Gareth Powell #FBPE

Petition: Immediately stop all arms exports to Israel & seek ceasefire in Gaza We ask you to: •Immediately suspend all arms licences and exports to Israel. •Do everything in your power to seek an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. Just 30 out of around 350 licenses to ...

Petition: Immediately stop all arms exports to Israel & seek ceasefire in Gaza
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

This petition is open until.midnight tonight and only.needs a few more to force a debate in parliament.

Andrew Neil’s latest column of shitspangle. This time ‘explaining’ that Donald Trump’s depravity has only become clear in the last week.

The last *seven days*?
What *we* have *always feared*?
What an irredeemable fraud he is.
Gets a whole chapter in ‘How They Broke Britain’.
And here he is now, ‘seeing the light’.

Danny Dyer voiceover: “Twat.”

Support powerful citizen journalism - we need it now, more than ever At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, when local journalism is in decline, and social media is rife with misinformation and abuse, there has never been a greater nee...

"At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, when local journalism is in decline, and social media is rife with misinformation and abuse, there has never been a greater need for citizen journalism."

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Freedom of Movement was robbed from us by a successful Russian influence operation and the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history.

Please repost if you want it restored.

Happy birthday Robin

Petition: Tighten the rules on political donations We want the government to: Remove loopholes that allow wealthy foreign individuals to make donations into UK political parties (e.g. by funnelling through UK registered companies). Cap all donations ...

Had an email to say the previous petition had been rejected & there's an alternative running so I signed that one.

If you believe we should remove loopholes allowing wealthy foreign individuals to make donations into UK political parties, sign & share petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Done 👍

Will Labour cap political donations? Curbing the power of billionaires to influence politics is a vote winner. It’s also free

Curbing the power of billionaires to influence politics is a vote winner. It’s also free. Why does Labour say it isn’t a priority?

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/690...

Musk crowns himself in the Oval Office

Group of Labour MPs urge No 10 to be tougher on migration to fend off Reform Exclusive: Pressure group set up by MPs from seats where Reform came second amid concern about party’s rise

When will Govt learn you can’t out-Reform Reform - you end up simply legitimising their toxic narrative. To see off populists, Labour needs to invest in public services & local communities, making a real difference to people’s lives - levy a wealth tax & use it to improve people’s lives *now*

The right wing and fascism thrive when people feel let down and struggle to make a decent life for themselves. It is a failure of multiple governments over years. People need someone to blame.

To stop the tide of the far right and fascism these issues must be addressed.

I too was disappointed to hear that it hadn’t been renewed. Really enjoyed the first season.

We need to fix our trading relationship with Europe to grow our economy and protect Britain from Trump’s trade war.

It's time to turbocharge our economy by forming a Customs Union with the EU, tearing down the trade barriers and red tape holding us back.

Lovely humans,

I'm training to run a half-marathon for @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social in May!

I only started running last year so this is a big challenge for me - but I know the challenge for refugees to rebuild their lives is even greater.

All donations/shares would be HUGELY appreciated!! ❤️❤️❤️

Starmer accused of having head in the sand over cost of Brexit Exclusive: PM urged for a radical rethink of Brexit to boost economic growth as it’s revealed government won’t calculate loss of the UK’s biggest market

The UK needs to lead in Europe again. We can't rely on Trump, and Labour hasn't shown the urgency or ambition to fix our relationship with our closest neighbours.

A UK-EU customs union is the first step repairing that relationship.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-cost-starme…

Lord Heseltine brands Brexit a ‘pack of lies’ and calls for Britain to rejoin EU The former deputy prime minister’s intervention came as it emerged Sir Keir Starmer will snub the fifth anniversary of Brexit on Friday – choosing instead to focus on his ongoing reset of relations wi...

Michael Heseltine is 100% correct when he says Brexiteers sold Britain a “pack of lies” called for UK to rejoin the EU

The former deputy PM said the UK should be “at the heart of Europe” & returning to the bloc would be “in the best interests of a generation of young British people.”

Please repost if you agree with Ursula.

Screenshot of a North East Bylines article, with the Bluesky share button circled in red.

🔥 YES! LOOK AT THAT! 🔥

I’m delighted to announce that all articles from all Bylines publications now have a share on Bluesky button 🦋 at the top of the article- in first place.

Try it out.

And make sure you “follow all” in the Bylines starter pack (see my pinned post).

@bsky.app

Why is the government happy to cosy up to China, but won't even look at a better customs deal with our closest neighbours in Europe?

Ministers say they’re looking everywhere for growth but are ignoring what is staring them in the face.

Fact-checking is not censorship.
Requesting evidence is not censorship.
Refuting falsehoods is not censorship.
Stopping a lie from travelling halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on is not censorship.
But Zuckerberg's grovelling to Trump will sure as hell lead to censorship.

Musk is just another gullible & ignorant Twitter user...

He's just as easily radicalised by the guff he reads & watches as Johnny 12 numbers

The difference is...

He owns the platform

He owns Trump

And he'll own our politcians here if we don't wake up to this threat.

'SERGEI & THE WESTMINSTER SPY RING', EPISODES 1 & 2 OUT ON NEW YEARS EVE! - The Citizens From exclusive parties at the Russian Embassy to the corridors of Westminster, journalists Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes – with the help of Conservative party whistleblower Sergei Cristo – expose ...

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UK and EU look to 2025 as year of reset but with little room for trade-offs Sir Keir Starmer is invited to an EU summit in February - the first of its type since the Brexit negotiations.

“A huge 68% of respondents in Britain see a benefit in reintroducing cross-Channel freedom of movement in exchange for access to the European single market”

www.bbc.com/news/article...

I’ve always loved that song ever since I heard it as a kid when it came out.

‘Betraying Brexit’
Such a moronic accusation.
What does it even mean?
Having a functioning relationship with our own continent?
Not being diplomatically incontinent?
Finding ways to collaborate and improve opportunities, travel and trade?
Great.
Brexit betrayed us
Very happy to betray it right back.

Have a wonderful Xmas

New Christmas lights just went up in Clacton.

(Farage is still the MP who makes most money from second jobs. By a long way.)

Brexit – an unwelcome truth Labour’s continued silence on Brexit might just reveal an unwelcome truth; another reason, perhaps, to use the Brexit telescope?

“The economic cost of Brexit, reliably estimated at around 5% of GDP and with a total loss to government coffers by 2035 of over £300bn, is unlikely to be offset by attempting to ‘make Brexit work’ – a slogan which rather confirms that it hasn’t”

Government has broken the law on sewage, says watchdog The OEP has ruled that it allowed excessive sewage into England's rivers and seas.

England govt & regulators broke the law by being too lenient on sewage dumping water companies, says environment watchdog.

They protect companies and capital, not people.

Water companies have 1,100 criminal convictions, still allowed to control industry.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...