Dave Edwards
@drepemb.bsky.social
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I'm with Carl Sagan on this:
October 3, 2026 at 8:25 AM
I'm with Carl Sagan on this:
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From Scotland to Northumberland, Blackpool to Leicestershire, Reform contested six by-elections yesterday.
They lost all six.
Six contests. Six defeats.
Reform are not inevitable. Their bubble has burst😉
Have a great weekend comrades!
#NoFascists #RightWingLosers #FailingFarage
They lost all six.
Six contests. Six defeats.
Reform are not inevitable. Their bubble has burst😉
Have a great weekend comrades!
#NoFascists #RightWingLosers #FailingFarage
October 3, 2026 at 6:44 AM
From Scotland to Northumberland, Blackpool to Leicestershire, Reform contested six by-elections yesterday.
They lost all six.
Six contests. Six defeats.
Reform are not inevitable. Their bubble has burst😉
Have a great weekend comrades!
#NoFascists #RightWingLosers #FailingFarage
They lost all six.
Six contests. Six defeats.
Reform are not inevitable. Their bubble has burst😉
Have a great weekend comrades!
#NoFascists #RightWingLosers #FailingFarage
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Absolutely love this
October 2, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Absolutely love this
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The NHS is trying to silence us for criticising Palantir, but we’re not bowing down to the pressure
https://goodlawproject.org/is-this-the-first-ever-slapp-by-our-own-government/
The NHS is trying to silence us for criticising Palantir, but we’re not bowing down to the pressure
https://goodlawproject.org/is-this-the-first-ever-slapp-by-our-own-government/
Is this the first ever SLAPP by our own Government? | Good Law Project
The Department for Health and Social Care has written to us demanding we take down our video criticising Palantir’s NHS contract – we won’t
goodlawproject.org
October 2, 2026 at 3:49 PM
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The NHS is trying to silence us for criticising Palantir, but we’re not bowing down to the pressure
https://goodlawproject.org/is-this-the-first-ever-slapp-by-our-own-government/
The NHS is trying to silence us for criticising Palantir, but we’re not bowing down to the pressure
https://goodlawproject.org/is-this-the-first-ever-slapp-by-our-own-government/
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✨ Our #MarineConservation Team 👯♂️💙
🦈 Cerys Hartland - Marine Conservation Assistant
🐬 Dr Sarah Perry - Marine Conservation and Research Manager
🐧 Steve Hartley - CBMWC Founder
🐙 Laura Evans - Marine Conservation Project Officer
@wtsww.bsky.social #PodSquad #SquadGoals
🦈 Cerys Hartland - Marine Conservation Assistant
🐬 Dr Sarah Perry - Marine Conservation and Research Manager
🐧 Steve Hartley - CBMWC Founder
🐙 Laura Evans - Marine Conservation Project Officer
@wtsww.bsky.social #PodSquad #SquadGoals
October 2, 2026 at 12:25 PM
✨ Our #MarineConservation Team 👯♂️💙
🦈 Cerys Hartland - Marine Conservation Assistant
🐬 Dr Sarah Perry - Marine Conservation and Research Manager
🐧 Steve Hartley - CBMWC Founder
🐙 Laura Evans - Marine Conservation Project Officer
@wtsww.bsky.social #PodSquad #SquadGoals
🦈 Cerys Hartland - Marine Conservation Assistant
🐬 Dr Sarah Perry - Marine Conservation and Research Manager
🐧 Steve Hartley - CBMWC Founder
🐙 Laura Evans - Marine Conservation Project Officer
@wtsww.bsky.social #PodSquad #SquadGoals
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Whilst on my break from caring for my ancient mother this morning, I walked around Lewes, noticing the body parts on beautiful doorways. A face, a hand, to delight the passer by
October 2, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Whilst on my break from caring for my ancient mother this morning, I walked around Lewes, noticing the body parts on beautiful doorways. A face, a hand, to delight the passer by
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This is bloody funny.
October 2, 2026 at 10:32 AM
This is bloody funny.
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Rise of 'mega-dairies' pushing nature to breaking point.
Tighter rules on intensive dairy farms and increased support for farmers to cut pollution, restore nature and build a more resilient sector are urgently needed, say The Wildlife Trusts..
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/rise-me...
Tighter rules on intensive dairy farms and increased support for farmers to cut pollution, restore nature and build a more resilient sector are urgently needed, say The Wildlife Trusts..
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/rise-me...
Rise of 'mega-dairies' pushing nature to breaking point | The Wildlife Trusts
Tighter rules on intensive dairy farms and increased support for farmers to cut pollution, restore nature and build a more resilient sector are urgently needed, say The Wildlife Trusts
www.wildlifetrusts.org
October 2, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Rise of 'mega-dairies' pushing nature to breaking point.
Tighter rules on intensive dairy farms and increased support for farmers to cut pollution, restore nature and build a more resilient sector are urgently needed, say The Wildlife Trusts..
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/rise-me...
Tighter rules on intensive dairy farms and increased support for farmers to cut pollution, restore nature and build a more resilient sector are urgently needed, say The Wildlife Trusts..
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/rise-me...
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Dividends paid to UK citizens taxed at rates of 8.75% to 39.35%, lower rate than wages.
Dividends mostly go to the top 1%.
£6bn a year raised if dividends taxed at the same rate as wages. More if NIC levied.
Unlike the US, France, Germany, no UK tax levied on dividends paid to foreign investors.
Dividends mostly go to the top 1%.
£6bn a year raised if dividends taxed at the same rate as wages. More if NIC levied.
Unlike the US, France, Germany, no UK tax levied on dividends paid to foreign investors.
This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
leftfootforward.org
October 2, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Dividends paid to UK citizens taxed at rates of 8.75% to 39.35%, lower rate than wages.
Dividends mostly go to the top 1%.
£6bn a year raised if dividends taxed at the same rate as wages. More if NIC levied.
Unlike the US, France, Germany, no UK tax levied on dividends paid to foreign investors.
Dividends mostly go to the top 1%.
£6bn a year raised if dividends taxed at the same rate as wages. More if NIC levied.
Unlike the US, France, Germany, no UK tax levied on dividends paid to foreign investors.
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UK airlines to be banned from charging parents to sit with children.
Some people charged up to £104 extra.
Neoliberals routinely moan about regulation but are silent on customer rip-off schemes.
If businesses were ethical we wouldn't need regulation.
Some people charged up to £104 extra.
Neoliberals routinely moan about regulation but are silent on customer rip-off schemes.
If businesses were ethical we wouldn't need regulation.
UK airlines to be banned from charging parents to sit with children
Planned rule change forms part of Burnham’s bid to crack down on the ‘little charges that add up’
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2026 at 8:35 AM
UK airlines to be banned from charging parents to sit with children.
Some people charged up to £104 extra.
Neoliberals routinely moan about regulation but are silent on customer rip-off schemes.
If businesses were ethical we wouldn't need regulation.
Some people charged up to £104 extra.
Neoliberals routinely moan about regulation but are silent on customer rip-off schemes.
If businesses were ethical we wouldn't need regulation.
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South West Water pleaded guilty to sewage dumping, fined £8m, a decade after the events.
Yet govt introduced more deregulation.
England's water industry controlled by organisations with criminal convictions. None has licence revoked. No exec prosecuted. Customers fleeced.
Yet govt introduced more deregulation.
England's water industry controlled by organisations with criminal convictions. None has licence revoked. No exec prosecuted. Customers fleeced.
South West Water fined almost £8m for sewage spills
South West Water previously entered guilty pleas to pollution offences spanning six years.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 1, 2026 at 7:00 AM
South West Water pleaded guilty to sewage dumping, fined £8m, a decade after the events.
Yet govt introduced more deregulation.
England's water industry controlled by organisations with criminal convictions. None has licence revoked. No exec prosecuted. Customers fleeced.
Yet govt introduced more deregulation.
England's water industry controlled by organisations with criminal convictions. None has licence revoked. No exec prosecuted. Customers fleeced.
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UK law firm partners collect record pay, up to £2.5m per equity partner.
Partners treated as self-employed. Firms don't pay employer national insurance (ENI) on profit taken by partners.
£150k ENI dodged for every £1m profit shared. Public purse deprived.
Must end this tax perk.
archive.ph/vJCIj
Partners treated as self-employed. Firms don't pay employer national insurance (ENI) on profit taken by partners.
£150k ENI dodged for every £1m profit shared. Public purse deprived.
Must end this tax perk.
archive.ph/vJCIj
Top UK law firm partners take home record pay
Spate of listings in Hong Kong boosted IPO work and related transactions
www.ft.com
October 1, 2026 at 9:04 AM
UK law firm partners collect record pay, up to £2.5m per equity partner.
Partners treated as self-employed. Firms don't pay employer national insurance (ENI) on profit taken by partners.
£150k ENI dodged for every £1m profit shared. Public purse deprived.
Must end this tax perk.
archive.ph/vJCIj
Partners treated as self-employed. Firms don't pay employer national insurance (ENI) on profit taken by partners.
£150k ENI dodged for every £1m profit shared. Public purse deprived.
Must end this tax perk.
archive.ph/vJCIj
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You can see the genocide from space. Yet still it is widely denied.
Google is updating its satellite images of Gaza. The comprehensiveness of effort required to reduce an urban landscape to this is beyond imagining. Literal carpet bombing.
October 1, 2026 at 10:30 AM
You can see the genocide from space. Yet still it is widely denied.
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UK public sector bodies spent £17bn with offshore-owned private equity firms last year.
The same vultures received £31bn public sector contracts.
Profiteering, low wages, tax dodging, asset-stripping is their business model.
Enriched by public money.
How many have politicians on payroll?
The same vultures received £31bn public sector contracts.
Profiteering, low wages, tax dodging, asset-stripping is their business model.
Enriched by public money.
How many have politicians on payroll?
£17 billion taxpayer cash went to offshore private equity last year
We need to buy British, GMB tells Labour conference
www.gmb.org.uk
October 1, 2026 at 6:50 AM
UK public sector bodies spent £17bn with offshore-owned private equity firms last year.
The same vultures received £31bn public sector contracts.
Profiteering, low wages, tax dodging, asset-stripping is their business model.
Enriched by public money.
How many have politicians on payroll?
The same vultures received £31bn public sector contracts.
Profiteering, low wages, tax dodging, asset-stripping is their business model.
Enriched by public money.
How many have politicians on payroll?
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How the AI boom could make you poorer youtu.be/7nDJ23DK_Eo?... You may not use AI, but it's going to cost you dearly, from increasing the price of your mortgage or rent to hiking the price of electricity. AI will not be coming cheap.
How the AI boom could make you poorer
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
October 1, 2026 at 6:10 AM
How the AI boom could make you poorer youtu.be/7nDJ23DK_Eo?... You may not use AI, but it's going to cost you dearly, from increasing the price of your mortgage or rent to hiking the price of electricity. AI will not be coming cheap.
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👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯🤔...
September 30, 2026 at 5:41 PM
👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯🤔...
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CHAOS IN LIVERPOOL
Here’s a whole minute of Mersey Police struggling to contain peaceful signholders, mostly pensioners, who police suspect of committing terrorism offences.
They’ve lost. It’s over. This law is unenforceable.
@labouruk.bsky.social - Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
(27/09/26)
Here’s a whole minute of Mersey Police struggling to contain peaceful signholders, mostly pensioners, who police suspect of committing terrorism offences.
They’ve lost. It’s over. This law is unenforceable.
@labouruk.bsky.social - Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
(27/09/26)
September 30, 2026 at 9:40 AM
CHAOS IN LIVERPOOL
Here’s a whole minute of Mersey Police struggling to contain peaceful signholders, mostly pensioners, who police suspect of committing terrorism offences.
They’ve lost. It’s over. This law is unenforceable.
@labouruk.bsky.social - Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
(27/09/26)
Here’s a whole minute of Mersey Police struggling to contain peaceful signholders, mostly pensioners, who police suspect of committing terrorism offences.
They’ve lost. It’s over. This law is unenforceable.
@labouruk.bsky.social - Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
(27/09/26)
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Why is the Government going after pensioners?
It's time to tax the rich
It's time to tax the rich
September 29, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Why is the Government going after pensioners?
It's time to tax the rich
It's time to tax the rich
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Ofcom rules say broadcasters cannot use politicians as newsreaders, interviewers or reporters in any news programmes.
Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action..
bestforbritain.org/petition/far...
Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action..
bestforbritain.org/petition/far...
Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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bestforbritain.org
September 30, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Ofcom rules say broadcasters cannot use politicians as newsreaders, interviewers or reporters in any news programmes.
Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action..
bestforbritain.org/petition/far...
Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action..
bestforbritain.org/petition/far...
A video by a Woodworking YouTuber, not really about woodworking!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpxZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpxZ...
If you think something is weird at Festool, you’re absolutely right.
YouTube video by Jesper Makes
www.youtube.com
September 30, 2026 at 2:40 PM
A video by a Woodworking YouTuber, not really about woodworking!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpxZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpxZ...
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Just saw someone zoom by on a Solar powered recumbent e-bike, clearly homemade. I barely got a photo before he was away. Just commuting to work in Chippenham I think? Legend.
September 28, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Just saw someone zoom by on a Solar powered recumbent e-bike, clearly homemade. I barely got a photo before he was away. Just commuting to work in Chippenham I think? Legend.
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Leave the leaves! 🍂 🍁
Leaves are habitat that support pollinators and other invertebrates and provide them with the shelter they need to survive the winter...
xerces.org/blog/leave-t...
Leaves are habitat that support pollinators and other invertebrates and provide them with the shelter they need to survive the winter...
xerces.org/blog/leave-t...
Leave the Leaves!
One of the most valuable ways to support pollinators and other invertebrates is to provide them with the shelter they need to survive the winter. Thankfully, all you need to do is do less yard work.
xerces.org
September 26, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Leave the leaves! 🍂 🍁
Leaves are habitat that support pollinators and other invertebrates and provide them with the shelter they need to survive the winter...
xerces.org/blog/leave-t...
Leaves are habitat that support pollinators and other invertebrates and provide them with the shelter they need to survive the winter...
xerces.org/blog/leave-t...
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Interest on Reserves: The £100bn UK Bank Subsidy You Fund.
Banks making £50bn profits a year receive subsidies, long ended by the EU.
UK Treasury will payout over £150bn over a five-year period from 2023 to 2028.
No justification for handling billions to banks.
End bank subsidies, help people.
Banks making £50bn profits a year receive subsidies, long ended by the EU.
UK Treasury will payout over £150bn over a five-year period from 2023 to 2028.
No justification for handling billions to banks.
End bank subsidies, help people.
Interest on Reserves: The £100bn UK Bank Subsidy You Fund
The Bank of England has paid commercial banks £100bn in interest on reserves in three years. The EU stopped doing it in 2023 – Dale Vince says Britain must too.
www.babelfish.news
September 27, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Interest on Reserves: The £100bn UK Bank Subsidy You Fund.
Banks making £50bn profits a year receive subsidies, long ended by the EU.
UK Treasury will payout over £150bn over a five-year period from 2023 to 2028.
No justification for handling billions to banks.
End bank subsidies, help people.
Banks making £50bn profits a year receive subsidies, long ended by the EU.
UK Treasury will payout over £150bn over a five-year period from 2023 to 2028.
No justification for handling billions to banks.
End bank subsidies, help people.
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Female Curlew Numenius arquata beautifully camouflaged amongst Sea Lavender and a Little Egret Egretta garzetta fishing, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. The egret showed a behaviour I haven't seen before rippling the waters' surface to imitate feeding fishhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX0aT30YuOo
Little Egret Egretta garzetta and Curlew Numenius arquata Yarmouth, Isle of Wight 13 September 2026
YouTube video by John Walters
www.youtube.com
September 27, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Female Curlew Numenius arquata beautifully camouflaged amongst Sea Lavender and a Little Egret Egretta garzetta fishing, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. The egret showed a behaviour I haven't seen before rippling the waters' surface to imitate feeding fishhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX0aT30YuOo