YAAASSSS! Such a cracking result!
The people of Gorton and Denton have made quite the statement with this outcome, I hope it's the catalyst for many more such reaults.
#HopeNotHate
On @bbc5live.bsky.social discussing the re-emergence of hope at 11am!
If I haven't died laughing at that point
Get in! Cracking start to the weekend!
Turns out bots can’t vote.
📌 ICYMI — 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…
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/27/hope-beats-hate-green-party-defeats-reform-and-labour-in-huge-gorton-and-denton-by-election-…
A truly historic and (potentially) momentous win for the Greens. They’ve never won 10% in a by election before. Now they’ve won in a part of Manchester Labour has held since 1931.
Tactical voting groups say greens - not labour - will stop Reform in byelection.
On Thursday only Greens can beat Reform in Gorton and Denton. And we will beat their hate with a message of hope.
On Thursday help us make hope normal again.
I've been seeing this message recently, "Experiencing Interruptions?" from #YouTube, likely replying to 0 adverts ever being served to my non-Premium account.
It's just #UBlockOrigin & #SponsorBlock - standard extensions available on the #FireFox #Mozilla extension page.
#OpSec
#privacy
#lulzsec
Brighton Dome capacity is 1700!
And we've only got a couple of hundred tickets left for this Monday in Brighton with Caroline Lucas.
Join us for a live @boldpolitics.bsky.social
brightondome.org/whats-on/LT0...
A photo of the front cover of issue 1669 of Private Eye magazine, with the caption “on shelves now.” It has a yellow banner quoting “AN ABSOLUTE RAG OF A PUBLICATION” attributed to Jeffrey Epstein’s lawyer, 2011. The main cover line reads “ANDREW THE NET TIGHTENS.” The central image shows Prince Andrew in a suit standing outside a building beside a police officer in tactical gear. Speech bubbles read “What’s the time officer?” and “About 25 years.”
Andrew: The Net Tightens
The new Private Eye is out now.
‘The British Empire lasts 400 years. It involves millions and millions of people, and there are all sorts of motivations and actions and behaviours that range from the genocidal to the purely altruistic. But the structure of an empire ... people don’t set sail to set up colonies in order to benefit the people who already own the land. Empires, by their nature, are about the mother country, the imperial power, more than the colonies.’
Historian, author, and BAFTA-winning filmmaker @davidolusoga.bsky.social speaks to geneticist and Humanists UK Vice President @adamrutherford.bsky.social in the Spring issue of @newhumanist.bsky.social about empire, identity, religion in politics, and why logic gets you nowhere on The Traitors. ⬇️
Bertrand was a true polymath, an insane aptitude for myriad disciplines, including maths itself. His contributions to set theory, alone, were next level.
'Why I Am Not a Christian' – British philosopher Bertrand Russell, interviewed on the subject of his famous lecture and later pamphlet, in which he sets out why he chose humanism over Christianity. Russell was a logician, philosopher, and activist. He died #onthisday in 1970.
For years, police in the UK have been using facial recognition technology with no laws in place regulating its use.
The public is finally being asked what we think. Don't miss your chance to have your say, here's how we will be responding 👇
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/facial...
My memories of The Queen's Nose being a lovely, whimsical tale of wishes gone slightly wrong were entirely false.
Every single character in this show is horrid.
The street in Minneapolis where Renee Good was killed by ICE. Now a place of pilgrimage. Steady stream of people laying flowers and paying their respects. Many in tears and speaking of the deep fear they have of the federal government itself.
When we said NATO wasn't working we were derided.
When we said a nuclear weapons system relying on the US is dangerous we were called stupid.
The truth is the establishment are more interested in kissing US feet than keeping the UK safe.
It's time for a rethink.
PETITION: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
No interest in working with Keir Starmer. The public know who he is.
We're replacing Labour - and taking on Reform.
No vested interests. Just standing with the 99%. And that's powerful.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Your opinion. How about a 1-1 debate? Let the voters decide.
Ball. His court.
Featuring beloved and entirely original character “Waterloo Bear”.
We can’t go on like this.
In just two days, the average FTSE 100 CEO has made a median workers full time annual salary.
The right calls this “wealth creation”.
It’s wealth extraction.
Time to tax the rich.
@highpaycentre.bsky.social
highpaycentre.org/fat-cat-day-...
Outrageous.
Ministers should be listening to scientists, frontline communities and those working towards a green transition – not hosting the interests of oil giants in their own offices.
✍🏼 - @adamramsay.bsky.social
abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/revealed-o...
Last year Liz Truss attempted to use legal action to defend her reputation. Private Eye has obtained a transcript of her meeting with lawyers.
From ‘Private Eye - The Year In Review 2025’.
Available to watch in full on the Eye’s YouTube: youtu.be/AQ5Xxj2EwGQ
If you want a sense of how MAGAworld sees the motivations behind Venezuela and what might be next, my full interview with Angie Wong might help. Must confess, parts left me pretty stunned.
youtu.be/7F9N4eLP0uc?...
Reform UK are trying to dress up cuts as ‘DOGE like savings’.
When you see the detail you realise none of them are concrete either:
Reform UK identifies £2.7m council savings - and that's without DOGE
SUNDAY WITH LEWIS GOODALL FROM 10 @lbc.co.uk
A lot going on
Chief Sec to PM Darren Jones
Shadow Foreign Sec Priti Patel
Reform Dep Leader Richard Tice
Chair Foreign Affairs Select Emily Thornberry
Former FCO Chief Simon McDonald
Lib Dem Shadow Min Lisa Smart
More besides...JOIN US
Every fogging one of us.
People sometimes say politics isn’t funny anymore. Those people clearly haven’t been watching the birth of Your Party…
From ‘Private Eye - The Year In Review 2025’ on the Eye’s YouTube youtu.be/AQ5Xxj2EwGQ?...
