Gerard Barnes
@gjbleighno6.bsky.social
Pro : Cats, Wine, Football, EU, Republicanism. Anti : Tory Party, Reform, Brexit, English Exceptionalism, Monarchy, Trump.
I just signed this @friends-earth.bsky.social petition asking the government to put climate before profit and end secret corporate courts – will you join me? foe.uk/8ojx1
Stop secret corporate courts rewarding climate wreckers
Community action stopped the climate-wrecking Whitehaven coal mine. Now, its backers are suing the government in a secret corporate court – and UK taxpayers could pay millions. Polluters should never ...
foe.uk
February 12, 2026 at 5:19 PM
I just signed this @friends-earth.bsky.social petition asking the government to put climate before profit and end secret corporate courts – will you join me? foe.uk/8ojx1
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When you begin a statement with "I am sorry that my choice of language has offended some people..." you are absolutely NOT apologising. You are trying to excuse yourself.
Jim Ratcliffe has issued a bland and generic statement about economic policy which does not engage at all with what he got wrong, or why saying the UK has been colonised has been legitimately criticised. Nor does he seem to retract his language of colonisation in gesturing towards a semi-apology
February 12, 2026 at 1:10 PM
When you begin a statement with "I am sorry that my choice of language has offended some people..." you are absolutely NOT apologising. You are trying to excuse yourself.
I've just signed "Back the National Commission Amendment" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/nc... @OpenBritainHQ
actionstorm.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:14 PM
I've just signed "Back the National Commission Amendment" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/nc... @OpenBritainHQ
Urgent action needed! Please tell your MP to attend a drop-in event on implementing the Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) 2023 Act. Find out how: www.petauk.org/4gz
Animals are Suffering in Tourist Traps – Urge Your MP to Help Them
Urgent action needed! Message your MP to urge them to attend a drop-in session in Parliament on the implementation of The Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) 2023 Act.
www.petauk.org
February 12, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Urgent action needed! Please tell your MP to attend a drop-in event on implementing the Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) 2023 Act. Find out how: www.petauk.org/4gz
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Apologising for causing offence to some people or all people means absolutely nothing without accepting your racism and privilege and changing it. We’ve heard it all before. A never ending cycle of systemic racism. Today it’s Jim, tomorrow it’s Bob. Nothing changes.
February 12, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Apologising for causing offence to some people or all people means absolutely nothing without accepting your racism and privilege and changing it. We’ve heard it all before. A never ending cycle of systemic racism. Today it’s Jim, tomorrow it’s Bob. Nothing changes.
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It’s not your language that offends. It’s your racism.
February 12, 2026 at 12:11 PM
It’s not your language that offends. It’s your racism.
It's #TimeForChange now! Please contact your MP and ask that they call on the Environment Secretary to #EndHunting quickly to protect all its victims.
takeaction.league.org.uk/page/169468/...
takeaction.league.org.uk/page/169468/...
Help me tell the government to protect the forgotten victims of hunting with dogs
Wild animals are still cruelly hunted with dogs and killed for ‘sport’. I’ve emailed my MP to make sure the law is strengthened quickly to protect all the animals persecuted by hunts. Will you help by...
takeaction.league.org.uk
February 12, 2026 at 1:07 PM
It's #TimeForChange now! Please contact your MP and ask that they call on the Environment Secretary to #EndHunting quickly to protect all its victims.
takeaction.league.org.uk/page/169468/...
takeaction.league.org.uk/page/169468/...
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
The Representation of the People Bill MUST scrap First Past the Post
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.
Yet the new Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our rotten voting system, which lea...
actionnetwork.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:20 PM
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
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Radcliffe should remember we immigrants and children of immigrants are here because of British colonisation and make a huge contribution. He moved to Monaco to avoid £4bn tax. His club Man U owes everything to migrant players and migrant supporters. He’s an embarrassment to the club and game.
February 11, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Radcliffe should remember we immigrants and children of immigrants are here because of British colonisation and make a huge contribution. He moved to Monaco to avoid £4bn tax. His club Man U owes everything to migrant players and migrant supporters. He’s an embarrassment to the club and game.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/th...
The time for change is now: end fox hunting
Hunting was supposed to be banned over 20 years ago, but the hunts have carried on chasing and killing wild animals with dogs like the law never changed. This government was elected on a promise to fi...
you.38degrees.org.uk
February 11, 2026 at 4:12 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/th...
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Here’s the LBC recording of Bannon talking with Farage about getting rid of Theresa May, just as his text messages to Epstein suggest he’s work with Boris Johnson to the same end youtu.be/nU0F8rP7dr4?...
February 11, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Here’s the LBC recording of Bannon talking with Farage about getting rid of Theresa May, just as his text messages to Epstein suggest he’s work with Boris Johnson to the same end youtu.be/nU0F8rP7dr4?...
I just signed this petition calling for better cooperation with the EU on the environment. Will you add your name, too? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/uk-eu-enviro...
Tell The Government: Strengthen UK-EU Environmental Cooperation
Climate change and environmental problems don't respect borders. The UK and EU must work together to protect our shared environment, tackle the climate crisis, and preserve biodiversity for future gen...
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 11:48 AM
I just signed this petition calling for better cooperation with the EU on the environment. Will you add your name, too? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/uk-eu-enviro...
I just signed this petition calling for better cooperation with the EU on the environment. Will you add your name, too? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/uk-eu-enviro...
Tell The Government: Strengthen UK-EU Environmental Cooperation
Climate change and environmental problems don't respect borders. The UK and EU must work together to protect our shared environment, tackle the climate crisis, and preserve biodiversity for future gen...
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 1:44 PM
I just signed this petition calling for better cooperation with the EU on the environment. Will you add your name, too? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/uk-eu-enviro...
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MAGA Is Losing The Culture War
“The future is dancing past you in better clothes and with sexier music, and your only response is to scream into the void of Truth Social. It’s not a political stance; it’s a geriatric temper tantrum.”
@therickwilson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
“The future is dancing past you in better clothes and with sexier music, and your only response is to scream into the void of Truth Social. It’s not a political stance; it’s a geriatric temper tantrum.”
@therickwilson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
MAGA Is Losing The Culture War
From Bad Bunny to Epstein to Elections, MAGA Is In Deep Trouble
open.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:22 AM
MAGA Is Losing The Culture War
“The future is dancing past you in better clothes and with sexier music, and your only response is to scream into the void of Truth Social. It’s not a political stance; it’s a geriatric temper tantrum.”
@therickwilson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
“The future is dancing past you in better clothes and with sexier music, and your only response is to scream into the void of Truth Social. It’s not a political stance; it’s a geriatric temper tantrum.”
@therickwilson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
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Nigel Farage has just called for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance
They’ll be suggesting we send kids up chimneys next
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM
They’ll be suggesting we send kids up chimneys next
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM
🚨Gorton and Denton by-election
Surely by now we can all see that Reform is a party that thrives on division, fuels anger, and uses the scapegoating of minorities to gain support.
We are so much better than that.
DON’T BE TAKEN IN BY THE DIVISIVE POLITICS OF REFORM
youtu.be/cWWf1mZhlGk?...
Surely by now we can all see that Reform is a party that thrives on division, fuels anger, and uses the scapegoating of minorities to gain support.
We are so much better than that.
DON’T BE TAKEN IN BY THE DIVISIVE POLITICS OF REFORM
youtu.be/cWWf1mZhlGk?...
🚨Gorton and Denton by-election - JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Nigel Farage has just called for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance
They’ll be suggesting we send kids up chimneys next
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM
They’ll be suggesting we send kids up chimneys next
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/th...
The time for change is now: end fox hunting
Hunting was supposed to be banned over 20 years ago, but the hunts have carried on chasing and killing wild animals with dogs like the law never changed. This government was elected on a promise to fi...
you.38degrees.org.uk
February 10, 2026 at 11:15 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/th...
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The daft thing is that with Proportional Representation there'd be no need for this self-destructive war within Labour. It could split into its component parts - left and right - and people could vote for what they wanted. It's only First-Past-the-Post that forces these irreconcilables together.
February 9, 2026 at 8:51 AM
The daft thing is that with Proportional Representation there'd be no need for this self-destructive war within Labour. It could split into its component parts - left and right - and people could vote for what they wanted. It's only First-Past-the-Post that forces these irreconcilables together.
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That should clear things up.
February 9, 2026 at 3:11 AM
That should clear things up.
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www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
Fascinating read. The achievements mainly due to this man, are astonishing. The public, persuaded by a hostile media, turned to Cameron and austerity. Which is arguably one if the main reasons why we had Brexit and the far right.
Fascinating read. The achievements mainly due to this man, are astonishing. The public, persuaded by a hostile media, turned to Cameron and austerity. Which is arguably one if the main reasons why we had Brexit and the far right.
Gordon Brown by James Macintyre review – a very different kind of politician
A new biography reveals Brown to be a man of exceptional vision and probity – what a contrast with today’s politics
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:36 AM
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
Fascinating read. The achievements mainly due to this man, are astonishing. The public, persuaded by a hostile media, turned to Cameron and austerity. Which is arguably one if the main reasons why we had Brexit and the far right.
Fascinating read. The achievements mainly due to this man, are astonishing. The public, persuaded by a hostile media, turned to Cameron and austerity. Which is arguably one if the main reasons why we had Brexit and the far right.
I just signed this petition calling for better cooperation with the EU on the environment. Will you add your name, too? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/uk-eu-enviro...
Tell The Government: Strengthen UK-EU Environmental Cooperation
Climate change and environmental problems don't respect borders. The UK and EU must work together to protect our shared environment, tackle the climate crisis, and preserve biodiversity for future gen...
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 12:32 PM
I just signed this petition calling for better cooperation with the EU on the environment. Will you add your name, too? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/uk-eu-enviro...
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Unfortunately too many people at the BBC find Farage …. fascinating 😔
February 6, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Unfortunately too many people at the BBC find Farage …. fascinating 😔
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Trump is a vile racist bully
We should all condemn this without hesitation. But something tells me Farage will find a way to make excuses for his best mate Trump. I hope I’m wrong.
We should all condemn this without hesitation. But something tells me Farage will find a way to make excuses for his best mate Trump. I hope I’m wrong.
February 6, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Trump is a vile racist bully
We should all condemn this without hesitation. But something tells me Farage will find a way to make excuses for his best mate Trump. I hope I’m wrong.
We should all condemn this without hesitation. But something tells me Farage will find a way to make excuses for his best mate Trump. I hope I’m wrong.
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Bang on the money:
“Let it haunt Trump and his racist followers that future Americans will embrace the Obamas as beloved figures while studying him as a stain on our history.”
Trump is determined to be remembered as a 'great man'.
His curse is that he won't be.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
“Let it haunt Trump and his racist followers that future Americans will embrace the Obamas as beloved figures while studying him as a stain on our history.”
Trump is determined to be remembered as a 'great man'.
His curse is that he won't be.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
‘A stain on our history’: outrage after Trump shares racist video about Obamas as White House attempts to brush off the post – live
Former Obama adviser Ben Rhodes slams Trump for posting racist video on Truth Social; Karoline Leavitt says criticism is ‘fake outrage’
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Bang on the money:
“Let it haunt Trump and his racist followers that future Americans will embrace the Obamas as beloved figures while studying him as a stain on our history.”
Trump is determined to be remembered as a 'great man'.
His curse is that he won't be.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
“Let it haunt Trump and his racist followers that future Americans will embrace the Obamas as beloved figures while studying him as a stain on our history.”
Trump is determined to be remembered as a 'great man'.
His curse is that he won't be.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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February 6, 2026 at 4:10 PM