Kez Pea
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Kez Pea
@kezp.bsky.social
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Here we go again. Trump has told the UK that if we want a UK-US tech deal, we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! 🤢🐔 How dare he try to impose poor food standards in Britain. Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves:
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/chlorine...
Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves
Here we go again. Trump has told the UK that if we want a UK-US tech deal, we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! 🤢🐔 How dare he try to impose poor food standards in Britain. Sign the petitio...
act.38degrees.org.uk
December 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history

75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men

Is this what democracy looks like?

New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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#OtD 4 Dec 1969 Chicago Black Panther leader Fred Hampton was murdered while asleep in his bed during a raid on his apartment by Chicago Police in conjunction with the FBI. Mark Clark was also killed, and other Panthers wounded. Learn more about the BPP: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
December 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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“Speaking outside his chateau in France…”
I kid you not.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Researching UK schoolchildren's' strikes in 1889, and came across this excellent description of the problems with "home lessons" which were one of the students' main complaints.
We'll be adding stories to our Stories app and Map: stories.workingclasshistory.com/tag/15377/18...
November 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.

And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*

Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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I’ve just announced I’ll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , it’s vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all .

@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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WIN a set of #Christmas cards

Repost and follow me to enter
I’ll pick a winner at 9pm tonight (Friday 7 Nov)
gailmyerscough.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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As children tell ghost stories this week, it’s worth remembering a real horror that once haunted East Anglia – when the Witchfinder General stalked these lands and hundreds died as a result. Justice turned upside down by superstition and greed.

@eastangliabylines.co.uk
The Witchfinder General: East Anglia’s dark secret
As we tell ghost stories to children, it is time to remember a true horror that stalked these lands
eastangliabylines.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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We only really see the stress in the system when there is a high profile failure point but a well-designed justice system is as much (if not more) about rehabilitation as incarceration - and the process failures here are mostly invisible
October 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Chris Mason has misunderstood the Caerphilly by-election with the idea that Reform lost "none of the above" voters who could have voted Reform to Plaid, or that Plaid took the potential Reform vote.

Hope BES academics can point out why this reading of Wales/Scotland v England misses the drivers
October 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Israeli soldiers guarding Thunberg told her they learned “little whore” & “whore Greta” in Swedish so they could taunt her - while kicking her - in custody. This was for trying to bring food & medicine to Gaza. 🇵🇸❤️✊🏼 www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”
– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar
www.aftonbladet.se
October 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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As I argue in #PlatypusMatters, Australia has the world's best mammals, but is sadly the worst place on Earth to be a mammal, with the planet's worst #extinction rate.
The Christmas Island shrew is now the latest species to be officially declared extinct.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct
The tally of Australian mammals extinct since 1788 is now 39 species – far more than for any other country
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown
October 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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October 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Extraordinary events in the US - a civil war brewing which the UK media seem to have missed
This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.
This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
October 6, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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RIP to Jane Goodall, who opened the world's eyes to our closest relatives. (Photo by NatGeo's Hugo Van Lawick)
October 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Here’s who’s been taken by IDF so far: globalsumudflotilla.org/sos/?key=X8J...
SOS - Global Movement to Gaza
globalsumudflotilla.org
October 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Livestream of Global Sumud Flotilla as they approach Gaza. Watch & share: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...
October 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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As a working-class person, I can't take this at face value. The system is rigged, and politicians won't listen to people like me. I also know that it's not the fault of migrants, trans people, etc.

You can voice your frustration and abandonment without fascism, as it happens.

#spéirghorm #ireland
September 21, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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This letter to The Economist makes a decent point. The case for robo taxis probably feels overwhelming in a country where the urban design means you're utterly screwed without a car.

It's like how higher crime rates presumably boost the car for security solutions. Not entirely enviable
September 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Please consider signing this petition. Although it seems unlikely that our government will ban him (sadly), it shows the strength of feeling in the UK against Elon and his vile opinions and actions.

startafire.co/scramnews/ba...
Tell your MP: Ban Elon Musk from the UK
Home Secretary: Ban Elon Musk from the UK
startafire.co
September 16, 2025 at 8:34 AM