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@paulcrofts.bsky.social

Live in the UK. Socialist, anti-fascist, anti-racist, Marxist, grumpy old man. Supports equality, Critical Race Theory, Palestine, LGBTQ+, a Women's Right to Choose, workers rights and the end of capitalism. Not much to ask for really. ๐Ÿ˜ŽโœŠ๐Ÿพ

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#ImwithUkraine

15.08.2025 22:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Labour MP Accuses Environment Secretary of Misleading Parliament Over โ€˜ยฃ100bn Costโ€™ of Nationalising Water Clive Lewis says Steve Reed's figures are 'for the birds' as Thames Water is valued at ยฃ21bn despite coming close to collapse

๐Ÿ”ดLabour MP Accuses Environment Secretary of Misleading Parliament Over โ€˜ยฃ100bn Costโ€™ of Nationalising Water

Clive Lewis says Steve Reedโ€™s figures are โ€˜for the birdsโ€™ as Thames Water is valued at ยฃ21bn despite coming close to collapse

bylinetimes.com/2025/07/24/l...

24.07.2025 15:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 158    ๐Ÿ” 70    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Duh

24.07.2025 22:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also, while the judge can criticise the officer as a rogue individual, Kent police force issued a press release defending him, saying they stood by him and he was right in his interpretation of the law. It's not just one lone invididual doing this stuff...

21.07.2025 11:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Campaign Rally. Tomorrow 7pm. 45 minutes. Campaign update. Hear from Zack.

Campaign Rally. Tomorrow 7pm. 45 minutes. Campaign update. Hear from Zack.

We can have a bolder Green Party.

Come to our campaign rally Wednesday night to find out how you can get involved!

Link in next post!

15.07.2025 21:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 54    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Gaza: Doctors Under Attack A forensic investigation into Israeli military attacks on hospitals in Gaza

I did not want to watch it; I forced myself to and it should be obligatory watching. The BBC decision not to air it is terrifying & shocking, particularly in light of Israelโ€™s refusal to allow the media, including the BBC into Gaza or its prisons.

www.channel4.com/programmes/g...

10.07.2025 23:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 52    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sheโ€™s a fucking horrible cunt isnโ€™t she

10.07.2025 08:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Almost 20,000 asylum seekers in 6 months proves a crucial point Despite the latest big scary number, this is not a new phenomenon.

It's not complicated: refuse people safe routes, they'll travel dangerously. When people travel dangerously more die, more are traumatised.

@zoejardiniere.bsky.social is spot on here: years of eroding rights in the name of deterrence hasn't worked yet: it's time to try something new.

03.07.2025 15:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 67    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

@zoejardiniere.bsky.social congratulations and thanks for your contribution on Newsnight

07.07.2025 22:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Life Under an Eco-Socialist Society Life under an eco-socialist society would be fundamentally different from life in today's capitalist or state-socialist systems, focusing on sustainability, ecological balance, social justice, and dem...

What would it be like to live in an Eco-Socialist Society?

open.substack.com/pub/paulcrof...?

29.06.2025 14:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If thousands of us stand up and say "I support #PalestineAction", what is the government going to do? Lock us all up for "terrorism" offences?
This is where we show them how solidarity works.
My latest with the great @doubledown.news

27.06.2025 07:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1110    ๐Ÿ” 518    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 64    ๐Ÿ“Œ 65
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At least 50 African people at risk of imminent execution in Saudi Arabia Six convicts in Najiran prison have already been beheaded over the past month, inmates tell MEE, amid uptick in executions

At least 50 African people at risk of imminent execution in Saudi Arabia - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/least-50-african-people-risk-imminent-execution-saudi-arabia

27.06.2025 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Major Victory! Co-op will boycott Israeli goods

mailchi.mp/palestinecam...

24.06.2025 16:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Terrorist" sympathiser?

24.06.2025 07:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you are not concerned by the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation because you think it doesnโ€™t impact you, you are wrong.

This is an authoritarian abuse of power by the government & it curtails all of our civil liberties #r4today

24.06.2025 06:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1515    ๐Ÿ” 603    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 64    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23
22.06.2025 12:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Even if a "millionaire exodus" did happen, who gives a shit? Let them go, we'll be better without them.

19.06.2025 08:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@mumsforlungs.bsky.social
@bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social
@birminghamdispatch.bsky.social
@xrbham.bsky.social

19.06.2025 06:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iraq WMD 2.0

17.06.2025 21:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Operators of Reform UK's first pub, where Nigel Farage drank last week, previously hosted BNP including jailed neo-Nazi Jack Renshaw PLUS: Hope Not Hate say it is unfortunate that Reform UK have joined a 'miserable guestlist'

Operators of Reform UK's first pub, where Nigel Farage drank last week, previously hosted BNP including jailed neo-Nazi Jack Renshaw

18.06.2025 14:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This weekend, as hundreds of thousands gathered for mass protest in opposition to rising US fascism, anti-Zionist Jews around the country made sure that the growing struggle against rising authoritarianism in the US is inseparable from the struggle for Palestinian freedom.

18.06.2025 15:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 153    ๐Ÿ” 43    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

#TakingThePIP

18.06.2025 15:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

love how @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social, @darrenpjones.bsky.social, and the rest of them are looking to 'restore public trust' by constantly attacking human rights and equality legislation.

these ppl are fucking scum and we need to get rid of them.

18.06.2025 08:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Jesus, that's a pretty unkind thing to say.

18.06.2025 08:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hard to believe there was a general election and, notionally at least, a change of Government last year.

18.06.2025 06:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 626    ๐Ÿ” 149    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 56    ๐Ÿ“Œ 30
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New data estimates Brexit may leave each Brit 'up to ยฃ2,300 worse off' Read it and weep. With no 'sunlit uplands' in sight, further research into the impact of Brexit confirms some of our worst fears.

www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...

๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ and NI didnโ€™t vote for this.
Now..we,re all worse off.
๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ was conned into voting to stay in the UK by the Tories who said a vote to stay in would be a vote to stay in the EU
If we,d went independent then we would definitely be back in the EU by now.

17.06.2025 13:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 81    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Not enough attention on Blue Labour's insidious relationship with Thiel and Karp's CIA spytech company Palantir who have 24 contracts with UK public institutions, including the NHS, the Police Force, the Ministry of Defence, the Cabinet Office, and the DLUHC. No one voted for this.

18.06.2025 08:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 211    ๐Ÿ” 147    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
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Speaker Professor Aoife Nolan from the University of Nottingham's Law faculty, spoke about the need to ensure that existing human rights of the child are meaningfully applied across the board, for all children.

Read the full report here:
tinyurl.com/yc2xak7m

17.06.2025 11:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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