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Gordon Crapper

@gdc456.bsky.social

Retired Prof of Applied Maths, love trains, especially steam, and trams, birds. Yorkshire born, living in North East England

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'Smiling' fossil discovered in Northumberland The unusual looking fossil is estimated to be a few hundred million years old dating to the Carboniferous period.

my god right i KNOW it's a fossil i UNDERSTAND but it also CLEARLY DEMONIC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

19.02.2026 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1565    πŸ” 239    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 81
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Something the Government want you to forget...

19.02.2026 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1653    πŸ” 688    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 170
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She never lived to see this moment, but it’s worth remembering that none of this would have happened without Virginia Giuffre.

She had the courage to speak out against power and privilege when it was just her word against Andrew’s.

Thanks to her, justice & accountability may finally have its day.

19.02.2026 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 22734    πŸ” 5406    πŸ’¬ 406    πŸ“Œ 225
'My priority is the 99% vs the 1%,' says Green Party leader
YouTube video by Sky News 'My priority is the 99% vs the 1%,' says Green Party leader

Lower bills.

Protect the NHS.

Rebuild public services.

youtu.be/zxldEtCFEwU?...

18.02.2026 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 872    πŸ” 231    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 12

Lost my phone in London, with four credit cards and Β£150 cash in the case. Returned to me within 21 minutes. This hellhole of a city eh.

18.02.2026 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4197    πŸ” 651    πŸ’¬ 149    πŸ“Œ 48

Reform UK want to scrap the Equality Act and leave the ECHR. Yes, this will leave ordinary people open to being exploited by unscrupulous business owners and politicians, but my rich donors and I promise not to take advantage. Trust me, I'm a man of the people.

19.02.2026 09:13 β€” πŸ‘ 457    πŸ” 126    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1
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"We will send shockwaves through the system."

18.02.2026 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 228    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4

Wes Streeting, Health Secretary: "Farage has announced his Shadow Cabinet, with no Health Secretary.

Presumably because if he becomes Prime Minister, there’ll be no NHS."

18.02.2026 08:42 β€” πŸ‘ 818    πŸ” 281    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 15
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Why do we need working-class politicians?

"The people who keep the country going are the ones who should get a say in how it's run."

The thoughts of Hannah Spencer, Green Party candidate in Gorton and Denton.

18.02.2026 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 340    πŸ” 91    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 9
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Robert Lowe’s challenge is real: Do we want a politics of care, or of hate? A commentator here drew my attention last night to a new policy paper from the Restore Britain group that has been launched by former Reform MP Robert Lowe, who now sits as an independent MP for Great...

This is probably one of the most important pieces I have ever written. Robert Lowe MP is proposing the forced expulsion of millions of people from the UK. Full-on fascism is being put before people. We have to decide. Do we want a politics of care, or of hate? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/02...

17.02.2026 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 380    πŸ” 241    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 8

If this country was truly β€œpro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.

The right-wing agenda isn’t about β€œlife.”

It’s about control.

15.02.2026 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 27410    πŸ” 7357    πŸ’¬ 787    πŸ“Œ 346
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15 years ago today I arrived on Downing Street in a cage.
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)

15.02.2026 11:07 β€” πŸ‘ 8293    πŸ” 1289    πŸ’¬ 191    πŸ“Œ 98
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Exclusive: Greens Hit Out At Reform 'Frauds' After Zia Yusuf Suggests Poverty Rates Are Exaggerated "Reform have totally let the cat out of the bag this morning about what they really stand for."

Wild to see wealthy Reform politician "explaining" to poor people they don't understand their own experience.

Let's make sure every single person in Gorton & Denton (and the country!) knows exactly that Reform is bankrolled by dodgy donors. Mask is off.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...

15.02.2026 11:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1108    πŸ” 448    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 16

Tories are blue
Labour is red
If you vote Reform
You're thick in the head

14.02.2026 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 483    πŸ” 88    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 2

A court has ruled that the government's authoritarian ban on Palestine Action was unlawful.

Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.

13.02.2026 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 7483    πŸ” 1904    πŸ’¬ 168    πŸ“Œ 80
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Crucial action is needed to improve our food environment Government must progress and expand policies to address poor diet and access to healthy food in this country, writes David Strain

In the UK, around 56% of daily energy intake now comes from ultra processed foods.

This is just one of many worrying statistics from our new report on poor diets, and its health impacts. Read more about the report, and our recommendations for change:
www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...

12.02.2026 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nigel Farage: "Ban home working!"

Reform UK: "Please apply for our new home working Regional Director position!"

12.02.2026 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 337    πŸ” 107    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 8
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Meet Hannah Spencer - Green MP candidate for Gorton and Denton, and the only vote to stop Reform.

10.02.2026 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 674    πŸ” 227    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 219
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Matt Goodwin labelled 'chicken' after pulling out of first by-election hustings Matt Goodwin has been accused of 'chickening out' of the first hustings for the Gorton and Denton by-election, citing "concerns about impartiality."

Matt Goodwin labelled β€˜chicken’ after pulling out of first by-election hustings
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/mat...

11.02.2026 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 531    πŸ” 169    πŸ’¬ 62    πŸ“Œ 25
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Wanted: Regional Director to work for an organisation opposed to home working. The successful applicant will be expected to work from home.

11.02.2026 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 970    πŸ” 384    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 30

Given how much Nigel Farage hates working from home, it would be nice to see him turn up at his workplace a bit more regularly

10.02.2026 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1172    πŸ” 301    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 6
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Zack Polanski pressures Wes Streeting over Palantir after Mandelson texts released ZACK Polanski has piled fresh pressure on Wes Streeting over Palantir’s NHS contracts after the Health Secretary’s newly-released text messages…

A Β£240m defence contract without tender.

Their fingerprints all over our health care data.

A meeting in the USA but without any minutes.

Everything around Palantir stinks.

www.thenational.scot/news/2584192...

10.02.2026 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1812    πŸ” 715    πŸ’¬ 74    πŸ“Œ 47
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The Resolution Foundation’s β€œUnsung Britain” is an exercise in neoliberal excuse making for the politics of destruction The Resolution Foundation (RF) sent me a very breathy press release / email this morning, promoting this: As they say: The 13 million working-age families across the poorer half of the country are ...

The Resolution Foundation’s β€œUnsung Britain” is an exercise in neoliberal excuse making for the politics of destruction www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/02...

10.02.2026 09:49 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
Matt Goodwin Doesn’t Know a Thing About This Constituency | Green Party Candidate Hannah Spencer
YouTube video by Novara Media Matt Goodwin Doesn’t Know a Thing About This Constituency | Green Party Candidate Hannah Spencer

The brilliant @greenpartyhan.bsky.social Green Party Candidate for Gorton and Denton on @novaramedia.com
youtu.be/VNmzOamvE3o?...

10.02.2026 06:54 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
EXCLUSIVE: Farage’s Worst NIGHTMARE? - Green By-Election Candidate Speaks Out
YouTube video by Owen Jones EXCLUSIVE: Farage’s Worst NIGHTMARE? - Green By-Election Candidate Speaks Out

The brilliant @greenpartyhan.bsky.social Green Party Candidate for Gorton and Denton on @owenjones.bsky.social
youtu.be/YmXcbvzdUlk?...

10.02.2026 07:00 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Just beyond parody at this point

08.02.2026 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2833    πŸ” 878    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 32
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Gorton and Denton by-election: Zack Polanski urges 'hope over hate' Zack Polanski joined candidate Hannah Spencer, a councillor and plumber, on the campaign trail.

Reform Vs Green.

Hate Vs Hope.

Hundreds and hundreds of people out on the streets today making sure hope wins.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

07.02.2026 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1426    πŸ” 345    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 14
In the constituency, embittered labour campaigners have started their slow march into an "inevitable defeat." The wording comes from HQ themselves who are briefing journalists they don't expect to win m

In the constituency, embittered labour campaigners have started their slow march into an "inevitable defeat." The wording comes from HQ themselves who are briefing journalists they don't expect to win m

Labour is briefing that they know they won't win the Gorton and Denton by election.

The Greens are favourites and are the only party that can stop Reform.

Lower bills, tax the rich, protect the NHS. We will win.

05.02.2026 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1074    πŸ” 291    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 28

By the time Starmer is replaced this summer, we'll have had two wasted years, in which a country crying out for transformation instead got more of the same, or even worse where environmental legislation is concerned, and a high possibility of Farage running the next government.
Thanks Keir.

05.02.2026 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1592    πŸ” 376    πŸ’¬ 108    πŸ“Œ 17
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Scrap Palantir UK contracts over Mandelson links, Zack Polanski demands ZACK Polanski has demanded that the UK Government scraps its contracts with Palantir, amid mounting questions over Peter Mandelson’s role in…

Get Palantir out of the UK.

Protect our NHS.

Protect our country.

www.thenational.scot/news/2582860...

05.02.2026 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2817    πŸ” 927    πŸ’¬ 87    πŸ“Œ 50

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