The Green Party leadership election so far… Adrian - Likes: Collecting the rent Doesn’t like: Zack Zack - Likes: Adrian Doesn’t like: Extractive capitalism, inequality Ellie - Likes: ??? Doesn’t like: ???

🤔 Zero-hours contracts. All about flexibility right? 😃 They sure seem to work for the employers 😡 But for many workers they often mean insecurity, low pay, and worse rights ⛔ Labour's Employment Rights Bill needs end #ZeroHours contracts. No ifs. No buts!

If the OBR accept the white paper's projection that the measures will lead to a 100k drop in net migration then that will create an additional £2.5 billion hole in the next forecast.

I didn’t give a wit about new pope coverage, but the first American pope being a man with Black ancestry born in Chicago by way of New Orleans by way of Haiti. Names his self after the pope who condemned slavery? In the Trump era? Oh, baebae, I am HERE for it. www.wwltv.com/article/news...

Solidarity with @appleutaw.bsky.social @utaw.tech #Cambridge in their fight for union recognition from #Apple. See @novaramedia.com article: novaramedia.com/2025/05/08/a...

How it started. How it's going.

Voted this morning and took in a bit of local greenery 💚 #PeopleAndPlanet #ForTheMany

This macabre ritual is a reminder of the grim reality that many institutions continue to collect, hold and display human remains looted from enslaved and colonised peoples. It highlights the urgent need for new laws to tackle this.

Today is Stephen Lawrence Day - a day to reflect, honour and celebrate the legacy of his life. Let us support the Stephen Lawrence Foundation @sldayfdn and all the wonderful work they do to improve the lives of young people. #Wewillneveforgetstephenlawrence

Like Rashford before him, Onana is the scapegoat for a shockingly bad team. Onana actually has the 4th highest points on FPL so far this season. The highest ranking United defender is 24th (Dalot), and striker (Zirkzee) is 22nd. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

A person who have *fully* transitioned from a man to a woman (eg hormones, genitalia) *is* a biological woman. The assumption that people who are assigned a gender at birth can only be that gender is scientifically wrong.

The posts will disappear after 49 days 🥬 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

It's simply not true for Birmingham Council to suggest @unitetheunion.bsky.social don't want to negotiate the end to the bin strike. The Town Hall simply need to come up with a better offer for workers, end of. www.itv.com/watch/news/c...

We should be shocked, humiliated and ashamed that 4.5 million children live in poverty in the UK and that Labour is planning to increase this number by conscious choice. Radical action is needed. No child deserves this. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...

Glad the Sentencing Council are standing up (a) for the independence of the judiciary, and against bullying by a government preoccupied with simping to Daily Mail faux-outrage about ‘woke’; and (b) calling out the nonsensical criticism of SC guidelines. www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Uh oh.... youtu.be/wnujaQY8ycM?...

So sad to hear that Alex Wheatle - celebrated author and ‘Brixton Bard’ - has passed on. Such an inspiring man, with a golden heart. His novel Brixton Rock was a masterpiece. Rest in peace King 👑 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

The parallels between apartheid South Africa and modern-day Palestine were explored today by Dr Wesam Amer (Dean of the Faculty of Communications at Gaza University, and Associate Fellow at Homerton College), and Moyra Samuel (veteran anti-apartheid activist). 1/

Homerton College’s 3-day Symposium on Gender, Power & Culture is starting now, with a warm welcome from Dr Georgina Horrell! #GBVSymposium #CambridgeEvent #HomertonCollege #GenderPowerCulture

The Sentencing Council’s guidelines doesn't deal with disproportionate custody, longer jail terms, or imbalances in entering the criminal justice system in the first place. It's simply a reminder for judges to be aware biases exist, and do their job fairly. 1/ www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

So sad to hear that Angie Stone has passed on. Loved her as an artist, and once saw her in concert and loved her personality. RIEP Angie B / Stone

The Chagos islands is not the UK’s to lease to the US, any more than if Mauritius leased the Isle of Wight to Russia. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Hahahaha! 😂 As someone once threatened legally by Guido Fawkes (details of their ridiculous behaviour in this thread) it is particularly enjoyable to see Paul Staines lose in court! www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The German AfD - one of *the most* neo-Nazi party’s in Europe - scored highest among millennials and the working class. The Far Right are now the second biggest party, and looking like they are just one short step away from taking over Germany. www.newstatesman.com/internationa...

'More In Common' claim the Left are more dogmatic than the Far Right, but when questioned about this on Novara Media, they said the Right were not a big enough group to measure last time they looked, in 2020. Novara: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VFl... Story: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A Trump official wrote: “When a population gets feral, a little snip snip keeps things in control. Could offer incentives (Air Jordans, etc.).” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

I used to look forward to @tribunemagazine.bsky.social arriving. I’ve written for them. But no longer, after publisher Bhaskar Sunkara backed Trump’s attack on DEI. I will keep my subs for now as I wait for articles taking a different position. Maybe next edition? tribunemag.co.uk/author/leste...

Kate: Judge me for my work not my wardrobe. You sure?

🚨 BREAKING: Reform lead with **YouGov** 🟣 REF 25% (+2) 🔴 LAB 24% (-3) 🔵 CON 21% (-1) 🟠 LD 14% (-) 🟢 GRN 9% (-) Via YouGov, 2-3 Feb (+/- vs 26-27 Jan)

I'm thrilled to launch our @neweconomics.bsky.social and @patmillsuk.bsky.social report Exploring an Extreme Wealth Line. Our talks with millionaires, politicians, and policymakers in the past months revealed broad agreement that #extremewealth is a systemic failure neweconomics.org/2025/01/expl...

It was a pleasure to speak to students at Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge, today. I was talking about why stories matter to society, and our individual/collective power to contest narratives. I also discussed my role at Homerton College, Cambridge, and the mission/values of Homerton.

Very sad to hear that Louanne Tranchell has passed on. She will be much missed by many. RIEP Louanne ❤️ www.instagram.com/reel/DEo8vcG...

We were told the suffering was caused by Covid and the war in Ukraine, but today we're still getting poorer while the rich are getting richer, and this is being normalised. What's going on? @garyseconomics.bsky.social explains... youtu.be/QROpbj_Yz-0?...

Jilted at the altar! 🤣

Props to @franifio.bsky.social holding @cenkuyger.bsky.social’s feet to the fire for touring Rightwing shows like Turning Point. As someone who stopped watching @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social over Jen Pan’s Right talking points on race, I wish this had happened then. www.youtube.com/live/2rGFOTH...

One or two little odd glitches in using phone today which are different from normal bad reception. Anything off with phone communication networks today?

The quote from the NHS spokesperson at the end of this article highlights what the problem is. The NHS claimed 9 out of 10 Black people are happy with their cancer treatment, despite the fact that the survey clearly shows only 71% do, 5% less than white patients.

If businesses can’t afford to pay the lowest-paid a survivable wage and worker benefits, they can’t afford those workers. That’s how capitalism works. A business earns money and pays their workers for achieving that.

Today is the second day of #Kwanzaa. The principle today is #Kujichagulia (Swahili for self-determination), representing the desire for peoples of African descent to define and speak for ourselves. Sharing the #BlackBritishVoices survey by @voicenewspaper.bsky.social >>https://www.bbvp.org

Celebrating all workers in this Christmas & New Year festive season. May you be appreciated by customers and bosses alike, and remunerated fairly. However, as @the-tuc.bsky.social points out, many of these workers are in low-paid precarious jobs >> morningstaronline.co.uk/article/spar...

Happy Christmas ❤️ youtu.be/ihzOACVoN3E?...

He’s running in four years (if there’s an election) but it’s the Dems as a whole who need to sort themselves out.

Good morning, Bluesky Friends! 🗽💙 🌊

We are mugged. More than a third of water bills service debt & dividends; leaks not plugged, sewage dumped. 50% at Wessex Water. Water companies paid £85bn dividends, borrowed £60bn. OFWAT approved huge hike in bills. Govt won't end the privatisation scam. www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/market...

Lambs resist calls to close slaughterhouse

Damn right I support striking Amazon workers. You should, too.

The charity Shelter have condemned the shocking increase in homelessness, but what are the government really doing about it? www.theguardian.com/society/2024... 1/

Poser!

Great garage nite at Nookies, Basing House, Hoxton.