Gren
@fatkudu.bsky.social
Dog owned, software engineer.
Enjoy squash, cycling and walking.
Interested in building a better society, active travel, levers for the green transition.
Happy Brompton owner.
Advocate of PR.
Don't trust age verification process. If you DM me, I won't see
Enjoy squash, cycling and walking.
Interested in building a better society, active travel, levers for the green transition.
Happy Brompton owner.
Advocate of PR.
Don't trust age verification process. If you DM me, I won't see
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Cornell University organizational psychologist Sunita Sah says that kids who don't learn how to be defiant can struggle to become confidently assertive adults.
Ivy League psychologist: Kids who 'practice' disobedience can become more successful adults—'sometimes it is bad to be so good'
Cornell University organizational psychologist Sunita Sah says that kids who don't learn how to be defiant can struggle to become confidently assertive adults.
cnb.cx
December 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Cornell University organizational psychologist Sunita Sah says that kids who don't learn how to be defiant can struggle to become confidently assertive adults.
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💥Door-knocking and leafleting with NW Surrey @makevotesmatter.bsky.social supporters today to spread the message and get names for our latest petition.
💥SO MUCH SUPPORT for #proportionalrepresentation - it's a #DoorstepDemand !
🙏Great fun and lovely to have so many encouraging conversations!
💥SO MUCH SUPPORT for #proportionalrepresentation - it's a #DoorstepDemand !
🙏Great fun and lovely to have so many encouraging conversations!
December 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
💥Door-knocking and leafleting with NW Surrey @makevotesmatter.bsky.social supporters today to spread the message and get names for our latest petition.
💥SO MUCH SUPPORT for #proportionalrepresentation - it's a #DoorstepDemand !
🙏Great fun and lovely to have so many encouraging conversations!
💥SO MUCH SUPPORT for #proportionalrepresentation - it's a #DoorstepDemand !
🙏Great fun and lovely to have so many encouraging conversations!
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💥 Excellent article in @economist.com about the absurdity of election results under FPTP - and its consequences:
"When the country has lots of medium-size parties, the correlation between the number of votes in, and number of seats out, owes more to Las Vegas than to Edmund Burke." 💯💯
"When the country has lots of medium-size parties, the correlation between the number of votes in, and number of seats out, owes more to Las Vegas than to Edmund Burke." 💯💯
Britain’s slot-machine politics
Voting is becoming a high-stakes, wildly unpredictable gamble
www.economist.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
💥 Excellent article in @economist.com about the absurdity of election results under FPTP - and its consequences:
"When the country has lots of medium-size parties, the correlation between the number of votes in, and number of seats out, owes more to Las Vegas than to Edmund Burke." 💯💯
"When the country has lots of medium-size parties, the correlation between the number of votes in, and number of seats out, owes more to Las Vegas than to Edmund Burke." 💯💯
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First Past the Post keeps promising stability and delivering chaos.
Governments are elected on a minority of the vote. They impose their agenda without listening to or negotiating with anyone.
They fail and collapse. Rinse and repeat.
There is a better way. It's time for PR.
Governments are elected on a minority of the vote. They impose their agenda without listening to or negotiating with anyone.
They fail and collapse. Rinse and repeat.
There is a better way. It's time for PR.
November 27, 2025 at 10:18 AM
First Past the Post keeps promising stability and delivering chaos.
Governments are elected on a minority of the vote. They impose their agenda without listening to or negotiating with anyone.
They fail and collapse. Rinse and repeat.
There is a better way. It's time for PR.
Governments are elected on a minority of the vote. They impose their agenda without listening to or negotiating with anyone.
They fail and collapse. Rinse and repeat.
There is a better way. It's time for PR.
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Hoping that the next viral trend is planting and protecting urban trees!
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Hoping that the next viral trend is planting and protecting urban trees!
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they were "controversial" for murdering palestinians at their food distribution sites.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a controversial U.S.- and Israel-backed company that provided aid to Gaza, said Monday it would shutter operations.
US-backed aid company in Gaza shutters operations
The U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, set up to distribute aid to Gaza as an alternative to the United Nations but which Palestinians said endangered the lives of civilians as they tried to get food, has said it will shutter operations.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
they were "controversial" for murdering palestinians at their food distribution sites.
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Why does Peter Hitchens hate Britain?
November 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Why does Peter Hitchens hate Britain?
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"MPs are ramping up calls for Labour to repeal Tory-era powers which allow government ministers to set the Electoral Commission’s priorities."
"This comes as Labour prepares to introduce its Elections Bill to Parliament early next year."
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/cros...
"This comes as Labour prepares to introduce its Elections Bill to Parliament early next year."
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/cros...
Cross-party MPs ramp up calls for government to restore Electoral Commission’s independence
"Our democracy is not safe while the Electoral Commission is left so vulnerable."
leftfootforward.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
"MPs are ramping up calls for Labour to repeal Tory-era powers which allow government ministers to set the Electoral Commission’s priorities."
"This comes as Labour prepares to introduce its Elections Bill to Parliament early next year."
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/cros...
"This comes as Labour prepares to introduce its Elections Bill to Parliament early next year."
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/cros...
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Happy to be joining the Make Votes Matter Sussex team for our stall at Lewes Labour's Ideas Market - calling for #ProportionalRepresentationNow!
We're all set up at Lewes Labour's Ideas Market #Transformations. Come and have a chat with us and add your voice to our poster on why we need #ProportionalRepresentationNow !
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Happy to be joining the Make Votes Matter Sussex team for our stall at Lewes Labour's Ideas Market - calling for #ProportionalRepresentationNow!
Billionaires shouldn't be able to buy a bigger voice in politics. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to put a cap on how much they can donate in the #ElectionsBill
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/179420/...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/179420/...
Sign now to demand an end to big money in politics
It takes 30 seconds
action.electoral-reform.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Billionaires shouldn't be able to buy a bigger voice in politics. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to put a cap on how much they can donate in the #ElectionsBill
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/179420/...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/179420/...
"HMRC’s efforts to tackle tax non-compliance nonetheless continue to be good value for money. Every pound that HMRC spent on recovering or preventing unpaid tax in 2024-25 generated £23." u14889615.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn...
Recruitment to make this easy win more successful is slow though...
Recruitment to make this easy win more successful is slow though...
State of Tax Administration 2025
The fourth of TaxWatch’s annual data deep-dives into the administration of the UK tax system, covering the 2024-25 tax year. Using published data and extensive figures obtained via Freedom of Informat...
u14889615.ct.sendgrid.net
November 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
"HMRC’s efforts to tackle tax non-compliance nonetheless continue to be good value for money. Every pound that HMRC spent on recovering or preventing unpaid tax in 2024-25 generated £23." u14889615.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn...
Recruitment to make this easy win more successful is slow though...
Recruitment to make this easy win more successful is slow though...
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🚨First Past the Post is broken - and even though the government has scrapped it for Mayors, it might be used to elect Sussex's new Mayor in 2026.
Tell your MP you want the first Sussex Mayor to be elected through a fair system, NOT FPTP: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell your MP you want the first Sussex Mayor to be elected through a fair system, NOT FPTP: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell your MP you want the first Sussex Mayor to be elected through the SV system NOT FPTP
There is currently a very real risk that a new Mayor will be elected for Sussex next year who has only minority support across the county. This is because on current plans the proposed election will u...
actionnetwork.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
🚨First Past the Post is broken - and even though the government has scrapped it for Mayors, it might be used to elect Sussex's new Mayor in 2026.
Tell your MP you want the first Sussex Mayor to be elected through a fair system, NOT FPTP: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell your MP you want the first Sussex Mayor to be elected through a fair system, NOT FPTP: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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very irritating whenever anyone acts like a relative handful of incel nazi internet dwellers are representative of an entire generation. in reality when that generation see a more left-wing option on offer they flock to it
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 3:54 PM
very irritating whenever anyone acts like a relative handful of incel nazi internet dwellers are representative of an entire generation. in reality when that generation see a more left-wing option on offer they flock to it
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Thankfully, we have independent boundary commissions in the UK, so American style Gerrymandering can't happen here. But the weaknesses in First Past the Post that allow things like Prop 50 to happen are just as present.
What can the UK learn from California’s Prop 50 gerrymandering plan?
A high-stakes fight is underway in the United States over redrawing the constituencies for the House of Representatives in Washington, DC. One flashpoint is California’s Proposition 50
buff.ly
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Thankfully, we have independent boundary commissions in the UK, so American style Gerrymandering can't happen here. But the weaknesses in First Past the Post that allow things like Prop 50 to happen are just as present.
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🔴How Nigel Farage Played the British Media
Politics as spectacle and outrage as a business model, @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social looks at how the Reform UK leader has been given a free pass by Britain's news organisations
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/how-nigel-...
Politics as spectacle and outrage as a business model, @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social looks at how the Reform UK leader has been given a free pass by Britain's news organisations
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/how-nigel-...
How Nigel Farage Played the British Media
Politics as spectacle and outrage as a business model, James Bloodworth looks at how the Reform UK leader has been given a free pass by Britain's news organisations
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🔴How Nigel Farage Played the British Media
Politics as spectacle and outrage as a business model, @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social looks at how the Reform UK leader has been given a free pass by Britain's news organisations
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/how-nigel-...
Politics as spectacle and outrage as a business model, @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social looks at how the Reform UK leader has been given a free pass by Britain's news organisations
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/how-nigel-...
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💯 “The electoral system is at breaking point now, because we're in this multi-party system, because of political fragmentation.”
🎙️ @alexsobel.co.uk, chair of the @appgfairelections.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk #CrossQuestion
🎙️ @alexsobel.co.uk, chair of the @appgfairelections.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk #CrossQuestion
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
💯 “The electoral system is at breaking point now, because we're in this multi-party system, because of political fragmentation.”
🎙️ @alexsobel.co.uk, chair of the @appgfairelections.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk #CrossQuestion
🎙️ @alexsobel.co.uk, chair of the @appgfairelections.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk #CrossQuestion
Banks like to think they've earned their record profits but they are not possible without the work of generations of ordinary people and it's only fair they contribute back to society. Sign the petition and tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
#TaxTheBanks
Years of higher interest rates have sent our rent, mortgage, and debt payments soaring, while banks have raked in huge profits for doing absolutely nothing.
The big four UK banks (Barclays, HSBC, Ll...
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Banks like to think they've earned their record profits but they are not possible without the work of generations of ordinary people and it's only fair they contribute back to society. Sign the petition and tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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Hearing about the beauty of cooperation in Finland, it hits home.
A system that expects parties to listen, compromise and find common ground produces calmer politics and better decisions.
Canada can have that too with proportional representation. We just have to choose it.
A system that expects parties to listen, compromise and find common ground produces calmer politics and better decisions.
Canada can have that too with proportional representation. We just have to choose it.
November 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Hearing about the beauty of cooperation in Finland, it hits home.
A system that expects parties to listen, compromise and find common ground produces calmer politics and better decisions.
Canada can have that too with proportional representation. We just have to choose it.
A system that expects parties to listen, compromise and find common ground produces calmer politics and better decisions.
Canada can have that too with proportional representation. We just have to choose it.
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Real talk: When was the last time your vote actually mattered in a California legislative race? Most districts are so safe that the primary decides everything.
#ProportionalRepresentation would make every vote count in every district. That's not radical—it's just fair.
#ProRep #EndGerrymandering
#ProportionalRepresentation would make every vote count in every district. That's not radical—it's just fair.
#ProRep #EndGerrymandering
November 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Real talk: When was the last time your vote actually mattered in a California legislative race? Most districts are so safe that the primary decides everything.
#ProportionalRepresentation would make every vote count in every district. That's not radical—it's just fair.
#ProRep #EndGerrymandering
#ProportionalRepresentation would make every vote count in every district. That's not radical—it's just fair.
#ProRep #EndGerrymandering
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RIP Jamal. You deserved better.
November 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
RIP Jamal. You deserved better.
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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.
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.
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 18, 2025 at 8:10 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.
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.
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Ninety-five countries use proportional representation to secure fair, inclusive multiparty representation in their national legislatures. The US should elect a unicameral Congress, state legislatures, councils, and boards by proportional representation.
www.theurbanist.org/2022/04/07/u...
www.theurbanist.org/2022/04/07/u...
U.S. Voting Systems Should — And Can — Better Reflect Diversity in Representation » The Urbanist
# In 1776, John Adams wrote that a
www.theurbanist.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Ninety-five countries use proportional representation to secure fair, inclusive multiparty representation in their national legislatures. The US should elect a unicameral Congress, state legislatures, councils, and boards by proportional representation.
www.theurbanist.org/2022/04/07/u...
www.theurbanist.org/2022/04/07/u...
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60% of the British public agree: our voting system is not fit for purpose.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
Petition to Democracy Minister
First Past The Post undermines our politics.
It leaves most of us with MPs we didn't vote for, and keeps delivering results that don't represent public opinion.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chan...
actionnetwork.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
60% of the British public agree: our voting system is not fit for purpose.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
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📰 NEW BLOG by our CEO Emma Harrison 👇👇👇
"The disconnect between this 21st-century electorate and our 19th-century voting system has never been clearer.
The multi-party era has already arrived. The only question now is whether our voting system will catch up."
"The disconnect between this 21st-century electorate and our 19th-century voting system has never been clearer.
The multi-party era has already arrived. The only question now is whether our voting system will catch up."
Welcome to the multi-party era - Make Votes Matter
Everyone seems to be talking about the new multi-party reality we now find ourselves in. While many are wringing their hands and worrying about fragmentation,
makevotesmatter.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
📰 NEW BLOG by our CEO Emma Harrison 👇👇👇
"The disconnect between this 21st-century electorate and our 19th-century voting system has never been clearer.
The multi-party era has already arrived. The only question now is whether our voting system will catch up."
"The disconnect between this 21st-century electorate and our 19th-century voting system has never been clearer.
The multi-party era has already arrived. The only question now is whether our voting system will catch up."
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Defend the BBC before it’s gone – an open letter
The BBC isn’t perfect – but it’s ours. If we don’t defend it now, we may lose a cornerstone of British democracy
By Dr Russell Jackson
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@docrussjackson.bsky.social
The BBC isn’t perfect – but it’s ours. If we don’t defend it now, we may lose a cornerstone of British democracy
By Dr Russell Jackson
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@docrussjackson.bsky.social
Defend the BBC before it’s gone – an open letter
The BBC isn’t perfect – but it’s ours. If we don’t defend it now, we may lose a cornerstone of British democracy
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Defend the BBC before it’s gone – an open letter
The BBC isn’t perfect – but it’s ours. If we don’t defend it now, we may lose a cornerstone of British democracy
By Dr Russell Jackson
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@docrussjackson.bsky.social
The BBC isn’t perfect – but it’s ours. If we don’t defend it now, we may lose a cornerstone of British democracy
By Dr Russell Jackson
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@docrussjackson.bsky.social