a lot has been said about whether the greens should run in places like makerfield. some of those who argue against are coming from a genuine place, some are not. i wrote for @theguardian.com on why i think they’re wrong and the greens must stand everywhere… www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

@bencsmoke.bsky.social : "these people clearly don't believe in the universalism I believe in.. very wealthy people.. moving away to remove yourself [from paying] anything into this country is a social ill. We need to start talking about it in those terms" #GMB

posting the below and then literally hours later went out and got humbled by the marshes lmao

not been posting here a lot bc i keep forgetting but here are some nice pics ive taken on my runs recently

To add to the below, Ben Smoke over on X has produced the attached articulate thread. Karen Pollock invokes the sanctity of Holocaust Memorial Day while directly contradicting the HMD organisation’s own statement of the purpose of the day. She is not fit for purpose.

had the best time working with @scottygb.bsky.social and jordan gray on this very stupid panel show

had the best time working with @scottygb.bsky.social and jordan gray on this very stupid panel show

been a pretty difficult few months so i wrote about bipolar, being shit at communicating, the anniversary of a big suicide attempt coming up and weirdly quite a lot about eel pie island. contains discussion of suicide, description of depression medium.com/@bensmoke/an...

been a pretty difficult few months so i wrote about bipolar, being shit at communicating, the anniversary of a big suicide attempt coming up and weirdly quite a lot about eel pie island. contains discussion of suicide, description of depression medium.com/@bensmoke/an...

Ben and I got reckt in a ruined monastery for you, the least you can do is say thanks?????

me and @goingmedieval.bsky.social went to an abbey, got drunk and chatted about sex and gender through the ages, kinky monks and sex lizards — check it out here! youtu.be/rRSZCMj0-2U?...

In which your faves hang out.

been working super hard on a new format called what do you wanna talk about where we let guests talk about whatever they want! launches tomorrow 5pm. heres a sneaky peek ft Sapan Verma, @goingmedieval.bsky.social, @willhunterr.bsky.social + Fekky with many more to come! youtube.com/shorts/hfWpB...

Edinburgh Festival preview just out with 5 stars for Jordan Gray, How to Win Against History and Urooj Ashfaq PLUS must see shows from @robinince.bsky.social, @josielong.bsky.social, @awkwardprods.co.uk and more! ralphworld.substack.com/p/ralph-reco...

went to latitude and chatted to legend and icon @robinince.bsky.social about the cosmic shambles arena, curiosity and the joy of resistance PLUS reviewed every meal i had there, you can check it all out here: ralphworld.substack.com/p/the-joy-of...

running in the rain after a blazing few days is an unrivalled feeling. 15/10.

inject it

In case any New Yorkers follow me and aren't yet decided about the mayor's race, let me share a series of articles from my decade-plus time covering Andrew Cuomo. To begin: when he made a fake political party dedicated to "Women's Equality" rewirenewsgroup.com/2014/07/30/n...

hi

forgot this place existed for like two months, did i miss anything

sat down with the incredible jordan gray a couple of weeks ago and chatted ethical non-monogamy, writing real life trans people, the death threats that inspired her new edinburgh show and a ceramic chicken called maude... www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qzw...

made a new playlist. ran a speedy 10k listening to it and cried three times along the way. great morning. 15/10.

for 4 years many of us were shouting from the rooftops warning about starmer + how easily he'd throw everything + anyone under the bus to get or keep power and for 4 years, people like otto english told us we were wrong, labour'd get more left in power, that we were just tory enablers etc etc...

it is, but that aside, “What a brilliant statement by the Crab Museum” has absolutely set me off, what a stunning set of words

Me and @bencsmoke.bsky.social are getting married if you even care…

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know i’m getting old because i had a sex dream last night but my brain gave it subtitles so i could follow along lmao

These women are my constituents. Gangs in their home country have threatened their lives. They're detained and due to be deported next week, because of an admin error. I've been urgently trying to get them released. The Home Office must not deport them. www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...

wrote this piece on the vital work being done to green the film industry for @lwlies.com! big up @sexyclimatechange.bsky.social and the green rider campaign for chatting to me about all the cool shit they’ve been up to! give it a read here: lwlies.com/articles/eco...

WEALTH TAX NOW

protest listings for the week now out! actions on palestine, welfare cuts, climate change and more PLUS dates for your diary (and also a good meme i made @samuelsweek.bsky.social make for me) check it out here: open.substack.com/pub/wefightt...

protest listings for the week now out! actions on palestine, welfare cuts, climate change and more PLUS dates for your diary (and also a good meme i made @samuelsweek.bsky.social make for me) check it out here: open.substack.com/pub/wefightt...

I have written to the government to express my deep concerns about the proposed changes to disability benefits, and to ask a number of questions. I will vote against these cuts.

In this weeks newsletter I looked at the reality of the cuts being levelled at disabled people, and the unconscionable choice labour is making to punch down rather than hit those with the broadest shoulders. Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/wefightt...

An excellent article. Politics is about choices. Choosing to serve corporate donors, foreign interests and your own drive for power and wealth, over the security, health and wellbeing of the country and those who elected you, will never be a good choice. #LabourClassTraitors

"In the last year the number of billionaires in the UK has risen by 4 to a total of 57. In that time the total wealth of all billionaires in the UK increased by £35 million a day, or almost £12.8 billion, to a collective total of £182 billion." 🎯 @bencsmoke.bsky.social

You should probably read this

In this weeks newsletter I looked at the reality of the cuts being levelled at disabled people, and the unconscionable choice labour is making to punch down rather than hit those with the broadest shoulders. Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/wefightt...

there should be a way of filtering out american results when you google recipe ideas bc those people are fucking feral

hello good morning please enjoy this video which i helped make and was, perhaps, my favourite ever day at work www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2tY...

on the govt having to make 'difficult choices'; a difficult choice would be expending political capital going after billionaires + multinationals, knowing the press would mercilessly attack them for doing so. attacking most vulnerable + maligned is not a difficult choice it is a convenient one.

hard to overstate the number of jobs i've had that have actively exacerbated my mental health condition, that i have not been able to leave (and thus have got more and more ill) because there has been no welfare support + bc there's no energy left for job hunting when you're just trying to survive

took a month off because i have been having a particularly bad bipolar flare up, but i am tentatively back with a very short newsletter about how you can get involved in resisting labours unconscionable cuts to welfare. read it here: open.substack.com/pub/wefightt...

sorry to say this is iconic

when the stars align

HELLO PLEASE ALL WATCH THIS www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK7G...

HELLO PLEASE ALL WATCH THIS www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK7G...

has the world not suffered enough

currently being screamed at by terfs and fascists in the other place but i’m out having the best date night buying new towels, drinking all wine and coming third in the pub quiz

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