Kevin Taylor-McKnight 🏳️🌈 he/him/they
@charitysky.bsky.social
Charity sector 'lifer'. Fundraising consultant + philanthropy advisor. Talks about charity - social justice - devolution. Eye-rolling champion of the North
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So, I've just created a new group on LinkedIn, to help diversify speaker panels at Charity events, so that we don't see the same faces everywhere on repeat. Please help spread the word: www.linkedin.com/groups/13127...
We are also here on BlueSky: diversespeakers.bsky.social
#DiversityMatters
We are also here on BlueSky: diversespeakers.bsky.social
#DiversityMatters
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You know democracy is going well when the decision to remove the rights of an already marginalised community is celebrated in "serious" analysis for allowing politicians "to dodge difficult questions"
Smells increasingly like the Weimar republic to me...
Smells increasingly like the Weimar republic to me...
April 17, 2025 at 6:07 AM
You know democracy is going well when the decision to remove the rights of an already marginalised community is celebrated in "serious" analysis for allowing politicians "to dodge difficult questions"
Smells increasingly like the Weimar republic to me...
Smells increasingly like the Weimar republic to me...
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Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
April 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
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I've been reflecting some more overnight on the For Some Women Scotland case. 🧵
April 17, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I've been reflecting some more overnight on the For Some Women Scotland case. 🧵
Labour failing people in the North East. No funds to complete the Tyne Bridge, not helping with Gateshead flyover issue, pulling funding for A1 dualling. Why should people in our region vote Labour? @heidialexander.bsky.social? And what are you doing to make a difference @kimmcguinness.bsky.social?
April 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Labour failing people in the North East. No funds to complete the Tyne Bridge, not helping with Gateshead flyover issue, pulling funding for A1 dualling. Why should people in our region vote Labour? @heidialexander.bsky.social? And what are you doing to make a difference @kimmcguinness.bsky.social?
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Matt Hancock used his personal email account to help a 'VIP' supplier win a £25 million PPE Covid contract
The company, which supplied the NHS with tens of millions of pounds worth of completely unusable PPE, later went bust, owing taxpayers millions
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/03/m...
The company, which supplied the NHS with tens of millions of pounds worth of completely unusable PPE, later went bust, owing taxpayers millions
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/03/m...
Matt Hancock Used His Personal Email Account to Help ‘VIP’ Supplier Win £25 Million COVID PPE Contract
Excalibur Healthcare, which supplied the UK Government with tens of millions of pounds worth of unusable PPE, ultimately folded owing taxpayers £22 million
bylinetimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Matt Hancock used his personal email account to help a 'VIP' supplier win a £25 million PPE Covid contract
The company, which supplied the NHS with tens of millions of pounds worth of completely unusable PPE, later went bust, owing taxpayers millions
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/03/m...
The company, which supplied the NHS with tens of millions of pounds worth of completely unusable PPE, later went bust, owing taxpayers millions
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/03/m...
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If you are fed up with Meta's intrusive advertising, if you want to defund Zuckerberg, here's what to do... goodlaw.social/htfc
While politicians sit on their hands, we're taking on Meta | Good Law Project
Mark Zuckerberg is turning our kids into incels and our parents into climate deniers, with paid content on Instagram and Facebook. But we’re fighting back.
goodlaw.social
April 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
If you are fed up with Meta's intrusive advertising, if you want to defund Zuckerberg, here's what to do... goodlaw.social/htfc
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Living standards for all UK families set to fall by 2030, those on the lowest incomes declining twice as fast as middle and high earners.
Poorest in UK already worse off than poorest in Malta.
Govts appease corporations and the rich.
Must end neoliberal policies. Redistribute. Tax the rich.
Poorest in UK already worse off than poorest in Malta.
Govts appease corporations and the rich.
Must end neoliberal policies. Redistribute. Tax the rich.
All UK families ‘to be worse off by 2030’ as poor bear the brunt, new data warns
Keir Starmer has been dealt a fresh blow to his living standards pledge in advance of the spring statement
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Living standards for all UK families set to fall by 2030, those on the lowest incomes declining twice as fast as middle and high earners.
Poorest in UK already worse off than poorest in Malta.
Govts appease corporations and the rich.
Must end neoliberal policies. Redistribute. Tax the rich.
Poorest in UK already worse off than poorest in Malta.
Govts appease corporations and the rich.
Must end neoliberal policies. Redistribute. Tax the rich.
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It's really not that hard. We understand that Labour had a difficult inheritance. It's more that, since taking office, Labour has (it sometimes feels deliberately) stuck its middle finger up at almost everything Labour voters care about. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
How did it come to this? Labour’s journey from landslide victory to ‘deep unhappiness’
Rachel Reeves’s speech next week is being crafted as a ‘re-education’ on Labour’s achievements amid gloominess and sinking poll ratings
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It's really not that hard. We understand that Labour had a difficult inheritance. It's more that, since taking office, Labour has (it sometimes feels deliberately) stuck its middle finger up at almost everything Labour voters care about. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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JRF is calling for targeted interventions to boost living standards and address hardship, as well as safeguarding disability benefits from cuts.
Full analysis here: www.jrf.org.uk/cost-of-livi...
Full analysis here: www.jrf.org.uk/cost-of-livi...
Starmer's missed milestone? The outlook for living standards at the Spring Statement
While on average all families are forecast to see a fall in living standards this Government, families on the lowest incomes are set to bear the brunt of the pain.
www.jrf.org.uk
March 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
JRF is calling for targeted interventions to boost living standards and address hardship, as well as safeguarding disability benefits from cuts.
Full analysis here: www.jrf.org.uk/cost-of-livi...
Full analysis here: www.jrf.org.uk/cost-of-livi...
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A Turkish court today jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, President Tayyip Erdoğan’s top political rival, despite widespread protests against his detention and the allegations against him.
Turkish court jails Istanbul mayor, Erdoğan’s main political rival
Charges of corruption and terrorism against Ekrem İmamoğlu have sparked widespread protests.
www.politico.eu
March 23, 2025 at 9:56 AM
A Turkish court today jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, President Tayyip Erdoğan’s top political rival, despite widespread protests against his detention and the allegations against him.
Really not feeling confident in the Labour party approach after listening to our Chancellor on #bbclaurak this morning when it come to the game of talking tarrifs with the US. Looks like Reeves is preparing to roll over, particularly when it comes to digital businesses
March 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Really not feeling confident in the Labour party approach after listening to our Chancellor on #bbclaurak this morning when it come to the game of talking tarrifs with the US. Looks like Reeves is preparing to roll over, particularly when it comes to digital businesses
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Totally agree with this. Flying a person to a third country that they may never have been to, directly into a prison where they are going to be forced to do hard labor, is not a deportation; it's something else entirely.
@washingtonpost.com They were not DEPORTED. Deported means sending them back to their country of origin. These people were sent to a maximum security prison in El Salvador, without any due process or any analysis as to whether they feared harm in El Salvador!
In America, EVERYONE has a RIGHT to due process - regardless of immigration status. It’s fundamental to our Constitution.
Deporting hundreds of people in secret by invoking a wartime proclamation is a blatant abuse of power by President Trump.
Deporting hundreds of people in secret by invoking a wartime proclamation is a blatant abuse of power by President Trump.
March 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Totally agree with this. Flying a person to a third country that they may never have been to, directly into a prison where they are going to be forced to do hard labor, is not a deportation; it's something else entirely.
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The United States government under Trump by all accounts is shipping these people into indefinite involuntary servitude in El Salvador without even the pretense of any judicial process, much less duly convicting them of a crime. It’s an enslaving operation.
March 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The United States government under Trump by all accounts is shipping these people into indefinite involuntary servitude in El Salvador without even the pretense of any judicial process, much less duly convicting them of a crime. It’s an enslaving operation.
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🧵 1/ Wes Streeting suggests there's an *overdiagnosis* problem in mental health. A big & increasingly common claim. But in a country where people are waiting years for treatment, services overwhelmed, and 600,000 individuals with serious mental illnesses still being left behind, can it be true?
March 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
🧵 1/ Wes Streeting suggests there's an *overdiagnosis* problem in mental health. A big & increasingly common claim. But in a country where people are waiting years for treatment, services overwhelmed, and 600,000 individuals with serious mental illnesses still being left behind, can it be true?
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
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March 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Trump is bullying #Ukraine into submission, there's no other way to describe it.
🚩Access to military support withdrawn
🚩US intelligence support withdrawn
🚩Infrastructure support (electricity supply) withdrawn
It doesn't take a genius to work out who benefits from this #SlavaUkraine #ImpeachTrump
🚩Access to military support withdrawn
🚩US intelligence support withdrawn
🚩Infrastructure support (electricity supply) withdrawn
It doesn't take a genius to work out who benefits from this #SlavaUkraine #ImpeachTrump
March 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Trump is bullying #Ukraine into submission, there's no other way to describe it.
🚩Access to military support withdrawn
🚩US intelligence support withdrawn
🚩Infrastructure support (electricity supply) withdrawn
It doesn't take a genius to work out who benefits from this #SlavaUkraine #ImpeachTrump
🚩Access to military support withdrawn
🚩US intelligence support withdrawn
🚩Infrastructure support (electricity supply) withdrawn
It doesn't take a genius to work out who benefits from this #SlavaUkraine #ImpeachTrump
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Good morning all! 🇺🇦
Please share everywhere. 🙏🏻
Please share everywhere. 🙏🏻
March 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Good morning all! 🇺🇦
Please share everywhere. 🙏🏻
Please share everywhere. 🙏🏻
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A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
February 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
Peace in the world has not felt as fragile as it is now since the end of World War 2. And we have this deranged clown 'in charge' of the most powerful country in the world #facism #DonaldTrump
February 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Peace in the world has not felt as fragile as it is now since the end of World War 2. And we have this deranged clown 'in charge' of the most powerful country in the world #facism #DonaldTrump
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Well done France!
UK next please!
UK next please!
February 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Well done France!
UK next please!
UK next please!
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February 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I wonder how many of us Brits (and Europeans) are contemplating no longer buying American made products. I mean, there are way nicer cars than TeSSla's out there...
#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
February 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I wonder how many of us Brits (and Europeans) are contemplating no longer buying American made products. I mean, there are way nicer cars than TeSSla's out there...