Roberta Stevenson
@pembridge.bsky.social
Green Party member. Left Labour when Starmer became leader.
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If you're sickened by Labour whipping its MPs to vote down amendments that might have made the Planning & Infrastructure Bill less destructive to nature & wildlife...
Maybe it's time to join the Green Party?
join.greenparty.org.uk
Maybe it's time to join the Green Party?
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
If you're sickened by Labour whipping its MPs to vote down amendments that might have made the Planning & Infrastructure Bill less destructive to nature & wildlife...
Maybe it's time to join the Green Party?
join.greenparty.org.uk
Maybe it's time to join the Green Party?
join.greenparty.org.uk
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Well now, how about that?
#WealthTax
#WealthTax
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:
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 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Well now, how about that?
#WealthTax
#WealthTax
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One of these two men is in charge of destroying Labour and impoverishing the vulnerable, the other is a sheet of cardboard roughly shaped into the pretence of a man, propped up with disappointment and loathing...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Starmer's chief of staff McSweeney not leaving role over briefing war, BBC told
The PM's top aide was not involved
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
One of these two men is in charge of destroying Labour and impoverishing the vulnerable, the other is a sheet of cardboard roughly shaped into the pretence of a man, propped up with disappointment and loathing...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He brought it all on us too. He should never be forgiven.
A message for Sir Keir Starmer:
You brought this all on yourself.
And you have no one else to blame.
You brought this all on yourself.
And you have no one else to blame.
November 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
He brought it all on us too. He should never be forgiven.
Won’t be difficult. Their coffee is filthy.
In case people forget. You should be boycotting Starbucks. Tomorrow starts their strike. Going to Starbucks is crossing picketing lines.
Be a better person and don’t go to Starbucks ✌🏼 it’s not that hard
Be a better person and don’t go to Starbucks ✌🏼 it’s not that hard
November 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Won’t be difficult. Their coffee is filthy.
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If a woman in a pub were coming out with this drivel and then told me she used to be prime minister, I'd suggest she seek psychiatric help at the earliest opportunity.
November 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
If a woman in a pub were coming out with this drivel and then told me she used to be prime minister, I'd suggest she seek psychiatric help at the earliest opportunity.
Trump’s ceasefire is like everything else he does - inauthentic and worthless. Now most media are forgetting Gaza. It’s so last year.
Israel’s campaign of destruction in Gaza continues in plain sight of the whole world — with over 1,500 buildings destroyed since the ceasefire agreement.
This is a deliberate tactic to make the area uninhabitable and ethnically cleanse it of Palestinians.
This is a deliberate tactic to make the area uninhabitable and ethnically cleanse it of Palestinians.
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, the images show.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Trump’s ceasefire is like everything else he does - inauthentic and worthless. Now most media are forgetting Gaza. It’s so last year.
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This is bloody excellent from @chadbourn.bsky.social
“The Far Right doesn’t stay within borders. It’s at work everywhere and it works in sync. The strength in one area magnifies the strength in another. It’s a global threat.”
The Far Right Hits The BBC
The assault on free media gathers pace
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
This is bloody excellent from @chadbourn.bsky.social
Have seen Maurice Glasman on Newsnight twice and each time he’s seemed arrogant and clueless. If the government are listening to him it’s no wonder they’re low in the polls.
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Have seen Maurice Glasman on Newsnight twice and each time he’s seemed arrogant and clueless. If the government are listening to him it’s no wonder they’re low in the polls.
The BBC isn’t just about news and current affairs, which has been biased to the right, if anything, for a long time, but there’s cover of all genres of music, literature, religion, comedy etc. all of which isn’t available elsewhere. Hands off Trump!
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The BBC isn’t just about news and current affairs, which has been biased to the right, if anything, for a long time, but there’s cover of all genres of music, literature, religion, comedy etc. all of which isn’t available elsewhere. Hands off Trump!
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unfortunately the advantage the other site currently has over this one is Joyce Carol Oates laying into Elon Musk
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
unfortunately the advantage the other site currently has over this one is Joyce Carol Oates laying into Elon Musk
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‘I once planned to sue the bbc for suggesting I encouraged an insurrection the time I encouraged an insurrection on live tv’
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
‘I once planned to sue the bbc for suggesting I encouraged an insurrection the time I encouraged an insurrection on live tv’
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Huge congratulations to Terror for winning the War on Terror ♥️
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Huge congratulations to Terror for winning the War on Terror ♥️
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Reform UK won control of Durham County Council in May, hoping to cut council tax...
...they now contemplate a significant increase in that tax.
...they now contemplate a significant increase in that tax.
County Durham residents fear higher bills as Reform UK plans council tax changes
Reform UK won control of Durham County Council in May, hoping to cut council tax; they now contemplate a significant increase in that tax
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Reform UK won control of Durham County Council in May, hoping to cut council tax...
...they now contemplate a significant increase in that tax.
...they now contemplate a significant increase in that tax.
Optimistic thought occurs. Trump and his acolytes have rid us of Tory DG of BBC and a right wing head of news. Can we now replace them with left wingers?
November 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Optimistic thought occurs. Trump and his acolytes have rid us of Tory DG of BBC and a right wing head of news. Can we now replace them with left wingers?
Have we not realised that standing up to bullies is the only way to deal with them? All that loving up to Trump recently, and what does he do? Sue the BBC for a billion. Sod off.
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Have we not realised that standing up to bullies is the only way to deal with them? All that loving up to Trump recently, and what does he do? Sue the BBC for a billion. Sod off.
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Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
Heroes.
#OtD 10 Nov 1944 13 members of the Ehrenfeld anti-Nazi resistance group were hanged in the street in Cologne by the Gestapo. Six of them were members of the Edelweiss Pirates: anti-Nazi working-class youth. This is our podcast ep about them: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/72-e...
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Heroes.
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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BBC Director General Tim Davie and news CEO Deborah Turness have both quit. Getting rid of a former Tory candidate and the woman who wanted to change output to gain the trust of Reform voters should definitely sort out any left wing bias.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
BBC Director General Tim Davie and news CEO Deborah Turness have both quit. Getting rid of a former Tory candidate and the woman who wanted to change output to gain the trust of Reform voters should definitely sort out any left wing bias.
The BBC is so obviously biased towards the ‘metropolitan left’ that it chooses to interview Nigel
Farage and Charles Moore as critics with David Yelland as thee defence. I give up.
Farage and Charles Moore as critics with David Yelland as thee defence. I give up.
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
The BBC is so obviously biased towards the ‘metropolitan left’ that it chooses to interview Nigel
Farage and Charles Moore as critics with David Yelland as thee defence. I give up.
Farage and Charles Moore as critics with David Yelland as thee defence. I give up.
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Ofc, the hard right Justin Webb and #r4today are going all-in on the "worklessness" 'crisis'.
So, for them, and this Labour govt, here are some facts about welfare spending and those who are out of work.
bsky.app/profile/chri...
So, for them, and this Labour govt, here are some facts about welfare spending and those who are out of work.
bsky.app/profile/chri...
There is no need for a moral panic about the UK's welfare system.
Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts
Spending is controlled, not spiralling
Worklessness is near record lows
My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...
Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts
Spending is controlled, not spiralling
Worklessness is near record lows
My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...
November 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Ofc, the hard right Justin Webb and #r4today are going all-in on the "worklessness" 'crisis'.
So, for them, and this Labour govt, here are some facts about welfare spending and those who are out of work.
bsky.app/profile/chri...
So, for them, and this Labour govt, here are some facts about welfare spending and those who are out of work.
bsky.app/profile/chri...
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#SPotTheScammer
@dava5678da.bsky.social this is a notorious "advance fee" scammer, impersonating lottery winner Dave Johnson. This article explains how it works.
eu.northjersey.com/story/news/n...
@dava5678da.bsky.social this is a notorious "advance fee" scammer, impersonating lottery winner Dave Johnson. This article explains how it works.
eu.northjersey.com/story/news/n...
No, a lottery jackpot winner isn't giving you money. How to spot a scammer
Whether it's through emails, text messages or social media, someone looking to give you a fortune is just looking to make a fortune by scamming you.
eu.northjersey.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
#SPotTheScammer
@dava5678da.bsky.social this is a notorious "advance fee" scammer, impersonating lottery winner Dave Johnson. This article explains how it works.
eu.northjersey.com/story/news/n...
@dava5678da.bsky.social this is a notorious "advance fee" scammer, impersonating lottery winner Dave Johnson. This article explains how it works.
eu.northjersey.com/story/news/n...
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"hard left disruptors."
Or just give a crap about people?
And want things to be affordable.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Or just give a crap about people?
And want things to be affordable.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"hard left disruptors."
Or just give a crap about people?
And want things to be affordable.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Or just give a crap about people?
And want things to be affordable.
Join.greenparty.org.uk