Corin Ashwell

I’m not generally a fan of if-the-boot-was-on-the-other-foot counterfactuals, but can you imagine what the UK media would be doing if one of Corbyn’s closest politician allies was found to be a Russian agent? Why is Farage not being held over the coals for this?

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ITV ONE BBC ONE Monday 6 October, 18:25 ITV1 & 18:55 BBC ONE (England only) Party Political Broadcast Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ With photo of Zack Polanski

Green Party Political Broadcast.

Monday 6 October, 18:25 on ITV1, 18:55 on BBC One.

Praising carers, hospice staff and NHS workers, Zack Polanski says "showing compassion is the most patriotic thing I can think of"

Brilliant speech from @zackpolanski.bsky.social - investing in climate, stopping the boats thro safe & legal routes, introducing a wealth tax on the very wealthiest, challenging privatisation, building community & spreading a #PoliticsOfHope @greenparty.org.uk #gpconf

"We have a vision for this place we call home. Boldness means connecting with how hard it is right now for so many people. It means listening, not just finger pointing. It means presenting a positive vision not just of the future but what we can all do right now." ZACK POLANSKI GREEN PARTY LEADER GREEN PARTY CONFERENCE BOURNEMOUTH 3-5 OCTOBER 2025

"We will break the shackles of poverty and hardship that lock so many in. We will end rip-off Britain." - @zackpolanski.bsky.social

FRIDAY 3 OCTOBER, 13:30 LEADER'S SPEECH ZACK POLANSKI GREEN PARTY CONFERENCE BOURNEMOUTH 3-5 OCTOBER 2025 With image of Zack Polanski

🗣️ @zackpolanski.bsky.social opens Green Party Conference at 1:30pm today.

💻 Tune in live on YouTube ⤵️

Migration is Britain’s superpower. Our future depends on embracing that truth, not denying it | Zack Polanski Labour has lost its nerve. At our party conference this weekend, we’re gathering to set things right, says Green party leader Zack Polanski

Ahead of the Green Party conference, the party's new leader Zack Polanski puts a defence of the historic and future contribution of migration at the heart of his argument, alongside a socio-economic argument about inequality

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Hwæt! 🐉

Ever wondered what the epic poem Beowulf sounds like spoken in Old English?

#NationalPoetryDay

@towerhamletsnow.bsky.social hello! Petticoat Market food court was not on today, can you tell me why please? Hope it's not gone for good 😱

Can't decide whether the rise of Farage has made me love less or more the XTC song Making Plans for Nigel.

I mean, it is a fcking good song, but the association is both near-perfect and super ick. How would I feel if I was German and the song was Making Plans for Adolf, or American and it was […]

Keir Starmer says he’s “taking on Reform” in today’s speech.

But when Labour echoes Reform’s policies on migration, that’s not taking them on — it’s following them.

#LabourConference #StarmerSpeech

Photo of an audience listening to an event with headsets on

Photo of four people wearing headsets sitting on chairs on stage.

“People want real, meaningful control. Why do we still have an unelected upper house? We’ve failed to evolve our democracy”

NEF chief exec @dhnnjyn.bsky.social on why we’re seeing a rise in populist and far right politics in the UK right now. At our RORE event at #LabourPartyConference

Three male track athletes in white singlets and dark shorts crouch at the starting line on a reddish track before a large stadium crowd.

Hey everybody, tonight's #GamesDayVortex has arrived on the blog for your pre-match ritual requirements. Get what you need and hope to see you back on the #ListeningClub hashtag in just over an hour at 20:00 BST (GMT+1) for kickoff, playback, rah-rah and […]

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The entire summer has been very small far right groups, often significantly outnumbered, presented to the public as vast popular protest. @sundersays.bsky.social has done brilliant work highlighting this.

I haven't seen an aerial photo of the Monument from yesterday, but stealing these two photos, one of the UKIPpers on JDS, and one of the unofficial counter protesters on the Side, would certainly seem to confirm the silent majority, are in fact a tiny minority.

National treasure

Sadiq Khan bringing Sharia Law to London like

If both libertarians and socialists are prevented from doing what the people vote for them to do, really we're ruled by financiers and the financial markets, not a democracy at all […]

This is how much the price of food has risen in 5 years... 🤯

🥛Milk, eggs and cheese: +47%
🍖 Meat: +35%
🧈 Oil and butter: +60%
🍞 Cereal and bread: +34%
🍓 Fruit: +26%
🥦 Vegetables: +35%

This, it seems, is what the BBC had in mind when it drew up plans in March to alter “story selection” to win over Reform voters.

“ Starmer said at the press conference when he was asked by Beverley Turner from GB News if Britain was still a Christian country.”

“Yes, but you’re not”

Well, that’s what I’d have said anyhow

#London

“Wealth tax bad, says one of world’s richest men” duh!

Billionaires should not exist. Wealth should have a floor below which no-one can fall and a ceiling beyond which no-one can rise. The compulsion to accrue riches of this scale should be regarded as a mental health issue.

#inequality […]

'kin A. I was an Earlies Ultra. Still got the t-shirt.

I'm really pleased with #Mastodon introducing controls on who can quote your posts, very nice. The feature set here is much richer than over on #Bluesky.

Also, probably a consequence of who I follow on each site, but my T/L here is much warmer and friendlier.

There's definitely some truth in the accusation that the #AntiTrumpDemo yesterday that I attended was pretty middle-class. Lots of hobby horse grouplets & creative if somewhat effete costumes, placards, etc. But where else is opposition coming from?

The days of the organised industrial working […]

Reminds me, got approachd for a vox pop by a couple of Spiked Online "journalists" at the anti-Trump demo in Parliament Square last night. They've been drinking the same Kool Aid as Thiel.

What a day! Thousands of wonderful people protesting PEACEFULLY against fascism and Donald Trump's state visit. Such a fantastic march.

Thank you @ukstoptrump.bsky.social 🙌🏽

Fairly good turnout for a Wednesday afternoon

#Trump #demo #TrumpVisit

Route map for Trump not welcome demonstration

FOR WEDNESDAY:

Here is the route of the march against Trump & the far right

GATHER: 2pm Portland Place (BBC)
MARCH: at 3pm
RALLY: 5pm at Parliament Square!!