With @plancommonsense.bsky.social we have published a report on Basic Income for Net Zero: Trade Union Perspectives This report is built on interviews with trade union officers and general secretaries. It was a pleasure to have these discussions commonsense.northumbria.ac.uk/reports/basi...

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Really pleased to join the board of trustees at Basic Income Research Group at such an exciting time. Here’s our latest report on the trade union’s perspective on #BasicIncome for Net Zero. commonsense.northumbria.ac.uk/reports/basi... @walesgreenparty.bsky.social @plancommonsense.bsky.social

Employment Rights Act 2025 incoming.

If only there were some way, mathematically, to defeat 33% of the population. Alas, it is impossible, and Labour have no choice but to acquiesce to their every demand and nevertheless accept their humiliating defeat as a fait accompli.

Big news with a new @ubilabnetwork.bsky.social workshop announced on November 5th, this edition examining 'moving beyond Corporate Power' #UBI zurl.co/9JQT5

Unbelievable, Jeff.

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Zack’s smashing it - media game is top draw. Exciting time to be a GP member. Looking forward to seeing how this translates in the Senedd election next May.

We need strong, new narratives in support of Basic Income. New report from @georgeboltonuk.bsky.social 👇 buff.ly/gt20Lwd

A supply teacher who reported a colleague for making sexualised comments about under-age boys herself got sacked after they had an altercation on the Eisteddfod Maes ✍️Martin Shipton

Nailed on Trump takes credit for the discovery.

Is this a joke? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

"How long until Mandelson ends up in a high-paid consultancy somewhere? While another washed-up former Westminster insider ends up in Washington?" @zackpolanski.bsky.social reacts to the resignation of Peter Mandelson, appointed by Keir Starmer as ambassador to the US.

The post-PMQs No 10 briefing was dominated by questions on Epstein without many answers. Starmer's spokesperson said Epstein's victims were “at the forefront of our minds”, but could not explain how that tallied with appointing a US ambassador they already knew was an Epstein confidant.

Universal Basic Income would improve mental health, reduce homelessness, reduce crime, and reduce drug and alcohol abuse. I'm not saying it would 100% fix all of these, but that it would significantly help with all of them as just one policy. UBI and universal healthcare are musts for our wellbeing.

It’s something to behold how bad this Labour government is at politics. Mandleson’s association with Epstein was well known and yet he was still appointed. The story should be on Farage’s hypocrisy on tax - not Mandleson. Another gift for Reform.

Unforgivable inaccuracy. Judges always take off their ceremonial wigs when engaging in gavel-bashing. This stuff is basic.

Alcaraz on fire in that first set.

Dems may have actually got their shit together over the summer… Epstein coming back to haunt The Donald.

Congratulations @zackpolanski.bsky.social. Excellent news.

The beautiful people at @ubilabmanchester.bsky.social hit the streets. Finally a social policy people can understand.

The Welsh Government has been urged to close a ‘dangerous’ loophole that allows unqualified supply teachers to carry on working in schools despite being sacked for inappropriate behaviour ✍️Martin Shipton

If you’re not checking in on Twitter just to laugh at Gavin Newsom parodying Trump tweets - you’re missing out.

🎉 Green WIN! 🎉 🌹 to 💚 💚 Congratulations to Matt Youde of Cardiff Green Party on being elected in Grangetown ward! 💪 This brilliant win shows @anthonyslaughter.bsky.social is on track to win a Senedd seat in 2026.

#BasicIncome pilot update from the Welsh Government. www.gov.wales/basic-income...

Well… Another reason for a wealth tax. Tax data allays fears of non-dom exodus from UK on.ft.com/4mBipRq

Behind every draconian decision, there's secret evidence ("detailed security assessments") we're not allowed to see. We should just suck it up and believe them. Sorry, Yvette Cooper, that's not how democracy should work. When you make a decision of such consequence, we need to see the basis for it.

“The Left-Wing Policy That AI Evangelists Suddenly Love” Spoiler alert: they love #BasicIncome for all the wrong reasons. newrepublic.com/article/1975...

Tax the rich and distribute universal basic income, then being terrified will no longer be a part of daily life.

Soooo good. “Hamas are in the Epstein files” got me 😂😂😂

This is an incredibly important case and one I’m privileged to be instructed on as the @gmblondonregion.bsky.social legal representative. #EqualityAtWork #GMBUnion @gmbcampaigns.bsky.social | @wkennygmb.bsky.social

Great news: the High Court has granted permission for a full judicial review of the government's order proscribing Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act. Let's hope he government's idiotic and draconian order is overturned.

Starmer/Reeves should prepare UK for wealth tax, say top economists. Long overdue. Top 1% have more wealth than 70% of population combined. Laws bent to help the rich - privatisations, PFI, corporate subsidies, capital gains and dividends taxed at lower rates than wages, unchecked profiteering.

Brilliant 👏😂

"Students in the treatment group [getting $50 a week in UBI] attended 1.23 more days of school, and spent close to half their funds on essentials like food and groceries... One 12th grader in a survey mentioned using the money to feed their siblings." The UBI also improved their financial literacy.

Fair play. Mad respect for Mehdi. Read his book and watched his Oxford debates. No doubt this goes very well for the berks he’s debating.

Senedd Nowcast Now Live! ➡️ RFM: 30 Seats, 26.7% 🌼 PLC: 28 Seats, 26.2% 🌹 LAB: 24 Seats, 21.6% 🌳 CON: 11 Seats, 11.8% 🔶 LDM: 2 Seats, 6.6% 🌍 GRN: 1 Seat, 5.1% Interactive Map Available At: electionmaps.uk/nowcast/senedd

@unitetheunion.bsky.social suspending Angela Rayner’s membership over Birmingham Council bin strikes is a bold move. Food for thought for Rayner. She’ll need Unite if there’s a leadership contest in the near future.

Hope they pull this off. The club’s crying out for fresh ideas and leadership.

Amazing that a Glastonbury chant is a matter for the Home Secretary and PM, but the Government directly supporting a platform which is actively spouting Nazism is an "internal" corporate matters for X

Needs to be more than 2%.

Sport can be so cruel.

World No. 1 possibly on the way out here. Cracking tennis from Dimitrov.

Just received news that 27 people have been arrested in Parliament Square under the Terrorism Act 2000 for holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action". This is real police state behaviour.

Interesting… Will they run candidates in the Senedd next year? More bad news for Welsh Lab if so. news.sky.com/story/mp-zar...

RIP, Diogo. YNWA.

Love how it was so obvious to everyone bar the sycophants that these two would end up coming to blows.

**Logs back into the cesspit to check if Elon’s said any more about the Epstein files during this reinvigorated spat with Trump**