Chris B

NEW: @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social endorses Lucy Powell for Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.In a special ballot, 82.2% of Mainstream members voted to endorse Lucy.Labour’s Mainstream wants the party and government to be reset in line with pluralist, democratic socialist values.

A graphic from Mainstream which reads: Labour must stand against child poverty. In the Priorities Ballot, back 'Supporting Families' to debate the two-child benefit limit. Together, we can end the child poverty emergency. It shows newspaper headlines of Gordon Brown, Neil Kinnock, Lucy Powell and Bridget Phillipson criticising the two-child limit.

❗️❕❗️More and more Labour voices are calling for an end to the two-child benefit limit.

The 2025 Labour Party Conference must debate the two-child limit and vote to end it.

🗳️ In the Priorities Ballot, vote for 'Supporting Families' to secure a debate on the two-child limit.

'Should be stopped'? You won't find anyone in Labour who disagrees with that, but have you forgotten this govt have only been in office since July 24, found an even worse economic situation than ever anticipated, and has faced enormous challenges - despite all of which great progress has been made.

"10 years after the Paris Agreement, governments plan to produce more than double the volume of fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5°C"

Stark "production gap" report from @unep.org today
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A blog about the wild bird species affected by #birdflu in UK since 2016 based on published official data. Not earth-shattering but may interest some. markavery.info/2025/09/26/b...

87 wild bird species have tested +ve.
2025 has seen many species, some new to the list, test +ve.

Why Australia’s coal mines are getting bigger Open-cut or surface mines are the most visible sign of coal mining in Australia, and the country’s largest coal mines are getting larger.

But the truth is:
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Seriously, Folks...

Any recommendations for books about dyslexia please?

We're starting a journey here and I feel underprepared.

The guy who did the assessment was brilliant, but I can't call him every time I or my daughter have a question...

Stella rinsing a TeamNigel representative - quoting the points @jdportes.bsky.social has been making about the factual accuracy of their numbers

'about medicine' is superfluous.

For a month Trump said he was personally paying for the ballroom. Now we learn he’s been shaking down corporations to pay for it who want something from the govt. Another corrupt scam between Trump and CEOs that he lied about. I doubt he pays a penny.

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And stupid. And overpaid.

The Revitalise Trust and Safeguarding - Surviving Church by Hatty Calbus In my pieces about the influence of HTB, I looked at its charity, the Revitalise Trust, and the questionability of some of its trustees, then at the safeguarding danger of following th...

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The magic has worn off Magic Grandad.

FA,FO!

There is not one political party that is saying we should rejoin the EU now.

But

There is only one party that is aligning and moving closer to Europe.

The Labour Party.

These are the facts.

I genuinely thought it was an umbrella, at first glance 🫢

Seal Team 6 should demonstrate the warrior ethos on his arse!

Martin Davies (@martindavies631844)

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Sheffield council motion calls on government to cut ties with Israel and act to end “intolerable suffering” of Palestinians Sheffield Labour councillors have put forward a motion condemning Israel’s genocide in Gaza, urging the government to take urgent action and break ties with the country.

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The Decades-Long Plan To Rob FEMA To Pay ICE Trump is using regulatory tricks to funnel disaster-relief funds to immigration enforcement, even as climate disasters threaten millions.

🚨INVESTIGATION: Trump is exploiting a loophole buried in post-Hurricane Katrina legislation to stealthily funnel FEMA's disaster relief funds out of communities & into ICE.

The Lever exposes the secret scheme & how lawmakers created the little-known loophole - please re-post this on your own feed👇

For our first trip to Canada, we fly into Halifax in a week's time. No coincidence that this is the first year in the last 20 we've not visited USA.

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It isn’t normal for a president to repeatedly threaten the use of military force against American citizens. Treating the National Guard as a political pawn disrespects those who serve and undermines public trust in our military.

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