Kev De Faoite
@kevjusdorange.bsky.social
Freedom *and* security - order *and* truth.
It’s all about balance - we are here to learn.
It’s all about balance - we are here to learn.
Pinned
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Tommy Robinson openly celebrating Labour's new asylum seekers policy should tell everyone exactly how far right Labour are now.
Labour, Reform and Tories are all the same. Right wing parties only interested in making money for their donors.
Do not vote Labour.
Labour, Reform and Tories are all the same. Right wing parties only interested in making money for their donors.
Do not vote Labour.
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Tommy Robinson openly celebrating Labour's new asylum seekers policy should tell everyone exactly how far right Labour are now.
Labour, Reform and Tories are all the same. Right wing parties only interested in making money for their donors.
Do not vote Labour.
Labour, Reform and Tories are all the same. Right wing parties only interested in making money for their donors.
Do not vote Labour.
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Every episode of @zackpolanski.bsky.social's @boldpolitics.bsky.social podcast is worth a listen, not least this one with @natashadevon.bsky.social, which covers the need for educational reform, and also the kind of education you need to see through Reform.
pca.st/episode/8632...
pca.st/episode/8632...
How An Education System Became A Mental Health Crisis | Natasha Devon | Zack Polanski
pca.st
November 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Every episode of @zackpolanski.bsky.social's @boldpolitics.bsky.social podcast is worth a listen, not least this one with @natashadevon.bsky.social, which covers the need for educational reform, and also the kind of education you need to see through Reform.
pca.st/episode/8632...
pca.st/episode/8632...
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This man is truly speaking truth to power about the radical changes we need in society. @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Zack Polanski, "The problem is chaining yourself to an economic system that is so fundamentally broken"
"You don't get marks or points for just being good, a gold star for doing th...
Zack Polanski, "The problem is chaining yourself to an economic system that is so fundamentally broken"
"You don't get marks or points for just being good, a gold star for doing the basics, or even j...
www.linkedin.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This man is truly speaking truth to power about the radical changes we need in society. @zackpolanski.bsky.social
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The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
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This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds
Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Agrivoltaics could be big - each field sheltered from intense weather, by energy-producing panels…
#Agrivoltaics moving into the mainstream in #Italy
Would be good to see some horticultural production in the mix, beyond sheep.
Italy awards 2 GW in agrivoltaic tender backed by #EU funds.
#agsky #energysky
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/12/i...
Would be good to see some horticultural production in the mix, beyond sheep.
Italy awards 2 GW in agrivoltaic tender backed by #EU funds.
#agsky #energysky
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/12/i...
Italy awards 2 GW in agrivoltaic tender backed by EU funds
Italy’s Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security (MASE) says 747 projects have been selected under the nation’s first agrivoltaic program, backed by €1.7 billion ($1.9 billion) from European re...
www.pv-magazine.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Agrivoltaics could be big - each field sheltered from intense weather, by energy-producing panels…
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I'm so glad I joined the Green Party. I was pretty depressed, politically, but I was cheered up after hearing Zack Polanski announce his leadership bid and joined a political party for the first time. join.greenparty.org.uk
Labour's Backstabbing Tendency radicalised me, I voted for every Labour manifesto and leader since Neil Kinnock, now I have joined the Green Party. #BackZack
November 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I'm so glad I joined the Green Party. I was pretty depressed, politically, but I was cheered up after hearing Zack Polanski announce his leadership bid and joined a political party for the first time. join.greenparty.org.uk
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🎉 Green WIN! 🎉
💚 Congratulations to Mike Dunn of North Somerset Green Party on being elected in Long Ashton ward!
💚 Congratulations to Mike Dunn of North Somerset Green Party on being elected in Long Ashton ward!
November 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🎉 Green WIN! 🎉
💚 Congratulations to Mike Dunn of North Somerset Green Party on being elected in Long Ashton ward!
💚 Congratulations to Mike Dunn of North Somerset Green Party on being elected in Long Ashton ward!
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Today we mark Palestinian Independence Day.
Now more than ever, we call for an end to occupation, justice, and a real path to lasting peace.
#PalestinianIndependenceDay
Now more than ever, we call for an end to occupation, justice, and a real path to lasting peace.
#PalestinianIndependenceDay
November 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today we mark Palestinian Independence Day.
Now more than ever, we call for an end to occupation, justice, and a real path to lasting peace.
#PalestinianIndependenceDay
Now more than ever, we call for an end to occupation, justice, and a real path to lasting peace.
#PalestinianIndependenceDay
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What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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Pecksniff writes today of how the plot against the BBC is more likely to bring down the platters. Trump's insistence on suing in spite of an apology develops that theme. The BrItish public will see it as vindictive and unwarranted, and all sympathy will be with the BBC.
November 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Pecksniff writes today of how the plot against the BBC is more likely to bring down the platters. Trump's insistence on suing in spite of an apology develops that theme. The BrItish public will see it as vindictive and unwarranted, and all sympathy will be with the BBC.
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Steve Bannon advised Jeffrey Epstein for years on how to rehab his reputation, texts show
Steve Bannon advised Jeffrey Epstein for years on how to rehab his reputation, texts show
Pair devised responses to public outrage about Epstein’s criminal history, his treatment by the justice system, and his friendships with powerful people
Hundreds of texts over almost a year show Maga influencer Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein workshopping legal and media strategies to protect Epstein from the legal and publicity quagmire that enveloped him in the last year of his life.
The texts, released by the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday, show that as early as June 2018, the pair were devising responses to the gathering storm of public outrage about Epstein’s criminal history, his favorable treatment by the justice system, and his friendships with powerful figures in business, politics, and academia. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Steve Bannon advised Jeffrey Epstein for years on how to rehab his reputation, texts show
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Without asylum:
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Without asylum:
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
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Answer, they just got in with it. Largely because they're not at the behest of Big Oil donors
'They're just so much further ahead': How China won the world's EV battery race
In 2005, China only had two EV battery manufacturers. Twenty years later, it produces more than three-quarters of the world's lithium-ion cells. How did it happen?
bbc.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Answer, they just got in with it. Largely because they're not at the behest of Big Oil donors
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Sad but true
November 15, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Sad but true
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Some political pundits said Green Party is popular with young people, which is true if 49 is the new 21. #VoteGreen 💚
November 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Some political pundits said Green Party is popular with young people, which is true if 49 is the new 21. #VoteGreen 💚
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Most people in the UK still believe in the power of royalty. And we accept that a knighthood is created from nothing with a tap of the King’s sword. Yet many refuse to accept that the government creates money in exactly the same way: by tapping a few keys on a keyboard. youtu.be/Nt-_qzKRI2Y?...
The magic money sword: Why money works like honours
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Most people in the UK still believe in the power of royalty. And we accept that a knighthood is created from nothing with a tap of the King’s sword. Yet many refuse to accept that the government creates money in exactly the same way: by tapping a few keys on a keyboard. youtu.be/Nt-_qzKRI2Y?...
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Temerko, a Soviet-born oligarch and a major Conservative donor, told Belton that he and Johnson spent time… plotting the overthrow May. According to Temerko, Johnson had finally been persuaded to back Brexit in 2016 by a group of “eastern European businessmen”.
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
Landmark Ruling in Strasbourg as MPs Challenge UK Government over Failure to Investigate Russian Interference in Brexit
'Nothing less than the future of democracy is at stake' says Caroline Lucas as a cross-party coalition and The Citizens win an unprecedented hearing over electoral safety and national security
bylinetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Temerko, a Soviet-born oligarch and a major Conservative donor, told Belton that he and Johnson spent time… plotting the overthrow May. According to Temerko, Johnson had finally been persuaded to back Brexit in 2016 by a group of “eastern European businessmen”.
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
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At least the UK has punished the Andrew formerly known as Prince, and Peter Mandelson for their Epstein links
When will the US punish Trump, Bannon and Thiel?
When will the US punish Trump, Bannon and Thiel?
🚨 NEW Steve Bannon Offered Trump’s MAGA as a Shield for Jeffrey Epstein
Epstein helped shape Trump’s MAGA movement through a secret alliance with its chief architect, Bannon, who offered to help him “stave off" the #MeToo movement in return for support
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
Epstein helped shape Trump’s MAGA movement through a secret alliance with its chief architect, Bannon, who offered to help him “stave off" the #MeToo movement in return for support
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
Steve Bannon Offered Trump’s MAGA as Shield for Jeffrey Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein helped shape Trump’s MAGA movement through a secret alliance with its chief architect, Steve Bannon, who told him it could help him “stave off Time’s Up for a decade” in return for str...
bylinetimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
At least the UK has punished the Andrew formerly known as Prince, and Peter Mandelson for their Epstein links
When will the US punish Trump, Bannon and Thiel?
When will the US punish Trump, Bannon and Thiel?
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Some journalists come out of the Epstein Files very badly, but the heartening thing for investigative journalist is how obsessed Epstein was over stories about him. These predators are terrified of daylight
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Some journalists come out of the Epstein Files very badly, but the heartening thing for investigative journalist is how obsessed Epstein was over stories about him. These predators are terrified of daylight
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When someone says it clearly like this, echoing what everyone says in private, the sycophancy and double-speak of other political leaders becomes all the more intolerable.
Zack Polanski on President Trump, "It's difficult to call him anything other than a fool"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
November 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
When someone says it clearly like this, echoing what everyone says in private, the sycophancy and double-speak of other political leaders becomes all the more intolerable.
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Zack Polanski slams "fool" Donald Trump live on US television
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/zac...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/zac...
Zack Polanski slams 'fool' Donald Trump live on US television
Zack Polanski has called a spade a spade and labelled Donald Trump a "fool" during an appearance on US television.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Zack Polanski slams "fool" Donald Trump live on US television
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/zac...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/zac...
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"The best response to hate is solidarity." -Zack Polanski
Is left-wing populism having a moment? This Green Party leader in UK hopes so | CNN
David Polanski, Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, speaks with Christiane Amanpour about left-wing populism and Zohran Mamdani becoming the next mayor of New York City.
www.cnn.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"The best response to hate is solidarity." -Zack Polanski
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Interesting observation from @zackpolanski.bsky.social separating courageous journalism esp war zones & investigative reporting vs the class of political talking heads & columnists amplifying division and rage. Also on media ownership. Big mistake of last Labour Gov was not taking this head on.
“Populism, as I see it, is the 99% versus the 1% — the working majority against a tiny elite that has taken our power and wealth.”
Green Party Leader Zack Polanski speaks to CNN about hope, unity and taking on billionaire-backed politics.
Green Party Leader Zack Polanski speaks to CNN about hope, unity and taking on billionaire-backed politics.
November 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Interesting observation from @zackpolanski.bsky.social separating courageous journalism esp war zones & investigative reporting vs the class of political talking heads & columnists amplifying division and rage. Also on media ownership. Big mistake of last Labour Gov was not taking this head on.