Gareth
@g_f_red
Failed footballer. Aspiring pianist. Researching the political economy of electricity, urban and environmental planning. http://gfearn.bsky.social #NFFC
A great university is supposed to be a haven for truth, knowledge and diversity of opinion. Columbia University caved to their billionaire benefactors and to the Trump administration. This pathetic act of cowardice is one lesson their students should never forget.
I do think that this is maybe a majority view in britain, a sort of live and let live attitude, but few political leaders have the courage to say it so we have endless propaganda for a more minoritarian racist perspective.
babe, wake up. a new diva just dropped
NEW EPISODE 📣 We review Now, the People! Revolution in the Twenty-First Century, by @JLMelenchon We explore Mélenchon's ideas of "the People" and climate change and whether his focus on population levels is necessary. Plus we ask, is he a degrowther? 🎧bit.ly/3U0Mlu4
Seems like a great time to give more power to, and have less oversight of, developers.
this will not come as a surprise to anyone who's driven between any two uk cities in the last 20 years theguardian.com/politics/2025/…
Using a tactic from a proportional election system that barely worked and may still usher in the far right in a few years would be very on brand for Starmer et al, given that it would be a completely politically inept thing to do!
Keir Starmer will fight Corbyn’s new party by copying Emmanuel Macron. My weekend article for @Independent independent.co.uk/voices/keir-st…
Amidst a generally disgusting spectacle of CYA, the most egregious is this emerging line that those speaking the truth for years were just "crying wolf" until today, the very first day of the genocide.
Of course, this is just blatantly untrue and so gross
The way to do this is to summon the Israeli Ambassador, explain that if aid isn’t trucked in without hindrance within 24 hours then all economic and military ties will be suspended, sanctions imposed, the Ambassador expelled, and Britain will join South Africa’s ICJ case. But no.
Israel must allow aid in over land to end the starvation unfolding in Gaza. The situation is desperate. We are working with Jordan to get aid into Gaza. We are urgently accelerating efforts to evacuate children who need critical medical assistance to the UK for treatment.…
Just a few minutes after the Online Safety Act went into effect last night, Proton VPN signups originating in the UK surged by more than 1,400%. Unlike previous surges, this one is sustained, and is significantly higher than when France lost access to adult content.
Just a few minutes after the Online Safety Act went into effect last night, Proton VPN signups originating in the UK surged by more than 1,400%. Unlike previous surges, this one is sustained, and is significantly higher than when France lost access to adult content.
Had my MP @ChrisMurrayMP at the door. I told him I’d just had to ask my publisher if they can redact a line of my book because of his vote to proscribe Palestine Action. He said he “didn’t want to talk about that”.
Wouldn't want anyones kids anywhere near you pal
I don’t want my young daughters to share a neighbourhood with men who broke into this country illegally and about whom we know next to nothing. And I don’t want anyone else’s family to have this forced on them either. When I see mothers and fathers peacefully protesting in…