Barb Larder
@dasbarb.bsky.social
Always hoping for better times. Green 💚 #NHS 💙 #RejoinEU #FBPE #FBPR Jazz 🎷Prog🎸 Arsenal. Cricket. Peace 🕊️ Science. Masks. No Tories, Reform, Trump. No DMs.
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The ECHR was Britain’s response to WW2 fascist regimes. With authoritarianism on the rise again, we’d be mad to give up the protections it provides. Tell your MP we won’t let that happen! actionstorm.org/petitions/pr...
actionstorm.org
October 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The ECHR was Britain’s response to WW2 fascist regimes. With authoritarianism on the rise again, we’d be mad to give up the protections it provides. Tell your MP we won’t let that happen! actionstorm.org/petitions/pr...
Reform UK are yelling “drill, baby, drill” 🙄 But fracking is reckless & won’t even cut bills. Time to end this nonsense. Tell Ed Miliband: BAN FRACKING permanently. Add your name:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
Keep fracking out of Britain!
I live in Lincolnshire, and a new gas field has been found nearby. Reform UK are already shouting “drill, baby, drill,” and fracking isn’t banned - it’s only paused. That means they could start drilli...
you.38degrees.org.uk
September 4, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Reform UK are yelling “drill, baby, drill” 🙄 But fracking is reckless & won’t even cut bills. Time to end this nonsense. Tell Ed Miliband: BAN FRACKING permanently. Add your name:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
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You’ll be too young to remember, but there was a time when you could wake up as many as three mornings in a row and not find the world had lost its fucking mind.
June 13, 2025 at 6:48 AM
You’ll be too young to remember, but there was a time when you could wake up as many as three mornings in a row and not find the world had lost its fucking mind.
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If you need a breather from all this bullshit, here's a photo of Earth.
From Saturn.
We're that slightly brighter star at centre right.
From Saturn.
We're that slightly brighter star at centre right.
June 6, 2025 at 1:44 AM
If you need a breather from all this bullshit, here's a photo of Earth.
From Saturn.
We're that slightly brighter star at centre right.
From Saturn.
We're that slightly brighter star at centre right.
🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
Petition: Make the arts part of UK National Renewal | Campaign for the Arts
The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. The arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them.
www.campaignforthearts.org
May 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
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England faces drought as reservoir water levels dwindle. Rationing beckons.
Population increased but no new reservoirs for 35 yrs; no desalination plants.
Companies fleeced customers, borrowed to pay high dividends, low investment.
People pay for privatisation follies. End the scam. Nationalise.
Population increased but no new reservoirs for 35 yrs; no desalination plants.
Companies fleeced customers, borrowed to pay high dividends, low investment.
People pay for privatisation follies. End the scam. Nationalise.
England faces drought this summer as reservoir water levels dwindle
Exclusive: Government and water firms preparing for possible shortages as dry weather is expected to continue
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 6:05 AM
England faces drought as reservoir water levels dwindle. Rationing beckons.
Population increased but no new reservoirs for 35 yrs; no desalination plants.
Companies fleeced customers, borrowed to pay high dividends, low investment.
People pay for privatisation follies. End the scam. Nationalise.
Population increased but no new reservoirs for 35 yrs; no desalination plants.
Companies fleeced customers, borrowed to pay high dividends, low investment.
People pay for privatisation follies. End the scam. Nationalise.
Private companies are polluting our rivers, hiking up bills, and failing to deliver. 82% of us want public ownership – let’s make it happen!
Sign the open letter now & demand action! 👉
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pu...
Sign the open letter now & demand action! 👉
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pu...
Put Public Ownership of Water Back on the Table
Privatisation of water isn’t failing - it is the failure. The Government is mid-way through a major review of the water sector. But so far, it has refused to consider a potential solution that’s backe...
you.38degrees.org.uk
April 23, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Private companies are polluting our rivers, hiking up bills, and failing to deliver. 82% of us want public ownership – let’s make it happen!
Sign the open letter now & demand action! 👉
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pu...
Sign the open letter now & demand action! 👉
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pu...
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Surge in England coastlines, rivers and lakes with unsafe levels of E coli and intestinal enterococci due to sewage dumping.
All done to boost profits, dividends, exec pay.
Water industry controlled by companies with 1,135 criminal convictions. No director prosecuted.
End the scam. Nationalise.
All done to boost profits, dividends, exec pay.
Water industry controlled by companies with 1,135 criminal convictions. No director prosecuted.
End the scam. Nationalise.
Shocking state of Britain’s bathing waters revealed
Surge in coastlines, rivers and lakes with unsafe levels of E coli and intestinal enterococci due to sewage spills
www.independent.co.uk
April 22, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Surge in England coastlines, rivers and lakes with unsafe levels of E coli and intestinal enterococci due to sewage dumping.
All done to boost profits, dividends, exec pay.
Water industry controlled by companies with 1,135 criminal convictions. No director prosecuted.
End the scam. Nationalise.
All done to boost profits, dividends, exec pay.
Water industry controlled by companies with 1,135 criminal convictions. No director prosecuted.
End the scam. Nationalise.
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I don't know anyone who has put into words the preciousness and fragility of life on earth better than Carl Sagan.
"The Earth is where we make our stand. It underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot."
#EarthDay2025.
"The Earth is where we make our stand. It underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot."
#EarthDay2025.
Space Perspective - The Pale Blue Dot
YouTube video by EARTHDAYORG
www.youtube.com
April 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I don't know anyone who has put into words the preciousness and fragility of life on earth better than Carl Sagan.
"The Earth is where we make our stand. It underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot."
#EarthDay2025.
"The Earth is where we make our stand. It underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot."
#EarthDay2025.
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Some of the UK “Singapore” Brexit benefit stuff being trotted out is absurdly myopic. In the best traditions of Brexit, of course.
The UK is trapped between two increasingly mercantilist trade blocs. It will keep paying a price that exceeds any arbitrage benefits.
QED, the last eight years.
The UK is trapped between two increasingly mercantilist trade blocs. It will keep paying a price that exceeds any arbitrage benefits.
QED, the last eight years.
April 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Some of the UK “Singapore” Brexit benefit stuff being trotted out is absurdly myopic. In the best traditions of Brexit, of course.
The UK is trapped between two increasingly mercantilist trade blocs. It will keep paying a price that exceeds any arbitrage benefits.
QED, the last eight years.
The UK is trapped between two increasingly mercantilist trade blocs. It will keep paying a price that exceeds any arbitrage benefits.
QED, the last eight years.
I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Tax the super rich to stop cuts to public services
Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo...
you.38degrees.org.uk
March 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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I think it would be for the best if you people took the reins now.
#InternationalWomensDay
#InternationalWomensDay
March 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I think it would be for the best if you people took the reins now.
#InternationalWomensDay
#InternationalWomensDay
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Tax the super rich to stop cuts to public services
Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo...
you.38degrees.org.uk
March 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Privatised water has failed. Just look at your water bills or the sewage pouring into our rivers. Steve Reed - include public ownership as an option in your independent commission on the water sector. Sign the petition
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
Steve Reed: include public ownership as an option in your independent commission on the water sector. | We Own It
Steve Reed must put public ownership back on the table.
weownit.org.uk
February 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Privatised water has failed. Just look at your water bills or the sewage pouring into our rivers. Steve Reed - include public ownership as an option in your independent commission on the water sector. Sign the petition
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
No second state visit for Trump
This is UNBELIEVABLE. Keir Starmer has just handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and I was so outraged when I he...
you.38degrees.org.uk
February 28, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
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The slow, slow road back to sanity…. we hope….
A functioning, cooperative relationship with our own continent, rather than an idiotic and dangerous ‘tilting’ towards a USA that absolutely cannot be trusted.
(Letter in the Times)
A functioning, cooperative relationship with our own continent, rather than an idiotic and dangerous ‘tilting’ towards a USA that absolutely cannot be trusted.
(Letter in the Times)
February 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The slow, slow road back to sanity…. we hope….
A functioning, cooperative relationship with our own continent, rather than an idiotic and dangerous ‘tilting’ towards a USA that absolutely cannot be trusted.
(Letter in the Times)
A functioning, cooperative relationship with our own continent, rather than an idiotic and dangerous ‘tilting’ towards a USA that absolutely cannot be trusted.
(Letter in the Times)
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With the world looking increasingly more dangerous and the US turning into a basket case, it’s time to have a long, hard look at who our ‘special relationship’ ought to be with.
It’s not with those on the other side of the Atlantic, it’s with those on the other side of the Channel.
#Rejoin, now.
It’s not with those on the other side of the Atlantic, it’s with those on the other side of the Channel.
#Rejoin, now.
February 16, 2025 at 8:33 AM
With the world looking increasingly more dangerous and the US turning into a basket case, it’s time to have a long, hard look at who our ‘special relationship’ ought to be with.
It’s not with those on the other side of the Atlantic, it’s with those on the other side of the Channel.
#Rejoin, now.
It’s not with those on the other side of the Atlantic, it’s with those on the other side of the Channel.
#Rejoin, now.
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Denying refugees citizenship simply on the grounds that they arrived here “illegally” on small boats *when there are no legal routes* for most to use takes cynicism to new heights. If Govt thinks such performative cruelty will see off Reform, they’re wrong - it’s more likely to strengthen it
February 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Denying refugees citizenship simply on the grounds that they arrived here “illegally” on small boats *when there are no legal routes* for most to use takes cynicism to new heights. If Govt thinks such performative cruelty will see off Reform, they’re wrong - it’s more likely to strengthen it
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Ofwat, Ofgem, totally pointless.
February 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Ofwat, Ofgem, totally pointless.
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Five years since Brexit.
Five years of economic and political damage. Five years of clarity what a mistake Brexit has been - for both sides.
But one thing is clear:
We miss you. And our door remains open.
🇪🇺❤️🇬🇧
Five years of economic and political damage. Five years of clarity what a mistake Brexit has been - for both sides.
But one thing is clear:
We miss you. And our door remains open.
🇪🇺❤️🇬🇧
January 31, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Five years since Brexit.
Five years of economic and political damage. Five years of clarity what a mistake Brexit has been - for both sides.
But one thing is clear:
We miss you. And our door remains open.
🇪🇺❤️🇬🇧
Five years of economic and political damage. Five years of clarity what a mistake Brexit has been - for both sides.
But one thing is clear:
We miss you. And our door remains open.
🇪🇺❤️🇬🇧
