Neill Waters
@neillwaters.bsky.social
Northerner. British. European.
Curious, introverted. Interested in politics, current affairs, tech, net zero transition, EVs, NHS.
Curious, introverted. Interested in politics, current affairs, tech, net zero transition, EVs, NHS.
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
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ICE vehicles waste a whopping 80% of the energy in their fuel. Electric vehicles are propelled by entirely different mechanisms. Energy enters the vehicle as electricity, which directly powers the drivetrain: EVs need not convert one form of energy to another resulting in much higher efficiency.
November 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
ICE vehicles waste a whopping 80% of the energy in their fuel. Electric vehicles are propelled by entirely different mechanisms. Energy enters the vehicle as electricity, which directly powers the drivetrain: EVs need not convert one form of energy to another resulting in much higher efficiency.
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If this is what happens when Reform runs a council, just imagine Farage running the country.
Care homes closed and vulnerable people abandoned.
We cannot let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.
Care homes closed and vulnerable people abandoned.
We cannot let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
If this is what happens when Reform runs a council, just imagine Farage running the country.
Care homes closed and vulnerable people abandoned.
We cannot let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.
Care homes closed and vulnerable people abandoned.
We cannot let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.
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Farage, who was paid £189,000 in January to promote gold bullion in his spare time, is currently wanging on about how out of touch the Labour frontbench is. Ok
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Farage, who was paid £189,000 in January to promote gold bullion in his spare time, is currently wanging on about how out of touch the Labour frontbench is. Ok
BBC News - how 20 minutes of nature can boost your health
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wild about nature: Four health benefits of the outdoors
Spending just 20 minutes in nature can lower blood pressure, heart rate and stress levels.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 5:57 AM
BBC News - how 20 minutes of nature can boost your health
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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False claims - including this one - circulate on here and on Meta’s platforms. But it is strategically brain dead for the government not to be trying to move politicos away from X, where this stuff circulates straight into political commentary freely and where the owner hates and opposes you.
I spoke to a few people, including journalists, at Labour conference who had seen and believed claims on X that Multiverse – Tony Blair's son's company – had been chosen to run the government’s new digital ID scheme
@fullfact.org have checked this claim and it is untrue
@fullfact.org have checked this claim and it is untrue
October 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
False claims - including this one - circulate on here and on Meta’s platforms. But it is strategically brain dead for the government not to be trying to move politicos away from X, where this stuff circulates straight into political commentary freely and where the owner hates and opposes you.
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The very uncharitable profits of JustGiving which takes fees, a cut of gift aid, and then asks donors for a tip! bit.ly/4nzZpDV much better to give directly to the charity, but if you do use JG always set tip to zero. But you can’t stop it snaffling some of the Gift Aid
JustGiving pays £25.8m dividend to American owner
The charity platform made the payment to the Nasdaq-listed Blackbaud after revenues rose by 9.7 per cent to £64.5m
bit.ly
October 2, 2025 at 6:19 AM
The very uncharitable profits of JustGiving which takes fees, a cut of gift aid, and then asks donors for a tip! bit.ly/4nzZpDV much better to give directly to the charity, but if you do use JG always set tip to zero. But you can’t stop it snaffling some of the Gift Aid
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Such an embarrassment. The fact she'll never have any power makes it barely worth noticing her, but whenever you do she's doing something abysmal or moronic. She richly deserves the anonymity to come.
Were all those huskies hugged for nothing?
"Badenoch pledges to ditch flagship UK climate change law" - on.ft.com/4gQgXsJ
"Badenoch pledges to ditch flagship UK climate change law" - on.ft.com/4gQgXsJ
Badenoch pledges to ditch flagship UK climate change law
Tory leader reaches out to voters hit by high energy bills but faces backlash from business and within the party
on.ft.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Such an embarrassment. The fact she'll never have any power makes it barely worth noticing her, but whenever you do she's doing something abysmal or moronic. She richly deserves the anonymity to come.
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"You don’t fight the politics of violence by quibbling with the details. You stamp it into a million pieces! You draw a f*cking line!"
If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him?
If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him?
What Do We Have To Lose
If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him? Plus: some natural borders; and the non-existence of grey, and other letters.
jonn.substack.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"You don’t fight the politics of violence by quibbling with the details. You stamp it into a million pieces! You draw a f*cking line!"
If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him?
If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him?
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1. Bluesky doesn’t downrank links
2. You can choose your own algorithm from among thousands
3. The whole app is open source
This keeps it a free and open platform by design, leading to better click-throughs and traffic to your site.
We 💙 the open web.
2. You can choose your own algorithm from among thousands
3. The whole app is open source
This keeps it a free and open platform by design, leading to better click-throughs and traffic to your site.
We 💙 the open web.
September 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
1. Bluesky doesn’t downrank links
2. You can choose your own algorithm from among thousands
3. The whole app is open source
This keeps it a free and open platform by design, leading to better click-throughs and traffic to your site.
We 💙 the open web.
2. You can choose your own algorithm from among thousands
3. The whole app is open source
This keeps it a free and open platform by design, leading to better click-throughs and traffic to your site.
We 💙 the open web.
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While ya’ll get excited about Meta’s new Glasses: “One mother said her Instagram account was set to private, but the posts were automatically cross-posting to Threads where they were visible.”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man
Exclusive: Instagram pictures of girls as young as 13 were posted to promote Threads site ‘as bait’, campaigner says
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:13 AM
While ya’ll get excited about Meta’s new Glasses: “One mother said her Instagram account was set to private, but the posts were automatically cross-posting to Threads where they were visible.”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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It's incredible how close the Red Arrows fly together, must take nerves of steel
September 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It's incredible how close the Red Arrows fly together, must take nerves of steel
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Doesn't it feel like there should be some kind of organised, anti-hate campaign to get public bodies, politicians, media etc to ditch X? (Not sure who would convene it, but still)
September 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Doesn't it feel like there should be some kind of organised, anti-hate campaign to get public bodies, politicians, media etc to ditch X? (Not sure who would convene it, but still)
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Esp given assassination of Kirk in US i find Musk's intervention here, calling for dissolution of parliament and a new govt, really scary .
Also UK govt bodies should get the fuck off X.
Also UK govt bodies should get the fuck off X.
September 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Esp given assassination of Kirk in US i find Musk's intervention here, calling for dissolution of parliament and a new govt, really scary .
Also UK govt bodies should get the fuck off X.
Also UK govt bodies should get the fuck off X.
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Can Keir survive? Inside the plot to bring down the prime minister
- How Labour MPs concluded over the Farage dominated summer that change was needed
- The advanced talks to bring back Andy Burnham
By me and @pippacrerar.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
- How Labour MPs concluded over the Farage dominated summer that change was needed
- The advanced talks to bring back Andy Burnham
By me and @pippacrerar.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Can Keir survive? Inside the plot to bring down the prime minister
With his government mired in scandal, an operation to dethrone Starmer is now under way
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Can Keir survive? Inside the plot to bring down the prime minister
- How Labour MPs concluded over the Farage dominated summer that change was needed
- The advanced talks to bring back Andy Burnham
By me and @pippacrerar.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
- How Labour MPs concluded over the Farage dominated summer that change was needed
- The advanced talks to bring back Andy Burnham
By me and @pippacrerar.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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New deputy leader candidates, same fucking misogyny.
Like, it's a CREEPY sentence for a piece of political analysis to even contain, but to choose it as the TITLE is next-level incel shit.
Like, it's a CREEPY sentence for a piece of political analysis to even contain, but to choose it as the TITLE is next-level incel shit.
September 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
New deputy leader candidates, same fucking misogyny.
Like, it's a CREEPY sentence for a piece of political analysis to even contain, but to choose it as the TITLE is next-level incel shit.
Like, it's a CREEPY sentence for a piece of political analysis to even contain, but to choose it as the TITLE is next-level incel shit.
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Elon Musk has *personally*posted in favour of the racist remigration agenda of the maximalist racist abusing the Home Secretary with this on X & endlessly posting racist harassment on X
This should be a story.
It should be a scandal.
Musk should have to account for this, in person, in parliament
This should be a story.
It should be a scandal.
Musk should have to account for this, in person, in parliament
September 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Elon Musk has *personally*posted in favour of the racist remigration agenda of the maximalist racist abusing the Home Secretary with this on X & endlessly posting racist harassment on X
This should be a story.
It should be a scandal.
Musk should have to account for this, in person, in parliament
This should be a story.
It should be a scandal.
Musk should have to account for this, in person, in parliament
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I think a party that talks about sending women back to the Taliban and allows weirdos to say this about the King is entirely beatable. Get stuck in Labour, fgs.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Doctor uses Reform conference speech to link king’s cancer to Covid vaccine
Aseem Malhotra claimed ‘eminent oncologist’ said jab was ‘significant factor in the cancer of members of royal family’
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I think a party that talks about sending women back to the Taliban and allows weirdos to say this about the King is entirely beatable. Get stuck in Labour, fgs.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I am reading that politicians of the left should be held to standards that those of the right ignore, and I hope you enjoy your moment of purity before a populist government sweeps away norms and laws entirely
September 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I am reading that politicians of the left should be held to standards that those of the right ignore, and I hope you enjoy your moment of purity before a populist government sweeps away norms and laws entirely
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Extremely emotive opinion here, but I really like Angela Rayner. We've had *years* of Tory MPs and even Prime Minsters running fast and loose with every rule, with little or no consequence, but of course she is held to a higher standard.
September 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Extremely emotive opinion here, but I really like Angela Rayner. We've had *years* of Tory MPs and even Prime Minsters running fast and loose with every rule, with little or no consequence, but of course she is held to a higher standard.
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This is where the empty headed Flag shagging leads.
Race hate.
Race hate.
August 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This is where the empty headed Flag shagging leads.
Race hate.
Race hate.
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Measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, polio, tetanus.
Diseases that used to terrorise families, killing children & babies in their thousands.
Now we have vaccines - safe & miraculous life savers.
Please, parents, use them.
Protect your precious children 🩷
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Diseases that used to terrorise families, killing children & babies in their thousands.
Now we have vaccines - safe & miraculous life savers.
Please, parents, use them.
Protect your precious children 🩷
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Vaccine warning for England as one in five children start school unprotected
Experts say country needs ‘wake up call’ with levels far below those needed for herd immunity
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, polio, tetanus.
Diseases that used to terrorise families, killing children & babies in their thousands.
Now we have vaccines - safe & miraculous life savers.
Please, parents, use them.
Protect your precious children 🩷
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Diseases that used to terrorise families, killing children & babies in their thousands.
Now we have vaccines - safe & miraculous life savers.
Please, parents, use them.
Protect your precious children 🩷
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...