Josh Hamilton
@joshy130.bsky.social
Scottish Labour Member, All views expressed here are my own
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🌹Mainstream's Interim Council sends its congratulations to
@lucympowell.bsky.social, whom we endorsed after a ballot of our members.
This result must mark a shift toward a broader, bolder politics within Labour - so that we can build a democratic socialist programme to inspire the country.
@lucympowell.bsky.social, whom we endorsed after a ballot of our members.
This result must mark a shift toward a broader, bolder politics within Labour - so that we can build a democratic socialist programme to inspire the country.
October 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🌹Mainstream's Interim Council sends its congratulations to
@lucympowell.bsky.social, whom we endorsed after a ballot of our members.
This result must mark a shift toward a broader, bolder politics within Labour - so that we can build a democratic socialist programme to inspire the country.
@lucympowell.bsky.social, whom we endorsed after a ballot of our members.
This result must mark a shift toward a broader, bolder politics within Labour - so that we can build a democratic socialist programme to inspire the country.
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Haven't received your ballot to vote for me as Deputy Leader?
Use our tool to get support in getting your ballot from the Party:
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Use our tool to get support in getting your ballot from the Party:
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October 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Haven't received your ballot to vote for me as Deputy Leader?
Use our tool to get support in getting your ballot from the Party:
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Use our tool to get support in getting your ballot from the Party:
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🗳️ 🗓️ Voting for Labour's next Deputy Leader is open until 23rd October.
After winning 82.2% of the vote in a ballot of our members, Mainstream recommends a vote for @lucympowell.bsky.social well.
Labour members should receive a link to vote by the end of today.
After winning 82.2% of the vote in a ballot of our members, Mainstream recommends a vote for @lucympowell.bsky.social well.
Labour members should receive a link to vote by the end of today.
October 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
🗳️ 🗓️ Voting for Labour's next Deputy Leader is open until 23rd October.
After winning 82.2% of the vote in a ballot of our members, Mainstream recommends a vote for @lucympowell.bsky.social well.
Labour members should receive a link to vote by the end of today.
After winning 82.2% of the vote in a ballot of our members, Mainstream recommends a vote for @lucympowell.bsky.social well.
Labour members should receive a link to vote by the end of today.
NEW: @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social endorses Lucy Powell for Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.In a special ballot, 82.2% of Mainstream members voted to endorse Lucy.Labour’s Mainstream wants the party and government to be reset in line with pluralist, democratic socialist values.
October 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
NEW: @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social endorses Lucy Powell for Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.In a special ballot, 82.2% of Mainstream members voted to endorse Lucy.Labour’s Mainstream wants the party and government to be reset in line with pluralist, democratic socialist values.
I just signed the @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social petition calling on Labour’s Conference Arrangements Committee to allow party delegates a debate on ending the two-child benefit limit.
We must tackle the scourge of child poverty. Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/la...
We must tackle the scourge of child poverty. Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/la...
Labour must choose differently on child poverty
In a country as wealthy as the UK, allowing child poverty to deepen is a political choice. Labour must choose differently.
Sign the petition below calling on the Conference Arrangements Committee t...
actionnetwork.org
September 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I just signed the @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social petition calling on Labour’s Conference Arrangements Committee to allow party delegates a debate on ending the two-child benefit limit.
We must tackle the scourge of child poverty. Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/la...
We must tackle the scourge of child poverty. Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/la...
To transform the country and take on the populist right, Labour must heed the voices of its radical realists - and build a principled, practical, popular left alternative.
Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.
www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.
www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
Get involved | Mainstream Labour
Mainstream is the home for Labour’s radical realists - united by values, driven by change
www.mainstreamlabour.org
September 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
To transform the country and take on the populist right, Labour must heed the voices of its radical realists - and build a principled, practical, popular left alternative.
Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.
www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.
www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
They’re back.
Tory and Lib Dem Lords – the double act no one asked for, cheered on by Reform, are teaming up to weaken your rights at work.
We won’t let them.
👉 labourunions.org.uk/yourrights/
Tory and Lib Dem Lords – the double act no one asked for, cheered on by Reform, are teaming up to weaken your rights at work.
We won’t let them.
👉 labourunions.org.uk/yourrights/
Employment Rights Bill
“Tory and Lib Dem peers, cheered on by Reform, are doing everything they can to block the biggest upgrade to...
labourunions.org.uk
July 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
They’re back.
Tory and Lib Dem Lords – the double act no one asked for, cheered on by Reform, are teaming up to weaken your rights at work.
We won’t let them.
👉 labourunions.org.uk/yourrights/
Tory and Lib Dem Lords – the double act no one asked for, cheered on by Reform, are teaming up to weaken your rights at work.
We won’t let them.
👉 labourunions.org.uk/yourrights/
The decision to suspend the whip from four MPs for opposing cuts to welfare payments for disabled people is wrong - and has to be reversed.
Sign the petition to demand their reinstatement: actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...
Sign the petition to demand their reinstatement: actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...
Reinstate the Four Suspended Labour MPs
The decision to suspend the whip from four MPs for opposing cuts to welfare payments for disabled people is wrong.
Sign the petition to demand their reinstatement and a better future for Labour:
actionnetwork.org
July 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The decision to suspend the whip from four MPs for opposing cuts to welfare payments for disabled people is wrong - and has to be reversed.
Sign the petition to demand their reinstatement: actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...
Sign the petition to demand their reinstatement: actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...
🚨 Reform doesn’t stand up for working people. ❌They voted AGAINST the Employment Rights Bill, blocking rights like job security 🔒 & flexible hours 🕒 @labourunionsuk.bsky.social.
✊ It's time to expose their true agenda. Add your name: labourunions.org.uk/stop-reform
✊ It's time to expose their true agenda. Add your name: labourunions.org.uk/stop-reform
Stand with us to stop Reform
Add your name stand with us to stop Reform – and to expose Reform’s agenda for what it really...
labourunions.org.uk
May 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
🚨 Reform doesn’t stand up for working people. ❌They voted AGAINST the Employment Rights Bill, blocking rights like job security 🔒 & flexible hours 🕒 @labourunionsuk.bsky.social.
✊ It's time to expose their true agenda. Add your name: labourunions.org.uk/stop-reform
✊ It's time to expose their true agenda. Add your name: labourunions.org.uk/stop-reform
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We live in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, and yet 1 in 7 people in the UK are facing hunger.
This isn't right. Repost if you agree
This isn't right. Repost if you agree
April 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
We live in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, and yet 1 in 7 people in the UK are facing hunger.
This isn't right. Repost if you agree
This isn't right. Repost if you agree
Private shareholders made dividends of £3.6 billion from owning our trains in the last decade. Yet the government is leaving our trains fully privately owned. Sign We Own It's petition to demand they take our trains into public ownership:
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
Petition: Take our trains into public ownership | We Own It
The government is taking railway operators into public ownership, but the trains themselves will remain in private hands. The government must take our trains into public ownership.
weownit.org.uk
April 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Private shareholders made dividends of £3.6 billion from owning our trains in the last decade. Yet the government is leaving our trains fully privately owned. Sign We Own It's petition to demand they take our trains into public ownership:
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
Today’s boost to the Living Wage is worth up to £1,400 a year – a huge win for working people.
Let’s finish the job and deliver the #NewDeal in full🌹✊
Add your name: labourunions.org.uk/payrise/
Let’s finish the job and deliver the #NewDeal in full🌹✊
Add your name: labourunions.org.uk/payrise/
A PAY RISE FOR MILLIONS
The rise in the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage is a huge win for working people. Millions...
labourunions.org.uk
April 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Today’s boost to the Living Wage is worth up to £1,400 a year – a huge win for working people.
Let’s finish the job and deliver the #NewDeal in full🌹✊
Add your name: labourunions.org.uk/payrise/
Let’s finish the job and deliver the #NewDeal in full🌹✊
Add your name: labourunions.org.uk/payrise/
Co-operatives have long helped to rebuild communities following conflict – but there's more they can do. Ask your MP to write to the new International Development Minister and recognise the power of co-operation in building a more peaceful world. party.coop/campaign/pea...
Ask your MP to support the role of co-ops in peacebuilding
party.coop
March 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Co-operatives have long helped to rebuild communities following conflict – but there's more they can do. Ask your MP to write to the new International Development Minister and recognise the power of co-operation in building a more peaceful world. party.coop/campaign/pea...
We are doing it! The #EmploymentRights Bill has passed the Commons – a major step toward delivering stronger workplace rights and better pay and conditions.
Now, let’s deliver the #NewDeal in full.
✍️ Add your name: labourunions.org.uk/winnewdeal
Now, let’s deliver the #NewDeal in full.
✍️ Add your name: labourunions.org.uk/winnewdeal
The Biggest upgrade in Workers Rights in a generation.
This is a huge moment. The Employment Rights Bill passed the Commons – a major step toward stronger rights for...
labourunions.org.uk
March 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
We are doing it! The #EmploymentRights Bill has passed the Commons – a major step toward delivering stronger workplace rights and better pay and conditions.
Now, let’s deliver the #NewDeal in full.
✍️ Add your name: labourunions.org.uk/winnewdeal
Now, let’s deliver the #NewDeal in full.
✍️ Add your name: labourunions.org.uk/winnewdeal
Privatised water has failed. Just look at your water bills or the sewage pouring into our rivers. Steve Reed - include public ownership as an option in your independent commission on the water sector. Sign the petition
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
Steve Reed: include public ownership as an option in your independent commission on the water sector. | We Own It
Steve Reed must put public ownership back on the table.
weownit.org.uk
February 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Privatised water has failed. Just look at your water bills or the sewage pouring into our rivers. Steve Reed - include public ownership as an option in your independent commission on the water sector. Sign the petition
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
Join the New Deal – Make Work Pay campaign weekend, 14–16 February, and help spread the word about Labour’s plan to Make Work Pay.
Sign up now and get involved! labourunions.org.uk/newdealweeke...
Sign up now and get involved! labourunions.org.uk/newdealweeke...
Labour Unions
This year, we’re back – and we’re aiming even higher. With your help, we can make this campaign weekend even...
labourunions.org.uk
January 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Join the New Deal – Make Work Pay campaign weekend, 14–16 February, and help spread the word about Labour’s plan to Make Work Pay.
Sign up now and get involved! labourunions.org.uk/newdealweeke...
Sign up now and get involved! labourunions.org.uk/newdealweeke...
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Everyone should have a right to food. We've been calling for it, the Minister agreed with Rhoda Grant MSP in the Chamber, but now it's time for action.
The Scottish Government must support Rhoda's Right to Food Bill and make it law.
The Scottish Government must support Rhoda's Right to Food Bill and make it law.
January 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Everyone should have a right to food. We've been calling for it, the Minister agreed with Rhoda Grant MSP in the Chamber, but now it's time for action.
The Scottish Government must support Rhoda's Right to Food Bill and make it law.
The Scottish Government must support Rhoda's Right to Food Bill and make it law.
💫 This Christmas, let’s celebrate how far we’ve come - and commit to working together for fair pay, stronger unions, and Labour’s New Deal delivered in full. 🎄
labourunions.org.uk/newdealmatte...
labourunions.org.uk/newdealmatte...
WHY DOES THE NEW DEAL MATTER TO YOU?
The Employment Rights Bill is a huge step forward, but it’s just the beginning. We know bad bosses will try to...
labourunions.org.uk
December 23, 2024 at 6:52 PM
💫 This Christmas, let’s celebrate how far we’ve come - and commit to working together for fair pay, stronger unions, and Labour’s New Deal delivered in full. 🎄
labourunions.org.uk/newdealmatte...
labourunions.org.uk/newdealmatte...
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🔮Just reading all the Tory amendments to the Employment Rights Bill, and feeling all Mystic Meg for setting up a 'Hands off our Rights!' Open Letter. 🔮
How could we possibly have known this would be their agenda?
✏️𝗔𝗗𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗪!
labourunions.org.uk/protectyourr...
How could we possibly have known this would be their agenda?
✏️𝗔𝗗𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗪!
labourunions.org.uk/protectyourr...
Sign our open letter: hands off our rights!
Dear Kemi Badenoch,
Working people have been campaigning for better workplace rights for years. This Government is...
labourunions.org.uk
November 29, 2024 at 2:27 PM
🔮Just reading all the Tory amendments to the Employment Rights Bill, and feeling all Mystic Meg for setting up a 'Hands off our Rights!' Open Letter. 🔮
How could we possibly have known this would be their agenda?
✏️𝗔𝗗𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗪!
labourunions.org.uk/protectyourr...
How could we possibly have known this would be their agenda?
✏️𝗔𝗗𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗪!
labourunions.org.uk/protectyourr...
We can help protect the environment in Scotland and deter polluters by making Ecocide a crime. Take action now by asking your MSPs to back the #EcocideLaw. party.coop/ecocidebill?...
November 20, 2024 at 4:27 PM
We can help protect the environment in Scotland and deter polluters by making Ecocide a crime. Take action now by asking your MSPs to back the #EcocideLaw. party.coop/ecocidebill?...
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A Scottish Labour starter pack, under construction, because there wasn't one. Please shout to be added (or subtracted!).
go.bsky.app/xzvrgG
go.bsky.app/xzvrgG
November 16, 2024 at 2:55 PM
A Scottish Labour starter pack, under construction, because there wasn't one. Please shout to be added (or subtracted!).
go.bsky.app/xzvrgG
go.bsky.app/xzvrgG