'One day we will put this old world of ours right and use the good and beautiful things it has for all the people and not for the few who now take it all'
I've been collecting pandemic era signs that nobody can be bothered to take down or remove. There's something grimly fascinating about this. Putting them up was urgent and important; removing them is nobody's job. How long will some of these hang around?
November 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I've been collecting pandemic era signs that nobody can be bothered to take down or remove. There's something grimly fascinating about this. Putting them up was urgent and important; removing them is nobody's job. How long will some of these hang around?
Born on this day, 1897, Nye Bevan, Minister of Health and Housing when Labour built 805,000 council homes between 1945-51. He believed high-quality council housing should reflect 'the living tapestry of a mixed community'.
November 15, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Born on this day, 1897, Nye Bevan, Minister of Health and Housing when Labour built 805,000 council homes between 1945-51. He believed high-quality council housing should reflect 'the living tapestry of a mixed community'.
You know one of the big arguments against Welsh independence has always been this paternalistic idea that we're provincial yokels who couldn't handle our own finances, and it's better left to London. And yet the past decade has seen Brexit, Truss, and whatever the fuck Reeves is currently doing.
November 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
You know one of the big arguments against Welsh independence has always been this paternalistic idea that we're provincial yokels who couldn't handle our own finances, and it's better left to London. And yet the past decade has seen Brexit, Truss, and whatever the fuck Reeves is currently doing.
1/ Holywell, Bakewell, commissioned by Bakewell Urban District Council in 1952 - a beautiful estate built in local stone in open plan form. Contrary to appearances, these are cottage flats, each with their own front and backdoor. Bungalows for elderly residents lie just opposite.
November 13, 2025 at 1:05 PM
1/ Holywell, Bakewell, commissioned by Bakewell Urban District Council in 1952 - a beautiful estate built in local stone in open plan form. Contrary to appearances, these are cottage flats, each with their own front and backdoor. Bungalows for elderly residents lie just opposite.
Pretty obvious to all and sundry that the UK isn't a real democracy when we can see our elite and media class choosing our next dead behind the eyes prime minister in real time, despite the people hating him almost as much as the last one and their politics being identical.
November 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Pretty obvious to all and sundry that the UK isn't a real democracy when we can see our elite and media class choosing our next dead behind the eyes prime minister in real time, despite the people hating him almost as much as the last one and their politics being identical.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting says that the British Medical Association, which represents Britain's doctors, is a threat to the NHS. Streeting took a record £225k from private healthcare-related donors in just two years.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting says that the British Medical Association, which represents Britain's doctors, is a threat to the NHS. Streeting took a record £225k from private healthcare-related donors in just two years.
My NHS employer has just confirmed redundancies are coming. For the second time in my 16 year NHS career tens of thousands of NHS staff, many with decades of experience will be thrown on the scrap heap. Many worked on the frontline (including me) in the pandemic. This is Streeting's reward for us.
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
My NHS employer has just confirmed redundancies are coming. For the second time in my 16 year NHS career tens of thousands of NHS staff, many with decades of experience will be thrown on the scrap heap. Many worked on the frontline (including me) in the pandemic. This is Streeting's reward for us.
Wes Streeting is the only one of these ghouls I can imagine being being more unpopular than Starmer, so no doubt it'll be him amd the party will deservedly tank.
Wes Streeting is the only one of these ghouls I can imagine being being more unpopular than Starmer, so no doubt it'll be him amd the party will deservedly tank.
Wes Streeting is the only one of these ghouls I can imagine being being more unpopular than Starmer, so no doubt it'll be him amd the party will deservedly tank.
It’s still absolutely wild that the police raided her house like she was Walter White in a huge media event, then came out two weeks later and did a press conference publicly blaming Crown Office for non-specifically ruining their investigation, not granting them a search warrant at the first ask.
November 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
It’s still absolutely wild that the police raided her house like she was Walter White in a huge media event, then came out two weeks later and did a press conference publicly blaming Crown Office for non-specifically ruining their investigation, not granting them a search warrant at the first ask.
The Llynfi Valley (long home to radical politics, Wales' strongest branch of the Young Communist League in the early 20th century and starting point for Wales' hunger marches to London) drew a total of 3 people to its inaugural Your Party meeting. Give it up lads. There are functioning orgs.
Just over three weeks until the mythical Your Party conference where all doubts will be swept aside, including “do they have a venue yet?”
November 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The Llynfi Valley (long home to radical politics, Wales' strongest branch of the Young Communist League in the early 20th century and starting point for Wales' hunger marches to London) drew a total of 3 people to its inaugural Your Party meeting. Give it up lads. There are functioning orgs.
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
Her husband told her that detainees at Broadview had to get up at 5am to get in line for one bathroom. He often peed himself. One time he had to wait until 2pm to use the bathroom. You could only use the bathroom once a day. He said the agents would beat you if you used the bathroom on yourself.
November 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A fully fascist state and our government is revelling in debasing themselves kowtowing instead of standing up to them.