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Hope Beats Hate: Green Party Defeats Reform and Labour in Huge Gorton and Denton By-Election Victory A concerted political and media campaign to scare voters about a “Green Menace” winning this by-election failed, reports Adam Bienkov

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40.7% is a fantastic result for the Greens and Hannah Spencer. She ran a fantastic campaign and was a breath of fresh air. A result of over 40% shows that polling deeply underestimated the frustration people feel with Starmer and their general disgust at Reform. The two party system is over for good

Dear @lucympowell.bsky.social,

I have enjoyed our exchange of letters about which of our parties is best placed to stop Reform. Hannah Spencer MP and I trust that you agree that this question has now been resolved once and for all.

Thanks,
Zack Polanski

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested at Sandringham home Former prince arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Photographs of unmarked police cars and plainclothes officers at Wood Farm on the Sandringham estate just after 8am were published on Thursday. Thames Valley police later confirmed the arrest. Continue reading...

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested at Sandringham home

📯 ANDREW ARRESTED ANDREW ARRESTED THIS IS THE ANDREW ARRESTED KLAXON 📯

Royal Mail are putting profits first and prioritising parcels instead of letters. It means people are missing things like NHS appointments and bills that need paying. Enough is enough, sign the petition now to stop Royal Mail's greedy actions:

I just signed the campaign calling to say NO chlorinated chicken on our supermarket shelves!

We Can Make an Impact. Urge King Charles to compel Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to testify

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THIS 💥💥💥
#BBC♡REFORM

@matthew-wright.bsky.social my father aged 83, was sent to prison in April last year for 18 mths for a serious motoring offence, an accident, but someone died. However, he’s very quiet, no trouble to anyone and could have been on tag. Instead he’s costing the state a fortune and has now got diabetes

I just signed the petition demanding Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor stops hiding and FINALLY testifies to US Congress about his relationship with Epstein. The victims of this abuse must come first. Add your name now.

“More than a shirt — it’s a message
Raise your hand if you’re still standing with Bruce Springsteen against ICE; against trump🖐️🖐️🖐️”

@matthew-wright.bsky.social we are a sorry country with 14 million people living in poverty. We need to ask ourselves where has all the money gone, not who we choose to drown on our sinking ship….

Space power: The dream of beaming solar energy from orbit Harvesting solar energy in orbit and beaming it down to Earth is a decades-old idea. Now, a raft of companies say they could make it a reality.

"Space-based solar panels can remain in near-constant sunlight if placed in the right orbit. Once collected, this power can be transmitted to Earth as microwaves or laser beams, and captured by large ground antennas that convert it back into usable electricity."

White-tailed Eagle from the door of the cottage. #birdingScotland.

And there you have it

Stop employers covering up abuse Hey! Do you remember the Harvey Weinstein case? Non Disclosure Agreements silenced victims of abuse - and it's not just happening in Hollywood. They're used in the UK to cover up all kinds of miscondu...

NDAs can silence victims of abuse & harassment. Let's change this! Sign the petition to ensure the Employment Rights Bill bans NDAs in cases of misconduct. #StopAbusiveNDAs #EmploymentRightsBill you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Emmanuel Macron
President of France

@matthew-wright.bsky.socially honestly don’t see why right wing men think that they should be able to control womens bodies; other than in some dystopian “Handmaids Tale” reality, although I fear everyday that it won’t be long, especially as the birth rate is dropping…..

BREAKING: “Europe has everything it needs to make it through the storm. We are in this together. If you take on one of us, you take on all of us”

Ursula von der Leyen
President of the European Commission 👏

All the evidence has been there for decades - Scandic nations leading the way and yet the right and increasingly voices in Labour push against notion of a bigger state and happy, healthy kids 🤷

Nearly 4m hours of raw sewage dumped in England’s waters last year Duration of spills by water companies up on previous year, in data described by environment secretary as ‘disgraceful’

5 months of this 💩 was under Labour’s watch but hey they were probably distracted, dreaming up new ways of punishing the poor… www.theguardian.com/business/202...

@matthew-wright.bsky.social it’s so expensive to have kids in the UK, the childcare alone is ridiculous. I used to have to haggle with my twins’ nursery. In other countries where there are state run crèches and nurseries mothers are more able to continue their careers. France is a great example.

Hazel O'Connor - Will You? YouTube video by Peter Dabinett

Song of the day
Will you - Hazel O'Connor
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Book Review: ‘Careless People,’ by Sarah Wynn-Williams “Careless People,” a memoir by a former Facebook executive, portrays feckless company leaders cozying up to authoritarian regimes.

Our critic Jen Szalai reviews the explosive new Facebook memoir by Sarah Wynn Williams: "Not only does she have the storytelling chops to unspool a gripping narrative; she also delivers the goods."

Meta Seeks to Block Further Sales of Ex-Employee’s Scathing Memoir An arbitrator has prevented the employee from promoting her book and disparaging the company until private arbitration concludes.

It's Streisand Time, wotta thrill

Buy 'Careless People' by Sarah Wynn-Williams from independent bookshops:

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Facebook considered giving users’ data to Beijing, says whistleblower

Sarah Wynn-Williams claims the social media giant, now known as Meta, was willing to compromise privacy as it tried to set up in the country ⬇️

Book Review: ‘Careless People,’ by Sarah Wynn-Williams “Careless People,” a memoir by a former Facebook executive, portrays feckless company leaders cozying up to authoritarian regimes.

“Careless People,” a memoir by Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former Facebook executive, portrays a company that was run by status-hungry and self-absorbed leaders, who chafed at the burdens of responsibility.