Sam
@sam-b13.bsky.social
Progressive activist, lefty, believer in fairness and kindness. Hate discrimination in any form. Lover of nature, animals and their welfare. The garden/outdoors is my happy place. #EDS warrior living with #axSpA. 🇬🇧🇪🇺♿️
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Sam
@sam-b13.bsky.social
· Apr 13
The starter pack of the Youth League of Grumpy Old Lefty Gits - International Division has been launched! Because you can be grumpy without being old.
Check out these fine youngsters!*
Starmeroids & Biden-Harris-Cheerleaders™ NOT welcome!
* youngsters = without their minds & joints falling apart
Check out these fine youngsters!*
Starmeroids & Biden-Harris-Cheerleaders™ NOT welcome!
* youngsters = without their minds & joints falling apart
Proud to be part of the Youth League of Grumpy Old Lefty Gits - International Division. Full of great accounts. My mind is with it, my joints not so much! ♿️
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🏠 What is the Local Housing Allowance ‘affordability gap’ and why is it growing? 🏠
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🏠 What is the Local Housing Allowance ‘affordability gap’ and why is it growing? 🏠
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At the Budget, the Green Party's message is clear: Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
At the Budget, the Green Party's message is clear: Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
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Zack Polanski on President Trump, "It's difficult to call him anything other than a fool"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Zack Polanski on President Trump, "It's difficult to call him anything other than a fool"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
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Cartoon by @jesseduquette.bsky.social.
October 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Cartoon by @jesseduquette.bsky.social.
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we cannot afford the political myths that pretend the government is financially constrained like a household or a commercial bank.
The government's job is to ensure we have enough money in the system to let everyone live, work and care without exceeding the limits of what the economy can supply.
The government's job is to ensure we have enough money in the system to let everyone live, work and care without exceeding the limits of what the economy can supply.
October 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
we cannot afford the political myths that pretend the government is financially constrained like a household or a commercial bank.
The government's job is to ensure we have enough money in the system to let everyone live, work and care without exceeding the limits of what the economy can supply.
The government's job is to ensure we have enough money in the system to let everyone live, work and care without exceeding the limits of what the economy can supply.
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3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
Keir Starmer tries to look tough - and exposes himself as a coward
The government's immigration policy is in desperate need of a bold change in direction.
metro.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
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For the vast majority of people (except Ukrainians and Hongkongers) there is NO WAY to claim asylum in the UK without coming by small boat
The only way to stop people making dangerous boat crossings to the UK is by creating safe and managed routes
Govt's plan is delusional
The only way to stop people making dangerous boat crossings to the UK is by creating safe and managed routes
Govt's plan is delusional
October 30, 2025 at 9:25 AM
For the vast majority of people (except Ukrainians and Hongkongers) there is NO WAY to claim asylum in the UK without coming by small boat
The only way to stop people making dangerous boat crossings to the UK is by creating safe and managed routes
Govt's plan is delusional
The only way to stop people making dangerous boat crossings to the UK is by creating safe and managed routes
Govt's plan is delusional
Now this is good news. And I don’t mean because of his age.
#EuropeanPolitics
#NetherlandsPM
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#EuropeanPolitics
#NetherlandsPM
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Netherlands set to elect its youngest ever PM — Sky News
Far right parties have been on the march in countries including France and Germany, but long-serving Dutch populist leader Geert Wilders has been dealt a blow in his country's latest general election.
apple.news
October 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Now this is good news. And I don’t mean because of his age.
#EuropeanPolitics
#NetherlandsPM
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#EuropeanPolitics
#NetherlandsPM
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A few points for people who are continuing to misunderstand what’s going on about the Villa Park fan ban.
1) Banning of away fans happens. This is not unique. It’s happened to Dutch, German, Polish and Turkish fans recently.
2) Football hooliganism is *never* just about football. 1/4
1) Banning of away fans happens. This is not unique. It’s happened to Dutch, German, Polish and Turkish fans recently.
2) Football hooliganism is *never* just about football. 1/4
October 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A few points for people who are continuing to misunderstand what’s going on about the Villa Park fan ban.
1) Banning of away fans happens. This is not unique. It’s happened to Dutch, German, Polish and Turkish fans recently.
2) Football hooliganism is *never* just about football. 1/4
1) Banning of away fans happens. This is not unique. It’s happened to Dutch, German, Polish and Turkish fans recently.
2) Football hooliganism is *never* just about football. 1/4
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So when Farage rails against the latest migration figures, he's railing against a monster of his own making. The EU didn't impose uncontrolled immigration on us; it offered a framework that reflected geography, economics and reality”
ie - control.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/peop...
ie - control.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/peop...
People are just realising that we had a better grip on immigration within the EU
They gave us bar staff and builders - we gave them sunburnt pensioners and seaside property booms. It was win-win.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
So when Farage rails against the latest migration figures, he's railing against a monster of his own making. The EU didn't impose uncontrolled immigration on us; it offered a framework that reflected geography, economics and reality”
ie - control.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/peop...
ie - control.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/peop...
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I joined Step Up Migrant Women calling on govt to #ScrapImmigrationWhitePaper
The White Paper will have a devastating impact on migrant women
Labour promised to make people's lives better but instead is pushing women into insecurity and destitution - shameful
The White Paper will have a devastating impact on migrant women
Labour promised to make people's lives better but instead is pushing women into insecurity and destitution - shameful
October 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I joined Step Up Migrant Women calling on govt to #ScrapImmigrationWhitePaper
The White Paper will have a devastating impact on migrant women
Labour promised to make people's lives better but instead is pushing women into insecurity and destitution - shameful
The White Paper will have a devastating impact on migrant women
Labour promised to make people's lives better but instead is pushing women into insecurity and destitution - shameful
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"Whether it's Reform or Labour, I think they don't quite know what to do with me," Zack Polanski tells Lewis Goodall
"One day, I'm being painted as an incompetent clown, and on other days, I'm a very dangerous Machiavellian man"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/zack...
"One day, I'm being painted as an incompetent clown, and on other days, I'm a very dangerous Machiavellian man"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/zack...
Zack Polanski: 'As soon as we overtake the Tories, we're coming for Labour next' | The News Agents
Zack Polanski, leader of the Greens, tells Lewis Goodall why neither the right or left in UK politics knows how to deal with his party’s rise in public opinion since becoming leader, and why he…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 6:30 AM
"Whether it's Reform or Labour, I think they don't quite know what to do with me," Zack Polanski tells Lewis Goodall
"One day, I'm being painted as an incompetent clown, and on other days, I'm a very dangerous Machiavellian man"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/zack...
"One day, I'm being painted as an incompetent clown, and on other days, I'm a very dangerous Machiavellian man"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/zack...
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To this day, I have never disagreed with anything Clive has said - on any subject.
(@francesca0912.bsky.social)
To this day, I have never disagreed with anything Clive has said - on any subject.
(@francesca0912.bsky.social)
Clive Lewis MP: ‘I Never Thought I’d Hear Myself Say I Think My Party is Making this Country Weaker in Preparation for an Authoritarian-Right Government’
Peter Jukes and Hardeep Matharu speak to the backbench Labour MP to understand why the Government is focusing on how to ‘stop the boats' rather than fixing people's everyday lives
open.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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To this day, I have never disagreed with anything Clive has said - on any subject.
(@francesca0912.bsky.social)
To this day, I have never disagreed with anything Clive has said - on any subject.
(@francesca0912.bsky.social)
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Greens now just two points behind Labour as the Zack surge continues
The Green Party polling is at its highest ever - 15% of the vote. Meanwhile, Labour and the Tories are on 17%... Well, well, Zack...!
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
The Green Party polling is at its highest ever - 15% of the vote. Meanwhile, Labour and the Tories are on 17%... Well, well, Zack...!
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Greens now just two points behind Labour as the Zack surge continues
The Green Party polling is at its highest ever - 15% of the vote. Meanwhile, Labour and the Tories are on 17%... Well, well, Zack...!
www.thecanary.co
October 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Greens now just two points behind Labour as the Zack surge continues
The Green Party polling is at its highest ever - 15% of the vote. Meanwhile, Labour and the Tories are on 17%... Well, well, Zack...!
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
The Green Party polling is at its highest ever - 15% of the vote. Meanwhile, Labour and the Tories are on 17%... Well, well, Zack...!
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.
Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.
Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.
Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
October 11, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.
Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.
Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.
Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
What a woman. She’s right. We all have a part to play and we get to choose how we play that part. Will you be a source of good in this world or would you rather join those on the spaceship Jane refers to? We’ve stopped fascism before, we must stop it again.
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
What a woman. She’s right. We all have a part to play and we get to choose how we play that part. Will you be a source of good in this world or would you rather join those on the spaceship Jane refers to? We’ve stopped fascism before, we must stop it again.
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“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
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Second released flotilla activist confirms Israel beat Greta Thunberg
The rogue Zionist state's violence and humiliation of an activist like Greta Thunberg, known worldwide, can only backfire on it - surely?
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
The rogue Zionist state's violence and humiliation of an activist like Greta Thunberg, known worldwide, can only backfire on it - surely?
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
Second released flotilla activist confirms Israel beat Greta Thunberg
The rogue Zionist state's violence and humiliation of an activist like Greta Thunberg, known worldwide, can only backfire on it
www.thecanary.co
October 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Second released flotilla activist confirms Israel beat Greta Thunberg
The rogue Zionist state's violence and humiliation of an activist like Greta Thunberg, known worldwide, can only backfire on it - surely?
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
The rogue Zionist state's violence and humiliation of an activist like Greta Thunberg, known worldwide, can only backfire on it - surely?
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
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We can all agree that the attack on the Synagogue in Manchester was terrorism
So why is setting a Mosque alight just 'arson' and a 'hate crime' and also not terrorism?
So why is setting a Mosque alight just 'arson' and a 'hate crime' and also not terrorism?
October 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We can all agree that the attack on the Synagogue in Manchester was terrorism
So why is setting a Mosque alight just 'arson' and a 'hate crime' and also not terrorism?
So why is setting a Mosque alight just 'arson' and a 'hate crime' and also not terrorism?
Our media has a lot to answer for lately. Since when did marching against genocide become a hate march? Jewish people being attacked and killed at the synagogue this week was horrific. So is genocide and there’s nothing hateful about standing against it. #SocialistSunday
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Police make 492 arrests as pro-Palestine ‘hate marches’ go ahead despite attack — The Sun
The Metropolitan Police confirmed it had already arrested six people over a Palestine Action banner POLICE have made nearly 500 arrests after pro-Palestine marches went ahead today in London and Manch...
apple.news
October 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Our media has a lot to answer for lately. Since when did marching against genocide become a hate march? Jewish people being attacked and killed at the synagogue this week was horrific. So is genocide and there’s nothing hateful about standing against it. #SocialistSunday
apple.news/AyScnbbP8Roy...
apple.news/AyScnbbP8Roy...
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Who does this government serve? You? Or big business?
October 1, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Who does this government serve? You? Or big business?
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Tories stole our money and our dignity.
Labour stole our hope.
Labour stole our hope.
October 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Tories stole our money and our dignity.
Labour stole our hope.
Labour stole our hope.
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Let's hope the Government now finds the courage to go against the proper VIP Tory Royalty who also made tens of millions at a time of crisis supplying PPE which was not fit for purpose. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
UK government wins £122m pandemic case against Michelle Mone-linked firm over faulty PPE
Trial hears 25m surgical gowns supplied by PPE Medpro to protect NHS staff were unusable and could ‘seriously harm or kill patients’
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Let's hope the Government now finds the courage to go against the proper VIP Tory Royalty who also made tens of millions at a time of crisis supplying PPE which was not fit for purpose. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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Starmer : the man who everyone wanted to trust a few years ago, is now the man that virtually no one trusts ( especially Labour’s own members).
There needs to be a national inquiry into SEZ’s snd Free zones assp.
Starmer : the man who everyone wanted to trust a few years ago, is now the man that virtually no one trusts ( especially Labour’s own members).
There needs to be a national inquiry into SEZ’s snd Free zones assp.
How Starmer’s Free Zones Will Eventually Privatise The UK.
Free Zones Drive Deregulation Beyond Their Borders
substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Starmer : the man who everyone wanted to trust a few years ago, is now the man that virtually no one trusts ( especially Labour’s own members).
There needs to be a national inquiry into SEZ’s snd Free zones assp.
Starmer : the man who everyone wanted to trust a few years ago, is now the man that virtually no one trusts ( especially Labour’s own members).
There needs to be a national inquiry into SEZ’s snd Free zones assp.
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Charging 2% tax on assets over £10 million would raise £24 billion a year.
Labour claims its invented (see MMT) 'black hole' in the nation's finances = £22 billion.
So, that 2% tax would plug that notional hole, with £2 billion change, & NOT A SINGLE CUT to welfare budgets.
It's a choice.
Labour claims its invented (see MMT) 'black hole' in the nation's finances = £22 billion.
So, that 2% tax would plug that notional hole, with £2 billion change, & NOT A SINGLE CUT to welfare budgets.
It's a choice.
October 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Charging 2% tax on assets over £10 million would raise £24 billion a year.
Labour claims its invented (see MMT) 'black hole' in the nation's finances = £22 billion.
So, that 2% tax would plug that notional hole, with £2 billion change, & NOT A SINGLE CUT to welfare budgets.
It's a choice.
Labour claims its invented (see MMT) 'black hole' in the nation's finances = £22 billion.
So, that 2% tax would plug that notional hole, with £2 billion change, & NOT A SINGLE CUT to welfare budgets.
It's a choice.