Jennie Formby, Labour’s former general secretary, says she has joined Greens Exclusive: Formby, an ally of Jeremy Corbyn who quit role in 2020, says Labour is now ‘in hock to corporate sponsors’

Glad to see @michaelchessum.bsky.social mentioned as among the big ex-Labour cheeses who have joined Greens. He is a great asset to @lambethgreenparty.bsky.social, as is @martinabrams.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Stephen Flynn calls for no confidence vote on Keir Starmer's premiership STEPHEN Flynn has called for a confidence vote on Keir Starmer’s premiership after bombshell testimony from a former top official reopened the…

“Our party [LibDems] urged the Prime Minister to stand up to Trump, to stand together with our allies, to approach him from a position of strength, not weakness. But he chose the opposite course.” Not often I agree with FibDems. www.thenational.scot/news/2604068...

Four Labour activists charged with trying to fix candidate selection process Police bring criminal case over alleged manipulation of party database in Croydon East constituency

Glad to see Grauniad has picked this up. @insidecroydon.bsky.social @privateeyenews.bsky.social @martinabrams.bsky.social @michaelchessum.bsky.social @croydongreens.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Great! Well done @insidecroydon.bsky.social for your coverage of this. @martinabrams.bsky.social @michaelchessum.bsky.social @privateeyenews.bsky.social

Just reread the article and this is very welcome, especially as the accused's court appearance is on my birthday! @insidecroydon.bsky.social has featured the dodgy goings-on in Croydon Labour extensively. @martinabrams.bsky.social @michaelchessum.bsky.social @privateeyenews.bsky.social

War crimes becoming normalised with the US and Israel leading the way IT has become almost a cliché to say we are raising the next generation in a more dangerous world than the one in which many of us grew up

"The erosion of international law stems not only from violations but equally from the failure to respond to the violations. Such acceptance of rule breaches can create new norms ..pointing to Europe’s failure to push back against violations of international law." www.thenational.scot/news/world/2...

Senior Labour figures charged after criminal investigation into alleged vote rigging Exclusive: Four people charged after criminal investigation into irregularities surrounding Labour candidate selection process for Croydon East

Dodgy Labour again. @insidecroydon.bsky.social www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

BREAKING

Bombshell local election forecast predicts Your Party affiliate, Enfield Community Independents winning 7 seats and moving the council to No Overall Control.

On 7 May, Vote for ECI and let's remove Labour from Enfield Council.

Read the full report here:

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Zarah Sultana suspended after calling Keir Starmer 'a bare-faced liar' ZARAH Sultana has been kicked out of the Commons after calling the Prime Minister a "bare-faced liar"

“We all know that the Prime Minister appointed Mandelson because he owes his job to him. He appointed him, he defended him, and now he claims to know nothing. The Prime Minister is a bare-faced liar.” Well said @zarahsultana.bsky.social www.thenational.scot/news/2603776...

Take action - Get Ofwat's Board to reject the Thames Water creditors Take action - Get Ofwat's Board to reject the Thames Water creditors

🏖️Thames Water's creditors have been trying for months to win a holiday from the rules as part of their bid to formally take over the utility.

🤔 Right now, Ofwat's Board are SPLIT over whether or not to let them.

✍️ Write to the Board of Ofwat now. Urge them to reject the creditors

Open letter to Steve Reed MP: who has been controlling our water industry? You can make sure that this letter reaches Steve Reed by sending it to him via email at steve.

It's outrageous that this government won't consider public ownership of water

Did Peter Mandelson lobby Steve Reed on this?

Mandelson is co-founder of lobbying firm Global Counsel, privatised water was a client

We want to see the Reed/Mandelson messages
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Israel is racing to expand West Bank settlements before new political realities end its era of impunity Israel is approving the construction of new West Bank settlements at an unprecedented rate because it knows its window of impunity is closing — especially if Iran emerges intact from the war and the R...

"Israel perceives a closing window for its ability to entrench its colonial project in its own backyard — the West Bank — in light of shifting realities that might see Iran emerging from the war intact and in a strengthened position regionally." mondoweiss.net/2026/04/isra...

Mhairi Black: World order as we knew it is crumbling before our eyes AS the United States and Israel continue to plunge the world into further crisis, Keir Starmer is finding himself ever more irrelevant over the…

"What a world we are living in when the violent, repressive and corrupt Chinese government seems a more sensible option than our so-called allies. Starmer & Macron ... show why cosying up to Trump (in the hopes he will leave you alone) is not a defence strategy." www.thenational.scot/politics/260...

MPs and campaigners in a tug of war to demand the government deliver on their promise to bring rail into public ownership

🚨Time to take a side!

Will your MP stand up for passengers OR will they stand up for private profiteers in the railway?

Share this and ask your MP to demand the government deliver their promise to bring our railway into public ownership: vist.ly/4ysfj

Thames Water wants to set its own rules. Has your MP said NO? Last week, the Financial Times broke the news that the Thames Water creditors are closing in on a deal to take control of the utility, and keep it out of Special Administration.

Has your MP signed? vist.ly/4xuy4

Thought rail privatisation was dead? Think again! 🧟🚅

Agree with these MPs fighting Starmer for REAL public ownership? Take action here ✊ weownit.org.uk/passengers-not-profit

Retail Reimagined: How Regional Energy Boards Could Deliver a Fair and Flexible Energy System Supplier-switching is an obstacle to housing decarbonisation, an administrative burden upon fuel poverty relief, and a potential threat to local grid resilience.

⚡💡Privatisation of energy has failed.

It is time to rethink the whole system.

@cmmonwealth.bsky.social's new report is setting out a new way. New publicly owned Regional Energy Boards can deliver for households.

Read more here: vist.ly/4yuve

Thames Water privatisation has failed – it's time to put public ownership on the table Who does Thames Water serve? It should be an easy question to answer: the public (or at least the 16 million people in England who rely on it for t...

Excellent article from @barrygardiner.bsky.social on the case for public ownership of Thames Water.

Barry has signed our open letter demanding that Thames Water is placed into Special Administration.

Has your MP signed?

tinyurl.com/28fa6nch

🥳 .... and we're over halfway there!!! 🥳

Sign and share. Let's make sure that the public has a say on the future of our water

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Jack Rankin, Conservative MP for Windsor, calls for special administration of Thames Water 👇

"Water privatisation has clearly been a failure...Profit cannot be privatised while risk is socialised"

💯 and in line with the 70% of CONSERVATIVE voters who want publicly owned water

Betrayed: why the government is on the wrong track YouTube video by We Own It

3 out of 4 of us want a publicly owned railway

This Labour government promised to deliver it but they are BETRAYING us

The truth is they're delivering a total mishmash - part nationalisation, part privatisation

We need REAL PUBLIC OWNERSHIP

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Keir Starmer 'lied and lied over Peter Mandelson and must resign', MPs say KEIR Starmer “lied and lied again” to the public and MPs over Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador and must resign, opposition…

"Green Party MP Sian Berry said: "Keir Starmer has lied and lied again over his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson and he must resign. Starmer told Parliament 'due process' had been followed. This report makes clear that was untrue." www.thenational.scot/news/2602873...

Peter Mandelson 'handed US ambassador job despite failing security vetting' PETER Mandelson failed security vetting but the Labour Government decided to appoint him US ambassador anyway, it has emerged ...

"Peter Mandelson failed security vetting but the UK Government decided to appoint him US ambassador anyway." FFS! www.thenational.scot/news/2602813...

Chris Hinchliff MP standing in Parliament Square in front of a row of protesters, with The Queen Elizabeth Tower in the background. He is holding a placard which reads "Great British Railcard. Entitles ALL passengers to a third off full ticket prices."

🔥"The first thing every GB Rail passenger should notice is a cheaper ticket. Nationalisation doesn’t just mean a new logo on the front of the train. Public ownership has to put more money in people's pockets.”

Chris Hinchliff MP at our Tug of War outside Parliament today.

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Double standards? Why Iran’s nukes are scrutinised, Israel gets a pass Israel’s policy of ambiguity about its nuclear capability contrasts sharply with the focus on Iran’s programme.

"Israel and the US have waged two wars on Iran, arguing without evidence that the country was on the verge of having the capacity to build a nuclear weapon. These wars have killed more than 2,600 Iranians and plunged the world into an unprecedented energy crisis." www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/...

Graphic that includes the logo of Angel Trains, and says "paid dividends of £1.9 billion in the last decade. Bring Rolling Stock into Public Ownership".

😡😡PRIVATISATION IN A NUTSHELL: You pay higher rail fares, so private train leasing firms can pay out billions to their shareholders.

It is time for MPs to say who they stand for: passengers or profiteers.

Take 2 mins to send your MP our email now👉 vist.ly/4ye77

Britain's Ofwat board split over approval for Thames Water rescue deal, Bloomberg News reports The board of UK water regulator Ofwat is split over whether ​to approve a rescue deal offered by the ‌creditors of Thames Water, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a person familiar with the m...

Whoever it is on @ofwat.bsky.social's board saying NO to Thames Water setting its own rules - THANK YOU! 👏👏👏

If Thames Water is allowed to pollute more, that would set a precedent for more sewage across England

Please keep defending households and the environment

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Research finds train leasing dividends would have cut some fares by almost 13% since 2022, as Campaigners and MPs call for the Railways Bill to put passengers first Newly published research argues that dividends paid to shareholders by train leasing companies since the end of the pandemic could have cut regulated rail fares by up to 12.6% over the last 3 years.

🚨BREAKING

Research shows dividends paid out by train leasing companies since COVID could have CUT rail fares by almost 13% since 2022.

That’s why we're taking action from 1-2pm today in Parliament Square to demand the government puts passengers before profit in their Railways Bill.
See you there!

Petition: Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public should decide who owns and controls it.

This petition is nearly at 50,000 signatures!
💪Can you sign and share so we can reach 50k TODAY?

Tug of War stunt on Parliament Square. A rural commuter holds a placard headed 'Great British Rail', which says 'entitles ALL passengers to a third off rail ticket prices.

Tug of War on Parliament Square. On one side of the tug of war: passengers, including commuters and leisure passengers, disabled passengers, rural passengers, older passengers, parents and grandparents with children plus the economy, nature and the environment (exciting costumes and signs welcome!) On the other side: private rail interests who are clinging onto our railway, including profit-making companies like First Group, and the private rolling stock outfits that own our trains, alongside John Major (the Prime Minister who privatised our railway).

Tug of War protesters: a commuter holds up a placard saying "your fares could have been cut by 12.6% since 2022 using the money that went to shareholders"

Richard Burgon MP, in front of a line of protesters, is holding a placard saying 'Private companies are trying to cling on to our railways. Heidi Alexander - close the privatisation loopholes in the Railways Bill.'

Our Tug of War outside Parliament highlights the savings that could be passed on to passengers if profits weren't being gouged out by the Rolling Stock companies.

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