Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

John Milner @pilotvfr.bsky.social · 11h

You really do have to be an idiot to support Reform why old folk do so may well be a result of still reading crap newspapers. Young folk get a much broader and thus more accurate picture of

John Milner @pilotvfr.bsky.social · 11h

As I have pointed out more than once the blue flags are Council of Europe flags and the UK is still a member

John Milner @pilotvfr.bsky.social · 11h

They are actually Council of Europe flags adopted by the EU and UK is still a member of Council of Europe:-)

Reposted by John Milner

Emma Smart @smartyfish.bsky.social · 16h

The nature NGO’s @rspb.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk should be mobilising an army!

Instead they are cowering in trenches with their millions (pounds & members)

We need something new.

A radical, grassroots movement that actually fights for nature.

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16h

Over the years, our big conservation groups, once brave and radical, have been taken over by suits: people with an Establishment mindset, who identify with the system they should be contesting. They wheedle and appease when they should be fighting with every legitimate tool they have.

3 20 88

Reposted by John Milner

Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 1d

Mount Everest

From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

3 45 320

Reposted by John Milner

John Wilks @johngwilks.bsky.social · 1d

Reform's Russian connections should concern all who value our democracy. They are traitors hiding behind our flag.
leftfootforward.org/2025/10/refo...

Reform’s Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality from former Russian finance minister’s wife

'Tice and Oakeshott stayed at the Chernukhins’ “turreted villa” with “a stunning view of the Mediterranean” and had supper with them at a Michelin-starred restaurant'

leftfootforward.org

41 57

John Milner @pilotvfr.bsky.social · 1d

Too lazy to understand and work with procedures?? Or knows he has no defence?

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sure Nigel Farage will be straight on the case, fighting against this apparent infringement of free speech and individual liberty... oh

1

John Milner @pilotvfr.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely we need to teach blokes to be proper gentlemen.

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

I hate to think what boys and young men are learning from watching such behavior and how it makes girls and young women. Parents need to teach that this is not acceptable.

Tweet by Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) saying: “This is gross,” quote-tweeting Aaron Rupar. The embedded Rupar tweet reads: “Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, ‘I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling.’” Below is a photo of Donald Trump seated, speaking at a table with flags behind him, and captioned “Thank you, darling. I don’t know.”

1

Reposted by John Milner

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

No doubt this de-banking will also be splashed across the front pages of every single newspaper in the country and lead BBC bulletins for weeks on end too? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Pro-Palestine activist couple have UK bank account closed without explanation

John Nicholson and Norma Turner’s joint retirement savings account was shut by Yorkshire Building Society

www.theguardian.com

26 330 730

John Milner @pilotvfr.bsky.social · 1d

It is wise to remember that much of the USA is socially quite primitive.

John Milner @pilotvfr.bsky.social · 2d

It is my earnest hope that France and Spain now deport all Brits who can’t speak their language fluently

John Milner @pilotvfr.bsky.social · 2d

We have Farage to thank for all this and it’s just disgraceful that the cowardly politicians and complicit media don’t call it out

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers

Staff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spread

www.theguardian.com

1 3

John Milner @pilotvfr.bsky.social · 4d

You really have to be a very special kind of idiot to fall for the crap spouted by Reform

2

Reposted by John Milner

Teq @teq2.bsky.social · 4d

"“Might move to Russia,” he added. (It’s a shame he has never enacted this promise)."

Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 4d

Farage and his cronies aren’t the only ones with questionable connections to Russia…

Tommy Robinson’s ties to Russia

Elon Musk is promoting a far-right agitator who has regularly aped Putin’s propaganda.

writesbright.substack.com

9 31

Reposted by John Milner

Arfur Towcrate @arfurztowcrate.bsky.social · 5d

Thatcher said "The trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money."

The trouble with capitalism is that if you run out of other people's money, you can do it again with a new limited company

16 77 400

Reposted by John Milner

Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 6d

@antonspisak.bsky.social of the @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social, a think-tank, observes that, after Brexit took effect at the end of 2020, Britain’s goods exports have grown less than those of any other economy in the G7 club of rich countries.

A dangerous post-Brexit world

Britain risks being an unwitting victim of EU-US trade wars

buff.ly

24 32

Reposted by John Milner

Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 6d

Profiteers will cost the NHS an arm and a leg
The NHS, born in 1948 alongside me, has saved millions - yet today both major parties bleed it dry, trading care for corporate profit

northeastbylines.co.uk/news/health/...

Profiteers will cost the NHS an arm and a leg

The NHS, born in 1948 alongside me, has saved millions - yet today both major parties bleed it dry, trading care for corporate profit

northeastbylines.co.uk

7 64 110

Reposted by John Milner

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 6d

@zackpolanski.bsky.social on #bbcqt: "The immigrants haven't caused austerity."

"The same Thatcherite policies that you and your party support and the Conservative are what have caused the devastation in this country."

5 47 190

Reposted by John Milner

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 6d

“We all know Brexit’s to blame for the crisis facing UK steel.. While Keir Starmer fiddles in India, Rome burns. The British steel industry now faces a calamity so severe, insiders say it could be “terminal”

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We all know Brexit’s to blame for the crisis facing UK steel – it’s time for politicians to be honest and reverse it | Simon Jenkins

With British industry faltering, the excuse that the public wants this is risible. Parliament must force Starmer to act, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

www.theguardian.com

15 120 410

Reposted by John Milner

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 6d

"The need is urgent for some coalition of politicians to take the lead and state baldly that Brexit was an error."

"The public is clearly ready to see Brexit reversed. There cannot be a single industry that would oppose it. The need is for leadership."

https://bit.ly/42Btcnf

We all know Brexit’s to blame for the crisis facing UK steel – it’s time for politicians to be honest and reverse it | Simon Jenkins

With British industry faltering, the excuse that the public wants this is risible. Parliament must force Starmer to act, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

www.theguardian.com

11 57 150

John Milner @pilotvfr.bsky.social · 7d

They’re all entitled and demented says the 80 year old who isn’t

John Milner @pilotvfr.bsky.social · 7d

A coalition of Green and Lib Dem would certainly refresh UK politics.

1 1

Reposted by John Milner

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 7d

Astonishing advance by the Greens, astonishing implosion of Labour. When will Starmer's government get the message that it is destroying its base with deeply unpopular, rightwing policies?

By chasing Reform, it legitimises the far right while delegitimising itself.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 7d

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Poll from find out now showing greens on 15 and labour and Tories on 17. Reform on 32.

98 430 1.6K

John Milner @pilotvfr.bsky.social · 7d

You have my sympathy I have Butcher, greengrocer, fishmonger and baker:-)

1