James

James

@justsomebloke.bsky.social

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Nigel Farage has been 'absent' from votes in Parliament 77 times IN A ROW. Clearly the Ministerial Code is not fit for purpose. Petition: Codify in statute clear and binding obligations for MPs on time spent in their constituency and in Parliament. Sign & share.

petition.parliament.ukPetition: Codify rules for MPs' attendance in Parliament & their constituency in statuteCodify in statute clear and binding obligations for MPs on time spent in their constituency and in Parliament. We think that leaving it to convention unfortunately allows a minority to abuse the syste...

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obviously today is a huge embarrassment for Matt Goodwin and for Reform, which is something that we absolutely ought to celebrate, but we must also remember it's a huge embarrassment for Morgan McSweeney and Maurice Glasman and all the Blue Labour weirdos, and that's important to celebrate too :)

You'd think that after all the multi millions Trump & his family have grifted, he'd be able to pay off his 80s Russian debts by now. So he must just really really like Putin. Maybe someday soon Ivanka will tell us what abuse she had from her father. Maybe that will stop this horrific time line.

There’s a HUGE Elon Musk shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve our elections: shady billionaires like Musk can still donate massive amounts of money with no cap: effectively buying our democracy. Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

you.38degrees.org.ukTake Big Money Out of Our PoliticsBritish politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...

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🧵 One night she received an unexpected call from Epstein, who requested she come by his offices in Manhattan Trump was there & started to hover over her She recalled feeling scared as Trump stared at her bare legs Then Epstein entered the room & said to Trump: ‘No, no. She’s not here for you”

theguardian.comJeffrey Epstein accuser urged FBI to investigate Trump decades ago – reportMaria Farmer accused Epstein and Maxwell of sexual crimes in 1996, and identified Trump as worthy of attention

Answers sough: I cannot understand why normal Repubs in Senate & House continue to support him. They must know how toxic he is, how clearly stupid & / or unwell he is, & how that reflects on them. Are they that secure in their gerrymanded positions? They can't all be as deluded as MTG etc.

I'm sure this has been said before - I think a large part of the far right / Trump et al's attraction is the way they get away with anything from bigotry, SA, blatant corruption, rank stupidity, to laziness, etc etc etc. Their supporters see it, & think "yeah, that's how I'd behave too".

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Also shout out to the wonderful woman in the coffee shop who timed her very kind comments whilst I was with a journalist! 💚🥰

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social

"We constantly hear there’s no money left,” Polanski said, “but actually there is a lot of wealth in this country… but we are taxing people who are working really hard far more than we’re taxing wealth.” He added: “that’s totally the wrong way round!” www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-...

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🚀 Following Thursday's election we've reached a new record high 859 councillors on 181 councils! 💚 The Green Party is the only party offering a real alternative to the tired old parties. Join the Green Party today to help us keep delivering real hope and real change ⤵️

Lefties, Greens & esp. Unionists - are there any unions who support the Green Party? I'm in local government, want to join a union, but Labour currently do not deserve our money, so I'd rather it went to an actually socialist party, ie, the Greens.

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Anyone who liked Corbyn's policies has got to read this

EuropeanPowell@europeanpowell.bsky.social

Morgan McSweeney’s goal to to expunge the left from Labour and oust Jeremy Corbyn was to first target The Canary, a pro-Corbyn website that was achieving 8.5 million hits a month. 1/2 www.declassifieduk.org/morgan-mcswe...

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WORLD-FIRST: Ground-breaking research published today in the Ornithologist Journal has, for the first time, translated common UK bird vocalisations into equivalent phrases in the human language. The results tell us a lot! Extracts below... 🧵

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NEW: In November, I wrote a Guardian column headlined 'How to Survive the Broligarchy'. Pretty much everything predicted has now come true. What I'm launching today is part handbook, how to protect ourselves? And part manifesto, how to fight back? Please join me. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

open.substack.comHow to Survive the BroligarchyThree months ago, I warned we were entering the age of technoauthoritarianism. It's now here. We can and must fight back.

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One of the DOGE thugs was asking on Reddit about how to transform different document types using an LLM. It should be the #1 major headline right now. Why? It's a huge red flag on what Musk is doing w our gov't data & only have to connect these dots to know what that is: Here's those dots:

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I am beyond pissed right now, but going to lay it out as clearly as I can. What Musk and his thugs are doing at the IRS should be sending shockwaves throughout the country & setting off a massive revolt. This is why:

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I think we might know where all the missing Dem ballots went This is Ethan Shaotran. He's one of Musk's DOGE takeover hackers 2 yrs ago he won the Berkeley AI Hackathon But in 2000 won the HackGT7 with a ballot altering program called BallotProof Here's the deep dive that he couldn't scrub....

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We're at a dangerous crossroads. Whatever happens, Thames must come into Special Administration. ❌ Right now, the government is likely planning to then RE-PRIVATISE the water firm at our expense. ✅ Instead, they must take it into PUBLIC OWNERSHIP. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

theguardian.comThames Water rescuers seek clean break before committing fresh fundsExclusive: Some bidders demand temporary renationalisation to help cut debts and oust bosses

None of our watwr should be privately ow ed, so let's renationalise starting here. Please sign and share.

We Own It@weownit.org.uk

⏰The Govt have under 2 weeks to block the bailout of Thames Water. 📑25,000 people have signed the petition to take Thames Water into public ownership. #Thames has failed and shouldn't be rewarded with a £3 billion bailout. Agree? Sign our petition tinyurl.com/yxht3p94

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I seem to have upset the Nigel Farage fan club - so let me be clear. This man sows hate, lies and division. He is a grifter and a conman. He does not represent the vast majority of Britons. Repost if you agree P.s. multiculturalism is great.