I have this theory that any politician *anywhere* on the left who can make a clear and cogent case for helping others will be described by the Express, Mail, and Telegraph (aka the Unholy Trinity) as “hard left”

Using the terrorism act to arrest someone protesting peacefully is a sign - if any more were needed - of authoritarianism

Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide. When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble. Happening under a Labour Government.

🚨BREAKING: GRETA THUNBERG ARRESTED UNDER TERRORISM ACT FOR SUPPORTING 'PALESTINE ACTION PRISONERS'

Funny how the issue of flatlining productivity never surfaces when it comes to executive pay

Sitting in a cafe near Gare du Nord in Paris and watching the street sellers tout knock off cigarettes and dodge police patrols

Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people

This is awesome. The Guides’ leadership needs to practice what they teach.

Wouldn't be a Girlguiding event without a sing-along 🎶

More from the girl guide protest in London with @whatthetrans.com

Netflix to release powerful drama 'Queen of Coal', which follows Argentinian trans miner Carla Antonella Rodríguez www.scenemag.co.uk/n... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Daily puzzle on chess.com was so tricky today - I completely fell for the obvious and missed the solution #chess

@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social ballot opens next week to stop a pay freeze @northumbriauni.bsky.social. Just getting in early, ya filthy animals... @ucu.org.uk @ducu.bsky.social @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ducuuo.bsky.social @umucu.bsky.social @uswucu.bsky.social

The UK Peggie ruling concluded that the supreme court judgment did not make it inherently unlawful for a trans female to use a female changing room at work. www.theguardian.com/... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Over a dozen leading mental health charities, including Mind, Samaritans, and the Centre for Mental Health, have written to the government saying they “deeply concerned”, warning the proposed EHRC guidance on the EA2010 on single-sex spaces poses a “major risk” to the mental health of trans people.

All the claims against Dr. Beth Upton failed. She’s entirely vindicated and her evidence was found more reliable. Let’s see if a single paper actually represents that fairly…

Peggie tried to portray to the world that Dr Upton was hostile invader of the women's changeroom (Peggie and Maya failed badly). The court found Peggie’s and Maya’s evidence as totally unreliable. Dr Upton was cleared of no wrongdoing. Her evidence was considered reliable.

My thread earlier focused on the discussion re. FWS - but I just want to draw this out really explicitly: The press absolutely monstered Dr Beth Upton in the most appalling way – only for the Tribunal to find that Beth had done nothing wrong, but that Sandie Peggie had harassed her.

Our media's reporting of trans issues is poisonous, unhinged, a betrayal by those who pretend to report impartially, and shamefully reminiscent of other hate propagandising throughout the last century. I'm surprised to see it in the UK but I need to learn that it is, since Brexit, just who we are.

EXCLUSIVE - Girlguiding leaders refuse to enforce 'horrific' trans ban https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/05/girlguiding-leaders-trans-ban/?utm_content=1765263600&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

“Partial victory” is such an upbeat way of saying “almost every part of this case was dismissed except one bit”

I watched both the @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social and @channel4news.bsky.social segments on the result in this case and neither saw fit to mention this part of the judgement

Last week, staff at the University of Derby were out on strike over more than 250 planned redundancies. Yesterday’s Canary piece digs into what happened on the picket lines, from student support to staff anger at the chaotic, unclear process from management. www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

A Mainichi Shimbun survey of four-year women's universities across Japan has found that six schools now recognize transgender women as eligible for admission. mainichi.jp/english/... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

In yet more devastating news, the VC has confirmed her plans to cut 80% of academic staff from Essex Pathways, our foundation year department. This would effectively close down all our existing foundation year programmes through the back door. But it's not a done deal yet. Please share urgently.

Mental health organizations in the UK are now warning that the transphobic EHRC “guidance” and “Supreme” court misjudgment pose a mental health risk to trans people.

The proposals to limit Article 3 are absolutely terrifying. I struggle to think of something that has come out of any UK government which has concerned me more. This must be resisted absolutely.

So this week shall I write about how killing unarmed civilians is murder or about how unwise it would be to limit the human right against torture. Western liberal democracies in 2025.

“Looks like a nice deal you’ve got there, #Netflix. Be a shame if something happened to it”

One of our branch co-presidents, Jordan Osserman, talking on BBC Essex this morning about the devastating cuts to our University, and what needs to be done about them. Please share. We had yet more shocking news this morning - stay tuned.

Why do I always love Canada? Let me count the ways …

They are just children who want to live lives that make the best sense to themselves. This measure isn’t about protecting children, it’s about indoctrinating them - your lives are ours to control and don’t you forget it

Solidarity with all staff and students affected by this wanton act of vandalism.

i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...

Some might say, hacking billboards is noble work. 😉

Pedro Pascal vs. The Transphobes (video) www.youtube.com/watc... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Not really selling the talents of British entrepreneurs that they feel they can only make money if they can unfairly dismiss people from their jobs.

And here we are! Literally every spine point is paying less in real terms than it was back in 2008. Spine point 5 (now replaced by the real living wage) is down by about 3.4%. By spine point 10, we're down over 10%. By spine point 23, over 20%, ultimately reaching a 22.1% reduction. 3/3

As we near the last safe day for ballot posting in the current national UCU ballot (get 'em in by Wed, preferably sooner), let's remember what we're fighting for. We'll start with the graphs we made last week. Decades of pay erosion has left many of us a full pay spine point below where we should be

If you didn't get your ballot, if your dog ate your ballot, if an overzealous manager snuck your ballot into the recycling, if you've realised you should vote after all as it's fairly obvious that managers aren't going to act in the interest of staff (or unis for that matter): REQUEST A REPLACEMENT!

It was never about protection, it was and always is about control

When senior managers tell you to start incorporating AI into your modules, just send them this article

The surest sign yet that Starmer’s days are numbered www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable. A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.

What's tearing the country apart is the cruel and nasty rhetoric from the indistinguishable mass that is Mahmood, Farage, Jenrick, & Tommy Ten-Names. The LP has betrayed its long time supporters, and I for one will not forgive or forget. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...

Trans ally Georgia Tennant contacts police after receiving death threats online https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/10/georgia-tennant-contacts-police-online-hate-trans-ally/?utm_content=1762785060&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Very strong turnout this morning on the first of our five days strike. On Friday, in a meeting with the interim Principal, he confirmed his ideology is to cut as many jobs as possible. Support our action to save jobs and save the University! #SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni #WeAreTheUniversity

We need to stop shipping in vastly overpaid, underperforming ‘executives’ who don’t care about OUR university or OUR city. These people (in this picture) are the people who CAN save OUR university.

Conditions of transit #photography