Laurie
@ljmu.bsky.social
Reposted by Laurie
The baroque corruption schemes playing out in America and Russia completely outclass the kickback scandal in Ukraine.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
www.theatlantic.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The baroque corruption schemes playing out in America and Russia completely outclass the kickback scandal in Ukraine.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Reposted by Laurie
📉 Families are squeezed by shrinking incomes, soaring bills & childcare costs.
Social security is an essential lifeline for some. We need to stop demonising those suffering the most from our broken economy, and start rewiring it.
Our very own @faizashaheen.bsky.social nails it on GMB.
Social security is an essential lifeline for some. We need to stop demonising those suffering the most from our broken economy, and start rewiring it.
Our very own @faizashaheen.bsky.social nails it on GMB.
December 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
📉 Families are squeezed by shrinking incomes, soaring bills & childcare costs.
Social security is an essential lifeline for some. We need to stop demonising those suffering the most from our broken economy, and start rewiring it.
Our very own @faizashaheen.bsky.social nails it on GMB.
Social security is an essential lifeline for some. We need to stop demonising those suffering the most from our broken economy, and start rewiring it.
Our very own @faizashaheen.bsky.social nails it on GMB.
Reposted by Laurie
Olivia Williams's powerful reading of an open letter to Sir Keir Starmer and the national broadcasters calling for a televised emergency briefing. Full version here: www.youtube.com/@nebriefing
Please add your name: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
Please add your name: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
December 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Olivia Williams's powerful reading of an open letter to Sir Keir Starmer and the national broadcasters calling for a televised emergency briefing. Full version here: www.youtube.com/@nebriefing
Please add your name: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
Please add your name: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
Reposted by Laurie
If you believe in what we do, why not become a Friend of Bylines Network? With merch and perks included, you’ll also be helping to secure the future of journalism for the people, by the people ✊
Believe in the power of writing? Want to champion citizen voices? Passionate about truth and democracy?
Become a friend of Bylines Network 👇
Become a friend of Bylines Network 👇
Friends of Bylines Network - Bylines Network
Stand with us – sign up. now to become a Friend of Bylines Network
bylinesnetwork.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
If you believe in what we do, why not become a Friend of Bylines Network? With merch and perks included, you’ll also be helping to secure the future of journalism for the people, by the people ✊
Keeping public ignorant, focused on party marketing”points” instead of facilitating collective intelligence which could support government in creating desired political environment . Top-down party driven strategy puts power/future in few “[email protected]
Wow.
This says *everything* about the German defence debate, really.
For YEARS experts have fretted over public opinion on defence spending and how it would be impossible to justify spending over 1 or 2%. Turns out 35% (!!!!) of Germans think we’re already spending OVER 5 % of GDP. WTH.
This says *everything* about the German defence debate, really.
For YEARS experts have fretted over public opinion on defence spending and how it would be impossible to justify spending over 1 or 2%. Turns out 35% (!!!!) of Germans think we’re already spending OVER 5 % of GDP. WTH.
December 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Keeping public ignorant, focused on party marketing”points” instead of facilitating collective intelligence which could support government in creating desired political environment . Top-down party driven strategy puts power/future in few “[email protected]
Meaningful citizen engagement, deliberative processes, actively supporting community grasssroots initiatives - vital. There is no single action or policy which can address our complex challenges. Diversity and freeing collective wisdom provide our best chance. @peoplepowered.org
Mamdani: Oftentimes when we win elections, we tell people to go home and just trust us. But the message really has to be that we want you to come along with us… That’s something we’ve been looking to share with New Yorkers: We want to not only win with New Yorkers, but also govern with New Yorkers.
December 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Meaningful citizen engagement, deliberative processes, actively supporting community grasssroots initiatives - vital. There is no single action or policy which can address our complex challenges. Diversity and freeing collective wisdom provide our best chance. @peoplepowered.org
Reposted by Laurie
An event in Hebden Bridge celebrating 25 years of the CRoW Act spurs on the movement for further land access rights in England and Wales
By Andrew Bibby
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/right...
By Andrew Bibby
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/right...
Right to roam: taking the next step for access to the countryside
An event in Hebden Bridge celebrating 25 years of the CRoW Act spurs on the movement for further land access rights in England and Wales
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
An event in Hebden Bridge celebrating 25 years of the CRoW Act spurs on the movement for further land access rights in England and Wales
By Andrew Bibby
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/right...
By Andrew Bibby
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/right...
Reposted by Laurie
The Tiger Pass gives under-25s £1 bus fares in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough. With its future in doubt, schools, colleges and faith groups are calling on the mayor to keep it intact.
Educational and civic leaders urge Mayor to safeguard Tiger Pass for young people
Young people and civic leaders urge Mayor Bristow to protect the £1 Tiger Pass as its future comes under threat
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The Tiger Pass gives under-25s £1 bus fares in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough. With its future in doubt, schools, colleges and faith groups are calling on the mayor to keep it intact.
Reposted by Laurie
"In the ashes of war... Europe pulled together to create collaborative bodies designed to prevent a repeat of the horrors of Nazi Germany.
One such body was the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)."
One such body was the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)."
Remembrance: 75 years of the ECHR
The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) celebrates its 75th birthday this month – like all elders, it has a lifetime of wisdom to share
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"In the ashes of war... Europe pulled together to create collaborative bodies designed to prevent a repeat of the horrors of Nazi Germany.
One such body was the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)."
One such body was the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)."
Reposted by Laurie
Reposting here for London-based friends.
A current shortage of ethnically matched donors means Black Londoners affected by sickle cell disease are having to go without blood transfusions.
Could you donate blood this month?
Could you donate blood this month?
December 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Reposting here for London-based friends.
UK media keeping public ignorant. Appeal questioning UK government classification of Palestine Action - as a terrorist organisation received no meaningful coverage. Arbitrary state action - no other “allied countries” shares this questionable position. UK justice?
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mTar...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mTar...
December 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
UK media keeping public ignorant. Appeal questioning UK government classification of Palestine Action - as a terrorist organisation received no meaningful coverage. Arbitrary state action - no other “allied countries” shares this questionable position. UK justice?
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mTar...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mTar...
Reposted by Laurie
Absurd. Police attempt to arrest the Jewish daughter of a Holocaust survivor for holding a cardboard sign in opposition to genocide and the proscribing of Palestine Action… later de-arrested.
“Police slip-up on arrest of Jewish woman opposing genocide was farcical”
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
“Police slip-up on arrest of Jewish woman opposing genocide was farcical”
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Police slip-up on arrest of Jewish woman opposing genocide was farcical
You can't make this up! Police arrested a Jewish Palestine Action supporter for 'terrorism'—then de-arrested her after forgetting the evidence
www.thecanary.co
December 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Absurd. Police attempt to arrest the Jewish daughter of a Holocaust survivor for holding a cardboard sign in opposition to genocide and the proscribing of Palestine Action… later de-arrested.
“Police slip-up on arrest of Jewish woman opposing genocide was farcical”
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
“Police slip-up on arrest of Jewish woman opposing genocide was farcical”
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Reposted by Laurie
We will not know the outcome of today’s appeal for some time, but the defendants brought very strong evidence to suggest that they did not receive a fair trial as a result of Silas Reid’s remarks.
December 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We will not know the outcome of today’s appeal for some time, but the defendants brought very strong evidence to suggest that they did not receive a fair trial as a result of Silas Reid’s remarks.
Reposted by Laurie
JUDGE SILAS REID APPEAL
Defend Our Juries sign-holders have today visited the Royal Courts of Justice in support of five appellants found guilty of criminal damage after their trial was manipulated by a rogue judge who is accused of misleading the jury.
Defend Our Juries sign-holders have today visited the Royal Courts of Justice in support of five appellants found guilty of criminal damage after their trial was manipulated by a rogue judge who is accused of misleading the jury.
December 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
JUDGE SILAS REID APPEAL
Defend Our Juries sign-holders have today visited the Royal Courts of Justice in support of five appellants found guilty of criminal damage after their trial was manipulated by a rogue judge who is accused of misleading the jury.
Defend Our Juries sign-holders have today visited the Royal Courts of Justice in support of five appellants found guilty of criminal damage after their trial was manipulated by a rogue judge who is accused of misleading the jury.
Reposted by Laurie
Respect and gratitude to @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social for asking this vitally important question in Parliament👇
Thank you to @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social for pushing for Government to consider a televised emergency briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis.
The public have a right to know.
Sign the open letter:
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
Now at over 36,000 signatories.
#TimeToStepUp #NEB2025
The public have a right to know.
Sign the open letter:
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
Now at over 36,000 signatories.
#TimeToStepUp #NEB2025
December 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Respect and gratitude to @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social for asking this vitally important question in Parliament👇
Reposted by Laurie
There is nothing “fair” about the removal of trial by jury.
Juries put the moral intuition of ordinary people into the heart of the criminal justice system. We must defend our juries.
GOV: Deputy Prime Minister to Announce 'Swift and Fair Justice'
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Juries put the moral intuition of ordinary people into the heart of the criminal justice system. We must defend our juries.
GOV: Deputy Prime Minister to Announce 'Swift and Fair Justice'
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Deputy Prime Minister to Announce 'Swift and Fair Justice'
Bold modernisation of the criminal courts to put victims first and restore public confidence in the system
www.gov.uk
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
There is nothing “fair” about the removal of trial by jury.
Juries put the moral intuition of ordinary people into the heart of the criminal justice system. We must defend our juries.
GOV: Deputy Prime Minister to Announce 'Swift and Fair Justice'
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Juries put the moral intuition of ordinary people into the heart of the criminal justice system. We must defend our juries.
GOV: Deputy Prime Minister to Announce 'Swift and Fair Justice'
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Reposted by Laurie
Participants in a recent Cumbria Climate Assembly (northwest England) are calling for a permanent body & have been in touch with the Belgian model. Delighted to see them referenced in new govt paper on energy and public participation 😊
Energising Britain: Your voice in our Clean Energy Superpower Mission (accessible webpage)
share.google
December 4, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Participants in a recent Cumbria Climate Assembly (northwest England) are calling for a permanent body & have been in touch with the Belgian model. Delighted to see them referenced in new govt paper on energy and public participation 😊
Reposted by Laurie
A small corner of Belgium is recruiting ordinary citizens to help create policies. Participants say it’s renewed their faith in government.
#CitizensAssembly
#CitizensAssembly
Democracy Is in Trouble. This Region Is Turning to Its People.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A small corner of Belgium is recruiting ordinary citizens to help create policies. Participants say it’s renewed their faith in government.
#CitizensAssembly
#CitizensAssembly
Reposted by Laurie
Great piece by Henry Bird @thetimes on the National Emergency Briefing.
#NEB2025 #ClimateCrisis nebriefing.org
"Professor Hayley Fowler, said we 'risk sliding into a state of permanent crisis management'"
link.thetimes.co.uk/view/62e2a8a...
#NEB2025 #ClimateCrisis nebriefing.org
"Professor Hayley Fowler, said we 'risk sliding into a state of permanent crisis management'"
link.thetimes.co.uk/view/62e2a8a...
December 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Great piece by Henry Bird @thetimes on the National Emergency Briefing.
#NEB2025 #ClimateCrisis nebriefing.org
"Professor Hayley Fowler, said we 'risk sliding into a state of permanent crisis management'"
link.thetimes.co.uk/view/62e2a8a...
#NEB2025 #ClimateCrisis nebriefing.org
"Professor Hayley Fowler, said we 'risk sliding into a state of permanent crisis management'"
link.thetimes.co.uk/view/62e2a8a...
Reposted by Laurie
What’s the most valuable skill for talking persuasively about climate change and helping stimulate people into action?
It’s not the ability to debate or remember statistics. In fact it's got nothing to do with science at all
I think it’s listening
🧵
It’s not the ability to debate or remember statistics. In fact it's got nothing to do with science at all
I think it’s listening
🧵
December 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
What’s the most valuable skill for talking persuasively about climate change and helping stimulate people into action?
It’s not the ability to debate or remember statistics. In fact it's got nothing to do with science at all
I think it’s listening
🧵
It’s not the ability to debate or remember statistics. In fact it's got nothing to do with science at all
I think it’s listening
🧵
Unsere Parteien brauchen die! Oder glauben wir wirklich dass dieser endlossen Parteimachtkampf uns was bringt - ausser Gesellschaftlicher Krieg - Nachbar gegen Nachbar weil einer der Sundenbock ist (als Ablenkung)
Die Bundesregierung möchte keine weiteren Bürgerräte einsetzen. Das ist das falsche Signal: Auch die Strukturen unseres politischen Systems müssen hinterfragt werden, schreibt Jannis Koltermann in der @faznet.bsky.social www.faz.net/aktuell/feui... #bürgerrat
Bürgerräte gestoppt: Warum das der Demokratie schadet
Die Bundesregierung möchte keine weiteren Bürgerräte einsetzen. Das ist das falsche Signal: Auch die Strukturen unseres politischen Systems müssen hinterfragt werden.
www.faz.net
December 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Unsere Parteien brauchen die! Oder glauben wir wirklich dass dieser endlossen Parteimachtkampf uns was bringt - ausser Gesellschaftlicher Krieg - Nachbar gegen Nachbar weil einer der Sundenbock ist (als Ablenkung)
Come to the UK if you wish to see how turning housing /land into a financial asset (ie profit generating vehicle for wealthy & international “investors) impoverishes residents and communities. It promotes mass poverty and accelerates wealth concentration into fewer hands. &Underpinned by Tax system
December 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Come to the UK if you wish to see how turning housing /land into a financial asset (ie profit generating vehicle for wealthy & international “investors) impoverishes residents and communities. It promotes mass poverty and accelerates wealth concentration into fewer hands. &Underpinned by Tax system
Reposted by Laurie
Reposted by Laurie
Whether you’ve volunteered for IAF before or want to learn more about volunteering with us, this is your moment.
Join us to recognise and celebrate the power of collective action.
Join us to recognise and celebrate the power of collective action.
December 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Whether you’ve volunteered for IAF before or want to learn more about volunteering with us, this is your moment.
Join us to recognise and celebrate the power of collective action.
Join us to recognise and celebrate the power of collective action.
It is not just, or even primarily, about the license fee. Do the people of the country want a fact seeking, diverse national news/culture media outlet which is not serving party in power
or special interests? If so, what are some options/alternatives to ensure it is “independent”. Then financing.
or special interests? If so, what are some options/alternatives to ensure it is “independent”. Then financing.
After the licence fee? Three alternatives to the BBC’s current model
The BBC licence fee has become a controversial issue, so what alternatives are there?
@deborahwdavid.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
The BBC licence fee has become a controversial issue, so what alternatives are there?
@deborahwdavid.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
After the licence fee? Three alternatives to the BBC’s current model
The BBC licence fee has become a controversial issue, so what alternatives are there?
centralbylines.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It is not just, or even primarily, about the license fee. Do the people of the country want a fact seeking, diverse national news/culture media outlet which is not serving party in power
or special interests? If so, what are some options/alternatives to ensure it is “independent”. Then financing.
or special interests? If so, what are some options/alternatives to ensure it is “independent”. Then financing.