Michael
@mikeyh71.bsky.social
Scottish (expat - living in England).
Views: Green; support environmental protections and rewilding; expect equality and fairness for all; despise greed and corruption in all its forms.
Interests: hiking/walking, skiing, natural history, cookery, & family.
Views: Green; support environmental protections and rewilding; expect equality and fairness for all; despise greed and corruption in all its forms.
Interests: hiking/walking, skiing, natural history, cookery, & family.
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Not sure why Reform announcing they’ll scrap the Equality Act 2010 hasn’t provoked widespread alarm.
They want to torch our human rights framework AND repeal our right to protection from discrimination.
A smile and a shrug on BBC News.
What the hell?
FFS, media. Tell people what this really means.
They want to torch our human rights framework AND repeal our right to protection from discrimination.
A smile and a shrug on BBC News.
What the hell?
FFS, media. Tell people what this really means.
February 17, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Not sure why Reform announcing they’ll scrap the Equality Act 2010 hasn’t provoked widespread alarm.
They want to torch our human rights framework AND repeal our right to protection from discrimination.
A smile and a shrug on BBC News.
What the hell?
FFS, media. Tell people what this really means.
They want to torch our human rights framework AND repeal our right to protection from discrimination.
A smile and a shrug on BBC News.
What the hell?
FFS, media. Tell people what this really means.
Sheffield's athletics venues are slowly being lost. Please sign to insist the Woodbourne Road Athletics Stadium is bright back up to standard fit competitions to be held there.
#Sheffield #Athletics
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#Sheffield #Athletics
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Sign the Petition
Restore Woodbourne Road Athletics Stadium for competition
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February 17, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Sheffield's athletics venues are slowly being lost. Please sign to insist the Woodbourne Road Athletics Stadium is bright back up to standard fit competitions to be held there.
#Sheffield #Athletics
c.org/Lr4QqLJRZt
#Sheffield #Athletics
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“Parents are being urged to make sure their children are vaccinated before the return to school after the half term break”
West Midlands measles vaccine plea ahead of half term
The region accounts for more than a quarter of all cases in England, officials say.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 1:31 PM
“Parents are being urged to make sure their children are vaccinated before the return to school after the half term break”
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And he says he can't be bought.
February 15, 2026 at 10:52 PM
And he says he can't be bought.
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🚨When we go to hospital, it’s rarely for something easy. But patients and their families are being immediately met with fees just to park their cars. And these charges are going up!
I’ve just signed the petition to Scrap hospital parking charges now
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/parking-...
I’ve just signed the petition to Scrap hospital parking charges now
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/parking-...
Scrap hospital parking charges now!
Need to visit the hospital? Patients, families and NHS staff are being met with rising fees just to park their cars. Join me and sign this petition from 38 Degrees to demand these unfair charges are s...
act.38degrees.org.uk
February 15, 2026 at 9:19 PM
🚨When we go to hospital, it’s rarely for something easy. But patients and their families are being immediately met with fees just to park their cars. And these charges are going up!
I’ve just signed the petition to Scrap hospital parking charges now
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/parking-...
I’ve just signed the petition to Scrap hospital parking charges now
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/parking-...
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Finally, starting to think about #microbiotoxity.
We are holobionts, and we need to think a great deal more about our #microbiome: be #probiotic
www.earth.com/news/more-th...
We are holobionts, and we need to think a great deal more about our #microbiome: be #probiotic
www.earth.com/news/more-th...
Everyday household products could be harming your gut microbes
Study finds hidden microbiome toxicity in everyday pollutants, with some chemicals linked to antibiotic resistance.
www.earth.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Finally, starting to think about #microbiotoxity.
We are holobionts, and we need to think a great deal more about our #microbiome: be #probiotic
www.earth.com/news/more-th...
We are holobionts, and we need to think a great deal more about our #microbiome: be #probiotic
www.earth.com/news/more-th...
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I like the government pivot to reminding voters that Farage is an avowed enemy of NATO & Europe & an ardent admirer of Vladimir Putin, who routinely orders the murders of critics & opponents. It is politically effective & morally essential.
February 15, 2026 at 12:47 PM
I like the government pivot to reminding voters that Farage is an avowed enemy of NATO & Europe & an ardent admirer of Vladimir Putin, who routinely orders the murders of critics & opponents. It is politically effective & morally essential.
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What do the powerful people named in the Epstein files all have in common?
February 14, 2026 at 5:02 PM
What do the powerful people named in the Epstein files all have in common?
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For those unaware, a quick primer on perhaps the most dangerous of the oligarchs.
Peter Thiel.
Peter Thiel.
February 15, 2026 at 12:05 AM
For those unaware, a quick primer on perhaps the most dangerous of the oligarchs.
Peter Thiel.
Peter Thiel.
The Dictator's Speech - as relevant today as it was those many years ago. The greed and hatred of a powerful minority seek to further empower and enrich themselves, enslaving the rest and destroying democracy.
Take a look at this video, 'the great dictator speech' share.google/rmw4DM316EDD...
Take a look at this video, 'the great dictator speech' share.google/rmw4DM316EDD...
The Dictator's Speech (Clip) | The Great Dictator (1940) | TCM
share.google
February 15, 2026 at 9:56 AM
The Dictator's Speech - as relevant today as it was those many years ago. The greed and hatred of a powerful minority seek to further empower and enrich themselves, enslaving the rest and destroying democracy.
Take a look at this video, 'the great dictator speech' share.google/rmw4DM316EDD...
Take a look at this video, 'the great dictator speech' share.google/rmw4DM316EDD...
Well done to the Scottish rugby team. Great result today against England (🏴31 - 🏴20). 👏👏👏
@scottishrugby.bsky.social
Here's the highlights...
youtu.be/qf-34_-feq0?...
@scottishrugby.bsky.social
Here's the highlights...
youtu.be/qf-34_-feq0?...
scottishrugby.bsky.social
scottishrugby.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Well done to the Scottish rugby team. Great result today against England (🏴31 - 🏴20). 👏👏👏
@scottishrugby.bsky.social
Here's the highlights...
youtu.be/qf-34_-feq0?...
@scottishrugby.bsky.social
Here's the highlights...
youtu.be/qf-34_-feq0?...
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The Dublin Agreement was a huge deterrent. People knew if they arrived in UK & had claimed elsewhere, approved or denied, they would immediately be returned. Now that data sharing is no longer an automatic right. The UK lost access to several shared mechanisms when it left the EU
February 14, 2026 at 1:20 PM
The Dublin Agreement was a huge deterrent. People knew if they arrived in UK & had claimed elsewhere, approved or denied, they would immediately be returned. Now that data sharing is no longer an automatic right. The UK lost access to several shared mechanisms when it left the EU
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Ex-UKIP Reform & Tories won't tell you
the "boat people" influx STARTED because of Brexit
They now want to curb UK freedoms allowing
more exploitation by the millionaires who fund them
"Reform are constantly pushing to scrap ECHR ..."
www.facebook.com/groups/19585...
the "boat people" influx STARTED because of Brexit
They now want to curb UK freedoms allowing
more exploitation by the millionaires who fund them
"Reform are constantly pushing to scrap ECHR ..."
www.facebook.com/groups/19585...
February 14, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Ex-UKIP Reform & Tories won't tell you
the "boat people" influx STARTED because of Brexit
They now want to curb UK freedoms allowing
more exploitation by the millionaires who fund them
"Reform are constantly pushing to scrap ECHR ..."
www.facebook.com/groups/19585...
the "boat people" influx STARTED because of Brexit
They now want to curb UK freedoms allowing
more exploitation by the millionaires who fund them
"Reform are constantly pushing to scrap ECHR ..."
www.facebook.com/groups/19585...
Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...
First Past the Post means millions of our votes make no difference to parliament. Add your name now to demand a fairer voting system
It only takes 30 seconds
action.electoral-reform.org.uk
February 14, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
you.38degrees.org.uk
February 13, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Meet Hannah Spencer - Green MP candidate for Gorton and Denton, and the only vote to stop Reform.
February 10, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Meet Hannah Spencer - Green MP candidate for Gorton and Denton, and the only vote to stop Reform.
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So it’s Greens versus Reform
Hope versus Hate
A brilliant local candidate who loves her community
Versus a full time grifter bussed in from London
It’s not hard
#VoteGreen
Hope versus Hate
A brilliant local candidate who loves her community
Versus a full time grifter bussed in from London
It’s not hard
#VoteGreen
Meet Hannah Spencer - Green MP candidate for Gorton and Denton, and the only vote to stop Reform.
February 11, 2026 at 7:17 PM
So it’s Greens versus Reform
Hope versus Hate
A brilliant local candidate who loves her community
Versus a full time grifter bussed in from London
It’s not hard
#VoteGreen
Hope versus Hate
A brilliant local candidate who loves her community
Versus a full time grifter bussed in from London
It’s not hard
#VoteGreen
Enough is enough. The House of Lords is a rolling scandal - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds.
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/186062/...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/186062/...
It’s outrageous that we can't kick out Lords. Sign now to demand an elected second chamber
It takes 30 seconds
action.electoral-reform.org.uk
February 11, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Enough is enough. The House of Lords is a rolling scandal - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds.
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/186062/...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/186062/...
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The govt is refusing to commit to an inquiry into the MOD's contracts with US-based spy tech giant Palantir despite the web of shady connections between Mandelson, Epstein, and Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel - this absolutely stinks.
February 10, 2026 at 7:03 PM
The govt is refusing to commit to an inquiry into the MOD's contracts with US-based spy tech giant Palantir despite the web of shady connections between Mandelson, Epstein, and Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel - this absolutely stinks.
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A £240m defence contract without tender.
Their fingerprints all over our health care data.
A meeting in the USA but without any minutes.
Everything around Palantir stinks.
www.thenational.scot/news/2584192...
Their fingerprints all over our health care data.
A meeting in the USA but without any minutes.
Everything around Palantir stinks.
www.thenational.scot/news/2584192...
Zack Polanski pressures Wes Streeting over Palantir after Mandelson texts released
ZACK Polanski has piled fresh pressure on Wes Streeting over Palantir’s NHS contracts after the Health Secretary’s newly-released text messages…
www.thenational.scot
February 10, 2026 at 1:55 PM
A £240m defence contract without tender.
Their fingerprints all over our health care data.
A meeting in the USA but without any minutes.
Everything around Palantir stinks.
www.thenational.scot/news/2584192...
Their fingerprints all over our health care data.
A meeting in the USA but without any minutes.
Everything around Palantir stinks.
www.thenational.scot/news/2584192...
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Reform UK approached Bangor University to ask whether Sarah Pochin (Reform MP) could come to debate. They said no, and this is the response they get
Reform would behave exactly as Donald Trump. Don't agree with them, and they will penalise, threaten, defund, and cancel you. They are proto fascists.
Reform would behave exactly as Donald Trump. Don't agree with them, and they will penalise, threaten, defund, and cancel you. They are proto fascists.
February 10, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Reform UK approached Bangor University to ask whether Sarah Pochin (Reform MP) could come to debate. They said no, and this is the response they get
Reform would behave exactly as Donald Trump. Don't agree with them, and they will penalise, threaten, defund, and cancel you. They are proto fascists.
Reform would behave exactly as Donald Trump. Don't agree with them, and they will penalise, threaten, defund, and cancel you. They are proto fascists.
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So glad to see George Cottrell being named in parliament yesterday. He was Farage’s head of fundraising when he convicted of an offence related to money laundering & is still close to & funding Farage. Crypto is an urgent democratic threat to the UK
I am deeply suspicious of parties which court cryptocurrency donations, given the potential for money laundering, by organised criminal gangs and malign foreign governments.
Yesterday in Parliament, I rang the alarm bell at Farage's continuing closeness to wire fraud convict George Cottrell.
Yesterday in Parliament, I rang the alarm bell at Farage's continuing closeness to wire fraud convict George Cottrell.
February 10, 2026 at 1:48 PM
So glad to see George Cottrell being named in parliament yesterday. He was Farage’s head of fundraising when he convicted of an offence related to money laundering & is still close to & funding Farage. Crypto is an urgent democratic threat to the UK
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Can the Greens escape Labour's fatal trap? youtu.be/e7oKv3K48qM?...
Can the Greens escape Labour's fatal trap?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Can the Greens escape Labour's fatal trap? youtu.be/e7oKv3K48qM?...
Enough is enough. The House of Lords is a rolling scandal - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds.
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/186062/...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/186062/...
It’s outrageous that we can't kick out Lords. Sign now to demand an elected second chamber
It takes 30 seconds
action.electoral-reform.org.uk
February 8, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Enough is enough. The House of Lords is a rolling scandal - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds.
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/186062/...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/186062/...
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So, bosses of failing privatised water companies continue to pay themselves millions in bonuses despite illegally dumping toxic water and failing to provide reliable water supplies to residents. Also despite rules saying they shouldn’t! Privatisation has failed!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Water bosses in England exploiting bonus loophole face crackdown
Exclusive: Ministers to act after last year’s legislation ‘outwitted’ by failing firms paying millions to executives
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:01 AM
So, bosses of failing privatised water companies continue to pay themselves millions in bonuses despite illegally dumping toxic water and failing to provide reliable water supplies to residents. Also despite rules saying they shouldn’t! Privatisation has failed!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...