Paul Espley
@paulespley.bsky.social
Interested in politics, #PRnow , economics, housing, environment, food, drink, North Wales, London, some sport, meeting people.
I just signed a petition calling for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm? Sign now: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ma...
The Government must reveal all details of Peter Mandelson’s links to Palantir - Foxglove
Sign the petition for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm?
www.foxglove.org.uk
February 10, 2026 at 11:26 AM
I just signed a petition calling for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm? Sign now: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ma...
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Brunel campus to Hillingdon loop ride for students, staff and visitors
#Brunei #Hillingdon
Brunel campus to Hillingdon loop ride for students, staff and visitors
#Brunei #Hillingdon
Brunel Campus to Hillingdon loop ride: for students, staff and visitors - London Cycling Campaign
Members of London Cycling Campaign in Hillingdon are offering a guided ride for Brunel students, staff and visitors to highlight safe and quick routes between campus, key transport hubs and […]
lcc.org.uk
February 10, 2026 at 12:26 AM
lcc.org.uk/events/brune...
Brunel campus to Hillingdon loop ride for students, staff and visitors
#Brunei #Hillingdon
Brunel campus to Hillingdon loop ride for students, staff and visitors
#Brunei #Hillingdon
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⁉️ Why are many of the richest Brits missing from the list of the highest taxpayers? Funny how that works.
February 4, 2026 at 1:38 PM
⁉️ Why are many of the richest Brits missing from the list of the highest taxpayers? Funny how that works.
I just signed a petition calling for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm? Sign now: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ma...
The Government must reveal all details of Peter Mandelson’s links to Palantir - Foxglove
Sign the petition for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm?
www.foxglove.org.uk
February 5, 2026 at 1:40 PM
I just signed a petition calling for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm? Sign now: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ma...
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Major news yesterday for our legal challenge against the UK Government - the government has admitted that its decision to force through the construction of a new hyperscale data centre in Buckinghamshire contained a “serious logical error”.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Government admits its approval for Buckinghamshire AI datacentre should be quashed
Campaigners hail U-turn during legal challenge over proposed centre an ‘embarrassing climbdown’
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Major news yesterday for our legal challenge against the UK Government - the government has admitted that its decision to force through the construction of a new hyperscale data centre in Buckinghamshire contained a “serious logical error”.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.6aitech.com/post/interna...
International development - not data centres
"Unfortunately, it is often the case that corrupt and incompetent governments in these countries compete to attract Big Tech data centres,
#PlanetOverProfit #stopdirtydatacentres
International development - not data centres
"Unfortunately, it is often the case that corrupt and incompetent governments in these countries compete to attract Big Tech data centres,
#PlanetOverProfit #stopdirtydatacentres
January 23, 2026 at 9:53 AM
www.6aitech.com/post/interna...
International development - not data centres
"Unfortunately, it is often the case that corrupt and incompetent governments in these countries compete to attract Big Tech data centres,
#PlanetOverProfit #stopdirtydatacentres
International development - not data centres
"Unfortunately, it is often the case that corrupt and incompetent governments in these countries compete to attract Big Tech data centres,
#PlanetOverProfit #stopdirtydatacentres
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1/3 Went to the royal courts today to challenge the government's rush to build hyperscale data centres without adequate consideration of their immense environmental impact. #StopDirtyDataCentres @globalactionplan.bsky.social @foxglovelegal.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 4:50 PM
1/3 Went to the royal courts today to challenge the government's rush to build hyperscale data centres without adequate consideration of their immense environmental impact. #StopDirtyDataCentres @globalactionplan.bsky.social @foxglovelegal.bsky.social
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Join Baroness Hale, former President of the Supreme Court, to discuss her book 'With the Law on Our Side'.
We’ll unpack how law really works, how it shapes daily life, protects our rights, & holds government to account.
🗓️ 11 Feb, 6–7pm
Full details 👇
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/184825/...
We’ll unpack how law really works, how it shapes daily life, protects our rights, & holds government to account.
🗓️ 11 Feb, 6–7pm
Full details 👇
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/184825/...
Baroness Hale in Conversation
At this webinar, Lady Hale will discuss her latest book “With the Law on Our Side: How the Law Works for Everyone and How We Can Make It Better”. This event is a must for anyone who wants to know how…
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk
January 19, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Join Baroness Hale, former President of the Supreme Court, to discuss her book 'With the Law on Our Side'.
We’ll unpack how law really works, how it shapes daily life, protects our rights, & holds government to account.
🗓️ 11 Feb, 6–7pm
Full details 👇
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/184825/...
We’ll unpack how law really works, how it shapes daily life, protects our rights, & holds government to account.
🗓️ 11 Feb, 6–7pm
Full details 👇
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/184825/...
Electoral reform: Strong support for proportional representation among Labour members labourlist.org/2026/01/elec... – via LabourList
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 10, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Electoral reform: Strong support for proportional representation among Labour members labourlist.org/2026/01/elec... – via LabourList
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Because frightened politicians and a compromised media dare not say that crime is falling, Nigel Farage and his demagogic allies are getting away with the most extraordinary lies
Politicians, police and media will not tell the truth about crime
And so the demagogues win
open.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Because frightened politicians and a compromised media dare not say that crime is falling, Nigel Farage and his demagogic allies are getting away with the most extraordinary lies
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"Is it not time that we had a proper consideration in this House of changes to the voting system, so that the next election is not a disaster for democracy?"
Great question by @maxwilkinson.bsky.social
The Government must wake up and get to grips with First Past the Post before it’s too late.
Great question by @maxwilkinson.bsky.social
The Government must wake up and get to grips with First Past the Post before it’s too late.
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"Is it not time that we had a proper consideration in this House of changes to the voting system, so that the next election is not a disaster for democracy?"
Great question by @maxwilkinson.bsky.social
The Government must wake up and get to grips with First Past the Post before it’s too late.
Great question by @maxwilkinson.bsky.social
The Government must wake up and get to grips with First Past the Post before it’s too late.
URGENT: Plans to protect people & environment are on a knife-edge at the UN climate talks.
Tell Ed Miliband to act now and champion a fairer future, where everyone benefits from the transition away from fossil fuels ✍️ #cop30 foe.uk/upx66
Tell Ed Miliband to act now and champion a fairer future, where everyone benefits from the transition away from fossil fuels ✍️ #cop30 foe.uk/upx66
Tell Ed Miliband to stop blocking UN climate talks
URGENT: The UK delegation is blocking plans to put fairness and justice at the heart of the UN climate talks. We must act now to change their minds. At the climate talks, countries have come together ...
foe.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
URGENT: Plans to protect people & environment are on a knife-edge at the UN climate talks.
Tell Ed Miliband to act now and champion a fairer future, where everyone benefits from the transition away from fossil fuels ✍️ #cop30 foe.uk/upx66
Tell Ed Miliband to act now and champion a fairer future, where everyone benefits from the transition away from fossil fuels ✍️ #cop30 foe.uk/upx66
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The government’s Carbon Budget Delivery Plan released today, seemingly has no consideration of the 100+ AI data centres that Big Tech wants up and running during the plan’s implementation.
#AI #datacentres #CarbonBudget #Climatechange
#AI #datacentres #CarbonBudget #Climatechange
October 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The government’s Carbon Budget Delivery Plan released today, seemingly has no consideration of the 100+ AI data centres that Big Tech wants up and running during the plan’s implementation.
#AI #datacentres #CarbonBudget #Climatechange
#AI #datacentres #CarbonBudget #Climatechange
Clean, affordable water belongs to all of us. I’ve asked the Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people first. Join me:https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-emma-reynolds-to-base-water-policy-on-facts-not-water-industry-fake-maths?source=bluesky&
October 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Clean, affordable water belongs to all of us. I’ve asked the Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people first. Join me:https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-emma-reynolds-to-base-water-policy-on-facts-not-water-industry-fake-maths?source=bluesky&
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Leunig, a former gov adviser, said scrapping it — while it would boost growth and productivity — would be “a very, very big tax cut for rich people”. One effect would be to boost house prices, making the main beneficiaries the existing owners of expensive properties in the south-east of England.
Should stamp duty be scrapped in the UK?
Conservative party says property tax deters people from moving house and stifles productivity
www.ft.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Leunig, a former gov adviser, said scrapping it — while it would boost growth and productivity — would be “a very, very big tax cut for rich people”. One effect would be to boost house prices, making the main beneficiaries the existing owners of expensive properties in the south-east of England.
Nigel Farage’s Reform wants to bring back fracking in England. We need to lock the current ban in law. Join me and tell the Prime Minister: make the fracking ban permanent.
@friends_earth 👇
foe.uk/ksojs
@friends_earth 👇
foe.uk/ksojs
Tell Keir Starmer to make the fracking ban permanent
Nigel Farage's Reform party has declared it wants to “drill baby drill” if it wins the next general election. There’s a temporary pause on fracking in England, but it’s not even written into law. So i...
foe.uk
October 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Nigel Farage’s Reform wants to bring back fracking in England. We need to lock the current ban in law. Join me and tell the Prime Minister: make the fracking ban permanent.
@friends_earth 👇
foe.uk/ksojs
@friends_earth 👇
foe.uk/ksojs
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If you can't see how this will end, then you're not paying attention (not least to what's going on on the other side of the Atlantic).
October 7, 2025 at 6:34 AM
If you can't see how this will end, then you're not paying attention (not least to what's going on on the other side of the Atlantic).
Excellent analysis of how the BBC is failing to report on Farage and Reform without bias #@sjwrenlewis.bsky.social #BBCToday
#bbcnews @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @bbcnews.https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/09/farage-and-bbc.html
#bbcnews @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @bbcnews.https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/09/farage-and-bbc.html
Farage and the BBC
On Monday 22nd September I watched a party political broadcast on behalf of Nigel Farage’s Reform Party. It was on the BBC, and it was en...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Excellent analysis of how the BBC is failing to report on Farage and Reform without bias #@sjwrenlewis.bsky.social #BBCToday
#bbcnews @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @bbcnews.https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/09/farage-and-bbc.html
#bbcnews @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @bbcnews.https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/09/farage-and-bbc.html
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PR v FPTP!
🇬🇧 | Projected result of this week's @FindoutnowUK poll — under PR
(Via @joshhousden.bsky.social
➡️ RFM: 34% | 227 (+131)
🔴 LAB: 16% | 110 (-124)
🟦 CON: 16% | 104 (-52)
🔶 LDM: 13% | 87 (+6)
💚 GRN: 12% | 78 (+35)
🟡 SNP: 3% | 18 (+1)
🔲 PLC: 1% | 8 (+3)
+/- vs. GE2024 [PR]
🇬🇧 | Projected result of this week's @FindoutnowUK poll — under PR
(Via @joshhousden.bsky.social
➡️ RFM: 34% | 227 (+131)
🔴 LAB: 16% | 110 (-124)
🟦 CON: 16% | 104 (-52)
🔶 LDM: 13% | 87 (+6)
💚 GRN: 12% | 78 (+35)
🟡 SNP: 3% | 18 (+1)
🔲 PLC: 1% | 8 (+3)
+/- vs. GE2024 [PR]
September 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
PR v FPTP!
🇬🇧 | Projected result of this week's @FindoutnowUK poll — under PR
(Via @joshhousden.bsky.social
➡️ RFM: 34% | 227 (+131)
🔴 LAB: 16% | 110 (-124)
🟦 CON: 16% | 104 (-52)
🔶 LDM: 13% | 87 (+6)
💚 GRN: 12% | 78 (+35)
🟡 SNP: 3% | 18 (+1)
🔲 PLC: 1% | 8 (+3)
+/- vs. GE2024 [PR]
🇬🇧 | Projected result of this week's @FindoutnowUK poll — under PR
(Via @joshhousden.bsky.social
➡️ RFM: 34% | 227 (+131)
🔴 LAB: 16% | 110 (-124)
🟦 CON: 16% | 104 (-52)
🔶 LDM: 13% | 87 (+6)
💚 GRN: 12% | 78 (+35)
🟡 SNP: 3% | 18 (+1)
🔲 PLC: 1% | 8 (+3)
+/- vs. GE2024 [PR]
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A teacher on a £40k salary pays more tax than someone who makes the same from selling shares.
Why is income from shares taxed less than income from work?
Why is income from shares taxed less than income from work?
September 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
A teacher on a £40k salary pays more tax than someone who makes the same from selling shares.
Why is income from shares taxed less than income from work?
Why is income from shares taxed less than income from work?
September 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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"With a record 60% of the public in favour of changing how we elect Parliament, Labour must take action. Our APPG – the largest all-party group – urges the Government to establish a National Commission on Electoral Reform without delay."
📢 APPG for Fair Elections Chair, @alexsobel.co.uk
📢 APPG for Fair Elections Chair, @alexsobel.co.uk
Electoral reform is urgent – or an extreme party could win a majority in Parliament
The APPG for Fair Elections first called on the government to establish a ‘National Commission on Electoral Reform’ last November, in the wake of t...
www.politicshome.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
"With a record 60% of the public in favour of changing how we elect Parliament, Labour must take action. Our APPG – the largest all-party group – urges the Government to establish a National Commission on Electoral Reform without delay."
📢 APPG for Fair Elections Chair, @alexsobel.co.uk
📢 APPG for Fair Elections Chair, @alexsobel.co.uk
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🚨 This is a crisis for Labour, but the real crisis is the one engulfing our politics
The Deputy Leadership Election is a chance to push for action on the voting system that is destroying trust in politics & threatens to hand a majority to the far right
Find out more 👇
The Deputy Leadership Election is a chance to push for action on the voting system that is destroying trust in politics & threatens to hand a majority to the far right
Find out more 👇
Get ready to elect a pro-PR Deputy Leader — Labour For A New Democracy
We need to use this Deputy Leadership Election to push for action on the voting system
www.labourforanewdemocracy.org.uk
September 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🚨 This is a crisis for Labour, but the real crisis is the one engulfing our politics
The Deputy Leadership Election is a chance to push for action on the voting system that is destroying trust in politics & threatens to hand a majority to the far right
Find out more 👇
The Deputy Leadership Election is a chance to push for action on the voting system that is destroying trust in politics & threatens to hand a majority to the far right
Find out more 👇