Phil Jackman
@philjackman.bsky.social
Citizen of nowhere, catherd, chaser of lost causes, proud AGC member. European. www.guerrillaworking.com
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May 2026 could reshape the North East - but are councillors thinking about residents, or just their own political survival? | Nick Kemp
All-out elections, all-out ambition: North East councillors and the chicken run
May 2026 could reshape the North East - but are councillors thinking about residents, or just their own political survival?
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
May 2026 could reshape the North East - but are councillors thinking about residents, or just their own political survival? | Nick Kemp
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Tell the new Democracy Minister: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post - Please sign the petition. @makevotesmatter.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
Petition to Democracy Minister
First Past The Post undermines our politics.
It leaves most of us with MPs we didn't vote for, and keeps delivering results that don't represent public opinion.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chan...
actionnetwork.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Tell the new Democracy Minister: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post - Please sign the petition. @makevotesmatter.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
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🚨 The government is preparing a new Elections Bill, promising to strengthen Britain's democracy.
But it currently fails to address the elephant in the room: the voting system.
We're asking the Democracy Minister @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social to fix this.
Add your name and share ✍️
But it currently fails to address the elephant in the room: the voting system.
We're asking the Democracy Minister @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social to fix this.
Add your name and share ✍️
Petition to Democracy Minister
First Past The Post undermines our politics.
It leaves most of us with MPs we didn't vote for, and keeps delivering results that don't represent public opinion.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chan...
actionnetwork.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🚨 The government is preparing a new Elections Bill, promising to strengthen Britain's democracy.
But it currently fails to address the elephant in the room: the voting system.
We're asking the Democracy Minister @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social to fix this.
Add your name and share ✍️
But it currently fails to address the elephant in the room: the voting system.
We're asking the Democracy Minister @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social to fix this.
Add your name and share ✍️
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
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They used to call that The Company Store, back in coal mining towns...General Store in former plantations.......
November 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
They used to call that The Company Store, back in coal mining towns...General Store in former plantations.......
I've had to compromise for #102 in my quest to #readtheworld. Finding a book from #Bhutan was hard so I chose a children's book. Any suggestions?
#Booksky
#Booksky
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I've had to compromise for #102 in my quest to #readtheworld. Finding a book from #Bhutan was hard so I chose a children's book. Any suggestions?
#Booksky
#Booksky
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Farage is a man of very little of anything, bar BS. This is a guy whose business (literally) is to ween as much as possible from state funds and extremists. He cares not of how, where or what the repercussions are of his greed.
Read this little article…
Link!
www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
Read this little article…
Link!
www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group | Euractiv
Verdict ends decade-long probe into alleged misuse of EU funds by associates of top Brexit campaigner
www.euractiv.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Farage is a man of very little of anything, bar BS. This is a guy whose business (literally) is to ween as much as possible from state funds and extremists. He cares not of how, where or what the repercussions are of his greed.
Read this little article…
Link!
www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
Read this little article…
Link!
www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
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Well done #SkyNews for publicly exposing what most of us already knew. Billionaire Musk is using his X platform to undermine liberal democracy with the most extreme right wing and racist content. We can’t let this continue.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Well done #SkyNews for publicly exposing what most of us already knew. Billionaire Musk is using his X platform to undermine liberal democracy with the most extreme right wing and racist content. We can’t let this continue.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Net-Defence: Pizza Networking North Tyneside
Take the opportunity to sell your business, raise your profile and meet new contacts in a relaxed environment.
25th November 4pm – 6pm
Quorum Park, Benton Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE12 8BU
cybernorth.biz/event/net-de...
Take the opportunity to sell your business, raise your profile and meet new contacts in a relaxed environment.
25th November 4pm – 6pm
Quorum Park, Benton Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE12 8BU
cybernorth.biz/event/net-de...
November 6, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Net-Defence: Pizza Networking North Tyneside
Take the opportunity to sell your business, raise your profile and meet new contacts in a relaxed environment.
25th November 4pm – 6pm
Quorum Park, Benton Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE12 8BU
cybernorth.biz/event/net-de...
Take the opportunity to sell your business, raise your profile and meet new contacts in a relaxed environment.
25th November 4pm – 6pm
Quorum Park, Benton Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE12 8BU
cybernorth.biz/event/net-de...
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“Anyone who believes that our outdated electoral system is unfit for purpose and wants to create a country where all voters feel genuinely represented in our politics should join our call for a National Commission on Electoral Reform” @annadixonmp.bsky.social
renewal.org.uk/blog/eletc/
renewal.org.uk/blog/eletc/
Electoral reform's time has come
During the Blair and Brown era, supporting proportional representation felt revolutionary. At Labour Party Conference, year after year, we were seen as the ‘cranks’, left to discuss our vision for a f...
renewal.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
“Anyone who believes that our outdated electoral system is unfit for purpose and wants to create a country where all voters feel genuinely represented in our politics should join our call for a National Commission on Electoral Reform” @annadixonmp.bsky.social
renewal.org.uk/blog/eletc/
renewal.org.uk/blog/eletc/
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Mania Halef, a five-year-old Jewish girl murdered during the mass execution in Babi Yar, September 1941.
November 5, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Mania Halef, a five-year-old Jewish girl murdered during the mass execution in Babi Yar, September 1941.
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Tonight - 7pm!
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Tonight - 7pm!
The Age of Disinformation
You'd better get home before it gets dark - Image thanks to Dundee Courier. This was supposed to be the age of information, where data was accessible to everyone with a connection. This was supposed to be the great wave of democratisation where citizen journalists, backed…
You'd better get home before it gets dark - Image thanks to Dundee Courier. This was supposed to be the age of information, where data was accessible to everyone with a connection. This was supposed to be the great wave of democratisation where citizen journalists, backed…
The Age of Disinformation
You'd better get home before it gets dark - Image thanks to Dundee Courier. This was supposed to be the age of information, where data was accessible to everyone with a connection. This was supposed to be the great wave of democratisation where citizen journalists, backed up by strong Wikis would ensure that the truth was freely available across the globe.
guerrillaworking.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The Age of Disinformation
You'd better get home before it gets dark - Image thanks to Dundee Courier. This was supposed to be the age of information, where data was accessible to everyone with a connection. This was supposed to be the great wave of democratisation where citizen journalists, backed…
You'd better get home before it gets dark - Image thanks to Dundee Courier. This was supposed to be the age of information, where data was accessible to everyone with a connection. This was supposed to be the great wave of democratisation where citizen journalists, backed…
November 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Why single-party governments under First Past the Post fail to get things done
@electoralreform.bsky.social
electoral-reform.org.uk/why-single-p...
@electoralreform.bsky.social
electoral-reform.org.uk/why-single-p...
Why single-party governments under First Past the Post fail to get things done
For all the talk of “strong government,” the reality of single-party rule under First Past the Post (FPTP) often looks anything but. Behind the scenes, these governments can be paral
electoral-reform.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Why single-party governments under First Past the Post fail to get things done
@electoralreform.bsky.social
electoral-reform.org.uk/why-single-p...
@electoralreform.bsky.social
electoral-reform.org.uk/why-single-p...
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On 4th November at 7pm, join our live online event with:
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- Nafeez Ahmed
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November 3, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Moldova installs pro-EU Munteanu as new prime minister
New PM will help lead the country’s push to become an EU member.
www.politico.eu/article/mold...
New PM will help lead the country’s push to become an EU member.
www.politico.eu/article/mold...
Moldova installs pro-EU Munteanu as new prime minister
New PM will help lead the country’s push to become an EU member.
www.politico.eu
November 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Moldova installs pro-EU Munteanu as new prime minister
New PM will help lead the country’s push to become an EU member.
www.politico.eu/article/mold...
New PM will help lead the country’s push to become an EU member.
www.politico.eu/article/mold...
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Nigel Farage says this summer’s Raise the Colours movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. Our reporters in five cities had a look and that’s not what we found.
November 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Nigel Farage says this summer’s Raise the Colours movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. Our reporters in five cities had a look and that’s not what we found.
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Breaking: it's now official, the pro-EU D66 party came first in the Dutch election. Their best result ever.
The National Press Agency has just announced the final vote count. It’s a narrow victory with D66 just 15,155 votes ahead of the far-right PVV of Geert Wilders.
The National Press Agency has just announced the final vote count. It’s a narrow victory with D66 just 15,155 votes ahead of the far-right PVV of Geert Wilders.
The most pro-EU party just won big in the Dutch election
D66 had a surprise surge, tripling their seats in yesterday's Netherlands election—and its openly gay leader Rob Jetten is set to become prime minister.
davekeating.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Breaking: it's now official, the pro-EU D66 party came first in the Dutch election. Their best result ever.
The National Press Agency has just announced the final vote count. It’s a narrow victory with D66 just 15,155 votes ahead of the far-right PVV of Geert Wilders.
The National Press Agency has just announced the final vote count. It’s a narrow victory with D66 just 15,155 votes ahead of the far-right PVV of Geert Wilders.
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31 October 1899 | Czech Jew, Ervín Hojda, was born in Smolkov.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. He did not survive. https://t.co/03oMWImSds
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. He did not survive. https://t.co/03oMWImSds
October 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
31 October 1899 | Czech Jew, Ervín Hojda, was born in Smolkov.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. He did not survive. https://t.co/03oMWImSds
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. He did not survive. https://t.co/03oMWImSds
Definitely not in my top five, probably not in my top ten.
We have had surveys that have shown us exactly this in the UK, France, the EU etc for many years
What we need to ask ourselves is why have journalists, politicians, academics etc chosen to focus on surveys that hype immigration
This is what I explore here:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
What we need to ask ourselves is why have journalists, politicians, academics etc chosen to focus on surveys that hype immigration
This is what I explore here:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 31, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Definitely not in my top five, probably not in my top ten.
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Well said Lisa Nandy!
Reform have no real answers to anything.
They just create fear, distrust and chaos!
www.instagram.com/reel/DQc5Aot...
Reform have no real answers to anything.
They just create fear, distrust and chaos!
www.instagram.com/reel/DQc5Aot...
October 31, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Well said Lisa Nandy!
Reform have no real answers to anything.
They just create fear, distrust and chaos!
www.instagram.com/reel/DQc5Aot...
Reform have no real answers to anything.
They just create fear, distrust and chaos!
www.instagram.com/reel/DQc5Aot...
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Can we focus more on how victims of sexual violence continue to be failed today and less on the drama of the Royal Family? Then perhaps some good might come from this?
October 31, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Can we focus more on how victims of sexual violence continue to be failed today and less on the drama of the Royal Family? Then perhaps some good might come from this?
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM