Dr Phil Collins
@philc273.bsky.social
Retired, but only from work. I care about our planet, its climate and biodiversity. I want it to be a fit place for my grandchildren. I care about democracy and the truth.
Just arrived from the other place where numbers were falling and hate was rising.
Just arrived from the other place where numbers were falling and hate was rising.
In Jan 2020 I posted on X:
I will be angry when the Russia Report is eventually published and it shows sufficient interference to rule the Referendum unsafe. The MSM will all make a big thing of it having completely ignored their job of getting it in the public domain before the damage was done.
I will be angry when the Russia Report is eventually published and it shows sufficient interference to rule the Referendum unsafe. The MSM will all make a big thing of it having completely ignored their job of getting it in the public domain before the damage was done.
October 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
In Jan 2020 I posted on X:
I will be angry when the Russia Report is eventually published and it shows sufficient interference to rule the Referendum unsafe. The MSM will all make a big thing of it having completely ignored their job of getting it in the public domain before the damage was done.
I will be angry when the Russia Report is eventually published and it shows sufficient interference to rule the Referendum unsafe. The MSM will all make a big thing of it having completely ignored their job of getting it in the public domain before the damage was done.
So South West Water, 6 days since we reported a problem with our water supply. Little or no help from Source for Business. Contacted South West Water Help on X and initially had good responsive reply with promise of contact before end Friday. Now Monday and no progress. What are you going to do?
September 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
So South West Water, 6 days since we reported a problem with our water supply. Little or no help from Source for Business. Contacted South West Water Help on X and initially had good responsive reply with promise of contact before end Friday. Now Monday and no progress. What are you going to do?
Don’t you just love water privatisation!
Business in South Devon finds high levels of phosphates in their supply and want it checked out urgently.
The supplier, South West Water won’t talk to us because we need to deal with their retailer, Source for Business, who do not see the urgency
Business in South Devon finds high levels of phosphates in their supply and want it checked out urgently.
The supplier, South West Water won’t talk to us because we need to deal with their retailer, Source for Business, who do not see the urgency
September 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Don’t you just love water privatisation!
Business in South Devon finds high levels of phosphates in their supply and want it checked out urgently.
The supplier, South West Water won’t talk to us because we need to deal with their retailer, Source for Business, who do not see the urgency
Business in South Devon finds high levels of phosphates in their supply and want it checked out urgently.
The supplier, South West Water won’t talk to us because we need to deal with their retailer, Source for Business, who do not see the urgency
So, Danny Kruger was “thrilled by Brexit”!!!
Nothing more needs to be said!
Nothing more needs to be said!
September 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
So, Danny Kruger was “thrilled by Brexit”!!!
Nothing more needs to be said!
Nothing more needs to be said!
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If only Labour leadership were listening …
TUC congress passes a Unite motion just now, calling for "the urgent introduction of progressive wealth taxes" and "a windfall tax on highly profitable banks"
September 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
If only Labour leadership were listening …
Just an observation.
I posted the same post about Farage at the same time on Bluesky and on X.
On Bluesky, with 551 followers, it got 75 reposts and 186 likes.
On X, with over 13,000 followers, it got 148 views with 1 repost and 4 likes!!
Seems strange doesn’t it?!?
I posted the same post about Farage at the same time on Bluesky and on X.
On Bluesky, with 551 followers, it got 75 reposts and 186 likes.
On X, with over 13,000 followers, it got 148 views with 1 repost and 4 likes!!
Seems strange doesn’t it?!?
September 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Just an observation.
I posted the same post about Farage at the same time on Bluesky and on X.
On Bluesky, with 551 followers, it got 75 reposts and 186 likes.
On X, with over 13,000 followers, it got 148 views with 1 repost and 4 likes!!
Seems strange doesn’t it?!?
I posted the same post about Farage at the same time on Bluesky and on X.
On Bluesky, with 551 followers, it got 75 reposts and 186 likes.
On X, with over 13,000 followers, it got 148 views with 1 repost and 4 likes!!
Seems strange doesn’t it?!?
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Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
September 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
@BBCNews @SkyNews Can't you see how pitiful your coverage is at the moment??
- Constant PR on Farage until he's exposed in the US then silence.
- Hounding Rayner whilst having ignored Tory issues multiple times bigger.
- Giving Reform a platform whilst ignoring Lib Dems & Greens.
- Constant PR on Farage until he's exposed in the US then silence.
- Hounding Rayner whilst having ignored Tory issues multiple times bigger.
- Giving Reform a platform whilst ignoring Lib Dems & Greens.
September 5, 2025 at 7:46 AM
@BBCNews @SkyNews Can't you see how pitiful your coverage is at the moment??
- Constant PR on Farage until he's exposed in the US then silence.
- Hounding Rayner whilst having ignored Tory issues multiple times bigger.
- Giving Reform a platform whilst ignoring Lib Dems & Greens.
- Constant PR on Farage until he's exposed in the US then silence.
- Hounding Rayner whilst having ignored Tory issues multiple times bigger.
- Giving Reform a platform whilst ignoring Lib Dems & Greens.
Farage heading up the @BBCNews again today. Who the hell is deciding what the main stories are? He certainly shouldn’t be one. Reform has 4/5 MPs and continue their one trick pony of dog-whistle politics around immigration.
Virtually all the media in the UK are actively stirring it up
Virtually all the media in the UK are actively stirring it up
August 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Farage heading up the @BBCNews again today. Who the hell is deciding what the main stories are? He certainly shouldn’t be one. Reform has 4/5 MPs and continue their one trick pony of dog-whistle politics around immigration.
Virtually all the media in the UK are actively stirring it up
Virtually all the media in the UK are actively stirring it up
The Palantir involvement with the UK govt and our data is deeply dangerous.
The company & its co-founder, Peter Thiel, get a lot out of the £330m contract with the NHS but all we get is the risk of our data (and yes patient data belongs to the patient) being misused. 1/2
The company & its co-founder, Peter Thiel, get a lot out of the £330m contract with the NHS but all we get is the risk of our data (and yes patient data belongs to the patient) being misused. 1/2
May 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Palantir involvement with the UK govt and our data is deeply dangerous.
The company & its co-founder, Peter Thiel, get a lot out of the £330m contract with the NHS but all we get is the risk of our data (and yes patient data belongs to the patient) being misused. 1/2
The company & its co-founder, Peter Thiel, get a lot out of the £330m contract with the NHS but all we get is the risk of our data (and yes patient data belongs to the patient) being misused. 1/2
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Once poisonous US food is allowed here, we wont get a choice over whether to avoid it or not. Sure, we might be able to buy "British Chicken", but you'd never know where the chicken in the chicken pie at the supermarket or the restaurant came from. You'd never be able to make the choice.
April 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Once poisonous US food is allowed here, we wont get a choice over whether to avoid it or not. Sure, we might be able to buy "British Chicken", but you'd never know where the chicken in the chicken pie at the supermarket or the restaurant came from. You'd never be able to make the choice.
Straight up thuggery from Trump and Vance today.
Zelensky is both brave and a patriot – things that they know nothing of.
Every decent American must be embarrassed
Zelensky is both brave and a patriot – things that they know nothing of.
Every decent American must be embarrassed
February 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Straight up thuggery from Trump and Vance today.
Zelensky is both brave and a patriot – things that they know nothing of.
Every decent American must be embarrassed
Zelensky is both brave and a patriot – things that they know nothing of.
Every decent American must be embarrassed
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"Censorship of science is never about protecting the public. It is about controlling them. When governments dictate what research can & cannot be published, they are not defending the truth. They are erasing it."
Powerful words from @martinmckee.bsky.social et al 👏
academic.oup.com/eurpub/advan...
Powerful words from @martinmckee.bsky.social et al 👏
academic.oup.com/eurpub/advan...
Why the European Journal of Public Health and EUPHA are opposing President Trump’s attack on the language of diversity
The news that the Trump administration has ordered scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to withdraw or retract articles co
academic.oup.com
February 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"Censorship of science is never about protecting the public. It is about controlling them. When governments dictate what research can & cannot be published, they are not defending the truth. They are erasing it."
Powerful words from @martinmckee.bsky.social et al 👏
academic.oup.com/eurpub/advan...
Powerful words from @martinmckee.bsky.social et al 👏
academic.oup.com/eurpub/advan...
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Wales Is Leading the Way on Ending Lying in Politics
The Welsh Government looks set to impose bold new restrictions on lying in politics. It’s time for Westminster to follow suit
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/19/w...
The Welsh Government looks set to impose bold new restrictions on lying in politics. It’s time for Westminster to follow suit
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/19/w...
'Wales Is Leading the Way on Ending Lying in Politics. Westminster Must Now Do the Same'
The Welsh Government looks set to impose bold new restrictions on lying in politics. It's time for Westminster to follow suit, argues Jennifer Nadel
bylinetimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Wales Is Leading the Way on Ending Lying in Politics
The Welsh Government looks set to impose bold new restrictions on lying in politics. It’s time for Westminster to follow suit
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/19/w...
The Welsh Government looks set to impose bold new restrictions on lying in politics. It’s time for Westminster to follow suit
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/19/w...
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Despite endless stories that suggest the opposite, unemployment has stayed steady - & historically low at 4.4%
The panic about too many people & too many of them being on benefits is misplaced.
The problem is the wealth we all create goes only to the rich #r4today
The panic about too many people & too many of them being on benefits is misplaced.
The problem is the wealth we all create goes only to the rich #r4today
February 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Despite endless stories that suggest the opposite, unemployment has stayed steady - & historically low at 4.4%
The panic about too many people & too many of them being on benefits is misplaced.
The problem is the wealth we all create goes only to the rich #r4today
The panic about too many people & too many of them being on benefits is misplaced.
The problem is the wealth we all create goes only to the rich #r4today
For those of us in Europe, here's a proposed renaming of the North Atlantic
February 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
For those of us in Europe, here's a proposed renaming of the North Atlantic
So, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tells Europe that US doesn’t believe a Ukraine in NATO & doesn’t want to fund Ukraine.
This is BIG. Raises new question, though. Why doesn't Europe consider dropping US from NATO?!? Smaller yes, but large enough to protect Europe. Let the US isolate
This is BIG. Raises new question, though. Why doesn't Europe consider dropping US from NATO?!? Smaller yes, but large enough to protect Europe. Let the US isolate
February 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
So, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tells Europe that US doesn’t believe a Ukraine in NATO & doesn’t want to fund Ukraine.
This is BIG. Raises new question, though. Why doesn't Europe consider dropping US from NATO?!? Smaller yes, but large enough to protect Europe. Let the US isolate
This is BIG. Raises new question, though. Why doesn't Europe consider dropping US from NATO?!? Smaller yes, but large enough to protect Europe. Let the US isolate
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Common sense goes missing in Local Authorities. Coverage of my statement to West of England Combined Authority about our local 99 bus not being allowed to stop in villages it passes through.
Common sense goes missing in Local Authorities. Coverage of my statement to West of England Combined Authority about our local 99 bus not being allowed to stop in villages it passes through.
‘Bizarre’ rule means bus cannot stop in Somerset villages
Instead they have to watch the bus drive past every day
www.somersetlive.co.uk
February 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Common sense goes missing in Local Authorities. Coverage of my statement to West of England Combined Authority about our local 99 bus not being allowed to stop in villages it passes through.
Common sense goes missing in Local Authorities. Coverage of my statement to West of England Combined Authority about our local 99 bus not being allowed to stop in villages it passes through.
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An update with latest data available for graph of life expectancy vs health care expenditures per capita for 20 countries and one outlier.
February 8, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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The world's richest man decided that the world's richest country should stop helping the world's poorest people
February 4, 2025 at 5:31 AM
The world's richest man decided that the world's richest country should stop helping the world's poorest people
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At a moment when we desperately need a fragile truce to hold, Trump’s ramblings on Gaza risk having the effect of a bull in a china shop.
The UK needs to make clear that these proposals must be rejected, and that we support international law and a two state solution based on 1967 borders.
The UK needs to make clear that these proposals must be rejected, and that we support international law and a two state solution based on 1967 borders.
February 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
At a moment when we desperately need a fragile truce to hold, Trump’s ramblings on Gaza risk having the effect of a bull in a china shop.
The UK needs to make clear that these proposals must be rejected, and that we support international law and a two state solution based on 1967 borders.
The UK needs to make clear that these proposals must be rejected, and that we support international law and a two state solution based on 1967 borders.
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Trump has clearly not spoken to a single Palestinian about this plan. Gaza is our land. Palestine is our home. Peace cannot come at the cost of our country.
I urge the UK and the whole international community to resist him.
Recognise Palestine now, before it's too late.
I urge the UK and the whole international community to resist him.
Recognise Palestine now, before it's too late.
February 5, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Trump has clearly not spoken to a single Palestinian about this plan. Gaza is our land. Palestine is our home. Peace cannot come at the cost of our country.
I urge the UK and the whole international community to resist him.
Recognise Palestine now, before it's too late.
I urge the UK and the whole international community to resist him.
Recognise Palestine now, before it's too late.
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Five years after #Brexit, its disastrous consequences are clearer than ever. We need to do far more to rebuild relations with the EU & begin a serious conversation about rejoining. That starts with facing down Farage & faragism @europeanmovement.co.uk
@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
Dominic Grieve and Caroline Lucas: “We need to fight Farage – and Faragism”
Five years after Britain left the EU, the co-presidents of European Movement UK believe the country needs to begin a serious discussion about rejoining – but Farage, and his Tory admirers, are getting...
www.theneweuropean.co.uk
January 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Five years after #Brexit, its disastrous consequences are clearer than ever. We need to do far more to rebuild relations with the EU & begin a serious conversation about rejoining. That starts with facing down Farage & faragism @europeanmovement.co.uk
@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
Thames Water is collapsing. NO BAILOUTS for the shareholders and banks who caused this mess. Tell the government to take it into public ownership PERMANENTLY and protect the public interest. #WeOwnIt
weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
Bring Thames Water into public ownership
weownit.org.uk
January 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Thames Water is collapsing. NO BAILOUTS for the shareholders and banks who caused this mess. Tell the government to take it into public ownership PERMANENTLY and protect the public interest. #WeOwnIt
weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
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Thames Water is about to enter Government Administration.
The Law as it is already written states that when it goes bankrupt its operation automatically returns to the Government, but its £19bn in debts don't.
That is exactly what must happen.
The Law as it is already written states that when it goes bankrupt its operation automatically returns to the Government, but its £19bn in debts don't.
That is exactly what must happen.
January 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Thames Water is about to enter Government Administration.
The Law as it is already written states that when it goes bankrupt its operation automatically returns to the Government, but its £19bn in debts don't.
That is exactly what must happen.
The Law as it is already written states that when it goes bankrupt its operation automatically returns to the Government, but its £19bn in debts don't.
That is exactly what must happen.