@robinahood.bsky.social
Care about natural world, gardening, walking the hills. Left wing politically, HATE the term 'boomer', we aren't all the same! Based in Nottingham UK.
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Put aside the lies and the open defiance of the Supreme Court, as well as the cruelty, and ask yourself: who talks like this? This is the *official* account of the *White House* - is it being run by a six year old?
April 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Put aside the lies and the open defiance of the Supreme Court, as well as the cruelty, and ask yourself: who talks like this? This is the *official* account of the *White House* - is it being run by a six year old?
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If as reported today prisons across England & Wales are now 98.9% full surely now is the time for the government to end the shocking #IPPscandal - one of the most cruel & monumental injustices of the past half-century
Let’s not wait for the next ITV drama to do the right thing
Let’s not wait for the next ITV drama to do the right thing
If you are not yet familiar with the shocking #IPPscandal - one of the most cruel & monumental injustices of the past half-century, please watch this jaw dropping film & follow campaign group @ungripp.bsky.social
Let’s not wait for the next ITV drama to end this injustice
youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?...
Let’s not wait for the next ITV drama to end this injustice
youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?...
🚨 No one should spend 12 yrs in jail for stealing a mobile phone! It’s unthinkable! #IPPscandal
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
April 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
If as reported today prisons across England & Wales are now 98.9% full surely now is the time for the government to end the shocking #IPPscandal - one of the most cruel & monumental injustices of the past half-century
Let’s not wait for the next ITV drama to do the right thing
Let’s not wait for the next ITV drama to do the right thing
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UK, 2025: a country where police break into a place of worship and arrest those inside who are having a meeting and might be planning a non-violent action.
The right to peaceful protest is an essential part of a healthy democracy. Governments who crack down on it are governments to be very wary of.
The right to peaceful protest is an essential part of a healthy democracy. Governments who crack down on it are governments to be very wary of.
🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
www.quaker.org.uk
March 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
UK, 2025: a country where police break into a place of worship and arrest those inside who are having a meeting and might be planning a non-violent action.
The right to peaceful protest is an essential part of a healthy democracy. Governments who crack down on it are governments to be very wary of.
The right to peaceful protest is an essential part of a healthy democracy. Governments who crack down on it are governments to be very wary of.
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Cutting off electricity to over two million people in Gaza will worsen an already catastrophic humanitarian crisis. Collective punishment is unacceptable.
The UK must support negotiations to continue the ceasefire, release all hostages, and provide humanitarian aid to the region.
The UK must support negotiations to continue the ceasefire, release all hostages, and provide humanitarian aid to the region.
March 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Cutting off electricity to over two million people in Gaza will worsen an already catastrophic humanitarian crisis. Collective punishment is unacceptable.
The UK must support negotiations to continue the ceasefire, release all hostages, and provide humanitarian aid to the region.
The UK must support negotiations to continue the ceasefire, release all hostages, and provide humanitarian aid to the region.
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UN calls on Labour to increase benefits and scrap two-child limit in UK poverty crisis warning
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
DWP should increase benefits and scrap two-child limit, UN says
The United Nations has urged the Labour government to scrap the DWP two-child limit and raise benefits in warning over poverty failures.
www.bigissue.com
March 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
UN calls on Labour to increase benefits and scrap two-child limit in UK poverty crisis warning
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
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The thing is, for protection rackets to work they have to provide actual protection:
"The Government of the United States of America supports Ukraine’s efforts to obtain security guarantees needed to establish lasting peace"
This statement does not. www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/articles...
"The Government of the United States of America supports Ukraine’s efforts to obtain security guarantees needed to establish lasting peace"
This statement does not. www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/articles...
The full text of the “Minerals Deal”, agreed by Ukraine and the United States
European Pravda publishes the final text of the “Minerals Deal,” an intergovernmental arrangement that Ukraine and the United States are set to sign this week...
www.eurointegration.com.ua
February 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The thing is, for protection rackets to work they have to provide actual protection:
"The Government of the United States of America supports Ukraine’s efforts to obtain security guarantees needed to establish lasting peace"
This statement does not. www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/articles...
"The Government of the United States of America supports Ukraine’s efforts to obtain security guarantees needed to establish lasting peace"
This statement does not. www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/articles...
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The ‘bucket lists’ of must see places to fly to,
are so appropriately named
As we’ll be using buckets to bail out the flood waters #ClimateChange
There are so many places to visit which don’t require flights
flightfree.co.uk/post/no-more...
are so appropriately named
As we’ll be using buckets to bail out the flood waters #ClimateChange
There are so many places to visit which don’t require flights
flightfree.co.uk/post/no-more...
No more bites of the Big Apple
Flight Free UK director Anna Hughes asks, are we missing out by not travelling long haul?
flightfree.co.uk
February 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The ‘bucket lists’ of must see places to fly to,
are so appropriately named
As we’ll be using buckets to bail out the flood waters #ClimateChange
There are so many places to visit which don’t require flights
flightfree.co.uk/post/no-more...
are so appropriately named
As we’ll be using buckets to bail out the flood waters #ClimateChange
There are so many places to visit which don’t require flights
flightfree.co.uk/post/no-more...
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Successful rollout of solar panels could lift 1.2 million people in UK out of fuel poverty, & help decarbonise the UK’s electricity system
In fuel-poor households savings from rooftop solar panels could reduce energy bills by 24% say @resfoundation.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In fuel-poor households savings from rooftop solar panels could reduce energy bills by 24% say @resfoundation.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Solar panels could cut fuel-poor UK families’ energy bills by 24%, says study
Call for means-tested grants or loans to cover upfront costs that prevent poorer households from benefiting
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Successful rollout of solar panels could lift 1.2 million people in UK out of fuel poverty, & help decarbonise the UK’s electricity system
In fuel-poor households savings from rooftop solar panels could reduce energy bills by 24% say @resfoundation.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In fuel-poor households savings from rooftop solar panels could reduce energy bills by 24% say @resfoundation.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Yet again, if these were climate protestors, there'd have been multiple arrests, with some facing years in jail for "public nuisance". But farmers can block the road and drown out the Prime Minister and the police won't touch them.
The real #TwoTierPolicing
The real #TwoTierPolicing
February 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Yet again, if these were climate protestors, there'd have been multiple arrests, with some facing years in jail for "public nuisance". But farmers can block the road and drown out the Prime Minister and the police won't touch them.
The real #TwoTierPolicing
The real #TwoTierPolicing
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Northern #Gaza: All components of society have been destroyed making it almost uninhabitable.
Our teams are now able to reach the north and to assess the medical and humanitarian needs.
Sanabel Sulaiman, our nurse, talks about the dire medical situation: youtube.com/shorts/3p5N8...
Our teams are now able to reach the north and to assess the medical and humanitarian needs.
Sanabel Sulaiman, our nurse, talks about the dire medical situation: youtube.com/shorts/3p5N8...
Doctors Without Borders nurse shares update from Northern #Gaza
YouTube video by Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
youtube.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Northern #Gaza: All components of society have been destroyed making it almost uninhabitable.
Our teams are now able to reach the north and to assess the medical and humanitarian needs.
Sanabel Sulaiman, our nurse, talks about the dire medical situation: youtube.com/shorts/3p5N8...
Our teams are now able to reach the north and to assess the medical and humanitarian needs.
Sanabel Sulaiman, our nurse, talks about the dire medical situation: youtube.com/shorts/3p5N8...
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When will Govt learn you can’t out-Reform Reform - you end up simply legitimising their toxic narrative. To see off populists, Labour needs to invest in public services & local communities, making a real difference to people’s lives - levy a wealth tax & use it to improve people’s lives *now*
Group of Labour MPs urge No 10 to be tougher on migration to fend off Reform
Exclusive: Pressure group set up by MPs from seats where Reform came second amid concern about party’s rise
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
When will Govt learn you can’t out-Reform Reform - you end up simply legitimising their toxic narrative. To see off populists, Labour needs to invest in public services & local communities, making a real difference to people’s lives - levy a wealth tax & use it to improve people’s lives *now*
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UK govt targets old, sick, disabled.
Long-term sick need to find jobs. Face benefit cuts of £5k a year.
This after two child benefit cap, winter fuel payment cut.
6.3m await hospital appointment, 2.8m chronically ill
Govt won't tax wealth; increase capital gains, corporate tax
archive.ph/zDPGT
Long-term sick need to find jobs. Face benefit cuts of £5k a year.
This after two child benefit cap, winter fuel payment cut.
6.3m await hospital appointment, 2.8m chronically ill
Govt won't tax wealth; increase capital gains, corporate tax
archive.ph/zDPGT
Long-term sick will need to look for jobs in benefits overhaul
Claimants could face cuts of £5,000 a year as government prepares for rows with backbenchers and campaigners over bringing down £65bn sickness bill
www.thetimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:31 AM
UK govt targets old, sick, disabled.
Long-term sick need to find jobs. Face benefit cuts of £5k a year.
This after two child benefit cap, winter fuel payment cut.
6.3m await hospital appointment, 2.8m chronically ill
Govt won't tax wealth; increase capital gains, corporate tax
archive.ph/zDPGT
Long-term sick need to find jobs. Face benefit cuts of £5k a year.
This after two child benefit cap, winter fuel payment cut.
6.3m await hospital appointment, 2.8m chronically ill
Govt won't tax wealth; increase capital gains, corporate tax
archive.ph/zDPGT
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Almost 2 million people in the UK didn’t have the right ID to vote in 2024.
"Using data from the British Election Study, we tracked people eligible to vote between 2023 and 2024 and found that 5% of people eligible to vote – nearly 2 million people – didn’t own any recognised voter identification."
"Using data from the British Election Study, we tracked people eligible to vote between 2023 and 2024 and found that 5% of people eligible to vote – nearly 2 million people – didn’t own any recognised voter identification."
Almost 2 million people in the UK didn’t have the right ID to vote in 2024
Voter ID, as made compulsory by the Tory Government in 2023, prevented a lot of people from being able to vote
northwestbylines.co.uk
January 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Almost 2 million people in the UK didn’t have the right ID to vote in 2024.
"Using data from the British Election Study, we tracked people eligible to vote between 2023 and 2024 and found that 5% of people eligible to vote – nearly 2 million people – didn’t own any recognised voter identification."
"Using data from the British Election Study, we tracked people eligible to vote between 2023 and 2024 and found that 5% of people eligible to vote – nearly 2 million people – didn’t own any recognised voter identification."
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The UK needs to lead in Europe again. We can't rely on Trump, and Labour hasn't shown the urgency or ambition to fix our relationship with our closest neighbours.
A UK-EU customs union is the first step repairing that relationship.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-cost-starme…
A UK-EU customs union is the first step repairing that relationship.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-cost-starme…
Starmer accused of having head in the sand over cost of Brexit
Exclusive: PM urged for a radical rethink of Brexit to boost economic growth as it’s revealed government won’t calculate loss of the UK’s biggest market
buff.ly
January 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The UK needs to lead in Europe again. We can't rely on Trump, and Labour hasn't shown the urgency or ambition to fix our relationship with our closest neighbours.
A UK-EU customs union is the first step repairing that relationship.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-cost-starme…
A UK-EU customs union is the first step repairing that relationship.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-cost-starme…
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Excruciating to hear Govt minister try to explain how expanding airport capacity won’t increase carbon emissions & drive #ClimateCrisis. It likely won’t even increase growth either given that corporate air travel is declining & 3 times as many tourists leave the country as come in. #BBCR4Today
January 29, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Excruciating to hear Govt minister try to explain how expanding airport capacity won’t increase carbon emissions & drive #ClimateCrisis. It likely won’t even increase growth either given that corporate air travel is declining & 3 times as many tourists leave the country as come in. #BBCR4Today
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Starmer 2020: “There is no more important challenge than the climate emergency”
I agree with Keir - I hope he continues to agree with himself👇
I agree with Keir - I hope he continues to agree with himself👇
Legal challenges to infrastructure projects to be blocked in push for growth
Legal challenges to infrastructure projects to be blocked in push for growth
Keir Starmer hopes his plan to ‘take the brakes off Britain’ will send a message to business to build more
Campaigners will be blocked from “excessive” legal challenges to planning decisions for major infrastructure projects including airports, railways…
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Starmer 2020: “There is no more important challenge than the climate emergency”
I agree with Keir - I hope he continues to agree with himself👇
I agree with Keir - I hope he continues to agree with himself👇
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Benefit cheats could be stripped of driving licences.
Someone innocently exceeding the Carer's earning limit is charged with fraud, can't drive, many not be able to work, can't support family, needs more benefits.
Hawks are appeased
No equivalent sanctions for tax abusers, launderers, real crooks
Someone innocently exceeding the Carer's earning limit is charged with fraud, can't drive, many not be able to work, can't support family, needs more benefits.
Hawks are appeased
No equivalent sanctions for tax abusers, launderers, real crooks
Benefit cheats could lose driving licences in anti-fraud drive
A proposed new law will also give ministers greater powers to request bank account information.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Benefit cheats could be stripped of driving licences.
Someone innocently exceeding the Carer's earning limit is charged with fraud, can't drive, many not be able to work, can't support family, needs more benefits.
Hawks are appeased
No equivalent sanctions for tax abusers, launderers, real crooks
Someone innocently exceeding the Carer's earning limit is charged with fraud, can't drive, many not be able to work, can't support family, needs more benefits.
Hawks are appeased
No equivalent sanctions for tax abusers, launderers, real crooks
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The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
Elon Musk's Twitter edits 'nazi salute' out of his Trump inauguration speech
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Elon Musk's Twitter edits 'nazi salute' out of his Trump inauguration speech
The erratic tech billionaire made a gesture that seemed to many like a fascist salute - but when Elon Musk posted the clip on X there was something different
www.mirror.co.uk
January 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
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Something weirdly enigmatic about this image.
Zuckerberg, Bezos and Musk have a combined net worth of around $874 billion. They're the living definition of the "globalist elite".
What an incredible con trick Donald Trump has pulled off.
#TrumpInauguration #TrumpInauguration2025
Zuckerberg, Bezos and Musk have a combined net worth of around $874 billion. They're the living definition of the "globalist elite".
What an incredible con trick Donald Trump has pulled off.
#TrumpInauguration #TrumpInauguration2025
January 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Something weirdly enigmatic about this image.
Zuckerberg, Bezos and Musk have a combined net worth of around $874 billion. They're the living definition of the "globalist elite".
What an incredible con trick Donald Trump has pulled off.
#TrumpInauguration #TrumpInauguration2025
Zuckerberg, Bezos and Musk have a combined net worth of around $874 billion. They're the living definition of the "globalist elite".
What an incredible con trick Donald Trump has pulled off.
#TrumpInauguration #TrumpInauguration2025
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UK's Labour Govt is struggling to deliver promised economic growth.
"Ruthless" cuts to govt spending won't do. It needs policy change.
Without good purchasing power for the masses, a sustainable economy can't be built.
It must redistribute income and wealth,
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/labo...
"Ruthless" cuts to govt spending won't do. It needs policy change.
Without good purchasing power for the masses, a sustainable economy can't be built.
It must redistribute income and wealth,
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/labo...
Labour hasn’t delivered growth or happiness. It needs an economic reset.
Successive governments have tailored economic and tax policies to impoverish the masses
leftfootforward.org
January 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
UK's Labour Govt is struggling to deliver promised economic growth.
"Ruthless" cuts to govt spending won't do. It needs policy change.
Without good purchasing power for the masses, a sustainable economy can't be built.
It must redistribute income and wealth,
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/labo...
"Ruthless" cuts to govt spending won't do. It needs policy change.
Without good purchasing power for the masses, a sustainable economy can't be built.
It must redistribute income and wealth,
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/labo...
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The conversation around the climate crisis isn’t to change or not to change – change is coming for us whether we’re ready or not. Time for leaders to take their heads out of the sand - we need to decarbonise, fast, and make our communities resilient. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Economic growth could fall 50% over 20 years from climate shocks, say actuaries
Exclusive: Report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The conversation around the climate crisis isn’t to change or not to change – change is coming for us whether we’re ready or not. Time for leaders to take their heads out of the sand - we need to decarbonise, fast, and make our communities resilient. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Without trade unions we wouldn’t have
• a minimum wage
• maternity & paternity rights
• pension provision
• holiday & sickness entitlements
victories which have benefited every single person in this country
Join a union. Thank me later👇
youtu.be/jg0D2yNiqHM?...
• a minimum wage
• maternity & paternity rights
• pension provision
• holiday & sickness entitlements
victories which have benefited every single person in this country
Join a union. Thank me later👇
youtu.be/jg0D2yNiqHM?...
Let’s make Jacob’s day and join a union today
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
January 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Without trade unions we wouldn’t have
• a minimum wage
• maternity & paternity rights
• pension provision
• holiday & sickness entitlements
victories which have benefited every single person in this country
Join a union. Thank me later👇
youtu.be/jg0D2yNiqHM?...
• a minimum wage
• maternity & paternity rights
• pension provision
• holiday & sickness entitlements
victories which have benefited every single person in this country
Join a union. Thank me later👇
youtu.be/jg0D2yNiqHM?...
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Absolutely this from Ed Davey 👏
January 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Absolutely this from Ed Davey 👏
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34,793 emergency, very urgent or urgent referrals to child/adolescent mental health services crisis teams in England in six months.
Cuts in public services & real incomes; eating disorders take toll.
What kind of society hands mental health problems to children?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Cuts in public services & real incomes; eating disorders take toll.
What kind of society hands mental health problems to children?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Urgent referrals of children in mental health crisis in England rise 13% in year
Charity says NHS failure to help more young people sooner is a ‘shocking betrayal’
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2025 at 8:25 AM
34,793 emergency, very urgent or urgent referrals to child/adolescent mental health services crisis teams in England in six months.
Cuts in public services & real incomes; eating disorders take toll.
What kind of society hands mental health problems to children?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Cuts in public services & real incomes; eating disorders take toll.
What kind of society hands mental health problems to children?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...