JK Rowling offers to fund lawsuits against Amnesty is a headline that will cut through.

This moment asked so little from them. All they had to do was pay their respects, express their sadness and join the chorus of horror about the manner of Widdecombe’s death. But even that was evidently beyond their moral capacity inews.co.uk/opinion/fara...

Farage's £5m story doesn't add up. In June he said it was for his personal security: "I am going to need security for the rest of my life." Then he said it was an unconditional gift. Both can't be true. A thread on the security claims since AW's death 🧵

Using a murdered woman's death to score political points while the police investigation is still open is grotesque. That's exactly what parts of Reform are doing right now with Ann Widdecombe. 🧵

What's in a name? Well, the naming of things matters to how they are seen. Groups that appropriate words like "freedom" and "protection" in their names need to be seen in such context, as often there is little freedom nor protection to be seen.

The pages on SEEN's own website dedicated to 'impartiality' and 'tolerance' return a 404 error. That's not the only gap between what they say and what they do. New piece: The SEEN Network: Weaponising a Protected Belief @stonewalluk.bsky.social @goodlawproject.org @pinknews.bsky.social

At this point, I genuinely believe the entire public is being actively gaslit by both the media, and Esther Ghey herself, into forgetting that Brianna Ghey was murdered, by people she knew from school, in real life, who were partly influenced by transphobia, fuelled by the media and politicians.

Thank you, this is such wonderful news.

Condemning riots isn't enough. We need policy action, including an immediate appraisal of X as a vehicle for coordinating far-right disorder. And we need political leadership, to challenge white nationalism as an idea, not to validate it daily and then complain when it turns violent.

The ultra-rich have more to lose from disorder than anyone. So why do they keep undermining the institutions that protect them? The short-term logic is rational. The long-term logic is suicidal. @patrioticmillionaires.org @equalitytrust.bsky.social @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social

And then he'll post about it on a website rigged to help Nazis and post non-consensual pornography.

Watching Mary-Ann Stephenson give evidence at the women's committee. Overwhelming feeling is one of acute political failure. No sector is safe from litigation, from either direction. The Supreme Court eradicated any clarity. The EHRC refuses to provide it. Politicians are too scared to get involved.

I made a couple of friends whilst having a quiet coffee in St James Park 🪿🪿

@lukehildyard.bsky.social I've emailed in response to your request re A Just Society event on Wednesday. I think it may have ended up in your spam, so I'm contacting you here!

This is very good on the logical preposterousness of the trans bathroom ban. It simply cannot have been the intention of the Equality Act or the governments which administered it. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-end-of-t...

The EHRC’s newly published Code of Practice on services, public functions and associations does exactly what many liberals feared it would do to the trans and non-binary communities. @tanyajaynep.bsky.social explains what damage the Code will cause… www.libdemvoice.org/the-amended-...

I don't think it's a good idea to legally privilege someone else's discomfort over another person's rights.

The amended EHRC code doesn't just permit trans exclusion. It makes inclusion a legal liability. The EHRC chose this. We have 40 days to challenge it. @genderedintelligence.co.uk @goodlawproject.org @equalityhumanright.bsky.social @stonewalluk.bsky.social @transactualuk.bsky.social

@tanyajaynep.bsky.social offers a different perspective on whether we should field a candidate in Makerfield, but is Andy Burnham willing to go along with the terms of such a deal?… www.libdemvoice.org/stand-aside-...

An open letter to Liberal Democrat and Green strategists: Stand aside, but make Burnham earn it @libdems.org.uk @greenparty.org.uk @makevotesmatter.bsky.social @electoralreform.bsky.social

What did we learn on 7 May about beating Reform, and what do we need to do to build on that? @tanyajaynep.bsky.social offers some answers… www.libdemvoice.org/what-last-th...

Every train journey is massively improved by a double dose of @iandunt.bsky.social. First @originstorypodcast.bsky.social with @dorianlynskey.bsky.social on JKR (Patreon only till next week - go subscribe) then Late Night Live ABC podcast on the hellscape that is UK politics.

Forty hours is not a fact of nature. It's inertia, dressed up as common sense, and protected by the people it suits. @4dayweek.bsky.social @autonomy-institute.bsky.social

Rural public transport doesn't have to be this bad. Mini Switzerland shows what's actually possible. @freewheeling.info @jamesomalley.co.uk @mjrobbins.com

Best for Britain, the most strategic of the pro-Europe organisations, asking supporters to push for a more radical approach from the government. There's a real feeling now that the wind is in our sails open.substack.com/pub/bestforb...

If you've ever fancied working for Humanists UK, we currently have two advertised staff vacancies. • Head of Communications & Marketing (full-time) • Fundraising Officer (part-time) Two exciting roles. Please share the link with anyone who might be suitable for either! opportunities.humanists.uk

I have a letter in this month's @prospectmagazine.co.uk responding to @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social's essay on the new Gilded Age. Brilliant diagnosis - but the first Gilded Age didn't end with diagnosis alone.

Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility, and LDV is pleased to publish this powerful article by @tanyajaynep.bsky.social… www.libdemvoice.org/my-existence...

It's Trans Day of Visibility, and I want to talk about an overused phrase. "Gender ideology." Deployed with such confidence. Such certainty that it's just describing reality. It isn't. Here's why.

If you’re going to claim that puberty blockers are untested but oppose clinical trials, is your bias showing? @tanyajaynep.bsky.social highlights the contradictions of those supporting the Cass Review whilst denying its key recommendation… www.libdemvoice.org/you-cant-cit...

Yesterday in Westminster Hall, MPs argued for cancelling the PATHWAYS puberty blockers trial. The same MPs who demanded Cass be implemented in full. The same Cass who recommended the trial. That's not safeguarding. That's ideology wearing a lab coat. @goodlawproject.org @helenwebb.bsky.social

Ginger doing her impression of the Firefox logo 😍

When you finally wonder if maybe you’ve contributed to a moral panic that has led to the most extreme assault on minority rights since Jim Crow

@iandunt.bsky.social An edition of On Liberty published this month is the first to officially name Harriet Taylor Mill as a co-author alongside John Stuart Mill. dailynous.com/2026/03/19/o...

NCP just collapsed with 340 car parks across the UK. The government has a choice: let developers snap it up for luxury flats, or turn parking spaces into front doors. New piece on @libdemvoice.org @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social @libdems.org.uk @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social

Poverty, ill health, the housing crisis, the far right. We keep treating them as separate problems. They're not. New essay on the single thread that runs through all of Britain's ills. @equalitytrust.bsky.social @jrf-uk.bsky.social @hopenothate.org.uk

"I've just finished @profkepickett.bsky.social's new book, The Good Society (Bodley Head, 2026), and I can't recommend it highly enough...Buy it, read it, press it on people." Here, I talk about the Palma Ratio, which the book introduced me to - ajustsociety.substack.com/p/the-number...

@hopenothate.org.uk's State of Hate 2026 report calls for a cohesion strategy. Here's what one would actually look like. @kenanmalik.bsky.social @compassoffice.bsky.social

How does a group of 800 members with no published accounts reshape school guidance, CPS practice, healthcare policy - and now threaten broadcasting regulation? Our new essay: @tbij.bsky.social @transsafety.network @genderedintelligence.co.uk @ofcom.bsky.social

My view on the current Bluesky trend

My feed is full of these, so thought I'd join in on the fun 😁

Yes this! 😁

The data is in. Britain's immigration crisis was built in Westminster, not on the boats. @msumption.bsky.social @robfordmancs.bsky.social @c-aguilargarcia.bsky.social @michaelsavage.bsky.social @willforster.bsky.social

Keir Starmer called the Greens' drug reform 'disgusting.' The UK has one of the highest overdose death tolls in Western Europe. Someone's got their priorities wrong. @minnierahman.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk @transformdrugs.bsky.social

Claims of a "Christian revival" based on Bible sales are a perfect example of why we should be rigorous with data. We have an obligation to describe our reality accurately, not as we might wish it to be.

⏲️ New episode out 🌆 @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social are back with a bonus episode on 15-Minute Cities. How did such a sensible and benign approach to urban planning give birth to a wild conspiracy theory about authoritarianism? Listen / watch now ➡️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...

These people are poison. They will unleash racist thugs on the streets of this country and call it security. They will subjugate us to the US and call it patriotism. They must be stopped. There is no more important task in politics.

A eulogy for two publications that made their own bed, caught fire in it, and are now complaining about the flames. @greenslader.bsky.social @briancathcart.bsky.social @andrewgraystone.bsky.social

In 1900, the richest 1% held 70% of Britain's wealth. Policy brought that down to under 20% by 1990. Now, inequality is surging again, and neither major party is even arguing for structural reform. We've been here before. We know the way out. CC: @scottsantens.com