George Wright
@georgewright19.bsky.social
Strong and unsolicited opinions on social justice, migrant and refugee rights, anti-poverty action, twee music, football and the value of Mad Men.
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This is a new low from a govt plumbing the depths of performative cruelty in hopes that the public won’t notice they have no answers to the real issues facing this country
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This is a new low from a govt plumbing the depths of performative cruelty in hopes that the public won’t notice they have no answers to the real issues facing this country
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
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Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
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It's brilliant and exciting to see Zohran Mamdani elected.
More leaders like him please, and fewer like Cuomo, Schumer and the rest of the oligarch-pleasing, hope-destroying, election-losing, right-centrist political class.
More leaders like him please, and fewer like Cuomo, Schumer and the rest of the oligarch-pleasing, hope-destroying, election-losing, right-centrist political class.
November 5, 2025 at 6:49 AM
It's brilliant and exciting to see Zohran Mamdani elected.
More leaders like him please, and fewer like Cuomo, Schumer and the rest of the oligarch-pleasing, hope-destroying, election-losing, right-centrist political class.
More leaders like him please, and fewer like Cuomo, Schumer and the rest of the oligarch-pleasing, hope-destroying, election-losing, right-centrist political class.
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
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The cost to the public purse of homelessness is £30,000 per person per year. Our vendors are entitled to in-work benefits - but working their way into housing benefits everyone in the UK.
👀 Learn more about our vendors and work: https://bigissuenorthcampaigns.good.do/therighttoearn/pages/home/
👀 Learn more about our vendors and work: https://bigissuenorthcampaigns.good.do/therighttoearn/pages/home/
September 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The cost to the public purse of homelessness is £30,000 per person per year. Our vendors are entitled to in-work benefits - but working their way into housing benefits everyone in the UK.
👀 Learn more about our vendors and work: https://bigissuenorthcampaigns.good.do/therighttoearn/pages/home/
👀 Learn more about our vendors and work: https://bigissuenorthcampaigns.good.do/therighttoearn/pages/home/
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How Wealth Inequality Affects You
September 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
How Wealth Inequality Affects You
I've been trying to work out why ChatGPT gives me such a strong ick. This sums it up better than I think I could: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
ChatGPT has its uses, but I still hate it – and I’ll tell you why | Imogen West-Knights
It’s bad for the planet and could make many jobs – including mine – obsolete. But my loathing runs deeper than that, says writer Imogen West-Knights
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I've been trying to work out why ChatGPT gives me such a strong ick. This sums it up better than I think I could: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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When Labour in the future say you have to vote for them to stop Reform – remember there are countless reasons that argument is equal parts absurd and offensive.
But 26th August 2025 should stand out for their complete capitulation to the right.
Absolutely shameful.
But 26th August 2025 should stand out for their complete capitulation to the right.
Absolutely shameful.
No10 spokesman not prepared to criticise anything about Farage speech today.
Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.
Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.
August 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
When Labour in the future say you have to vote for them to stop Reform – remember there are countless reasons that argument is equal parts absurd and offensive.
But 26th August 2025 should stand out for their complete capitulation to the right.
Absolutely shameful.
But 26th August 2025 should stand out for their complete capitulation to the right.
Absolutely shameful.
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Leeds vendor Martin features in this week's magazine, explaining how Big Issue North helped him turn his life around after escaping domestic abuse.
✍️ If you agree that everyone has the right to earn an income, please sign our pledge: https://bigissuenorthcampaigns.good.do/therighttoearn/pledge/
✍️ If you agree that everyone has the right to earn an income, please sign our pledge: https://bigissuenorthcampaigns.good.do/therighttoearn/pledge/
August 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Leeds vendor Martin features in this week's magazine, explaining how Big Issue North helped him turn his life around after escaping domestic abuse.
✍️ If you agree that everyone has the right to earn an income, please sign our pledge: https://bigissuenorthcampaigns.good.do/therighttoearn/pledge/
✍️ If you agree that everyone has the right to earn an income, please sign our pledge: https://bigissuenorthcampaigns.good.do/therighttoearn/pledge/
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Joe, who features in this week's magazine, loves selling The Big Issue at M&S in Prestwich, where he's worked for 25 years!
✍️ If you agree that everyone has the right to earn an income, please show your support by signing our pledge: https://bigissuenorthcampaigns.good.do/therighttoearn/pledge/
✍️ If you agree that everyone has the right to earn an income, please show your support by signing our pledge: https://bigissuenorthcampaigns.good.do/therighttoearn/pledge/
August 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Joe, who features in this week's magazine, loves selling The Big Issue at M&S in Prestwich, where he's worked for 25 years!
✍️ If you agree that everyone has the right to earn an income, please show your support by signing our pledge: https://bigissuenorthcampaigns.good.do/therighttoearn/pledge/
✍️ If you agree that everyone has the right to earn an income, please show your support by signing our pledge: https://bigissuenorthcampaigns.good.do/therighttoearn/pledge/
The wrongest Anon Opinion I think I've seen.
The 30 seconds of silence / swirling noise at the start of your song is complete waste of everyone's time.
July 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The wrongest Anon Opinion I think I've seen.
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We are there for anyone who needs us – whatever their age and experience.
🤝 Please give today and help us to be there for whoever needs us, whenever they need us: bigissuenorthcampaigns.good.do/therighttoea...
🤝 Please give today and help us to be there for whoever needs us, whenever they need us: bigissuenorthcampaigns.good.do/therighttoea...
Join me in supporting the The right to earn Campaign
Everyone has the right to earn an income and improve their lives. They also deserve help along the way.
We are working to challenge the stigmas surrounding Big Issue North vendors and their work, aim...
bigissuenorthcampaigns.good.do
June 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
We are there for anyone who needs us – whatever their age and experience.
🤝 Please give today and help us to be there for whoever needs us, whenever they need us: bigissuenorthcampaigns.good.do/therighttoea...
🤝 Please give today and help us to be there for whoever needs us, whenever they need us: bigissuenorthcampaigns.good.do/therighttoea...
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Please give today and help us in our fight against unemployment and poverty: bigissuenorthcampaigns.good.do/therighttoea...
Thank you ❤️
Thank you ❤️
Join me in supporting the The right to earn Campaign
Everyone has the right to earn an income and improve their lives. They also deserve help along the way.
We are working to challenge the stigmas surrounding Big Issue North vendors and their work, aim...
bigissuenorthcampaigns.good.do
June 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Please give today and help us in our fight against unemployment and poverty: bigissuenorthcampaigns.good.do/therighttoea...
Thank you ❤️
Thank you ❤️
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We believe that everyone has the right to earn an income.
But getting a job isn’t always straightforward.
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But getting a job isn’t always straightforward.
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May 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
We believe that everyone has the right to earn an income.
But getting a job isn’t always straightforward.
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But getting a job isn’t always straightforward.
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At the end of 2024, at least 354,000 people were homeless in England. But 14.2 million people were living in poverty.
You don’t have to be homeless to sell The Big Issue.
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You don’t have to be homeless to sell The Big Issue.
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May 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
At the end of 2024, at least 354,000 people were homeless in England. But 14.2 million people were living in poverty.
You don’t have to be homeless to sell The Big Issue.
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You don’t have to be homeless to sell The Big Issue.
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We've been reflecting this week on the words of the Prime Minister, which add to an already hostile environment for racialised communities.
With a mission to fight inequality, we will always stand up for migrant and refugee communities, and champion the huge positives that migration brings.
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With a mission to fight inequality, we will always stand up for migrant and refugee communities, and champion the huge positives that migration brings.
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May 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
We've been reflecting this week on the words of the Prime Minister, which add to an already hostile environment for racialised communities.
With a mission to fight inequality, we will always stand up for migrant and refugee communities, and champion the huge positives that migration brings.
(1/2)
With a mission to fight inequality, we will always stand up for migrant and refugee communities, and champion the huge positives that migration brings.
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@naccomnetwork.bsky.social response to the idea of “return hubs”.
In a nutshell: Focus on making the asylum and immigration system more effective, efficient and fair rather than inhumane and expensive performative politics. And remember there are people at the centre of all this.
In a nutshell: Focus on making the asylum and immigration system more effective, efficient and fair rather than inhumane and expensive performative politics. And remember there are people at the centre of all this.
Our response | The Government's proposed use of 'returns hubs' - NACCOM
naccom.org.uk
May 16, 2025 at 6:41 AM
@naccomnetwork.bsky.social response to the idea of “return hubs”.
In a nutshell: Focus on making the asylum and immigration system more effective, efficient and fair rather than inhumane and expensive performative politics. And remember there are people at the centre of all this.
In a nutshell: Focus on making the asylum and immigration system more effective, efficient and fair rather than inhumane and expensive performative politics. And remember there are people at the centre of all this.
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“It’s about [providing an] income and harm reduction – the harm of silence and loneliness,” says Rosina Duarte, co-founder of Brazilian street paper Boca de Rua, of her work and the international street paper movement in @theguardian.com this week.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
May 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“It’s about [providing an] income and harm reduction – the harm of silence and loneliness,” says Rosina Duarte, co-founder of Brazilian street paper Boca de Rua, of her work and the international street paper movement in @theguardian.com this week.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
This feels like a great day to launch this campaign, showing some of the real life comments @bigissuenorth.bsky.social vendors face on the daily.
If you believe anyone has the right to earn an income and change their lives, please sign our pledge here: bigissuenorthcampaigns.good.do/therighttoearn
If you believe anyone has the right to earn an income and change their lives, please sign our pledge here: bigissuenorthcampaigns.good.do/therighttoearn
May 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This feels like a great day to launch this campaign, showing some of the real life comments @bigissuenorth.bsky.social vendors face on the daily.
If you believe anyone has the right to earn an income and change their lives, please sign our pledge here: bigissuenorthcampaigns.good.do/therighttoearn
If you believe anyone has the right to earn an income and change their lives, please sign our pledge here: bigissuenorthcampaigns.good.do/therighttoearn
Good on a current MP (presumably not for long given the party's dislike of dissenting voices) for saying what needs to be said.
Never mind the Powellite soundbites, boiling migrants and refugees down to economic chips to be judged and valued is abhorrent and reductive.
Never mind the Powellite soundbites, boiling migrants and refugees down to economic chips to be judged and valued is abhorrent and reductive.
The step-up in anti-migrant rhetoric from the government is shameful and dangerous.
Migrants are our neighbours, friends and family.
To suggest that Britain risks becoming “an island of strangers” because of immigration mimics the scaremongering of the far-right.
Migrants are our neighbours, friends and family.
To suggest that Britain risks becoming “an island of strangers” because of immigration mimics the scaremongering of the far-right.
May 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Good on a current MP (presumably not for long given the party's dislike of dissenting voices) for saying what needs to be said.
Never mind the Powellite soundbites, boiling migrants and refugees down to economic chips to be judged and valued is abhorrent and reductive.
Never mind the Powellite soundbites, boiling migrants and refugees down to economic chips to be judged and valued is abhorrent and reductive.
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The ruling by the UK Supreme Court, defining ‘sex’ to mean ‘biological sex’ in the Equality Act, has added to a hostile environment for trans people, and is having a negative impact on trans communities.
Big Life won't stand by without raising our voice: www.thebiglifegroup.com/supreme-cour...
Big Life won't stand by without raising our voice: www.thebiglifegroup.com/supreme-cour...
April 30, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The ruling by the UK Supreme Court, defining ‘sex’ to mean ‘biological sex’ in the Equality Act, has added to a hostile environment for trans people, and is having a negative impact on trans communities.
Big Life won't stand by without raising our voice: www.thebiglifegroup.com/supreme-cour...
Big Life won't stand by without raising our voice: www.thebiglifegroup.com/supreme-cour...
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🚨 New data released from NHF, Shelter & Crisis:
Some families in England face 100+ year waits for a family-sized social home.
Meanwhile, over 164,000 children are homeless.
Some families in England face 100+ year waits for a family-sized social home.
Meanwhile, over 164,000 children are homeless.
April 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🚨 New data released from NHF, Shelter & Crisis:
Some families in England face 100+ year waits for a family-sized social home.
Meanwhile, over 164,000 children are homeless.
Some families in England face 100+ year waits for a family-sized social home.
Meanwhile, over 164,000 children are homeless.
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We have taken the decision to leave X. The platform’s current state no longer aligns with our values, nor our mission to fight inequality.
We will now be sharing our story here, as well as on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube. We hope you'll join us in our fight against poverty.
We will now be sharing our story here, as well as on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube. We hope you'll join us in our fight against poverty.
April 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We have taken the decision to leave X. The platform’s current state no longer aligns with our values, nor our mission to fight inequality.
We will now be sharing our story here, as well as on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube. We hope you'll join us in our fight against poverty.
We will now be sharing our story here, as well as on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube. We hope you'll join us in our fight against poverty.
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Around 4.5 million children are living in relative poverty after housing costs. 200,000 more since before the pandemic.
These are record numbers of children living in poverty.
Latest DWP figures on Households Below Average Income has found 🔽 1/3
These are record numbers of children living in poverty.
Latest DWP figures on Households Below Average Income has found 🔽 1/3
March 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Around 4.5 million children are living in relative poverty after housing costs. 200,000 more since before the pandemic.
These are record numbers of children living in poverty.
Latest DWP figures on Households Below Average Income has found 🔽 1/3
These are record numbers of children living in poverty.
Latest DWP figures on Households Below Average Income has found 🔽 1/3
Up to £12k a year taken from families with a disabled adult, all because they've tied themselves in knots to avoid a single penny being added to taxes for the super rich.
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Some families with a disabled adult stand to lose over £12,000 per year by 2029/30 as a result of the Government's disability benefit cuts.
Hardship being deepened by rebuilding the nations finances on the backs of disabled people
And polling suggests the public know it.
Hardship being deepened by rebuilding the nations finances on the backs of disabled people
And polling suggests the public know it.
March 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Up to £12k a year taken from families with a disabled adult, all because they've tied themselves in knots to avoid a single penny being added to taxes for the super rich.
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