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āAIPAC is not dedicated to peace. They're dedicated to inducing maximum support in America, the White House, the Congress, and the public media for whatever policies the Israeli government has..ā ā Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter tried to warn us
Peak rail fares scrapped on ScotRail trains. Scotland also has: Public ownership of water, lower water bills than England's. No university tuition fees for local students. No prescription charges, abolished in 2011. No two child benefit cap from March 2026. England must follow.
open.substack.com/pub/politicu... ...the most hated man on the Internet. They seem exactly like the kind of people who would cite survival of the fittest philosophy to justify morally repugnant behavior against a child and then threaten to sue anyone on the Internet who is criticizing them.
Britain has been multicultural for the last 2000 years. That's why we have the Roman alphabet, a Middle East religion, Arabic numerals, a Syrian patron saint, an aristocracy with French ancestry and a German royal family.
Your climate-changed future is here. mainichi.jp/english/arti...
61% of local govt money is spent on social care. Social care privatized since the 1980s, mainly controlled by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%, leaves little for other services. Poorest areas hardest hit. Fund it from general taxation. www.local.gov.uk/about/campai...
And it isnāt even the majority of people worried about immigration. The majority of those concerned about immigration have been misled about the causes of problems in their lives. The problems are caused by the wealthy few who use the media to convince people that immigrants are the problem.
www.commondreams.org/news/congres... CAIR said that they "have taken a bold and necessary step by confronting the Israeli-manufactured and US-backed humanitarian calamity in Gaza head-on. Their mission must not stand alone."
It will also be a great example for other countries to stand up against increasingly authoritarian governments that are also backed by donors.
I do hope large numbers of people show up for this. If America wants to be the land of the free, people will have to be brave and protest against a dictator who is funded by billionaires. If you donāt act now, Trump and the billionaires will believe they can act with impunity. 1
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Pre-ECHR, rights were almost completely at the whims of the current parliament - which doesn't always represent public majority. The Bill of Rights of 1689 could be very easily abolished by parliamentary majority. The ECHR created a set of rights that have an external guarantor. That's the point.
Rest assured. The seeds of Trumpās destruction have already been sown. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-263
Trumpās anti-press tactics are bad enough in the US. Now Reform is importing them to the Midlands www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Anyone seen this reported on the main news programs? When it does collapse the UK will get a LOT colder very quickly. We seem currently to be reversing the few measures designed to prevent it. Thanks @labouruk.bsky.social
Follow the money and be angry about those raking it in from an unfair asylum system, not those being forced to choose dangerous routes to reach the country and claim asylum. For example, Clearsprings Ready Homes, led by tory donor Graham King: leftfootforward.org/2025/05/tory...
The Conservatives tried to the same thing. www.bbc.com/news/newsbea...
What Farageās British Bill of Rights really means for your freedoms youtu.be/E40AXGZ2Nrc?... Nigel Farage says he wants to replace the UK Human Rights Act with a so-called āBritish Bill of Rights.ā But letās be clear: this is not about protecting freedoms. Itās about removing them.
Routinely trashing the environment is wrecking the largest lake in Britain www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Every day the government delays banning the sale of peat compost means more carbon lost to the atmosphere from this appalling practice www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/vast-ar...
He shouldāve declared his intention to serve as a Reform councillor to his employer before putting himself forward as a candidate. His political views would be a direct conflict of interest to his work and a decision would have to have been made, either by him or his employer, regarding his future.
How many more innocent lives will be taken? If the GOP truly believes in Christian values, one of the commandments says Thou shalt not kill. Doesnāt the right to bear arms mean guns are more easily accessible and the probability to kill is substantially increased?
When innocent citizens are being slaughtered because someone has the right to do something under an act written in very different times, doesnāt a civilised society look to change the law so that citizens canāt murdered using something that another law protects? 3
Yes, I know about the second amendment and the right to bear arms. That was written in very different times and the context of the law would have been informed by the then current times and recent history. 2
As a UK citizen, I donāt understand why US citizens automatically think about guns as a normal part of every day life. Guns are for the armed forces and for the Police in exceptional circumstances, not for citizens to carry with them in their every day life. 1
šØ āWhoās streets? OUR STREETS!ā Now in D.C. - People are taking their streets back! āš¼ Power to the People ā These are more than words, it is action!
These chemicals have been linked to a wide range of illnesses, including cancer. So why are we forcing our children to wear them, and microplastics, in their school uniforms? #BanPFAS #MicroPlastics
Drax inquiry will raise fresh questions about its billions in subsidies. Drax burns wood pellets to produce electricity. The most expensive electricity Claims of using sustainable sources are suspect. Biggest emitter of carbon. Despite being highly profitable receives billions in subsidies.
Ditto here in the UK. Nigel Farage, leader of Reform and a Trump hanger on, has created our equivalent of MAGA supporters. Itās hard to tell if the UK is the testing ground for the US right wing donors and think tanks or vice versa.
Ditto for citizens in other countries facing the same issues created by increasingly right wing governments which are all funded from the same few sources?
Trumpās domestic policy decisions and the decisions to use military forces on its own citizens must surely test the loyalties of even the most fervent MAGA supporters. What will be the red line that eventually makes the citizens realise that this President does not act in their best interests?
His protectionist policies will isolate the US and create ideal conditions for home based corporations to exploit the lack of competition, thus leading to increased prices for its citizens. Supply chains are likely to suffer as countries refuse to export to the US which may lead to job losses. 2
Trump has been successful in helping other nations globally to see that that the US cannot be regarded as either a dependable ally or trading partner. 1
Davey might not attend the State banquet but thatās a shallow gesture. Why doesnāt he outright call the murders in Palestine a genocide? The Lib Demās are effectively the opposition as the Tories, Labour and Reform are practising the same policies. Where is he at PMQs holding Starmer to account?
None of the answers to these questions would be solved by stopping small boats.
6 Privatisation hasnāt helped anyone except financial institutions and shareholders. Services privatised under Thatcher have become worse as private companies cut wages and costs to increase profits for shareholders. How will you improve public services? 3/n Stopping small boats isnāt the answer.
5 If you bring in a US style healthcare system, how will people with ongoing conditions and chronic illnesses be able to pay for health costs when insurers wonāt cover them? 2/n
Farage would be silenced if he was seriously questioned about the issues that are affecting the majority of the citizens such as 1 How is he going to help reduce housing costs? 2 How will he reduce energy costs? 3 How will he clean our waterways? 4 How will he reduce inflation? 1/n
newrepublic.com/article/1996... ...brink of economic disaster.
When did you last see or hear your MP on tv or radio? We elected hundreds of new MPs last July - many of them smart and impressive. Just watch the committees! We want to see and hear them. Our broadcasters are failing us. Sign here now and pass on. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Israel is no longer pretending to be a peaceful, civilised state thanks to the impunity offered by the govts of USA, UK, France etc. Without an immediate embargo of arms sales and immediate sanctions by all govts, Israel will keep ignoring international law and continue expanding borders.
I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees. No refugee underfunded a school. No refugee closed a hospital. No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled. We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
This is how the Hostile Environment works btw. We've had it in the UK for 13 years. It loves exploitative employers and exploitative employers alone.
This is EXACTLY why we need to #MakeThemPay
The Thirst of AI The problem isnāt just electricity. AI data centres also consume vast amounts of water to cool their servers. A 100MW data centre can use up to 2 million litres of water every dayāthe same as thousands of households. Free to read on my Substack. bsky.app/profile/euro...
Imagine a Reform government sending money to Afghanistan as funding for an immigration policy. Is it safe to travel to Afghanistan? What would a Taliban govt use this money for? Would our defence services be happy with our govt potentially funding Taliban arms sales? www.gov.uk/foreign-trav...
We must unite communities against Farageās mass deportations plan.
Whatās happening now seems to be laying the foundations for this. And as for those living in Freeports or Investment zonesā¦.
The politicians, many already in the pockets of donors, will continue to reduce welfare support for the most needy as thereāll always be someone willing to undercut others to get a job. Those unable or unwilling to work will be āsurplus to requirementsā and have little economic value.
Corporations may not require so many people to provide services. This creates a āsurplusā of people who will be scrambling for any job, driving down salaries.
Corporations think that AI and associated technologies will reduce operating costs by replacing humans with obedient tech. What could possibly go wrong?
Trump Says Cracker Barrel Should Go Back to Old Logo politicalwire.com/2025/08/26/t...
Naziification of the UK. Reform UK would: Leave ECHR (join Russia and Belarus). Repeal the UK Human Rights Act. Disapply the 1951 Refugee convention. UN Convention Against Torture. the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention. Cancel the Good Friday Agreement. No one will be safe.
šØBREAKING: England's largest lake, Windermere, is covered in FAECAL BACTERIA according to a new study. Water companies have turned our most ICONIC lake into an open sewer while profiting BILLIONS. Who else thinks this is SICK?
Migrants didn't cut council funding. Migrants didn't cut NHS funding. Migrants didn't close youth centres. Migrants didn't sell off council houses. Migrants aren't filling our rivers with sewage. Farage and co. will tell you to point the finger at migrants. Don't fall for it.
Any criticism of Israeli government policy or actions is classed as antisemitic even when it clearly isnāt. Criticism of a government committing a genocide, murdering aid workers and reporters or deliberately starving a population isnāt antisemitism, itās highlighting the facts.
Is he picking on Chicago because of its links to Obama?
We are entering a stage where Reform UKās councillors are using the phrase āBritain firstā so regularly, you have to ask - whatās the difference between them and Britain First? Itās this belief Reform UK has that everything is mutually exclusive. Itās called division.
Reform councillor works on asylum claims for Home Office, investigation reveals Paul Bean may have breached civil service impartiality rules over alleged social media posts www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The right wing claims to hold Christian values but has no hesitation in taking money from the most vulnerable members of society and using it to fund tax cuts for the wealthy few. How is that a remotely Christian thing to do?
As a non US citizen, can someone explain why any appointments to the Supreme Court are the responsibility of the government? Shouldnāt they be appointed by an independent body, preferably the judiciaryās head organisation?
#fuckfarage #fuckReform
In honor of the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, FEMA employees are sounding the alarm (which likely means theyāll be under investigation soon). We should all heed their warnings as we continue through both Hurricane and Wildfire season in the US. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
open.substack.com/pub/thenorth... š„ A Crack in the Wall of Silence On this past Friday, something extraordinary happened in Europe ā something almost unthinkable in the United States. And itās a huge deal. š³š± Caspar Veldkamp, the Dutch Foreign Minister (pictured
It's not asylum seekers who jack up rents, undermine the NHS, hold down wages and keep people insecure. It's capital. The role of the far right is to shift the blame for decades of economic attacks by the rich and powerful onto powerless people who have only just arrived here.
Just one of the reports pointing to US right influences. We must kick back against this. Sign petition now&stop REFORM being over platformed in our broadcast media. every party must get proper representation. Sign &spread petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/res...
Low interest rates after 2008 failed to achieve any real growth or increase in living standards in the UK. If we stopped obsessing over rates, we might see how the resources are distributed ā and how it's this that's holding our economy back, not monetary policy.
Many citizens are already protesting against their authoritarian President and his ongoing power grab. This ongoing situation is going to come to a climax sooner rather than later and the ending isnāt going to be pretty.
Your article says that blue states are already preparing to fight back against legislation that is illegal. The military will have to decide if they can continue supporting a President that forces its personnel to suppress its own citizens. 5
When, not if, Trump reaches the point where he feels he doesnāt need the support of his backers, that will create ātensionsā for his backers. At some stage his current backers will have to decide whether to continue supporting Trump or replace Trump with another more amenable candidate? 4
His MAGA supporters seem slow to realise that they were played and Trump will only do whatās best for him and his backers. What happens if they suddenly realise that Trump is making their lives so much harder to fund better lives for him and his backers? 3
As a non US citizen, it seems that Trump is supposed to be the tool to enable corporate rule to replace existing legal and democratic systems. However, his funders may have underestimated his megalomania. 1 robertreich.substack.com/p/today-is-t...
This captain in the National Guard has an urgent warning for National Guardsmen who are being deployed and used as Gestapo pawns in the authoritarian dictator-wannabe's fascist power grab. š³š
open.substack.com/pub/robertre... Today marks the start of the slide that ended in the catastrophe of Trump. On August 23, 1971, fewer than two months before he was nominated to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. wrote a memo to the
#WATCH | Today: Thousands protested in Tel aviv against the genocide in Gaza. Jewish and Palestinians called together for an end to the occupation and for justice for all. (Voices Against War)
Absolutely. If Britain suddenly became the victim of climate damage, the land became uninhabitable and its citizens tried to enter other countries to seek a better life, how would those citizens expect to be treated?
Exactly this - we are at a dangerous cusp where appalling people have crawled out of the woodwork and values-led pushback is vital. But the most hostile anti-migrant voices remain a tiny minority, given a platform because they reflect the obsessions of our hateful media
And another scary prediction on the left v the strength of feeling rising on a heat map of signatures to our petition calling for end to REFORM platforming. If you donāt want to make this inevitable sign the petition now for more coverage for ALL our parties petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Ā£20 billion a year of housing benefit is handed to private landlords. The problem isnāt refugees.
Our pals The Mary Wallopers have just been pulled off stage and the PA shut down at VictoriousFest in Portsmouth for taking out a šµšø flag and saying Free Palestine Speak up against genocide in England and you're treated like a criminal Up the Mary Wallopers šš¤š§” Free Palestine! Free the 6 counties!
Access to green spaces can improve physical and mental wellbeing ā it can lower blood pressure, help prevent chronic disease, and combat depression. Try forest bathing, listening to birdsong or growing your own food to connect with nature. More ideas: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/nat...
Can you believe that these countries still routinely test COSMETICS on animals - not essential tests. Is your country on this list? š°šš
'Weāre flying blindā: Gazaās overwhelmed hospitals face spiralling infections crisis Sudden surge in mass casualty events, many at aid points, has created conditions for bacteria to spread unchecked
open.substack.com/pub/robertre... Sorry to intrude on your Friday for a second time, but I wanted to alert you to an important action taking place tomorrow, Saturday, August 23. Itās a protest against one of the worst corporations in America, called Palantir
Why has Trump given himself power to introduce martial law by putting troops under his control into cities? Heās expecting pushback but he will pushback harder. He told you last year, if he gets in, you wonāt have to vote again. Trump isnāt going until heās made to. share.google/uWLamV9uTOFK...
Excellent article. If this was written about another country with a similar despot in power, Americans would laugh, say it canāt happen here and wonder why the people didnāt turn on the leader. Would Trump leave after constant peaceful protests (soon to become illegal, mark my words)? 1
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart... With the raid on John Boltonās home, it looks like we may have reached that stage when fascist governments begin to turn against their critics, weaponizing the tools of a police state. Richard Nixon went after his enemies, too, and once said, in the
Australian āstatesmanā Alexander Downer is chairman of trustees for the fossil fuel-funded āthinkā tank that drafted draconian anti-protest laws for Rishi Sunak and provided his Net Zero Tsar. 44 months in jail for Ā£150 damage while the wold careens towards destruction of habitability. #auspol
Wes Streeting isnāt defending the NHS; heās defending his own career like the neoliberal little shill he is. Streeting's neo-Blairite plan to set up 300 āneighbourhood health hubsā is powered by corporate finance, this will be a replay of the disastrous PFI initiatives of the 2000s. Thread
Starmerās changed Labour Party doesnāt give a fuck about the environment, Blackrock are the reason why theyāve reneged on progressive green policies.
Starmerās Govt partnership with US Blackrock entails green spaces being targeted as ānatureās assetsā, and new additions to their financial portfolio.
Since Brexit, the EU has brought forward 28 new, revised or upgraded pieces of environmental legislation that the UK has not adopted, and the UK has actively chosen to regress by changing four different pieces of legislation including on protected habitats, pesticides and fisheries.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
While UK citizens were told Brexit would "take back control," the government was quietly handing Ā£27bn of public money to American corporations every single year. open.substack.com/pub/european...
What's the likelihood that Starmer will grant a licence to Musk's Tesla Energy Venture Ltd to supply electricity in the UK? www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications...