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G @brotherguerilla.bsky.social · 1d

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We’re in a child poverty emergency, and it'll only get worse unless the Government does more.

Gambling giants don't pay their fair share but taxing them more could raise billions to help children.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 2d

Keir Starmer promised a government of service, but that doesn’t mean bowing the knee to corporations making money out of climate catastrophe.

It’s time for Starmer to stop cosying up to polluters and put people first.
https://bit.ly/46WajOt

UK ministers met fossil fuel lobbyists 500 times in first year of power, analysis shows

Lobbyists attended 48% more meetings than Tories, as Labour accused of giving them ‘backstage pass’

www.theguardian.com

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 2d

A transphobic pressure group want to ban trans women from Hampstead's women's pond.

Help us fight back to keep the pond a safe place. Add your name 👇
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 2d

“The Met is continually trying to suppress anything that doesn’t fit in with the commissioner’s narrative that things are improving” – Andy George
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/16/review-anti-black-racism-metropolitan-police-force-london

‘Damning’ review of anti-Black racism within Met police ‘buried’ by force

Exclusive: External consultancy report found discrimination ‘baked into HR systems’ at London force

www.theguardian.com

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 1d

An incredibly important third win in a row in our ongoing fight for the rights and dignities of trans people

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G @brotherguerilla.bsky.social · 2d

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Ban politicians hosting shows on UK news channels

I just signed the campaign calling to save ban politicians hosting shows on UK news channels

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 2d

Keir Starmer’s government is facing more questions over the China spying case after it published witness statements that called out Beijing’s espionage and branded the country a threat to the UK’s economic security

www.itv.com/news/2025-10...

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midnightsun49.bsky.social @midnightsun49.bsky.social · 3d

I have had enough

Swear her in Mike Johnson
202-225-2777
25th this MFer
202-224-3121

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 3d

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by the highest amount on record last year, soaring to a level not seen in human civilization and “turbo-charging” the Earth’s climate and causing more extreme weather, the United Nations weather agency said Wednesday.

apnews.com/article/clim...

UN agency says CO2 levels hit record high last year, causing more extreme weather

The United Nations weather agency said carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere reached record highs last year, intensifying climate change and extreme weather.

apnews.com

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John Lipponen 🇫🇮 🇦🇹 @lippoenen.bsky.social · 3d

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 3d

ABOLISH ICE and EXPAND THE SUPREME COURT should be mainstream Democratic promises and talking points.

But timidity and civility will rule the day and screw the rest of us and this country in the end.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 3d

Revealed: Leave.EU campaign met Russian officials as many as 11 times around Brexit

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018...

Revealed: Leave.EU campaign met Russian officials as many as 11 times

Founder Arron Banks was offered lucrative deals in talks with the ambassador

www.theguardian.com

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Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 3d

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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 3d

If you 💙 America… find a No Kings march on Saturday and show the world how many of us want our country back…

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 2d

Rachel Reeves will raise taxes for the wealthy in next month’s budget

Chancellor may need £40bn more to avoid ‘groundhog day’, Institute for Fiscal Studies warns

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Rachel Reeves will raise taxes for the wealthy in next month’s budget

Chancellor may need £40bn more to avoid ‘groundhog day’, Institute for Fiscal Studies warns

www.thetimes.com

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 2d

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Affordable housing – a tale of two leaked memos that reveals SNP exceeding target and Scottish Labour giving up

Professor John Robertson OBA The Daily Mail in April 2025 had the above headline and: Today, inews has: The Daily Mail did not, of course, have the facts. Here they are: For 2025, the SNP Governmen…

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 2d

The EHRC removed the "interim guidance" that has been devastating the lives of trans people for months from it's website.

We wonder why...👀

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 2d

Brexit was supposed to "Take back control" of immigration. But it's been such a disaster that only 19% think it's working. The majority now want to return to the system we had before we left the EU – including a majority of Reform voters!
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Brits are pining for the pre-Brexit migration system

The idea was that leaving the bloc would give the U.K. back “control” of its borders and create a fairer system. But the widespread perception is it didn’t turn out that way.

www.politico.eu

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 3d

⁨The blatantly political videos being forced on airports across the country are not only an abuse of taxpayer dollars, but they violate the law.

I'm joining @SenBlumenthal and @SenJackReed to demand DHS take down these videos immediately.⁩

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Walyda @walyda.bsky.social · 3d

You know you’ve read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.

#Booksky #WritingCommunity

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Welch: Mike Johnson-If he's a big Christian, he should be fighting for the marginalized, fighting for the poor. But instead he weaponizes his faith to lure voters in and then dicks him over every chance he gets.

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LindaFly @lindafly.bsky.social · 3d

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3d

Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot

The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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