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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley)

@otooleyauthor.bsky.social

Writer, publisher, woke lefty, he/him, founder of Blue Poppy Publishing, in North Devon.

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Be prepared for the endless drip-feed of lies, misinformation, and selective reporting on Zohran Mamdani.
In the UK, our shitty right-wing media have done everyting in their power to undermine London Mayor Sadiq Khan just because he's a Muslim and non-white.

05.11.2025 10:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
HAPPY GURU NANAK GURPURAB
Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

HAPPY GURU NANAK GURPURAB Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

Happy Guru Nanak Gurpurab to all Sikhs celebrating today ๐Ÿ’š

05.11.2025 10:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 110    ๐Ÿ” 28    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Gramarly is shit. It has been quietly homogenising writing for years. AI makes all creative endeavours worse.

05.11.2025 10:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

More in Common typically gives Reform higher numbers but it's the direction of travel that matters most.
Reform down, Labour down, Greens up, just confirming what all the other polls are saying.
By the time the local elections in May come around, the Greens will be hoovering up seats.

05.11.2025 09:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If you're going to go on television and make a song and dance about being honest, it would be best if you weren't dancing around the main point.
thecritic.co.uk/maki...

04.11.2025 18:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 48    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Like so much else, legal-but-sensibly-controlled is better than illegal.
Working asylum seekers, drugs, sex work, gambling. Broadly speaking, things that people do should only be illegal if they harm others.

05.11.2025 09:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A recipe called for me to deseed a bell pepper and I don't think I should have to see that kind of negativity and downright insanity in something so mundane.
If you need to deseed a bell pepper you probably should just use a tomato or something. Sheesh. ๐Ÿ™„

05.11.2025 09:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It was a shoo-in of course, but it's good to see the confirmation

05.11.2025 08:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love that every time Labour make these crap attacks ads - the Green membership rockets up.

And indeed the Green Party overtook Labour in a poll so let's hope they keep it up!

Join.greenparty.org.uk

04.11.2025 21:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 641    ๐Ÿ” 133    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 34    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

There's an election in May, and the direction of travel is very much in the Green Party's favour. That's the point you don't seem to grasp.
But since you are not interested in looking at the evidence, I think I will give up talking to you. Goodbye.

04.11.2025 16:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wee Jocky has painted himself into a corner. ๐Ÿ˜‚

04.11.2025 14:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Quite a bold assertion. ๐Ÿ˜‚

04.11.2025 13:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Samir Zitouni
I can almost ear the Reform knuckle-draggers and Daily-Hate-Mail readers collectively backflipping.

04.11.2025 11:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Labour are Tories now. Keep up.

04.11.2025 11:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Umm, no. That's compared to a different poll from Find Out Now. You can't make any meaningful extrapolations between two different polling companies, or over a few days.
The Green Party are up two percentage points on average over the last month.

04.11.2025 11:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There is no centre left bloc.
Labour are right.
LibDems are centre left.
Greens are LEFT.

04.11.2025 10:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've been arguing this for years. The Luddites were right.
You only think they were wrong because you believed what capitalists told you they wanted.
Luddites wanted to be paid fairly for their work. Machines could have made everyone richer, but they were being used only to make the rich richer.

04.11.2025 10:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dream team.
What a great President and First Lady they would make.

04.11.2025 09:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reform councillors and politicians must be really angry about how much the right-wing media has exaggerated the extent and cost of equality initiatives given that it turns out there is almost nothing to cut.

04.11.2025 08:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 64    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE.
MAKE THE POLLUTERS PAY
Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE. MAKE THE POLLUTERS PAY Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

As the United Nations Climate Change Conference approaches, we are calling on the Prime Minister to introduce a Climate Damages Tax on the extraction of fossil fuels in the worldโ€™s richest advanced economies.

Time for the polluters to pay.

03.11.2025 18:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 208    ๐Ÿ” 76    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Weird that we are not defending Okehampton South. @swgreenparty.bsky.social ?
Is there a deal?

04.11.2025 08:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
Man jailed for multiple offences including indecent assault on girl A MAN has been jailed for more than four years for multiple offences.

Cumbria is obsessed with โ€œforeignersโ€, yet nearly all our crimes are committed by home-grown crims.

www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/2559211...

03.11.2025 20:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?

The party who claim to be patriots literally had a Reform leadership member caught red handed taking bribes from Russia.

This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.

How are Reform getting away with this?

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

03.11.2025 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2361    ๐Ÿ” 1046    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 93    ๐Ÿ“Œ 36
Brighton & Hove Green Party utterly condemn the antisemitic graphic of Green Party leader Zack Polanski posted on Friday by โ€˜Reform UK Brighton & Hoveโ€™ on their official Facebook page. There can be no question that the graphic is antisemitic: depicting Zack Polanski, only the fifth Jewish leader of a UK political party in history, using tropes and imagery that deliberately and intentionally draw upon Nazi propaganda. 

The image itself is beneath contempt. Yet it is even more terrifying to reflect that for Reform UK, this is nothing new. This act of antisemitism represents only the latest demonstration of Reformโ€™s openly racist and fascist platform. Nationally, they have been at the forefront of fuelling a rising tide of hatred, and discrimination. And on Reform UK Brighton & Hoveโ€™s Facebook, this antisemitic attack on Zack Polanski was followed yesterday by a further racist graphic declaring New York Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani to be a terrorist. 

Brighton & Hove remains a city that is anti-racist, anti-fascist and that stands firm against hatred. Two weeks ago, Brighton & Hove Greens were proud to join more than 600 people at the Stand Up to Racism Unity March. We note that this follows our own party members being subjected to explicit antisemitic abuse in the public gallery during a council meeting earlier in the month. We will continue to stand against antisemitism and racism in any form - and stand in solidarity with Zack Polanski against such abuse.

Brighton & Hove Green Party utterly condemn the antisemitic graphic of Green Party leader Zack Polanski posted on Friday by โ€˜Reform UK Brighton & Hoveโ€™ on their official Facebook page. There can be no question that the graphic is antisemitic: depicting Zack Polanski, only the fifth Jewish leader of a UK political party in history, using tropes and imagery that deliberately and intentionally draw upon Nazi propaganda. The image itself is beneath contempt. Yet it is even more terrifying to reflect that for Reform UK, this is nothing new. This act of antisemitism represents only the latest demonstration of Reformโ€™s openly racist and fascist platform. Nationally, they have been at the forefront of fuelling a rising tide of hatred, and discrimination. And on Reform UK Brighton & Hoveโ€™s Facebook, this antisemitic attack on Zack Polanski was followed yesterday by a further racist graphic declaring New York Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani to be a terrorist. Brighton & Hove remains a city that is anti-racist, anti-fascist and that stands firm against hatred. Two weeks ago, Brighton & Hove Greens were proud to join more than 600 people at the Stand Up to Racism Unity March. We note that this follows our own party members being subjected to explicit antisemitic abuse in the public gallery during a council meeting earlier in the month. We will continue to stand against antisemitism and racism in any form - and stand in solidarity with Zack Polanski against such abuse.

Brighton & Hove Green Party statement on Reform UK Brighton and Hove's antisemitic Facebook post:

02.11.2025 21:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 91    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Surely a book that gets 25 ALL โญโญโญโญโญ reviews on Waterstones must be something special. They can't all be the author's mum.
www.waterstones.com/reviews/a-sp...
"I was completely enveloped into Jimmy's world of #Devon around 1912"
#BookSky #Brixham #Fishing #HistFic #HistoricalFiction

03.11.2025 12:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It hasn't. It can't because it has no concept of veracity.

03.11.2025 11:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Are you saying it is not?
But, I was planning to go there on holiday just to meet some. ๐Ÿ˜‰
So much disappointment.

03.11.2025 11:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yet he contributes nothing.

03.11.2025 11:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The situation in Sudan is horrific; war monitors have compared the level of violence in El Fasher to that of the start of the Rwandan genocide.

The international community cannot abide this.

03.11.2025 09:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 321    ๐Ÿ” 136    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

WTH does "the vibes era" mean?
And how in the name of the last sane thing does Green Party policy share even a sliver of similarity to the clown-fascism of Reform???
On a Venn diagram the circles don't even touch!

03.11.2025 08:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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