Andy Smart

Do read Prem Sika on the sorts of very ordinary things that government FOR the people could do. leftfootforward.org/2026/09/here...

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Peter Hegseth is a stark reminder of the dangers of allowing incompletely developed males access to powerful hormones. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

www.theguardian.com/business/202... Goes bust owing us 2/3M and is allowed to run up another 400K. Who agreed this (and what was their Christmas box!) No credit facilities (from our taxes) without representation!

To support the growth potential of UK WMD a consortium of UK banks announced a "Collateral Trading Exchange" Packages of short lives can be briefly extended cheaply in the 3rd world (and Glasgow) and traded to provide civilian death neutrality. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/large-calibr...

Has the Guardian's copyeditor been transferred onto picture editing? This is, of course, a shot of Trump's brain at the point where he 'aces' the dementia test.

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Kilmeadan Stops Data Centre - Permission Denied - Victory for People Power. It's Kilmeadan 1 - Tech Billionaires 0: the controversial unwelcome data centre plan has been denied planning permission. Planning Permission for the proposed Data Centre in Kilmeadan has been denied in a real victory for

So she misrepresented herself as a lawyer and is sacked. Her boss routinely misrepresents himself as cognitive. Double standards, much? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I think this needs to be more widely understood! Do click through some of the links - especially the police college. www.commonweal.scot/articles/mag...

Alternatively, shut down* Private Equity. Not having to cover ludicrous interest payments, shops could hire more people on decent wages and pay their fair share of tax. * Start by withdrawing the tax incentives to gamble with people's lives? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

I fear it's not 'defence' they are looking to fund, but more aggression and provocation. Defending us against war would entail more diplomacy and education, sports and cultural exchanges. Easily funded by cutting waste and corruption from the aggression budget. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

JEAN-LUC MÉLENCHON Over 10,000 people were present at the Zénith in Clermont-Ferrand, packed to the rafters. .. over 1,000 people who couldn't get in Even BFMTV deems the turnout "unmatched" compared to Gabriel Attal's yesterday in Lyon, citing an attendance ten times smaller

A 'report' from a 'newspaper'. The quote marks tell us more than the story! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

rebelnews.ie/2026/10/05/o... Reading about the exploitation of Protestant grievances by the gentry had me thinking about Farage and Reform, for some reason.

The (attempted) disemboweling of Polanski should, perhaps, be seen as a shot across Burnham's bow: deviate 1 cm from austerity at home and collusion with genocide abroad and you'll be next for the 'treatment'.

Elon Musk used X to suspend the UK British Consulate’s account in Jerusalem after it called out the systemic abuse of thousands of Palestinians who were detained without trial. youtu.be/G6dRdO1I9WA

TD Paul Murphy said the Irish people should not accept being "held hostage to the demands of US corporations that are using Ireland as a conduit to a corporate tax haven". Amongst other measures proposed by the party include a 10% pay increase to public sector workers, raise disability payments to

No, not "decades of conflicts in the Middle East" Decades of illegal wars of aggression, launched by the US and others. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

If the Labour Party resolve the problem of 'Free Will', I'm told that there are several Divine Beings that would appreciate a heads-up. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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"If Palantir’s contract were to be terminated, NHS staff would lose access to everything there. ‘All the work we do is on the platform,’ one ..... ‘It’s not stored in files that can be exported elsewhere, and everything is done using their proprietary software.’ Can you imagine signing up to this?

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There really isn't anything else to be said. robinmcalpine.org/tales-of-the...

Can you take 2 mins to respond to Ofwat's consultation to demand they BLOCK the water bill hike. If water companies can't survive without hiking our bills, let them go bust and bring them into public ownership. Deadline: midnight Thurs 24th Sept weownit.org.uk/NoBillHike

Any politician using the phrase “legitimate concerns” can’t be trusted to do what’s necessary

Arrest and prosecute “Danny Tommo” or lose the country to the Fascists. That’s the choice here

Farage, Lennon-Yaxley’s gang and the Raise The Flag muppets are historically ignorant, plastic patriots. Their funding by ‘foreign powers ‘ would have seen them imprisoned during World War 2 - while our grandfathers were fighting their ideological fellow travellers.

MUST now be asked to give evidence.

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I don't recall ever having confidence in Ratcliffe. He's for burning the planet and against paying tax. But he's right about gas stocks. How come we are told to stock up on food supplies while our government can just hope people don't freeze to death this winter? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Only a complete cynic could think this manufactured 'pressure' was a scripted attempt to dodge the fact that the SNP ruling junta blocked all the resolutions about independence submitted by the membership. www.thenational.scot/news/2656349...

Haaretz just now us18.campaign-archive.com?e=acdd368e87...

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Essential read from Robin McAlpine. www.thenational.scot/politics/265...

And we're all really upset that our donors won't let us do anything about it. Next Why we have to have more nukes and aircraft carriers!

I'm not entirely comfortable with companies or states taxing stupidity - even if it's entirely voluntary. However, I think it could be argued that the world is facing more urgent problems right now.

4 Tories pleading guilty is to be welcomed. Can we assume they are not from the Johnson/Truss wing of the party? www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

Defend union rights: Support the Rockstar 31 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/rockstar-3...

Must-read, especially for @europeanisa.bsky.social members!

It's or just the countryside and the rivers and the sea. Look at the Stock Exchange, Inland Revenue and Companies House. We need proper regulation - not new laws or sound bites but the staffing, management and democratic oversight to make work. www.bbc.com/news/article...

The new American oligarchs have completed the multigenerational project of reversing all the gains of the 20th century labor movement finance.yahoo.com/news/super-r...

Palantir is a digital weapons manufacturer that builds A.I.-powered tools for large-scale data collection and mass surveillance. They have no place in our society! Join our People vs. Palantir: Global Week of Action kickoff call on Sept 28: bit.ly/peoplevspalantir

'Journalists' on the Guardian, the BBC and elsewhere need to know that calling the paramilitary wing of the New Right 'protesters' may not be enough! You too could still be on the list with Muslims, Jews, Black, Gay, Lesbian and disabled people, and leftists. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...