🟨 Print Edition — The Downfall of Peter Mandelson and Morgan McSweeney Offers a Chink of Light for Keir Starmer
The Prime Minister went against his own instincts by deferring so heavily to his former chief advisor – he now has a chance to offer the ‘government of service’ he promised.
BP’s new CEO to take home £11.7m this year, more than double her predecessor.
Daily pay > annual median pay of UK employee.
CEO pay at one company is a benchmark for another. Others will want more.
Govts, BOE, CBI and other neoliberals talk about wage inflation, but silence on fat-cattery.
When in opposition, parties want a fairer voting system, but on gaining office they don't.
Signed.
Back in the day, people didn't ask permission. It was called guerrilla gardening.
Well done the council for its #RightToGrow policy.
I'm pleased to announce that today, Hounslow has become the first council in West London, and one of the first in the country, to introduce a #RightToGrow policy.
Our new policy, backed by #DowtonAbbey 's Jim Carter, allows community groups to take over unloved public land and #garden it.
“Patriot” Farage is off stabbing Britain in the back, as usual.
#EpsteinFiles
Ukraine offers to help defend the West from Iranian drones.
Russia helps Iran track American forces.
And the White House eases sanctions on Russian oil.
Explain that to the families of U.S. troops. My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
And we'll ALWAYS do so if we continue to elect #RightWing or #FarRight politicians & allow their client media to normalise their actions.
O for goodness' sake, of course she deserved recognition.
What was the prejudice here? Because she was a woman? Or black, or both!
The sun is setting on the fox and hare hunting season but it's not quite over, and so sabs all over the country are preparing for another Saturday of saving lives and evidencing wildlife persecution.
Good luck to all the sabs out there today ✊
www.huntsabs.org.uk
📚 Weekend Reads — Philosophy & Ideas (Edition 83)
✍️ Hardeep Matharu and Peter Jukes
The Chancellor of Manchester University has co-authored a new report, ‘Class Ceiling’, examining working-class participation in the creative industries across Greater Manchester.
It wasn’t a question, you dolt! Your boy Putin is giving Iran information that will help them kill Americans.
I protest this illegal conflict,,,!
Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact.
How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.
Hunters thank NatureScot for letting them kill Gannet Chicks protectthewild.substack.com/p/hunters-th...
Petition to NatureScot: Revoke the Licence to Kill Gannets on Sula Sgeir protectthewild.org.uk/gannet-petit...
Trump trashed Zelensky, cut off Ukraine, and echoed Kremlin talking points.
Now he’s asking Ukraine for help cleaning up the mess from his Iran war.
Burn allies. Start wars. Then beg the people you betrayed.
Dean Blundell lays it out here: 🔥
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
therickstengel • 2h & Threads Let's see, the U.S. lost 92,000 jobs in February, oil is above $90 a barrel, the president is spending approximately $1 billion a day on a war that the majority of Americans oppose, and the national debt is $39 trillion, the highest ever. America's golden age.
ICE Kidnaps Journalist Who Was Covering Them newrepublic.com/post/207479/... via @newrepublic.com
Israel takes its scorched earth Dahiya Doctrine back where it began: Lebanon
A Republican you say?
#News: Ancient #Indigenous engineering in #Bolivia's #Amazon rediscovered. 🧐🌿 For millennia, indigenous farming thrived alongside nature. #Deforestation destroys what they protected. 🌴☠️🚫 #BoycottGold4Yanomami #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Our journey to replace Labour continues.
For too long they've told progressive voters that they had no choice but to vote for them.
The Manchester by-election showed that for the lie it is.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
For years, strategists have warned national leaders against the temptations of "victory disease," the belief that winning battles means they're winning the war. Leaders throughout history have made this mistake, and Trump seems to be making it now.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Republicans are destroying education because polling indicates more educatied people are less likely to vote for them. That will have serious repercussions across all levels of American culture and society. A similar trend contributed to the downfall of the Roman empire.
#GOPCorruption
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