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What theyโ€™re basically saying is that Starmer and the UK isnโ€™t allowed to operate an even moderately independent foreign policy outside of the United States. That is both ahistoric, wrong and weird for people who constantly tell us how sovereignty is what matters most.

03.03.2026 18:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 596    ๐Ÿ” 117    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

The Green Party have the values my father had when he came out of World War Two . And he always said the people deserve housing , free Health Service , etc . After all it was the ordinary man who saved this Country from Fascism.Families losing loved ones . Reform is a fascist party , God help us !

03.03.2026 10:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The choice is stark. Reform are the party of foreign wars and high bills.

The Greens want de-escalation and energy security through renewables. Solar and wind prices don't fluctuate when rogue US presidents launch illegal bombing campaigns.

03.03.2026 08:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2542    ๐Ÿ” 697    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 51    ๐Ÿ“Œ 50
02104-25 Fraser v Telegraph.co.uk - IPSO Ian Fraser complained to the Independent Press Standards Organisation that Telegraph.co.uk breached Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editorsโ€™ Code of Practice in an article headlined โ€œWe earn ยฃ345k, but soa...

This IPSO adjudication against the Telegraph is quite something

Confirms their story titled: โ€˜We earn ยฃ345k, but soaring private school fees mean we canโ€™t go on five holidaysโ€™ was completely fabricated, with the family involved non-existent and stock pictures used

www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/0210...

03.03.2026 13:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1397    ๐Ÿ” 681    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 66    ๐Ÿ“Œ 82
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My much requested deep-dive into the latest immigration statistics begins!!

Part 1: What is the gender & age breakdown of asylum seekers?

03.03.2026 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 124    ๐Ÿ” 55    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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'They will get me killed': Mothin Ali slams Starmer and Tory MP over smears in parliament Tory MP Alec Shelbrooke falsely claimed Green Party deputy leader had been 'protesting in support of the ayatollah'

Shocking smears. They fear the Greens ๐Ÿ’š
www.middleeasteye.net/news/they-wi...

03.03.2026 15:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

We need the government to decouple electricity prices from the the marginal price of gas generation, which usually sets the price we pay. It's madness that our prices shoot up when we're adding more cheap renewables, but the price is set by the international market price of gas.

03.03.2026 13:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

If Isabel Oakeshott is thinking about fleeing Dubai, I hope she stops in the first safe country.

03.03.2026 14:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 267    ๐Ÿ” 50    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

The fact that Isabel Oakeshott, economic migrant to the UAE may just turn into a refugee fleeing to the UK from a war zone will cause a level of schadenfreude in me that may just make me topple right over.

03.03.2026 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1487    ๐Ÿ” 296    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 103    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17
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Climate crisis: Weโ€™ve filed our challenge to Starmerโ€™s delay | Good Law Project Global heating is all around us and the government isnโ€™t doing enough โ€“ so weโ€™re taking them to court

โš–๏ธ WEโ€™VE FILED โš–๏ธ

Global heating is all around us and the government isnโ€™t doing enough โ€“ so weโ€™re taking them to court
https://goodlaw.social/x8nd

03.03.2026 12:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 159    ๐Ÿ” 45    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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In days, two exposes of Nigel Farage:

โ–ช๏ธReform UK loses? Blame Muslims and the unemployed. Canโ€™t win voters, change who gets to vote.
โ–ช๏ธDonald Trump launches an illegal war in Iran? Farage shrugs: โ€œInternational law is whatever we want it to beโ€.

Democracy for him.
Power for his mates. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ

03.03.2026 09:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This, posted by Zack Polanski leader of the Green Party posted. This is exactly what we should be doing.

03.03.2026 08:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
His best side

His best side

Her best side

Her best side

Young seagull

Young seagull

Woodpecker wearing a fez and spotted dress

Woodpecker wearing a fez and spotted dress

#birdoftheday #sideview

03.03.2026 08:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
And a woman said
Our roots are in the dark; the earth is our country.
Why did we look up for blessing - instead of around, and down?
What hope we have lies there

And a woman said Our roots are in the dark; the earth is our country. Why did we look up for blessing - instead of around, and down? What hope we have lies there

Morning! ๐Ÿ’š #humanism

03.03.2026 08:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The truth is not the average of a fact and a lie.

27.02.2026 04:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 889    ๐Ÿ” 280    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
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Reform are in denial about why they lost by 12% in Gorton & Denton (60% white, 80% UK-born) after losing by 11% in Caerphilly (98% white, 98% UK-born) to Plaid Cyrmu

Both seats unusual in seeing more people vote than at last Welsh Senedd/last GE: more voters turned out to stop Reform than supoort

03.03.2026 07:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 615    ๐Ÿ” 195    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17
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Blimey. Sky News reporting YouGov / Sky News / Times voting intention

*Greens leapfrog Labour into second place*

RefUK 23% (-1)
GRN 21% (+4)
LAB 16%(-2)
CON 16%(-2)
LDEM 14%(nc),

Pollster note: This is the highest we've had the Greens, the first time we've had them in second

03.03.2026 06:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1062    ๐Ÿ” 297    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 117    ๐Ÿ“Œ 161

Nigel Farage lied multiple times at his press conference today - including saying no-one who voted Green in Gorton and Denton has a job and he's "certain" Reform won most British born voters in the by-election, based on zero evidence, and yet not a single journalist there pushed back on them

02.03.2026 12:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3137    ๐Ÿ” 1103    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 191    ๐Ÿ“Œ 96
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All Europeans will pay the price for their leaders' reaction to the ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ attack on Iran this weekend.

European leaders (all except Pedro Sanchez) have now accepted the end of international law.

The consequences of this will be felt not for weeks, not for years, but for decades

02.03.2026 16:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 825    ๐Ÿ” 364    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Six years ago, his principles were entirely different.

02.03.2026 07:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1484    ๐Ÿ” 733    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 232    ๐Ÿ“Œ 152

Mahmoud, Braverman and Patel with immigrant heritages punch down for status, power and money. The HS is conflating prejudice with grievance to justify this latest horror. Pandering, not leading. Shameful

02.03.2026 16:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#starmer #uk #iran this is how you do it. Spineless fuck

02.03.2026 14:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pentagon tells Congress no sign that Iran was going to attack US first, sources say Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff on Sunday that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack U.S. forces first, two people f...

we reached the โ€œno WMDsโ€ phase in two days.

02.03.2026 12:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7558    ๐Ÿ” 2225    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 101    ๐Ÿ“Œ 108

Wow unemployment rate of 40% among the voters in Gorton and Denton! Gosh!

02.03.2026 12:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Can we finally bury any notion that the "legitimate concerns" about immigration relate to "integration". This proposal makes integration practically impossible.

02.03.2026 08:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 158    ๐Ÿ” 49    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The events of the past 48 hours have laid bare Keir Starmer's utter inability to stand up to Donald Trump - and this weakness could have serious consequences for the safety of British people.

02.03.2026 07:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1931    ๐Ÿ” 435    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 79    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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#mosaicmonday
Bath

02.03.2026 09:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Christopher who?

In May, a party founded eight years ago, with no record in national government and only eight MPs, will fight elections in Wales and Scotland, and for control of councils across England, with every chance of winning many of them. British politics is being reshaped by Reform UK. This is a result of Nigel Farage's personality and of Christopher Harborne's money - ยฃ9m, from a fortune amassed largely through cryptocurrency investments. The party would not be able to field candidates, run social media operations or door-to-door campaigns if it weren't for the Harborne war chest. There is a template for crypto-funded campaigning - in the US, where it is viewed as having led to securing crypto-friendly legislation and sweetheart deals to enrich crypto charlatans and undermine transparency and accountability in politics.

Reform threatens to destroy the Conservatives as a party of government and divide communities, increasingly along ethnic lines and with overtly racist arguments. It also poses the most serious threat to Keir Starmer's government, Harborne lives in Thailand and owns a 12% stake in the Tether stablecoin. Little else is known about this intensely private man. Yet he can influence the course of politics, seemingly without either much of a business or life in the UK. It's a lot like overseas interference in British democracy.

Didn't someone once say: "Take back control"?

Christopher who? In May, a party founded eight years ago, with no record in national government and only eight MPs, will fight elections in Wales and Scotland, and for control of councils across England, with every chance of winning many of them. British politics is being reshaped by Reform UK. This is a result of Nigel Farage's personality and of Christopher Harborne's money - ยฃ9m, from a fortune amassed largely through cryptocurrency investments. The party would not be able to field candidates, run social media operations or door-to-door campaigns if it weren't for the Harborne war chest. There is a template for crypto-funded campaigning - in the US, where it is viewed as having led to securing crypto-friendly legislation and sweetheart deals to enrich crypto charlatans and undermine transparency and accountability in politics. Reform threatens to destroy the Conservatives as a party of government and divide communities, increasingly along ethnic lines and with overtly racist arguments. It also poses the most serious threat to Keir Starmer's government, Harborne lives in Thailand and owns a 12% stake in the Tether stablecoin. Little else is known about this intensely private man. Yet he can influence the course of politics, seemingly without either much of a business or life in the UK. It's a lot like overseas interference in British democracy. Didn't someone once say: "Take back control"?

From yesterday's Observer.

02.03.2026 08:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 546    ๐Ÿ” 216    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
To swim or not to swim

To swim or not to swim

Nah

Nah

#birdoftheday

02.03.2026 08:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Stop the boats madness

Stop the boats madness

Morning!

02.03.2026 08:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0