My take on the Caerphilly by-election. Persistent grassroots campaigning on community issues shows that Reform have no answers. www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

My take on the Caerphilly by-election. Persistent grassroots campaigning is a key element that shows Reform have no answers. www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

I would like to coin the phrase ‘fake crusader’. The fake crusader is someone who shouts angrily at an injustice for just long enough to get attention and feel self-righteous. Despite having no track record of actually doing anything about it.

British people want leaders they can be proud of. Patriotism would be taking water back into public ownership. It would cost nothing. Simply enforce the fines. Share prices would drop to zero. And the government would look like it has a backbone. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...

When 150 far-right tried to march through Newcastle yesterday, 3000 Geordies stopped them. I’m proud of our city and its people. My article is a first-hand account of the day. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...

Today Newcastle stood united. ✊🏼 The far-right were in town trying to spread their hate and division. Only about 200 turned up. Over 3000 canny geordies, including dozens of Majority members stopped them marching and sent them packing! #TheyDidNotPass #NaePasaran

📣TOMORROW📣 Stephen Yaxley-Lennon aka Tommy Robinson will be in the toon tomorrow with Nick Tenconi and his UKIP pals. They seek to divide us and turn us against each other. But we won’t let them. Let’s turn out in force and show them who we are in the North East!

Anyone who supports ID cards on the grounds that “if you’ve got nothing to hide you have nothing to worry about” should be banned from having curtains. Mark Thomas’s People’s Manifesto

People want a new kind of politics. @majorityuk.bsky.social's packed conference shows it’s already happening. It’s about time Britain was run in the interests of its people. Not billionaires. My article in @thecanaryuk.bsky.social.

Great to have @zarahsultana.bsky.social at the Majority annual conference yesterday. Labour have failed to provide the answers to the huge challenges we face. We’ll be working with ‘Your Party’ to provide an alternative that will deliver for our communities. Join us 👇🏼 #wearethemajority

Well done Zack!

Left-wing and right-wing are blunt terms. We need to get beyond them and talk about evidence, or we descend into tribalism. My article in @thecanaryuk.bsky.social

A Green Party by-election victory shows what's possible with progressive alliances Labour threw everything - including Rachel Reeves - at a recent by-election, yet the Green Party smashed them www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Join us on Saturday 6th September at Newcastle’s Discovery Museum for our Annual Conference. Keynote speakers include @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social and @zarahsultana.bsky.social, who will give an update on Your Party. Book today - tickets going fast. Free for Majority members, £6 for non-members. 👇🏼

Labour has lost 'The Spirit of '45', but new parties and independents can take up the mantle Clement Atlee and Nye Bevan would disown today’s Labour Party - but they may well be more interested in what Corbyn and Sultana are offering... www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...

750,000 people have signed up to Your Party - and the establishment is panicking The concern trolls are out in force over Your Party - but the thing is, their smears are actually just describing themselves, writes Jamie Driscoll www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...

Homelessness minister, Rushanara Ali, has resigned after evicting four tenants from a property she owns, before hiking the rent by £700 a few weeks later. What happened to high standards in public life? We know toddlers with better morals! www.bbc.com/news/article...

This is not just about left-right ideology. It's about making sure Britain is run in the interests of those who do the work, including those doing unpaid work, those unable to work or those retired from a lifetime of work.

What is British culture? How should progressives talk about it? And wasn’t it shaped by immigration? My latest article.

We’ve had hundreds of new members join in the last couple of weeks! 🔥 Tonight we met some of them to: 🗳️talk plans for #Newcastle 2026 council elections 😂 groan at some ‘dad jokes’ from @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social ✊🏽and start to build a new politics based on honesty and integrity

You can join @majorityuk.bsky.social today. MajorityUK.org/join

“The establishment have their billionaire newspapers and GB News. The 99% have mass movements. While you’re waiting for the new party, join Majority.” @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social on why now is the time to get active! Sign up below 👇🏼 @thecanaryuk.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

While many politicians are clowns, 🤡 comedian Steve Coogan is a serious political voice. In the Guardian he supports a new movement in UK politics with Sultana and Corbyn overseeing foundation of a new party with principles just like Majority in the North East.

Majority members on the streets of #Newcastle today. ✊🏽 Supporting @psc_newcastle rally calling for an end to the barbaric starvation of #Gaza and a #FreePalestine 57% of Brits want to end all arms sales to Israel. #WeAreTheMajority

2) Jamie Driscoll (@jamiedriscoll.bsky.social) former North of Tyne Mayor, and founder of Majority Sign-up: buff.ly/a0bYAMx

I’m speaking at Jesmond Library on Thursday evening, along with Laura Pidcock, Matt Williams of the Green Party, and Martin Levy of the Communist Party. 6:30pm. No need to book. jesmondlibrary.org/event/the-fu...

Most British people oppose the government’s plans to cut PIP and Universal Credit. 75% think the measures are cruel. 69% think we should tax the super rich instead Today, the government must listen to the majority. #WeAreTheMajority #WelfareReformBill #PIP #UC

🚨Longbenton and Benton by-election Last Saturday we had nearly 50 Majority, Green and North Tyneside Community Independent members leafleting the ward! Let’s beat that tomorrow. Help get Green candidate Jim Howard elected! All details below 👇🏼 majorityuk.org/content.aspx...

Reform might pretend to be anti-establishment, but what's the first thing they do in power? More austerity. Majority believe in investing in our local communities not slashing their funding like other parties. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

49 Majority & Green members came together today to back Jim Howard in the Longbenton & Benton by-election. That’s what democracy looks like. Tribal politics divides us. But if we share goals like ending austerity & tackling climate change, we can unite. ✊

Asked “what do you want from politicians?” top answers were: - Listening to people - Keeping their promises - Delivering Value for money, and - Working cross-party. All the “I am working class” spin makes little difference. My latest article www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...

The citizens' assembly aiming to 'get the people back in charge' in the North East @ososabio.bsky.social recently attended a people’s assembly in Newcastle involving former mayor Jamie Driscoll, his local party Majority, and Assemble - and here's what happened. www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

I’m straight, but for years I’ve flown the Pride flag behind me in every TV interview because I support freedom, tolerance and solidarity.🏳️‍🌈 The decision by the County Durham RefUK administration to take it down signals hostility. This letter from Bishop Auckland Pride explains it beautifully.

"The role of a councillor is to be a shop steward for the community inside the Council, not a cheerleader for the Council inside the community." The Canary's article on the People's Manifesto event in Newcastle, and an interview with me.

A packed house at the @majorityuk.bsky.social people’s manifesto event.

A lad called Ryan told me he would vote Reform. In 5 minutes I learned he wanted to end homelessness, help poor families, and help vulnerable people get off drugs. Not a word about immigration. He just couldn't vote Labour after so may lies. My latest article in The Canary.

Here’s a radical idea - listening to people in a democracy. Join the assembly and help develop a manifesto for Newcastle on Sunday 18th May. Follow the link to book a free ticket. majorityuk.org/assembly

On local Election Day, a look at new movement. Any national independent political organisation must be built up from community power in localities, @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social (Tyneside) and. @andrewfeinstein.bsky.social (Camden, London) tell Red Pepper www.redpepper.org.uk/political-pa...

What happens now that Reform actually have taken back control? My article on yesterday's local election results in the North East. majorityuk.org/content.aspx...

I'm looking forward to speaking at this in Huddersfield.

My letter in @theguardian.com today on what the leadership of a progressive party needs to do so we have a fighting chance of a decent future. (Hint: end neoliberalism & privatisation, tax the very, very rich, and invest in our common future). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

This is the first Labour government in history to increase child poverty. There’s an alternative: properly taxing multinational corporations & those with assets over £10 million. Reverse privatisation of energy, water, rail and healthcare. Sign the Dignity Declaration thedignitydeclaration.co.uk

Labour suspends cllrs only after being called out by the media. We deserve a party with moral principles. Joining Majority means committing to the Nolan principles of selfless, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Lies, damned lies, and immigration. At two recent public meetings, people mentioned buses, anti-social behaviour (especially kids on motorbikes), jobs. No one mentioned immigration. So where is all the bile coming from? My article: majorityuk.org/content.aspx...

10. Therefore we either develop a story as the agents of progressive change, identifying those responsible and pledging to fix it, or we make way for the inevitability of a far-right victory, just like in the US.

Excellent column from @adityachakra.bsky.social “These are people you rarely get to see or hear from in the media. My trade has spent most of the past decade composing sepia-tinged portraits of the industrial working class” Proper journalism rather than stereotypes.

Excellent column from Jonathan Liew. "How is it remotely possible to frame this horrific extravaganza of violence as the benign option, and the resistance to it — even when it comes from Jews themselves — as some kind of sublimated hatred, rather than the simplest act of conscience there is?"