Chris

Aaaah, it all makes sense: the lines are from Loose Leaf Poem by his father, CND poet in residence Adrian Mitchell.

I think this must be one of Shropshire's finest. "My brain socialist, my heart anarchist, my eyes pacifist, my blood revolutionary."

His life sounds fascinating - he was radicalised into kebab work via the poll tax demos: sheneoldboys.co.uk/news/alistai...

When he was running to be Labour leader Keir Starmers campaign video boasted that he had stood up for protesters when the full force of the state was against them.

Today his govt is arresting a disabled blind man for holding a placard.

I thought Palestine Action were fucking stupid painting (& therefore disabling) military airplanes.

But I also think making this a “terrorist offence” is also fucking stupid.

Can’t believe how fucking stupid.

Another reason I voted for Zack to lead the Green Party

Disgusting.

This Govt defends the arms industry at all costs - distracting from the inequality destroying our democracy, shattering what little trust remains - while a genocide rages.

Starmer. Lammy. Cooper.

We are watching.

YouTube video by Joe's Truck Stop Joe's Truck Stop - “Winter Waltz” - Live from the Southgate House Revival

youtu.be/umGmhzIQLtw?...

They should start by banning all the 24 hour slot shops opening up then put a 99% tax on all online casinos

Water Belongs to All of Us - Back the People's Plan for Water! Privatisation has broken our water system. Evidence shows public ownership can bring fairer, cleaner and cheaper water. That’s why I'm backing the People’s Plan for Water. Join me:

4/4 With laws already in place, we can decide the true and fair value of water companies.

We will not be bullied into accepting a broken, rigged system that only serves a handful of shareholders.

If you agree, join the call for public ownership: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...

A fair price to the public for water nationalisation | Letter Letter: The government is wrong on the cost of bringing water back into public ownership, write Prof Becky Malby, Dr Kate Bayliss, Prof Frances Cleaver and Prof Ewan McGaughey

3/4 The figure is based on the Regulatory Capital Value (RCV) - a made up number that doesn’t reflect what these companies would fetch on the open market.

Thames Water's RCV is £20bn, yet KKR wouldn't even buy it for £4bn.

More here: www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Experts say you've been misled about the true cost of public ownership of water.

1/4

In today's New Statesman.

✍🏼 - @adamramsay.bsky.social

Nigel Farage says he has never worked in a prison so he is unable to answer a question on prison policy. On that basis he will have no views on health, defence, culture, energy, education, farming, transport, law… or anything other than lying and grifting.

The vast majority of US adults are stressed about grocery costs, an AP-NORC poll finds A new poll finds the vast majority of U.S. adults are feeling some stress about the cost of groceries, as prices continue to rise and concerns about the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs rema...

Groceries shouldn't break the bank. But unfortunately, that's exactly what's going on for half of Americans.

Trump says he wants to "Make America Affordable Again." When's that going to happen?
apnews.com/article/poll...

I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.

The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.

Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.

She is a dunderheaded ninny riding in on a flaming shitty broom stick

So pleased that Radio 4 have the wonderful @waspwoman.bsky.social speaking up for wasps, on today's You and Yours programme!

Labor have lost the plot

Why? Why on earth would she do that? Allotments are wonderful. Is this a true story - or, this being the Telegraph, a story twisted and exaggerated?

Who doesn’t love a gnarled old oak tree? My eye was caught as I drove down a country lane near Ludlow and I just had to pull over. I wanted to get a shot before the summit of Titterstone Clee was engulfed in shadow. I set up my tripod as quickly as I could - and this was the result. #Shropshire

Labour MPs urge Thames Water to recover £2.5m paid to executives in April Exclusive: Letter to water company sets out demands, including resolving most severe cases of pollution

Labour MPs urge Thames Water to recover £2.5m bonus paid to executives in April.

TW has branded bonuses as 'retention payments'.

What is the point of urging TW? It knowingly circumvents rules.

OFWAT/Govt have failed to act.

End privatisation. Give customers a vote on exec pay.

Corruption in action,they are for big banks and business,fuck the rest of us .
Labor are red tories led by Keith Sunak

Reeves should be on the side of consumers, not the big banks.

Add your name to the petition to tell her to #TaxTheBanks today 👉 bit.ly/taxthebanks

Chancellor’s attempt to intervene in car finance scandal branded ‘disgraceful’ Defending industry over consumers sends ‘really bad message’, says Treasury committee member Bobby Dean

The ruling is exactly what Rachel Reeves wanted - and an outcome she was even prepared to intervene to get. 👇

It’s yet another example of the cosy relationship between Big Finance and the government - that has to change.

www.theguardian.com/...

Friday’s ruling on car finance means the big banks *won’t* have to pay billions in compensation to consumers. Today, share prices have boomed.

That they’ve been able to get away with this makes the case for a windfall tax on their profits even stronger.

www.ft.com/content/a...

She should be in Jail

£100 standard fine for littering

£1.3 million extra pay for discharging untreated sewage into waterways for 232,054 hours in 2022

Less than 230,000 people signed up to Farage’s party Reform UK - media won’t shut the fuck up about it.

Over 600,000 people signed up to Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s new party - absolute crickets from the media.

You will never convince me the media isn’t complicit in the rise of the far right