Darran McLaughlin

Dear Lucy On the eve of the by-election, your Labour party spokesperson has admitted to the Huffington Post that a Labour party leaflet has been delivered through doors with your imprint recommending a vote for Labour by a tactical voting organisation which does not exist. This is deeply troubling, it is actually lying to voters. Did you approve this? Do you feel the Labour Party in government should be held to different standards in terms of honesty to the British public? In your last letter to me you mentioned your ‘very extensive data’ and ‘having spoken to over a third of eligible voters’ which led you to an understanding that the by election ‘was a contest between labour and Reform’. Clearly this latest development only tells voters one thing - you will employ any type of political deception (or in Urdu “Dhoka” ) to win. You will be very aware that all three real tactical voting organisations are recommending a vote for the Greens as the best way to stop Reform. Lying to the voters, as you have been caught doing, raises the real prospect that Reform will be the beneficiaries, something you have said that you don’t want. As this is such an important issue, for the sake of your own reputation, I would strongly urge you to apologise to the voters of Denton and Gorton before the polls open in the morning.” Kind regards, Zack Polanski Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales

Dear @lucympowell.bsky.social,

Why did you invent a fake tactical voting company to stop the Green Party beating Reform?

I'm starting to think your letters haven't always been in good faith...

Thank you to everyone who came to the launch of Suicide at @bookhaus.bsky.social in Bristol.
We appreciate everyone who showed up and engaged so openly.

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Thank you to everyone who came to the launch of Suicide at @bookhaus.bsky.social in Bristol.
We appreciate everyone who showed up and engaged so openly.

We're coming to London next, book your place: housmans.com/event/book-l...

Call me a vulgar Marxist but it's obvious that the increase in far right party support is because of an irresolvable crisis of capitalism. The ruling class always stoke up far right, racist and nationalist politics when they need someone to blame for the conditions of everyone's lives getting worse

“The greens havent arent mates with the mega pedo because they’ve not had to confront the reality of governing” really says so much about how you see the way of things lol

The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Sadly suppressing such a devastating report doesn’t make the risks go away - it just makes them even harder to deal with. Facing up to the truth is the first step to coping with it - it’s beyond scandalous that ministers tried to prevent this. They need to act - and fast

“But what deeply troubles me now is that for all the steps we've taken toward integration, I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house." 

Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...

When we said NATO wasn't working we were derided.

When we said a nuclear weapons system relying on the US is dangerous we were called stupid.

The truth is the establishment are more interested in kissing US feet than keeping the UK safe.

It's time for a rethink.

hey train perverts wanna see the shinkansen cloaca

Job advert for a bookseller

We are hiring a bookseller at bookhaus. Please share with anyone who might be interested

I chair the acquisitions meeting of @reaktionbooks.bsky.social, an independent publisher. We're open to unsolicited book proposals: history, art, music, film, food, animal studies and any great indefinable non-fiction book ideas you might have. Check out the list and get in touch.

Nothing is ever going to change...

Unless we organise.

Find out your Green role at greensorganise.uk/your-green-role , and get involved with your local party today.

We will either end fossil fuel dependency and the predatory extractivist basis of global production, or they will end us through wars and ecological collapse - all at the same time.

The Bolivarian Revolution Known throughout Latin America as El Libertador, Venezuelan revolutionary Simón Bolívar was one of the most important leaders in the wars of independence from Spain. Recently revived by Venezuelan pre...

The Bolivarian Revolution by Simon Bolívar, featuring an introduction by Hugo Chávez, is free to download.

"Bolívar foresaw the threat of the US and described it
with surprising clarity: 'the United States seems destined by Providence to plague America with miseries in the name of Freedom.'"

Home secretary urged to strip activist of British citizenship Shabana Mahmood is facing growing calls to revoke the citizenship of British-Egyptian dual national Alaa Abdel Fattah after the emergence of social media posts.

2025 in the UK in a nutshell, folks: some of the country's most odious racists, who also never shut up about free speech & the right to offend, calling for a man from a racialised minority to have his citizenship cancelled over alleged racist speech, while the media dutifully jots it all down

Remember when every leader wanted their picture taken with Greta? She is still that truth teller, they just can't face the truth of their crimes.

Huge news and probably the most significant win for the UK left since Corbyn became Labour leader in 2015. A comprehensive rejection of Starmerism by the country's biggest union and Labour's largest affiliate.

So… big news.

(Keep reading.)

The writing of Mircea Carterescu

I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

BRISTOL!!! See you in 3 days @bookhaus.bsky.social! For books! And some chat about linguistic anarchism & c.

China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity

This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"

China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.

Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.

We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.

We’re challenging Starmer on climate failure As Keir Starmer heads for Brazil, his government is failing to meet the challenge of global heating – so we’re taking legal action.

We can't meet our climate change targets by exporting emissions. That's why we've taken the first formal step in legal proceedings against the Government. goodlaw.social/s87x

INTERVIEWER: Any comment on Zohran Mamdani's victory and what it says about immigrants and trans rights?

LABOUR POLITICIAN: (panicking) I've never heard of New York

This is what you get for respecting the Wu-Tang Clan. 👏

A poster for a solidarity rally supporting Gloucester phlebotomists, featuring individuals holding signs with messages about fair pay, set against the backdrop of a sunny day. Text on the poster includes details about the rally's time and location.

SOLIDARITY RALLY for the Gloucester Phlebotomists

Support the workers leading the longest strike in NHS history.

17 Nov| 11am | Gloucester Shire Hall, GL1 2TG

RSVP: www.megaphone.org.uk/events/solidarity-rally-with-gloucestershire-phlebotomists

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