LeeRivers.bsky.social
@leerivers.bsky.social
(He/him) Escaped here from Twitter because Elon Musk is a dingus
Socialist, nerd, professional whinger, lover of smol animals and YouTube addict 😶
Socialist, nerd, professional whinger, lover of smol animals and YouTube addict 😶
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This announcement embodies the staggeringly poor state of the UK government, it's complete capture by vapid policy gimmicks, and its wilful technical & cultural illiteracy (to be sold / buy into such thoughtless tech-solutionism). It's hardly worth us analysing critically - none such went into this.
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 10:12 AM
This announcement embodies the staggeringly poor state of the UK government, it's complete capture by vapid policy gimmicks, and its wilful technical & cultural illiteracy (to be sold / buy into such thoughtless tech-solutionism). It's hardly worth us analysing critically - none such went into this.
If the Greens pull off a win in Denton/Gorton I'm going to finally join and get properly stuck in
I promised myself I'd never join another political party after spending literally hundreds of hours on the doorsteps for Labour only to be told "theres the door"
If they pull this off though? I'm in
I promised myself I'd never join another political party after spending literally hundreds of hours on the doorsteps for Labour only to be told "theres the door"
If they pull this off though? I'm in
January 27, 2026 at 10:22 PM
If the Greens pull off a win in Denton/Gorton I'm going to finally join and get properly stuck in
I promised myself I'd never join another political party after spending literally hundreds of hours on the doorsteps for Labour only to be told "theres the door"
If they pull this off though? I'm in
I promised myself I'd never join another political party after spending literally hundreds of hours on the doorsteps for Labour only to be told "theres the door"
If they pull this off though? I'm in
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And there we have it.
The Government are admitting Gorton & Denton is between the Green Party and Reform.
Let's make sure hope wins.
www.thetimes.com/article/3d6d...
The Government are admitting Gorton & Denton is between the Green Party and Reform.
Let's make sure hope wins.
www.thetimes.com/article/3d6d...
Labour expects to lose by-election after Andy Burnham blocked
Insiders say Sir Keir Starmer chose between a likely defeat in Gorton & Denton and the greater risk of losing control of the Greater Manchester mayoralty
www.thetimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:48 PM
And there we have it.
The Government are admitting Gorton & Denton is between the Green Party and Reform.
Let's make sure hope wins.
www.thetimes.com/article/3d6d...
The Government are admitting Gorton & Denton is between the Green Party and Reform.
Let's make sure hope wins.
www.thetimes.com/article/3d6d...
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Reform MP Andrew Rosindell tells the BBC that he "would not object" to scrapping the NHS and replacing it with private insurance
January 25, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Reform MP Andrew Rosindell tells the BBC that he "would not object" to scrapping the NHS and replacing it with private insurance
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Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
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If Labour won’t nationalise water, their “big overhaul” is a con.
Sewage in our rivers. Bills going up. Profits protected.
Public services should be in public hands.
Sewage in our rivers. Bills going up. Profits protected.
Public services should be in public hands.
January 20, 2026 at 9:09 AM
If Labour won’t nationalise water, their “big overhaul” is a con.
Sewage in our rivers. Bills going up. Profits protected.
Public services should be in public hands.
Sewage in our rivers. Bills going up. Profits protected.
Public services should be in public hands.
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Week by week - Laura Kuenssberg is interviewing the party leaders.
When I agreed to come on the show, I was told Nigel Farage was also doing it.
He's now pulled out - and they've sent the deputy instead.
The same Nigel Farage who's refusing to debate me.
A pattern emerging...
When I agreed to come on the show, I was told Nigel Farage was also doing it.
He's now pulled out - and they've sent the deputy instead.
The same Nigel Farage who's refusing to debate me.
A pattern emerging...
January 18, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Week by week - Laura Kuenssberg is interviewing the party leaders.
When I agreed to come on the show, I was told Nigel Farage was also doing it.
He's now pulled out - and they've sent the deputy instead.
The same Nigel Farage who's refusing to debate me.
A pattern emerging...
When I agreed to come on the show, I was told Nigel Farage was also doing it.
He's now pulled out - and they've sent the deputy instead.
The same Nigel Farage who's refusing to debate me.
A pattern emerging...
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It wasn’t the racism.
It wasn’t the rule breaking.
It wasn’t the corruption.
No Jenrick gets removed for plotting.
Politics for too many leaders is just a game, and not a moral one.
It’s why people are crying out for hope.
It wasn’t the rule breaking.
It wasn’t the corruption.
No Jenrick gets removed for plotting.
Politics for too many leaders is just a game, and not a moral one.
It’s why people are crying out for hope.
NEW: Big, big news in Westminster for the Conservative Party. Kemi Badenoch has not only sacked but removed the whip from Robert Jenrick, saying he was planning to defect.
January 15, 2026 at 1:24 PM
It wasn’t the racism.
It wasn’t the rule breaking.
It wasn’t the corruption.
No Jenrick gets removed for plotting.
Politics for too many leaders is just a game, and not a moral one.
It’s why people are crying out for hope.
It wasn’t the rule breaking.
It wasn’t the corruption.
No Jenrick gets removed for plotting.
Politics for too many leaders is just a game, and not a moral one.
It’s why people are crying out for hope.
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You'll be amazed to hear that on the stock market
Chevron ⬆️9%
Halliburton ⬆️10%
Exxon ⬆️4%
ConocoPhillips ⬆️8%
Chevron ⬆️9%
Halliburton ⬆️10%
Exxon ⬆️4%
ConocoPhillips ⬆️8%
January 5, 2026 at 10:33 AM
You'll be amazed to hear that on the stock market
Chevron ⬆️9%
Halliburton ⬆️10%
Exxon ⬆️4%
ConocoPhillips ⬆️8%
Chevron ⬆️9%
Halliburton ⬆️10%
Exxon ⬆️4%
ConocoPhillips ⬆️8%
This is painful to watch
Govt minister Mike Tapp refuses to say that the US should not attack Denmark and Greenland.
Moments later he declares that sticking to international law is what we stand for as a country.
Moments later he declares that sticking to international law is what we stand for as a country.
January 5, 2026 at 9:09 AM
This is painful to watch
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Jonn is correct here and the explanation is IMO pretty simple: crackdowns and racism Thatcherism is absolutely non-negotiable; our governing class will never permit any deviation from it, ever, so this is all that’s left until they finally lose the rag and decide it’s time for Farage and fascism.
British voters never get what they want
At each election, people demand change that does not come
www.newstatesman.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Jonn is correct here and the explanation is IMO pretty simple: crackdowns and racism Thatcherism is absolutely non-negotiable; our governing class will never permit any deviation from it, ever, so this is all that’s left until they finally lose the rag and decide it’s time for Farage and fascism.
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I urge people to note that when they say “politics” they mean “continuing to enforce the Thatcherite consensus with a thin veneer of public consent”; that these things are the same thing, to them, and that a lot of very nasty people have big ideas about what must be done, if “politics is broken”.
December 30, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I urge people to note that when they say “politics” they mean “continuing to enforce the Thatcherite consensus with a thin veneer of public consent”; that these things are the same thing, to them, and that a lot of very nasty people have big ideas about what must be done, if “politics is broken”.
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The Harris campaign was the exact kind of campaign that reactionary centrists wanted, & it blew up in their faces spectacularly
Starmer's tenure as PM has exemplified the way reactionary centrists want a party to govern. It is also blowing up in their faces spectacularly.
Starmer's tenure as PM has exemplified the way reactionary centrists want a party to govern. It is also blowing up in their faces spectacularly.
so it happened - greens just met labour in the polling average
December 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The Harris campaign was the exact kind of campaign that reactionary centrists wanted, & it blew up in their faces spectacularly
Starmer's tenure as PM has exemplified the way reactionary centrists want a party to govern. It is also blowing up in their faces spectacularly.
Starmer's tenure as PM has exemplified the way reactionary centrists want a party to govern. It is also blowing up in their faces spectacularly.
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Former Wessex Water CEO received £170k bonus despite ban on performance pay.
Received total of £693,000 in pay from Malaysian-owned parent company, YTL Utilities (UK), including bonus.
Company has 47+ criminal convictions, dumps sewage in rivers, fleeces customers, rewards bosses.
Received total of £693,000 in pay from Malaysian-owned parent company, YTL Utilities (UK), including bonus.
Company has 47+ criminal convictions, dumps sewage in rivers, fleeces customers, rewards bosses.
Former Wessex Water boss received £170,000 bonus despite ban on performance pay
Company owners say bonus was unrelated to water business and complied with ban after pollution conviction
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Former Wessex Water CEO received £170k bonus despite ban on performance pay.
Received total of £693,000 in pay from Malaysian-owned parent company, YTL Utilities (UK), including bonus.
Company has 47+ criminal convictions, dumps sewage in rivers, fleeces customers, rewards bosses.
Received total of £693,000 in pay from Malaysian-owned parent company, YTL Utilities (UK), including bonus.
Company has 47+ criminal convictions, dumps sewage in rivers, fleeces customers, rewards bosses.
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Paul Doyle, the Liverpool parade car attacker. You never have to dig too deep. This explains everything. Hate.
November 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Paul Doyle, the Liverpool parade car attacker. You never have to dig too deep. This explains everything. Hate.
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'One parent told me that she was hearing reports of Dr Hillary Cass (of the Cass Review) teaching staff at NHS Sussex on how to detransition trans children.'
northwestbylines.co.uk/opinion-corn...
northwestbylines.co.uk/opinion-corn...
Giving a voice to the voiceless – A trans woman investigates
How and why I investigated what is going on with the treatment of trans children in Sussex, and how if affects the children, their families and me
northwestbylines.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
'One parent told me that she was hearing reports of Dr Hillary Cass (of the Cass Review) teaching staff at NHS Sussex on how to detransition trans children.'
northwestbylines.co.uk/opinion-corn...
northwestbylines.co.uk/opinion-corn...
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On the UK-US pharmaceutical deal I'm afraid this does look like two nasty trends coming together to make a very bad agreement for the UK - namely Whitehall power to make deals with no scrutiny, and companies working with countries to coerce others. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What will be the cost of Keir Starmer’s new medicines deal with Donald Trump? British lives | Aditya Chakrabortty
More than £3bn that could have been used for UK patients will go to big pharma for its branded products, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:57 AM
On the UK-US pharmaceutical deal I'm afraid this does look like two nasty trends coming together to make a very bad agreement for the UK - namely Whitehall power to make deals with no scrutiny, and companies working with countries to coerce others. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"[G]ender-affirming care saves lives."
"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."
"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide
"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."
"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide
New Study: Gender-Affirming Care Dramatically Lowers Suicide Risk for Trans Kids
Twenty-seven states in the US ban gender-affirming treatments for trans youth, including hormone therapy.
truthout.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"[G]ender-affirming care saves lives."
"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."
"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide
"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."
"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide
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EXCEPTIONAL NEWS!!!
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I'm happy to report that Charles the alligator, received his two week checkup today, and we are all smiling!... See more
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November 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
EXCEPTIONAL NEWS!!!
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An X user asks Elon Musk why they’re seeing tweets from left-wing lawmakers.
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
An X user asks Elon Musk why they’re seeing tweets from left-wing lawmakers.
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
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From @philipjcowley.bsky.social - thanks to a happy coincidence we have a much more rigorous than usual understanding of the impact of Keir Starmer's "Island of Strangers" speech. As Cowley puts it "It is not obvious this was the intended outcome"
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
From @philipjcowley.bsky.social - thanks to a happy coincidence we have a much more rigorous than usual understanding of the impact of Keir Starmer's "Island of Strangers" speech. As Cowley puts it "It is not obvious this was the intended outcome"
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Billionaires handing money back and forth, no one creating anything except carbon in the air. Anthropic buys Nvidia chips; Nvidia gives Anthropic billions to buy even more chips; Microsoft gives Anthropic billions, which Anthropic spends on Microsoft Azure, run by Nvidia, etc. An ouroboros of shit.
New @axios: Anthropic lands $15 billion investment from Microsoft, Nvidia
Anthropic lands $15 billion investment from Microsoft, Nvidia
The move is the latest in a series of deals that sees all the big players partnering with one another.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Billionaires handing money back and forth, no one creating anything except carbon in the air. Anthropic buys Nvidia chips; Nvidia gives Anthropic billions to buy even more chips; Microsoft gives Anthropic billions, which Anthropic spends on Microsoft Azure, run by Nvidia, etc. An ouroboros of shit.
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*sad trombone noise*
November 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
*sad trombone noise*
If true this is genuinley a joke and is taking the lefts reputation as factional infighters to a whole new level
November 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
If true this is genuinley a joke and is taking the lefts reputation as factional infighters to a whole new level
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Zarah Sultana should sack this nonsense off, hand over the whole shebang, and join the Greens. She's better than this. This is just embarrassing now.
Your Party row erupts over hundreds of thousands of pounds in donations
Clash the latest in months of political infighting between the camps of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Zarah Sultana should sack this nonsense off, hand over the whole shebang, and join the Greens. She's better than this. This is just embarrassing now.