@walkingpete.bsky.social
Nature all the way - there is a climate crisis - there will be a mass extinction event - let’s hope it’s the billionaires, not the rest of us…
Based in South West of UK
Based in South West of UK
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/th...
The time for change is now: end fox hunting
Hunting was supposed to be banned over 20 years ago, but the hunts have carried on chasing and killing wild animals with dogs like the law never changed. This government was elected on a promise to fi...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 15, 2026 at 8:22 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/th...
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Trump wants to retain hegemony of US capital.
Tariffs shield US capital from competition.
Wants disintegration of the EU, supports far-right parties. Elon Musk wanted to hand $100m to Reform.
Up to 500% tariffs on BRICS countries to prevent their rise and possibilities of a multi-polar world.
Tariffs shield US capital from competition.
Wants disintegration of the EU, supports far-right parties. Elon Musk wanted to hand $100m to Reform.
Up to 500% tariffs on BRICS countries to prevent their rise and possibilities of a multi-polar world.
Donald Trump’s imperialism is the latest tool to advance the hegemony of US capital
Trump's policies are not isolationism. They're seeking to thwart the emergence of a multipolar world.
leftfootforward.org
January 15, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Trump wants to retain hegemony of US capital.
Tariffs shield US capital from competition.
Wants disintegration of the EU, supports far-right parties. Elon Musk wanted to hand $100m to Reform.
Up to 500% tariffs on BRICS countries to prevent their rise and possibilities of a multi-polar world.
Tariffs shield US capital from competition.
Wants disintegration of the EU, supports far-right parties. Elon Musk wanted to hand $100m to Reform.
Up to 500% tariffs on BRICS countries to prevent their rise and possibilities of a multi-polar world.
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🔴The Missing Voice
A Venezuelan journalist, who is desperate to speak out about recent events, but cannot for fear for their family, writes anonymously about what could happen next
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-missin...
A Venezuelan journalist, who is desperate to speak out about recent events, but cannot for fear for their family, writes anonymously about what could happen next
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-missin...
The Missing Voice
A Venezuelan journalist, who is desperate to speak out about recent events, but cannot for fear for their family, writes anonymously about what could happen next
www.bylinesupplement.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:17 AM
🔴The Missing Voice
A Venezuelan journalist, who is desperate to speak out about recent events, but cannot for fear for their family, writes anonymously about what could happen next
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-missin...
A Venezuelan journalist, who is desperate to speak out about recent events, but cannot for fear for their family, writes anonymously about what could happen next
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-missin...
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Brilliant discussion.
Great explanations around why we need to tax passive wealth as much as productive income.
youtu.be/q1cx921XUwU?...
Great explanations around why we need to tax passive wealth as much as productive income.
youtu.be/q1cx921XUwU?...
The Economic Case for UBI Just Got Stronger
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Brilliant discussion.
Great explanations around why we need to tax passive wealth as much as productive income.
youtu.be/q1cx921XUwU?...
Great explanations around why we need to tax passive wealth as much as productive income.
youtu.be/q1cx921XUwU?...
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Our Head of Surveys @debalmer.bsky.social completed her third Winter Bird Survey visit to one of her squares in Thetford Forest. She has surveyed this square for @bbs-birds.bsky.social since 1994! An incredible effort!
You can sign up for the Winter Bird Survey here ➡️ www.bto.org/winbs #UKBirding
You can sign up for the Winter Bird Survey here ➡️ www.bto.org/winbs #UKBirding
January 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Our Head of Surveys @debalmer.bsky.social completed her third Winter Bird Survey visit to one of her squares in Thetford Forest. She has surveyed this square for @bbs-birds.bsky.social since 1994! An incredible effort!
You can sign up for the Winter Bird Survey here ➡️ www.bto.org/winbs #UKBirding
You can sign up for the Winter Bird Survey here ➡️ www.bto.org/winbs #UKBirding
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A reminder that when Robert Jenrick was running for Conservative party leader he accepted £25,000 from a firm controlled by a sanctioned Oligarch.
He should fit in well
bylinetimes.com/2024/10/17/r...
He should fit in well
bylinetimes.com/2024/10/17/r...
Robert Jenrick Accepted £25,000 Donation from Firm Controlled by Sanctioned Oligarch
The Conservative leadership candidate received the money from a company controlled by billionaire Sir Len Blavatnik - who has been sanctioned by the Ukrainian government
bylinetimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:42 PM
A reminder that when Robert Jenrick was running for Conservative party leader he accepted £25,000 from a firm controlled by a sanctioned Oligarch.
He should fit in well
bylinetimes.com/2024/10/17/r...
He should fit in well
bylinetimes.com/2024/10/17/r...
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A predatory class, which demands not just the shirt off your back, but the skin as well. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory
US president’s friend Ronald Lauder – who first proposed Arctic expansion – is now making deals in the island
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:54 PM
A predatory class, which demands not just the shirt off your back, but the skin as well. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Privatisation has failed since 1989
People have no water because South East Water spent more on dividends that on infrastructure
Fines = irrelevant
Only way to get through to shareholders in 🇦🇺🇨🇦 is to take them out of the picture
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
People have no water because South East Water spent more on dividends that on infrastructure
Fines = irrelevant
Only way to get through to shareholders in 🇦🇺🇨🇦 is to take them out of the picture
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
South East Water could lose operating licence after outages in Kent and Sussex
Fine of 10% of annual turnover among other potential penalties as environment secretary calls for Ofwat review
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Privatisation has failed since 1989
People have no water because South East Water spent more on dividends that on infrastructure
Fines = irrelevant
Only way to get through to shareholders in 🇦🇺🇨🇦 is to take them out of the picture
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
People have no water because South East Water spent more on dividends that on infrastructure
Fines = irrelevant
Only way to get through to shareholders in 🇦🇺🇨🇦 is to take them out of the picture
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Our growing population means growing consumption, but it’s other species picking up the bill.
January 15, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Our growing population means growing consumption, but it’s other species picking up the bill.
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The state we are in.
16,600 people a year – 320 a week – in England die as a direct result of delays in accessing A&E care or a bed on a ward.
Tory legacy but handing NHS services to corporations and private equity doesn't help. Money buys less.
Fiscal rules, appeasing the rich costs lives.
16,600 people a year – 320 a week – in England die as a direct result of delays in accessing A&E care or a bed on a ward.
Tory legacy but handing NHS services to corporations and private equity doesn't help. Money buys less.
Fiscal rules, appeasing the rich costs lives.
NHS corridor care is ‘torture’ leading to patient deaths and staff nightmares
Royal College of Nursing publishes dossier of evidence including case of elderly patient who choked to death in corridor
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM
The state we are in.
16,600 people a year – 320 a week – in England die as a direct result of delays in accessing A&E care or a bed on a ward.
Tory legacy but handing NHS services to corporations and private equity doesn't help. Money buys less.
Fiscal rules, appeasing the rich costs lives.
16,600 people a year – 320 a week – in England die as a direct result of delays in accessing A&E care or a bed on a ward.
Tory legacy but handing NHS services to corporations and private equity doesn't help. Money buys less.
Fiscal rules, appeasing the rich costs lives.
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Withdraw South East Water's licence, bring it into special administration then PERMANENT PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
Our demand in the Guardian blog today 👇https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/jan/15/uk-gdp-economy-growth-stagnation-november-rachel-reeves-pound-ftse-100-business-live-news-updates
Our demand in the Guardian blog today 👇https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/jan/15/uk-gdp-economy-growth-stagnation-november-rachel-reeves-pound-ftse-100-business-live-news-updates
January 15, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Withdraw South East Water's licence, bring it into special administration then PERMANENT PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
Our demand in the Guardian blog today 👇https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/jan/15/uk-gdp-economy-growth-stagnation-november-rachel-reeves-pound-ftse-100-business-live-news-updates
Our demand in the Guardian blog today 👇https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/jan/15/uk-gdp-economy-growth-stagnation-november-rachel-reeves-pound-ftse-100-business-live-news-updates
For hard up birders out there. Lidl’s are selling squirrel proof bird feeders for £4.89 - cheapest I’ve seen!!..
They work too!!..
#Birds
#BirdOfTheDay
They work too!!..
#Birds
#BirdOfTheDay
January 15, 2026 at 10:08 AM
For hard up birders out there. Lidl’s are selling squirrel proof bird feeders for £4.89 - cheapest I’ve seen!!..
They work too!!..
#Birds
#BirdOfTheDay
They work too!!..
#Birds
#BirdOfTheDay
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I’ve spoken to countless people who have voted Labour for most of their lives. Labour in the family, in their history, in their blood. But the actions from this Labour Party has disgusted them so much that they are now full Green members.
Labour has radicalised their own voters against them 💚
Labour has radicalised their own voters against them 💚
There was a stream of people who used to vote Labour now voting Green.
"It has now become a torrent."
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observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
"It has now become a torrent."
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observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Greens look set to clean up as Labour switchers move left
Labour voters liked the insurgent party even before the arrival of their new leader. As local elections approach, Zack Polanski appears ready to break through in the areas Keir Starmer neglected
observer.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 9:17 AM
I’ve spoken to countless people who have voted Labour for most of their lives. Labour in the family, in their history, in their blood. But the actions from this Labour Party has disgusted them so much that they are now full Green members.
Labour has radicalised their own voters against them 💚
Labour has radicalised their own voters against them 💚
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🔴 Last week the Free Speech Union got a High Court writ to prevent the publication of a list of its donors
So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit
Wanna see? 🫣
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit
Wanna see? 🫣
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
democracyforsale.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:31 AM
🔴 Last week the Free Speech Union got a High Court writ to prevent the publication of a list of its donors
So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit
Wanna see? 🫣
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit
Wanna see? 🫣
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
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Nigel Farage sat and laughed when they talked about CSAM and deepfakes affecting women and children on Twitter in parliament. Remember that next time your uncle on Facebook brings up that he's protecting 'women and children'.
January 14, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Nigel Farage sat and laughed when they talked about CSAM and deepfakes affecting women and children on Twitter in parliament. Remember that next time your uncle on Facebook brings up that he's protecting 'women and children'.
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“For the first time Thames Water customers have been asked their opinion on the future of the utility, and the results provide irrefutable proof of something we have already known for a long time. Customers want Thames Water in public hands."
Majority of Thames Water customers want utility to be nationalised, new polling shows
Customers believe that Ofwat should reject the creditors’ deal and put Thames Water into special administration
leftfootforward.org
January 15, 2026 at 8:25 AM
“For the first time Thames Water customers have been asked their opinion on the future of the utility, and the results provide irrefutable proof of something we have already known for a long time. Customers want Thames Water in public hands."
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🟨 Print Edition — The Covid Inquiry – 230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment
The Covid Inquiry’s second report has helped expose the UK’s ‘closed club’ approach to dealing with the pandemic – which cost so many people their lives, writes former WHO director…
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The Covid Inquiry’s second report has helped expose the UK’s ‘closed club’ approach to dealing with the pandemic – which cost so many people their lives, writes former WHO director…
🔗 …
The Covid Inquiry - 230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
The Covid Inquiry’s second report has helped expose the UK’s ‘closed club’ approach to dealing with the pandemic – which cost so many people their lives, writes former WHO director Anthony Costello
subscribe.bylinetimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:23 PM
🟨 Print Edition — The Covid Inquiry – 230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment
The Covid Inquiry’s second report has helped expose the UK’s ‘closed club’ approach to dealing with the pandemic – which cost so many people their lives, writes former WHO director…
🔗 …
The Covid Inquiry’s second report has helped expose the UK’s ‘closed club’ approach to dealing with the pandemic – which cost so many people their lives, writes former WHO director…
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Our system considers empathy and humanity as charities, because it despises generosity. It despises anything that cannot be monetised, charged and paid for. And this is why we pay through the roof to simply exist
January 15, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Our system considers empathy and humanity as charities, because it despises generosity. It despises anything that cannot be monetised, charged and paid for. And this is why we pay through the roof to simply exist
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Remember when the Tories said privatisation meant efficiency?
Bills up. Pipes bursting. Water gone.
CEO on £400k salary + £104k bonus.
Investment funds shareholders (70% in Canada and Australia) laughing all the way to the bank.
Thatcherism is still poisoning Britain.
#UKPolitics
Bills up. Pipes bursting. Water gone.
CEO on £400k salary + £104k bonus.
Investment funds shareholders (70% in Canada and Australia) laughing all the way to the bank.
Thatcherism is still poisoning Britain.
#UKPolitics
January 14, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Remember when the Tories said privatisation meant efficiency?
Bills up. Pipes bursting. Water gone.
CEO on £400k salary + £104k bonus.
Investment funds shareholders (70% in Canada and Australia) laughing all the way to the bank.
Thatcherism is still poisoning Britain.
#UKPolitics
Bills up. Pipes bursting. Water gone.
CEO on £400k salary + £104k bonus.
Investment funds shareholders (70% in Canada and Australia) laughing all the way to the bank.
Thatcherism is still poisoning Britain.
#UKPolitics
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Nigel Farage has Reformed the Conservatives into Reform.
You have to be monumentally stupid to vote for a name change.
You have to be monumentally stupid to vote for a name change.
January 13, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Nigel Farage has Reformed the Conservatives into Reform.
You have to be monumentally stupid to vote for a name change.
You have to be monumentally stupid to vote for a name change.
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Cut benefits, cut minimum wage, raise retirement age, means test pensions, get rid of the NHS.
Why are you voting for Farage?
Why are you voting for Farage?
January 14, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Cut benefits, cut minimum wage, raise retirement age, means test pensions, get rid of the NHS.
Why are you voting for Farage?
Why are you voting for Farage?
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How little we understand of the #biodiversity we are fast-trashing.
And how we have underestimated the sophistication of not-at-all "primitive" creatures
phys.org/news/2026-01...
And how we have underestimated the sophistication of not-at-all "primitive" creatures
phys.org/news/2026-01...
How a soft coral moves its tentacles in perfect synchronization without a brain
A joint study by Tel Aviv University and the University of Haifa set out to solve a scientific mystery: how a soft coral is able to perform the rhythmic, pulsating movements of its tentacles without a...
phys.org
January 13, 2026 at 9:39 PM
How little we understand of the #biodiversity we are fast-trashing.
And how we have underestimated the sophistication of not-at-all "primitive" creatures
phys.org/news/2026-01...
And how we have underestimated the sophistication of not-at-all "primitive" creatures
phys.org/news/2026-01...
