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This storm looks familiar
Déjà vu clouds gathered
on Europe’s choppy seas
an area of high pressure
moving from the far right

sure I’ve felt that wind before
thinks a weathered survivor
while the dire forecast
is once again ignored

#poem #fascism
September 27, 2025 at 10:16 AM
herbs-d.bsky.social
So much anger and hate in the world today.
September 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
herbs-d.bsky.social
Fed up with Farage? Me too. I’ve signed the Never Nigel Pledge. Add your name today, and help show that division and hate have no place in our communities.

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Take the Pledge: “I’ll never vote for Nigel Farage”
Join thousands across Britain taking the Never Nigel Pledge. Say no to hate and division and help stop Reform UK from tearing apart our communities. Let's show there is strength in standing together f...
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May 8, 2025 at 7:48 AM
herbs-d.bsky.social
We are always reforming things, why not democracy. Surely we should have more of it. There are lots of better models

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
General elections are a travesty of democracy – let’s give the people a real voice | George Monbiot
Our system is designed for the powerful to retain control. Participatory democracy and a lottery vote are just two ways to gain real representation, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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“Me? I thought, OBE me? Up yours, I thought. I get angry when I hear that word "empire"; it reminds me of slavery, it reminds of thousands of years of brutality” Benjamin Zephaniah on the hypocrisy of the British Honours system.
December 31, 2024 at 11:32 AM