Chas Townley
@chastownley.bsky.social
Passionate about rights of way and represent Open Spaces Society in Gloucestershire Live in Coopers Edge suburb of Gloucester. #Stroudie in exile Hucclecote Parish Councillor. X refugee.
We need to see the law changed, so that employers and workers know when action must be taken to keep workers cooler and safer. Add your name. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/we...
We need a maximum working temperature
Every summer, temperatures are rising and working in prolonged heat and sun can be dangerous. It can cause a number of health concerns, from dehydration and dizziness to the most serious of illnesses....
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July 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We need to see the law changed, so that employers and workers know when action must be taken to keep workers cooler and safer. Add your name. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/we...
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The people of Iran have suffered under a brutal regime for far too long.
But a US President planning regime change in the Middle East feels like 2003 all over again. We’ve seen where that path leads and it does not end well.
But a US President planning regime change in the Middle East feels like 2003 all over again. We’ve seen where that path leads and it does not end well.
June 23, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The people of Iran have suffered under a brutal regime for far too long.
But a US President planning regime change in the Middle East feels like 2003 all over again. We’ve seen where that path leads and it does not end well.
But a US President planning regime change in the Middle East feels like 2003 all over again. We’ve seen where that path leads and it does not end well.
Time to resign?
Labour minister sorry over grooming gangs 'dog whistle' remark
Labour minister sorry over grooming gangs 'dog whistle' remark
Leader of the Commons Lucy Powell has sought to clarify comments she made in "the heat of" a radio debate.
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May 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Time to resign?
Private shareholders made dividends of £3.6 billion from owning our trains in the last decade. Yet the government is leaving our trains fully privately owned. Sign We Own It's petition to demand they take our trains into public ownership:
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
Petition: Take our trains into public ownership | We Own It
The government is taking railway operators into public ownership, but the trains themselves will remain in private hands. The government must take our trains into public ownership.
weownit.org.uk
April 24, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Private shareholders made dividends of £3.6 billion from owning our trains in the last decade. Yet the government is leaving our trains fully privately owned. Sign We Own It's petition to demand they take our trains into public ownership:
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
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Sign of the day…
April 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Sign of the day…
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My statement on Trump’s reckless trade war.
April 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
My statement on Trump’s reckless trade war.
Listening to Trump was painful! He is a total liar
April 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Listening to Trump was painful! He is a total liar
Clifton Brown - that name sounds familiar? Oh it’s the family name of the North Cotswolds MP
Man jailed for attempted murder of ex-partner in Congham well
Man jailed for attempted murder of ex-partner in Congham well
Douglas Clifton Brown dragged Camilla Welby from their car on his family's estate, the court hears.
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April 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Clifton Brown - that name sounds familiar? Oh it’s the family name of the North Cotswolds MP
There is a fascinating programme about the construction of Severn Bridge on iplayer.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Timeshift - Series 16: 1. Bridging the Gap: How the Severn Bridge Was Built
The inside story of the design and construction of 'the most perfect suspension bridge in the world', and how its unique slimline structure arose by accident.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
There is a fascinating programme about the construction of Severn Bridge on iplayer.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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UK govt austerity hammers the poorest.
Bottom 50% of the population has 5% of wealth, bottom fifth 0.5% .
Real average wage unchanged since 2008.
Work doesn't pay enough. 37% of the Universal Credit claimants are in work.
Benefit cuts will increase poverty by 400,000+
Must not accept cruelty.
Bottom 50% of the population has 5% of wealth, bottom fifth 0.5% .
Real average wage unchanged since 2008.
Work doesn't pay enough. 37% of the Universal Credit claimants are in work.
Benefit cuts will increase poverty by 400,000+
Must not accept cruelty.
Why austerity is a political choice not an economic necessity
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Ch...
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March 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
UK govt austerity hammers the poorest.
Bottom 50% of the population has 5% of wealth, bottom fifth 0.5% .
Real average wage unchanged since 2008.
Work doesn't pay enough. 37% of the Universal Credit claimants are in work.
Benefit cuts will increase poverty by 400,000+
Must not accept cruelty.
Bottom 50% of the population has 5% of wealth, bottom fifth 0.5% .
Real average wage unchanged since 2008.
Work doesn't pay enough. 37% of the Universal Credit claimants are in work.
Benefit cuts will increase poverty by 400,000+
Must not accept cruelty.
Frightening….
Fox News normalising America taking over Greenland 😱
"If we have to burn down a few bridges with Denmark to take Greenland, we're big boys"
"We dropped a-bombs on Japan and now they're our top ally in the Pacific"
"If we have to burn down a few bridges with Denmark to take Greenland, we're big boys"
"We dropped a-bombs on Japan and now they're our top ally in the Pacific"
March 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Frightening….
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CNN, "Can you envision a scenario where American and Danish forces somehow come face to face over Greenland?"
Danish MP Rasmus Jarlov, "I certainly hope not but that's up to the American government"
"We're not going to back down"
"We're not going to hand over Greenland"
Danish MP Rasmus Jarlov, "I certainly hope not but that's up to the American government"
"We're not going to back down"
"We're not going to hand over Greenland"
March 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
CNN, "Can you envision a scenario where American and Danish forces somehow come face to face over Greenland?"
Danish MP Rasmus Jarlov, "I certainly hope not but that's up to the American government"
"We're not going to back down"
"We're not going to hand over Greenland"
Danish MP Rasmus Jarlov, "I certainly hope not but that's up to the American government"
"We're not going to back down"
"We're not going to hand over Greenland"
What a way for Tories to endorse what happened? Corruption
Amanda Spielman: Ofsted boss at time of Ruth Perry's death to get peerage
Amanda Spielman: Ofsted boss at time of Ruth Perry's death to get peerage
Her peerage is yet to be formally announced but a Conservative source says she will be a "huge asset" in Parliament.
www.bbc.com
March 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
What a way for Tories to endorse what happened? Corruption
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Unitarians in solidarity with @quaker.org.uk after the Westminster Quaker meeting house was violently entered by over 20 police officers this week, and arrests made of 6 women holding a peaceful meeting relating to concerns about the climate and Gaza.
www.unitarian.org.uk/2025/03/29/u...
www.unitarian.org.uk/2025/03/29/u...
Unitarians stand in solidarity with Quakers - The Unitarians
Unitarians have expressed their concern and alarm at the reports from Quakers in Britain that …
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March 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Unitarians in solidarity with @quaker.org.uk after the Westminster Quaker meeting house was violently entered by over 20 police officers this week, and arrests made of 6 women holding a peaceful meeting relating to concerns about the climate and Gaza.
www.unitarian.org.uk/2025/03/29/u...
www.unitarian.org.uk/2025/03/29/u...
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British Steel could close blast furnaces at Scunthorpe, 2,700 jobs at risk.
Wants £1bn subsidy.
Better to nationalise. Can't have defence industry without steel.
Can't have steel industry without ending profiteering by energy companies.
Wants £1bn subsidy.
Better to nationalise. Can't have defence industry without steel.
Can't have steel industry without ending profiteering by energy companies.
British Steel closure threat puts up to 2,700 jobs at risk
The company announces a consultation that could see the closure of two blast furnaces at Scunthorpe.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
British Steel could close blast furnaces at Scunthorpe, 2,700 jobs at risk.
Wants £1bn subsidy.
Better to nationalise. Can't have defence industry without steel.
Can't have steel industry without ending profiteering by energy companies.
Wants £1bn subsidy.
Better to nationalise. Can't have defence industry without steel.
Can't have steel industry without ending profiteering by energy companies.
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UK not entering trade war with US, says Starmer.
Wrong assessment. Trump has declared trade war. Extra tariffs on UK steel, motor trade. Trump demanding tax cuts for US corporations operating in the UK.
Appeasement is futile. Don't become the 51st state. Join the EU. Carve a common future.
Wrong assessment. Trump has declared trade war. Extra tariffs on UK steel, motor trade. Trump demanding tax cuts for US corporations operating in the UK.
Appeasement is futile. Don't become the 51st state. Join the EU. Carve a common future.
UK not 'jumping into trade war' with US, says Sir Keir Starmer
The UK is in
www.bbc.co.uk
March 28, 2025 at 7:41 AM
UK not entering trade war with US, says Starmer.
Wrong assessment. Trump has declared trade war. Extra tariffs on UK steel, motor trade. Trump demanding tax cuts for US corporations operating in the UK.
Appeasement is futile. Don't become the 51st state. Join the EU. Carve a common future.
Wrong assessment. Trump has declared trade war. Extra tariffs on UK steel, motor trade. Trump demanding tax cuts for US corporations operating in the UK.
Appeasement is futile. Don't become the 51st state. Join the EU. Carve a common future.
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Now he gets it!
March 9, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Now he gets it!
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This is what we mean by "tipping point".
February 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is what we mean by "tipping point".
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Victoria Derbyshire, "Is it the right thing to do in principle?"
Shami Chakrabarti, "It is wrong in principle.. It is not a Labour thing to do.. It's not even a human thing to do.. To cut from people who are in trouble"
Shami Chakrabarti, "It is wrong in principle.. It is not a Labour thing to do.. It's not even a human thing to do.. To cut from people who are in trouble"
March 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Victoria Derbyshire, "Is it the right thing to do in principle?"
Shami Chakrabarti, "It is wrong in principle.. It is not a Labour thing to do.. It's not even a human thing to do.. To cut from people who are in trouble"
Shami Chakrabarti, "It is wrong in principle.. It is not a Labour thing to do.. It's not even a human thing to do.. To cut from people who are in trouble"
The man is crackers can’t the men and women in white coats just lock him up?
Donald Trump, "Denmark doesn't have rights to Greenland"
"NATO might have to get involved"
"NATO might have to get involved"
March 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The man is crackers can’t the men and women in white coats just lock him up?
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When Cameron created NHS England, he also scrapped the government’s duty to provide comprehensive, universal healthcare.
So the *important thing* is that Labour need to reinstate that duty.
It’s not just about ministerial control. It’s about ministerial *duty*.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
So the *important thing* is that Labour need to reinstate that duty.
It’s not just about ministerial control. It’s about ministerial *duty*.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Keir Starmer scraps NHS England to put health service ‘into democratic control’
Health secretary says end of ‘biggest quango in world’ is final nail in coffin of Andrew Lansley’s 2012 reorganisation
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
When Cameron created NHS England, he also scrapped the government’s duty to provide comprehensive, universal healthcare.
So the *important thing* is that Labour need to reinstate that duty.
It’s not just about ministerial control. It’s about ministerial *duty*.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
So the *important thing* is that Labour need to reinstate that duty.
It’s not just about ministerial control. It’s about ministerial *duty*.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Freedom of choice is now ‘domestic terrorism’
What’s next for Facists in America?
What’s next for Facists in America?
President Trump has suggested he might consider designating individuals who boycott Elon Musk's "baby" as "domestic terrorists" amid Tesla's tumbling stocks
Heaven help America
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Heaven help America
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Trump labels Tesla boycotters 'terrorists' as he buys car with Musk present
President Donald Trump has threatened to label individuals boycotting Tesla as "domestic terrorists" and vowed to "catch" them amid the plummeting stocks
www.irishstar.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Freedom of choice is now ‘domestic terrorism’
What’s next for Facists in America?
What’s next for Facists in America?
We can fix our economy- wealth tax needed
Us millionaires should pay more tax. I don’t care if a few will leave the UK, it’s simply the right thing to do.
Great to chat with Michael Walker and @novaramedia.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPG4...
Great to chat with Michael Walker and @novaramedia.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPG4...
Millionaire Dale Vince Demands A Wealth Tax
YouTube video by Novara Media
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March 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We can fix our economy- wealth tax needed
Left/Centre Left v Right split = 47/47 we need Proportional Representation
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 26% (-2)
LAB: 25% (+2)
CON: 21% (=)
LDM: 12% (-1)
GRN: 10% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 5 Mar.
Changes w/ 26 Feb.
RFM: 26% (-2)
LAB: 25% (+2)
CON: 21% (=)
LDM: 12% (-1)
GRN: 10% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 5 Mar.
Changes w/ 26 Feb.
March 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Left/Centre Left v Right split = 47/47 we need Proportional Representation