Barney Higgins
@barneyhiggins.bsky.social
Wary, interested, blessed.
I feel the same. I was overexcited about it at first but I’m also holding back and watching til it takes more shape. I’m more Green I think, and in Scotland the greens have exciting changes happening so I’m there for that. collaboration is the key .
August 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I feel the same. I was overexcited about it at first but I’m also holding back and watching til it takes more shape. I’m more Green I think, and in Scotland the greens have exciting changes happening so I’m there for that. collaboration is the key .
I’m a person who worked as a chainsaw operator for many years, it’s very odd that these people think posing with chainsaws but without safety gear is smart or cool. If you fuck that up at all you’re in life changing injury territory. Not voting for anyone who doesn’t have the sense to see that.
August 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I’m a person who worked as a chainsaw operator for many years, it’s very odd that these people think posing with chainsaws but without safety gear is smart or cool. If you fuck that up at all you’re in life changing injury territory. Not voting for anyone who doesn’t have the sense to see that.
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Voters are poorly-served when elected representatives oversimplify complex arguments and amplify reactionary, inaccurate narratives. But complex problems require complex solutions, and communicating complexity in a way that people can get behind is more challenging than just getting people wound up.
August 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Voters are poorly-served when elected representatives oversimplify complex arguments and amplify reactionary, inaccurate narratives. But complex problems require complex solutions, and communicating complexity in a way that people can get behind is more challenging than just getting people wound up.
This reminds me of the justifications for austerity: "It's like a household budget." Or about the approach to Scottish independence: "It's like a divorce."
Drawing parallels between complex political challenges and day-to-day personal life is patronising, lazy, and ultimately counterproductive.
Drawing parallels between complex political challenges and day-to-day personal life is patronising, lazy, and ultimately counterproductive.
August 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This reminds me of the justifications for austerity: "It's like a household budget." Or about the approach to Scottish independence: "It's like a divorce."
Drawing parallels between complex political challenges and day-to-day personal life is patronising, lazy, and ultimately counterproductive.
Drawing parallels between complex political challenges and day-to-day personal life is patronising, lazy, and ultimately counterproductive.
Voters are poorly-served when elected representatives oversimplify complex arguments and amplify reactionary, inaccurate narratives. But complex problems require complex solutions, and communicating complexity in a way that people can get behind is more challenging than just getting people wound up.
August 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Voters are poorly-served when elected representatives oversimplify complex arguments and amplify reactionary, inaccurate narratives. But complex problems require complex solutions, and communicating complexity in a way that people can get behind is more challenging than just getting people wound up.
That's an extremely unhelpful sentiment. People's rights do not become more or less important depending on how many of them there are. Equality is meaningless unless it includes everyone. Trans people's hard-fought protections are under attack, their fight is a bellwether for all rights in the UK.
August 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
That's an extremely unhelpful sentiment. People's rights do not become more or less important depending on how many of them there are. Equality is meaningless unless it includes everyone. Trans people's hard-fought protections are under attack, their fight is a bellwether for all rights in the UK.
This is a good message and I support it. If we don’t address climate change, the world as we know it will cease to exist, as has already happened for so many people the world over. We have the tech and resources to halt and even reverse climate change. All that’s lacking is the will.
August 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
This is a good message and I support it. If we don’t address climate change, the world as we know it will cease to exist, as has already happened for so many people the world over. We have the tech and resources to halt and even reverse climate change. All that’s lacking is the will.
In case you didn't see it, this new one from Zarah @888natnatnat888.bsky.social
Good to hear them speak in some more detail, isn't it?
Good to hear them speak in some more detail, isn't it?
Zarah Sultana, The Alternative — Sidecar
On Britain’s new left party—3.
newleftreview.org
August 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
In case you didn't see it, this new one from Zarah @888natnatnat888.bsky.social
Good to hear them speak in some more detail, isn't it?
Good to hear them speak in some more detail, isn't it?