BREAKING: ICE deported a Burmese man who doesn’t speak English to South Sudan—a country he’s not from and on the brink of civil war. He refused to sign English-only papers. They deported him anyway—with 11 others. No hearings. No translators. Court order ignored. This is state-sponsored kidnapping.

NEW: Liverpool’s full-time title celebrations: Slot dancing, YNWA, ball boys & more! #lfc

UK Govt assault on the poor & disabled in context. In 2024-25, the govt spending £1,276.2bn. Benefit cut will save £1bn a year. Hardly significant. It can have up to £20bn by taxing capital gains and dividends at the same rate as wages, and charging NIC. But won't do it. Political choice.

Trying to open a new campus while cutting jobs. Not a good look. Our members should not lose their livelihoods because of management can't handle the finances. 14 days of strike action started today at @newcastleucu.bsky.social 👇 With hundreds of jobs at risk we must #STOPtheCUTS.

Dictators are carving the globe. Trump is handing 20% or more of Ukraine to Putin. What next? Trump wants Greenland, Canada, Panama, Gaza, Ukraine minerals. Xi will want Taiwan and more. More countries will acquire nuclear weapons to prevent territorial grabs. Insanity is becoming the norm.

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

Royal Mail - Not Royal National Grid - Not National British Gas - Not British British Petroleum (BP) - Not British Public Transport - Not Public All brought to you by the evil of Privatisation.

False Economy NHS England faces £5.7bn bill for repairing hospitals before demolishing them. Boris John's 40 new(ish) hospitals never delivered. Labour to deliver in stages by the 2040s. Meanwhile, some are falling down All part of a strategy to hand healthcare to the private sector.

England's water industry owned by companies with over 1,100 criminal convictions since 1989. Examples: United Utilities 205 Thames Water 187 South West Water 174 Anglian Water 128 Yorkshire Water 125 Southern Water 119 People forced to hand more money to criminals? Now they are not even fined.

Explore Gaza Artist / Designer / Photographer Dwayne Boothe (Mr. Fish)

Note how increasing hostility towards immigrants and benefits claimants aren’t priorities for Labour voters

The idea that instead of tackling racism, Labour should seek some imaginary racism sweetspot - the precise amount of racism in public policy that will persuade people to turn away from Reform - is what helped ruin the Tories and will do the same for Labour. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Trump is capitalism in human form, stripped of its disguises. The violent seizure of other people's resources, the exploitation of other people's catastrophes, the predatory gleam in the psychopath's eye. #Gaza #Genocide

docs.google.com/document/d/e... Sign our Open Letter to Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, and Sunderland MP

We need rent controls — and we need them now. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Disastrous decision on Heathrow. They're essentially saying “fly, baby, fly” to the developers who don’t give a fig about the climate emergency. The world is literally on fire and the arsonists are giving speeches.

Poverty is political Despite economic growth since 2010, 5.2m UK children live in poverty. Govts imposed two-child benefit cap. Due to lack of good food, housing, healthcare, UK children upto 7cm shorter than comparable Europeans. Must reset political discourse leftfootforward.org/2025/01/labo...

Labour MPs ordered to sink landmark climate and environment bill. Some dark arts being used to silence people. Threats of discipline/expulsion, filibustering i.e. talk to ensure that the Bill debate runs out of time. Dhould be a free vote on all green issues. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Here’s a New Year’s Resolution: Be on the side that reads books — not the side that bans them.

World’s biggest bank shuns UK bonds over minimum wage fears. Pathetic. Millionaires at JP Morgan resent that the poor may be able to afford food, housing, education, pension. Can't recall bankers concerned about dangers from their own speculation & profiteering. It is class war. archive.ph/ob5zq

Musk’s Wealth 2012: $2 billion 2024: $454.1 billion Bezos’ Wealth 2012: $18.4 billion 2024: $242.3 billion Zuckerberg’s Wealth 2012: $17.5 billion 2024: $210.1 billion Federal Minimum Wage 2012: $7.25 2024: $7.25 It’s not the start of an oligarchy. We’re in the thick of it.

I’ve reported on homelessness for years and met many, many people who have found themselves in awful situations Every single one of them had more decency and integrity than this privileged plutocrat

If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.

It's been a year but finally home sounds like home. Debuting the new set up with @dextromusic.bsky.social. Only seemed right.

This post from the PM is problematic for a number of reasons. A thread…🧵