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Helen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social · 3h

The UK is the only European country to detain people seeking asylum indefinitely. If you are detained, you count up, not down, the days to your uncertain fate. I can't imagine the horror of those circumstances.

www.thesun.co.uk/news/3700358...

Fury as migrants facing deportation given 'luxuries' in £260m splurge

ILLEGAL migrants awaiting deportation from Britain are getting free arts and craft classes, IT tutorials and English lessons. The perks must be offered under the terms of a £260million contract to …

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Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 2h

The irony of Americans giving up their freedom to keep their guns.

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Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 3h

That's rubbish.

You make it sound like an entirely cynical move to "fill a gap".

The green party has been to the left of Labour for decades and polls have shown their policies to be extremely popular.

They haven't changed. It's just people like you have been forced to pay attention.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3h

English councils to remain poorer than 2010 despite funding boost, says report

Exclusive: Impact of austerity cannot be undone by end of parliament despite above-inflation funding, analysis finds Councils in England will still be poorer by the end of this parliament than they were in 2010 despite Labour’s funding increases, according to analysis by the Institute for Government (IfG). Funding cuts from 2010 to 2019 were so severe that they left gaps that could not be filled even by five years of above-inflation increases, leaving local authorities increasingly reliant on emergency funding and capable of only providing legally mandated services, the report shows. Continue reading...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 9h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

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Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 8h

'“Polanski is a real threat,” says a senior source, warning that the old assumption that “these people have nowhere else to go” no longer holds.

No 10 believe that the Greens, rather than the faction-riven remains of Corbynism, pose the biggest threat (a prediction that has so far been borne out).'

The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social · 8h

Labour has a Green problem

Zack Polanski’s first month as leader shows he’s the biggest threat Keir Starmer has faced from the left.

By @georgeeaton.bsky.social

Labour has a Green problem

Zack Polanski’s first month as leader shows he’s the biggest threat Keir Starmer has faced from the left.

www.newstatesman.com

Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 11h

Labour is protecting the shareholders:

"The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is predicting the sharpest drop in living standards since records began.

This isn’t a case of prices getting ahead of demand.

What Britain faces is profit inflation: prices rising while wages stand still."

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The Guardian view on the IMF’s warning: Britain’s economy runs hot for profits, cold for pay | Editorial

Editorial: Labour is misreading the economics – leaving it unable to deal with the G7’s worst inflation and flat living standard

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Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 1d

Just for info, the green party is also a mass democratic party from the ground up..

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Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 1d

The fact that they call this a ceasefire shows how ignorant and indoctrinated they are

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

In any discussion of food and farming, unless your solution can be scaled to feed 8 billion people, you shouldn't be taken seriously. Unfortunately, cottagecore fantasies that would feed only the richest consumers, leaving billions to starve, are all too common.
www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...

The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People

The astonishing story of how a movement’s quest for rural simplicity drifted into a formula for mass death

www.monbiot.com

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 1d

On the 6th of October Israel had about 5,000 Palestinian prisoners.
Today, *after the exchange* Israel holds at least 9,000 prisoners, most of them have not been charged.
Conditions in prisons became intolerable after Oct 7. Torture and starvation are standard.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d

My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.

Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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David Chriscole @devilishaccord.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly, this is the best Trawl Meets yet. ❤️

Anyone who wants to actually hear @zackpolanski.bsky.social without him being interrupted because "he's saying the quiet words out louds", then THIS is the podcast for you.

There's so much packed into this episode.

PS: join.greenparty.org.uk 💚

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Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 2d

Is he admitting he has a personality disorder?

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 2d

The UK Green Party is surging in popularity, breaking the 100,000 member mark over the weekend.

Amazing what happens when you take a clear moral and political stance on genocide.

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 2d

Israeli leaders screamed their genocidal intent at the top of their lungs all the way through.

No crime in history has been so confessed to as it actually happened.

But almost all Western media outlets suppressed this.

Kudos to @scotnational.bsky.social for not being one of them.

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Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 2d

Not sure if thats true:

"Corbyn promised grassroots democracy with members deciding the policies. The Reality was different.

Decision-making quickly centralised around a small Westminster circle. Membership structures and communications went out under Corbyn’s authority alone."

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Why the rift? What's the road ahead?

Supporters of the YOUR PARTY project say how we can build OUR PARTY

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Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 2d

That's not my opinion. That's the opinion of many.

Notice no one is actually responding to my main point though either.

Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 2d

I know they're not on the left but many think they are, or that they are "progressive".

Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 2d

Doesn't stop people thinking they are though

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Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 2d

The biggest problem is that Labour did a pact with the private sector.

As Rachel Reeves said before the election, "the fingerprints of the private sector are all over our manifesto".

Labour essentially agreed to prioritise profits over people:

www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...

Lovebombed by lobbyists: How Labour became party of business

An openDemocracy investigation reveals the secretive mass lobbying campaign that shaped Starmer's policies

www.opendemocracy.net

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Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 2d

Council housing pays for itself in a short space of time.

Can anyone explain to me in plain English why the gov cannot build council houses itself?

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Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 3d

Is this a broken promise to protect the people against Fascists?

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 4d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 3d

A collapsing planet leads to hard choices but people do not want to hear it.

This then encourages populist politicians who we vote for because they tell us everything's fine.

We have to persuade people somehow we can improve their lives without endless growth and consumption.

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