Well better late than never. He needs to say much more along these lines, pointing out all Farage’s lies.

An Indian take on ID cards api-esp.piano.io/story/estore...

Thousands of experts seem to know. But Farage doesn’t seem to know.

Workers in China have used the same method of strike action, without any knowledge of this older struggle in France. Demonstrating the innate creativity of workers.

Indeed. Legal migration to the UK is, by definition, "controlled". This is not a coherent critique (of either New Labour or the Conservatives) either economically or politically.

If we want to stop illegal and exploitative working, we should: empower trade unions to have roving representatives; and massively increase labour inspectors. More reliable than ID cards, digital or otherwise.

The Indian Aadhaar scheme is not digital and has been hugely controversial with people reporting all sorts of problems including denial of services. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

This is very important. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Which would be a grave mistake.

This is tough, but 100% correct. There is no way round this. Putin will keep pushing. Europe has to push back. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Great resource

The Tech bros undermining democracy. www.ituc-csi.org/corporate-un...

Quite right. The flag of St. George flies over Anglican churches. It doesn’t belong to racists.

Probation service still hasn’t recovered from disastrous Tory privatisation. This is the threat to women, not asylum seekers. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

And he is right and Labour should be saying it. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Be great if UK joined the list of governments supporting this statement

This Italian news outlet is clear: Tommy Robinson is a neo fascist; the rally wasn’t about free speech it was anti immigration. La verità. www.ilpost.it/2025/09/13/m...

I back delivering the New Deal for Working People in full ✊🌹 Add your support: labourunions.org.uk/newdealinfull/

Musk is inciting violence on London's streets.Tommy Robinson is financed by US tech bros. These are all very direct attempts to destabilise the British state. Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.

Could UK government sanction Musk, the way they sanction Russian killers? Trump won’t mind.

Wildfires in the Arctic! Very scary. Of course, as per Reform Party, this is all a hoax. Vaccines are bad for you, the earth is flat, NATO caused the invasion of Ukraine. Basically, the Enlightenment was a bad thing. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Very worrying read. This is the most important issue facing the UK now. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Seems a very pertinent way of stating the problem. There is time to beat Reform and lay the foundations for the next General Election. But not if we stay on this course.

I do not know Dutch, but even I can work out that the slogan means: “Stop the race to the bottom”. Public money on contracts should support public goods. One of which is collective bargaining. uniglobalunion.org/news/after-p...

Astonishing that such a person is a Vice Chancellor, when he clearly has no idea what a university is for. He seems to be saying that some subjects are intrinsically more valuable than others which is just wrong. Trying to say, decipher Linear A is just as important as discovering graphene.

I would urge ministers to limit bankers’ pay rises www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Latest England data - COVID-19 continues. Serious risks for older adults and those with compromised immune systems. Patients in hospital with COVID-19 up 40% since 31 July 2025. Our choices affect those most vulnerable. Improve ventilation in enclosed spaces. Long COVID = time-bomb. Vaccine matters.

Every year hundreds of union safety reps gather, making work safer and healthier.

Hugely important way of promoting decent work. There’s a handy ILO convention on the subject. It was based on famous House of Commons resolutions on Fair Wages. Shamefully, UK Government deratified this in 1982. normlex.ilo.org/dyn/nrmlx_en...

Not just appoint professionals but listen to their advice.

Great to see Starmer doing the right thin, and quickly.

Very enjoyable. One of my top podcasts.

Putin is testing our resolve. We must stand up to this. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

The Israeli Government violated Qatar’s sovereignty by directly striking at Hamas on their soil. Qatar have been trying to help broker a ceasefire - the UK has requested the UN Security Council meet to respond. Today I pressed minister to set out what case he will make to them.

Reform must be delighted that Labour is putting migration as one of its central issues. Suits them - fighting on ground chosen by them. How can Keir Starmer be so stupid?

The one-time "Prince of Darkness" Peter Mandelson is now Donald Trump's biggest fan. Starmer should sack him today. My latest column for Solidarity: www.ericlee.info/blog/the-one...

Not good enough. Why not publish Foreign Office lawyers’ opinion? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

"As long as we have this very fragile media ecosystem that’s relying on crumbs from philanthropists, we’re all going to be at risk." I spoke to @tbij.bsky.social about covering gender inequality at a time of precarious funding and a far-right backlash. the-spark-tbij.beehiiv.com/p/how-do-we-...

Worth a minute. It makes sense to allow asylum seekers to work. act.refugee-action.org.uk/page/176343/...

Aerosol transmission of SARSCoV2 virus is the dominant route for transmitting COVID-19. 👏'2025 Faraday Horizon Prize for advancing understanding of the physicochemical properties of exhaled aerosols, and their impact on transmissibility of respiratory pathogens.' @rsc.org www.rsc.org/standards-an...

The Indian government’s Economic Survey a few years ago, noted the same issue. Trouble is, employers lobby against minimum wages, or stronger unions, and they have more influence. But in the long run, higher % of GDP going to wages leads to higher spending by workers = more sales by companies.

Not a good time for Angela Rayner, I know. But she should have fixed this ages ago. actionnetwork.org/petitions/an...

I assume a Surgeon General is medically qualified? So why does he want to condemn children to unnecessary suffering?

Reform are now attacking SEND families -claiming they are abusing the system to get free transport as if an ECHP is just an uber account. This just shows how little they care for the truth and the damage their prejudices do to the people they target.

Thank you to Chief Inspector Chris Boyd for meeting Cllr John McHugh and I at Horwich police station to discuss concerns about speeding and dangerous driving in Horwich and Westhoughton. It's vital to work with Greater Manchester Police to keep our streets safe in Bolton West.

The Bishop of Oxford speaking out against Farage. blogs.oxford.anglican.org/an-open-lett...

One of the worse countries in the world for workers’ rights. If the government really cared about workers’ lives they would ratify the ILO convention on safety in mines.