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Can anyone explain to me what the Blue Labour justification for this is? Who out there will vote Labour because Mahmood prevented a Sudanese Chevening Scholar? And to be honest, why won’t the PM simply overrule her?

This was such a beautiful and special event, thanks to all involved - SFF, Jessi Gutch, Rami Emad, Tom Herbert, Ronnie McGrath and the wonderful Stroud audience. I started the conversation with what the most heartbreaking line was, which felt brave, but the conversation opened up from there 💙

Looking forward to tomorrow's screening and discussion with the Director Jessi Gutch www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_wY...

Marking World Book Day with some shots of this book about the cruel and broken UK Asylum system from 2017 by talented artist Rudy Loewe (of more recent Brixton tube station mural fame). ‘Moving Through Borders’ asks ‘what does freedom mean to you?’ 🤝 w Hull Freedom Festival & @bookworks.bsky.social

Truly dystopic. "we are witnessing the fullest expression of the most inhumane weapons of the century: Autonomous bombs and missiles. Their “autonomy” refers to fact that humans need not be in the loop in any meaningful way when deciding where to target or whether to launch such weapons."

Completely stoked about Hannah Spencer's win in Gorton and Denton. Goodwin pulled faces throughout her victory speech like a surly schoolboy. While he recedes into the distance let nothing distract from her powerful words and message of hope. Really looking forward to hearing more from her as MP 💚 🔥

Never again can Labour say that a Green vote is a wasted vote. You don't have to compromise and tacitly endorse Labour's concessions to the far-right anywhere. This is so so huge!

Labour’s *majority* in Gorton and Denton in 2024 – just 19 months ago – was 13,000+. Tonight it got fewer than 10,000 votes total, on an almost identical turnout. In its heartland. That’s what a collapse of your core vote looks like.

Reader, they chose Hannah! Can’t wait to see her at work on Monday 💚👏💚

There’s a special kind of knot in your throat that comes with being a migrant in Britain today, the kind that always stays in the back of your mind. I’m forever indebted to the Greens for making it go away in a sigh of relief at least for one night. Onwards to the next! 💚

A new politics of hope was born this morning. We do not need to be the cruel nation that Badenoch, Starmer and Farage want. @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the Green Party have shown us we have a choice.

I know everyone is focused on politics at Gorton and Denton. I am focussing on a female plumber being the new MP I have to say this is bloody marvellous. A gain for Parliament, a loss for her profession I am sure. We always need more plumbers and sparkies and brickies, and female ones at that.

Very funny that the right-wing newspaper attack line on Hannah Spencer was: "Look at this joyful happy single person who loves dogs. She cried when one of them died. Isn't she a freak?"

Amid all the talk about why this or that party won or lost, we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that Hannah Spencer was a great candidate - pretty nearly the perfect pick for this constituency.

Russia loses in Gorton and Denton

Great to see #BBCBreakfast starting its program with this clip of Hannah Spencer "Instead of working for a nice life, we're working to line the pockets of billionaires. We are being bled dry & I don't think its extreme or radical to think working hard should get you a nice life"

"These pictures.. of the deputy leader of the Labour Party Lucy Powell.. you can see written on her face what Labour MPs have been telling me darkly for a few weeks now, which is that this exact scenario, a Green win, Reform in second, Labour in third, is their worst nightmare"

you know I would say her matching pink phone case really makes this, gives Goodwin a huge "sad loser man at the end of Legally Blonde" vibe

I noticed this too. Beeb ominously quiet about Gorton and Denton.

📣 Announcing an online screening of my film 'Time:Distance' online during March 2026 with @theremotebody.bsky.social 💙 Plus a recent collaboration with trb & DesCript ( #josephrizzonaudi ) -- I really appreciate the added layers to my film 'Time:Distance' through this new audio description 🔥

Watched BBC documentary 'Poison Water' last night - how did I not know about the aluminium poisoning affecting 20,000 people in Cornwall in the late 80s. Pretty much shows there was a high level cover up in the interests of share prices - just on the brink of our water services being privatised.

Katharina Borsi and @florianurban.bsky.social’s Leverhulme-funded project will produce the first comparative history of tenements that have been in continuous use since their construction, revealing factors behind their resilience. @uniofnottingham.bsky.social @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social

Really hoping Gorton and Denton can show hate the door today. Again, rooting for Hannah @greenparty.org.uk in this critical by-election. 🤞🤞

The Gorton and Denton by-election is tomorrow, and we’ve published six fact checks examining claims made during the campaign. We’ve looked at: 📊 A misleading bar chart 🤔 Unreliable polling claims 📱 False social media content Read our full analysis here:

Please use alt text in images. 1> It increases accessibility for visually impaired users. 2> It improves search functionality. 3> It enables people to mute image-related content. 4> It reduces the frequency of scolding in replies.

RIP Eliane Radigue. Recalling “diffuse, embody, occupy” @cafeotodalston.bsky.social curated by @irenerevell.bsky.social and Jo Langton in 2019. We enjoyed the live set by Angharad Davies, Rhodri Davies & Dominic Lash performed from Eliane Radigue’s Occam Delta series, along with Beatriz Ferreyra. 💜

The extended 90-minute show for Novara Live on 24.2.26 had absolutely no mention of Ukraine. Class solidarity and all that. Seriously. Upsetting when it just seems like a wilful silence.

This is a wonderful documentary to watch if you're thinking about four years of Ukraine resisting Putin today. Directed by Adelina Borets, born in Mariupol, 1998. dafilms.com/film/18877-f...

‘Reimagining matter’: Nobel laureate invents machine that harvests water from dry air

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks

4. The moment you criticise an enemy of the West, you become an enemy of some on the Western left. Oppose Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Assad's use of chemical weapons or Iran's murder of protesters and you become a "stooge", a "sellout", even a "warmongering imperialist"(!!) It drives me mad.

RT including for ALT text inclusion on the image 💚 Go Hannah

Rooting for Hannah Spencer to win in Gorton and Denton @greenparty.org.uk 🔥 Would love to hear more from her if she were an MP. She could make such a positive difference to the state of our politics.

Blue Has No Borders 💙 7.3.26 Excited to be bringing this recent documentary by Jessi Gutch to Stroud with Stroud Film Festival. We are so lucky that Jessi will be joining us to introduce her film. Followed by Q&A with Jessi and myself + local speakers Rami Emad, Tom Herbert and Ronnie McGrath.

Around 100 people turned out to defend refugees in the counter demonstration yesterday despite the weather 👏 via @Solidarity_Glos on instagram

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

"I am writing to ask if you would consider giving the keynote in the evening?" "Unfortunately, as you probably know, Universities don't pay speaker fees but we would, of course, pay any expenses" Universities! Don't send freelancers these invites! PS - I've been paid by many universities.

Currently posting for charity and social enterprise @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social to develop their presence on here - it's another hat I wear, but give them a follow! #refugeesarewelcomehere #retreat #sanctuary #ruralproject

Obligatory Cotswold Snowdrop post. If you’re a nature lover who welcomes refugees, and is inspired by rural ways of making that a reality - then follow us to find out all the best kept secrets of these hills, and maybe some more snowdrops if you’re lucky.

It was great to be part of this last publication of @jaws-journal.bsky.social in 2025. Looking forward to what the new editorial team brings forward in future editions!

Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

there are so many people fighting, working, dreaming, organising, researching for a better world, keep up the good work, it is the only way <3

Belated RIP to Béla Tarr. I haven't watched any of his films in years but intend to fix that, preferably in a cinema. Words by @peterbradshaw1.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...

Storage goals! Richard Torry’s shelving modifications The World of Interiors www.worldofinteriors.com/story/richar...

RIP Alison Knowles - beautiful obituary by Irene Revell - discretely reminded me why and whose history we drew from when we were reading Gertrude Stein's 'The Making of Americans' as a group in 2019-2020. @irenerevell.bsky.social 🙏

A marathon day spent in NFT1 yesterday for the Laura Mulvey Symposium at BFI Southbank, really great set of panels, and Laura being impressive as ever - in opening conversation with Oliver Fuke and later with closing remarks, then again introducing her film with Peter Wollen, The Bad Sister. Stamina

Working on this (editorially) with Holly was a highlight of my year. Her concepts of ecstatic nearby and psycho-rurality still stir me in my day-to-day 🚀🚀🚀 doi.org/10.1386/jaws...

Over on other channels I've announced my first peer review journal article. Seeing the finished article as a downloadable pdf it dawned on me how it actually feels to not only write in a personal capacity academically but also to put it out there.