Clare Bonetree

This is the lovelist account on @bsky.app and you will benefit from following it. Because this is also today's news

This reminds me of a great social media post I saw recently, in which a herbalist wrote a lyrical celebration of all the natural plants and minerals that had helped her beat cancer - as ingredients in / foundations of the chemotherapy she'd been treated with. Nice

Mildenhall is USAF, but Lakenheath is RAF...

The first time I knew of @mothinali.bsky.social he was calming down rioters to protect everyone in the community. I was proud to shake his hand when we met.

Solidarity Mothin

I am sooo excited by this. @empirepoduk.bsky.social do brilliant in-depth serials. I have been fascinated by Mao Zedong since I was a child (grew up in Hong Kong in the 70s where we weren't allowed fireworks because the Cultural Revolution took place only a short swim away).

solidarity with @maxwallis.bsky.social and all at Aftershock

Dear Prime Minister, In recent days we have seen a deeply concerning escalation in conflict in the Middle East following a series of illegal and dangerously irresponsible airstrikes on Iran by the United States and Israel. You have now confirmed that UK bases will be used by the US for their operations in the area. This is a significant concession to President Donald Trump and one which risks drawing the UK into a dangerous conflict. During your campaign to be elected leader of the Labour Party, you spoke compellingly about learning the lessons of the Iraq war. In particular, you set out legislation you would pass as Prime Minister, ensuring that military action is only taken if: • The lawful case for it is made • There is a viable objective • Consent is given by the House of Commons. We agree that such legislation is needed to prevent the UK from being dragged into destructive, illegal and dangerous wars abroad, and so we have today tabled the Armed Conflict (Requirements) Bill. The Bill requires that 1. Before armed forces may be deployed for armed conflict, a Minister of the Crown must publish a statement setting out the reasons for the deployment, an assessment of its compliance with international law, the objective of the deployment and an assessment of the viability of that objective, and 2. Any such deployment must be approved in advance by a resolution of the House of Commons

I invite your support to pass this bill. In an increasingly unstable world, it is more important than ever that decisions about the UK’s involvement in military action abroad are taken carefully, soberly, and with the best interests of the British people at heart. We believe this piece of legislation would ensure that. Yours sincerely, Dr Ellie Chowns MP

Today I tabled a bill which would require any UK military intervention to have a lawful basis, viable objective, and approval by MPs - legislation the PM once said he himself would pass when he was running for Labour leader.

He supported it then, and he should support it now.

Came into the Bigger Town today to do Grown Up Paperwork with a lawyer so am working from rented desk space. The busker outside is covering Bruce Springsteen, Leonard Cohen, and now @billybragg.bsky.social ! And they didn't even charge extra for this! In dark days, small joys make the difference

‘Treat us fairly’: skilled workers face having their dream of settling in UK snatched away As government mulls doubling requirement to 10 years, the uncertainty is putting many who came to Britain to work under strain

Is there any other word for this than cruel? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

today's piece by Zoe Williams is as positive as they've managed so far, and, really, is that the best they can do? (Tho also, thank you Zoe)

As a loyal @theguardian.com reader I found it hurtful the way the paper couldn't bring itself to print anything supportive of the Green Party in the runup to the Gorton vote, yet OTOH repeatedly rebroadcast nonsense about Labour polling neck & neck with Rfm

Greens overtake Labour in sensational poll The Greens have polled higher than Labour in the latest poll by YouGov, which puts them only two points off Reform UK and five ahead of the governing party.

"The polling suggests that the Greens' appeal is broader than white collar workers. Those classified as doing "routine" jobs also vote Green in significant numbers." Yes I think Hannah Spencer MP's win demonstrated this! news.sky.com/story/greens...

As ever, my excellent MP @elliechowns.bsky.social brings a voice of integrity to the proceedings - and acute observations

Picture shows a smiling blonde woman wearing a black working sweatshirt standing next to a half-built wall with a handwritten sign saying "Ministry of Plumbing and Plastering Hannah Spencer MP"

this is the world I want to live in

(sorry no credit, I don't know who took the photo, am guessing it was taken by a Green campaigner on Hannah's team)

So how come RefUK lost Caerffili (lowest percentage immigrant populace in the known universe)? Explain that one Niggle Farridge!

Reposting this for the image as I can't read the article. I love MUFC, and I love how the fans love their football club. Community ownership ftw

Excellent thread explaining how the proposed settlement reforms will "generate chaos and cruelty" they are "rushed. messy regressive ... The key thing is to slow down, get proper impact assesssments + rethink"

Isn't it just gorgeous the way she talks about the paradigm shift from 'didactic' surgery to working *with* the organism

My cultural awakening: Leonardo da Vinci made me rethink surgery – I’ve since mended more than 3,000 hearts For one heart surgeon, seeing the Renaissance artist’s anatomical drawings gave him a natural understanding of the body that was often overlooked in modern medical science

My first rheumatologist, he aged 69 me just 21, was humble and wise enough to tell me, "sometimes medicine is as much art as science." But mostly I'm sharing this because Martin O'Neill's illustration is so beautiful www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

Labour anxiety and accusations after big shift in Muslim vote to Greens PM criticises ‘sectarian politics’ in byelection but party may fear Greens’ nascent leftwing political machine

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Reacting to Labour's devastating loss to the Green Party in Gorton and Denton, Keir Starmer claims that only Labour can unite communities. I agree. He convinced Muslims to vote for a white working class woman representing a party led by a gay Jewish man.

The way that Reform picked up on it sounded like a classic racist trope to me too

Yes, exactly this

More good news! What a day ☺ #CharlotteRitchieFanclub

In light of the fact Greens now have more directly elected MP's than Reform I look forward to a 1 hour long 'special' on the BBC featuring the Greens and readiness for government. With Laura K and Mason fawning over Zack and the gang.

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed

Herefordshire Council is currently considering an application to build hundreds of houses on rare Grade 1 Ag land on the edge of Leominster, owned by Christchurch College (Oxford) - who are quite happy to sell. It's currently farmed regeneratively, hosts a lot of wildlife. Bananas

"It’s fatuous to claim that a Muslim voting for a feminist plumber standing for a party that’s vocal on trans rights and headed by a gay Jew is somehow making a religious vote,"

James Butler | Just Voting In her victory speech, Hannah Spencer argued that working people were being ‘bled dry’ in a country that works to...

"The result was more definitive than polls suggested... The hair’s breadth that appeared to separate the two progressive options – a split vote that might have enabled a Reform victory – turned out to be a chasm" www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...

We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps | Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp, say Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis

"We live in a shadow of the world we could create." www.theguardian.com/environment/...