@pollyprnow.bsky.social
My interests: Voting reform (PR for GEs) environment/climate,
Wealth tax, social justice, UBl, nationalised essential infrastructure, etc
Wealth tax, social justice, UBl, nationalised essential infrastructure, etc
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When we were in the EU this was automatic! We could all live, work, retire in the whole continent we share! Brexit was an act of national self harm…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK-EU youth mobility scheme could let tens of thousands live and work abroad
Ministers want to secure deal by end of 2026 as part of a broader reset of Britain’s relationship with Europe
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
When we were in the EU this was automatic! We could all live, work, retire in the whole continent we share! Brexit was an act of national self harm…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Trying to make sense of #Kremlin meddling in US politics and Putin's apparent hold on #Trump ???
Listen now to @heidicuda.bsky.social with A Beginners Guide to #Russian Interference.
With @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Listen now to @heidicuda.bsky.social with A Beginners Guide to #Russian Interference.
With @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
A Beginner's Guide To Russian Influence Pt 2: Trump and The US
Podcast Episode · Byline Podcast · 05/12/2025 · 31m
podcasts.apple.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Trying to make sense of #Kremlin meddling in US politics and Putin's apparent hold on #Trump ???
Listen now to @heidicuda.bsky.social with A Beginners Guide to #Russian Interference.
With @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Listen now to @heidicuda.bsky.social with A Beginners Guide to #Russian Interference.
With @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
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It’s really simple…
- Cap all political donations
- Ban foreign donations
- Strict conflict‑of‑interest & anti‑corruption laws with penalties
- No titles, honours or peerages for donors
- No govt contracts for donors
- Publish every donation/lobby meeting
…that’ll do it.
- Cap all political donations
- Ban foreign donations
- Strict conflict‑of‑interest & anti‑corruption laws with penalties
- No titles, honours or peerages for donors
- No govt contracts for donors
- Publish every donation/lobby meeting
…that’ll do it.
December 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It’s really simple…
- Cap all political donations
- Ban foreign donations
- Strict conflict‑of‑interest & anti‑corruption laws with penalties
- No titles, honours or peerages for donors
- No govt contracts for donors
- Publish every donation/lobby meeting
…that’ll do it.
- Cap all political donations
- Ban foreign donations
- Strict conflict‑of‑interest & anti‑corruption laws with penalties
- No titles, honours or peerages for donors
- No govt contracts for donors
- Publish every donation/lobby meeting
…that’ll do it.
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Very telling tonight on Question Time how much the Labour minister absolutely did not want me to talk.
Every time I even began a sentence he started to try and distract me.
It's not going to work on anyone.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Every time I even began a sentence he started to try and distract me.
It's not going to work on anyone.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
While I think most literate people can be insightful and articulate in text form, if given enough time to collect their thoughts, it is a rare talent to be able to do that verbally, in real time, while responding to interruptions, hostile jibes or pointed questions and STILL get your point across.
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Very telling tonight on Question Time how much the Labour minister absolutely did not want me to talk.
Every time I even began a sentence he started to try and distract me.
It's not going to work on anyone.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Every time I even began a sentence he started to try and distract me.
It's not going to work on anyone.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Truly shocking that Rachel Reeves had the audacity to call herself the U14 girls chess champions when she won the U14 girls chess championship but some bloke thought she was talking about something else.
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Truly shocking that Rachel Reeves had the audacity to call herself the U14 girls chess champions when she won the U14 girls chess championship but some bloke thought she was talking about something else.
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Will everyone in my timeline stop saying ‘Release the Russia Report’. Boris Johnson tried to hold it back, but it was released in 2020 with (necessarily) redacted elements and the confirmation British Intelligence never investigated Russian interference
December 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Will everyone in my timeline stop saying ‘Release the Russia Report’. Boris Johnson tried to hold it back, but it was released in 2020 with (necessarily) redacted elements and the confirmation British Intelligence never investigated Russian interference
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“Starmer dismisses any notion of a strategic choice between Europe and the US. He doesn’t expect that Washington and Brussels will make incompatible claims on Britain’s allegiance in matters of trade or security - They surely will” @rafaelbehr.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Fear of facing the future has British politics stuck in the past | Rafael Behr
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves claim to be dealing with the world as it is, but seem to yearn for a world that has disappeared, says the Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:38 AM
“Starmer dismisses any notion of a strategic choice between Europe and the US. He doesn’t expect that Washington and Brussels will make incompatible claims on Britain’s allegiance in matters of trade or security - They surely will” @rafaelbehr.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"Assuming no change in the rate of taxation, and all other things being equal, the exchequer will lose the thick end of £100bn in tax revenues this year.
Far from having to raise £26bn in extra taxes, Reeves could have chosen to halve the 20% rate of VAT with money to spare."
Far from having to raise £26bn in extra taxes, Reeves could have chosen to halve the 20% rate of VAT with money to spare."
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"Assuming no change in the rate of taxation, and all other things being equal, the exchequer will lose the thick end of £100bn in tax revenues this year.
Far from having to raise £26bn in extra taxes, Reeves could have chosen to halve the 20% rate of VAT with money to spare."
Far from having to raise £26bn in extra taxes, Reeves could have chosen to halve the 20% rate of VAT with money to spare."
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It's all bad but hadn't seen the bit where Farage says:
"The European Union is the prototype for the New World Order."
That is a seriously, deeply problematic term that taps into Illuminati and antisemitic conspiracy theories.
How the fuck did this man direct the course of our politics?
"The European Union is the prototype for the New World Order."
That is a seriously, deeply problematic term that taps into Illuminati and antisemitic conspiracy theories.
How the fuck did this man direct the course of our politics?
We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
It's all bad but hadn't seen the bit where Farage says:
"The European Union is the prototype for the New World Order."
That is a seriously, deeply problematic term that taps into Illuminati and antisemitic conspiracy theories.
How the fuck did this man direct the course of our politics?
"The European Union is the prototype for the New World Order."
That is a seriously, deeply problematic term that taps into Illuminati and antisemitic conspiracy theories.
How the fuck did this man direct the course of our politics?
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Farage.
Grifter-in-chief. Racist. Russian asset. Trump groupie.
He gets an MP’s salary and spends his time doing anything but.
A professional piss-taker and national security (and sanity) threat, leading the polls to be the next PM.
Come on UK.
Get some sodding self-respect.
Grifter-in-chief. Racist. Russian asset. Trump groupie.
He gets an MP’s salary and spends his time doing anything but.
A professional piss-taker and national security (and sanity) threat, leading the polls to be the next PM.
Come on UK.
Get some sodding self-respect.
Nigel Farage made 90 times more Cameo videos than speeches in Parliament, records show
Nigel Farage made 90 times more Cameo videos than speeches in Parliament, records show | LBC
The Reform UK leader has filmed close to 2,000 fan videos in the last 12 months, which he sold on the US-based Cameo platform
www.lbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Farage.
Grifter-in-chief. Racist. Russian asset. Trump groupie.
He gets an MP’s salary and spends his time doing anything but.
A professional piss-taker and national security (and sanity) threat, leading the polls to be the next PM.
Come on UK.
Get some sodding self-respect.
Grifter-in-chief. Racist. Russian asset. Trump groupie.
He gets an MP’s salary and spends his time doing anything but.
A professional piss-taker and national security (and sanity) threat, leading the polls to be the next PM.
Come on UK.
Get some sodding self-respect.
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Superb article tracing the development of the #Ukraine "peace plan" - better described as a "business plan" for exploiting a war and a war-torn country - over more than a DECADE.
Super-rich US investor´s 🤝 RUS oligarch´s slow take over of geopolitics. Their greed is boundless. #Witkoff #Putin
Super-rich US investor´s 🤝 RUS oligarch´s slow take over of geopolitics. Their greed is boundless. #Witkoff #Putin
Manafort, Giuliani, Gill and now Witkoff all acted as enforcers for Putin’s protection racket.
But if the West accepts bribery disguised as peace, it normalises conquest as a viable investment strategy
pdjukes.substack.com/p/bribery-di...
But if the West accepts bribery disguised as peace, it normalises conquest as a viable investment strategy
pdjukes.substack.com/p/bribery-di...
Bribery Disguised as Peace: From the Mariupol Plan to the Witkoff Deal
Manafort, Giuliani, Gill and now Witkoff all acted as enforcers for Putin’s protection racket. If the West accepts bribery disguised as peace, it normalises conquest as a viable investment strategy
pdjukes.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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They always redact to protect intelligence sources. What I can tell you is that some redacted sections suggestion Russian Military Intelligence (GRU) money made it into the Brexit campaigns
December 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
They always redact to protect intelligence sources. What I can tell you is that some redacted sections suggestion Russian Military Intelligence (GRU) money made it into the Brexit campaigns
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Nigel Farage’s Legacy — Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)… confirms the Treasury’s 2016 analysis, claiming a relative fall in GDP of between 6% and 8%.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)… confirms the Treasury’s 2016 analysis, claiming a relative fall in GDP of between 6% and 8%.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Nigel Farage’s Legacy — Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)… confirms the Treasury’s 2016 analysis, claiming a relative fall in GDP of between 6% and 8%.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)… confirms the Treasury’s 2016 analysis, claiming a relative fall in GDP of between 6% and 8%.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
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"I had a completely different vid planned for today. But life changed last week, and I thought U should know about it."
"If we lived in a rational world, the presentations given would have been priority live streamed on every network news channel" #NationalEmergencyBriefing
youtu.be/8sa7uh192r0?...
"If we lived in a rational world, the presentations given would have been priority live streamed on every network news channel" #NationalEmergencyBriefing
youtu.be/8sa7uh192r0?...
December 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"I had a completely different vid planned for today. But life changed last week, and I thought U should know about it."
"If we lived in a rational world, the presentations given would have been priority live streamed on every network news channel" #NationalEmergencyBriefing
youtu.be/8sa7uh192r0?...
"If we lived in a rational world, the presentations given would have been priority live streamed on every network news channel" #NationalEmergencyBriefing
youtu.be/8sa7uh192r0?...
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Still getting to grips with #Russian role in #Brexit and beyond? Then don't miss this...
A beginner's guide to how #Putin launched hybrid war on the UK with @peterjukes.bsky.social
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
A beginner's guide to how #Putin launched hybrid war on the UK with @peterjukes.bsky.social
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
A Beginners Guide to Russian Influence: Brexit and Beyond
Podcast Episode · Byline Podcast · 29/11/2025 · 31m
podcasts.apple.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Still getting to grips with #Russian role in #Brexit and beyond? Then don't miss this...
A beginner's guide to how #Putin launched hybrid war on the UK with @peterjukes.bsky.social
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
A beginner's guide to how #Putin launched hybrid war on the UK with @peterjukes.bsky.social
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
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We need action now not just words. But glad Starmer is finally able to tell the truth about Brexit…
BREAKING: “The idea that leaving the EU was the answer to all our cares and concerns has clearly been proved wrong."
Keir Starmer says that "wild promises were made" about Brexit.
He adds: "The same argument is now being made about the European Convention on Human Rights"
Keir Starmer says that "wild promises were made" about Brexit.
He adds: "The same argument is now being made about the European Convention on Human Rights"
December 2, 2025 at 7:07 AM
We need action now not just words. But glad Starmer is finally able to tell the truth about Brexit…
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So for those keeping track, that means Canada will join the EU's defence procurement scheme, but the UK won't.
It's really incredible how much British pride continues to inflict self-harm.
It's really incredible how much British pride continues to inflict self-harm.
Canada clinches deal to join Europe’s €150B defense scheme
The deal concludes months of tough talks and will allow Ottawa to take part in procurements financed by the EU’s SAFE program.
www.politico.eu
December 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
So for those keeping track, that means Canada will join the EU's defence procurement scheme, but the UK won't.
It's really incredible how much British pride continues to inflict self-harm.
It's really incredible how much British pride continues to inflict self-harm.
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Our media has become the story. What they decide is newsworthy, what they scream about, who they accuse, who they excuse, who they blame…
They have an agenda entirely of their own. Not one rooted in public interest or national responsibility. But one that is deeply rightwing and undemocratic.
They have an agenda entirely of their own. Not one rooted in public interest or national responsibility. But one that is deeply rightwing and undemocratic.
I must have missed the wall-to-wall coverage of demands for an investigation into Nigel Farage's lies about being a racist
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
December 1, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Our media has become the story. What they decide is newsworthy, what they scream about, who they accuse, who they excuse, who they blame…
They have an agenda entirely of their own. Not one rooted in public interest or national responsibility. But one that is deeply rightwing and undemocratic.
They have an agenda entirely of their own. Not one rooted in public interest or national responsibility. But one that is deeply rightwing and undemocratic.
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Carbon capture and storage has always been a smoke and mirrors cover for business as usual in the fight against climate breakdown
Now something looks like stopping it in its tracks in the UK
Climate breakdown 😊
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Now something looks like stopping it in its tracks in the UK
Climate breakdown 😊
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Water shortages could derail UK’s net zero plans, study finds
Tensions grow after research in England finds there may not be enough water for planned carbon capture and hydrogen projects
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Carbon capture and storage has always been a smoke and mirrors cover for business as usual in the fight against climate breakdown
Now something looks like stopping it in its tracks in the UK
Climate breakdown 😊
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Now something looks like stopping it in its tracks in the UK
Climate breakdown 😊
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
November 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
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The Russia Report needs revisiting, updating and some repercussions behind it. Ones with big, bloody teeth.
November 30, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The Russia Report needs revisiting, updating and some repercussions behind it. Ones with big, bloody teeth.
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Time for the usual sharp blade that is @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
I might be tempted to think the quick look at Reform's poll performance might have overlooked that it might be due to many of the Russian bots on social media being repurposed currently
I might be tempted to think the quick look at Reform's poll performance might have overlooked that it might be due to many of the Russian bots on social media being repurposed currently
* Party before country? This budget doesn’t hide it
* Reeves skewers Farage with unexpected finesse
* Brexit chickens come home to roost
* Some in Labour still terrified of a customs union debate
Pecksniff's Diary
eastangliabylines.co.uk/pecksniff/pe...
* Reeves skewers Farage with unexpected finesse
* Brexit chickens come home to roost
* Some in Labour still terrified of a customs union debate
Pecksniff's Diary
eastangliabylines.co.uk/pecksniff/pe...
Pecksniff : A budget to save Starmer and Reeves, though they were never in present danger
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Time for the usual sharp blade that is @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
I might be tempted to think the quick look at Reform's poll performance might have overlooked that it might be due to many of the Russian bots on social media being repurposed currently
I might be tempted to think the quick look at Reform's poll performance might have overlooked that it might be due to many of the Russian bots on social media being repurposed currently
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* The budget calms Labour – for now * Reform’s polling bubble is leaking * Green Party numbers swell * Lib Dems whisper the forbidden ‘B’ word * Reform unveils its black shirt cosplay
All this and more in this week's political diary ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
All this and more in this week's political diary ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
Pecksniff : A budget to save Starmer and Reeves, though they were never in present danger
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
* The budget calms Labour – for now * Reform’s polling bubble is leaking * Green Party numbers swell * Lib Dems whisper the forbidden ‘B’ word * Reform unveils its black shirt cosplay
All this and more in this week's political diary ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
All this and more in this week's political diary ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
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“A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has surged past 100,000 signatures after being shared at remarkable speed across social media.”
Russian influence petition surges past 100,000 signatures
A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has passed 100,000 signatures
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
“A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has surged past 100,000 signatures after being shared at remarkable speed across social media.”