"The 25‑point swing away from Labour shows voters want people‑centred solutions rather than cautious managerialism"
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US gas companies with close ties to the Trump regime stand to make more than $1 billion a week in windfall profits as a result of the conflict in Iran www.energyflux.news/war-profits-...
Energy independence is consistently one of the most powerful pro-Net Zero arguments among voters.
They back renewables over fossil fuel as the solution and it's not particularly close.
Bit baffled that Govt is not hammering this more loudly in light of Iran. Pushing at an open door.
Starmer is "catching arrows rather than stopping the archer" according to Badenoch - is that really the best Conservative comms team can come up with?
Cannot over emphasize just how toxic this 'just as bad as each other' style narrative is
Well done whoever came up with "plumber, plasterer, parliamentarian" - the way that this just pops makes you realise just how little of it we have seen in politics.
Just incredible that the BBC 6 Music news bulletin just now on the Gorton and Denton by-election has a Labour voice and a Reform voice and no one from the @greenparty.org.uk
This victory for hope over hate in Gorton and Denton is as much about the thousands of people got off their arses to knock on doors, phone bank, stuff envelopes - as it is about @zackpolanski.bsky.social and Hannah Spencer- massive gratitude to everyone involved.
It's not just about this by-election, it's about there being hope and possibility in politics at a time when despair has been felt by so many, that the failures of Labour doesn't automatcally mean Refrom www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...
So grateful for all the folks on the streets in Gorton and Denton today, and over the past weeks, creating so much hope and possibility.
In between all the Heated Rivalry-related thing, I’m seeing so much high quality @greenparty.org.uk-endorsing content from such a wide range of creators ahead of the Gordon and Denton by-election. It’s very impressive
This is such an awful and important read. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
It brings me an incredible sense of peace to imagine the fear and feeling of walls closing in for men who abused women and girls with elite impunity
#OtD 19 Feb 2002 legendary transgender activist of Puerto Rican and Venezuelan descent, Sylvia Rivera died aged 50 in NYC. Born in the Bronx, she was a friend to Marsha P Johnson, active in the Gay Liberation Front and the Young Lords stories.workingclasshistory.com/tag/8460/syl...
Re-upping this for the Monday crowd... I think my favourite, most revealing detail is that the guy seems to not realise he's in trouble because London Centric's reporting didn't hit anything like his view counts, so therefore it can't really matter.
“The Global South is where the majority of these critical minerals are located, but these countries have not been included in this conference.”
@stefanzylinski.bsky.social speaks to @aljazeera.com on the US-hosted conference developing a Global North coalition on critical mineral security.
Watching a bunch of nerdy middle aged men being made to awkwardly sing Joni Mitchell on TV is one of the reasons I love #OnlyConbect a whole lot
I’m pretty jaded and cynical about the immoral, back door dealings of certain politicians, but the Mandelson leaks today have left me with my gob hanging open #c4news
Thompson Twins were the first band that were ‘mine’, not my older brother’s or sisters’, and I loved them with fierce passion www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
Yep, The Times is going with 'The murder of Renee Nicole Good is the fault of immigrants'.
I mean they almost always only play Waiting Room, and that's what they did again this time.
Nothing says 'christmas cheer' like a quick blast of Fugazi. Thank you 6 Music
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
It's so hard to contrast all the nice warm, Christmas feelings with the stress and trauma of what families of the hunger strikers in prison are going through right now. I've made a donation to them as part of my last minute Christmas shopping. chuffed.org/project/filt...
My rare pleasure of buying an actual newspaper for a long train journey ruined by it having Wes Streeting’s face all over it.
I genuinely despair at the continuous conflation of 'terrorism' and 'protest' in media spaces in the last few days. This is such effective right wing discourse that will undermine all kinds of democratic rights.
Time person of the year cover for 2025
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
My first ever name check on @laurenlaverne.bsky.social's 'six of the best' segment today on #bbc6music - a very proud moment. The theme was 'women in drums' and obviously I went for the incredible Sheila E #6musicdilf
