My third daughter, Raven Isla Ramsay Daigre, was born last week. If Andy Burnham does appoint oil industry shill James Purnell as his chief of staff, he will be setting fire to her future: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

We had another baby last week! And I’ve been watching the political events since then through that lens: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

The last British party leader to secure a majority and serve a full term as prime minister was Tony Blair 2001-2005. This is not a stable political system.

Being the best fans in the world cheering on a mediocre team is what being Scottish is all about.

French investigators have accused an Israeli tech firm of interfering in the Scottish election, as part of a global attempt to smear pro-Palestine politicians: www.reuters.com/world/israel...

@adamramsay.bsky.social has this short piece on his substack, by an author who lives in NI and wishes to remain anonymous: abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/what-were-...

With John Healey resigning over defence spending, remember that much of British military expenditure is more about protecting the global oil industry than us: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

These pogroms are call in Loyalist areas. Why won’t the media say so? open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

For anyone who knows Belfast, the most obvious fact about last night’s pogroms is that they were all in Loyalist areas. Yet the British media has largely failed to mention this. Why?: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

These pogroms are call in Loyalist areas. Why won’t the media say so? open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

For anyone who knows Belfast, the most obvious fact about last night’s pogroms is that they were all in Loyalist areas. Yet the British media has largely failed to mention this. Why?: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

What we’re not being told about racist riots in the north of Ireland: abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/what-were-... by an anonymous activist in Belfast.

Check out these pics from my forthcoming children’s book, drawn by Abigail Little. It’s due out in August.

Very worrying polling out of France today, showing the far right winning the presidency in every second round possibility :/

Very pleased to appear on the always excellent @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social podcast discussing Britain’s role in helping big oil dodge tax on its vast profits: podcasts.taxjustice.net/episode/163-...

The Murrell story is, in part, a story about a party which grew rapidly over a few years, and clearly didn’t have the processes in place to ensure proper accountability. Without casting aspersions against anyone, there are clear lessons for @greenparty.org.uk.

Left: Alberta, permitted an independence referendum; right, Scotland, not permitted an independence referendum.

Both Andy Burnham and Reform are running in Makerfield with a clear message: Westminster isn’t working. The problem is, it’s not clear what they’re going to do about it. open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

Both Andy Burnham and Reform are running in Makerfield with a clear message: Westminster isn’t working. The problem is, it’s not clear what they’re going to do about it. open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

Shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho keeps saying the "UK is the only country in the world banning new oil and gas licenses". It's completely untrue. Denmark, France, Spain & Ireland have all done the same. She went completely unchallenged on Talk this AM when she repeated it.

Greens used to be one part of the independent group in the local government association. They now have their own grouping for the first time, which will bring some resource with it, I understand.

Great to see the always-interesting @anthonybarnett.bsky.social interviewed about the break-up of Britain in the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

In Makerfield, the default is that the Greens will run. If Andy Burnham wants them not to, then he will need to persuade Green members in the area. Which would mean he would need to make them an offer, and it would be up to them to decide whether to accept it. The ball is in his court.

I wrote this about Andy Burnham when he was blocked from standing for Gorton and Denton. He isn’t great on Gaza, climate and many other important things, but he does understand that the Westminster system is broken. And that is important, too: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

this is extremely funny because "too right wing" is the top answer and "too left wing" is the very bottom answer, like the exact thing that every single person said would happen.

Remarkably, the top reason SNP voters have for voting SNP, was that they want to rejoin the EU.

Wes Streeting is far from being the only politician who is guilty of this, but it is always weird to me how you can write a paragraph on the challenges the world faces and not mention climate change.

Yes, this is crucial. Among people who say they considered voting Labour, but didn’t, twice as many didn’t because of their anti-immigrant rhetoric than because of their supposed weakness on immigration.

The column on 'voters who contemplated voting Labour but didn't' is particularly clear here I think: bsky.app/profile/adam...

“They have become Tory-lite” is the top reason, in case you’re wondering.

New research shows that more people abandoned Labour because they were too tough on immigration - and because of their support for Israel - than because they were too soft on immigration.

With pro-independence first ministers now leading Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the pro-Indy @zackpolanski.bsky.social on the march in England, the pressure to break up the UK isn’t going anywhere. Me in @greeneujournal.bsky.social www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/scotland-and...

Like many people, I knew Wes Streeting when we were both involved in student politics. He’s always been mega-impressive, in the sense that he has always been able to impress whoever he needed to, by working out what they wanted to hear, and saying it.

For decades British people accepted the relative lack of democracy in our state system because it delivered wealth for all... first through the plunder of colonialism, then through the secondary benefits of late imperialism... the income we got from renting or selling assets built up through empire👇

Interesting read.

The British political system is meant to be good at one thing - stability. If it can’t even deliver that, what’s it for? open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

🚩La semana pasada hubo elecciones locales parciales en Reino Unido 🚩El bipartidismo está acabado y eso supone una crisis constitucional para el Estado británico, sostiene @adamramsay.bsky.social en esta columna para @opendemocracy.net www.opendemocracy.net/es/reino-uni...

Is @greenparty.org.uk ready for a by-election for mayor of Greater Manchester?

First Past the Post is bust. Scotland has delivered a mandate for an indyref, and Wales will have a pro-independence government. The Westminster parties are in death spirals. Across the UK, people voted against our political system: abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/this-elect...

Yep. "The reason voters don’t trust the Westminster system is that it stinks... The place is teaming with corporate lobbyists, drowning in dark money and whipped into line by millionaire-funded party machines."

congratulations to the people of Newcastle on being moved from the category of 'salt of the earth working class hero voters' to 'middle class woke elitists'. and they say social mobility is dead

With @zoegarbett.bsky.social becoming Hackney mayor, presumably she will stand down from the London assembly; which means congratulations are due to my old comrade @greenbenali.bsky.social, who is next on the list

First Past the Post is bust. Scotland has delivered a mandate for an indyref, and Wales will have a pro-independence government. The Westminster parties are in death spirals. Across the UK, people voted against our political system: abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/this-elect...

This election signals a crisis of the British state. By me: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

"The place is teaming with corporate lobbyists, drowning in dark money and whipped into line by millionaire-funded party machines." It stinks.

This election signals a crisis of the British state. By me: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

Congratulations to @irisduane.bsky.social, Scotland’s first trans MSP.

CONFIRMED: there is now a pro-independence majority in the new Scottish Parliament

Greens have now won their second ever seat in the Welsh Senedd, too.

Scottish Greens’ Holy Bruce has also just won Glasgow Southside - stunning victory.