‘a world in which resources are controlled and prices harvested by those who own them. You can do this with fossil fuels, whose reserves are concentrated and under the control of the companies licensed to exploit them. You cannot do it with renewables, because sunshine and wind are everywhere.’
13.03.2026 08:04
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‘A decent care service needs to pay care staff NHS rates with NHS-style careers.’ This would help solve recruitment and offer meaningful jobs to some of the many NEET. @pollytoynbee.bsky.social
10.03.2026 07:36
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I doubt Burnham would have made any difference. This is a big protest vote, but not Reform!
27.02.2026 09:50
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As someone who supports the @labouruk.bsky.social I am not unhappy that the @greenparty.org.uk won #Gorton. It shows that people want change but not #Reform. The government must move to a more radical agenda.
27.02.2026 07:46
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The Guardian view on temporary accommodation bills: short-term fixes must be backed up by housebuilding | Editorial
Editorial: Liverpool council’s success in negotiating with landlords is a model of how to save to invest in housing
A hardworking middle aged woman we know was evicted from her home of ten years and has spent the last six months in temporary accommodation- not a comfortable hotel but a near derelict block of flats. She would love to rent but can’t find the six months deposit. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
25.02.2026 07:33
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Russia fires scores of missiles at Ukraine as Hungary threatens to block EU sanctions
‘Moscow continues to invest in strikes more than diplomacy,’ says Zelenskyy, as logistics and energy facilities targeted
@lukeharding1968.bsky.social thank you for shining light on Ukraine after four years of war, not far short of the length of the First World War. How different? Perhaps not for soldiers, mostly Russian, slaughtered in their thousands but for civilians in Ukraine. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
23.02.2026 08:11
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This royal crisis is the moment to redefine Britain’s mon...
The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor must be the trigger for a long-overdue reinvention
Will Hutton finds good in the calamity surrounding Andrew. The article includes this question: ‘Imagine living in a country where the state schools were good enough for princes and princesses?’ observer.co.uk/news/columni...
22.02.2026 10:38
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Student debt is a generational injustice. Why are we squeezing graduates harder than the super-rich? | Gaby Hinsliff
Reform of this stealth tax is long overdue – and with it, a shake-up of the whole university system, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
@gabyhinsliff.bsky.social is being brave enough to name the elephant in the room, shining a light on those ‘graduating into a jobs market that didn’t have enough genuine graduate opportunities to go round even before AI started gobbling up entry-level work.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
17.02.2026 07:11
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More evidence of the idiocy of #Brexit and hence #Reform but also #Conservatives.
15.02.2026 20:02
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It’s easier to find a dog-walker than a carer | The Observer
It’s no surprise that so many care jobs in Britain are going unfilled, when looking after pets pays more than looking after people
If we look at the potential of AI, a great many jobs currently done by humans disappear. We need jobs that demand humanity. Surely top of this list is care. AI can never smile or listen. Care must be properly paid. There must be a care profession with qualifications. observer.co.uk/news/columni...
15.02.2026 08:47
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In Peter Hain’s article he refers to the Treasury resisting a variety of sensible suggestions. Thinking more widely, the Treasury seems to stick its oar into many sensible ideas. Is it about time that the Treasury was reformed?
15.02.2026 08:31
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I so agree
14.02.2026 17:34
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Left or right, Keir? Labour factions jostle for influence in post-McSweeney No 10
Soft left senses chance to push Starmer into progressive pivot, but leftward turn would be fiercely resisted by some
@yuanfenyang.bsky.social I wholly agree with your comment quoted by @jessicaelgot.bsky.social @theguardian.com that ‘too many companies thrive on rent extraction, rather than innovation or valued services’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
14.02.2026 10:29
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Redirecting...
A little something for Mr Musk and friends. Rowan Atkinson leads by example giving millions to charities for disadvantaged people. He left it to his audience if the rich and famous to make up their own minds. Inspirational www.facebook.com/share/p/16rm...
14.02.2026 09:30
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Your piece @theguardian.com was balanced. The criminal law is already available to punish criminal damage whether against person or property. Protesters can always break the law if they choose, but must then face punishment. To outlaw a protest group and make protest itself illegal is wrong.
14.02.2026 08:19
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@pippacrerar.bsky.social some thoughts on the question you posed on x. It seems to me that it has grown as an unsubstantiated mantra peddled by the media.
13.02.2026 15:28
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I am genuinely keen to understand why Starmer is apparently so unpopular. I suspect it has a lot to do with the (social) media continually saying so. The only good part of this is that it is not what the government is doing that is coming under fire. Nonetheless horrible for a decent man
13.02.2026 08:32
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‘Jellyfish’ and ‘doormat’: why is Keir Starmer so deeply unpopular?
From his public persona to a sense that he sold the country a pup, many factors seem to feed a sense of ‘great dislike’
‘those who have worked with Starmer generally portray him as decent and caring, if very tough and focused at the same time. ‘ “No one wants to be the one that defends him. Once the view is that you’re useless, there’s no coming back,” It is herd mentality www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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