Julian Mellor
@biscuitwood.bsky.social
Lefty greeny Europhile, living with family in rural SW England, helping communities realise their dreams while managing 10ha of wildish space, trying not to get distracted by social media!
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Ok President Trump, if you sue the BBC for $1bn for spreading lies, I’ll sue you for the same amount. I reckon Planet Earth would crowdfund that. Then I’ll buy Mar A Largo, turn it into a climate change research centre, free Melania, and put a 1000% tariff on orange face paint.
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Ok President Trump, if you sue the BBC for $1bn for spreading lies, I’ll sue you for the same amount. I reckon Planet Earth would crowdfund that. Then I’ll buy Mar A Largo, turn it into a climate change research centre, free Melania, and put a 1000% tariff on orange face paint.
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Ok, 2 points:
- No reputable UK law firm would take Trump on as a client because he never pays his legal bills.
- UK courts are not politically compromised so he would need to litigate the Jan 6 insurrection honestly. He can't take that risk because he did, in fact, incite an insurrection. .
- No reputable UK law firm would take Trump on as a client because he never pays his legal bills.
- UK courts are not politically compromised so he would need to litigate the Jan 6 insurrection honestly. He can't take that risk because he did, in fact, incite an insurrection. .
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Ok, 2 points:
- No reputable UK law firm would take Trump on as a client because he never pays his legal bills.
- UK courts are not politically compromised so he would need to litigate the Jan 6 insurrection honestly. He can't take that risk because he did, in fact, incite an insurrection. .
- No reputable UK law firm would take Trump on as a client because he never pays his legal bills.
- UK courts are not politically compromised so he would need to litigate the Jan 6 insurrection honestly. He can't take that risk because he did, in fact, incite an insurrection. .
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The BBC isn't perfect, but it belongs to Britain not Trump.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The BBC isn't perfect, but it belongs to Britain not Trump.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
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👇 This is what #Sainsburys is funding, and aligning with, by running ads on GB News' YouTube content:
Take action: contact #Sainsburys, asking them to #StopFundingHate by pulling their ads from GB News: www.facebook.com/sainsburys
Let's make media hate and misinformation unprofitable. ❤️🔥💪
Take action: contact #Sainsburys, asking them to #StopFundingHate by pulling their ads from GB News: www.facebook.com/sainsburys
Let's make media hate and misinformation unprofitable. ❤️🔥💪
Now GB News commentators are pushing the idea that there's an "over-representation of black people" within TV advertising...
One contributor claims that marketing departments have been "captured", while another claims "the only families we ever see now are mixed-race families"...
One contributor claims that marketing departments have been "captured", while another claims "the only families we ever see now are mixed-race families"...
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
👇 This is what #Sainsburys is funding, and aligning with, by running ads on GB News' YouTube content:
Take action: contact #Sainsburys, asking them to #StopFundingHate by pulling their ads from GB News: www.facebook.com/sainsburys
Let's make media hate and misinformation unprofitable. ❤️🔥💪
Take action: contact #Sainsburys, asking them to #StopFundingHate by pulling their ads from GB News: www.facebook.com/sainsburys
Let's make media hate and misinformation unprofitable. ❤️🔥💪
Rich Reform-member writer wants to run hotel restaurant. That combination is not exactly a recommended recipe for success.
Local celebrity doubles down on bid to reopen pub near Taunton
A judge from BBC's Masterchef has doubled down in the hope of reopening a Somerset pub near Taunton that recently closed down.
www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Rich Reform-member writer wants to run hotel restaurant. That combination is not exactly a recommended recipe for success.
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Zohran Mamdani and Zack Polanski: Make hope normal again Editorial: Zohran Mamdani is leading a US political revolution — and across the Atlantic, Zack Polanski is mounting his own against the rise of UK fascism.
Interest | Match | Feed
Interest | Match | Feed
Origin
www.newarab.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Eilish donates $11.5m to climate and food eqity causes. Zuckerberg does not applaud www.teenvogue.com/story/billie...
Billie Eilish to Billionaires: "Why Are You a Billionaire?"
And yes, Mark Zuckerberg was in the room.
www.teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Eilish donates $11.5m to climate and food eqity causes. Zuckerberg does not applaud www.teenvogue.com/story/billie...
Wolf Witch Giant Fairy wiveliscombetownhall.org.uk/2025/10/22/w...
Wolf Witch Giant Fairy
On Thursday 30 October Wiveliscombe Town Hall will be screening the film of Little Bulb and the Royal Opera House’s production of Wolf Witch Giant Fairy. Set In the far-away land of fairy tal…
wiveliscombetownhall.org.uk
October 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Wolf Witch Giant Fairy wiveliscombetownhall.org.uk/2025/10/22/w...
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"Crabapple is a time traveler, a necromancer and an unclassifiable genius. She beckons readers through a portal to an irresistible,lost world, one bound together by passion, solidarity, and a burning hunger for justice.“- @naomiaklein.bsky.social
Preorder www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646320...
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Here Where We Live Is Our Country by Molly Crabapple: 9780593229453 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The dramatic story of the Jewish Bund—a revolutionary movement from a vanished world—and their radical vision of solidarity in an age of division. “Molly Crabapple beckons readers through...
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October 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"Crabapple is a time traveler, a necromancer and an unclassifiable genius. She beckons readers through a portal to an irresistible,lost world, one bound together by passion, solidarity, and a burning hunger for justice.“- @naomiaklein.bsky.social
Preorder www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646320...
Preorder www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646320...
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Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House
October 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House
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We first reported on the anti-abortion Christian conservative group ADF’s ramping up of its UK operations in 2023.
Now, with Trump in power and Farage ascendant, its role as a transatlantic power broker is growing.
https://nyti.ms/4nuFi9r
Now, with Trump in power and Farage ascendant, its role as a transatlantic power broker is growing.
https://nyti.ms/4nuFi9r
They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
We first reported on the anti-abortion Christian conservative group ADF’s ramping up of its UK operations in 2023.
Now, with Trump in power and Farage ascendant, its role as a transatlantic power broker is growing.
https://nyti.ms/4nuFi9r
Now, with Trump in power and Farage ascendant, its role as a transatlantic power broker is growing.
https://nyti.ms/4nuFi9r
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I was just on LBC, very happy to announce our membership has now passed 128,000!!!
Wohoooo 🎊🎊🎊🎊
Wohoooo 🎊🎊🎊🎊
October 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I was just on LBC, very happy to announce our membership has now passed 128,000!!!
Wohoooo 🎊🎊🎊🎊
Wohoooo 🎊🎊🎊🎊
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One of the many things that mean you love your country - and you don’t need to wave a flag to prove it
5 of us from our local residents group picked up litter in our village yesterday.
3 hours - 20 bags.
Not bad.
Celebrated at the pub afterwards.
3 hours - 20 bags.
Not bad.
Celebrated at the pub afterwards.
October 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
One of the many things that mean you love your country - and you don’t need to wave a flag to prove it
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For too long hate filled politicians, media pundits, oligarchs have tried to divide us so they can benefit.
We've finally got a voice for ordinary people, the Greens are here and we're making a stand. Isn't it time you joined the resistance?
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We've finally got a voice for ordinary people, the Greens are here and we're making a stand. Isn't it time you joined the resistance?
join.greenparty.org.uk
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October 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
For too long hate filled politicians, media pundits, oligarchs have tried to divide us so they can benefit.
We've finally got a voice for ordinary people, the Greens are here and we're making a stand. Isn't it time you joined the resistance?
join.greenparty.org.uk
We've finally got a voice for ordinary people, the Greens are here and we're making a stand. Isn't it time you joined the resistance?
join.greenparty.org.uk
“What we see in the European Parliament at the moment, is a love affair between traditional conservatives & the far-right. They command a majority, and they have already shown to be willing to use it to roll back democracy, climate policies & environmental protection" www.desmog.com/2025/03/14/h...
Heritage Foundation and Allies Discuss Dismantling the EU
The group that drafted a key blueprint for Donald Trump’s second term convened a meeting in Washington D.C. this week to consider proposals for bulldozing the European Union (EU). The Polish investiga...
www.desmog.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:35 AM
“What we see in the European Parliament at the moment, is a love affair between traditional conservatives & the far-right. They command a majority, and they have already shown to be willing to use it to roll back democracy, climate policies & environmental protection" www.desmog.com/2025/03/14/h...
A sweet 16mm film, although a very specific portrayal of East London open.substack.com/pub/post/p/s...
Substack on Film: Laura Jackson
Substack on Film: London kicks off with a glimpse at the colorful life of writer and broadcaster Laura Jackson
open.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
A sweet 16mm film, although a very specific portrayal of East London open.substack.com/pub/post/p/s...
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In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver
Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.
www.wweek.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
What has America become? At the ICE protests in Portland, the paramilitaries target the band and arrest the clarinetist. No accountability, no process, just thuggery. Truly terrifying that a country can fall to this level in just 9 months. photos.google.com/share/AF1Qip...
Google Photos
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October 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
What has America become? At the ICE protests in Portland, the paramilitaries target the band and arrest the clarinetist. No accountability, no process, just thuggery. Truly terrifying that a country can fall to this level in just 9 months. photos.google.com/share/AF1Qip...
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Really not good at all that the Christian Right feels emboldened enough to parade in Soho in paramilitary uniforms. www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/10/k...
Evangelical 'King's Army' group disrupts traffic in historic LGBTQ+ London district
A right-wing, evangelical group calling itself the King's Army blocked traffic on Old Compton Street in Soho while chanting anti-LGBTQ+ slogans.
www.thepinknews.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Really not good at all that the Christian Right feels emboldened enough to parade in Soho in paramilitary uniforms. www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/10/k...
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Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax?
The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.
The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.
October 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax?
The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.
The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.
Hopefully some sr ministers take note of this…
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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation
Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Hopefully some sr ministers take note of this…
Defence experts' calls for climate finance to be part of national security spending are being suppressed. Meanwhile Starmer might not go to COP30 because No10 is worried about Reform's response. Given recent approval maybe they should be more worried about how @zackpolanski.bsky.social responds!
National security threatened by climate crisis, UK intelligence chiefs due to warn
Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Defence experts' calls for climate finance to be part of national security spending are being suppressed. Meanwhile Starmer might not go to COP30 because No10 is worried about Reform's response. Given recent approval maybe they should be more worried about how @zackpolanski.bsky.social responds!
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This is deliberate and Jenrick knows exactly what he's doing. Read The Bear on how Trump’s & the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 in the US is being brought to the UK as the Centre for a Better Britain. The same people & money are behind it. It's chilling.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/resolute-1...
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/resolute-1...
Project 2025: The UK Edition (Part 2)
A Cambridge academic, a YouTube influencer, and Reform UK’s old HQ - the ingredients for our own Project 2025 are already mixed.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This is deliberate and Jenrick knows exactly what he's doing. Read The Bear on how Trump’s & the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 in the US is being brought to the UK as the Centre for a Better Britain. The same people & money are behind it. It's chilling.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/resolute-1...
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/resolute-1...
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Jenrick could have visited Handsworth to listen to residents – he chose to pass through and make a judgement based on the colour of their skin. Instead of getting to know our nation of neighbours, he chose racism.
The Tories, Reform and Labour want to divide us.
The Greens say enough is enough.
The Tories, Reform and Labour want to divide us.
The Greens say enough is enough.
Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham
Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham
Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on 90-minute visit
Robert Jenrick complained about visiting an area of Birmingham where he “didn’t see another white face” and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in.
After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith” and he wanted people to live alongside each other. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Jenrick could have visited Handsworth to listen to residents – he chose to pass through and make a judgement based on the colour of their skin. Instead of getting to know our nation of neighbours, he chose racism.
The Tories, Reform and Labour want to divide us.
The Greens say enough is enough.
The Tories, Reform and Labour want to divide us.
The Greens say enough is enough.
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Resist peacefully! With style and humor!
October 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Resist peacefully! With style and humor!