Joe
@j0eshmo.bsky.social
Likes music, socialism, MMT, food, wine and mountains. Hates Tories, Capitalism and neoliberalism. Sad about Brexit and Palestine. Incredulous about Trump.
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🧱 “Ugliest buildings in Scotland?”
A new Herald article featuring illustrator Natalie Tweedie reopens the debate around brutalist architecture — bold, controversial, and deeply woven into Glasgow’s story.
Natalie also illustrated our Brutal Glasgow exhibition - still open online buff.ly/gvg0j8c
A new Herald article featuring illustrator Natalie Tweedie reopens the debate around brutalist architecture — bold, controversial, and deeply woven into Glasgow’s story.
Natalie also illustrated our Brutal Glasgow exhibition - still open online buff.ly/gvg0j8c
December 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🧱 “Ugliest buildings in Scotland?”
A new Herald article featuring illustrator Natalie Tweedie reopens the debate around brutalist architecture — bold, controversial, and deeply woven into Glasgow’s story.
Natalie also illustrated our Brutal Glasgow exhibition - still open online buff.ly/gvg0j8c
A new Herald article featuring illustrator Natalie Tweedie reopens the debate around brutalist architecture — bold, controversial, and deeply woven into Glasgow’s story.
Natalie also illustrated our Brutal Glasgow exhibition - still open online buff.ly/gvg0j8c
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📢 This petition reflects what many of us already feel about Brexit’s impact. If you haven’t signed yet, here’s the link:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK
We believe Brexit's not working. The OBR judges that the UK economy is smaller and trade is weaker because of Brexit, and it will just get worse. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin ...
petition.parliament.uk
December 16, 2025 at 7:58 AM
📢 This petition reflects what many of us already feel about Brexit’s impact. If you haven’t signed yet, here’s the link:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
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🚨 NEW: HOPE not hate can today reveal that a group of far- right activists has set up a covert research unit to gather data on thousands of progressives. Our team has gone inside their chat group to discover more about their plans. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/11/20/e...
Exposed: New Far-Right Research Unit Targeting Progressive Activists – HOPE not hate
A group of far-right activists have formed a new information gathering unit and have progressive activists in their sights, HOPE not hate (HNH) can reveal. ...
hopenothate.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🚨 NEW: HOPE not hate can today reveal that a group of far- right activists has set up a covert research unit to gather data on thousands of progressives. Our team has gone inside their chat group to discover more about their plans. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/11/20/e...
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💰💰💰PFI cost us £80bn for just £13bn of actual investment in our NHS
🤯 And now the government want to use MORE private finance ?!?
❌ We say no to the private finance rip off. We're handing in this petition to the Treasury on the 18th November. Make sure your name is on it.
🤯 And now the government want to use MORE private finance ?!?
❌ We say no to the private finance rip off. We're handing in this petition to the Treasury on the 18th November. Make sure your name is on it.
Petition: No new PFI in Neighbourhood Health Services
Wes Streeting: do not use a “Public Private Partnership” to finance Neighbourhood Health Centres
weownit.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
💰💰💰PFI cost us £80bn for just £13bn of actual investment in our NHS
🤯 And now the government want to use MORE private finance ?!?
❌ We say no to the private finance rip off. We're handing in this petition to the Treasury on the 18th November. Make sure your name is on it.
🤯 And now the government want to use MORE private finance ?!?
❌ We say no to the private finance rip off. We're handing in this petition to the Treasury on the 18th November. Make sure your name is on it.
Very exciting news
We are so excited that Sixteen Horsepower has announced their first reunion show to be Fire In the Mountain festival.
We are such David Eugene Edwards fans.
16horsepower.band
We are such David Eugene Edwards fans.
16horsepower.band
November 7, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Very exciting news
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That the UK - one of the architects of this fund, designed to save the world’s forests - is now refusing to put any money into it is frankly shameful. Starmer’s claim that he still continues to back the fund is meaningless without resources - so much for climate leadership
November 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
That the UK - one of the architects of this fund, designed to save the world’s forests - is now refusing to put any money into it is frankly shameful. Starmer’s claim that he still continues to back the fund is meaningless without resources - so much for climate leadership
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Labour’s “Growth Commission” is chaired by Shanker Singham 👉 the same Brexit deregulator backed by Liz Truss + Tufton Street.
The man who sold “Singapore-on-Thames” 🦄 is advising Starmer’s Labour.
McSweeney’s fingerprints all over it.
Proof Labour’s been captured
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
The man who sold “Singapore-on-Thames” 🦄 is advising Starmer’s Labour.
McSweeney’s fingerprints all over it.
Proof Labour’s been captured
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
Brexit guru warns getting closer to EU will kill growth
Shanker Singham says Britain can boost growth by breaking further away from EU regulations and says the UK's present woes are result of decades of bad decisions
www.express.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Labour’s “Growth Commission” is chaired by Shanker Singham 👉 the same Brexit deregulator backed by Liz Truss + Tufton Street.
The man who sold “Singapore-on-Thames” 🦄 is advising Starmer’s Labour.
McSweeney’s fingerprints all over it.
Proof Labour’s been captured
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
The man who sold “Singapore-on-Thames” 🦄 is advising Starmer’s Labour.
McSweeney’s fingerprints all over it.
Proof Labour’s been captured
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
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Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand 'Test and Trace' Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/10/31/d...
Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand 'Test and Trace' Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel
Exclusive: Boris Johnson's senior advisor pushed for Covid contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison
bylinetimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand 'Test and Trace' Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/10/31/d...
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Israel (& the west) keeps deploying this tactic: insist on a 'ceasefire' with Palestinians making huge concessions, then carry on the killing regardless.
This short thread shows the same thing happening today, 3 months ago, 7 months ago and 8 months ago... 🧵
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
This short thread shows the same thing happening today, 3 months ago, 7 months ago and 8 months ago... 🧵
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
Israel strikes Gaza as IDF and Hamas accuse each other of breaching ceasefire - live updates
Israel says it struck Rafah after its troops came under fire. Hamas denies knowledge of clashes in the area and accuses Israel of violating the ceasefire.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Israel (& the west) keeps deploying this tactic: insist on a 'ceasefire' with Palestinians making huge concessions, then carry on the killing regardless.
This short thread shows the same thing happening today, 3 months ago, 7 months ago and 8 months ago... 🧵
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
This short thread shows the same thing happening today, 3 months ago, 7 months ago and 8 months ago... 🧵
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
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This is what tolerance of anti-migrant political rhetoric leads to. A surge in racial abuse against nurses and care workers. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55%
Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
This is what tolerance of anti-migrant political rhetoric leads to. A surge in racial abuse against nurses and care workers. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Orkney Council has confirmed all profits from its new wind farm will go into local services - wealth will circulate locally, not flow to distant shareholders.
It's a glimpse of what community benefit from renewables can look like. But how typical is this?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
It's a glimpse of what community benefit from renewables can look like. But how typical is this?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Much fairer’: all profits from new Orkney windfarm to benefit locals
Construction due to begin in 2027 on what is expected to become UK’s largest publicly owned windfarm
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Orkney Council has confirmed all profits from its new wind farm will go into local services - wealth will circulate locally, not flow to distant shareholders.
It's a glimpse of what community benefit from renewables can look like. But how typical is this?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
It's a glimpse of what community benefit from renewables can look like. But how typical is this?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!
October 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!
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If only this Labour government was “doing everything” to end child poverty — instead of bending over backwards for racist football hooligans and the genocidal apartheid state of Israel it sells arms to.
October 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If only this Labour government was “doing everything” to end child poverty — instead of bending over backwards for racist football hooligans and the genocidal apartheid state of Israel it sells arms to.
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PFI - you’ve probably heard the term, but what does it really mean for the NHS? 💷
We’ve broken down how PFI were sold as a clever way to fund hospitals… and why they ended up costing the public billions more than they should have.
Keep an eye out… our new research on PFIs is coming soon 👀
We’ve broken down how PFI were sold as a clever way to fund hospitals… and why they ended up costing the public billions more than they should have.
Keep an eye out… our new research on PFIs is coming soon 👀
October 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
PFI - you’ve probably heard the term, but what does it really mean for the NHS? 💷
We’ve broken down how PFI were sold as a clever way to fund hospitals… and why they ended up costing the public billions more than they should have.
Keep an eye out… our new research on PFIs is coming soon 👀
We’ve broken down how PFI were sold as a clever way to fund hospitals… and why they ended up costing the public billions more than they should have.
Keep an eye out… our new research on PFIs is coming soon 👀
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📣This monday!📣
Private finance has been a disaster for our public services. ❌
Say no to new #PFI in our #NHS. 🏥
Join us at #Labour conference to urge the government to change course ahead of their final decision in their autumn budget on 26 November.
Or you can email your MP today 👇
Private finance has been a disaster for our public services. ❌
Say no to new #PFI in our #NHS. 🏥
Join us at #Labour conference to urge the government to change course ahead of their final decision in their autumn budget on 26 November.
Or you can email your MP today 👇
Say no to new PFI in our NHS - Labour conference action
You can still stop the government's plan for new PFI in our NHS
weownit.org.uk
September 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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On most issues, most of us disagree with Farage:
Brexit, leaving ECHR, paying Taliban for refugees, Trussonomics, tax breaks for the wealthy, huge welfare cuts, binning NetZero, scrapping workers’ rights, arselicking Trump…
Our politics should reflect us, not him.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Brexit, leaving ECHR, paying Taliban for refugees, Trussonomics, tax breaks for the wealthy, huge welfare cuts, binning NetZero, scrapping workers’ rights, arselicking Trump…
Our politics should reflect us, not him.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump has dragged the US to the abyss and Nigel Farage would do the same to Britain. Here’s how to stop him
It’s not too late to puncture the Reform leader’s populist myth. His ‘make Britain great again’ act is out of step with the British people, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:51 AM
On most issues, most of us disagree with Farage:
Brexit, leaving ECHR, paying Taliban for refugees, Trussonomics, tax breaks for the wealthy, huge welfare cuts, binning NetZero, scrapping workers’ rights, arselicking Trump…
Our politics should reflect us, not him.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Brexit, leaving ECHR, paying Taliban for refugees, Trussonomics, tax breaks for the wealthy, huge welfare cuts, binning NetZero, scrapping workers’ rights, arselicking Trump…
Our politics should reflect us, not him.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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As I told @newrepublic.com, "Once last week, twice today, ICE has picked me up and thrown me on the ground. Honestly, it doesn’t compare to what our neighbors who are trapped inside the Broadview processing facility are going through. They’re committing crimes against humanity there."
I’m a Congressional Candidate. I Was Assaulted by ICE.
An interview with Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old Democratic House candidate in Illinois, who was violently thrown to the ground twice at a peaceful protest in Illinois on Friday morning.
newrepublic.com
September 20, 2025 at 1:40 AM
As I told @newrepublic.com, "Once last week, twice today, ICE has picked me up and thrown me on the ground. Honestly, it doesn’t compare to what our neighbors who are trapped inside the Broadview processing facility are going through. They’re committing crimes against humanity there."
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🚨 For too long, the rich have set this country’s political agenda. Not any more.
If you are one of the 750,000 who signed up to support Your Party, check your emails for details of your new party's founding process.
Or read this thread 🧵 for a short overview.
If you are one of the 750,000 who signed up to support Your Party, check your emails for details of your new party's founding process.
Or read this thread 🧵 for a short overview.
September 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🚨 For too long, the rich have set this country’s political agenda. Not any more.
If you are one of the 750,000 who signed up to support Your Party, check your emails for details of your new party's founding process.
Or read this thread 🧵 for a short overview.
If you are one of the 750,000 who signed up to support Your Party, check your emails for details of your new party's founding process.
Or read this thread 🧵 for a short overview.
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Astonishingly, I've discovered, the Tufton Street junktanks that shaped Liz Truss's agenda are still operating at the heart of government. Remind me what we voted for again ...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Warning! The rightwing junktanks behind the Tories’ worst disasters still have the keys to No 10 | George Monbiot
Who is running the government’s ‘growth school’ for civil servants? The answer surpassed my worst fears, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Astonishingly, I've discovered, the Tufton Street junktanks that shaped Liz Truss's agenda are still operating at the heart of government. Remind me what we voted for again ...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A very disturbing thing I missed in researching this week's column. Three of the four junktank ultras hired by Labour to groom civil servants are named in this investigation of a Westminster network involving the disgraced eugenicist Andrew Sabisky. investigations.hopenothate.org.uk/andrew-sabis...
Unravelling Westminster’s secret influence network | HOPE not hate
An ex-Tory aide linked to race science has created a group of political allies to craft policy in the shadows
investigations.hopenothate.org.uk
September 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
A very disturbing thing I missed in researching this week's column. Three of the four junktank ultras hired by Labour to groom civil servants are named in this investigation of a Westminster network involving the disgraced eugenicist Andrew Sabisky. investigations.hopenothate.org.uk/andrew-sabis...
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Could we please stop pretending that the flags being hung from streetlamps or painted on roundabouts are innocent expressions of patriotic pride? This is the far right marking out its territory. It uses these flags to intimidate its traditional victims and opponents. 🧵1/3
September 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Could we please stop pretending that the flags being hung from streetlamps or painted on roundabouts are innocent expressions of patriotic pride? This is the far right marking out its territory. It uses these flags to intimidate its traditional victims and opponents. 🧵1/3
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They’re selling our country to US corporate tech bosses without our consent or even letting us see the deal - it’s FUCKED UP.
Be scared. Lord Mandelson is at the centre of a US-UK Tech deal ready to be signed next week.
MPs and the public know nothing about its contents, as the government has been even more secretive than Johnson’s on trade.
But we know enough to be very worried 🧵
MPs and the public know nothing about its contents, as the government has been even more secretive than Johnson’s on trade.
But we know enough to be very worried 🧵
September 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
They’re selling our country to US corporate tech bosses without our consent or even letting us see the deal - it’s FUCKED UP.
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What on earth has possessed people to believe that Reform’s motley collection of our most abysmal, prejudiced and corrupt politicians - all with a proven track record of epic and piss-taking failure would be a remotely credible government? Seriously people… and media…
you’ve lost your goddam minds.
you’ve lost your goddam minds.
September 5, 2025 at 7:43 AM
What on earth has possessed people to believe that Reform’s motley collection of our most abysmal, prejudiced and corrupt politicians - all with a proven track record of epic and piss-taking failure would be a remotely credible government? Seriously people… and media…
you’ve lost your goddam minds.
you’ve lost your goddam minds.