actually worked would do this and then stand around scratching their heads at the mess.
No one who really cared about our country or understood how anything actually worked would do this and then stand around scratching their heads at the mess.
Very amusing to watch Reform complain about all the things wrong with the UK - every one caused by Brexit - without actually mentioning Brexit, as if they happened by magic.
November 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Have to say.. very tired of this now. We all know Brexit is a shitshow. Nothing is better. No one is happier.
No one who really cared about our country or understood how anything actually worked would do this and then stand around scratching their heads at the mess.
No one who really cared about our country or understood how anything actually worked would do this and then stand around scratching their heads at the mess.
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"Seizing Brexit opportunities to deregulate" was mostly unspecified magic fairy pixie bullshit then, and it's not going to get any more realistic in the hands of a bunch of Reform clowns who don't know how anything works, don't care to learn and disdain anyone that might.
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"Seizing Brexit opportunities to deregulate" was mostly unspecified magic fairy pixie bullshit then, and it's not going to get any more realistic in the hands of a bunch of Reform clowns who don't know how anything works, don't care to learn and disdain anyone that might.
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This has been one of the worst recent developments… the media shrug at the brazen racism of the right… passing it off as an expression of concern or patriotism, when they should have been calling it out in the strongest terms.
The damage this has done to our communities is unforgivable.
The damage this has done to our communities is unforgivable.
November 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This has been one of the worst recent developments… the media shrug at the brazen racism of the right… passing it off as an expression of concern or patriotism, when they should have been calling it out in the strongest terms.
The damage this has done to our communities is unforgivable.
The damage this has done to our communities is unforgivable.
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It’s as if they think we’ve all been in a coma for the last 15 years, rather than watching the Tories smash it all up in front of us.
Very good on our ‘let’s-not-bother-with-right-wing-racism-or-Farage’s-corruption-and-let’s-blame-Labour-for-everything’ media.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
Very good on our ‘let’s-not-bother-with-right-wing-racism-or-Farage’s-corruption-and-let’s-blame-Labour-for-everything’ media.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
The 'Great Noticing' Era
Ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It’s as if they think we’ve all been in a coma for the last 15 years, rather than watching the Tories smash it all up in front of us.
Very good on our ‘let’s-not-bother-with-right-wing-racism-or-Farage’s-corruption-and-let’s-blame-Labour-for-everything’ media.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
Very good on our ‘let’s-not-bother-with-right-wing-racism-or-Farage’s-corruption-and-let’s-blame-Labour-for-everything’ media.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
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We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?
October 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?
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Here in Scotland my young granddaughter was excited to tell me about how pleased she was about Mamdani's election win, and why.
Yet this Labour cabinet minister claims never to have heard of him. Out of touch, or simply avoiding having to comment?
Yet this Labour cabinet minister claims never to have heard of him. Out of touch, or simply avoiding having to comment?
November 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Here in Scotland my young granddaughter was excited to tell me about how pleased she was about Mamdani's election win, and why.
Yet this Labour cabinet minister claims never to have heard of him. Out of touch, or simply avoiding having to comment?
Yet this Labour cabinet minister claims never to have heard of him. Out of touch, or simply avoiding having to comment?
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So close to £17,000!
If you love the @bylinesnetwork.co.uk are you're feeling kindly today, please do help nudge the crowdfunder over that milestone. 🙏
Link --> chuffed.org/project/byli...
If you love the @bylinesnetwork.co.uk are you're feeling kindly today, please do help nudge the crowdfunder over that milestone. 🙏
Link --> chuffed.org/project/byli...
November 9, 2025 at 9:16 AM
So close to £17,000!
If you love the @bylinesnetwork.co.uk are you're feeling kindly today, please do help nudge the crowdfunder over that milestone. 🙏
Link --> chuffed.org/project/byli...
If you love the @bylinesnetwork.co.uk are you're feeling kindly today, please do help nudge the crowdfunder over that milestone. 🙏
Link --> chuffed.org/project/byli...
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#Brexit the gift that keeps on giving
Plant importers say border delays in Kent could drive up prices and stop deliveries from EU www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Plant importers say border delays in Kent could drive up prices and stop deliveries from EU www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Plant importers say border delays in Kent could drive up prices and stop deliveries from EU
Traders report long waits at Sevington inspection post and claim trees and shrubs are repeatedly being damaged
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:19 AM
#Brexit the gift that keeps on giving
Plant importers say border delays in Kent could drive up prices and stop deliveries from EU www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Plant importers say border delays in Kent could drive up prices and stop deliveries from EU www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Jacqui Hames, featured in #TheHack, is calling on the Prime Minister to put the public ahead of Murdoch, and act now to end corruption and abuse in the press.
Back her petition now:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
Back her petition now:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
October 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Jacqui Hames, featured in #TheHack, is calling on the Prime Minister to put the public ahead of Murdoch, and act now to end corruption and abuse in the press.
Back her petition now:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
Back her petition now:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
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Busy with my paint markers tonight ready for #Edinburgh @teslatakedown.co.uk
March 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Busy with my paint markers tonight ready for #Edinburgh @teslatakedown.co.uk
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If you’re wondering what Starmer & co are doing about the backlash on their attack on the disabled, they & their fan club are all over twitter going after Farage & claiming the NHS is only safe with them, I think I’ll believe @everydoctor.org.uk that the NHS isn’t safe with either of them
March 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If you’re wondering what Starmer & co are doing about the backlash on their attack on the disabled, they & their fan club are all over twitter going after Farage & claiming the NHS is only safe with them, I think I’ll believe @everydoctor.org.uk that the NHS isn’t safe with either of them
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