Ian Wingrove
@iwin1961.bsky.social
I love: grassroots football; writing; great music and family. Do politics for a living. Author of 2 thrillers: Dead Poor and Feel it
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We have three vital Lords amendments coming to the Commons: brownfield-first development, protection for chalk streams, and stopping “pay-to-pollute” deals.
Please lobby your MP — especially Labour MPs — and urge them to back all three.
#ProtectNature #CleanWater
Please lobby your MP — especially Labour MPs — and urge them to back all three.
#ProtectNature #CleanWater
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
We have three vital Lords amendments coming to the Commons: brownfield-first development, protection for chalk streams, and stopping “pay-to-pollute” deals.
Please lobby your MP — especially Labour MPs — and urge them to back all three.
#ProtectNature #CleanWater
Please lobby your MP — especially Labour MPs — and urge them to back all three.
#ProtectNature #CleanWater
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“I’m fed up with listening to right wing clap trap.”
Jenny trying to establish facts rather than fear and paranoia when discussing immigration.
Jenny trying to establish facts rather than fear and paranoia when discussing immigration.
September 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“I’m fed up with listening to right wing clap trap.”
Jenny trying to establish facts rather than fear and paranoia when discussing immigration.
Jenny trying to establish facts rather than fear and paranoia when discussing immigration.
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The green peers need a new social media officer. The role is half time for the peers and half time for the Green Party. Apply here
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June 11, 2025 at 5:18 AM
The green peers need a new social media officer. The role is half time for the peers and half time for the Green Party. Apply here
www.w4mpjobs.org/JobDetails.a...
www.w4mpjobs.org/JobDetails.a...
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"People feel let down by two tired old parties..."
@adrianramsay.bsky.social takes a look at the early local election results on BBC Breakfast.
@adrianramsay.bsky.social takes a look at the early local election results on BBC Breakfast.
May 2, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"People feel let down by two tired old parties..."
@adrianramsay.bsky.social takes a look at the early local election results on BBC Breakfast.
@adrianramsay.bsky.social takes a look at the early local election results on BBC Breakfast.
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Beyond shocking. The Conservatives’ appalling protest-silencing laws must go!
Paul Parker for the Quakers: “No-one has been arrested in a Quaker meeting house in living memory. This aggressive violation of our place of worship… clearly shows what happens when a society criminalises protest.”
Paul Parker for the Quakers: “No-one has been arrested in a Quaker meeting house in living memory. This aggressive violation of our place of worship… clearly shows what happens when a society criminalises protest.”
🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
www.quaker.org.uk
March 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Beyond shocking. The Conservatives’ appalling protest-silencing laws must go!
Paul Parker for the Quakers: “No-one has been arrested in a Quaker meeting house in living memory. This aggressive violation of our place of worship… clearly shows what happens when a society criminalises protest.”
Paul Parker for the Quakers: “No-one has been arrested in a Quaker meeting house in living memory. This aggressive violation of our place of worship… clearly shows what happens when a society criminalises protest.”
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🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
www.quaker.org.uk
March 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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Today I took a message to Rachel Reeves at the Treasury: it's time to rebalance the economy.
A #WealthTax on multi-millionaires and billionaires would raise £24billion - nearly 5 times as much as the government is trying to save by taking support away from disabled people.
A #WealthTax on multi-millionaires and billionaires would raise £24billion - nearly 5 times as much as the government is trying to save by taking support away from disabled people.
March 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Today I took a message to Rachel Reeves at the Treasury: it's time to rebalance the economy.
A #WealthTax on multi-millionaires and billionaires would raise £24billion - nearly 5 times as much as the government is trying to save by taking support away from disabled people.
A #WealthTax on multi-millionaires and billionaires would raise £24billion - nearly 5 times as much as the government is trying to save by taking support away from disabled people.
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When Cameron created NHS England, he also scrapped the government’s duty to provide comprehensive, universal healthcare.
So the *important thing* is that Labour need to reinstate that duty.
It’s not just about ministerial control. It’s about ministerial *duty*.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
So the *important thing* is that Labour need to reinstate that duty.
It’s not just about ministerial control. It’s about ministerial *duty*.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Keir Starmer scraps NHS England to put health service ‘into democratic control’
Health secretary says end of ‘biggest quango in world’ is final nail in coffin of Andrew Lansley’s 2012 reorganisation
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
When Cameron created NHS England, he also scrapped the government’s duty to provide comprehensive, universal healthcare.
So the *important thing* is that Labour need to reinstate that duty.
It’s not just about ministerial control. It’s about ministerial *duty*.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
So the *important thing* is that Labour need to reinstate that duty.
It’s not just about ministerial control. It’s about ministerial *duty*.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Trump is clearly an enemy of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. What will it take for European leaders to stop pretending otherwise? www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter said, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation.
www.reuters.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Trump is clearly an enemy of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. What will it take for European leaders to stop pretending otherwise? www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Locking the UK into new fossil fuel production is nothing but a costly and reckless act of vandalism. Today I spoke at a rally in support of a legal case challenging government-funded carbon capture - a fig leaf for new gas power stations.
March 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Locking the UK into new fossil fuel production is nothing but a costly and reckless act of vandalism. Today I spoke at a rally in support of a legal case challenging government-funded carbon capture - a fig leaf for new gas power stations.
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I've signed two petitions this morning on this topic!
Cancelling Trump is the least we can do for beleaguered Ukraine.
stoptrump.org.uk/petition-can...
Cancelling Trump is the least we can do for beleaguered Ukraine.
stoptrump.org.uk/petition-can...
Petition: Cancel Trump’s state visit
Stop Trump Coalition
stoptrump.org.uk
March 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I've signed two petitions this morning on this topic!
Cancelling Trump is the least we can do for beleaguered Ukraine.
stoptrump.org.uk/petition-can...
Cancelling Trump is the least we can do for beleaguered Ukraine.
stoptrump.org.uk/petition-can...
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It is unbelievably counterproductive to fund increased defence spending by cutting aid to the most fragile countries, or by squeezing stretched departmental budgets. Why does the PM not fund this by increasing taxes on the most wealthy rather than further burdening the poorest?
February 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It is unbelievably counterproductive to fund increased defence spending by cutting aid to the most fragile countries, or by squeezing stretched departmental budgets. Why does the PM not fund this by increasing taxes on the most wealthy rather than further burdening the poorest?
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Generative artifical so-called intelligence: plagiarism on a giant scale
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Kate Bush and Damon Albarn among 1,000 artists on silent AI protest album
Recordings of empty studios represent impact on musicians of UK’s plans to let AI train on their work without permission
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Generative artifical so-called intelligence: plagiarism on a giant scale
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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If we introduce tax breaks for millionaires like Nigel Farage and Richard Tice, we will not have the money to restore our NHS.
February 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
If we introduce tax breaks for millionaires like Nigel Farage and Richard Tice, we will not have the money to restore our NHS.
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I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
Just received an email saying that it's not advisable to include the following words in future applications for research funding to the US DOT. Here we are.
February 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
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We got a message from the university to remove any use of the "DEI", "diversity", "equity", or "inclusion" from all public-facing documents. They said that even "biodiversity" is being flagged by the federal government. We live in the dumbest timeline.
February 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
We got a message from the university to remove any use of the "DEI", "diversity", "equity", or "inclusion" from all public-facing documents. They said that even "biodiversity" is being flagged by the federal government. We live in the dumbest timeline.
Stop Thames Water taking bill payers money to bail themselves out by adding to the mountain of debt and interest payments. Public ownership means lower bills, as no more dividend payouts
February 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Stop Thames Water taking bill payers money to bail themselves out by adding to the mountain of debt and interest payments. Public ownership means lower bills, as no more dividend payouts
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Trump’s AI plans (incl. scrapping Biden safeguards) are good for Larry Ellison, the Oracle IT giant, but what data will feed his centres?
Larry is also the main ($375m) funder of Tony Blair’s think tank, which wants to hoover your NHS data & use it to create chatbot doctors to replace your GP…
Larry is also the main ($375m) funder of Tony Blair’s think tank, which wants to hoover your NHS data & use it to create chatbot doctors to replace your GP…
January 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Trump’s AI plans (incl. scrapping Biden safeguards) are good for Larry Ellison, the Oracle IT giant, but what data will feed his centres?
Larry is also the main ($375m) funder of Tony Blair’s think tank, which wants to hoover your NHS data & use it to create chatbot doctors to replace your GP…
Larry is also the main ($375m) funder of Tony Blair’s think tank, which wants to hoover your NHS data & use it to create chatbot doctors to replace your GP…
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Amidst many damaging moves on Trump's first day, the threat to seize tax sovereignty from allies and enemies alike - and to reverse the direction of travel against corporate tax abuse - may be self-defeating. Policymakers in the EU, UK & elsewhere now *more* likely to commit to the UN tax convention
Trump is demanding countries cede their tax sovereignty over US multinational corporations operating within their own borders – or face serious countermeasures.
Countries must now choose: surrender, or defend your taxing rights with a #UNtaxConvention.
taxjustice.net/press/trump-...
Countries must now choose: surrender, or defend your taxing rights with a #UNtaxConvention.
taxjustice.net/press/trump-...
Trump demands countries surrender tax sovereignty at economic gunpoint | Tax Justice Network
US President Donald Trump has signalled plans to question the right of any country to tax American multinational corporations and is threatening to take countermeasures against countries that do not, ...
taxjustice.net
January 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Amidst many damaging moves on Trump's first day, the threat to seize tax sovereignty from allies and enemies alike - and to reverse the direction of travel against corporate tax abuse - may be self-defeating. Policymakers in the EU, UK & elsewhere now *more* likely to commit to the UN tax convention
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Rachel Reeves is expected to approve a third runway at Heathrow airport despite the fact it would wreck the country's climate ambitions and is highly unlikely to result in any GDP 'growth'.
Brilliant...
Brilliant...
January 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Rachel Reeves is expected to approve a third runway at Heathrow airport despite the fact it would wreck the country's climate ambitions and is highly unlikely to result in any GDP 'growth'.
Brilliant...
Brilliant...
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I understand the point here, but strongly disagree.
That politicians have failed to protect our democracy in the past does not justify a failure to protect it now.
The risk that our democratic system could be flooded with foreign money is real and immediate. It needs real and immediate action.
That politicians have failed to protect our democracy in the past does not justify a failure to protect it now.
The risk that our democratic system could be flooded with foreign money is real and immediate. It needs real and immediate action.
Changing electoral donation rules to stop one donor a bad idea. To change system that has benefited established parties & stop donations that now benefit an insurgent party will confirm sense system is rigged & drive backlash. To avoid that do a change which comes into effect after next election
December 19, 2024 at 10:49 AM
I understand the point here, but strongly disagree.
That politicians have failed to protect our democracy in the past does not justify a failure to protect it now.
The risk that our democratic system could be flooded with foreign money is real and immediate. It needs real and immediate action.
That politicians have failed to protect our democracy in the past does not justify a failure to protect it now.
The risk that our democratic system could be flooded with foreign money is real and immediate. It needs real and immediate action.
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This is very serious. It seems patients are being evacuated from Southampton hosp inc from its dialysis unit.
Many of us saw this sort of hugely worrying and dangerous problem ahead if we left incompetent greedy water companies in control.
Why didn't the Govt?
#PublicOwnership is the only option.
Many of us saw this sort of hugely worrying and dangerous problem ahead if we left incompetent greedy water companies in control.
Why didn't the Govt?
#PublicOwnership is the only option.
This is appalling. Another water company that can't fulfil its obligations to deliver clean water to households.
So, will our Govt take Southern Water into public ownership immediately?
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
@feargalsharkey.bsky.social
@windrushwasp.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
So, will our Govt take Southern Water into public ownership immediately?
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
@feargalsharkey.bsky.social
@windrushwasp.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Southampton water outage to last until the weekend, firm says
Some 58,000 properties have been affected by an outage after a fault at a water supply works.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2024 at 5:24 AM
This is very serious. It seems patients are being evacuated from Southampton hosp inc from its dialysis unit.
Many of us saw this sort of hugely worrying and dangerous problem ahead if we left incompetent greedy water companies in control.
Why didn't the Govt?
#PublicOwnership is the only option.
Many of us saw this sort of hugely worrying and dangerous problem ahead if we left incompetent greedy water companies in control.
Why didn't the Govt?
#PublicOwnership is the only option.
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Nice to see @greenjennyjones.bsky.social’s work recognised
A shout-out to the remarkable women campaigning for political change
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
The remarkable women campaigning for political change
From environmentalists to anti-corruption campaigners, here are the women keeping the issues that matter to the country in the spotlight.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 18, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Nice to see @greenjennyjones.bsky.social’s work recognised
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