Meg
@roaringmeg.bsky.social
Arts & Crafts art & architecture, Italian Renaissance art, books and beer. Family history addict. Train traveller. Environmentally conscious. Former librarian. Stratford for Europe. Green Party member. Manchester City supporter
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The US public supported most, if not all major US military interventions - at the moment of intervention - since WWII, including Vietnam and invading Iraq.
If, as suspected, the Trump admin has launched attacks on Caracas, this would be the first such intervention they overwhelmingly opposed.
If, as suspected, the Trump admin has launched attacks on Caracas, this would be the first such intervention they overwhelmingly opposed.
January 3, 2026 at 7:56 AM
The US public supported most, if not all major US military interventions - at the moment of intervention - since WWII, including Vietnam and invading Iraq.
If, as suspected, the Trump admin has launched attacks on Caracas, this would be the first such intervention they overwhelmingly opposed.
If, as suspected, the Trump admin has launched attacks on Caracas, this would be the first such intervention they overwhelmingly opposed.
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It is hard to think of anything more likely to unite Iranians behind their dreadful government than the prospect of more air strikes by the US. Trump promised to stay out of foreign adventures but the toddler is throwing tantrums again.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Iran: Trump warns US will intervene if Iran kills protesters
The US president says
www.bbc.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 8:00 AM
It is hard to think of anything more likely to unite Iranians behind their dreadful government than the prospect of more air strikes by the US. Trump promised to stay out of foreign adventures but the toddler is throwing tantrums again.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leave Twitter NOW
There have been no good reasons for staying on Twitter for years now, but at this point you will have to follow up any of your remaining excuses with “…and I don’t care about the child pornography.”
This does seem just a little bit bad! Idk the sort of thing you’d think politicians might distance themselves from or something!
January 3, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Leave Twitter NOW
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At least Woodrow Wilson’s notion of a League of Nations did not involve the United States bombing each country in turn and then claiming a FIFA peace prize.
January 3, 2026 at 7:38 AM
At least Woodrow Wilson’s notion of a League of Nations did not involve the United States bombing each country in turn and then claiming a FIFA peace prize.
A good news story #2026
In 2025, the former Big Issue vendor inspired a song on Sam Fender’s Mercury Prize winning album and entered the world of academia.
Former Big Issue vendor on inspiring Sam Fender: 'It was a teary moment'
www.bigissue.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:52 AM
A good news story #2026
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British electricity mix at 7am on 3rd Jan 2026
🔥Gas 12.5% Biomass 10.0%
🍃Wind 54.8% Solar 0.0% Hydro 1.0%
⚛️Nuclear 15.5%
➡️Imports 6.2% Other 0.0%
🪫Storage 0.0%
🔌Generation 27GW
🌍Carbon intensity 100 gCO2e/kWh
vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030
🔥Gas 12.5% Biomass 10.0%
🍃Wind 54.8% Solar 0.0% Hydro 1.0%
⚛️Nuclear 15.5%
➡️Imports 6.2% Other 0.0%
🪫Storage 0.0%
🔌Generation 27GW
🌍Carbon intensity 100 gCO2e/kWh
vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030
January 3, 2026 at 7:15 AM
British electricity mix at 7am on 3rd Jan 2026
🔥Gas 12.5% Biomass 10.0%
🍃Wind 54.8% Solar 0.0% Hydro 1.0%
⚛️Nuclear 15.5%
➡️Imports 6.2% Other 0.0%
🪫Storage 0.0%
🔌Generation 27GW
🌍Carbon intensity 100 gCO2e/kWh
vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030
🔥Gas 12.5% Biomass 10.0%
🍃Wind 54.8% Solar 0.0% Hydro 1.0%
⚛️Nuclear 15.5%
➡️Imports 6.2% Other 0.0%
🪫Storage 0.0%
🔌Generation 27GW
🌍Carbon intensity 100 gCO2e/kWh
vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030
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Israel’s ban on 37 humanitarian organisations, including Doctors Without Borders, from entering Gaza is another war crime.
The Green Party condemns this decision and calls for immediate international action to protect humanitarian actors.
The Green Party condemns this decision and calls for immediate international action to protect humanitarian actors.
January 2, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Israel’s ban on 37 humanitarian organisations, including Doctors Without Borders, from entering Gaza is another war crime.
The Green Party condemns this decision and calls for immediate international action to protect humanitarian actors.
The Green Party condemns this decision and calls for immediate international action to protect humanitarian actors.
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Tax the Rich, Say Mamdani, Sanders, and NYC Inauguration Crowd www.commondreams.org/news/zohran-...
Mamdani and Sanders scare the hell out of the morbidly wealthy leeches that plague our society
Mamdani and Sanders scare the hell out of the morbidly wealthy leeches that plague our society
Tax the Rich, Say Mamdani, Sanders, and NYC Inauguration Crowd | Common Dreams
Sen. Bernie Sanders swore in New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and they both delivered remarks that matched chants from the crowd: Tax the rich.
www.commondreams.org
January 2, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Tax the Rich, Say Mamdani, Sanders, and NYC Inauguration Crowd www.commondreams.org/news/zohran-...
Mamdani and Sanders scare the hell out of the morbidly wealthy leeches that plague our society
Mamdani and Sanders scare the hell out of the morbidly wealthy leeches that plague our society
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The British government rightly condemned the Russian attack on Ukraine, will they condemn Trump’s attack on Venezuela? Don’t hold your breath…
January 3, 2026 at 8:08 AM
The British government rightly condemned the Russian attack on Ukraine, will they condemn Trump’s attack on Venezuela? Don’t hold your breath…
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The real problem is that the US military are prepared to carry out Trump’s illegal orders.
apnews.com/article/vene...
apnews.com/article/vene...
At least 7 explosions and low-flying aircraft are heard in Venezuela's Caracas
At least seven explosions and low-flying aircraft are heard in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. It was not immediately clear what was behind the explosions.
apnews.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:39 AM
The real problem is that the US military are prepared to carry out Trump’s illegal orders.
apnews.com/article/vene...
apnews.com/article/vene...
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It’s almost like green energy is the only way forward and a handful of oil barons are doing everything in their power to keep that from happening so they can get even richer at the cost of literally everything else in the world.
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.
bloom.bg
January 3, 2026 at 3:00 AM
It’s almost like green energy is the only way forward and a handful of oil barons are doing everything in their power to keep that from happening so they can get even richer at the cost of literally everything else in the world.
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None of us are safe. Nobody. And that includes Americans.
Not all leaders are the same - and it matters who sits at the top so a big screw you to the people who elected Trump and the people who are still saying that Harris would have been just as bad.
Not all leaders are the same - and it matters who sits at the top so a big screw you to the people who elected Trump and the people who are still saying that Harris would have been just as bad.
January 3, 2026 at 8:22 AM
None of us are safe. Nobody. And that includes Americans.
Not all leaders are the same - and it matters who sits at the top so a big screw you to the people who elected Trump and the people who are still saying that Harris would have been just as bad.
Not all leaders are the same - and it matters who sits at the top so a big screw you to the people who elected Trump and the people who are still saying that Harris would have been just as bad.
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A project to protect river animals by eradicating mink has seen the East of England become the only place in Britain where water vole populations are increasing...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Explosion' of water vole numbers across the East of England
A project to boost water voles in East Anglia by eliminating mink is proving to be a success.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 8:18 AM
A project to protect river animals by eradicating mink has seen the East of England become the only place in Britain where water vole populations are increasing...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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🚨 New Substack post: 'For the first time the public conscience had been awakened to the necessity of providing adequate living accommodation for all’. Norwich City Council built over 5000 houses in the 1920s and 30s, rehousing 30,000 people.
municipaldreams.substack.com/p/the-mile-c...
municipaldreams.substack.com/p/the-mile-c...
January 3, 2026 at 8:25 AM
🚨 New Substack post: 'For the first time the public conscience had been awakened to the necessity of providing adequate living accommodation for all’. Norwich City Council built over 5000 houses in the 1920s and 30s, rehousing 30,000 people.
municipaldreams.substack.com/p/the-mile-c...
municipaldreams.substack.com/p/the-mile-c...
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Labour’s red lines make no sense now, especially when refusing to confront Brexit only leaves space for Farage to exploit anger and decline.
Ignoring this shift is authoritarian.
The country has moved on. The question is whether politics will catch up.
Ignoring this shift is authoritarian.
The country has moved on. The question is whether politics will catch up.
January 3, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Labour’s red lines make no sense now, especially when refusing to confront Brexit only leaves space for Farage to exploit anger and decline.
Ignoring this shift is authoritarian.
The country has moved on. The question is whether politics will catch up.
Ignoring this shift is authoritarian.
The country has moved on. The question is whether politics will catch up.
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❎ The myth that Britain is uniquely anti-European is dead.
❎ The myth that voters won’t accept closer ties is dead.
What we’re seeing now is the opposite problem: politicians lagging behind public opinion.
❎ The myth that voters won’t accept closer ties is dead.
What we’re seeing now is the opposite problem: politicians lagging behind public opinion.
January 3, 2026 at 8:27 AM
❎ The myth that Britain is uniquely anti-European is dead.
❎ The myth that voters won’t accept closer ties is dead.
What we’re seeing now is the opposite problem: politicians lagging behind public opinion.
❎ The myth that voters won’t accept closer ties is dead.
What we’re seeing now is the opposite problem: politicians lagging behind public opinion.
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🔥 This is huge 🔥
NEW YouGov poll: British are now MORE pro-EU than France or Italy.
👉 50% would vote to be in the EU
👉 Only 31% want to stay out
👉 Strip away don’t knows 👉62–38 in favour of EU membership.
🔥 Brexit is no more and Parliament must catch up!
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
NEW YouGov poll: British are now MORE pro-EU than France or Italy.
👉 50% would vote to be in the EU
👉 Only 31% want to stay out
👉 Strip away don’t knows 👉62–38 in favour of EU membership.
🔥 Brexit is no more and Parliament must catch up!
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
British voters want to be part of EU more than French and Italians, poll reveals
Exclusive: Campaigners said Labour had to ‘catch up with public opinion’ as PM faces calls for closer ties to the EU after Brexit
www.independent.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 8:27 AM
🔥 This is huge 🔥
NEW YouGov poll: British are now MORE pro-EU than France or Italy.
👉 50% would vote to be in the EU
👉 Only 31% want to stay out
👉 Strip away don’t knows 👉62–38 in favour of EU membership.
🔥 Brexit is no more and Parliament must catch up!
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
NEW YouGov poll: British are now MORE pro-EU than France or Italy.
👉 50% would vote to be in the EU
👉 Only 31% want to stay out
👉 Strip away don’t knows 👉62–38 in favour of EU membership.
🔥 Brexit is no more and Parliament must catch up!
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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The guy who only last month won the prestigious FIFA peace prize has started a war?
Say it ain't so.
Say it ain't so.
January 3, 2026 at 8:27 AM
The guy who only last month won the prestigious FIFA peace prize has started a war?
Say it ain't so.
Say it ain't so.
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Somerton, Suffolk. Gargoyle
January 3, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Somerton, Suffolk. Gargoyle
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Trump voters have turned the most powerful country in the world - the longtime leader of the democratic West - into a violent rogue state.
In doing so, they have smashed any semblance of international law and order.
This ‘might is right’ world MAGA have inflicted upon us endangers all of humanity.
In doing so, they have smashed any semblance of international law and order.
This ‘might is right’ world MAGA have inflicted upon us endangers all of humanity.
January 3, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Trump voters have turned the most powerful country in the world - the longtime leader of the democratic West - into a violent rogue state.
In doing so, they have smashed any semblance of international law and order.
This ‘might is right’ world MAGA have inflicted upon us endangers all of humanity.
In doing so, they have smashed any semblance of international law and order.
This ‘might is right’ world MAGA have inflicted upon us endangers all of humanity.
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Somerton, Suffolk. Gargoyle
January 3, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Somerton, Suffolk. Gargoyle
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“and in other news, President Trump has ordered the bombing of Venezuela”
“Caracas?”
“not according to his doctors”
“Caracas?”
“not according to his doctors”
January 3, 2026 at 8:10 AM
“and in other news, President Trump has ordered the bombing of Venezuela”
“Caracas?”
“not according to his doctors”
“Caracas?”
“not according to his doctors”
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Clement Attlee, born on this day in 1883. Here he is as Mayor of Stepney in 1919, as MP for Limehouse in 1923, and campaigning in the constituency in 1945.
January 3, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Clement Attlee, born on this day in 1883. Here he is as Mayor of Stepney in 1919, as MP for Limehouse in 1923, and campaigning in the constituency in 1945.
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Somerton, Suffolk. Grotesque
January 3, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Somerton, Suffolk. Grotesque
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Outdoor stairs at Packwood, NT. #StaircaseSaturday
January 3, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Outdoor stairs at Packwood, NT. #StaircaseSaturday