ralpholsson.bsky.social

The UK economy has been stuck in a slow-moving crisis for 18 years. Wages have stagnated, prices have risen and basic services have been cut – giving rise to a widespread sense that everything is getting worse. If Burnham doesn’t respond, Reform will benefit. substack.com/home/post/p-...

The only people who create wealth are working people. If he's not targeting money at them he's lying.

And they are doing this despite knowing that it is unpopular with their own voters; why else would they differ the decision until after the by-election.

Don't approve of looting? Then write to your MP and tell them to TAX THE SHIT OUT OF PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS!

Shortsightedness will be our downfall.

Please share

Please retweet

​Sheffield will not be dictated to by London. ​We stand firm. We stand united. We stand for justice, equality & human rights for ALL. 💚🇵🇸 ​Read Green Group Leader Cllr @angelaargenzio.bsky.social's open letter 👇 sheffieldgreenparty.org.uk/2026/10/16/s...

In the news: far-right party with racist policies has racist members.

The way big tech keeps openly telling us they're breaking the law and Neoliberals are "meh, there's nothing we can do about it".

That's not how centrism works. Centrists occasionally say good things, but never act on them.

Denis Healey. “We’ll tax the rich till the pips squeak”. Those were the days

The BBC thinks telling us that the moon might be made of rock, or it might be made of cheese, is quality journalism

Solidarity with @mothinali.bsky.social and @zackpolanski.bsky.social in the face of yet another vile, racist "cartoon" from the cesspit that is the Daily Telegraph.

Imagine the headlines in the British media if 5 journalists were arrested in China or Iran.

The reality: @zackpolanski.bsky.social speaks out in quite some detail about why he finds some aspects of a motion problematic, and according to reports, personally proposes two amendments to it. The media: "Zack Polanski has failed to take leadership on the motion".

There's a reason these voices are left out: because the people criticising the motion are racists.

BREAKING: Caroline Lucas condemns Zack Polanski for making the Greens dramatically more popular than they were under her leadership.

Queue all the establishment bots (both computer and human) suggesting that a ** 22% upswing in the Green vote ** somehow suggests an existential crisis for the party! Thank you to @zackpolanski.bsky.social and everyone involved on the ground for a tremendous campaign that we can be truly proud of!

Ah, the old 'force through a controversial policy by bundling it up with a far less controversial policy' ploy. Classic.

Everything about the Labour Party stinks.

Love this from @graceblakeley.substack.com, so true. substack.com/@graceblakel...

Frankly I don't see how anyone who calls themselves a Christian can also call themselves a nationalist. The "catholic" nature of the church, from the greek "katholikos", that occurs in the earliest of Christian creeds, means "universal" and is a statement that Christianity KNOWS NO BORDERS.

Palantir: "Stop accusing us of spying." Also Palantir: "We’ve been watching you." Also also Palantir: "That's what we do."

Btw if you read this and immediately thought “well not all men”… pause for a second. The men I trust are the ones who read what I just wrote and choose to listen, to empathize, to ask questions to better understand. They know they are not the men I am angry about and they don’t need say so.

Paying for things now by taking away future generations' pensions. It's on brand for a Blairite I guess.

I thought they'd already reunited us... around the @greenparty.org.uk.

Personally speaking, defeating fascism would massively improve my quality of life. That's just one of the reasons why I support @zackpolanski.bsky.social for Holborn and St. Pancras.

A sense of unity that you can only achieve by excluding those who disagree with you is not love, it is hate, it is not "peace", it is APARTHEID.

Of all the blueprints I have read on how to redress the long-term damage austerity and financialisation have inflicted upon Britain's society, this one is the most impressive - and hope inspiring. A must read.

The Ed Sheeran of nations.

Yes, they were "wrongly targeted". The important question that every MP *should* be asking but isn't is this: *why* were they wrongly targeted? Was it, by chance, the colour of their skin?

We are so fucking screwed.

👏

@mattlieb.bsky.social , please please please upload this video here: bsky.app/profile/rick...

On Democracy Now!, I floated a new theory: AI companies really have unleashed a killer monster that has slipped their control. But plot twist - the monster is human. And it's the President of the United States. @astra.bsky.social @democracynow.org

Absolutely, rather than pandering to their stupidity make an example of it; say "ok then" and bring in the army to build a fence around their parish. Don't let anything other than medicine, water and basic food in or out until they reach a trade agreement.

I'm just going to keep yelling this louder and louder until it clicks: weird overpaid AI nerds hand-wringing about human extinction are trying to distract you from the extremely deadly and serious harms they are causing yesterday, today and tomorrow www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Ok but why are the warnings about AI freaking the sensibles out but NOT 50+ yrs of climate scientists warning that all human life is at risk backed up by *at least* 3 decades of abundant evidence of extreme weather, failing harvests, desertification & areas around the world becoming uninhabitable?

Why is everyone suddenly talking about AI killing us all? The answer: when the AI bubble bursts, which it will, and ordinary people's pensions and savings drop through the floor, the Tech CEOs who caused and profited from the bubble want you to blame the tech, or the regulation of it, not them.

Please listen to @graceblakeley.substack.com substack.com/@graceblakel...

A more important question: Can Guardian Editors understand the harm they are doing when they reduce their entire editorial judgement to "will this generate clicks?"?