John Snelling
@john1811.bsky.social
Poet. Keats House poetry ambassador. Wide range of interests. On the left politically. A kind of hermeticist philosophically.
Football is about respect and fairness. Not sports-washing genocide. Italy is set to host Israel for the World Cup qualifiers while people in Gaza starve and die. Sign now to demand FIFA and UEFA ban Israel from international football! #banisrael action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-09...
Kick Israel out of the 2026 World Cup
Football is about respect and fairness. Not sports-washing genocide. Italy is set to host Israel for the World Cup qualifiers while people in Gaza starve and die. Sign now to demand FIFA and UEFA ban ...
action.wemove.eu
September 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Football is about respect and fairness. Not sports-washing genocide. Italy is set to host Israel for the World Cup qualifiers while people in Gaza starve and die. Sign now to demand FIFA and UEFA ban Israel from international football! #banisrael action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-09...
Reform led Nottinghamshire Council has blacklisted a local paper for asking questions about what councillors were doing. Farage says he welcomes free speech, that should apply to freedom of the press too. Sign the petition to get them to reverse the decision: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...
Reform: Stop hiding from press scrutiny!
Nigel Farage says he welcomes freedom of speech, even if people find it offensive. Surely that should apply to freedom of the press too? So why have Reform's Nottinghamshire councillors - who control ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
September 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Reform led Nottinghamshire Council has blacklisted a local paper for asking questions about what councillors were doing. Farage says he welcomes free speech, that should apply to freedom of the press too. Sign the petition to get them to reverse the decision: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...
700+ people have been arrested in the UK under the Terrorism Act 2000 for peacefully protesting the banning of Palestine Action. It is a violation of the UK’s international obligations. Act now: www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/end-...
End the Prosecution of Peaceful Protestors in the UK
700+ people have been arrested under terrorism laws in the UK- for protesting peacefully against the banning of Palestine Action. The UK’s chief prosecutors must now decide whether to prosecute them. ...
www.amnesty.org.uk
September 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
700+ people have been arrested in the UK under the Terrorism Act 2000 for peacefully protesting the banning of Palestine Action. It is a violation of the UK’s international obligations. Act now: www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/end-...
Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. The Home Office has the power to block entry of overseas bands, which will scupper the promoters plans. But they won’t act unless we demand it. Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...
Great Yarmouth to Host Britain’s Biggest White Power Concert in Years – HOPE not hate
Great Yarmouth is set to host the largest white power music gig held in the UK for at least 10 years, HOPE not hate can...
hopenothate.org.uk
August 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. The Home Office has the power to block entry of overseas bands, which will scupper the promoters plans. But they won’t act unless we demand it. Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...
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For @alanparry83.bsky.social and
@brokenspinearts.bsky.social
#PoemsAbout #Ceasefire
I wrote this a few months back and have recently updated.
#poetry #writing #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity
The Brightest Stars
@brokenspinearts.bsky.social
#PoemsAbout #Ceasefire
I wrote this a few months back and have recently updated.
#poetry #writing #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity
The Brightest Stars
August 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
For @alanparry83.bsky.social and
@brokenspinearts.bsky.social
#PoemsAbout #Ceasefire
I wrote this a few months back and have recently updated.
#poetry #writing #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity
The Brightest Stars
@brokenspinearts.bsky.social
#PoemsAbout #Ceasefire
I wrote this a few months back and have recently updated.
#poetry #writing #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity
The Brightest Stars
UK oil giant Cairn Energy sued India & won $1 billion of its public money. Why? Because India tried to stop Cairn's tax dodging.
If the UK gets its way, UK corporations could bully other countries for $ billions more.
Take action with @waronwant.bsky.social:
secure.waronwant.org/page/174653/...
If the UK gets its way, UK corporations could bully other countries for $ billions more.
Take action with @waronwant.bsky.social:
secure.waronwant.org/page/174653/...
Stop the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Secret Weapon: End ISDS Now
Take action
secure.waronwant.org
August 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
UK oil giant Cairn Energy sued India & won $1 billion of its public money. Why? Because India tried to stop Cairn's tax dodging.
If the UK gets its way, UK corporations could bully other countries for $ billions more.
Take action with @waronwant.bsky.social:
secure.waronwant.org/page/174653/...
If the UK gets its way, UK corporations could bully other countries for $ billions more.
Take action with @waronwant.bsky.social:
secure.waronwant.org/page/174653/...
Check this out, over 30 leading economists have joined calls for a wealth tax!
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🚨BREAKING!🚨
30+ of the world's leading economists have written a letter backing calls for a wealth tax on the super-rich.
Among those backing the call are the internationally renowned Thomas Piketty, José Antonio Ocampo, Jayati Ghosh, and Ha-Joon Chang.
1/2
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
30+ of the world's leading economists have written a letter backing calls for a wealth tax on the super-rich.
Among those backing the call are the internationally renowned Thomas Piketty, José Antonio Ocampo, Jayati Ghosh, and Ha-Joon Chang.
1/2
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Starmer and Reeves should prepare UK for wealth tax, say top economists
PM could raise ‘tens of billions’ while positioning Britain as progressive, say Thomas Piketty and others
www.theguardian.com
July 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Check this out, over 30 leading economists have joined calls for a wealth tax!
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Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
July 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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Nigel Farage says abortion laws are “utterly ludicrous.”
MPs on the fence are paying attention to him.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now: 38d.gs/sogk
MPs on the fence are paying attention to him.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now: 38d.gs/sogk
Decriminalise abortion and make it a protected human right.
Women’s rights are under threat from the far right.
Nigel Farage just called our current abortion provisions “utterly ludicrous” – and others in power are paying attention.
A vote in Parliament could ...
38d.gs
June 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Nigel Farage says abortion laws are “utterly ludicrous.”
MPs on the fence are paying attention to him.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now: 38d.gs/sogk
MPs on the fence are paying attention to him.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now: 38d.gs/sogk
I have set up a YouTube channel on which I post videos of myself reading poetry, and sometimes prose, by great writers. It is very new, but I intend to post on it several times a week. If anyone wants to see it, the URL for the channel is YouTube.com/channel/UCX9...
YouTube.com
May 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I have set up a YouTube channel on which I post videos of myself reading poetry, and sometimes prose, by great writers. It is very new, but I intend to post on it several times a week. If anyone wants to see it, the URL for the channel is YouTube.com/channel/UCX9...
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![@ChuckWendig honestly do you blame it
New research finds Jupiter is flinging asteroids at Earth
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Fed up with Farage? Me too. I’ve signed the Never Nigel Pledge. Add your name today, and help show that division and hate have no place in our communities.
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secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/170649/... @hopenothate.org.uk
Take the Pledge: “I’ll never vote for Nigel Farage”
Join thousands across Britain taking the Never Nigel Pledge. Say no to hate and division and help stop Reform UK from tearing apart our communities. Let's show there is strength in standing together f...
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May 13, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Fed up with Farage? Me too. I’ve signed the Never Nigel Pledge. Add your name today, and help show that division and hate have no place in our communities.
secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/170649/... @hopenothate.org.uk
secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/170649/... @hopenothate.org.uk
🚨 Thursday’s elections prove it: First Past the Post is broken. 5 parties, chaotic results, millions left unrepresented. We need Proportional Representation — NOW.
✍️ Sign the petition:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...
✍️ Sign the petition:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...
📢 No More First Past the Post Elections!
Thursday’s election results confirm what so many of us already know: the current voting system is broken.
With 5 parties polling strongly, First Past the Post is delivering chaos and turning election...
actionnetwork.org
May 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
🚨 Thursday’s elections prove it: First Past the Post is broken. 5 parties, chaotic results, millions left unrepresented. We need Proportional Representation — NOW.
✍️ Sign the petition:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...
✍️ Sign the petition:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...
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The worst disaster in every area.
April 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The worst disaster in every area.
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"For more than a year, I went undercover in the British far right. Using the pseudonym Chris, I spent time with nine different groups of extremists."
A vital weekend long-read from Harry at @hopenothate.org.uk
A vital weekend long-read from Harry at @hopenothate.org.uk
A year of hate: what I learned when I went undercover with the far right
The long read: Working for Hope Not Hate, I infiltrated an extremist organisation, befriended its members and got to work investigating their political connections
buff.ly
April 26, 2025 at 8:36 AM
"For more than a year, I went undercover in the British far right. Using the pseudonym Chris, I spent time with nine different groups of extremists."
A vital weekend long-read from Harry at @hopenothate.org.uk
A vital weekend long-read from Harry at @hopenothate.org.uk
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History always has a lesson.
April 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
History always has a lesson.
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A real delight on here is the vibrant #poetrycommunity I've made a series of three starter packs of members of that community: poetry advocates, journals, competitions & above all #POETS. Here's PACK ONE. It's full. Please follow the great people inside & repost the pack if you can #booksky #poetry
April 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
A real delight on here is the vibrant #poetrycommunity I've made a series of three starter packs of members of that community: poetry advocates, journals, competitions & above all #POETS. Here's PACK ONE. It's full. Please follow the great people inside & repost the pack if you can #booksky #poetry
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“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”
— Henry David Thoreau
— Henry David Thoreau
April 11, 2025 at 4:46 AM
“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”
— Henry David Thoreau
— Henry David Thoreau
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Useful clear piece by Faisal Islam on Trump's agenda
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump has turned his back on the foundation of US economic might
What made the US step back from the system that it profited handsomely from for decades?
www.bbc.co.uk
April 6, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Useful clear piece by Faisal Islam on Trump's agenda
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The stupidity in Trump’s new tariffs is apparently limitless.
He has introduced a 10% tariff on the British Indian Ocean Territory.
The only inhabited island there is Diego Garcia, home to US service personnel.
TRUMP HAS PUT A TARIFF ON A US MILITARY BASE
🤡
He has introduced a 10% tariff on the British Indian Ocean Territory.
The only inhabited island there is Diego Garcia, home to US service personnel.
TRUMP HAS PUT A TARIFF ON A US MILITARY BASE
🤡
April 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The stupidity in Trump’s new tariffs is apparently limitless.
He has introduced a 10% tariff on the British Indian Ocean Territory.
The only inhabited island there is Diego Garcia, home to US service personnel.
TRUMP HAS PUT A TARIFF ON A US MILITARY BASE
🤡
He has introduced a 10% tariff on the British Indian Ocean Territory.
The only inhabited island there is Diego Garcia, home to US service personnel.
TRUMP HAS PUT A TARIFF ON A US MILITARY BASE
🤡
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This is a critical point everybody in the media should be amplifying:
🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:
March 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This is a critical point everybody in the media should be amplifying: