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Anti-Brexit, proud Remoaner, anti-Tory, pro-PR, hates film/video censorship, loves 3-D movies. Dog person (though cats are OK, too).
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5/ DEMOCRACY THAT REPRESENTS YOU.
Proportional Representation. Your vote counts wherever you live.
2024: Labour 34% votes → 63% seats
Reform 14% votes → 0.8% seats
60% of Britons support PR. Even 67% of Reform voters do.
Fair votes. #PRNow
Proportional Representation. Your vote counts wherever you live.
2024: Labour 34% votes → 63% seats
Reform 14% votes → 0.8% seats
60% of Britons support PR. Even 67% of Reform voters do.
Fair votes. #PRNow
January 19, 2026 at 8:50 AM
5/ DEMOCRACY THAT REPRESENTS YOU.
Proportional Representation. Your vote counts wherever you live.
2024: Labour 34% votes → 63% seats
Reform 14% votes → 0.8% seats
60% of Britons support PR. Even 67% of Reform voters do.
Fair votes. #PRNow
Proportional Representation. Your vote counts wherever you live.
2024: Labour 34% votes → 63% seats
Reform 14% votes → 0.8% seats
60% of Britons support PR. Even 67% of Reform voters do.
Fair votes. #PRNow
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1/ UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME: £250/week for every adult.
Not a handout. A floor. No one chooses between heating and eating.
Work still pays—our progressive taper means every pound earned increases your total income.
Dignity isn't radical. It's the minimum.
#UBI
Not a handout. A floor. No one chooses between heating and eating.
Work still pays—our progressive taper means every pound earned increases your total income.
Dignity isn't radical. It's the minimum.
#UBI
January 19, 2026 at 8:50 AM
1/ UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME: £250/week for every adult.
Not a handout. A floor. No one chooses between heating and eating.
Work still pays—our progressive taper means every pound earned increases your total income.
Dignity isn't radical. It's the minimum.
#UBI
Not a handout. A floor. No one chooses between heating and eating.
Work still pays—our progressive taper means every pound earned increases your total income.
Dignity isn't radical. It's the minimum.
#UBI
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Our latest tactical voting advice to stop Reform:
Local by-elections Tuesday 20th January 2026
stopreformuk.vote
🔴 Codnor, Langley Mill & Aldercar = LABOUR
🟢 Horsley = GREEN
#Derbyshire #AmberValley
Local by-elections Tuesday 20th January 2026
stopreformuk.vote
🔴 Codnor, Langley Mill & Aldercar = LABOUR
🟢 Horsley = GREEN
#Derbyshire #AmberValley
January 19, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Our latest tactical voting advice to stop Reform:
Local by-elections Tuesday 20th January 2026
stopreformuk.vote
🔴 Codnor, Langley Mill & Aldercar = LABOUR
🟢 Horsley = GREEN
#Derbyshire #AmberValley
Local by-elections Tuesday 20th January 2026
stopreformuk.vote
🔴 Codnor, Langley Mill & Aldercar = LABOUR
🟢 Horsley = GREEN
#Derbyshire #AmberValley
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Our latest tactical voting advice to stop Reform:
Local by-elections 22nd Jan 2026
stopreformuk.vote
🔴 Willaston & Thornton = LABOUR
🟠 The Rissingtons = LIB DEM
🟡 Glenrothes West and Kinglassie = SNP
⚪ Leeswood = FPV (IND)
🟢 Central Wymondham = GREEN
#Cheshire #Cotswold #Fife #Flintshire #Norfolk
Local by-elections 22nd Jan 2026
stopreformuk.vote
🔴 Willaston & Thornton = LABOUR
🟠 The Rissingtons = LIB DEM
🟡 Glenrothes West and Kinglassie = SNP
⚪ Leeswood = FPV (IND)
🟢 Central Wymondham = GREEN
#Cheshire #Cotswold #Fife #Flintshire #Norfolk
January 19, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Our latest tactical voting advice to stop Reform:
Local by-elections 22nd Jan 2026
stopreformuk.vote
🔴 Willaston & Thornton = LABOUR
🟠 The Rissingtons = LIB DEM
🟡 Glenrothes West and Kinglassie = SNP
⚪ Leeswood = FPV (IND)
🟢 Central Wymondham = GREEN
#Cheshire #Cotswold #Fife #Flintshire #Norfolk
Local by-elections 22nd Jan 2026
stopreformuk.vote
🔴 Willaston & Thornton = LABOUR
🟠 The Rissingtons = LIB DEM
🟡 Glenrothes West and Kinglassie = SNP
⚪ Leeswood = FPV (IND)
🟢 Central Wymondham = GREEN
#Cheshire #Cotswold #Fife #Flintshire #Norfolk
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Today is the day that everyone should know or remember that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. began advocating for universal basic income before he was killed. Everyone should also know why. Read his words about it to learn why. Lots of quotes from him here to help understand his reasoning:
"The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct, and immediate abolition of poverty." — Martin Luther King Jr.
About MLK's advocacy for basic income
www.scottsantens.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Today is the day that everyone should know or remember that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. began advocating for universal basic income before he was killed. Everyone should also know why. Read his words about it to learn why. Lots of quotes from him here to help understand his reasoning:
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When Trump says "one way or another we're going to have Greenland" - we should sit up and listen.
Time for British leaders to stop burying their heads in the sand.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Time for British leaders to stop burying their heads in the sand.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Trump's threat to Greenland must be a wake up call for Britain
For too long our politicians have toadied to a dangerous president
www.newstatesman.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:52 AM
When Trump says "one way or another we're going to have Greenland" - we should sit up and listen.
Time for British leaders to stop burying their heads in the sand.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Time for British leaders to stop burying their heads in the sand.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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[1/6] A reminder: Europe has cards to use against the US. Lots of them.
To cite some examples:
- Tighten screws on US digital giants (taxes, fines, even bans)
- Export taxes disrupting US supply chains eg pharma
- Exclude US firms from European procurement, inc defence
ecfr.eu/publication/...
To cite some examples:
- Tighten screws on US digital giants (taxes, fines, even bans)
- Export taxes disrupting US supply chains eg pharma
- Exclude US firms from European procurement, inc defence
ecfr.eu/publication/...
Brussels hold’em: European cards against Trumpian coercion – European Council on Foreign Relations
Faced with an aggressive United States, Europe has more leverage than it realises. Across trade, technology, infrastructure, finance and people-to-people relati
ecfr.eu
January 17, 2026 at 8:10 PM
[1/6] A reminder: Europe has cards to use against the US. Lots of them.
To cite some examples:
- Tighten screws on US digital giants (taxes, fines, even bans)
- Export taxes disrupting US supply chains eg pharma
- Exclude US firms from European procurement, inc defence
ecfr.eu/publication/...
To cite some examples:
- Tighten screws on US digital giants (taxes, fines, even bans)
- Export taxes disrupting US supply chains eg pharma
- Exclude US firms from European procurement, inc defence
ecfr.eu/publication/...
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Feels like something cracked today in the transatlantic alliance. Europeans have been swallowing their pride, bitting their tongues, and bending the knee. That strategy may have bought them time but it has now clearly failed. It also had a major cost - it has made the WH think Europe will cave. 1/
January 18, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Feels like something cracked today in the transatlantic alliance. Europeans have been swallowing their pride, bitting their tongues, and bending the knee. That strategy may have bought them time but it has now clearly failed. It also had a major cost - it has made the WH think Europe will cave. 1/
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Big birthday love to cult movie queen and Hammer fan favourite - The exquisite Caroline Munro! 🖤
January 16, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Big birthday love to cult movie queen and Hammer fan favourite - The exquisite Caroline Munro! 🖤
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If you’ve shared StopReformUK.Vote
Thank you 🙌
It’s one of many important tools we have at our hands to keep out fascism in the UK,
But so many people haven’t seen it before.
It simply helps you know which candidate to vote for in your area who has the best chance against the Reform candidate.
Thank you 🙌
It’s one of many important tools we have at our hands to keep out fascism in the UK,
But so many people haven’t seen it before.
It simply helps you know which candidate to vote for in your area who has the best chance against the Reform candidate.
Stop the Tories and Reform
Your vote is your power. Use it tactically to get the Tories and Reform out, then influence your new MP and the next government.
StopReformUK.Vote
January 16, 2026 at 2:36 PM
If you’ve shared StopReformUK.Vote
Thank you 🙌
It’s one of many important tools we have at our hands to keep out fascism in the UK,
But so many people haven’t seen it before.
It simply helps you know which candidate to vote for in your area who has the best chance against the Reform candidate.
Thank you 🙌
It’s one of many important tools we have at our hands to keep out fascism in the UK,
But so many people haven’t seen it before.
It simply helps you know which candidate to vote for in your area who has the best chance against the Reform candidate.
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Behind The Scenes: Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) Director Shusuke Kaneko
January 16, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Behind The Scenes: Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) Director Shusuke Kaneko
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MMT101 is for people who believe we can build a fairer, greener world by understanding how our monetary system works.
Subscribe now: tinyurl.com/yw6tmntp
Subscribe now: tinyurl.com/yw6tmntp
Subscribe to MMT101.ORG - Learn Modern Monetary Theory (MMT)
For people who believe we can build a fairer, greener world by understanding how our monetary system works. Click to read MMT101.ORG - Learn Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), by Jim Byrne - MMT101.ORG, a ...
tinyurl.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:07 PM
MMT101 is for people who believe we can build a fairer, greener world by understanding how our monetary system works.
Subscribe now: tinyurl.com/yw6tmntp
Subscribe now: tinyurl.com/yw6tmntp
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NEXT: Vincent Price! Peter Cushing! Robert 'Yorga' Quarry! Well two out of three aint bad! Join #thefilmcrowd this Friday from 9pm for MADHOUSE aka The Revenge of Dr Death.
archive.org/details/Irre...
archive.org/details/Irre...
January 14, 2026 at 9:50 PM
NEXT: Vincent Price! Peter Cushing! Robert 'Yorga' Quarry! Well two out of three aint bad! Join #thefilmcrowd this Friday from 9pm for MADHOUSE aka The Revenge of Dr Death.
archive.org/details/Irre...
archive.org/details/Irre...
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Brilliant discussion.
Great explanations around why we need to tax passive wealth as much as productive income.
youtu.be/q1cx921XUwU?...
Great explanations around why we need to tax passive wealth as much as productive income.
youtu.be/q1cx921XUwU?...
The Economic Case for UBI Just Got Stronger
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Brilliant discussion.
Great explanations around why we need to tax passive wealth as much as productive income.
youtu.be/q1cx921XUwU?...
Great explanations around why we need to tax passive wealth as much as productive income.
youtu.be/q1cx921XUwU?...
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🔴 Last week the Free Speech Union got a High Court writ to prevent the publication of a list of its donors
So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit
Wanna see? 🫣
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit
Wanna see? 🫣
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
democracyforsale.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:31 AM
🔴 Last week the Free Speech Union got a High Court writ to prevent the publication of a list of its donors
So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit
Wanna see? 🫣
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit
Wanna see? 🫣
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
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A good article with explanations of voting systems:
“Replacing First Past The Post is the first step on the road to government renewal. It’s one that young people may want to invest some time in.”
www.trillmag.com/news/politic...
“Replacing First Past The Post is the first step on the road to government renewal. It’s one that young people may want to invest some time in.”
www.trillmag.com/news/politic...
As Gen Z abandons Labour and the Tories should electoral reform be back on the agenda?
The political climate in the UK has found itself in a period of turmoil. Traditional political coalitions are fracturing under the weight of deepening polarisation, falling living standards and genera...
www.trillmag.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:46 PM
A good article with explanations of voting systems:
“Replacing First Past The Post is the first step on the road to government renewal. It’s one that young people may want to invest some time in.”
www.trillmag.com/news/politic...
“Replacing First Past The Post is the first step on the road to government renewal. It’s one that young people may want to invest some time in.”
www.trillmag.com/news/politic...
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The baron strikes again. Frankenstein Must be Destroyed began principal photography at Bray Studios this week in 1969 🖤
January 14, 2026 at 7:40 AM
The baron strikes again. Frankenstein Must be Destroyed began principal photography at Bray Studios this week in 1969 🖤
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I wonder how much of the problem is that the masses have been groomed to be suspicious of people with intelligence rather than people with money.
January 14, 2026 at 9:19 AM
I wonder how much of the problem is that the masses have been groomed to be suspicious of people with intelligence rather than people with money.
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Ball. His court.
January 9, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Ball. His court.
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‘Strong support for proportional representation among Labour members’
Despite winning a majority at GE2024 under first-past-the post on under 34% of the votes cast,
66% of members would back a shift away from first-past-the-post in favour of PR for future elections.
labourlist.org/2026/01/elec...
Despite winning a majority at GE2024 under first-past-the post on under 34% of the votes cast,
66% of members would back a shift away from first-past-the-post in favour of PR for future elections.
labourlist.org/2026/01/elec...
Electoral reform: Strong support for proportional representation among Labour members - LabourList
Two thirds of Labour members would back change to UK voting system towards Proportional Representation, exclusive LabourList polling reveals.
labourlist.org
January 9, 2026 at 11:45 AM
‘Strong support for proportional representation among Labour members’
Despite winning a majority at GE2024 under first-past-the post on under 34% of the votes cast,
66% of members would back a shift away from first-past-the-post in favour of PR for future elections.
labourlist.org/2026/01/elec...
Despite winning a majority at GE2024 under first-past-the post on under 34% of the votes cast,
66% of members would back a shift away from first-past-the-post in favour of PR for future elections.
labourlist.org/2026/01/elec...
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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We need to stop platforming fascists.
What’s the natural outcome of platforming fascists?
They’re legitimised.
Even if that same platforming is calling them out.
The very platforming itself suggests they’re legitimate.
Platform answers, solutions, actions, and voices with integrity instead.
What’s the natural outcome of platforming fascists?
They’re legitimised.
Even if that same platforming is calling them out.
The very platforming itself suggests they’re legitimate.
Platform answers, solutions, actions, and voices with integrity instead.
January 7, 2026 at 2:39 AM
We need to stop platforming fascists.
What’s the natural outcome of platforming fascists?
They’re legitimised.
Even if that same platforming is calling them out.
The very platforming itself suggests they’re legitimate.
Platform answers, solutions, actions, and voices with integrity instead.
What’s the natural outcome of platforming fascists?
They’re legitimised.
Even if that same platforming is calling them out.
The very platforming itself suggests they’re legitimate.
Platform answers, solutions, actions, and voices with integrity instead.
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while you're here, this is how we stop this nonsense stopreformuk.vote
Stop the Tories and Reform
Your vote is your power. Use it tactically to get the Tories and Reform out, then influence your new MP and the next government.
StopReformUK.Vote
January 4, 2026 at 9:15 AM
while you're here, this is how we stop this nonsense stopreformuk.vote
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