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Member of the arty-farty tendency. European, socialist, atheist, feminist, Unite union member. No DMs.

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Latest posts by richardkelham.bsky.social on Bluesky

Look at who's editing it and where he was before.

06.08.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A reason I hate Starmer: he enthusiastically pushed the idea of a β€˜People’s Vote’ to reverse Brexit in 2019 just as Johnson was saying β€˜get Brexit done’. Now he refuses to consider rejoining even the CU and SM. Clearly he was more interested in defeating Corbyn than Johnson.

06.08.2025 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Prison bosses make room for possible influx before planned protests across England Exclusive: possible arrests at protests against Palestine Action ban and asylum hotels likely to stretch prisons

www.theguardian.com/society/2025... This is all so stupid: good people protesting against a bad law clutter up our overstretched prisons while real villains walk free. Police should use ignore them and do something useful for a change.

05.08.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The danger of flying rings to seals: a young campaigner’s advice A flying ring killed a seal I saw – now I’m campaigning to stop them being sold

Amaya Edwards is 11 and already a force for nature.

After seeing a seal killed by a flying ring, she began a campaign that’s reached shops, councils, and national groups.

Her words deserve to be heard: ‡️

05.08.2025 06:08 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Former Chancellor George Osborne says UK in danger of being left behind by the second crypto currency wave. This is the man who single-handedly wrecked the UK economy and who is currently employed to push crypto. His opinion is not worth a brass farthing – he should really be rotting in a jail cell.

05.08.2025 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Public ownership is the only way to save the water industry Public ownership is the only viable alternative but is opposed by the government

Can public ownership fix our water?

03.08.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Probably best to keep it in the family…

03.08.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Prince Harry denies giving Prince Andrew bloody nose at family gathering New biography of the Duke of York claims β€˜punches were thrown’ after heated argument became physical

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... Harry should own it – punching Prince Andrew would do wonders for his PR.

03.08.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Right to buy in England β€˜fuelled housing crisis and cost taxpayers Β£200bn’ Common Wealth report calls discounted sales of council homes one of the β€˜largest giveaways in UK history’

www.theguardian.com/society/2025... The biggest bribe in history? Definitely one of the worst things Thatcher did – and there's a lot to choose from – yet Starmer refuses to end this egregious folly, preferring merely to tinker at the edges. He is an idiot.

03.08.2025 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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www.rawstory.com Trump's impeachments disappear from Smithsonian amid White House pressure: report

Trump's impeachments disappear from Smithsonian amid White House pressure: report https://twp.ai/4ipsmV

01.08.2025 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 2

"Betar was built on a militaristic spirit, characterized by its staunch opposition to socialism, steeped in the exaltation of violence and loyal to Jabotinsky’s charismatic and authoritarian leadership"

"Betarists were regarded β€œJewish fascists”"

english.almayadeen.net/articles/ana...

30.07.2025 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

That clip of Pochin honking out her toxic racism with no statistics or even rudimentary analysis to back up her nasty, curtain-twitching beliefs… is a large part of why our politics is in such a mess. Viciously useless people being made MPs by voters persuaded to think that hatred will fix things.

30.07.2025 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1193    πŸ” 311    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 10
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Jewish father attacked by mob at Italian service station Man said chants began when a cashier shouted β€˜Free Palestine’ after noticing he and his son were wearing kippahs

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... It seems that, in the game of morality whist, anti-genocidism/fascism trumps 'mere' anti-semitism. Jews in Europe who wish to continue displaying their religious affiliation should also prominently display support for the Palestinian cause.

30.07.2025 09:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh so predictable that the fascist/Zionist press would immediately start attacking Starmer for his proposal to recognise the state of Palestine is the Israelis didn't end their genocidal campaign – by September. How many more Gaza's must die before that deadline kicks in?

30.07.2025 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities Privatisation has failed.

Your regular reminder πŸ‘‡

πŸ₯ 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
πŸ’§ 73% want publicly owned water
πŸš‚ 70% want publicly owned rail
βœ‰οΈ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
πŸ’‘ 65% want publicly owned energy

29.07.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 135    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 4

The idea that climate change is a myth seems to come as part of a package deal of mad ideas (anti-vax etc) that have become shibboleths for the extreme Right. Mad, bad, and dangerous...

29.07.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Starmer and Reeves should prepare UK for wealth tax, say top economists PM could raise β€˜tens of billions’ while positioning Britain as progressive, say Thomas Piketty and others

🚨BREAKING!🚨

30+ of the world's leading economists have written a letter backing calls for a wealth tax on the super-rich.

Among those backing the call are the internationally renowned Thomas Piketty, JosΓ© Antonio Ocampo, Jayati Ghosh, and Ha-Joon Chang.

1/2
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

28.07.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 119    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 126

The late, great, Janey Godley had a poster that was even more succinct: "TRUMP IS A CUNT"

29.07.2025 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The people of Staffordshire have had a chance to see Reform UK Ltd in 'power' and showing just how utterly incompetent they are. This won't be the last seat they lose.

29.07.2025 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

...and everyone gets the healthcare they need, for free.

29.07.2025 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Resident Doctors' strike may be unhelpful, for them as well as for the NHS, but they cannot be expected to have to suffer a massive cut in their real earnings, any more than the Birmingham bin-men should. Wake up Labour!

29.07.2025 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Starmer and Reeves are at pains to show they are "business friendly". Why? A Labour government ought to be "people friendly" – take a leaf from Boris Johnson and just say "fuck business" – starting with the water companies.

28.07.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Britain privatised itself into failure Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong

How Britain privatised itself into failure

Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble

yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the...

27.07.2025 06:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2220    πŸ” 917    πŸ’¬ 120    πŸ“Œ 105

Send him back to CCHQ where he belongs.

27.07.2025 08:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Send him back to CCHQ where he belongs.

27.07.2025 08:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Insufficient regulation caused the Grenfell fire. Insufficient regulation caused the banking crash. What does Labour want to do? They want to further reduce regulation to help their paymasters in Big Business make even more money – at our expense.

25.07.2025 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You can be sure that when it comes to a conflict between the interests of the People and the Environment, and the interests of Big Business, this government will always side with ... Big Business. This is NOT how it should be with a Labour government.

25.07.2025 10:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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