Gerry Mitchell
@gerrymitchell.bsky.social
Researcher. Co-author @brisunipress.bsky.social #UncomfortablyOff. Co-direct @canalsidefridge.bsky.social
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MVMNWSURREY supporters of electoral reform just had a Valentine's Day meeting with Esher & Walton MP Monica Harding.
🙏Thanks @monicaharding.bsky.social🙏for your support of #fairvotes so we can @makevotesmatter.bsky.social ❤️❤️😊!
🙏Thanks @monicaharding.bsky.social🙏for your support of #fairvotes so we can @makevotesmatter.bsky.social ❤️❤️😊!
We live in one of the most unequal societies in the developed world.
Counting votes fairly would change that.
🙏 Lesley, Ashley, Helgi — especially @misterapb.bsky.social — and @mvmnorthwestsurrey.bsky.social members for presenting our card to @monicaharding.bsky.social
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Counting votes fairly would change that.
🙏 Lesley, Ashley, Helgi — especially @misterapb.bsky.social — and @mvmnorthwestsurrey.bsky.social members for presenting our card to @monicaharding.bsky.social
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🚨BREAKING NEWS 🚨
50 leading academics, former senior public officials and politics, law and policy experts warn about the risks of First Past the Post.
Letter in @politicshome.bsky.social today 👇
50 leading academics, former senior public officials and politics, law and policy experts warn about the risks of First Past the Post.
Letter in @politicshome.bsky.social today 👇
Over 50 Academics Warn That Voting System Is Not Fit For Multi-Party Politics
Dozens of academics have written to the government to warn that the current voting system risks producing distorted results on an 'unprecedented' s...
www.politicshome.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:46 AM
🚨BREAKING NEWS 🚨
50 leading academics, former senior public officials and politics, law and policy experts warn about the risks of First Past the Post.
Letter in @politicshome.bsky.social today 👇
50 leading academics, former senior public officials and politics, law and policy experts warn about the risks of First Past the Post.
Letter in @politicshome.bsky.social today 👇
We live in one of the most unequal societies in the developed world.
Counting votes fairly would change that.
🙏 Lesley, Ashley, Helgi — especially @misterapb.bsky.social — and @mvmnorthwestsurrey.bsky.social members for presenting our card to @monicaharding.bsky.social
Please like & share 👇
Counting votes fairly would change that.
🙏 Lesley, Ashley, Helgi — especially @misterapb.bsky.social — and @mvmnorthwestsurrey.bsky.social members for presenting our card to @monicaharding.bsky.social
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MVMNWSURREY supporters of electoral reform just had a Valentine's Day meeting with Esher & Walton MP Monica Harding.
🙏Thanks @monicaharding.bsky.social🙏for your support of #fairvotes so we can @makevotesmatter.bsky.social ❤️❤️😊!
🙏Thanks @monicaharding.bsky.social🙏for your support of #fairvotes so we can @makevotesmatter.bsky.social ❤️❤️😊!
February 15, 2026 at 8:00 AM
We live in one of the most unequal societies in the developed world.
Counting votes fairly would change that.
🙏 Lesley, Ashley, Helgi — especially @misterapb.bsky.social — and @mvmnorthwestsurrey.bsky.social members for presenting our card to @monicaharding.bsky.social
Please like & share 👇
Counting votes fairly would change that.
🙏 Lesley, Ashley, Helgi — especially @misterapb.bsky.social — and @mvmnorthwestsurrey.bsky.social members for presenting our card to @monicaharding.bsky.social
Please like & share 👇
The “overdiagnosis” debate also distracts from a harder reality in SEND:
the children, young people, carers and families who most need SEND provision are often the least likely to get it.
I’ve written about this — drawing on research and lived experience — here: www.linkedin.com/posts/gerry-...
the children, young people, carers and families who most need SEND provision are often the least likely to get it.
I’ve written about this — drawing on research and lived experience — here: www.linkedin.com/posts/gerry-...
January 16, 2026 at 1:30 PM
The “overdiagnosis” debate also distracts from a harder reality in SEND:
the children, young people, carers and families who most need SEND provision are often the least likely to get it.
I’ve written about this — drawing on research and lived experience — here: www.linkedin.com/posts/gerry-...
the children, young people, carers and families who most need SEND provision are often the least likely to get it.
I’ve written about this — drawing on research and lived experience — here: www.linkedin.com/posts/gerry-...
BEST OF BYLINES: The voice of the nation – who speaks for Britain?
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BEST OF BYLINES: The voice of the nation – who speaks for Britain?
The wrong people are telling the story of Britain, and the story they tell is exhausted
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January 12, 2026 at 6:26 PM
BEST OF BYLINES: The voice of the nation – who speaks for Britain?
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What Would Democracy in Britain Look Like Without Fear?
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January 12, 2026 at 5:29 PM
What Would Democracy in Britain Look Like Without Fear?
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#Venezuela #Greenland
Will the UK government acknowledge the idea of "the West" as a geopolitical entity with shared values, principles and interests is dead?
No
Will the UK government acknowledge the idea of "the West" as a geopolitical entity with shared values, principles and interests is dead?
No
January 7, 2026 at 5:14 PM
#Venezuela #Greenland
Will the UK government acknowledge the idea of "the West" as a geopolitical entity with shared values, principles and interests is dead?
No
Will the UK government acknowledge the idea of "the West" as a geopolitical entity with shared values, principles and interests is dead?
No
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Shocking but unsurprising: "Amount poorest households have left over after bills & essential spending has fallen by 2.1% since Labour came to power. The most affluent households have seen their discretionary incomes rise by 10.3%"
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Poorest have got poorer under Labour while richest are better off
Prime minister Keir Starmer pledges to ‘wage all out war’ on the high cost of living
www.independent.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Shocking but unsurprising: "Amount poorest households have left over after bills & essential spending has fallen by 2.1% since Labour came to power. The most affluent households have seen their discretionary incomes rise by 10.3%"
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
What Betty says. 💪
"You shouldn't be getting a medal for being robbed by your own government."
Betty Brown 92, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Scam was outraged about being in the New Year Honours List.
We want compensation and prison sentences not worthless medals.
Betty Brown 92, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Scam was outraged about being in the New Year Honours List.
We want compensation and prison sentences not worthless medals.
December 31, 2025 at 10:14 AM
What Betty says. 💪
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"You shouldn't be getting a medal for being robbed by your own government."
Betty Brown 92, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Scam was outraged about being in the New Year Honours List.
We want compensation and prison sentences not worthless medals.
Betty Brown 92, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Scam was outraged about being in the New Year Honours List.
We want compensation and prison sentences not worthless medals.
December 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"You shouldn't be getting a medal for being robbed by your own government."
Betty Brown 92, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Scam was outraged about being in the New Year Honours List.
We want compensation and prison sentences not worthless medals.
Betty Brown 92, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Scam was outraged about being in the New Year Honours List.
We want compensation and prison sentences not worthless medals.
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In the #ClimateEmergency, #FoodSecurity is an issue we need to be taking a LOT more seriously
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘Borrowed time’: crop pests and food losses supercharged by climate crisis
Heating means pests breeding and spreading faster, warn scientists, with simplified current food system already vulnerable
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:44 AM
In the #ClimateEmergency, #FoodSecurity is an issue we need to be taking a LOT more seriously
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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Lush's soap most of the money from which goes to funding Medical Services for Palestinians in Gaza.
Let everybody know.
Let everybody know.
December 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Lush's soap most of the money from which goes to funding Medical Services for Palestinians in Gaza.
Let everybody know.
Let everybody know.
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i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
A real Good Samaritan
One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
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The voice of the nation – who speaks for Britain?
The wrong people are telling the story of Britain, and the story they tell is exhausted | Gerry Mitchell
@gerrymitchell.bsky.social
The wrong people are telling the story of Britain, and the story they tell is exhausted | Gerry Mitchell
@gerrymitchell.bsky.social
The voice of the nation – who speaks for Britain?
The wrong people are telling the story of Britain, and the story they tell is exhausted
kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The voice of the nation – who speaks for Britain?
The wrong people are telling the story of Britain, and the story they tell is exhausted | Gerry Mitchell
@gerrymitchell.bsky.social
The wrong people are telling the story of Britain, and the story they tell is exhausted | Gerry Mitchell
@gerrymitchell.bsky.social
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Thanks @gerrymitchell.bsky.social for asking why our national story is formed and told by elites and what alternatives might look like?
-the voice of the nation – who speaks for Britain? kentandsurreybylines.co.uk/politics/dem...
-the voice of the nation – who speaks for Britain? kentandsurreybylines.co.uk/politics/dem...
December 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Thanks @gerrymitchell.bsky.social for asking why our national story is formed and told by elites and what alternatives might look like?
-the voice of the nation – who speaks for Britain? kentandsurreybylines.co.uk/politics/dem...
-the voice of the nation – who speaks for Britain? kentandsurreybylines.co.uk/politics/dem...
This
This is why I now say "lower income people/areas " and not "working class people/areas."" I've learned to look much closer at the language and the system, which separates us into the Caste System. Work to undo this programming.
December 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This
Listening to @rogerhallam.com and Ash Sarkar @novaramedia.com sharpened something I’ve been thinking about for a while. Britain’s democratic problem starts before the ballot box — its in our failure to update the story of who counts, who contributes, or who gets to speak. @zackpolanski.bsky.social
My first long interview after prison — talking not just about ‘the climate’ but how we actually win. Mass mobilisation, repression, class, love, strategy. We’re out of time to keep getting this wrong.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC2V...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC2V...
The Blueprint for System Change | Ash Sarkar Meets Extinction Rebellion Founder Roger Hallam
Sign up for the new Downstream Newsletter here: https://novaramedia.com/newsletters/the-downstream-newsletter/
This week on Downstream, Ash Sarkar is joined by one of the most controversial…
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December 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Listening to @rogerhallam.com and Ash Sarkar @novaramedia.com sharpened something I’ve been thinking about for a while. Britain’s democratic problem starts before the ballot box — its in our failure to update the story of who counts, who contributes, or who gets to speak. @zackpolanski.bsky.social
georgemonbiot.bsky.social knows that journalism “speaks with the voice of power” which is why bylinestimes.bsky.social matters.
In my latest piece, I ask: if even high earners feel cut off from politics, whose voices are treated as speaking for Britain?
kentandsurreybylines.co.uk/politics/dem...
In my latest piece, I ask: if even high earners feel cut off from politics, whose voices are treated as speaking for Britain?
kentandsurreybylines.co.uk/politics/dem...
"The Bylines Network is tremendously inspiring…it's crucial that journalism speaks truth to power, but the great majority of it unfortunately speaks with the voice of power…it’s really inspiring to see networks like yours filling that huge gap and doing what journalism ought to do.”
George Monbiot
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December 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
georgemonbiot.bsky.social knows that journalism “speaks with the voice of power” which is why bylinestimes.bsky.social matters.
In my latest piece, I ask: if even high earners feel cut off from politics, whose voices are treated as speaking for Britain?
kentandsurreybylines.co.uk/politics/dem...
In my latest piece, I ask: if even high earners feel cut off from politics, whose voices are treated as speaking for Britain?
kentandsurreybylines.co.uk/politics/dem...
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Keir Starmer will be remembered as a disastrous, despised prime minister who facilitated genocide.
That is it.
And one day he will be made to answer for his role in drowning Gaza in oceans of blood.
That is it.
And one day he will be made to answer for his role in drowning Gaza in oceans of blood.
September 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Keir Starmer will be remembered as a disastrous, despised prime minister who facilitated genocide.
That is it.
And one day he will be made to answer for his role in drowning Gaza in oceans of blood.
That is it.
And one day he will be made to answer for his role in drowning Gaza in oceans of blood.
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👏 @mlorimer.bsky.social reminding politicians that they still have agency: “get to the [voters] who don’t ..have a problem with migrants .. but who are worried about public services ..You’re going to solve that by putting more money into public services rather than by trying to stop the boats.”
September 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
👏 @mlorimer.bsky.social reminding politicians that they still have agency: “get to the [voters] who don’t ..have a problem with migrants .. but who are worried about public services ..You’re going to solve that by putting more money into public services rather than by trying to stop the boats.”
The cowardly disgrace and amoral sham of leadership that puts this law in place and yet looks the other way at Israel’s genocidal acts. Shame on the entire front bench of this government.
Britain is now a state where you are stopped by the police and face possible arrest if you wear a T-shirt emblazoned with PLASTICINE ACTION
August 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The cowardly disgrace and amoral sham of leadership that puts this law in place and yet looks the other way at Israel’s genocidal acts. Shame on the entire front bench of this government.
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We will never descend into the gutter of blaming minorities for the problems in our society.
It is the unity of all communities that can take on the rich and powerful — and win.
My piece for @islingtontrib.bsky.social.
www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/corb...
It is the unity of all communities that can take on the rich and powerful — and win.
My piece for @islingtontrib.bsky.social.
www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/corb...
Corbyn: Something is stirring all over the UK
You can sign up to build a real alternative to poverty, inequality and war, says Jeremy Corbyn
www.islingtontribune.co.uk
August 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
We will never descend into the gutter of blaming minorities for the problems in our society.
It is the unity of all communities that can take on the rich and powerful — and win.
My piece for @islingtontrib.bsky.social.
www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/corb...
It is the unity of all communities that can take on the rich and powerful — and win.
My piece for @islingtontrib.bsky.social.
www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/corb...