Phil Merriam
@philmerriam.bsky.social
Left of centre. Christian. Sailor. Cyclist. Family and community.
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Phil Merriam
@philmerriam.bsky.social
· Apr 16
A question. Can we beat the dictators and other rule breakers while keeping within principle and the rule of law ourselves? Or do we have to break the rules too?
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Left: Danny Kruger says he won't hold a by-election now that he's switched from Conservative to Reform
Right: That time Nigel Farage said an MP was dishonourable if he doesn't have a by-election after changing parties
Right: That time Nigel Farage said an MP was dishonourable if he doesn't have a by-election after changing parties
September 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Left: Danny Kruger says he won't hold a by-election now that he's switched from Conservative to Reform
Right: That time Nigel Farage said an MP was dishonourable if he doesn't have a by-election after changing parties
Right: That time Nigel Farage said an MP was dishonourable if he doesn't have a by-election after changing parties
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In 2001, as the Terrorism Act 2000 came into force, I warned that it could be used to ban non-violent protest groups and imprison those who support them. Government spokespeople and cheerleaders told me I was talking rubbish.
And here we are.
#PalestineAction
www.monbiot.com/2001/02/22/w...
And here we are.
#PalestineAction
www.monbiot.com/2001/02/22/w...
Wrong T-shirt son? You’re nicked
The act which came into force this week could make terrorists of us all
www.monbiot.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
In 2001, as the Terrorism Act 2000 came into force, I warned that it could be used to ban non-violent protest groups and imprison those who support them. Government spokespeople and cheerleaders told me I was talking rubbish.
And here we are.
#PalestineAction
www.monbiot.com/2001/02/22/w...
And here we are.
#PalestineAction
www.monbiot.com/2001/02/22/w...
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On Saturday I'll be interviewing the amazing @guyshrubsole.bsky.social about his book The Lie of the Land (which is great!) at the Restoring Nature festival. Do come. www.ambios.net/restoring-na...
Restoring Nature: A literary festival - Ambios
Join Ambios and the East Gate Bookshop on the 17th of May at Lower Sharpham Farm for our anual nature-centred literary festival!
www.ambios.net
May 15, 2025 at 5:26 AM
On Saturday I'll be interviewing the amazing @guyshrubsole.bsky.social about his book The Lie of the Land (which is great!) at the Restoring Nature festival. Do come. www.ambios.net/restoring-na...
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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May 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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🚨BREAKING: The new Reform Mayor for Lincolnshire has said she will MEET with a fracking company to discuss extracting gas from the county - claiming it will 'save money for taxpayers.'
92% of Reform's donations come from oil/gas interests.
Who else thinks Reform is just a mouthpiece for Big Oil?
92% of Reform's donations come from oil/gas interests.
Who else thinks Reform is just a mouthpiece for Big Oil?
May 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🚨BREAKING: The new Reform Mayor for Lincolnshire has said she will MEET with a fracking company to discuss extracting gas from the county - claiming it will 'save money for taxpayers.'
92% of Reform's donations come from oil/gas interests.
Who else thinks Reform is just a mouthpiece for Big Oil?
92% of Reform's donations come from oil/gas interests.
Who else thinks Reform is just a mouthpiece for Big Oil?
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The vast fire on #Dartmoor should alert us to the ecological disaster there. This should not be a fire-prone landscape. Were it not for the elimination of trees by grazing, the vegetation type on the high moor would be temperate rainforest, which is extremely hard to burn. But only specks remain.
May 6, 2025 at 5:15 AM
The vast fire on #Dartmoor should alert us to the ecological disaster there. This should not be a fire-prone landscape. Were it not for the elimination of trees by grazing, the vegetation type on the high moor would be temperate rainforest, which is extremely hard to burn. But only specks remain.
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Hey British media,
It’s no surprise that if you give Farage the run of the place, he’ll start winning.
Time to do your actual jobs and start interrogating him on his Brexit shitshow, his funding, his Trumpiness, his idiotic manifesto, his real plans for the NHS… instead of drumrolling him into No.10
It’s no surprise that if you give Farage the run of the place, he’ll start winning.
Time to do your actual jobs and start interrogating him on his Brexit shitshow, his funding, his Trumpiness, his idiotic manifesto, his real plans for the NHS… instead of drumrolling him into No.10
May 4, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Hey British media,
It’s no surprise that if you give Farage the run of the place, he’ll start winning.
Time to do your actual jobs and start interrogating him on his Brexit shitshow, his funding, his Trumpiness, his idiotic manifesto, his real plans for the NHS… instead of drumrolling him into No.10
It’s no surprise that if you give Farage the run of the place, he’ll start winning.
Time to do your actual jobs and start interrogating him on his Brexit shitshow, his funding, his Trumpiness, his idiotic manifesto, his real plans for the NHS… instead of drumrolling him into No.10
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“He and his party have never run anything – a local council, a parish council. He’s spent a lifetime doing what he accuses others of doing, which is riding the political gravy train”
Farage will take your votes and then take the piss. Don’t give him that chance.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage will take your votes and then take the piss. Don’t give him that chance.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage is a political fraud ‘cosplaying’ as working-class champion, TUC chief says
Exclusive: Paul Nowak acknowledges voters’ frustrations but says Reform UK hasn’t got the answers, and urges Keir Starmer to resist any move to the right
www.theguardian.com
April 27, 2025 at 7:39 AM
“He and his party have never run anything – a local council, a parish council. He’s spent a lifetime doing what he accuses others of doing, which is riding the political gravy train”
Farage will take your votes and then take the piss. Don’t give him that chance.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage will take your votes and then take the piss. Don’t give him that chance.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Anyone else believe this was an accident? No, me neither. Hopefully this will slow down the supply of weapons to Putin. #iranportexplosion
April 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Anyone else believe this was an accident? No, me neither. Hopefully this will slow down the supply of weapons to Putin. #iranportexplosion
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Happy St George's Day.
A reminder that half of England is owned by less than 1% of the population. Some of these aristocratic landowners have inherited land since the Norman Conquest.
England needs land reform and a strong Community Right to Buy!
whoownsengland.org
A reminder that half of England is owned by less than 1% of the population. Some of these aristocratic landowners have inherited land since the Norman Conquest.
England needs land reform and a strong Community Right to Buy!
whoownsengland.org
April 23, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Happy St George's Day.
A reminder that half of England is owned by less than 1% of the population. Some of these aristocratic landowners have inherited land since the Norman Conquest.
England needs land reform and a strong Community Right to Buy!
whoownsengland.org
A reminder that half of England is owned by less than 1% of the population. Some of these aristocratic landowners have inherited land since the Norman Conquest.
England needs land reform and a strong Community Right to Buy!
whoownsengland.org
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President Bottom:
April 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
President Bottom:
#spacetourism. The utterly pointless waste of the limited resources we have on this planet 😡
April 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
#spacetourism. The utterly pointless waste of the limited resources we have on this planet 😡
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"Nigel Farage gets his 10th job as he becomes Sky News Australia commentator"
The things this guy will do to avoid going to Clacton
The things this guy will do to avoid going to Clacton
Nigel Farage gets his 10th job as he becomes Sky News Australia commentator
In addition to role as MP, Reform UK leader has gigs including Telegraph column and advertising gold bullion
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
"Nigel Farage gets his 10th job as he becomes Sky News Australia commentator"
The things this guy will do to avoid going to Clacton
The things this guy will do to avoid going to Clacton
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Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA):
"I'm writing to the White House to demand who knew in advance that the President was going to, once again, flip flop on tariffs. And are people cashing in? There is just all too much opportunity for people in the White House and the administration to be insider trading"
"I'm writing to the White House to demand who knew in advance that the President was going to, once again, flip flop on tariffs. And are people cashing in? There is just all too much opportunity for people in the White House and the administration to be insider trading"
April 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA):
"I'm writing to the White House to demand who knew in advance that the President was going to, once again, flip flop on tariffs. And are people cashing in? There is just all too much opportunity for people in the White House and the administration to be insider trading"
"I'm writing to the White House to demand who knew in advance that the President was going to, once again, flip flop on tariffs. And are people cashing in? There is just all too much opportunity for people in the White House and the administration to be insider trading"
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Let’s be clear. He sold $2.4 billion of his stock the day before he announced tariffs. He’s now crashing the stock market deliberately. He will then buy stock when it’s fallen through the floor. All this is is him stiffing everyone to get richer. That’s it.
April 7, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Let’s be clear. He sold $2.4 billion of his stock the day before he announced tariffs. He’s now crashing the stock market deliberately. He will then buy stock when it’s fallen through the floor. All this is is him stiffing everyone to get richer. That’s it.
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Kemi Badenoch accepted a £14,000 week-long "residential" for her family and shadow cabinet, courtesy of the chair of climate change denying lobbying group Net Zero Watch.
Weeks later she announced that she has ditched her party's commitment to reaching Net Zero bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
Weeks later she announced that she has ditched her party's commitment to reaching Net Zero bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
March 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Kemi Badenoch accepted a £14,000 week-long "residential" for her family and shadow cabinet, courtesy of the chair of climate change denying lobbying group Net Zero Watch.
Weeks later she announced that she has ditched her party's commitment to reaching Net Zero bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
Weeks later she announced that she has ditched her party's commitment to reaching Net Zero bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
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Friendly reminder that the monster criticized by Chief Justice Roberts was created by Chief Justice Roberts.
March 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Friendly reminder that the monster criticized by Chief Justice Roberts was created by Chief Justice Roberts.
Anyone else suspecting that the North Sea collision may have been deliberate?
March 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Anyone else suspecting that the North Sea collision may have been deliberate?
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The hypocrisy is off the charts.
March 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The hypocrisy is off the charts.