@paulr01.bsky.social
(VERY) Part time musician/composer. Left wing but not utopian, democratic (not the party, the ideal) and that in itself has left wing implications.
And why is anyone surprised?
30.11.2025 09:37 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0China has gone from 52% plug in EV sales in the summer to 59% in October. Thatโs the very steep part of the diffusion S curve right there. Also, the NEV requirement in 2025 is 48% - they are ahead of their target.
30.11.2025 07:19 โ ๐ 143 ๐ 47 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 5No "Tooting Popular Front"? Very disappointing.
Jeremy Corbyn and Zara Sultanaโs Your Party reveals shortlist for official name www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Iโm a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leaveโs unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. Heโs now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Rush hour traffic in Utrecht.
Sound on ๐ if you want to experience that rush hour IS possible without the constant, deafening noise of cars overpowering people talking.
Nigel Farage thinks the song โGas 'Em Allโ is just bants. Pass it on.
25.11.2025 07:30 โ ๐ 407 ๐ 203 ๐ฌ 58 ๐ 14A huge 89% majority of global people [56% even in the United States] want stronger action to fight the #ClimateCrisis, but mistakenly believe theyโre in a minority.
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
From FB. Climate models, getting it right, despite people saying they never got anything right.
25.11.2025 08:39 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The City & the elites are apparently worried about me.
The people who bankrupted this country are spooked.
Won't someone think of the billionaires?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Zack Polanski: billionaire owned media have, โa vested interest in trying to discredit any idea or story that challenges the status quoโ
โThe status quo isnโt working. Itโs broken. We need a complete clear out of that broken politics. We need something new and hopeful, and thatโs what Iโm offering.
Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain โ thatโs what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
24.11.2025 16:50 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A sitting president shouting that people should be jailed for telling the military to follow the law.
You can hear the panic in every capital letter.
This isnโt a โpeace plan.โ Itโs a blueprint for Ukraineโs capitulation. If implemented, it would turn this pro-Western, democratic nation, which has been courageously resisting Russian aggression since 2014, into a Kremlin colony. wapo.st/3XcRot6
22.11.2025 21:39 โ ๐ 459 ๐ 151 ๐ฌ 16 ๐ 2Confirmation of my Green Party membership.
That's me joined @greenparty.org.uk thanks to @zackpolanski.bsky.social making hope normal again ๐ข๐ฉโ๏ธ๐ฑ๐
23.11.2025 10:18 โ ๐ 176 ๐ 18 ๐ฌ 10 ๐ 2ALERT: ICE reportedly snatched a junior on his way to school in Chicago, a teacher says:
โHis main priority was getting his reading done for English class.โ
Students are being taken from school by ICE โ and the classroom is now part of the front lines.
As Trump and Putin work to crush Ukraine and destabilise Europe and Farageโs ally gets sentenced to 10yrs for taking Russian bribes, itโs a good time to revisit this excellent report on how the British rightwing has betrayed us all.
Brexit was their weapon of choice.
bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...
I mean it's not complicated. Twenty people who were there have confirmed that Nigel Farage said all of these things.
He's the only one denying it, which means just one thing. He is a liar
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Trump has been firing those who disagree with him, but hereโs the thing: He canโt fire us.
He can try to intimidate all he wants, but Iโm not going to be bullied.
The world is watching @cop30brazil.bsky.social. Show leadership and add the fossil fuel phase-out roadmap to the #COP30 agreement. Listen to @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social and follow the 80+ countries that want justice!
22.11.2025 21:07 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Shouldn't need to be spelt out:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
โThe Hackโ: ITVโs Phone-Hacking Drama Is Already Old News subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/80/t...
22.11.2025 11:39 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The report said the increase in green party support suggested for a significant minority of Jews, domestic priorities and progressive values outweigh foreign policy concerns.
The Guardian are reporting a significant increase in Jewish people voting for the Green Party.
It's almost like many of us grew up learning a history of persecution & violence.
We don't oppose the Genocide in spite of being Jewish but because of it.
Never again for everyone.
๐ดNathan Gill, Voloshyn and the Kremlinโs European Network
The sentencing of Reform UKโs former leader in Wales to ten and a half years in prison opens the door to a broader investigation into the pro-Kremlin network infiltrating European politics, reports Peter Jukes
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/n...