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Liam Murray

@limavolante.bsky.social

Renewable energy | Geospatialist | Climate anxious | Chartered Geographer | Socialist | Life-long sufferer of Sheffield United | Based in Newcastle All my own views.

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Split image showing a group of Majority members in Majority T-shirts running a street stall in the top half of the image and a group of Majority members holding blue and yellow Majority Against Racism placards in the lower half.

Split image showing a group of Majority members in Majority T-shirts running a street stall in the top half of the image and a group of Majority members holding blue and yellow Majority Against Racism placards in the lower half.

"Majority legends! โœŠ๐Ÿผ

Come rain or shine (luckily it was shine today), our hardy Majority members hit the streets every week.

First talking to shoppers at our street stall, then standing together with refugees at the regular anti-racism demo.
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08.11.2025 19:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Collage of three images all showing striking workers with GMB flags. Main image shows people by a banner which reads: wind workers power our future, pay them like it.

Collage of three images all showing striking workers with GMB flags. Main image shows people by a banner which reads: wind workers power our future, pay them like it.

Teesside offshore wind workers strike! โœŠ๐Ÿผ

@gmb.org.uk members picketing today, fighting for fair pay and conditions.

Supporting alongside @fbunational.bsky.social, Social Justice Party, @friends-earth.bsky.social and @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social

Letโ€™s fight for good green jobs in the North East

22.10.2025 10:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Collage of three images depicting people in Majority T-shirts and Green Party tabards on a litter pick.

Collage of three images depicting people in Majority T-shirts and Green Party tabards on a litter pick.

Team cleanup! ๐Ÿ’š

Today Majority members and local Greens teamed up to clear fly-tipped rubbish in Shiremoor - removing bottles, cans, vapes, furniture and even a plastic Xmas tree! ๐ŸŒฒ

Working together we can clean up our streets AND clean up our politics!
#WeAreTheMajority

21.10.2025 16:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I would like to coin the phrase โ€˜fake crusaderโ€™. The fake crusader is someone who shouts angrily at an injustice for just long enough to get attention and feel self-righteous. Despite having no track record of actually doing anything about it.

12.10.2025 09:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Image of a crowd of protesters at greyโ€™s monument in Newcastle, holding placards saying Majority against racism.

Image of a crowd of protesters at greyโ€™s monument in Newcastle, holding placards saying Majority against racism.

Today Newcastle stood united. โœŠ๐Ÿผ

The far-right were in town trying to spread their hate and division. Only about 200 turned up.

Over 3000 canny geordies, including dozens of Majority members stopped them marching and sent them packing!
#TheyDidNotPass #NaePasaran

27.09.2025 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 131    ๐Ÿ” 40    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Fixed it

23.09.2025 17:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
23.09.2025 17:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜A class actโ€™: Tim Allan, the former Blair โ€˜smootherโ€™ recalled to Downing Street Described as inscrutable and smart, the PR man has a job on his hands to turn around No 10โ€™s communications effort

"We're getting spanked in the polls by the far right; and the left are both full of ideas, and getting themselves organised. Do you reckon it's time for us to, y'know, do something?"

"Nah, just re-hire a load more Blairites."

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

03.09.2025 09:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maybe putting up a few more flags will help?

03.09.2025 06:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The absolute state of this Doylem.

01.09.2025 17:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thank god for that, eh.

01.09.2025 12:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The most laughable one yet. Try really, really hard to imagine any centrist politician or commentator saying "that Marx guy did have a few good ideas though..."

28.07.2025 14:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Literally the definition of liberal/centrist temper-tantrums at the thought of having to cooperate or cede ground to the left.

The right should be appeased though, of course. That's just sensible compromise.

28.07.2025 14:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Because centrists are well known for accepting the results of elections that go against them...

28.07.2025 14:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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As a starter for 10: these are barely a handful of paragraphs apart.
- "Populists always blame failure on someone else"
- "My turn at power only failed because of others"

28.07.2025 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In the interests of breaking out of the echo chamber, I've started reading "The Centre Must Hold" by Yair Zivan. I've only finished the intro and I'm already speechless at the lack of self awareness. I'll possibly post a review and critique if I can stomach the whole thing #booksky

28.07.2025 14:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We have 60 years of evidence behind neoliberalism. I'm just not sure the evidence points where you think it does.

26.07.2025 07:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

These people are the real fundamentalists. They would like us all to believe they are the "moderate centre ground" when they are in fact religious zealots of the cult of Things Must Remain As They Are.

25.07.2025 18:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Highlight so far from my cheapo garden wildlife camera. Look at the little guy ๐Ÿ˜ #UK #Wildlife #hedgehog

19.07.2025 13:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man in a suit and tie is saying `` am i a hero ? `` ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying `` am i a hero ? ``

When you finally spot the missing comma in your SQL command #postgres #postgis #gis #opensource #gischat #opengeo

16.07.2025 15:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Almost as though calling for the "death" of an organisation isn't the same as threatening to kill a specific person or people.

03.07.2025 08:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Funny, isn't it, that Kier Starmer can today announce the NHS must "reform or die" without the media and political class entering histerics about him inciting the murder of all NHS staff unless they accept his reforms.

03.07.2025 08:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When Starmer says the NHS "must reform or die" are we to believe he is literally calling for the deaths of all NHS staff unless his reforms are accepted? Or is there, perhaps, a more obvious, but less incendiary, interpretation?

Asking for a friend.

#bobvylan #freepalestine #gaza

03.07.2025 07:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Starmer just repeated the outrageous statement that the #NHS must "reform or die". This outrageous threat to the lives of all NHS staff, many of whom are the children of parents and parents of children, cannot go unpunished.

#bobvylan #glastonbury #freepalestine

03.07.2025 06:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lads, remember in 2018 when Corbyn made this "controversial" intervention?

30.06.2025 17:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Some of today's news:
1) Reeves has decided non-doms should keep all their money
2 Starmer insists benefits have to be cut
3 Jeff Bezos' wedding will cost $32 million. Amazon paid zero UK tax in 2022.
4 Farage proposes plans to redistribute wealth to the poorest

Are Labour actively trying to lose?

25.06.2025 11:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ah, so Criminality = Terrorism now. Good stuff.

24.06.2025 08:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Everything sucks so here's a pic of some puffins having a chill.

12.06.2025 07:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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