Berridge
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@berridge.bsky.social
UK Green Party member. https://reformpoliticaladvertising.org
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Well that’s that then. The US is now openly partnering with Russia. How long before US bombs are used against Ukraine?
Steve Witkoff to Putin: You talk so much about my president, President Trump, being a humanitarian. You are a humanitarian also, sir, and I salute that, I commend you, and I thank you again.
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Sarah Pochin raised "concerns" in parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities. Two days later she purchased an £800,000 second home on Anglesey. Remarkable stuff. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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@labouruk.bsky.social When are you going to take action on this?
my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...
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Youth clubs, trade unions, pubs: here's how Burnham can fix Britain's social recession | Gordon Brown
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Talking about public control is just tinkering and on Thames Water he’s even tinkering with the tinkering by backtracking. If he wants hope: tax the wealthy, take water back under public ownership, bring in rent controls & no to new North Sea drilling. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Replying to @fascinatorfun.bsky.social
It's only reasonably that @andyburnham.bsky.social should publically address this question. The fact that whether Musk is the enemy of democracy is no longer a question, by using HIS platform the UK government is complicit in his activities.
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100%. It should be number one on Burnham’s to-do list, otherwise everything else he does will be pointless.
In the past, we always regulated broadcasters because they shape democracy. Now, digital platforms shape democracy far more than broadcasters ever did, so why do they have fewer obligations? It's one of the biggest regulatory failures of the last 30 years— a new PM could & should reverse it.🧵
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1/ @pauliewaulie.bsky.social has a new piece out on fixing the public sphere — the fourth plank of his four-point plan for an incoming Burnham premiership. Short version: we regulate broadcasters because they shape democracy. Platforms shape it more. Why do they owe less? 🧵
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Doing this would be an excellent way to mark the 10th anniversary...
10 years on from Brexit, there are still no rules to stop lies in election ads. We’ve tabled amendments to prevent ads like the Brexit bus misleading voters again. Email your MP and ask them to sponsor them. 16 MPs have so far. It takes 30 seconds 👇 reformpoliticaladvertising.org/take-action/...
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10 years on from Brexit, there are still no rules to stop lies in election ads. We’ve tabled amendments to prevent ads like the Brexit bus misleading voters again. Email your MP and ask them to sponsor them. 16 MPs have so far. It takes 30 seconds 👇 reformpoliticaladvertising.org/take-action/...
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Replying to @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Sections of the media are just absolute bullshit. They've always been a problem - but now they're literally lying and making up things that have never been said. The only way to defeat the billionaire media is to organise around them. Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
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www.theguardian.com/politics/202... You’re the deputy leader of the government, don’t just say it “should” be done, do it ffs!
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Replying to @ceri38.bsky.social
Starmer should have put in place genuine press regulation on day 1, and yet nearly 2 years later he has done nothing. It is a catastrophic, cowardly failure, one that ignores lessons of history and the present-day (Fox News anyone?), which means Farage in power, and a UK version of Trump's US.
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I fucking LOVE that Donald Trump is going to be the catalyst for a clean energy revolution.
France 🇫🇷 doubles electrification support to €10bn/year through 2030 — EVs, heat pumps, industry. The reason? The Strait of Hormuz crisis making fossil fuel dependence impossible to ignore. Geopolitical shocks don’t just raise prices. They change what’s politically possible.
Agreed. If it's already gone this far, it seems the left don't have the power, support, or will do bring back any kind of equilibrium. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is great news: an immediate ban on political donations in cryptocurrency & a £100k cap on donations from UK citizens abroad. Yes, there's more that needs doing, & the door is left open to crypto in future. But we should celebrate (& applaud) the wins when they come. www.gov.uk/government/n...