@firth443.bsky.social
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David Dimbleby has raised an uncomfortable question: is it just possible that our royal family is....plain greedy ? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/monarc...
The King and Prince William must open the books on their enormous riches
The senior royals have amassed a great fortune without any scrutiny. For most of their subjects, these are testing financial times—we must have transp...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
David Dimbleby has raised an uncomfortable question: is it just possible that our royal family is....plain greedy ? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/monarc...
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The US cast the sole vote against a UN resolution calling for the safety and protection of UN and other humanitarian workers in conflict zones…Even Israel demurely abstained.
December 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The US cast the sole vote against a UN resolution calling for the safety and protection of UN and other humanitarian workers in conflict zones…Even Israel demurely abstained.
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Israel is redesigning Gaza’s territory to entrench fragmentation and indefinite occupation, paving the way for future depopulation and settlement building.
December 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Israel is redesigning Gaza’s territory to entrench fragmentation and indefinite occupation, paving the way for future depopulation and settlement building.
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Enough is enough. We need to put a complete halt to new peers until the house has been properly reformed.
Oh yes.
electoral-reform.org.uk/latest-peera...
Oh yes.
electoral-reform.org.uk/latest-peera...
Latest peerages mean government has replaced the hereditary peers – before they’ve even left the Lords
Keir Starmer himself not long ago described the wholly unelected and grossly bloated House of Lords as ‘indefensible’. Nothing has changed since then so it was deeply disappointing t
electoral-reform.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Enough is enough. We need to put a complete halt to new peers until the house has been properly reformed.
Oh yes.
electoral-reform.org.uk/latest-peera...
Oh yes.
electoral-reform.org.uk/latest-peera...
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How long until we get the BBC online article about this 'patriot'?
"He was reputed to be the first person in the country to receive a football banning order when they were introduced, and spent several spells in prison in his younger days for football-related violence."
Well-known Bristol football fan died in tragic fall from lamppost
City fan Paul Lumber was a published author of books about the days of football casuals in the 1980s
www.bristolpost.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
How long until we get the BBC online article about this 'patriot'?
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The 3 headed monster hates the UK and Europe.
It wants to divide and conquer us so it can eat.
We must unite and starve it to death.
#RejoinEU
It wants to divide and conquer us so it can eat.
We must unite and starve it to death.
#RejoinEU
December 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The 3 headed monster hates the UK and Europe.
It wants to divide and conquer us so it can eat.
We must unite and starve it to death.
#RejoinEU
It wants to divide and conquer us so it can eat.
We must unite and starve it to death.
#RejoinEU
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New Statesman reporting Reform politicians are avoiding head to head debates with me.
Their lies come crumbling down when confronted with the truth.
Let's keep building the movement to take on Reform:
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Their lies come crumbling down when confronted with the truth.
Let's keep building the movement to take on Reform:
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
New Statesman reporting Reform politicians are avoiding head to head debates with me.
Their lies come crumbling down when confronted with the truth.
Let's keep building the movement to take on Reform:
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Their lies come crumbling down when confronted with the truth.
Let's keep building the movement to take on Reform:
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
Lao Tzu
When things feel a little slower, it’s easy to assume nothing is changing. Often, change is still happening, even when it doesn’t feel obvious yet.
We will get there.
🧡
#learning #kindness #belief
Picture by joyfulsmallthings
Lao Tzu
When things feel a little slower, it’s easy to assume nothing is changing. Often, change is still happening, even when it doesn’t feel obvious yet.
We will get there.
🧡
#learning #kindness #belief
Picture by joyfulsmallthings
December 12, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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“Be gentle with yourself. You are doing the best you can.” Paulo Coelho
Small reminders can help when the day feels a little wobbly.
It’s ok to have off days, to pause, to let ourselves breathe.
We’re allowed to take things one moment at a time.
🧡
#kindness #positivity
Art by selfcare.recipe
Small reminders can help when the day feels a little wobbly.
It’s ok to have off days, to pause, to let ourselves breathe.
We’re allowed to take things one moment at a time.
🧡
#kindness #positivity
Art by selfcare.recipe
December 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
“Be gentle with yourself. You are doing the best you can.” Paulo Coelho
Small reminders can help when the day feels a little wobbly.
It’s ok to have off days, to pause, to let ourselves breathe.
We’re allowed to take things one moment at a time.
🧡
#kindness #positivity
Art by selfcare.recipe
Small reminders can help when the day feels a little wobbly.
It’s ok to have off days, to pause, to let ourselves breathe.
We’re allowed to take things one moment at a time.
🧡
#kindness #positivity
Art by selfcare.recipe
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The Guardian leader writer Randeep Ramesh - Labour is worried. “And they should be,” he says. “Because they’ve exposed their left flank & they’re bleeding votes.
Zack Polanski says: ‘You can see the Labour vote fall by exactly the amount of votes that we’re gaining”
Zack Polanski says: ‘You can see the Labour vote fall by exactly the amount of votes that we’re gaining”
Zack Polanski on the Green party boom – podcast
Three months into his leadership the Green party membership is surging. Randeep Ramesh explains why
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The Guardian leader writer Randeep Ramesh - Labour is worried. “And they should be,” he says. “Because they’ve exposed their left flank & they’re bleeding votes.
Zack Polanski says: ‘You can see the Labour vote fall by exactly the amount of votes that we’re gaining”
Zack Polanski says: ‘You can see the Labour vote fall by exactly the amount of votes that we’re gaining”
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Reform accepted £9 million from a former Boris Johnson backer & crypto-multimillionaire.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
December 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Reform accepted £9 million from a former Boris Johnson backer & crypto-multimillionaire.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Interesting to read in the Times of Labour Ministers admitting that the Green Party are very much ready to take them (and Reform) on.
"Polanski plans to redistribute power with a smile."
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
"Polanski plans to redistribute power with a smile."
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Zack attack: the charismatic eco-populist rallying the radical left
With Labour purged of Corbynites and Corbyn’s party in chaos, Green leader Zack Polanski has become an icon for dispossessed youth but is he just a showman?
www.thetimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Interesting to read in the Times of Labour Ministers admitting that the Green Party are very much ready to take them (and Reform) on.
"Polanski plans to redistribute power with a smile."
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
"Polanski plans to redistribute power with a smile."
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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A timely message
for Rachel Reeves
and COP30
(which unfortunately
like Labour, Tories & Reform
has been bought & corrupted
by fossil fuel Polluters
and billionaires)
meme via Oxfam
#TaxTheRich
#WealthTaxNow
#AbolishBillionaires
for Rachel Reeves
and COP30
(which unfortunately
like Labour, Tories & Reform
has been bought & corrupted
by fossil fuel Polluters
and billionaires)
meme via Oxfam
#TaxTheRich
#WealthTaxNow
#AbolishBillionaires
November 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
A timely message
for Rachel Reeves
and COP30
(which unfortunately
like Labour, Tories & Reform
has been bought & corrupted
by fossil fuel Polluters
and billionaires)
meme via Oxfam
#TaxTheRich
#WealthTaxNow
#AbolishBillionaires
for Rachel Reeves
and COP30
(which unfortunately
like Labour, Tories & Reform
has been bought & corrupted
by fossil fuel Polluters
and billionaires)
meme via Oxfam
#TaxTheRich
#WealthTaxNow
#AbolishBillionaires
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Listening to posh public school boys droning on about BBC left wing institutional bias just reminds me how captured the media is generally by white, male, upper class Tories. They're ubiquitous.
November 15, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Listening to posh public school boys droning on about BBC left wing institutional bias just reminds me how captured the media is generally by white, male, upper class Tories. They're ubiquitous.
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Thames Water tried to make MP pay its legal fees of up to £1,400 an hour, he asked the Court to put TW into special administration.
Blatant attempt to silence MPs.
TW paying £200m a year to advisers, charges customers for its failures.
Abuses will continue until execs held personally liable.
Blatant attempt to silence MPs.
TW paying £200m a year to advisers, charges customers for its failures.
Abuses will continue until execs held personally liable.
Thames Water tried to make MP pay its legal fees of up to £1,400 an hour
Exclusive: Charlie Maynard accuses the utility of ‘retaliation’ over his push for government to gain control of company
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Thames Water tried to make MP pay its legal fees of up to £1,400 an hour, he asked the Court to put TW into special administration.
Blatant attempt to silence MPs.
TW paying £200m a year to advisers, charges customers for its failures.
Abuses will continue until execs held personally liable.
Blatant attempt to silence MPs.
TW paying £200m a year to advisers, charges customers for its failures.
Abuses will continue until execs held personally liable.
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These are all people I work with whole livelihoods are being threatened by AI. They’re all amazing, and as far as I’m concerned, irreplaceable.
No 1: Laura Grandi, my Italian translator…
No 1: Laura Grandi, my Italian translator…
November 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
These are all people I work with whole livelihoods are being threatened by AI. They’re all amazing, and as far as I’m concerned, irreplaceable.
No 1: Laura Grandi, my Italian translator…
No 1: Laura Grandi, my Italian translator…
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"Wes Streeting has received donations from at least one billionaire: hedge fund manager John Armitage, whose net worth Forbes estimates at ~$1.5 billion. Armitage has donated over £95,000 to Streeting since 2022.
He has called the BMA’s actions “morally reprehensible.”"
via @dailypolitik.bsky.social
He has called the BMA’s actions “morally reprehensible.”"
via @dailypolitik.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
"Wes Streeting has received donations from at least one billionaire: hedge fund manager John Armitage, whose net worth Forbes estimates at ~$1.5 billion. Armitage has donated over £95,000 to Streeting since 2022.
He has called the BMA’s actions “morally reprehensible.”"
via @dailypolitik.bsky.social
He has called the BMA’s actions “morally reprehensible.”"
via @dailypolitik.bsky.social
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
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Another government ‘rethink’ on Waspi women | Public and Commercial Services Union www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
Another government ‘rethink’ on Waspi women
This week the government announced it is reconsidering its decision to reject compensation for women hit by changes to the state pension age, PCS ARMs member Clare Wilkins is part of campaign group Wo...
www.pcs.org.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Another government ‘rethink’ on Waspi women | Public and Commercial Services Union www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
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So, if "ICE" is so afraid of having their atrocities video's, doesn't that show a complete awareness of wrongdoing?
November 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
So, if "ICE" is so afraid of having their atrocities video's, doesn't that show a complete awareness of wrongdoing?
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Epstein said “I am the one able to take him down” and the next thing you know,
he mysteriously shows up dead. 
he mysteriously shows up dead. 
November 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Epstein said “I am the one able to take him down” and the next thing you know,
he mysteriously shows up dead. 
he mysteriously shows up dead. 
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How times change. Parliament celebrate the Suffragettes and their actions, while trying to ban ‘ordinary’ people protesting outside MPs offices and homes
#OtD 13 Nov 1909 suffragette Theresa Garnett attacked Winston Churchill with a horsewhip in Bristol, shouting "Take that in the name of the insulted women of England!" Learn more about this and hundreds of other stories in our book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/wor...
November 13, 2025 at 6:32 AM
How times change. Parliament celebrate the Suffragettes and their actions, while trying to ban ‘ordinary’ people protesting outside MPs offices and homes