Kath Murphy
@kathmurphy.bsky.social
Living by the sea in South Devon. Interested in news, politics, books, gardening and wildlife. Green.
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Today's announcement is the opposite of what it says it is. It's the formal cancellation of the high speed line across the Pennines.
What's left - additional TRU scope - is a good idea but should be delivered as a business as usual enhancement in 2027, not some far off fanfaron.
What's left - additional TRU scope - is a good idea but should be delivered as a business as usual enhancement in 2027, not some far off fanfaron.
January 14, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Today's announcement is the opposite of what it says it is. It's the formal cancellation of the high speed line across the Pennines.
What's left - additional TRU scope - is a good idea but should be delivered as a business as usual enhancement in 2027, not some far off fanfaron.
What's left - additional TRU scope - is a good idea but should be delivered as a business as usual enhancement in 2027, not some far off fanfaron.
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"You have to energise your base and alienate your opposition. You want the people who agree with you to be shouting really loudly about your message, not arguing about your opponents’ message. And you want your opponents to be angrily responding to your message, not loudly shouting theirs."
Your job as a campaigner isn’t to win over your opposition; nor beat them in the ‘marketplace of ideas’.
Your job is to change the terms of the debate.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/this-chris...
Your job is to change the terms of the debate.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/this-chris...
This Christmas, Don’t Talk about Politics
Why arguing with your family about politics won’t change their minds — and what actually will
graceblakeley.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:20 AM
"You have to energise your base and alienate your opposition. You want the people who agree with you to be shouting really loudly about your message, not arguing about your opponents’ message. And you want your opponents to be angrily responding to your message, not loudly shouting theirs."
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There are now at least 365 UK MPs with accounts on Bluesky – more than half (56%) of all MPs
🔴 This includes nearly 70% of Labour MPs
🔶 Nearly 90% of Lib Dem MPs
🟢 All the 4 Green MPs
🔵 But only 5% of Conservative MPs
➡️ No Reform MPs
🔴 This includes nearly 70% of Labour MPs
🔶 Nearly 90% of Lib Dem MPs
🟢 All the 4 Green MPs
🔵 But only 5% of Conservative MPs
➡️ No Reform MPs
More MPs are coming off X and I assume that means they will be posting more on here
@politicshome.bsky.social has a handy list of all the MPs on Bluesky
Please point out anyone who is missing!
@politicshome.bsky.social has a handy list of all the MPs on Bluesky
Please point out anyone who is missing!
January 12, 2026 at 7:33 PM
There are now at least 365 UK MPs with accounts on Bluesky – more than half (56%) of all MPs
🔴 This includes nearly 70% of Labour MPs
🔶 Nearly 90% of Lib Dem MPs
🟢 All the 4 Green MPs
🔵 But only 5% of Conservative MPs
➡️ No Reform MPs
🔴 This includes nearly 70% of Labour MPs
🔶 Nearly 90% of Lib Dem MPs
🟢 All the 4 Green MPs
🔵 But only 5% of Conservative MPs
➡️ No Reform MPs
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We're ready. Let's go!
January 12, 2026 at 5:37 PM
We're ready. Let's go!
Wow.
Welcome to the party, Mish! 💚
Mish brings valuable experience to our rapidly growing Walsall Green Party.
Read more here: walsall.greenparty.org.uk/2026/01/12/m...
Mish brings valuable experience to our rapidly growing Walsall Green Party.
Read more here: walsall.greenparty.org.uk/2026/01/12/m...
Mish Rahman Joins The Green Party - Walsall Green Party
Former National Executive Committee Member of the Labour Party and Your Party member, Mish Rahman, has today joined the Green Party. Mish Rahman today made a statement on joining the Greens: “Politics...
walsall.greenparty.org.uk
January 12, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Wow.
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Farage gets all defensive and flappy when Zahawi is asked about vaccines.
- "We believe in free speech."
- "I was asking Mr Zahawi."
- "He wouldn't know the answer."
Ah yes. The sort of 'free speech' that Trump's White House believes in. ~AA
- "We believe in free speech."
- "I was asking Mr Zahawi."
- "He wouldn't know the answer."
Ah yes. The sort of 'free speech' that Trump's White House believes in. ~AA
January 12, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Farage gets all defensive and flappy when Zahawi is asked about vaccines.
- "We believe in free speech."
- "I was asking Mr Zahawi."
- "He wouldn't know the answer."
Ah yes. The sort of 'free speech' that Trump's White House believes in. ~AA
- "We believe in free speech."
- "I was asking Mr Zahawi."
- "He wouldn't know the answer."
Ah yes. The sort of 'free speech' that Trump's White House believes in. ~AA
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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
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It says so much about Brexit Britain that leader of the Greens, @zackpolanski.bsky.social, has to say: "I think we need to make racism unacceptable again"
Zack Polanski, "I think we need to make racism unacceptable again"
"People acknowledge that our problems are about inequality"
"People acknowledge that our problems are about inequality"
January 12, 2026 at 9:23 AM
It says so much about Brexit Britain that leader of the Greens, @zackpolanski.bsky.social, has to say: "I think we need to make racism unacceptable again"
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📣 Don't forget, RAMM Curator Tom Cadbury will be teasing out the stories behind Exeter's incredible Saxon silver penny in an online talk next Thursday.
15 Jan | 6 to 7pm | £3.50
Book at ramm.uk/KingAlfredPenny
15 Jan | 6 to 7pm | £3.50
Book at ramm.uk/KingAlfredPenny
Discover Exeter's King Alfred the Great Penny - RAMM
In May 2025 RAMM purchased a 1,130 year old Saxon silver penny dating to the reign of King Alfred the Great. It's only a small coin, about the size of a modern 20p, but it is hugely important to the…
ramm.uk
January 10, 2026 at 10:16 AM
📣 Don't forget, RAMM Curator Tom Cadbury will be teasing out the stories behind Exeter's incredible Saxon silver penny in an online talk next Thursday.
15 Jan | 6 to 7pm | £3.50
Book at ramm.uk/KingAlfredPenny
15 Jan | 6 to 7pm | £3.50
Book at ramm.uk/KingAlfredPenny
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Incredibly excited to welcome Oxford City Councillor Edward Mundy to the Green Party today.
As a result of this, the Greens now have a record nine councillors on Oxford City Council.
As a result of this, the Greens now have a record nine councillors on Oxford City Council.
January 12, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Incredibly excited to welcome Oxford City Councillor Edward Mundy to the Green Party today.
As a result of this, the Greens now have a record nine councillors on Oxford City Council.
As a result of this, the Greens now have a record nine councillors on Oxford City Council.
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So... I've created a starter pack of UK government organisations currently on Bluesky: go.bsky.app/JHsY1Wz
(Currently includes all those listed under ministerial and non-ministerial departments here www.gov.uk/government/o... - let me know any I've missed, or got wrong)
(Currently includes all those listed under ministerial and non-ministerial departments here www.gov.uk/government/o... - let me know any I've missed, or got wrong)
January 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
So... I've created a starter pack of UK government organisations currently on Bluesky: go.bsky.app/JHsY1Wz
(Currently includes all those listed under ministerial and non-ministerial departments here www.gov.uk/government/o... - let me know any I've missed, or got wrong)
(Currently includes all those listed under ministerial and non-ministerial departments here www.gov.uk/government/o... - let me know any I've missed, or got wrong)
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important point from @louisehaighmp.bsky.social ; MPs removing themselves from X isn't just registering disapproval of X, it's saying to constituents/NGOs/journalists/public generally: you don't have to be in this horrible place, and run the gauntlets that involves, to interact with us.
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 7:26 PM
important point from @louisehaighmp.bsky.social ; MPs removing themselves from X isn't just registering disapproval of X, it's saying to constituents/NGOs/journalists/public generally: you don't have to be in this horrible place, and run the gauntlets that involves, to interact with us.
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Fucking hell we can’t even have shit-free water supplies
NEW: China is testing a megawatt-scale airborne wind system that captures stronger high-altitude winds, potentially producing up to 10× more energy with 40% less material and 30% lower costs. It could also be quickly deployed to supply emergency power after disasters.
January 11, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Fucking hell we can’t even have shit-free water supplies
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Also traffic
January 11, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Also traffic
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"Indonesia blocks Musk’s Grok chatbot due to risk of pornographic content"
It can be done, will Labour follow?
It can be done, will Labour follow?
January 10, 2026 at 9:42 AM
"Indonesia blocks Musk’s Grok chatbot due to risk of pornographic content"
It can be done, will Labour follow?
It can be done, will Labour follow?
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A positive vision of the country: how @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the Green Party are winning over Reform voters.
The Rise of Zack Polanski: Inside the Green Party’s transformation
Zack Polanski has transformed the Green Party. Since being elected leader, he has doubled Green Party membership and warned the Greens are catching up with Labour.
His beliefs couldn’t be further…
youtu.be
January 10, 2026 at 8:20 AM
A positive vision of the country: how @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the Green Party are winning over Reform voters.
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"I get your anger & in many ways you're right to be angry, but let's not fuel that anger, lets not make it even worse & punch down at the wrong people. Lets make sure that we're challenging power & wealth, & I'm absolutely your ally in that"
@zackpolanski.bsky.social to Reform voters
@zackpolanski.bsky.social to Reform voters
January 10, 2026 at 8:07 AM
"I get your anger & in many ways you're right to be angry, but let's not fuel that anger, lets not make it even worse & punch down at the wrong people. Lets make sure that we're challenging power & wealth, & I'm absolutely your ally in that"
@zackpolanski.bsky.social to Reform voters
@zackpolanski.bsky.social to Reform voters
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The Palestine hunger strikers have been on hunger strike for over 60 days and are close to death.
They have not even been convicted of a crime - they are being held on remand (pre-trial) for more than twice the max time allowed, and counting…🧵
They have not even been convicted of a crime - they are being held on remand (pre-trial) for more than twice the max time allowed, and counting…🧵
January 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The Palestine hunger strikers have been on hunger strike for over 60 days and are close to death.
They have not even been convicted of a crime - they are being held on remand (pre-trial) for more than twice the max time allowed, and counting…🧵
They have not even been convicted of a crime - they are being held on remand (pre-trial) for more than twice the max time allowed, and counting…🧵
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The death of a legal observer in Minnesota by ICE is a warning to the UK in so many ways. We’re tying ourselves to a violent, corrupt, racist nation which does not care about its citizens. Reform believes in its model, Labour is appeasing it. It is the public who will suffer.
January 8, 2026 at 7:50 AM
The death of a legal observer in Minnesota by ICE is a warning to the UK in so many ways. We’re tying ourselves to a violent, corrupt, racist nation which does not care about its citizens. Reform believes in its model, Labour is appeasing it. It is the public who will suffer.
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ICE murdered a beautiful young mother in Minneapolis. They shot her three times in the face. She was a poet. She played guitar. She was sitting next to her wife and had her kid's toys in the car when some subhuman thug with a badge shot her in the face
There is no forgiveness for these people.
There is no forgiveness for these people.
January 8, 2026 at 5:43 AM
ICE murdered a beautiful young mother in Minneapolis. They shot her three times in the face. She was a poet. She played guitar. She was sitting next to her wife and had her kid's toys in the car when some subhuman thug with a badge shot her in the face
There is no forgiveness for these people.
There is no forgiveness for these people.
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The UK provided significant military support to the US when they seized a Russian flagged ship in intl waters, & the UK govt says its ok because the op was legal (its telling they can reach a quick conclusion on legality under intl law when it suits them!)
Paul McNamara reports
Paul McNamara reports
January 8, 2026 at 5:53 AM
The UK provided significant military support to the US when they seized a Russian flagged ship in intl waters, & the UK govt says its ok because the op was legal (its telling they can reach a quick conclusion on legality under intl law when it suits them!)
Paul McNamara reports
Paul McNamara reports
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Military support for a president who threatens Europe on several fronts, citing an alliance and ‘special relationship’ that clearly no longer exists, posted on a platform owned by a billionaire who has called for the overthrow of the British government.
Our defence dilemma in one tweet.
Our defence dilemma in one tweet.
January 8, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Military support for a president who threatens Europe on several fronts, citing an alliance and ‘special relationship’ that clearly no longer exists, posted on a platform owned by a billionaire who has called for the overthrow of the British government.
Our defence dilemma in one tweet.
Our defence dilemma in one tweet.
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📮 Help us deliver hope one letterbox at a time.
Join us and join in ⤵️
Join us and join in ⤵️
January 7, 2026 at 5:31 PM
📮 Help us deliver hope one letterbox at a time.
Join us and join in ⤵️
Join us and join in ⤵️
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It has become increasingly clear that X - a platform now actively producing explicit and abusive material against women and children - is not an appropriate platform to be using for our comms.
I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.
I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.
January 7, 2026 at 4:16 PM
It has become increasingly clear that X - a platform now actively producing explicit and abusive material against women and children - is not an appropriate platform to be using for our comms.
I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.
I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.