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Music, Beer, Politics,Environmentalism.
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Donald Trump destroyed public service broadcasting in the US - it's little surprise Nigel Farage wants to do the same thing here.

Trump’s America, don’t let it become Farage’s Britain.
November 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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My granddad was a refugee, my wife, our close friends and those of our kids are either immigrants or the children of immigrants.

Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
November 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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PFI deals signed under Tony Blair left the NHS without enough money to treat patients, while private investors made billions in profits.

Wes Streeting's plans to bring back private finance in our NHS MUST be stopped.

Take action with @adrianramsay.bsky.social: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tell-rache...
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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November 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Nigel Farage wants attention for *saying* he’d scrap the 2-child benefit cap. But in the vote against it, did he show up?

No. Zero Reform MPs voted against the cap in July.

Green MPs put it in our costed manifesto, signed the motion, and voted to scrap it. Actions not words.
May 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
At a vinyl night in Leicester and just played "Butter the soul" by @cornershophq.bsky.social and 4 people came up and asked what it was. Spreading the word! (Discordia went down well too)
May 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Simply Thrilled (Honey) to receive the new @edwyncollins.bsky.social album in the post this morning. About to give it its first spin!
March 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Thanks to @greenjennyjones.bsky.social for joining our action against the Thames Water £3 billion rip off.

It's time for BILL PAYERS to get a say over our water company.

✍️ Join the call for Thames to come into public ownership by signing our petition: weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
March 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Choosing to take money from disabled benefit claimants rather than levy a wealth tax is simply immoral 👇
Labour mollifies the rich, targets disabled people and claims moral justification. There isn’t any | Frances Ryan
Ministers run away from a wealth tax and then concoct a punitive benefits system. They have made that choice and it’s immoral, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Spot the difference...

Labour want to force people into work by cutting disability benefits, a decision experts say will push 700,000 disabled households into poverty.

People voted for change, Keir, not more of the same Tory cruelty.
March 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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OK so now that Reform UK are down to the same amount of MPs as the Green Party there really is no excuse for not giving them the same amount of screen time on current affairs shows.
March 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Celebrating #IWD by listening to Laetitia Sadier's "Rooting for love". Later it'll be Nina Simone, Yoko Ono, The Slits and Kleenex. Gonna be a good day!
March 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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And zero percent of Reform MPs do any real work for their constituents❗️🤷🏼‍♂️

I’d rather have 97% of migrants stay here, eager to work and contribute to society, as opposed to 5 Reform MPs costing £93,000 a year each, plus expenses, grifting off us taxpayers 👍🏼
March 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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The cost of reaching net zero in the UK by 2050 is now predicted to be just 0.2% of GDP (about £4 billion per year).

Spread this far and wide. It reveals Reform and the Conservatives' opposition to net zero for being 'too expensive' as just plain wrong.
February 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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🚨BREAKING - Steve Reed has just launched the biggest review into the water sector since privatisation.

But wait…..he says the commission can’t even consider public ownership. 🤯

We need to act quickly to change his mind. ⏰

Sign our petition now ✍️
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 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Charlie Maynard, "Of the £1.4 billion going to Thames Water, £900 million is going out in interest expenses and advisors fees"

"So little of this will fix the problem, it's just a fees fest"

"Thames Water should be put in special administration, bankruptcy to you and I"
February 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Yoko Ono - Who Has Seen The Wind? (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Secretly Canadian
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February 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Yet more evidence that water companies should be back in public hands. What an indictment of failed regulation & oversight and the triumph of corporate greed 👇
Thames Water wins court backing for £3bn debt package
Deal approved at high court gives company £1.5bn in upfront cash to stave off collapse
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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BP and others are scrapping renewable energy projects and increasing oil & gas production because they made a few less BILLION in profits last year.

All while temperature records keep being smashed and extreme weather becomes more frequent.

Now is not the time for more oil & gas.
February 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Now on 99,250 signatures!

By almost every economic and financial measure Brexit has been disastrous for the UK - lets get this petition to the 100,000 needed today and start an honest and open conversation about it
February 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Labour's disgusting deportation stunt this week wasn't just morally bankrupt, it was politically stupid. Politicians need to find the backbone to be honest about the real source of our problems: the wealthy elite draining money from our communities

metro.co.uk/2025/02/11/l...
Labour's Reform copycat strategy plays into Farage's hands
Migration is good for this country – and it’s time more politicians had the guts to say it.
metro.co.uk
February 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Ocean Temperatures Are Rising Much Faster than scientists predicted and in fact has rising 400% faster than it was in the late 1980s and this warming will further accelerate even faster

A hotter ocean is a dead ocean and a dead ocean is a dead planet
www.popularmechanics.com/science/envi...
Ocean Temperatures Are Rising Much Faster Than Scientists Expected.
And they’re not slowing down anytime soon.
www.popularmechanics.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Thames Water credit rating slashed to negative, administration looms.

£23bn assets in urgent need of repair.

Uses obsolete technology.

£15bn+ debt, money borrowed to pay dividends, no new reservoir since 1989, dumps sewage in rivers.

Must be no public bailout
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Thames Water credit rating slashed as administrators approached
Moody’s changes outlook on firm from stable to negative as financial plans ‘do not provide attractive risk-return balance’
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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www.peta.org.uk/blog/parma-h...
When will Mankind wake up and see what a Horor they keep alive⁉️🖤🙇‍♀️
Watch #Pignorant made by #JoeyCarbstrong
Piglets Rot on Farms Linked to Parma Ham
An eyewitness investigation by Italian animal protection group Essere Animali reveals pigs languishing in deplorable conditions on 11 intensive farms.
www.peta.org.uk
December 6, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Time for the annual listen to "Ghost Stories for Christmas" by Aidan Moffat and RM Hubbert on lovely white vinyl. My kind of Christmas album.
December 22, 2024 at 6:49 PM