Just watched @labourlewis.bsky.social's powerful speech on his Water Bill, raising the fundamental question that’s been ignored for too long: who should own our water?
It’s time to bring water back into public hands.
Watch the debate here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gIOTHnvxEI
Brexit Curse.
UK food and drink exports to the EU down 34% since Brexit.
UK squeezed by Trump's tariffs.
Losing EU trade - UK regulations diverging from the EU; high energy, water, transport costs making exports expensive.
Rejoin the EU. Curb energy, water, transport profiteering.
1. You feel powerless? Don’t know what you can do to resist the rise of fascism?
Here is an answer: Good Things.
Fascism inflicts pain and harm as a matter of doctrine.
Kindness, care and conviviality defend us from it.
The more we build community, the less it can take root.
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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
Obvious to all except the terminally deluded
Of course!
Agreeing with Trump is an admission that you have a lack of any grey matter between your ears. That may of course be the case, but if so, don’t publicise it.
If you’d asked AI to write a piece of Russian propaganda in the style of Donald Trump, this is what you’d get. Well done America, you’ve elected a Russian asset as your President.
I always did think that the equation 0 >= 1 applies. Now you have confirmed it.
Thank you
I know I know, but red lines…… we’ve got to stick to our red lines!
Problem will be they will never win over the RW Tory/Reform vote and they will alienate their traditional supporters in the process.
That the Trump administration is betraying Ukraine to Russia shouldn’t surprise us.
After all, Ukraine is fighting against autocracy and corruption that are the essence of both Trump's America and Putin's Russia.
It's time for Europe to stand up...together!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
They will have only one term in office then.
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When will Govt learn you can’t out-Reform Reform - you end up simply legitimising their toxic narrative. To see off populists, Labour needs to invest in public services & local communities, making a real difference to people’s lives - levy a wealth tax & use it to improve people’s lives *now*
As Trump and Musk gleefully smash the institutions of government, they simultaneously rush us towards the Earth systems horizon.
You think this is a dangerous moment? It is. But add escalating climate breakdown to your calculations and multiply by ten.
Sounds like a plan
Clearly a fascist salute and it’s no surprise really given he was born and raised in apartheid South Africa.
The patient isn’t only bleeding though Erik is it? The patient is stuck in a chokehold and without imminent release there will be no recovery possible. #RejoinEU
Not that I can ever recall? I think it’s a first for #LOFC
There was never any intention to level up…..it’s not within the Tory DNA.
As we inch closer to 2025, a good time to remind ourselves (and everyone else) of the importance & benefits of membership of the ECHR
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY?...
In the rest of the developed world, we’re fully aware of this…
…and shocked & appalled by it, and regularly use it as a cautionary tale of the dangers of runaway capitalism.
✍️ The right’s financial mismanagement: a legacy of remarkable public failures
From water to housing, North Sea oil to Brexit, right-wing policies have sold off Britain’s future – leaving citizens to foot the bill
By Andy Brown
@andybrown1951.bsky.social
Not great for a pesce…..
It was only a sound bite to use within the MSM & to fool the uneducated into voting for them.
Tories do levelling down only!
As soon as you realise that you can understand the managed decline of the previous 14 years. They could have spent the whole budget; it would make not one iota of difference
With a supermajority wanting both the Single Market and EU Freedom of Movement back, it seems that an honest discussion about Brexit has been going on OUTSIDE the political arena. Simply put, the people are miles ahead of the politicians on Brexit. And they're tired of waiting for MPs to catch up!
Poll: Majority of leave voters say they may accept free movement to access EU single market. Willing to accept percentage support. Voted remain: 86% Labour 2024: 81% Blue wall: 75% Defected from Labour: 74% Con to Lab in 2024: 68% Red wall: 59% Voted leave: 54%
A majority of Leave voters would accept freedom of movement in return for access to the EU single market.
And, crucially, 68% of Con-to-Lab switchers would too.
Based on this, if Labour left behind its 'red lines', it wouldn't risk its 2024 winning coalition.
Brexit = painfully expensive reality Red lines = politically contrived fantasy #RejoinEU
Also worth considering is the long term impact of kids not being able to attend with parents. It’s in those formative years that habits are forged. Will they have the same desire to attend LO matches in say ten years when the routine has not been established as a child?
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But neither impressed