John D Macefield

Initial recommendation to vote for Green Party candidate Hannah Spencer

Updated page having taken recommendation down says check back later

Looks like Labour have been in touch and @stopreform.bsky.social have withdrawn their advice to vote Green

What will the new advice be? Labour are determined to prevent real change at all costs, destroy hope and maintain a trajectory towards a far right government.

*LABOUR INTERVENTION PENDING - PLEASE CHECK LATER*

Break out the microfibre cloth and cleaning spray. Mould is fixable scratches aren't.

From the guardian It has been a bruising few months in transatlantic relations, with Donald Trump demanding the Netherlands cede Greenland to the US on the grounds of national security. Adding insult to injury,

Wait what?

Solidarity with the Netherlands.

This is how it feels when you believe in nothing at all.

Labour minister commissioned report on journalists Exclusive: Material gathered was personally given to Josh Simons when director of pro-Starmer thinktank, say sources

This is what the Labour Party is now. We don't need it anymore

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Thank you Beth ❤️

The Tribune is bitter that Kat is doing something they can't - resonating with the public and being at all relevant in 2026.

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Instead of Burnham, Labour have anointed Angeliki Stogia for #GortonAndDenton.
Yet again, they try to force a corporate stooge (a lobbyist) into office instead of someone who stands for the rights + wellbeing of citizens.
She was IDed as a lobbyist in 2024
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Decent homes standard for UK private renters delayed by government until 2035 Campaigners pushing for 2030 deadline said deferral was ‘denying renters the most basic standards in our homes’

Will those Labour lickspittle backbenchers be boasting about this? Our political system lets lobbyists set policy and this government is never going to change that. www.theguardian.com/money/2026/j...

Green Gain incoming thanks to Labour NEC

Shame for hopes of #proportionalrepresentation. Labour right would rather lose the next General Election than risk someone who isn't under their control. Which clears the way for @greenparty.org.uk to win a parliamentary by election for the first time.

List of late declared interests including 3 payments from Google adding to more than £5,000.

Google who used to have the motto 'don't be evil' fund and own Nigel Farage. For quite a cheap price. They'll be hoping he looks after them if he becomes PM.

Labour councillor thinks that the murder of a woman - with plans that political parties in the UK are specifically looking to emulate - shouldn't be political.

Labour have no intention in every challenging the far right - which is why they'll be next to follow unless we stand up to them.

From guardian: Venezuela Venezuelan president Maduro captured and flown out of country following ‘large scale’ US attack, Trump says – live

Maduro has been kidnapped by the US government so that they can help themselves to Venezuela's oil. Gangster state.

Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society Joe Dromey, head of the Labour thinktank, urges his party to take on the ‘twin populisms’ of Reform UK and the Greens

Nepo baby opposes taxing wealth shock. Son of Harriet Harman and Jack Dromey given platform in the guardian to defend privilege and attack @zackpolanski.bsky.social for pursuing 'unicorns'. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Useful to know that Hislop will probably try a take down on the show based on untruths and misinformation. He isn't the kind to embrace hope and compassion. The ultimate cynic.

Amazing news. Jamie has a fantastic track record, an inspirational figure who has proved the value of municipal socialism and community wealth building. He knows the Green Party are now his natural home. This is exciting.

America is a gangster state.

“I assume we’re going to keep the oil,” President Trump said on Wednesday.

Corruption

And all people who existed before 2022 somehow managed.

King of the boomers.

Screenshot of bluesky showing new prompt at top of page encouraging me to make a post.

There's a bright idea. What's up?Sticking a prompt at the top of the page to encourage me to send a skeet off into the ether to be seen by no-one.

Labour MP’s video explaining UK debt with biscuits racks up 3.3m views Glasgow South MP Gordon McKee leading trend as politicians find traditional ways to reach voters no longer work

Could have explained how this is nonsense but have decided to celebrate it instead. No I won't be donating to support @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Labour’s economic plan will take years to deliver, Keir Starmer says Exclusive: PM hits back at critics as he insists Rachel Reeves right to impose £26bn worth of tax rises at budget

You don't have years. It's over. Probably should have figured out that plan before you took over as Prime Minister. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

You need a member of the academy to nominate you. Charli XCX is a member. Why not give her a bell?

This is why it's a good idea for people with an arts or creative background to get involved in politics. Imagination, vision, empathy and humour have been in short supply. @zackpolanski.bsky.social is the person for this moment and so many people will show up for him. The Green Party has arrived.

From the Guardian: Mahmood will announce three “modest” routes for refugees from war-torn countries such as Sudan, Palestine or Eritrea to come if they are students and those seeking to work in certain professions, as well as those sponsored by community and voluntary organisations who support them when they arrive. Refugees arriving via those routes will not be given permanent settled status.

For Labour you might be vulnerable and needing sanctuary but you can only come if you are a student or have desirable skills.

But don't get thinking about a career because as soon as the govt think you can sent back out you go.

UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.

Durable solutions enable refugees who have had to flee danger can get some certainty and can settle in safety finding a permanent home.

Thanks to Labour that will no longer be the case. Don't learn English, don't bother integrating because this isn't your home. It will never be your home. So cruel.

Really helpful insights. People working for the likes of the Murdoch press, the Telegraph and LBC know their job is to keep rich proprietors happy. The BBC then accept that framing. Meanwhile the Labour govt know the donors and lobbyists who got them into power won't let them tack left so they don't