@chrisjse.bsky.social
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This line is some weird fantasy too...
“We need to demonstrate competence, and that’s most obviously around small boats,” [Dromey] says.
I'd like to see NHS competence. SEND competence. Equality competence. Green energy competence.
“We need to demonstrate competence, and that’s most obviously around small boats,” [Dromey] says.
I'd like to see NHS competence. SEND competence. Equality competence. Green energy competence.
“The idea that squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything is fantasy and we do need to expose that.”
Good job no one’s ever actually said that - including me.
So why is Labour again repeatedly lying to avoid taxing the super-rich?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Good job no one’s ever actually said that - including me.
So why is Labour again repeatedly lying to avoid taxing the super-rich?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society
Joe Dromey, head of the Labour thinktank, urges his party to take on the ‘twin populisms’ of Reform UK and the Greens
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:34 AM
This line is some weird fantasy too...
“We need to demonstrate competence, and that’s most obviously around small boats,” [Dromey] says.
I'd like to see NHS competence. SEND competence. Equality competence. Green energy competence.
“We need to demonstrate competence, and that’s most obviously around small boats,” [Dromey] says.
I'd like to see NHS competence. SEND competence. Equality competence. Green energy competence.
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Please can everyone remember the Golden Rule of fascism: if everyone isn't safe, no-one is
I already agree with this in principle - citizenship is an untouchable status or it is nothing - but also for reasons of prudence. “The Home Sec can revoke citizenship when he/she deems someone’s online output sufficiently offensive” is a v dangerous precedent to set with Reform leading all polls.
Hell, I'm not convinced we should revoke citizenship at all.
But certainly not for being a twat online.
But certainly not for being a twat online.
December 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Please can everyone remember the Golden Rule of fascism: if everyone isn't safe, no-one is
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"Reed being let loose as a Christmas Day attack dog shows how worried Labour have become about Polanski and the Green Party,”
Really awkward for Steve Reed that it just drew lots of attention to the unlawful hacking of a website!
insidecroydon.com/2025/12/27/m...
Really awkward for Steve Reed that it just drew lots of attention to the unlawful hacking of a website!
insidecroydon.com/2025/12/27/m...
MP Reed spent Christmas tweeting link to Inside Croydon
Housing minister’s attack against the Green Party leader may have back-fired, as the cabinet member flagged up reports linking him to the unlawful hacking of this website. By STEVEN DOWNES Th…
insidecroydon.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Reed being let loose as a Christmas Day attack dog shows how worried Labour have become about Polanski and the Green Party,”
Really awkward for Steve Reed that it just drew lots of attention to the unlawful hacking of a website!
insidecroydon.com/2025/12/27/m...
Really awkward for Steve Reed that it just drew lots of attention to the unlawful hacking of a website!
insidecroydon.com/2025/12/27/m...
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A Christmas Day tale in 3 parts.
1) Steve Reed - Housing Minister - launches a Xmas Day attack.
2) It's the Labour Governments usual shit.
3) join.greenparty.org.uk
Merry Xmas!
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...
1) Steve Reed - Housing Minister - launches a Xmas Day attack.
2) It's the Labour Governments usual shit.
3) join.greenparty.org.uk
Merry Xmas!
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...
Exclusive: Cabinet Minister Brands Zack Polanski A 'Con Artist' In Outspoken Attack
Steve Reed also suggested the Green Party leader is immoral.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
A Christmas Day tale in 3 parts.
1) Steve Reed - Housing Minister - launches a Xmas Day attack.
2) It's the Labour Governments usual shit.
3) join.greenparty.org.uk
Merry Xmas!
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...
1) Steve Reed - Housing Minister - launches a Xmas Day attack.
2) It's the Labour Governments usual shit.
3) join.greenparty.org.uk
Merry Xmas!
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...
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Why is the far right triumphing across the West?
Because ordinary citizens are told they're trapped in a zero-sum game - competing with migrants for scarce resources.
This is a lie.
A failed economic order is to blame:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Because ordinary citizens are told they're trapped in a zero-sum game - competing with migrants for scarce resources.
This is a lie.
A failed economic order is to blame:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Europe is a continent soaked in economic pessimism. Until we change that, the far right will rise and rise | Owen Jones
Since 2008, struggling communities have been told they are in competition with migrants. Only a model that gives them hope will halt the populists, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Why is the far right triumphing across the West?
Because ordinary citizens are told they're trapped in a zero-sum game - competing with migrants for scarce resources.
This is a lie.
A failed economic order is to blame:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Because ordinary citizens are told they're trapped in a zero-sum game - competing with migrants for scarce resources.
This is a lie.
A failed economic order is to blame:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I'm just over 100 days as the leader of the Green Party.
We've had several polls where we're in second place above Labour.
And today we found out we are closing in on overtaking Labours membership.
Then we're coming for Reform.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
We've had several polls where we're in second place above Labour.
And today we found out we are closing in on overtaking Labours membership.
Then we're coming for Reform.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Join the Green Party
Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I'm just over 100 days as the leader of the Green Party.
We've had several polls where we're in second place above Labour.
And today we found out we are closing in on overtaking Labours membership.
Then we're coming for Reform.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
We've had several polls where we're in second place above Labour.
And today we found out we are closing in on overtaking Labours membership.
Then we're coming for Reform.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Starmer says he’s "taking the gloves off" and that the Greens are "nuts"
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Starmer says he’s "taking the gloves off" and that the Greens are "nuts"
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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I always find it interesting how the story changes when a lawyer gets to court. They can say anything they want outside of court without accountability but the rules are vastly different in court where you can get seriously penalized for lying.
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I always find it interesting how the story changes when a lawyer gets to court. They can say anything they want outside of court without accountability but the rules are vastly different in court where you can get seriously penalized for lying.
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This isn't just poverty of aspiration, it is incompetence. www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
UK transport secretary says full electrification of railways ‘not affordable right now’
Heidi Alexander says focus will be on other projects such as HS2
www.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This isn't just poverty of aspiration, it is incompetence. www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
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Absolutely insane.
Labour would have purged and smeared someone like Zohran Mamdani.
Wes Streeting's politics align far more closely with Andrew Cuomo.
The lessons from Mamdani are about how to defeat both the right - and the bankrupt "centre".
Labour would have purged and smeared someone like Zohran Mamdani.
Wes Streeting's politics align far more closely with Andrew Cuomo.
The lessons from Mamdani are about how to defeat both the right - and the bankrupt "centre".
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Absolutely insane.
Labour would have purged and smeared someone like Zohran Mamdani.
Wes Streeting's politics align far more closely with Andrew Cuomo.
The lessons from Mamdani are about how to defeat both the right - and the bankrupt "centre".
Labour would have purged and smeared someone like Zohran Mamdani.
Wes Streeting's politics align far more closely with Andrew Cuomo.
The lessons from Mamdani are about how to defeat both the right - and the bankrupt "centre".
Clean, affordable water belongs to all of us. I’ve told the new Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people first. Join me:https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-emma-reynolds-to-base-water-policy-on-facts-not-water-industry-fake-maths?source=bluesky
October 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Clean, affordable water belongs to all of us. I’ve told the new Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people first. Join me:https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-emma-reynolds-to-base-water-policy-on-facts-not-water-industry-fake-maths?source=bluesky
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Left: Labour's Bridget Phillipson saying British Jews find the anti genocide in Israel protests "deeply upsetting"
Right: A British Jew on the anti-genocide in Israel protest wearing a watermelon a kippah
Shame on Labour for conflating anti genocide protests with anti Jewish sentiment -disgraceful
Right: A British Jew on the anti-genocide in Israel protest wearing a watermelon a kippah
Shame on Labour for conflating anti genocide protests with anti Jewish sentiment -disgraceful
October 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Left: Labour's Bridget Phillipson saying British Jews find the anti genocide in Israel protests "deeply upsetting"
Right: A British Jew on the anti-genocide in Israel protest wearing a watermelon a kippah
Shame on Labour for conflating anti genocide protests with anti Jewish sentiment -disgraceful
Right: A British Jew on the anti-genocide in Israel protest wearing a watermelon a kippah
Shame on Labour for conflating anti genocide protests with anti Jewish sentiment -disgraceful
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Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.
Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.
Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.
Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
October 11, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.
Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.
Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.
Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
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Israel’s own military database indicates that only a quarter of Gaza detainees are fighters.
Civilians are the vast majority, facing extreme torture, hunger, rape, and violent deaths.
These are Palestinian hostages.
Civilians are the vast majority, facing extreme torture, hunger, rape, and violent deaths.
These are Palestinian hostages.
Israeli military database indicates only a quarter of Gaza detainees are fighters
Elderly woman with Alzheimer’s, medical workers and children among 6,000 Palestinians held
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Israel’s own military database indicates that only a quarter of Gaza detainees are fighters.
Civilians are the vast majority, facing extreme torture, hunger, rape, and violent deaths.
These are Palestinian hostages.
Civilians are the vast majority, facing extreme torture, hunger, rape, and violent deaths.
These are Palestinian hostages.
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This is how dictatorships behave
September 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This is how dictatorships behave
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Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences?
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
August 28, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences?
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
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Those Reform nutjobs reminded me:
"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, grabbing an Indian curry or Turkish kebab takeaway, then going home to sit on Swedish furniture & watch American shows on a Japanese TV, while being suspicious of anything foreign."
"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, grabbing an Indian curry or Turkish kebab takeaway, then going home to sit on Swedish furniture & watch American shows on a Japanese TV, while being suspicious of anything foreign."
August 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Those Reform nutjobs reminded me:
"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, grabbing an Indian curry or Turkish kebab takeaway, then going home to sit on Swedish furniture & watch American shows on a Japanese TV, while being suspicious of anything foreign."
"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, grabbing an Indian curry or Turkish kebab takeaway, then going home to sit on Swedish furniture & watch American shows on a Japanese TV, while being suspicious of anything foreign."
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Israel murdered Anas al-Sharif, and his fellow Palestinian journalists, to silence witnesses to its genocide.
Gaza's journalists - the bravest journalists who ever lived - never stopped speaking out.
The least we can do is to speak louder than ever before.
Gaza's journalists - the bravest journalists who ever lived - never stopped speaking out.
The least we can do is to speak louder than ever before.
August 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Israel murdered Anas al-Sharif, and his fellow Palestinian journalists, to silence witnesses to its genocide.
Gaza's journalists - the bravest journalists who ever lived - never stopped speaking out.
The least we can do is to speak louder than ever before.
Gaza's journalists - the bravest journalists who ever lived - never stopped speaking out.
The least we can do is to speak louder than ever before.
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Just when I thought they couldn't disappoint me any more. The Tories may have cancelled the Eastern Leg, but this decision is what buries it forever. Shame on our local leaders for not taking a stand. The E.Mids is, and will stay, shit. #nottingham #hs2
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Government to sell off HS2 eastern leg land holdings | Construction News
The government has torpedoed prospects of reviving the scrapped HS2 leg between Birmingham and Leeds by announcing plans to sell off its property along
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July 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Just when I thought they couldn't disappoint me any more. The Tories may have cancelled the Eastern Leg, but this decision is what buries it forever. Shame on our local leaders for not taking a stand. The E.Mids is, and will stay, shit. #nottingham #hs2
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The UK still needs HS2, delivered in full. There's no viable alternative.
Me, from years back, making this point:
Me, from years back, making this point:
July 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The UK still needs HS2, delivered in full. There's no viable alternative.
Me, from years back, making this point:
Me, from years back, making this point:
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As of March 2023, the fuel duty freeze had:
🔹 Cost £80 billion in lost income
🔹 Led to 5% more traffic..
🔹 ..250 million fewer bus journeys
🔹 ..75 million fewer rail journeys
🔹 an extra 15,000 tonnes of NOx emissions
🔹 and 18 million tCO2e per year
[Hat tip: @garethdennis.uk]
🔹 Cost £80 billion in lost income
🔹 Led to 5% more traffic..
🔹 ..250 million fewer bus journeys
🔹 ..75 million fewer rail journeys
🔹 an extra 15,000 tonnes of NOx emissions
🔹 and 18 million tCO2e per year
[Hat tip: @garethdennis.uk]
The fuel duty freeze *has* to go. I can't tell you what should replace it for the EV changeover, but the freeze is a year-on-year tax *cut* because it freezes the tax's cash level rather than its tax rate. It is now unaffordable largesse to drivers who don't seem remotely grateful for it anyway
July 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
As of March 2023, the fuel duty freeze had:
🔹 Cost £80 billion in lost income
🔹 Led to 5% more traffic..
🔹 ..250 million fewer bus journeys
🔹 ..75 million fewer rail journeys
🔹 an extra 15,000 tonnes of NOx emissions
🔹 and 18 million tCO2e per year
[Hat tip: @garethdennis.uk]
🔹 Cost £80 billion in lost income
🔹 Led to 5% more traffic..
🔹 ..250 million fewer bus journeys
🔹 ..75 million fewer rail journeys
🔹 an extra 15,000 tonnes of NOx emissions
🔹 and 18 million tCO2e per year
[Hat tip: @garethdennis.uk]
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After the media damage is inflicted and seen by millions of eyes,you receive a private email to say there's no evidence and no action,seen by two people only
There's no public apology. They don't send this to media or post it on police accounts
We will continue to fight.
We will continue to win.
There's no public apology. They don't send this to media or post it on police accounts
We will continue to fight.
We will continue to win.
![Email from Avon and Somerset Police to Kneecap legal team: "I am Senior Investigating Officer for Avon and Somerset Police's investigation into Kneecap's performance at the Glastonbury Festival on 28th June 2025. Following a review of the evidence, I have determined there will be no further action.
I would be grateful if you could communicate this to your clients, and/or advise me of an alternative way if contacting them.
Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
Regards,
Detective Superintendent [Name redacted]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gksmwsy2s4gke7dr3msuyytq/bafkreibktbk4klg2aecbjn4yike7cpu27op56pvpkiwvic23ebu2hjq2xi@jpeg)
July 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
After the media damage is inflicted and seen by millions of eyes,you receive a private email to say there's no evidence and no action,seen by two people only
There's no public apology. They don't send this to media or post it on police accounts
We will continue to fight.
We will continue to win.
There's no public apology. They don't send this to media or post it on police accounts
We will continue to fight.
We will continue to win.
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REMINDER: HS2, delivered in full, was the most effective single investment to reduce the UK's emissions.
The last government cancelled it, this government doubled down. Until they reverse the cancellation, Labour cannot be taken seriously on the climate.
The last government cancelled it, this government doubled down. Until they reverse the cancellation, Labour cannot be taken seriously on the climate.
July 14, 2025 at 5:58 AM
REMINDER: HS2, delivered in full, was the most effective single investment to reduce the UK's emissions.
The last government cancelled it, this government doubled down. Until they reverse the cancellation, Labour cannot be taken seriously on the climate.
The last government cancelled it, this government doubled down. Until they reverse the cancellation, Labour cannot be taken seriously on the climate.
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I'm not sure what anyone thought would happen - our railway is fully full. Like not a bit full, but fully choka. And we've killed the only project that would have fixed this for most of the country in a one-er.
"Insufficient capacity": All three West Coast Main Line open access applications rejected
www.railmagazine.com/news/-insuff...
www.railmagazine.com/news/-insuff...
"Insufficient capacity": All three West Coast Main Line open access applications rejected
Bids by FirstGroup, Virgin and Wrexham, Shropshire and Midlands Railway have all been turned down.
www.railmagazine.com
July 3, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I'm not sure what anyone thought would happen - our railway is fully full. Like not a bit full, but fully choka. And we've killed the only project that would have fixed this for most of the country in a one-er.
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This article will soon be illegal.
Designating Palestine Action a terrorist organisation on an equal footing with ISIS is a grotesque attack on democracy.
It's those who facilitated genocide who should be on trial.
Piece for @newarab.com.web.brid.gy 👇
www.newarab.com/opinion/if-p...
Designating Palestine Action a terrorist organisation on an equal footing with ISIS is a grotesque attack on democracy.
It's those who facilitated genocide who should be on trial.
Piece for @newarab.com.web.brid.gy 👇
www.newarab.com/opinion/if-p...
If Palestine Action is a ’terror’ organisation, what is the IDF?
Set to designate Palestine Action ’’terrorists’, the UK’s unprecedented crackdown on hard-won freedoms paves the way for authoritarianism, argues Owen Jones.
www.newarab.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This article will soon be illegal.
Designating Palestine Action a terrorist organisation on an equal footing with ISIS is a grotesque attack on democracy.
It's those who facilitated genocide who should be on trial.
Piece for @newarab.com.web.brid.gy 👇
www.newarab.com/opinion/if-p...
Designating Palestine Action a terrorist organisation on an equal footing with ISIS is a grotesque attack on democracy.
It's those who facilitated genocide who should be on trial.
Piece for @newarab.com.web.brid.gy 👇
www.newarab.com/opinion/if-p...