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?

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🥳 .... 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

www.youtube.com/watch?v=95su...

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

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

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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We're ready for our Tug of War!

On one side: passengers, the economy, nature and the environment + @chris nhinchcliffe and @richard burgon - standing up for an improved Railways Bill.
On the other: the profiteers and politicians who don't share their vision for Great British Railways.

💪It's a Tug of War - Railway Passengers vs Profiteers!💪

🤔Will YOUR MP vote for amendments to improve the new Railways Bill?

vist.ly/4yi5u

Today outside parliament calling for REAL PUBLIC OWNERSHIP of rail as promised, not a mishmash

🚄prioritise economy, society, environment not competition law
🚄a watchdog we can hold accountable
🚄no privatisation loopholes e.g. let's own the trains

PASSENGERS NOT PROFITS

"This is not a bill that is going to give us real nationalisation of the railways".

Jenny Jones of the Green Party at our Tug of War for the future of our railways outside Parliament today.

Find out which MPs have tabled amendments to the new Railways Bill. vist.ly/4yj5u

Wes Streeting is the latest imperialist who sees Scotland as a resource to exploit ON Sunday, Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary in Keir Starmer’s government with responsibility for NHS England, took time out from antagonising…

Wes f***ing Streeting. If Greens hadn't stood against him in 2024 Leanne Mohamad would have won. Greens got 1794 votes, Leanne lost by 528 votes. FFS. www.thenational.scot/politics/260...

Claire Holland’s manufactured threat to the Freedom Pass at heart of Labour’s ‘lying leaflets’ scandal Lambeth’s Labour leader Cllr Claire Holland has been exposed as the chief architect of the Freedom Pass fabrication at the heart of ‘Labour’s lying leaflets’, and furious Li…

Lying Lambeth Labour again. Well done Brixton Buzz and @insidecroydon.bsky.social for exposing this. @michaelchessum.bsky.social @martinabrams.bsky.social @greenpartyscott.bsky.social @lambethlibdems.bsky.social @lambethgreenparty.bsky.social www.brixtonbuzz.com/2026/04/clai...

Understanding the Iran war in the context of U.S. imperialism Michael Arria speaks with Afshin Matin-Asgari about his new book, “Axis of Empire,” and how the history of Iran–U.S. relations offers crucial context for understanding Trump’s current war.

"The main argument of my book is that [in 1945] it’s the American empire & its relationship with Iran must be understood in that imperialist context. This is not the perspective of any of the other studies that have come out." New book by Prof Afshin Matin-Asgari. mondoweiss.net/2026/04/unde...

Nearly 100 criminal investigations launched into water firms last year NEARLY 100 criminal investigations were launched into water firms last year, but campaigners warn the government that “far more must be done” to tackle pollution in English and Welsh waters.Private wa...

“Criminal probes are a distraction from the fundamental problem that lies at the heart of our water industry: privatisation. Regulation of water has been an abysmal failure. Water bosses have successfully dodged bonus bans, while pollution levels have soared." morningstaronline.co.uk/article/near...

These Labour MPs are saying NO to water companies being rewarded for their abysmal failure.

Thank you @marshadecordova.bsky.social @simonforstroud.bsky.social and @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social !

Has your MP said NO to Thames Water? vist.ly/4xuy4

Screenshot of a headline from the BBC News App: "Campaigners call for vote on public water ownership", with a picture of protesters holding placards and banners.

More than 38,000 people have signed the petition calling for a referendum on public ownership of water. Have you signed?

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Country that lectures Iran on democracy arrests another 523 people for peacefully protesting The absurdity surrounding the UK’s treatment of Palestine Action and its supporters has reached new lows.

Country that lectures Iran on democracy arrests another 523 people for peacefully protesting
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