Paul Lythgoe
@paullythgoe.bsky.social
Local campaigner for active travel. Ex Labour activist. For peace & justice. Failing allotment keeper. Retired to books.
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1/9 Steve Reed and his £100bn: a timeline.
Steve Reed says he won’t nationalise the water industry, because it would cost £100bn.
👀So where does that figure come from?👀
He claims that it comes from his own department.
🚨But it looks like it came from the private water companies.
#ComeCleanSteve
Steve Reed says he won’t nationalise the water industry, because it would cost £100bn.
👀So where does that figure come from?👀
He claims that it comes from his own department.
🚨But it looks like it came from the private water companies.
#ComeCleanSteve
July 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
1/9 Steve Reed and his £100bn: a timeline.
Steve Reed says he won’t nationalise the water industry, because it would cost £100bn.
👀So where does that figure come from?👀
He claims that it comes from his own department.
🚨But it looks like it came from the private water companies.
#ComeCleanSteve
Steve Reed says he won’t nationalise the water industry, because it would cost £100bn.
👀So where does that figure come from?👀
He claims that it comes from his own department.
🚨But it looks like it came from the private water companies.
#ComeCleanSteve
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Who Governs?
JP Morgan threatened to quit UK over mooted tax rise for banks.
CEO met Reeves/Starmer, tax didn't rise.
Govt cut benefits, dept budgets; real tax rises for others.
Corporations dodge taxes, bully govts and govern. Curbing their power is essential for any form of democracy.
JP Morgan threatened to quit UK over mooted tax rise for banks.
CEO met Reeves/Starmer, tax didn't rise.
Govt cut benefits, dept budgets; real tax rises for others.
Corporations dodge taxes, bully govts and govern. Curbing their power is essential for any form of democracy.
Banking giant threatened to leave UK over mooted tax hike
JP Morgan Chase wrote to Rachel Reeves to lobby against rumoured banking surcharge rise ahead of autumn budget
www.opendemocracy.net
May 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Who Governs?
JP Morgan threatened to quit UK over mooted tax rise for banks.
CEO met Reeves/Starmer, tax didn't rise.
Govt cut benefits, dept budgets; real tax rises for others.
Corporations dodge taxes, bully govts and govern. Curbing their power is essential for any form of democracy.
JP Morgan threatened to quit UK over mooted tax rise for banks.
CEO met Reeves/Starmer, tax didn't rise.
Govt cut benefits, dept budgets; real tax rises for others.
Corporations dodge taxes, bully govts and govern. Curbing their power is essential for any form of democracy.
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Keir Starmer must take action to make sure the strategy scraps the cruel two-child limit policy in full at the Autumn Budget, and the Comprehensive Spending Review in June must be a start in helping families struggling most with the cost of living.
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May 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Keir Starmer must take action to make sure the strategy scraps the cruel two-child limit policy in full at the Autumn Budget, and the Comprehensive Spending Review in June must be a start in helping families struggling most with the cost of living.
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Labour no longer sees anything other than personal gain, right wing media headlines and noisy racist voters' opinions. Personally I hold more contempt for Labour than for Tories now. At least the Tories don't pretend to be something else.
May 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Labour no longer sees anything other than personal gain, right wing media headlines and noisy racist voters' opinions. Personally I hold more contempt for Labour than for Tories now. At least the Tories don't pretend to be something else.
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If you covered 0.4% of the UK's farmland in Solar Panels you would have 100% Renewable Energy.
The UK already imports more than 40% of its food.
Solar Panels are not going to have ANY effect on food prices.
The UK already imports more than 40% of its food.
Solar Panels are not going to have ANY effect on food prices.
May 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
If you covered 0.4% of the UK's farmland in Solar Panels you would have 100% Renewable Energy.
The UK already imports more than 40% of its food.
Solar Panels are not going to have ANY effect on food prices.
The UK already imports more than 40% of its food.
Solar Panels are not going to have ANY effect on food prices.
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In Parliament REFORM have voted against:
Ban on fire/rehire of workers on worse working conditions.
Ban on exploitative Zero-hour contracts
Improvements to paternity leave
Allowing workers bereavement leave
Improvements in sick pay
Why are workers supporting a party that will reduce their welfare?
Ban on fire/rehire of workers on worse working conditions.
Ban on exploitative Zero-hour contracts
Improvements to paternity leave
Allowing workers bereavement leave
Improvements in sick pay
Why are workers supporting a party that will reduce their welfare?
May 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
In Parliament REFORM have voted against:
Ban on fire/rehire of workers on worse working conditions.
Ban on exploitative Zero-hour contracts
Improvements to paternity leave
Allowing workers bereavement leave
Improvements in sick pay
Why are workers supporting a party that will reduce their welfare?
Ban on fire/rehire of workers on worse working conditions.
Ban on exploitative Zero-hour contracts
Improvements to paternity leave
Allowing workers bereavement leave
Improvements in sick pay
Why are workers supporting a party that will reduce their welfare?
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The Labour Party is asleep at the wheel, out of touch with the electorate. The right of the party are more interested in excluding the left than listening to the people. The left was always a broad church the party now is devoid of policies replicating tories failed policies.
Reform’s devastating electoral success in places like County Durham this week shows that British politics is approaching a tipping point – will Labour respond with watered-down jingoism, or rediscover its soul?
Tribune editor Alex Niven on the local elections.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/05/refo...
Tribune editor Alex Niven on the local elections.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/05/refo...
Reform Rising: On the Labour Collapse in Durham
Reform’s devastating electoral success in places like County Durham this week shows that British politics is approaching a tipping point – will Labour respond with watered-down jingoism, or rediscover...
tribunemag.co.uk
May 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The Labour Party is asleep at the wheel, out of touch with the electorate. The right of the party are more interested in excluding the left than listening to the people. The left was always a broad church the party now is devoid of policies replicating tories failed policies.
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Do you say no to racist Reform UK?
May 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Do you say no to racist Reform UK?
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Labour has to move left of faces a wipe out on the scale the Tories are already suffering. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/05...
One chart to tell Labour all it needs to know
This chart is telling. It covers all the local authority election results and comes from The Guardian:
The message is clear.
Tory votes and seats went, overall, to Reform.
Labour voters went to t...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
May 3, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Labour has to move left of faces a wipe out on the scale the Tories are already suffering. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/05...
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‼️ Defend the Right to Protest – Drop the Charges‼️
🗓️ Wednesday 21 May
⏰ 6.30pm
📍Scotland Yard, SW1A 2JL
Protest against the Met police crackdown on the right to protest, including the charges against and questioning of leaders of the Palestine coalition.
🗓️ Wednesday 21 May
⏰ 6.30pm
📍Scotland Yard, SW1A 2JL
Protest against the Met police crackdown on the right to protest, including the charges against and questioning of leaders of the Palestine coalition.
April 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
‼️ Defend the Right to Protest – Drop the Charges‼️
🗓️ Wednesday 21 May
⏰ 6.30pm
📍Scotland Yard, SW1A 2JL
Protest against the Met police crackdown on the right to protest, including the charges against and questioning of leaders of the Palestine coalition.
🗓️ Wednesday 21 May
⏰ 6.30pm
📍Scotland Yard, SW1A 2JL
Protest against the Met police crackdown on the right to protest, including the charges against and questioning of leaders of the Palestine coalition.
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🚨 Route Announcement 🚨
🇵🇸 National March for Palestine
🗓️ Saturday 17 May
📌 Assemble noon, Embankment tube
🚶♀️🚶 March to Whitehall via Westminster and Waterloo bridges
🚍 Let us know when you've booked your coaches!
🇵🇸 National March for Palestine
🗓️ Saturday 17 May
📌 Assemble noon, Embankment tube
🚶♀️🚶 March to Whitehall via Westminster and Waterloo bridges
🚍 Let us know when you've booked your coaches!
April 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🚨 Route Announcement 🚨
🇵🇸 National March for Palestine
🗓️ Saturday 17 May
📌 Assemble noon, Embankment tube
🚶♀️🚶 March to Whitehall via Westminster and Waterloo bridges
🚍 Let us know when you've booked your coaches!
🇵🇸 National March for Palestine
🗓️ Saturday 17 May
📌 Assemble noon, Embankment tube
🚶♀️🚶 March to Whitehall via Westminster and Waterloo bridges
🚍 Let us know when you've booked your coaches!
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Don't believe that the NHS is 'beyond repair'.
Call To Action
open.substack.com
May 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Had a brilliant day today meeting people across the South West.
Repeatedly people telling me - joined by the BBC & the Guardian - they're fed up with old two party politics & ready for change.
@greenparty.org.uk are winning more & more elections. We are the positive alternative.
Repeatedly people telling me - joined by the BBC & the Guardian - they're fed up with old two party politics & ready for change.
@greenparty.org.uk are winning more & more elections. We are the positive alternative.
April 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Had a brilliant day today meeting people across the South West.
Repeatedly people telling me - joined by the BBC & the Guardian - they're fed up with old two party politics & ready for change.
@greenparty.org.uk are winning more & more elections. We are the positive alternative.
Repeatedly people telling me - joined by the BBC & the Guardian - they're fed up with old two party politics & ready for change.
@greenparty.org.uk are winning more & more elections. We are the positive alternative.
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Campaigners have unveiled a vision for Mill Road in #Cambridge - and called for major investment in the area
www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/campaig...
www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/campaig...
Campaigners unveil vision for Mill Road in Cambridge
They have called for major investment in area.
tinyurl.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Campaigners have unveiled a vision for Mill Road in #Cambridge - and called for major investment in the area
www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/campaig...
www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/campaig...
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If you missed our day of talks with CALH on the Working Communities of Mill Road and East Cambridge last Saturday then you can now watch them on our YouTube channel.
CALH-MRHS Conference 2025 - YouTube
On 12 April 2025 the Cambridgeshire Association for Local History (CALH) and Mill Road History Society (MRHS) jointly presented a day of talks looking at the...
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April 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
If you missed our day of talks with CALH on the Working Communities of Mill Road and East Cambridge last Saturday then you can now watch them on our YouTube channel.
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Someone wrote up what happened to be very similar to my own thoughts about The Mill Road Bridge Saga www.reddit.com/r/cambridge/...
From the cambridge community on Reddit: In Defence of the Mill Road Bridge Closure: Exposing the Hypocrisy
Explore this post and more from the cambridge community
www.reddit.com
April 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Someone wrote up what happened to be very similar to my own thoughts about The Mill Road Bridge Saga www.reddit.com/r/cambridge/...
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"In @graceblakeley.substack.com ’s case, she recommends spending time with people who are doing things and are doing them successfully despite what’s going on in [inter]national politics." cambridgetownowl.com/2025/03/03/w...
What are we up against, and what can we do?
…ask Prof Julia Steinberger, and Grace Blakeley Image – The Struggle for Democracy published during WWII, which you can browse through here along with some other old publications from t…
cambridgetownowl.com
April 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
"In @graceblakeley.substack.com ’s case, she recommends spending time with people who are doing things and are doing them successfully despite what’s going on in [inter]national politics." cambridgetownowl.com/2025/03/03/w...
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Chuffed to be able to share a platform with these wonderful peace activists in Cambridge next month. Come along if you can!
April 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Chuffed to be able to share a platform with these wonderful peace activists in Cambridge next month. Come along if you can!
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We want real change in Cambridge! Join Young Greens and @zackpolanski.bsky.social for our Big Action Day!
🗓️Sat 19 April
📍10am - 4pm
It's time for Green voices on Cambridgeshire County Council.
Let's turn Abbey Green: actionnetwork.org/events/abbey...
🗓️Sat 19 April
📍10am - 4pm
It's time for Green voices on Cambridgeshire County Council.
Let's turn Abbey Green: actionnetwork.org/events/abbey...
April 15, 2025 at 9:52 AM
We want real change in Cambridge! Join Young Greens and @zackpolanski.bsky.social for our Big Action Day!
🗓️Sat 19 April
📍10am - 4pm
It's time for Green voices on Cambridgeshire County Council.
Let's turn Abbey Green: actionnetwork.org/events/abbey...
🗓️Sat 19 April
📍10am - 4pm
It's time for Green voices on Cambridgeshire County Council.
Let's turn Abbey Green: actionnetwork.org/events/abbey...
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⏰The public consultation on Great British Railways ends at 12 TONIGHT.
The last gov't committed to give our railway a duty to be fully accessible and care for our environment.
This gov't has removed it.
If you think that's wrong, have your say 👇🏽 weownit.org.uk/act-now/grea...
The last gov't committed to give our railway a duty to be fully accessible and care for our environment.
This gov't has removed it.
If you think that's wrong, have your say 👇🏽 weownit.org.uk/act-now/grea...
April 15, 2025 at 9:22 AM
⏰The public consultation on Great British Railways ends at 12 TONIGHT.
The last gov't committed to give our railway a duty to be fully accessible and care for our environment.
This gov't has removed it.
If you think that's wrong, have your say 👇🏽 weownit.org.uk/act-now/grea...
The last gov't committed to give our railway a duty to be fully accessible and care for our environment.
This gov't has removed it.
If you think that's wrong, have your say 👇🏽 weownit.org.uk/act-now/grea...
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Why the Spring Statement is set to drive up poverty and food bank need
A blistering read from @trusselluk.bsky.social
www.trussell.org.uk/news-and-res...
A blistering read from @trusselluk.bsky.social
www.trussell.org.uk/news-and-res...
Why the Spring Statement is set to drive up poverty and food bank need | Trussell
This week saw the Chancellor confirm record cuts to social security for disabled people.
www.trussell.org.uk
March 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Why the Spring Statement is set to drive up poverty and food bank need
A blistering read from @trusselluk.bsky.social
www.trussell.org.uk/news-and-res...
A blistering read from @trusselluk.bsky.social
www.trussell.org.uk/news-and-res...
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✨🚲 My Ride. Our Right. 🚲✨
Women cycle half as often as men, often held back by poor infrastructure, imagine if every ride felt like the image on the right. Our right.
Today we launch #MyRideOurRight because safer cycling for women means safer cycling for all. Join us: cyclinguk.org/myrideourright
Women cycle half as often as men, often held back by poor infrastructure, imagine if every ride felt like the image on the right. Our right.
Today we launch #MyRideOurRight because safer cycling for women means safer cycling for all. Join us: cyclinguk.org/myrideourright
March 31, 2025 at 10:18 AM
✨🚲 My Ride. Our Right. 🚲✨
Women cycle half as often as men, often held back by poor infrastructure, imagine if every ride felt like the image on the right. Our right.
Today we launch #MyRideOurRight because safer cycling for women means safer cycling for all. Join us: cyclinguk.org/myrideourright
Women cycle half as often as men, often held back by poor infrastructure, imagine if every ride felt like the image on the right. Our right.
Today we launch #MyRideOurRight because safer cycling for women means safer cycling for all. Join us: cyclinguk.org/myrideourright
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You are already paying all the money needed to Nationalise Water on your bills.
But you are getting absolutely nothing.
Exactly like Rishi Sunak's £200bn to the Energy Companies.
You should own them now, but you have nothing.
But you are getting absolutely nothing.
Exactly like Rishi Sunak's £200bn to the Energy Companies.
You should own them now, but you have nothing.
March 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
You are already paying all the money needed to Nationalise Water on your bills.
But you are getting absolutely nothing.
Exactly like Rishi Sunak's £200bn to the Energy Companies.
You should own them now, but you have nothing.
But you are getting absolutely nothing.
Exactly like Rishi Sunak's £200bn to the Energy Companies.
You should own them now, but you have nothing.
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This agenda represents the only real opposition to the Labour-Tory consensus.
March 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
This agenda represents the only real opposition to the Labour-Tory consensus.