Lester Holloway
@lesterholloway.bsky.social
I sleep with one eye open, that’s my third, that’s my Word, keeping one dry, hoping to fly the whole world.
University comms lead, posting in a personal capacity. Formerly editor of The Voice & New Nation newspapers; TUC (policy); Runnymede Trust (comms)
University comms lead, posting in a personal capacity. Formerly editor of The Voice & New Nation newspapers; TUC (policy); Runnymede Trust (comms)
The Green Party leadership election so far…
Adrian -
Likes: Collecting the rent
Doesn’t like: Zack
Zack -
Likes: Adrian
Doesn’t like: Extractive capitalism, inequality
Ellie -
Likes: ???
Doesn’t like: ???
Adrian -
Likes: Collecting the rent
Doesn’t like: Zack
Zack -
Likes: Adrian
Doesn’t like: Extractive capitalism, inequality
Ellie -
Likes: ???
Doesn’t like: ???
August 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
The Green Party leadership election so far…
Adrian -
Likes: Collecting the rent
Doesn’t like: Zack
Zack -
Likes: Adrian
Doesn’t like: Extractive capitalism, inequality
Ellie -
Likes: ???
Doesn’t like: ???
Adrian -
Likes: Collecting the rent
Doesn’t like: Zack
Zack -
Likes: Adrian
Doesn’t like: Extractive capitalism, inequality
Ellie -
Likes: ???
Doesn’t like: ???
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🤔 Zero-hours contracts. All about flexibility right?
😃 They sure seem to work for the employers
😡 But for many workers they often mean insecurity, low pay, and worse rights
⛔ Labour's Employment Rights Bill needs end #ZeroHours contracts. No ifs. No buts!
😃 They sure seem to work for the employers
😡 But for many workers they often mean insecurity, low pay, and worse rights
⛔ Labour's Employment Rights Bill needs end #ZeroHours contracts. No ifs. No buts!
May 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🤔 Zero-hours contracts. All about flexibility right?
😃 They sure seem to work for the employers
😡 But for many workers they often mean insecurity, low pay, and worse rights
⛔ Labour's Employment Rights Bill needs end #ZeroHours contracts. No ifs. No buts!
😃 They sure seem to work for the employers
😡 But for many workers they often mean insecurity, low pay, and worse rights
⛔ Labour's Employment Rights Bill needs end #ZeroHours contracts. No ifs. No buts!
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If the OBR accept the white paper's projection that the measures will lead to a 100k drop in net migration then that will create an additional £2.5 billion hole in the next forecast.
May 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
If the OBR accept the white paper's projection that the measures will lead to a 100k drop in net migration then that will create an additional £2.5 billion hole in the next forecast.
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I didn’t give a wit about new pope coverage, but the first American pope being a man with Black ancestry born in Chicago by way of New Orleans by way of Haiti. Names his self after the pope who condemned slavery? In the Trump era? Oh, baebae, I am HERE for it.
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
Pope Leo XIV's grandparents were 7th Ward Creoles
The newly elected pontiff, born in Chicago, has ancestral ties to the city’s historic Seventh Ward, according to genealogists at The Historic New Orleans Collection.
www.wwltv.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I didn’t give a wit about new pope coverage, but the first American pope being a man with Black ancestry born in Chicago by way of New Orleans by way of Haiti. Names his self after the pope who condemned slavery? In the Trump era? Oh, baebae, I am HERE for it.
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
Solidarity with @appleutaw.bsky.social @utaw.tech #Cambridge in their fight for union recognition from #Apple.
See @novaramedia.com article: novaramedia.com/2025/05/08/a...
See @novaramedia.com article: novaramedia.com/2025/05/08/a...
May 9, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Solidarity with @appleutaw.bsky.social @utaw.tech #Cambridge in their fight for union recognition from #Apple.
See @novaramedia.com article: novaramedia.com/2025/05/08/a...
See @novaramedia.com article: novaramedia.com/2025/05/08/a...
How it started.
How it's going.
How it's going.
May 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
How it started.
How it's going.
How it's going.
Voted this morning and took in a bit of local greenery 💚 #PeopleAndPlanet #ForTheMany
May 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Voted this morning and took in a bit of local greenery 💚 #PeopleAndPlanet #ForTheMany
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This macabre ritual is a reminder of the grim reality that many institutions continue to collect, hold and display human remains looted from enslaved and colonised peoples.
It highlights the urgent need for new laws to tackle this.
It highlights the urgent need for new laws to tackle this.
Oxford dons ‘drank wine from skull of a slave woman’
A silver chalice made with a sawn-off human skull was used regularly at formal dinners at Worcester College until 2015, according to a museum curator
www.thetimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This macabre ritual is a reminder of the grim reality that many institutions continue to collect, hold and display human remains looted from enslaved and colonised peoples.
It highlights the urgent need for new laws to tackle this.
It highlights the urgent need for new laws to tackle this.
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Today is Stephen Lawrence Day - a day to reflect, honour and celebrate the legacy of his life.
Let us support the Stephen Lawrence Foundation @sldayfdn and all the wonderful work they do to improve the lives of young people.
#Wewillneveforgetstephenlawrence
Let us support the Stephen Lawrence Foundation @sldayfdn and all the wonderful work they do to improve the lives of young people.
#Wewillneveforgetstephenlawrence
April 22, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Today is Stephen Lawrence Day - a day to reflect, honour and celebrate the legacy of his life.
Let us support the Stephen Lawrence Foundation @sldayfdn and all the wonderful work they do to improve the lives of young people.
#Wewillneveforgetstephenlawrence
Let us support the Stephen Lawrence Foundation @sldayfdn and all the wonderful work they do to improve the lives of young people.
#Wewillneveforgetstephenlawrence
Like Rashford before him, Onana is the scapegoat for a shockingly bad team.
Onana actually has the 4th highest points on FPL so far this season. The highest ranking United defender is 24th (Dalot), and striker (Zirkzee) is 22nd.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Onana actually has the 4th highest points on FPL so far this season. The highest ranking United defender is 24th (Dalot), and striker (Zirkzee) is 22nd.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
André Onana to start against Lyon but Ruben Amorim may eye new goalkeeper
André Onana will resume in goal for Manchester United against Lyon on Thursday but his manager said: ‘We need to improve every position. Goalkeeper is the same’
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Like Rashford before him, Onana is the scapegoat for a shockingly bad team.
Onana actually has the 4th highest points on FPL so far this season. The highest ranking United defender is 24th (Dalot), and striker (Zirkzee) is 22nd.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Onana actually has the 4th highest points on FPL so far this season. The highest ranking United defender is 24th (Dalot), and striker (Zirkzee) is 22nd.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
A person who have *fully* transitioned from a man to a woman (eg hormones, genitalia) *is* a biological woman. The assumption that people who are assigned a gender at birth can only be that gender is scientifically wrong.
April 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A person who have *fully* transitioned from a man to a woman (eg hormones, genitalia) *is* a biological woman. The assumption that people who are assigned a gender at birth can only be that gender is scientifically wrong.
It's simply not true for Birmingham Council to suggest @unitetheunion.bsky.social don't want to negotiate the end to the bin strike. The Town Hall simply need to come up with a better offer for workers, end of.
www.itv.com/watch/news/c...
www.itv.com/watch/news/c...
www.itv.com
April 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It's simply not true for Birmingham Council to suggest @unitetheunion.bsky.social don't want to negotiate the end to the bin strike. The Town Hall simply need to come up with a better offer for workers, end of.
www.itv.com/watch/news/c...
www.itv.com/watch/news/c...
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We should be shocked, humiliated and ashamed that 4.5 million children live in poverty in the UK and that Labour is planning to increase this number by conscious choice. Radical action is needed. No child deserves this. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
4.5 million children in poverty demand action
There are going to be 4.5 million children living in poverty in the UK soon, with Labour's policies increasing that number by at least 250,000.
I continue to be shocked by these statistics. In a coun...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
March 28, 2025 at 7:28 AM
We should be shocked, humiliated and ashamed that 4.5 million children live in poverty in the UK and that Labour is planning to increase this number by conscious choice. Radical action is needed. No child deserves this. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
Glad the Sentencing Council are standing up (a) for the independence of the judiciary, and against bullying by a government preoccupied with simping to Daily Mail faux-outrage about ‘woke’; and (b) calling out the nonsensical criticism of SC guidelines.
www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/u...
www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/u...
www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk
March 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Glad the Sentencing Council are standing up (a) for the independence of the judiciary, and against bullying by a government preoccupied with simping to Daily Mail faux-outrage about ‘woke’; and (b) calling out the nonsensical criticism of SC guidelines.
www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/u...
www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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Uh oh....
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youtu.be/wnujaQY8ycM?...
I was banned from TYT...
YouTube video by The Bitchuation Room (with Francesca Fiorentini)
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March 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Uh oh....
youtu.be/wnujaQY8ycM?...
youtu.be/wnujaQY8ycM?...
So sad to hear that Alex Wheatle - celebrated author and ‘Brixton Bard’ - has passed on. Such an inspiring man, with a golden heart. His novel Brixton Rock was a masterpiece. Rest in peace King 👑 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
March 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
So sad to hear that Alex Wheatle - celebrated author and ‘Brixton Bard’ - has passed on. Such an inspiring man, with a golden heart. His novel Brixton Rock was a masterpiece. Rest in peace King 👑 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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The parallels between apartheid South Africa and modern-day Palestine were explored today by Dr Wesam Amer (Dean of the Faculty of Communications at Gaza University, and Associate Fellow at Homerton College), and Moyra Samuel (veteran anti-apartheid activist).
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March 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The parallels between apartheid South Africa and modern-day Palestine were explored today by Dr Wesam Amer (Dean of the Faculty of Communications at Gaza University, and Associate Fellow at Homerton College), and Moyra Samuel (veteran anti-apartheid activist).
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Homerton College’s 3-day Symposium on Gender, Power & Culture is starting now, with a warm welcome from Dr Georgina Horrell! #GBVSymposium #CambridgeEvent #HomertonCollege #GenderPowerCulture
March 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Homerton College’s 3-day Symposium on Gender, Power & Culture is starting now, with a warm welcome from Dr Georgina Horrell! #GBVSymposium #CambridgeEvent #HomertonCollege #GenderPowerCulture
The Sentencing Council’s guidelines doesn't deal with disproportionate custody, longer jail terms, or imbalances in entering the criminal justice system in the first place. It's simply a reminder for judges to be aware biases exist, and do their job fairly. 1/
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Watchdog suggests alleged ‘two-tier’ sentencing guidelines may breach Equality Act – UK politics live
Lady Falkner, chair of the EHRC, says moves run the risk of positive discrimination
www.theguardian.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The Sentencing Council’s guidelines doesn't deal with disproportionate custody, longer jail terms, or imbalances in entering the criminal justice system in the first place. It's simply a reminder for judges to be aware biases exist, and do their job fairly. 1/
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
So sad to hear that Angie Stone has passed on. Loved her as an artist, and once saw her in concert and loved her personality. RIEP Angie B / Stone
March 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
So sad to hear that Angie Stone has passed on. Loved her as an artist, and once saw her in concert and loved her personality. RIEP Angie B / Stone
The Chagos islands is not the UK’s to lease to the US, any more than if Mauritius leased the Isle of Wight to Russia. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Donald Trump 'inclined' to back UK's Chagos Islands deal
The UK has offered Trump an effective veto on the deal because of its implications for US security.
www.bbc.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
The Chagos islands is not the UK’s to lease to the US, any more than if Mauritius leased the Isle of Wight to Russia. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Hahahaha! 😂 As someone once threatened legally by Guido Fawkes (details of their ridiculous behaviour in this thread) it is particularly enjoyable to see Paul Staines lose in court!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Labour donor Dale Vince claims libel victory over false pro-Hamas claim
Vince to receive damages from Guido Fawkes blogger and says he will take Reform UK’s Richard Tice to full trial
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Hahahaha! 😂 As someone once threatened legally by Guido Fawkes (details of their ridiculous behaviour in this thread) it is particularly enjoyable to see Paul Staines lose in court!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The German AfD - one of *the most* neo-Nazi party’s in Europe - scored highest among millennials and the working class.
The Far Right are now the second biggest party, and looking like they are just one short step away from taking over Germany.
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
The Far Right are now the second biggest party, and looking like they are just one short step away from taking over Germany.
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Germany’s polarised election
Friedrich Merz is on track to be the next chancellor though his country’s traditional political stability has vanished.
www.newstatesman.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM
The German AfD - one of *the most* neo-Nazi party’s in Europe - scored highest among millennials and the working class.
The Far Right are now the second biggest party, and looking like they are just one short step away from taking over Germany.
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
The Far Right are now the second biggest party, and looking like they are just one short step away from taking over Germany.
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...