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terribly-nice.bsky.social
Labour want to feel better about their polling by going after the greens rather than governing well.
While they don't have the guts to go after Reform.

The dumbest of politicking.
December 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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fergus.oolong.co.uk
If you're interested in how this came about, earlier this year with @rtie.org I had a go at collating resources detailing the operation and effects of far right 'Christian' groups on UK politics and discourse, focusing on trans people this last decade or so:

rtie.org/2025/08/03/f...
Far Right Christian Interference in UK Society
The following article was derived from a BlueSky post by Fergus Murray (linktree), which aggregated discussion forum links from the RTiE activist group. Any errors are my own. The Christian right, …
rtie.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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taxjusticeuk.bsky.social
Taxes aren’t just numbers on a payslip — they’re the foundations of our society. 🏥🏫🚆

From healthcare and pensions to schools, housing, clean water and electricity, they shape the world we live in.
December 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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rj-sterling.bsky.social
"Is a River Alive?" by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social is the most significant book that I read this year. The lyrical writing braids activism, indigenous and western science, and personal narrative, like streams throughout a flood plane joining into one roaring river of a book, full of hope.
💙📚
The cover of "Is a River Alive?" By Robert MacFarlane. The cover has white text over curling lines of blues and greens. Page 16 of "Is a River Alive?" By Robert MacFarlane.
December 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
The 60 minutes segment Bari Weiss killed is here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
December 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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strictlychristo.bsky.social
Trump's in the Epstein files over 600 times.
December 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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xruk-actions.bsky.social
What was normal 10 or 20 years ago, will become relatively cool in the future.

People are going to experience more wildfires, more droughts, and more heatwaves.

It’s vital that MPs listen to the National Emergency Briefing.

@nebriefing.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
2025 likely to be UK's hottest year ever recorded – Met Office
Scientists could not be clearer that human-caused climate change is driving the UK's warming trend.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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goodlawproject.bsky.social
Eight Palestine Action activists are being left to die in prison – all without even facing trial.

We must force the government to act, before it’s too late ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320
December 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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goodlawproject.bsky.social
“Recent decisions have shown that people and organisations can be inclusive and the Court of Appeal has said that pro-trans beliefs are protected. This pattern should give organisations the confidence to stand up to anti-trans bullies.”
https://goodlaw.social/p01y
Allison Bailey loses her case against Stonewall – again
Court of Appeal finds that Stonewall did not cause discrimination against ‘gender critical’ barrister Allison Bailey.
goodlaw.social
December 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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sioldridge.bsky.social
People deserve to hear what experts like Lt General Nugee are telling the Government 👇

Please sign the open letter calling for a televised emergency briefing to the nation.

www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025
December 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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chrisgpackham.bsky.social
Ran into @bigissue.com vendor Richard in London today and had to get my hands on the bumper Christmas copy ! Plenty to leaf through over the break , get yours while you can . . .
December 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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bylinesnetwork.co.uk
Jamie Driscoll joins the Greens
Majority movement leader and former Labour North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll joins the Green Party

northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
Jamie Driscoll joins the Greens
Majority movement leader and former Labour North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll joins the Green Party
northeastbylines.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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cnduk.bsky.social
"Dave Lammy, for once in your life, do the right thing...release the hunger strikers."

Speaking outside the MoJ this evening, CND General Secretary Sophie Bolt joined the voices calling on the government to release the eight pro-palestine prisoners currently on hunger strike.
December 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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robinince.bsky.social
My friend Subhadra Das is very worried about her friend Dr Ayo Khalil who has been arrested outside HMP Bronzefield
After the ambulance left with Qesser to take her to hospital the protest group outside of HMP ronzefield packed up their stuff and started leaving together as agreed with the police. The police then jumped on Dr Ayo Khalil and arrested him for no reason. They haven't arrested the white doctors who were also there, only him. The only black male doctor at the scene. He may have helped save Qessers life today, calmly, with knowledge and expertise and great planning and communication. And now they've arrested him. Call the met. Put a complaint in. And watch @kelechnekoff 's live now for on the ground updates. They must de-arrest him and face the consequences of their actions.
December 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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jamiedriscoll.bsky.social
British politics is a mess. Food, energy, housing are all too expensive. Major parties are all flogging the dead horse of trickle down. So I’m joining the Green Party. Britain needs an economy that works for workers, for small businesses, and future generations. @greenparty.org.uk
December 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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defendourjuries.bsky.social
You’ve heard of “elf on the shelf”, now get ready for…

www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

Elves target Christmas trees to highlight Palestine Action proscription and hunger strikers
Elves target Christmas trees to highlight Palestine Action proscription and hunger strikers
Toys holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action" and "I oppose genocide. I support the hunger strikers" have
www.thecanary.co
December 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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xrsoutheast.bsky.social
On Wednesday 10th December many XR Waverley and Borders members paid a visit to PR company Grayling in Southampton for a festive-themed action - a collaboration between Cut the Ties to Fossil Fuels and Axe Drax
December 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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goodlawproject.org
I've made a complaint to the BBC about its bald misstatement of the truth about what the Supreme Court decided in the For (Some) Women Scotland decision.
"In her Introduction to her interview with Mary-Ann Stephenson Laura Kuenssberg said. "Attention has often focused on who should be able to access single-sex spaces whether changing rooms or girls' sports teams but the Supreme Court said in a landmark ruling in April that it was biological sex not a person's chosen gender that should determine that answer." That sentence is simply wrong. The easiest way to explain why is to refer to an interview published with the presiding Supreme Court judge in that April decision, Lord Hodge, In The Times on 12 September 2025 which contains these paragraphs: "Hodge, who presided over the case with two female Justices, defended the decision and pointed out that the case before the court had nothing to do with how or where single-sex spaces should be created. These points weren't argued before us,' he said. "We were not there to decide points that were not put to us or were not raised in the course of argument, because we hadn't heard each side's position on it." With her statement Ms Kuenssberg stepped Into a highly contentious area and baldly misrepresented the truth. I would like her to issue a clarification and apology, please."
December 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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climatecasino.net
It's #climatecasino time!

With just a few days left in 2025, 10 of the 12 "Wagers of Doom" have been settled. Did you make any fake-bets? If so, it's time to fake pay-up!

Here's are the details:

climatecasino.net/2025/12/wage...
Wagers of Doom for 2025: Pay Up!
In this post, published on December 23, 2024, I listed twleve "Wagers of Doom" for 2025. I've listed them below, with the reconcilliation of each wager in red. Let's see how they did, and if you made ...
climatecasino.net
December 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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extinctionrebellion.uk
🌊81 MILE FOR THE RIVERS🌊

Emmeline and Mark have been walking the length of the river Wharfe.

Their walk was part of World Water Wedding bringing communities together to celebrate & protect threatened water sources.
The couple have met with friends along the route also spotting beautiful wildlife.
December 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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cnduk.bsky.social
Palestine Coalition statement on the pro-Palestine activists on hunger strike in British prisons. Dave Lammy refuses to meet with their familes or legal representatives. Join us in protesting outside Downing Street tomorrow from 6pm.
Palestine Coalition statement on the hunger strikers We stand in solidarity with the eight imprisoned activists associated with Palestine Action, several of whom have now reached over 40 days of their hunger strike. Their condition is critical. Five have already been hospitalised, and each passing day brings the risk of irreversible harm. These young people – none of whom have been convicted – have been held in extraordinary pre-trial detention, with intensifying restrictions on their mail, calls, visits, and work. These measures target not only their bodies but their ability to stay connected to their families, communities, and the outside world. For many, this has been ongoing for over a year – with some trial dates not scheduled until 2027 – simply for taking action to stop the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Despite several UN Rapporteurs describing their treatment as constituting “enforced disappearance,” and doctors warning they are in the danger zone where irreparable harm is likely, David Lammy has refused to meet with their families or representatives. This refusal to engage is not an oversight – it is a deliberate political choice. The government has consistently chosen to use repressive policing powers to try to silence those protesting against Israel’s genocide in Gaza. It is now choosing to ignore this emergency, suppress those raising the alarm, and shield the state’s complicity in the violence these hunger strikers sought to prevent. While the genocide in Gaza continues – with daily violations of the so-called ceasefire – the government carries on with business as usual. The architects and enablers of this violence go unpunished, while these prisoners, who acted to stop it, are left to suffer in indefinite detention. The criminalisation and vilification of Palestine solidarity will not stop people from standing against mass violence or demanding accountability; it only reflects the discomfort of a political order confronted by its own complicity. We will be protesting on Wednesday evening outside Downing Street. We support the prisoners’ demands and call for their immediate release on bail and an end to Britain’s complicity in Israel’s ongoing genocide. We will not be silenced in our solidarity with the Palestinian people. Palestine Solidarity Campaign Palestinian Forum in Britain Friends of Al-Aqsa Stop the War Coalition Muslim Association of Britain Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
December 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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bladeofthes.bsky.social
Comparing MPs pay with Doctors.

Isn't it amazing, austerity for everyone except Billionaires and MPs.

What a coincidence.
December 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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jeremycorbyn.bsky.social
“The independent MP Jeremy Corbyn put the request for a meeting to the justice minister, Jake Richards. When Richards replied “no”, laughter was heard from some MPs in the chamber.”

Read that again. For shame.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers ‘may die without Lammy’s intervention’
Justice secretary criticised for refusing to meet lawyers who say health of their jailed clients is ‘rapidly deteriorating’
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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climateconnections.bsky.social
“I find it hard to think of any other form of evidence that is more compelling to demonstrate that this is happening, it has been happening for a long time, and we know why, and we understand it, and we can make credible projections” – Torbjörn Törnqvist, Tulane University
A 30-year-old sea level rise projection has basically come true » Yale Climate Connections
Even without today’s advanced modeling tools, scientists made a ‘remarkably’ accurate estimate.
yaleclimateconnections.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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johnnymains.co.uk
I'm privileged to call Robin a friend, and as such, have seen behind the curtains with what went on with Monkey Cage. When BBC bosses say they don't recognise his version of events, I was being told of them by Robin in real time. This stuff has been going on for YEARS.
I'm heartbroken for him.
December 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM