Lee Bowers
@leebowers.bsky.social
Singer-songwriter, guitarist in Special Bus Service, previously guitarist in Suck My Deformity, bi-polar, fan of football (soccer), snooker and cricket. Politics for the many. Heavily meditated. We are one. Essex, UK.
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Lee Bowers
@leebowers.bsky.social
· May 22
This is my song Slideshow from my recent gig at Boathouse Studios in Barking...
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This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
"I hear the natives fussing at the data chart"
November 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"I hear the natives fussing at the data chart"
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If the BBC gives one penny of tax payer money to that orange rapist I’m cancelling my license fee and I’m sure I’m not alone in that.
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
If the BBC gives one penny of tax payer money to that orange rapist I’m cancelling my license fee and I’m sure I’m not alone in that.
What were Channel 5 thinking picking Dermot O'Leary to present the NFL coverage, I used to enjoy watching it
November 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
What were Channel 5 thinking picking Dermot O'Leary to present the NFL coverage, I used to enjoy watching it
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Imagine a world in which Netanyahu was arrested and tried for crimes against humanity. Imagine a world in which his accomplices, Keir Starmer, Donald Trump et al went down with him. Imagine a world where billionaires were disallowed, in which wealth and power was fairly redistributed. Imagine...
October 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Imagine a world in which Netanyahu was arrested and tried for crimes against humanity. Imagine a world in which his accomplices, Keir Starmer, Donald Trump et al went down with him. Imagine a world where billionaires were disallowed, in which wealth and power was fairly redistributed. Imagine...
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Anyhow, who really did pay for the house in Clacton & where did the money come from?
The press are deliberately letting the story slide away again aren't they.
This man wants to be PM so we, the electorate, have a right to know the true facts!
The press are deliberately letting the story slide away again aren't they.
This man wants to be PM so we, the electorate, have a right to know the true facts!
October 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Anyhow, who really did pay for the house in Clacton & where did the money come from?
The press are deliberately letting the story slide away again aren't they.
This man wants to be PM so we, the electorate, have a right to know the true facts!
The press are deliberately letting the story slide away again aren't they.
This man wants to be PM so we, the electorate, have a right to know the true facts!
I thought Brentford were superb in their win against Liverpool
October 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I thought Brentford were superb in their win against Liverpool
Meditation is really helping me lately
October 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Meditation is really helping me lately
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'Centrists' want to pretend this didn't happen. But it did; we were there.
Keir Starmer's government is illegitimate.
jacobin.com/2025/10/labo...
Keir Starmer's government is illegitimate.
jacobin.com/2025/10/labo...
How the Labour Right Brought Down Jeremy Corbyn
A new book by the journalist Paul Holden exposes the lengths that reactionaries within the Labour Party, many of whom now serve in the current government, went to sabotage the electoral prospects of J...
jacobin.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
'Centrists' want to pretend this didn't happen. But it did; we were there.
Keir Starmer's government is illegitimate.
jacobin.com/2025/10/labo...
Keir Starmer's government is illegitimate.
jacobin.com/2025/10/labo...
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Today, England's water companies received their worst pollution ratings since records began.
Rising bills. Soaring profits. Sewage in our rivers and seas.
Enough is enough. Bring water back into public ownership, now.
Rising bills. Soaring profits. Sewage in our rivers and seas.
Enough is enough. Bring water back into public ownership, now.
October 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Today, England's water companies received their worst pollution ratings since records began.
Rising bills. Soaring profits. Sewage in our rivers and seas.
Enough is enough. Bring water back into public ownership, now.
Rising bills. Soaring profits. Sewage in our rivers and seas.
Enough is enough. Bring water back into public ownership, now.
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Millionaire donations to MPs are blatant corruption buying votes
"MP annual salary: £91,346 (from April 2024). Additional salaries apply for roles like select committee chairs (up to £17,000 extra) or ministers (set separately by government) [plus big pensions, subsidies, costs]"
via Ad Sinistram
"MP annual salary: £91,346 (from April 2024). Additional salaries apply for roles like select committee chairs (up to £17,000 extra) or ministers (set separately by government) [plus big pensions, subsidies, costs]"
via Ad Sinistram
October 22, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Millionaire donations to MPs are blatant corruption buying votes
"MP annual salary: £91,346 (from April 2024). Additional salaries apply for roles like select committee chairs (up to £17,000 extra) or ministers (set separately by government) [plus big pensions, subsidies, costs]"
via Ad Sinistram
"MP annual salary: £91,346 (from April 2024). Additional salaries apply for roles like select committee chairs (up to £17,000 extra) or ministers (set separately by government) [plus big pensions, subsidies, costs]"
via Ad Sinistram
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UK travellers should expect "four-hour queues" as new EU border system comes into force. Brexit really is the gift that keeps giving
www.itv.com/news/2025-10...
www.itv.com/news/2025-10...
October 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM
UK travellers should expect "four-hour queues" as new EU border system comes into force. Brexit really is the gift that keeps giving
www.itv.com/news/2025-10...
www.itv.com/news/2025-10...
What a brilliant performance by Northern Ireland in the football, that was inspirational.
October 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
What a brilliant performance by Northern Ireland in the football, that was inspirational.
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My wife is not speaking to me because her and her mother walked in on me trying to vacuum a fart directly from source
October 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
My wife is not speaking to me because her and her mother walked in on me trying to vacuum a fart directly from source
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Fascism doesn’t just come out and announce itself by killing people…
It starts with subtle dehumanising, subtle rhetoric, bits of propaganda…
Then it latches on to a crisis moment to double down on the rhetoric to get people on-side.
The killing is the last part.
It starts with subtle dehumanising, subtle rhetoric, bits of propaganda…
Then it latches on to a crisis moment to double down on the rhetoric to get people on-side.
The killing is the last part.
October 8, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Fascism doesn’t just come out and announce itself by killing people…
It starts with subtle dehumanising, subtle rhetoric, bits of propaganda…
Then it latches on to a crisis moment to double down on the rhetoric to get people on-side.
The killing is the last part.
It starts with subtle dehumanising, subtle rhetoric, bits of propaganda…
Then it latches on to a crisis moment to double down on the rhetoric to get people on-side.
The killing is the last part.
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NHS could cease to function under Labour’s new visa rules, say nurses
Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UK
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UK
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
NHS could cease to function under Labour’s new visa rules, say nurses
Exclusive: Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UK
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:22 AM
NHS could cease to function under Labour’s new visa rules, say nurses
Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UK
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UK
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social
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UK subsidises energy prices in other countries.
Investors, state entities from Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Israel, Italy, Korea, Norway, UAE & the US own most of UK energy sector.
£514bn operating profit since 2020.
Profits/Dividends go abroad.
Britons pay the price of privatisation dogma.
Investors, state entities from Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Israel, Italy, Korea, Norway, UAE & the US own most of UK energy sector.
£514bn operating profit since 2020.
Profits/Dividends go abroad.
Britons pay the price of privatisation dogma.
If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership
Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.
leftfootforward.org
October 1, 2025 at 8:06 AM
UK subsidises energy prices in other countries.
Investors, state entities from Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Israel, Italy, Korea, Norway, UAE & the US own most of UK energy sector.
£514bn operating profit since 2020.
Profits/Dividends go abroad.
Britons pay the price of privatisation dogma.
Investors, state entities from Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Israel, Italy, Korea, Norway, UAE & the US own most of UK energy sector.
£514bn operating profit since 2020.
Profits/Dividends go abroad.
Britons pay the price of privatisation dogma.
I love this song, probably my favourite by Modest Mouse... www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5po...
Modest Mouse - Edit the Sad Parts
YouTube video by Guercinator
www.youtube.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I love this song, probably my favourite by Modest Mouse... www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5po...
I just had my TV on full volume for the first time. Sonic Youth were on Jools Holland playing Sugar Kane.
September 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I just had my TV on full volume for the first time. Sonic Youth were on Jools Holland playing Sugar Kane.