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I'm retired, live in North West England with my partner and dog. Interested in politics and now spending some of my retirement touring Britain. No DMs please.

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England's largest land manager to help home-grown clean energy Consumers are set to benefit from more home-grown clean energy, with an increased number of renewable projects to be enabled on the public forest estate

More scope for Green energy in the UK - great news

www.gov.uk/government/n...

01.03.2026 10:10 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Isn’t this something people say they want?

It is something Labour are delivering!

01.03.2026 07:01 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

14 years of little investment in infrastructure doesn't help either. A planning system that prevents renewables coming online.

01.03.2026 08:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

12% of 545 does not represent the 4000 vote difference or the 12% majority held by The Greens.

28.02.2026 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The acting president of Venezuela also wants to be acting president of Iran. He then has the oil.

28.02.2026 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Illegal actions by Conservative Government caused this 'farcical' situation
Reporting by the usual suspects is misleading, as you might have guessed
big thanks to @monkemma.bsky.social

26.02.2026 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A more likely route is to contact your MP if you have a Labour one, this also means the message gets taken back. This is what happened to WFP and PIP. If you don't have a Labour MP it is not so easy.

28.02.2026 10:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The projections on settlement are based on the mass immigration under the Tories. While this is another problem caused by the Tories I am not convinced that doing this, in a response to Reform, is the way forward.

28.02.2026 10:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Just as a bit of info. The final picture, Virginia Giuffre was 17. This was in the UK. The age of consent is different on the UK. Concentrate on all the Americans who rated children as young as 9 years old.

28.02.2026 09:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I do it all the time. Farage rushed off to the police, because people calling (correctly) Reform UK Ltd racist could lead to attacks on members. While a direct threat or incitement, was glossed over.

28.02.2026 09:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I do follow Warren. I've found the constitution which i will complete. It was released before I joined here. Unfortunately, when the Home Secretary stands up and says it will take 10 years to get settlement, most people don't rush to read the consultation.

28.02.2026 09:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Lancashire County Council deputy leader shared a post calling for the death of a female MP. Farage just laughed it off.

28.02.2026 08:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I haven't seen anything. Is this only available to Labour Party members?

28.02.2026 07:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Whether this was a tactical or protest vote, we will have to wait for a GE to find out. The constituency has a large immigrant population and the Green immigration policy is more welcoming than Labour. Not much Labour can do about it without another U-turn

28.02.2026 07:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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If Jenrick makes a leadership bid, I think something similar will befall him.

27.02.2026 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great statement

27.02.2026 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Yeah, but he's a control freak. If he's not in control he's not interested.

27.02.2026 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What's he going to do, buy Reform UK Ltd off him?

27.02.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And your claim that you were 70% more efficient may just have been a small team with a lot of slack

27.02.2026 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I worked in a training team. As soon as the first budget cuts came, training was the first thing to be reduced. I left fairly quickly with voluntary redundancy. I was very unhappy at the time, and was easily able to provide a financial justification for cutting my post.

27.02.2026 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

No idea what that is, unless it's a typo

27.02.2026 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Both Reform and the Tories blatantly rely on sectarianism, particularly white, British racists.

27.02.2026 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Most constituencies have something in common and have been around for a long time. This one hasn't. It's two different constituencies, that vote in different ways, stuck together. It will be interesting to see what happens in the GE (if anyone is bothered by then)

27.02.2026 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A party fuelled by sectarianism using sectarianism as the reason they lost

27.02.2026 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It does appear to be an odd constituency, formed in 2024 because of boundary changes.

27.02.2026 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Without it being seen as another U turn

27.02.2026 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Redirecting...

Could have been a tactical or protest vote, we won't know until the GE. It's a large immigrant area, and Green policy on immigration is rather more welcoming than Labours stance. Unfortunately Labour have tried to outdo Reform and it will be very difficult for them to do anything

27.02.2026 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's been remarkable to observe the rigorous, evidence-based debate led by Jersey’s policymakers, particularly having contributed to earlier evidence sessions. A landmark moment for compassion and personal autonomy at the end of life.

27.02.2026 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They should. They won't.

27.02.2026 08:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0