Retired health education professional, Buddhist, Scottish Green in Greenpeace and working towards a better world. Love yoga, gardening, country walks and travel.
This is just awful! What has happened to America?
(Of course worse things are being done to immigrants but this just indicates the direction of travel). #maga#trump#fascism
LEGAL immigrants in Tennessee are now unable to renew their driverโs licenses because of a new law from Tennessee Republicans.
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Ali Fortescue to Ellie Chowns on the group Greens4Palestine: "This group obviously has a big influence over your partys direction... do you think they should be kicked out of the party?"
Can you imagine a journalist asking, should Labour Friends of Israel be kicked out of Labour? Of course you cant
#GMB on the banks:
"ยฃ45.9bn profit in 2024. They've already generated ยฃ21.4bn in the first half of [this] year"
"And on a personal level.. executive bankers are earning in 2 days what it takes a lot of people a year to [earn]"
It only took them 4 years and 8 months. A UN Commission of Inquiry says Russiaโs systematic attacks on Ukraineโs energy infrastructure constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity, concluding they were intended to deprive civilians of essential services and cause suffering. #Ukraine
Jenrick has set out how Reform would maximise our โBrexit freedomsโ.
And this is their list. This is the very best they can come up with.
โRe-legalise imperial unitsโ
Itโs truly pathetic that this is the pinnacle of their Brexit fever dream. And that anyone would still back this ruinous idiocyโฆ
CEO of scandal-ridden Deloitte gets 45% pay rise to ยฃ7.1m, 1,360 jobs cut.
CEO pay = 93 times median employee pay.
Firm doesn't pay employer NIC on profits shared by partners, worth ยฃ150,000 for ยฃ1m profit shared. ยฃ899m shared.
108 govt contracts in 2026, worth ยฃ650m. Friends in high places.
Why are the people who accuse those talking about reversing Brexit of "living in the past" never asked about their own plans to rip up an international agreement that was first signed by the UK some 75 years ago?
Surprised? #greenyes
โThe governt totally failed at the most senior level to speak to environmental NGOs or community groups when developing its flagship policy on AI datacentres. This is despite the serious environmental implications of its plans.โ
#ecocide ๐
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
The UK Government promised ยฃ14bn for Welsh rail - but weโre yet to see the money
At least ยฃ1bn must be brought forward in the upcoming Budget to improve our transport system โ
Maeโn hen bryd i Lywodraeth y DU dangos yr arian maent wedi hen addo arian iโn rheilffyrdd ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
โTHE PUBLIC ARE THE BOSSESโ according to Burnhamโฆ.unless itโs the Scottish public
๐ฌ๐ง ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Uber-unionist Andy Burnham is all for the public deciding on whether or not the uk rejoins the EU, yet Scottish independence is โOFF LIMITSโ, no matter that a majority in Scotland support independence
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ช๐บ๐
Before the Brazilian election where progressive Lula beat right-wing Bolsonaro, Meta is accused of disrupting Lula's Insta and WhatsApp accounts
Meta blamed "technical difficulties"
That would be more believable if similar incidents had not happened recently in the US
Tech billionaires are evil
A Victorian umbrella stand in the Glasgow Women's Library in the Bridgeton area of the city. It came from the Duke Street Prison, and it's believed to have been decorated by suffragettes who were imprisoned there during their fight for the right to vote.
Cont./
#glasgow#suffragettes
Lula says action must be taken against the US Big Tech billionaires who tried to fix the Brazilian elections
Brazil has the 2nd most Social Media users after the USA
If Brazil banned US Big Tech and launched their own Social Media it would be a crippling blow to the US Fascists
House Judiciary Democrats have justย released a 50-page reportย that pulls together years of assault allegations against Trump and his reported connections to Jeffrey Epstein.
The report calls for a special counsel to investigate Trump's ties to Epstein.
From Zelenskyy. Patriot interceptors that could save innocent lives are sitting in European countries for weeks, which they paid for, unable to be transferred to Ukraine because Hegseth refuses to sign off.
NEW: Trump is a Russian asset. And the UK government is finally waking from its decade-long slumber Read this. And order a wind-up radio.
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-dark-t...
Doesnโt matter how you voted if you were front and centre in a Brexit government, actively overseeing the shrinking of our economy, our influence and our opportunities, while you rolled around in the trough.
Weโll be disregarding everything you now say, thanks.
The shift away from the US continues. Ten countries have now signed on for Macronโs Forward Deterrence initiative, including the UK, Germany and Poland, WSJ reports.
Under the plan, France would station nuclear-capable fighter jets across Europe as trust in the US erodes.
My political education began in Brazil, where I lived from 1989-91. I learnt that the only defence we have is "conscientizaรงao": raising awareness about the relations between exploiters and exploited, and the violence that underpins them. The Brazilians have once again demonstrated its power. โโค๏ธโ๐ฅ
#netanyahu vowed abrupt and sweeping retribution, and the prime minister warned of imminent military operations on a scale the West Bank has not seen in nearly 60 years of occupation. #apartheid#idf#warcrimes#ethniccleansing#palestinewww.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
I suspect many new Reform UK Councillors saw it as a way to get rich quick - but baulk at the prospect of actually having to do some work to benefit not just themselves
"Oldham's first Reform leader says he is leaving politics after shock resignation"
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
A government delegation from NATO and EU member Slovakia, has arrived in Moscow.
Leading the walk of shame onto the Terrorist State's territory, is Slovakia's Foreign Minister Juraj Blanรกr.
Andy: โunexpected events seem to be becoming more and more commonโ
No, Andy, They're not 'unexpected'. Climate change scientists warned us about extreme weather events, regions becoming uninhabitable, dwindling resources, and the likelihood of war.
You just didn't take any notice.
Under capitalism scarcity is manufactured. This is entirely a problem of their own making.
The only way humanity, and the living planet has, is to end capitalism and end it soon!
Itโs not about October 7thโฆ the Israelis had no compassion for the people of Gaza even before that date!
The population of Israel are of one mind, always will be. Otherwise why would they vote in a Genocidal government?
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๐จ BREAKING: As the federal administration escalates attacks on our Somali neighbors, Minnesotans stood watch outside local mosques during Friday prayers, then went to vote early together. ๐ณ๏ธ
โ Make your plan to #Vote at mnvotes.org
Sparse antisemitism in schools
considered more heinous than
mass murder of 22,000 children,
or as teh BBC would put it
unbiased verified balance
meme via James Branch
Ukrainian defenders have made significant gains on the southern Donetsk battlefront. They have pushed the russian fascist invaders farther south along the road to Velyka Novosilka and farther east to the Mokri Yaly River.
โWhen I was sleeping on the streets, if someone had told me I would be running a charity one day โฆ Iโd never have believed it.' Meet the refugee who spent decades seeking asylum and now runs a Scottish charity ๐
๐ www.thenational.scot/politi...