@weecat85.bsky.social
Nature and social justice nut, free Palestine 🇵🇸 , proud exiled Scot🏴, public sector and Trade Unionist to my core. Stand by Ukraine 🇺🇦 and it's diaspora and all the people suffering under the US administration. Green Party member.
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A long but important read.
For me, it is impossible not to see the connections to billionaires who control/influence public opinion.
And because of this, Trump is allowed to shut down any/all independent and/or critical media outlets.
BBC must not surrender.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
For me, it is impossible not to see the connections to billionaires who control/influence public opinion.
And because of this, Trump is allowed to shut down any/all independent and/or critical media outlets.
BBC must not surrender.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book.
What I learned about rich people, conspiracy, Ghislaine, stand-up comedy, and evil from 2,000 phone calls.
www.motherjones.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:23 PM
A long but important read.
For me, it is impossible not to see the connections to billionaires who control/influence public opinion.
And because of this, Trump is allowed to shut down any/all independent and/or critical media outlets.
BBC must not surrender.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
For me, it is impossible not to see the connections to billionaires who control/influence public opinion.
And because of this, Trump is allowed to shut down any/all independent and/or critical media outlets.
BBC must not surrender.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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It's notable that in the Rockstar North union-busing firings in Edinburgh it is not Labour that has been turning up to defend fired workers, it's the Scottish Greens and Liberal Democrats.
I don't know how unions can defend being affiliated to Labour at this point. It's clear they've lost their way
I don't know how unions can defend being affiliated to Labour at this point. It's clear they've lost their way
November 15, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It's notable that in the Rockstar North union-busing firings in Edinburgh it is not Labour that has been turning up to defend fired workers, it's the Scottish Greens and Liberal Democrats.
I don't know how unions can defend being affiliated to Labour at this point. It's clear they've lost their way
I don't know how unions can defend being affiliated to Labour at this point. It's clear they've lost their way
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Congratulations to our newest Green councillor, Cllr Mike Dunn, on winning the Long Ashton ward by-election in North Somerset with a huge Green vote!
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Congratulations to our newest Green councillor, Cllr Mike Dunn, on winning the Long Ashton ward by-election in North Somerset with a huge Green vote!
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Very interesting quote by Emily Maitlis ….
November 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Very interesting quote by Emily Maitlis ….
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To explain briefly: at the moment people successful in their asylum claims get permission to stay in the UK for 5 years, then have to apply for permanent residency. At that point a review of their status is done, but it’s rare not to succeed at that point unless they‘ve committed an offence 1/
To reiterate, this is about making life immeasurably more miserable and stressful for some of the most vulnerable people, in the almost certainly vain hope of winning over the votes of racists.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
Asylum in UK to be made temporary under Home Secretary’s plans
Shabana Mahmood will lay out reforms modelled on the Danish system on Monday.
www.independent.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
To explain briefly: at the moment people successful in their asylum claims get permission to stay in the UK for 5 years, then have to apply for permanent residency. At that point a review of their status is done, but it’s rare not to succeed at that point unless they‘ve committed an offence 1/
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📢Exciting news: we have opened expression of interest for candidates for the 2026 local elections in #Newham.
💚We’re growing rapidly and are in the position to win vastly more councillors at the next election.
🟢Interested?
actionnetwork.org/forms/expres...
💚We’re growing rapidly and are in the position to win vastly more councillors at the next election.
🟢Interested?
actionnetwork.org/forms/expres...
Expression of Interest – 2026 Newham Greens Council Candidates
Newham Greens are excited to open expressions of interest for candidates at the 2026 Local Elections, and we want you to put yourself forward. This form is open to both current members, and those who ...
actionnetwork.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
📢Exciting news: we have opened expression of interest for candidates for the 2026 local elections in #Newham.
💚We’re growing rapidly and are in the position to win vastly more councillors at the next election.
🟢Interested?
actionnetwork.org/forms/expres...
💚We’re growing rapidly and are in the position to win vastly more councillors at the next election.
🟢Interested?
actionnetwork.org/forms/expres...
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I know without any doubt that @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social changed my life and changed politics in this country forever.
What we recognise @greenparty.org.uk to be is down to her leadership and the surge she created that ensured her values would be the party’s for years to come.
Don’t miss this 👇
What we recognise @greenparty.org.uk to be is down to her leadership and the surge she created that ensured her values would be the party’s for years to come.
Don’t miss this 👇
"Every so often, a book comes along that articulates exactly what our country needs. This is one," says @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Interested? Hope to see you at brilliant Bookmarks, Nov 21. Free!
@camdengreenparty.bsky.social @islingtongreens.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/authorsboo...
Interested? Hope to see you at brilliant Bookmarks, Nov 21. Free!
@camdengreenparty.bsky.social @islingtongreens.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/authorsboo...
authors@Bookmarks: Natalie Bennett | Change Everything
Former leader of the Green Party Natalie Bennett discusses her guide for to a fairer, greener future
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I know without any doubt that @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social changed my life and changed politics in this country forever.
What we recognise @greenparty.org.uk to be is down to her leadership and the surge she created that ensured her values would be the party’s for years to come.
Don’t miss this 👇
What we recognise @greenparty.org.uk to be is down to her leadership and the surge she created that ensured her values would be the party’s for years to come.
Don’t miss this 👇
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It's official: the #Thames has the worst water quality in the country. Cllr Chas Warlow: “I was genuinely shocked when I saw the high levels of pollutants in the samples I took." @chaswarlow.bsky.social #GreatUKWaterBlitz www.rtgp.org.uk/2025/11/tham... #StopThamesWater
Thames river basin has the worst water quality in the UK - Richmond and Twickenham Green Party
The results of the Great UK WaterBlitz, a survey of the health of rivers and streams in the UK carried out by volunteers under the aegis of the charity Earthwatch UK, have just been published – and, f...
www.rtgp.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
It's official: the #Thames has the worst water quality in the country. Cllr Chas Warlow: “I was genuinely shocked when I saw the high levels of pollutants in the samples I took." @chaswarlow.bsky.social #GreatUKWaterBlitz www.rtgp.org.uk/2025/11/tham... #StopThamesWater
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Why! Sorry, but why? Labour's anti-asylum, anti-immigration, policies are the antithesis of anything anyone who genuinely supports human rights should be defending. They're absolutely inhumane and condemnable. Anyone supporting them can't claim to be "progressive"
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
No 10 tells Labour MPs it expects support for tough new asylum policies
Some backbenchers already opposing planned immigration crackdown seen as ‘economically and culturally illiterate’
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Why! Sorry, but why? Labour's anti-asylum, anti-immigration, policies are the antithesis of anything anyone who genuinely supports human rights should be defending. They're absolutely inhumane and condemnable. Anyone supporting them can't claim to be "progressive"
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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"This beautiful collage is a tribute to the original guardians of the continent — the Indigenous peoples of Our America, from Canada to Chile, from Arctic tundra to the Mayan highlands.
Each face ... a vibrant present rooted in language, tradition, resistance & pride."
via Native American Culture
Each face ... a vibrant present rooted in language, tradition, resistance & pride."
via Native American Culture
November 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
"This beautiful collage is a tribute to the original guardians of the continent — the Indigenous peoples of Our America, from Canada to Chile, from Arctic tundra to the Mayan highlands.
Each face ... a vibrant present rooted in language, tradition, resistance & pride."
via Native American Culture
Each face ... a vibrant present rooted in language, tradition, resistance & pride."
via Native American Culture
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*old person voice*
Ooh, isn't nice, though? Lovely that American paedophiles and eastern European businessmen got the patriotic Brexit they wanted and took back control of our British borders. Now where did I leave my glasses? That lovely Nigel is on GB News in a moment. He's a very nice young man.
Ooh, isn't nice, though? Lovely that American paedophiles and eastern European businessmen got the patriotic Brexit they wanted and took back control of our British borders. Now where did I leave my glasses? That lovely Nigel is on GB News in a moment. He's a very nice young man.
Temerko, a Soviet-born oligarch and a major Conservative donor, told Belton that he and Johnson spent time… plotting the overthrow May. According to Temerko, Johnson had finally been persuaded to back Brexit in 2016 by a group of “eastern European businessmen”.
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
Landmark Ruling in Strasbourg as MPs Challenge UK Government over Failure to Investigate Russian Interference in Brexit
'Nothing less than the future of democracy is at stake' says Caroline Lucas as a cross-party coalition and The Citizens win an unprecedented hearing over electoral safety and national security
bylinetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
*old person voice*
Ooh, isn't nice, though? Lovely that American paedophiles and eastern European businessmen got the patriotic Brexit they wanted and took back control of our British borders. Now where did I leave my glasses? That lovely Nigel is on GB News in a moment. He's a very nice young man.
Ooh, isn't nice, though? Lovely that American paedophiles and eastern European businessmen got the patriotic Brexit they wanted and took back control of our British borders. Now where did I leave my glasses? That lovely Nigel is on GB News in a moment. He's a very nice young man.
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When Starmer said on Tuesday that "racism is returning to UK politics" it was a promise assist it not a warning it needed to be opposed.
This is the most racist policy via the most racist government propoganda of my lifetime
This is the most racist policy via the most racist government propoganda of my lifetime
This is the Home Secretary's video about "why"
A government which had the principle of *defusing* the salience by getting a grip with control, while maintaining compassion, would not use the rhetorical devices here to stoke up the salience of the issue they hope to defuse
x.com/ShabanaMahmo...
A government which had the principle of *defusing* the salience by getting a grip with control, while maintaining compassion, would not use the rhetorical devices here to stoke up the salience of the issue they hope to defuse
x.com/ShabanaMahmo...
Shabana Mahmood MP on X: "On Monday, I will announce the most significant changes to our asylum system in modern times 👇 https://t.co/eXAVYdD4kD" / X
On Monday, I will announce the most significant changes to our asylum system in modern times 👇 https://t.co/eXAVYdD4kD
x.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM
When Starmer said on Tuesday that "racism is returning to UK politics" it was a promise assist it not a warning it needed to be opposed.
This is the most racist policy via the most racist government propoganda of my lifetime
This is the most racist policy via the most racist government propoganda of my lifetime
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Illegal.
Not "barely legal."
Not "barely legal."
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Illegal.
Not "barely legal."
Not "barely legal."
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Maybe a little bit less time playing politics and a little bit more time looking after the NHS wouldn't go amiss, Wesley? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Wes Streeting accused of ‘chaotic and incoherent approach’ to NHS reform
Exclusive: thinktank report finds health secretary has failed to improve productivity, with the health service unlikely to meet its targets
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Maybe a little bit less time playing politics and a little bit more time looking after the NHS wouldn't go amiss, Wesley? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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We sold our water to foreign billionaires. Now we’re handing them our health data.
Government’s last chance to keep control of digital
Digital sovereignty isn’t optional anymore. We sold our water to foreign billionaires. Now we’re handing them our health data
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
We sold our water to foreign billionaires. Now we’re handing them our health data.
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The Butterfly Conservation Christmas Gift Guide has landed! 🎁✨
Treat the nature lover in your life while helping vulnerable butterfly and moth species across the UK.
Find the perfect gift 👉 https://butterfly-conservation.org/christmas-gift-guide
Treat the nature lover in your life while helping vulnerable butterfly and moth species across the UK.
Find the perfect gift 👉 https://butterfly-conservation.org/christmas-gift-guide
November 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The Butterfly Conservation Christmas Gift Guide has landed! 🎁✨
Treat the nature lover in your life while helping vulnerable butterfly and moth species across the UK.
Find the perfect gift 👉 https://butterfly-conservation.org/christmas-gift-guide
Treat the nature lover in your life while helping vulnerable butterfly and moth species across the UK.
Find the perfect gift 👉 https://butterfly-conservation.org/christmas-gift-guide
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Dear Tim Stanley, Now apply your observational prowess to the increasingly extreme British Right.
November 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Dear Tim Stanley, Now apply your observational prowess to the increasingly extreme British Right.
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💥 Victory: Three oil fields in the North Sea declared illegal
“This is a huge victory. Today’s children and future generations will reap the benefits of the courage the judges showed today. It proves that our struggle for climate justice has real force"
PRESS RELEASE:
“This is a huge victory. Today’s children and future generations will reap the benefits of the courage the judges showed today. It proves that our struggle for climate justice has real force"
PRESS RELEASE:
Victory: Three oil fields in the North Sea declared illegal - Greenpeace International
Borgarting Court of Appeal agreed with Greenpeace Nordic and Natur og Ungdom that three oil fields in the Norwegian North Sea are illegal.
act.gp
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
💥 Victory: Three oil fields in the North Sea declared illegal
“This is a huge victory. Today’s children and future generations will reap the benefits of the courage the judges showed today. It proves that our struggle for climate justice has real force"
PRESS RELEASE:
“This is a huge victory. Today’s children and future generations will reap the benefits of the courage the judges showed today. It proves that our struggle for climate justice has real force"
PRESS RELEASE:
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Two Labour councillors in the London borough of Southwark have quit the party to sit as independents, describing Starmer’s regime as one that “crushes dissenting voices”.
Labour rocked as two Southwark councillors quit over Starmer’s crackdown on dissent
Labour shocked as two Southwark councillors resign, citing crushed dissent, support for genocide, and the undermining of local democracy
www.thecanary.co
November 15, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Two Labour councillors in the London borough of Southwark have quit the party to sit as independents, describing Starmer’s regime as one that “crushes dissenting voices”.
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How financialisation is corroding education in the UK www.opendemocracy.net/en/private-e...
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
How financialisation is corroding education in the UK www.opendemocracy.net/en/private-e...
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On Trans Awareness Week, we recognise and celebrate the contributions of trans and non-binary people to our society — as well as recommitting ourselves to ensuring they can live in peace and dignity, with proper access to basic rights, healthcare and culture.
November 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
On Trans Awareness Week, we recognise and celebrate the contributions of trans and non-binary people to our society — as well as recommitting ourselves to ensuring they can live in peace and dignity, with proper access to basic rights, healthcare and culture.
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Zack attack: the charismatic eco-populist rallying the radical left (£)
With Labour purged of Corbynites and Corbyn’s party in chaos, Green leader Zack Polanski has become an icon for dispossessed youth but is he just a showman?
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
With Labour purged of Corbynites and Corbyn’s party in chaos, Green leader Zack Polanski has become an icon for dispossessed youth but is he just a showman?
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Zack attack: the charismatic eco-populist rallying the radical left
With Labour purged of Corbynites and Corbyn’s party in chaos, Green leader Zack Polanski has become an icon for dispossessed youth but is he just a showman?
www.thetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Zack attack: the charismatic eco-populist rallying the radical left (£)
With Labour purged of Corbynites and Corbyn’s party in chaos, Green leader Zack Polanski has become an icon for dispossessed youth but is he just a showman?
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
With Labour purged of Corbynites and Corbyn’s party in chaos, Green leader Zack Polanski has become an icon for dispossessed youth but is he just a showman?
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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For #Caturday
Behold the mouse! 🐭🐈
So says the inscription on this #medieval badge of a cat with mouse in mouth!
Lead alloy, circa 1300-1500.
📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
#Archaeology
Behold the mouse! 🐭🐈
So says the inscription on this #medieval badge of a cat with mouse in mouth!
Lead alloy, circa 1300-1500.
📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
#Archaeology
November 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
For #Caturday
Behold the mouse! 🐭🐈
So says the inscription on this #medieval badge of a cat with mouse in mouth!
Lead alloy, circa 1300-1500.
📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
#Archaeology
Behold the mouse! 🐭🐈
So says the inscription on this #medieval badge of a cat with mouse in mouth!
Lead alloy, circa 1300-1500.
📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
#Archaeology
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Fascinating world of ancient #glass ! A small-scale but colourful mosaic glass inlay depicting an Ibis. This inlay, originating from a workshop in Roman-era Egypt, was discovered in Tawern, near Trier, Germany.
The ibis was considered a sacred animal of Thoth, the Egyptian deity...🧵1/2
📷 me
🏺
The ibis was considered a sacred animal of Thoth, the Egyptian deity...🧵1/2
📷 me
🏺
November 15, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Fascinating world of ancient #glass ! A small-scale but colourful mosaic glass inlay depicting an Ibis. This inlay, originating from a workshop in Roman-era Egypt, was discovered in Tawern, near Trier, Germany.
The ibis was considered a sacred animal of Thoth, the Egyptian deity...🧵1/2
📷 me
🏺
The ibis was considered a sacred animal of Thoth, the Egyptian deity...🧵1/2
📷 me
🏺