Cal Roscow

If we gave even a tenth of the attention to the solutions as we give to the problems of FPTP, we would’ve secured PR a decade ago.

End the madness Labour, and back equal votes for all.

@makevotesmatter.bsky.social

Wall-to-wall coverage of a defection from one party to another, neither of which are in government.

The lobby is addicted to drama. Reform and the Tories serve up drama. And then this forms the majority of the day's news.

Infuriating.

Our information environment is in such a mess.

WHY is this a news alert?

No wonder everyone's morale is low.

The nonsense opinion, of a deliberately-inflammatory man, being pushed to thousands of people. For what purpose?

The incoming Home Secretary must end the dangerous misuse of terrorism legislation, but it may already be too late, writes Cal Roscow, Director of Campaigns at Best for Britain.

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I can't begin to describe how much I loathe this attitude in people

Noisy London is stressing me out - then I found out what it's doing to my health Over 110 million people across Europe suffer high levels of health-damaging noise pollution - for one writer, three years in her noisy flat has taken its toll

If you don't like noise, don't live in a huge city...
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Selective empathy: why compassion can't be reserved for the politically convenient - Politics.co.uk The Court of Appeal has upheld the sentence handed down to Stephen Yaxley Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson. In a courtroom far removed from the social media echo chambers where Robinson built hi...

“Yet when it is one of their own in the dock, the language changes. Suddenly trauma matters. Suddenly ADHD is real and relevant”, writes @pimlicat.bsky.social of @bestforbritain.bsky.social

🗣️ Selective empathy: why compassion can’t be reserved for the politically convenient

Gosh who could have predicted this.

Quite galling for IDS to comment seeing as when he was in govt control of our nuclear power stations was being sold to 🇨🇳 companies.

Some things just need to be under national control. (Not confident seeing as we are still not ending 💧privatisation)

Now that’s a split-screen. ⛳️

@wsj.com

A point not made enough: the UK runs a trade goods deficit with the US so shouldn’t be paying any tariffs at all based on the White House formula (10% is not a “win”).

When Project 2025 The Musical opens on Broadway in 2053, Newsmax ringing the opening bell at the exchange on 4/3/25 will be the song and dance number just before curtains for intermission.

Old Compton St on 29th March with not a single pedestrian or car.

Old Compton St on 29th March with not a single pedestrian or c

Four years ago I took these photos of deserted Soho.

Which also serve as an artist's impression of what the new residents trying to close all the decades-old nightlife venues down would like it to be like permanently.

Ridiculous

Okay fair; that sort of humiliation would send you mad

When exactly was this mythical time when you couldn't? He never seemed to hold back and has been on TV constantly?

Fr3eDoM oF sPeEcH

The Russell Brand bit is [chef's kiss]

Do you have any idea how difficult it has just been to explain, to my colleagues who didn't grow up in the UK, why Penelope Keith is trending with JFK?!

Welsh tourist in US chained 'like Hannibal Lecter' Becky Burke's parents say her legs, waist and hands were secured by US immigration officers.

Obviously I am glad that she is home.

But if you think it was unacceptable for a white woman from Wales to be chained up and treated like this, why is it acceptable for anyone to be treated like this?

Seriously lacking aspect of the conversation.

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Over 330,000 excess deaths in Great Britain linked to austerity, finds study Research comes as government signals fresh round of public spending cuts

Today let's remember that austerity kills. 🧵

Researchers at the University of Glasgow, found that an additional 335,000 deaths occurred in Scotland, England, and Wales between 2012 and 2019 compared to what was expected based on previous trends.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Trump-putin peace talks update

If he believes this then he should be arguing against cutting benefits and spending on services. Fairly obviously.

The way Thames Water has been run should be a criminal offence.

While I am pleased to see the minimum wage (I am not calling it the "National Living Wage" when it is clearly not) has increased...

...this means that everyone working full time will start repaying student loans from Plan 5 immediately.

Something needs to be adjusted...!

You boy, which far-right splinter group is it?

Everything is going wrong much faster than I expected.

Tesco trials giant trolley scales in Gateshead Trolleys are weighed before checkout to identify any items customers might have missed or scanned twice.

Honestly I don't know why anyone goes to Tesco any more. This feels so over-the-top. Weighing your trolley to check for shoplifting? Just f*ck off - scan them at the checkout for me like before if you're so worried?

All of this instead of just employing more people.
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A statement from Best for Britain's Director of Campaigns I’m trying very hard not to open by saying “the world has changed” because it’s been said in every op-ed, Substack, and podcast this week. But, the world really has changed. There is only before that ...

"Some will argue that issues around moving fruit and veg through ports now seems trivial. But I would argue that their triviality is exactly why we must get them out of the way as quickly as possible" bravo @calroscow.bsky.social

www.bestforbritain.org/statement-b4...

this is obviously bleak and horrid and I know it's a petty thing to point out but: god we fucking told you so, lesbians and gay men who decided to become transphobic for no apparent reason, we told you the entire LGBTQ community would end up getting screwed over, this was always going to happen