It's a revelation in political journalism, a politician who answers the question!

I'm not gonna post a picture of @bradfordoperafest.bsky.social 's banging new set for The Last Machine Breaker, but I can tell you that we've thrown plenty of metallic silver paint at it.

🌍 Highest EVER Green Polling (16%)

Look I am just saying that if we simply threw women, Black folks, immigrants, LGBTQ people, Muslims and other minorities under the bus we could go back to discussing the class-based white people politics that I, a white male pundit, am most comfortable discussing. Is that so hard?

Highest. Ever. (Yet.) 🚀 Let's go! 🙌🏼 Source: YouGov Join.greenparty.org.uk @leftiestats.bsky.social

& the hill of hope is being climbed.

Interesting article. He's a bit wishy-washy liberal, & therefore squeamish about taxing rampant capitalism. But, the argument about Labour's missed opportunity to reboot the narrative, & sense of social contract on the purpose of tax, is bob-on. Worth a look. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We need more politicians who read political poems.

It seems that the press want to highlight everything Farage says & thinks, but are mysteriously silent when one of his inner circle is caught taking bribes from Russia.

Greens jump in the polls for obvious reasons. 2pts behind Labour in this one. Looking forward to seeing @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Question Time tonight!

🌍 | Highest ever Green polling (15%).

Don't threaten us with a good time, Daily Express.

A little hope that things could start to go in the right direction.

And here we are on the BBC website! Exciting times. BBC News - Dawn of AI is the modern Industrial Revolution, says Huddersfield opera writer - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tell me this isn't the best party political broadcast you have ever seen. & it was filmed in Leeds! @zackpolanski.bsky.social is doing great. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxt4...

Constructing barriers that stop poorer folk from getting work is the least 'Labour' thing I can think of. He's completely lost the plot.

Apparently, the work I'm doing with Steve Scott-Bottoms & co at Vesper Hill makes us "bright sparks"! We make theatre about climate change & resilience from the bottom up, engaging people whose lives are changed from the start by telling their stories. www.forumforthefuture.org/vesper-hill-...

Anyone willing has been able to see this for some time. It's now undeniable. However, unlike the headline implies, it's not historic. It's happening today. Governments of the West stand and watch, and what are we supposed to think other than that they are complicit? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

But what about freedom of speech?

Any evidence to support this obviously homophobic claim? Or are you spewing out incoherent hate again Nigel? & of course you're a hypocrite.

First Past the Post has gone from rubbish to entirely insane.

Well done Zack! We need a Green Left to fight for social, economic & environmental justice & fight against rising fascism. Zack is the kind of strident leader we need. I also hope he can work alongside Zarah Sultana & her new party, because they are both excellent. www.bbc.com/news/article...

As new members, we've left our votes to the last day to better have the best info for our decisions. The leadership section of the ballot wasn't ever in doubt, Zack has been consistently impressive throughout and he deserves the best mandate possible. #BackZack

Who'da guessed the English media would despise climate protesters painting things orange, but would have a heyday over graffiti with racism in its heart?

The juvenile Musk vs Trump spat on social media is both hilarious & terrifying at the same time. @charliebrooker.bsky.social couldn't make this sh*t up.

Sometimes you have to read mainstream columnists twice to appreciate just how deeply populist right wing propaganda has penetrated the collective psyche over the last few years. Antiracism is now “highly contested” & puts a target on universities’ backs. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

Had a lovely time in theatre land last night talking shop with Steve Scott-Bottoms about theories of engagement and possible future projects. Then had a great laugh watching @katrosemartin.bsky.social in Pocket Rocket - it's a lovely show and I was particularly wowed by songs about bin day and UTIs.

There is something broken in a society where I can't afford to have Covid. Add it to the list I suppose.

Friends who watch video essays, who do you rate as the best makers? & what are the best examples of their work? (Asking for me, not a friend. Thinking of trying my hand at one).

This is well worth reading and sharing widely; a critical analysis of the Telegraph media propaganda piece about Sullivan… DARVO, The powerful playing victim, Tumpian connections, Humanising a GC while dehumanising trans people..

Not all heroes wear capes. This guy's saying what so many others have shamed themselves by not saying. BBC News - Expelled South African envoy accuses Trump administration of racism www.bbc.com/news/article...

And in the next act of the weird Trumpian pantomime, hardline conservative politicians who hate electric cars will start driving Teslas in the hope it will save Elon Musk. You know it's gonna happen.

The review was commissioned from a board member of anti-trans hate group Sex Matters. Its legal advice was written by the husband of one of Sex Matters. Sullivan’s expertise is in cohort studies of reading for pleasure and social inequality. Streeting hasn’t ever done the reading

Correct. Fourteen years of conservative austerity has been devastating for many people's physical & mental health. This is why many people voted for change, & not more conservative austerity. So, why are you delivering more conservative austerity?

Got a citation for that claim Wes? Is it based on medical research? Or is it just the opinion of a conservative politician in a red tie who wants to slash welfare budgets rather than ask the wealthy to pay more tax?

Thanks to everyone who keeps tagging me to suggest I meet up with @garyseconomics.bsky.social I'm filming a broadcast this month with channel 4 about inequality & keen to interview him! And yes - he's totally right about inequality and thats why we've been saying this for a long time!

I'm so excited!

I don’t understand how there’s any debate about whether to characterize them as Nazis when they’re out here sieg heiling. It’s an absolute failure of messaging not to name and condemn this behavior, and build a narrative around it.

Important win for LGBTQ+ people & allies. Never stop fighting for equality, dignity & respect at work. The scattergun approach of harassing LGBTQ+ people & allies in work and public life has its roots in fascism and marginalisation of minorities. www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/breakin... [1/2]

Is the reason that Trump and Putin think they can meet just the two of them to discuss peace talks for Ukraine because they are effectively on the same side?

Back safe, well, & showered after a great CuPa Staff Camp. My first one & I'm so glad I went. I drove home with my head full of Spectral Battle Mages, Old Gods, & Baggage Trains. Really looking forward to the next year on Game Team.

Been off social media generally for a bit. Just logged on here & I have loads of new LARP-y followers. Hi everyone!

I'm super pleased to have helped produce this interactive installation 'Loose Ends' that playfully disrupts patriarchal thinking about family trees. It's thoughtful, playful, & looks fab in the space. I can't recommend it enough. (1/2) www.politerebellion.co.uk/events/loose...

Tee-Hee!

If there is an echo chamber, it's to be found in the mainstream elite where politicians and the media reassure themselves that what has clearly not been working for decades will now and that if it doesn't, it's the people's fault anyway

What are you doing with your Friday night? Bet it's not as cool as what I'm doing!?

I just sent my first invoice in Xero - I feel like a tech whizz!

What's happening in the US is terrifying. Still, it's happening because Trump's criticism of the Democrats is essentially correct - they do represent a liberal (capitalist) elite who have no answers for rural/metropolitan communities hammered by de-industrialisation.

Socialism at last?!

Get in there Leeds Greens!