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Tom Carter-Brookes

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Former musician, now a Leverhulme Doctoral Scholar looking at sustainable rural transitions and farmer protest through a Human Geography lens at Keele University. Interested in all things environmental politics, post-capitalism, music, wine, books and dogs

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Don't you love the BBC's sense of proportionality? Their very egalitarian approach?

01.03.2026 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Would love stuff like this to discover the UK that exists beyond the golden triangle

01.03.2026 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lol.....yeah man properly damaging for the Greens, we're really feeling the fallout already, what with passing 200k members today. Like I say, you seem quite confused....I'll bid you good evening

01.03.2026 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Hahaha I'd forgot about this from earlier πŸ˜‚ You're a bit confused Barry innit πŸ˜‚

01.03.2026 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This.....I'm unsure why people struggle with this. Still seeing so many centrists doing the weird both sides of the arguement thing to defend the illegal actions of the US and Israel.

01.03.2026 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I fear that this is a real doom loop that we're heading towards.... geopolitical conflict will intensify due to climate change, this slowing actions to challenge it....

01.03.2026 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Geopolitical conflict impedes climate change mitigation - npj Climate Action npj Climate Action - Geopolitical conflict impedes climate change mitigation

Geopolitical conflict isn’t just tragic. It slows climate action too.

A timely reminder as tensions rise in Iran…

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

01.03.2026 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Hahaha it's bizarre seeing the penny drop for some of them. Even more bizarre listening to people who are still Labour diehards....like we must be fairly confident in stating that these people basically have a far-right adjacent politics now innit! ....and that's being fairly polite to lots of them!

01.03.2026 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There's not always two sides to every story..... that's just a weirdo liberal defence to justify illegality

01.03.2026 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Daily Heil called it pro Iran? As far as I can see, the protest was explicitly calling for the end of the illegal invasion of Iran?

01.03.2026 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Pro Iran, or anti illegal invasion of Iran?

01.03.2026 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah so two wrongs make a right?

01.03.2026 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He'd say that they were illegal. This is really not hard. I know there's this weird illusion that you have to 'act like a grown up' when I power, and that's it's weird centrist liberalism that is 'grown up' politics....but no....in power, Greens will still call out illegal acts such as this

01.03.2026 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Influencers in Dubai switching from β€œeverybody should move here” to β€œthis Is a crisis and the British government should get me out of here” without a single blink

01.03.2026 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 363    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 7
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Whiteness, populism and the racialisation of the working class in the United Kingdom and the United States The election of Donald Trump and the Brexit vote were widely hailed as examples of (white) working class revolts. This article examines the populist racialisation of the working class as white and ...

The racialisation of the working class has always been core to reactionary politics

E.g. mainstream elites were quick to blame/praise the white WC for both Trump & Brexit despite data providing a different picture

@aaronwinter.bsky.social and I explored it here

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

01.03.2026 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Reading is not just a pastime or a luxury, but a precondition of democracy"

Luckily for me, reading is amongst my favourite pastimes and a true luxury I'm very glad to be able to enjoy. Solid start to Sunday morning....I might brave a short bike ride later after a battle with illness too πŸ€™

01.03.2026 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Has their pants down every single time innit

28.02.2026 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The fake-plumber thing was so carefully planned, we used a time machine to alter Guardian articles.

27.02.2026 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Disgraced journalist Jake Wallis Simons comparing Labour's loss of Gorton and Denton to the Greens to the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran.

It's not been a full 24 hours lmfao

27.02.2026 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 122    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1

Ha already cloned 400 Streetings!

It's wild when you speak to current Labour members these days. They operate in some sphere totally divorced from reality!

27.02.2026 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Spectator headline "The Green party is playing with fire in Gorton" by Ed West.

Spectator headline "The Green party is playing with fire in Gorton" by Ed West.

Dunno Ed, if I had to pick a party in Gorton that's "playing with fire" I think I might take a closer look at the Blood and Soil chaps micro-parsing who gets to call themselves English and flirting with Great Replacement Theory, not the nice Greens lady encouraging brown people to vote.

27.02.2026 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 855    πŸ” 165    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 3

I stood outside a polling station in Gorton and I don't know about family voting but I did see Reform asking voters for their address as they went in.

Run that by your election agent Matt and see if its legal.

27.02.2026 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 262    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 2

"dangerous Muslim sectarianism"... in favour of the party led by a gay Jewish man with over 40% of the vote. Sure, bro!

27.02.2026 05:43 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ha Goodwin, love to see it

27.02.2026 05:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hahahaha!!

27.02.2026 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
INTRODUCING! 

Hannah Spencer 

The new Green MP for GORTON & DENTON 

Green Party 

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

INTRODUCING! Hannah Spencer The new Green MP for GORTON & DENTON Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

Introducing Hannah Spencer MP πŸ’š

27.02.2026 04:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4436    πŸ” 1028    πŸ’¬ 184    πŸ“Œ 341

We bloody did it, wasn't even close 🫢🫢🫢🫢

27.02.2026 04:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

We did it!!!!!

27.02.2026 04:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If, as is looking likely, Goodwin loses the by-election, can we make him eat another book?

27.02.2026 04:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You seem very confused about what is and isn't a lie. Here's a loose guide.....if you purposely say something false, it's a lie.

26.02.2026 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0