Facts really do matter more than opinion.
Experts are to be listened to.
There is honour in the truth and dishonour in falsehood.
Woke and proud to be so๐
I think of myself as one of the Progressives, that this Government was voted in with the help of a huge number of us tactically voting for progressive parties to โget the Tories outโ
The progressives biggest enemies should be the far right, but for far too many the enemy is the rest of the leftโฆ..
The Lords EU Committee launching a new inquiry into post-Brexit barriers for UK touring artists highlights how red tape is strangling our world-class creative sector. Swapping free movement for visa carnets and cabotage chaos is madness [โฆ]
AI will mean less jobs.
What this should mean, is that we ALL work less.
Maybe 2 people doing 20hour weeks instead of 1 doing 40, or 4 doing just 10 hours.
The absolute advantage of progress like this should be for everyone to benefit.
Brazil extended voting hours in lieu of the attempts at voter suppression seen today. We'll know the results soon enough. I hope for all our sakes Lula wins.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Cristiano Zanin ordered a nationwide two-hour extension of voting in todayโs presidential runoff, moving the close of polls from 5pm to 7 pm Brasรญlia time.
โAndy Burnham said he wants pursue a new type of relationship with Brussels, potentially including full EU membershipโ ๐๐๐
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And true to form, Farage and the Tories (Philp) respond by being totally dishonest about itโฆ
Freedom of movement with the EU requires EU citizenship. Immigration requires visas.
Talk of โbetrayalโ and โuncontrolled migrationโ is the mark of a liar or a fool.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
โHealey should remove anxiety and depression as a reason to claim benefits and offer people treatment instead. It would be better for the individuals and a fraction of the cost.โ
Read more: trib.al/cxsKwxw
AI will mean less jobs.
What this should mean, is that we ALL work less.
Maybe 2 people doing 20hour weeks instead of 1 doing 40, or 4 doing just 10 hours.
The absolute advantage of progress like this should be for everyone to benefit.
One thing thatโs bloody annoying on Bluesky, not being able to comment on posts, because the writer has it set that way.
Why show me the post then?
Iโm blocking any people who do it.
โTrump's British apologists are finally starting to calculateโฆ their potential reward for supporting this lame duck President in the US is no longer worth the growing cost to their reputations in the UKโ
Too late, Farage. Too much MAGA money. Too much fawning.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/trumps-apo...
Ukraine losing access to Starshield raises serious concerns for our national securityโlike who controls critical capabilities the U.S. government has spent billions to procure & how decisions to restrict them are made. I'm demanding answers from the Department of Defense & SpaceX
Prime Minister Andy Burnham says he wants a more 'honest conversation' about freedom of movement, suggesting it could work better than post-Brexit immigration has.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Ranvir Singh this morning: "9 million people in the UK, I find it obscene, in 2026 are on the verge of or already using foodbanks"
Meanwhile the richest 50 families have more wealth than half the population. The levels of inequality in this country are staggering.
In his Daily Mail column today, describing Trump as "toast," Richard Littlejohn mocks the President's attempted annexation of Greenland as being mad, using the phrase "nurse!"
Here's what Littlejohn wrote about it when Trump first suggested it
"They can start cutting people's faces up. They can stab someone. They can shoot someone."
EXCLUSIVE: Our hidden cameras capture the leader of Turning Point UK organising a fake rally for a foreign government and helping arrange a murder-for-hire with loyalist paramilitaries.
New statutory instrument: Councils in England can seize empty homes after six months, not two years, as of 5 November
The Govt has amended the rules governing Empty Dwelling Management Orders (SI 2026/1085). 'Negative procedure' so it will go through quietly unless someone 'prays' against it
Water privatisation MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE. If you want to see why, just look at Thames Water. @ewanmg.bsky.social
It is time to end that madness by blocking the Thames Water bailout by Thursday 29th Oct
Andy Burnham, block the bailout: vist.ly/5pe73
Ukraine was winning the war, so Trump kneecapped Ukraine to help Russia.
I wish it werenโt that simple, but it is. Our president is in bed with our enemies.
๐บ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช THE END OF PUTIN'S DRONES! GERMANY IS SENDING UKRAINE ITS LATEST SKYRANGER AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS!
Germany is supplying Ukraine with advanced Skyranger mobile air defense systems manufactured by the German defense company Rheinmetall.
$25 billion! ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
This is one of the biggest fines in history โ and it cuts to the core of the crooked Brexit ref! The case is about Facebook harvesting data from millions of users and selling it to Cambridge Analytica to generate targeted ads. Cambridge Analytica worked for the Leave camp and Trump.
Jack Ross, CEO of Turning Point UK and a former Conservative election candidate, has been suspended from the party in the wake of undercover sting by Al Jazeera reportedly showing him discussing the cost of hiring contract killers.
Story from @benquinn75.bsky.social and me
โฅ๏ธ "Britain needs hope again. Europe needs hope again, and the relationship between us needs it, too."
"We need hope again in the face of the climate emergency. Hope that we can stand for international law. Hope for young people to live, study, and work freely across this continent once more."
In 2016 the Conservative Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond,
"The only country that would like us to leave the EU is Russia"
In 2026 the former Head of MI6 Sir John Sawers,
"Because that would marginalise Britain as a global player and weaken Europe in general"
One thing thatโs bloody annoying on Bluesky, not being able to comment on posts, because the writer has it set that way.
Why show me the post then?
Iโm blocking any people who do it.
๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ฆPresident Zelenskyy to the U.S.: "Just give us back Starlink. I can't understand the reasons for limiting us, for not allowing us to defend ourselves. I think it's a mistake."
In case you forgot what a U.S. president beloved by the world looks like.
๐บ๐ธ ๐ฌ๐ง Live in Manchester: An Evening with President Barack Obama. The arena holds up to 23,500 people with standing room, and the event was SOLD OUT.
An international study by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism has confirmed that the UKโs decision to allow politicians to present certain shows is highly unusual across Europe.
Farage is a sitting MP, and he hosts his own show on GB News.
Ask Ofcom to investigate โฌ๏ธ
Stephen Kinnock MP: "Nigel Farage said he was going to get some of the rotten apples out from the bottom of the barrel.
"But just look at what's at the top of the barrel."
Why is a retired banjo playing, public school nepo-baby on the BBC's flagship Newsnight commenting on the Red Wall?
And why no mention that:
Winston Marshall only has a political platform because his Dad is billionaire Paul Marshall... owner of GB NEWS and the Spectator.
โก๏ธ 'Planned operation' โ Zelensky confirms Ukraine's Starlink access not fully restored.
Zelensky called the restrictions a "planned operation" targeting Ukraine, noting that Starlink speed limits remain in effect in Ukraine but not in EU countries.
I don't know how many lines have to be crossed before the remaining democratic West realises this fucking maniac cannot be permitted the power he's accumulated.
We have Musk.
Or we have established international security norms.
We can't have both.
Of all the many evil betrayals Iโve seen in the last 60 years Iโve been alive, Iโm struggling to think of any that match what Trump and Musk did to innocent Ukrainian citizens while Putin was sending missiles this way. A trio to live on in infamy well after I am gone