Michael Ward
@michael954.bsky.social
Biographer of Beatrice and Sidney Webb.
Previously Deputy Leader, Greatr London Council; Director, Centre for Local Economic Strategies.
Now Chair, Arundel and South Downs Labour Party
www.michaelward.eu
Previously Deputy Leader, Greatr London Council; Director, Centre for Local Economic Strategies.
Now Chair, Arundel and South Downs Labour Party
www.michaelward.eu
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Children need their families. Refugee children are no different.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Pulling up the drawbridge’: Alf Dubs criticises Shabana Mahmood’s plans for child refugees
Exclusive: Labour peer, who came to UK as a refugee, says some ministers try to show they won’t ‘just do things because of their background’
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Children need their families. Refugee children are no different.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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This will not be a suprise to anyone who saw their campaign in Bristol Central.
Its incredibly poor form to do this after Rob has requested they don't. I'm not sure what action the returning officer can take, but hope there is some real steps taken. Urgh
Its incredibly poor form to do this after Rob has requested they don't. I'm not sure what action the returning officer can take, but hope there is some real steps taken. Urgh
I have today been informed that, despite personal assurances to the contrary, the Green party have once again used my image and misrepresented my words on a second leaflet circulated in Gorton and Denton ahead of the by-election. I have now lodged an official complaint with the returning officer.
February 9, 2026 at 11:41 AM
This will not be a suprise to anyone who saw their campaign in Bristol Central.
Its incredibly poor form to do this after Rob has requested they don't. I'm not sure what action the returning officer can take, but hope there is some real steps taken. Urgh
Its incredibly poor form to do this after Rob has requested they don't. I'm not sure what action the returning officer can take, but hope there is some real steps taken. Urgh
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To be fair, do they even have food in Italy?
Not only did they bring a small private army, but among the waste of taxpayer money was BRINGING A FULL PLANE OF FOOD.
To *Italy*.
To *Italy*.
February 7, 2026 at 4:32 PM
To be fair, do they even have food in Italy?
An excellent afternoon. Congratulations HWJ.
Late posting pictures from the wonderful celebration of the 100th issue of @historyworkshop.org.uk Saturday, with @julialaite.bsky.social introducing the blockbuster issue & the incomparable Anna Davin reflecting on radical friendship. Has been a joy to be part of this community for a decade now.
February 5, 2026 at 4:59 PM
An excellent afternoon. Congratulations HWJ.
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Ofc this is just one London borough. But it’s striking, to put it mildly! We need more planning policy experiments like this.
February 4, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Ofc this is just one London borough. But it’s striking, to put it mildly! We need more planning policy experiments like this.
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Not in the Epstein files.
February 4, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Not in the Epstein files.
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La Vème République vue par un dessinateur belge (non identifié) qui a la frite...
February 3, 2026 at 6:09 AM
La Vème République vue par un dessinateur belge (non identifié) qui a la frite...
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Nothing like enjoying your slightly cheaper pint while imagining the toddler crying from hunger that paid for it.
Reform UK says it would re-impose two-child benefit cap for most families to fund £3bn support package for pubs - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
February 3, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Nothing like enjoying your slightly cheaper pint while imagining the toddler crying from hunger that paid for it.
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I have an essay in it on the political pen of the socialist intellectual Beatrice Webb, which explores how elite women used writing to assert expertise - purposefully, artfully, and never without cost.
February 2, 2026 at 9:14 AM
I have an essay in it on the political pen of the socialist intellectual Beatrice Webb, which explores how elite women used writing to assert expertise - purposefully, artfully, and never without cost.
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February 1, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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Former Texas Lege reporter here. A Dem hasn't held this seat since 1990. Tarrant is the safest of red suburban counties. There is no way the TX and national GOP aren't in panic mode right now.
JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
February 1, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Former Texas Lege reporter here. A Dem hasn't held this seat since 1990. Tarrant is the safest of red suburban counties. There is no way the TX and national GOP aren't in panic mode right now.
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ICE genuinely going with the "they hit their head on a cupboard door" excuse for violence against innocent people.
Regular reminder this is the organisation Tories and Reform have explicitly said they want replicated in UK, and which Labour's policies emulate in many ways.
apnews.com/article/immi...
Regular reminder this is the organisation Tories and Reform have explicitly said they want replicated in UK, and which Labour's policies emulate in many ways.
apnews.com/article/immi...
ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.
apnews.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:13 PM
ICE genuinely going with the "they hit their head on a cupboard door" excuse for violence against innocent people.
Regular reminder this is the organisation Tories and Reform have explicitly said they want replicated in UK, and which Labour's policies emulate in many ways.
apnews.com/article/immi...
Regular reminder this is the organisation Tories and Reform have explicitly said they want replicated in UK, and which Labour's policies emulate in many ways.
apnews.com/article/immi...
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UTAH auto body shop owner: “You guys broke the fucking window to get in here! Where is your warrant??”
Trump’s ICE goons: “Yes we did… We don’t need one.” 🤔
Rights are gone under this regime.
(From Somali Snaps: www.instagram.com/reel/DUKpzuS...)
Trump’s ICE goons: “Yes we did… We don’t need one.” 🤔
Rights are gone under this regime.
(From Somali Snaps: www.instagram.com/reel/DUKpzuS...)
January 31, 2026 at 1:30 PM
UTAH auto body shop owner: “You guys broke the fucking window to get in here! Where is your warrant??”
Trump’s ICE goons: “Yes we did… We don’t need one.” 🤔
Rights are gone under this regime.
(From Somali Snaps: www.instagram.com/reel/DUKpzuS...)
Trump’s ICE goons: “Yes we did… We don’t need one.” 🤔
Rights are gone under this regime.
(From Somali Snaps: www.instagram.com/reel/DUKpzuS...)
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Students walked out. Workers stayed home. Thousands filled the streets in hundreds of cities with one message: Get Trump's immigration agents out of our communities. This is for Renée Good, Alex Pretti, and 5-year-old Liam Ramos—sick in a Texas detention center.
Get out of our cities: Another nationwide uprising against ICE
Powerful mages from around the country show thousands of demonstrators participating in a national day of action.
www.motherjones.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Students walked out. Workers stayed home. Thousands filled the streets in hundreds of cities with one message: Get Trump's immigration agents out of our communities. This is for Renée Good, Alex Pretti, and 5-year-old Liam Ramos—sick in a Texas detention center.
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A line from Sophie Gilbert's review of the new Melania movie.
"Melania shows off her custom-made inauguration gown, stark white with black ribbons overlaying it, a dress that now looks unavoidably like the redacted Epstein files." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
"Melania shows off her custom-made inauguration gown, stark white with black ribbons overlaying it, a dress that now looks unavoidably like the redacted Epstein files." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
January 31, 2026 at 11:51 AM
A line from Sophie Gilbert's review of the new Melania movie.
"Melania shows off her custom-made inauguration gown, stark white with black ribbons overlaying it, a dress that now looks unavoidably like the redacted Epstein files." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
"Melania shows off her custom-made inauguration gown, stark white with black ribbons overlaying it, a dress that now looks unavoidably like the redacted Epstein files." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
Ozymandias
Trump now wants his triumphal arch to be 250 ft tall, dwarfing other DC monuments
Trump now wants his triumphal arch to be 250 ft tall, dwarfing other DC monuments
Trump now wants his triumphal arch to be 250 ft tall, dwarfing other DC monuments
www.independent.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Ozymandias
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Tom Morello welcomes Bruce Springsteen to the stage at the Defend Minnesota! benefit concert fundraising for the families of Alex Pretti and Renee Good at First Avenue in Minneapolis 🎸
🎥: @chrisrstrib.bsky.social
🎥: @chrisrstrib.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Tom Morello welcomes Bruce Springsteen to the stage at the Defend Minnesota! benefit concert fundraising for the families of Alex Pretti and Renee Good at First Avenue in Minneapolis 🎸
🎥: @chrisrstrib.bsky.social
🎥: @chrisrstrib.bsky.social
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“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” principal Jason Kuhlman said about the second grader and fifth grader.
‘I don’t have words’: 2 more kids from Liam Ramos’ Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody
The children were taken into ICE custody after their mother was detained at a court appointment. School leaders say the mother asked them to bring the kids to the detention center because there were n...
www.mprnews.org
January 30, 2026 at 2:39 AM
“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” principal Jason Kuhlman said about the second grader and fifth grader.
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friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM
friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
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The Boss!
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 6:23 PM
The Boss!
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Bruce Springsteen slams ‘King Trump’ and ‘federal thugs’ in Minneapolis protest song
Bruce Springsteen slams ‘King Trump’ and ‘federal thugs’ in Minneapolis protest song
Bruce Springsteen slams ‘King Trump’ and ‘federal thugs’ in Minneapolis protest song
www.independent.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Bruce Springsteen slams ‘King Trump’ and ‘federal thugs’ in Minneapolis protest song
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The Boss has spoken.
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 6:56 PM
The Boss has spoken.
Enjoyed the book ; look forward to the sequel.
The notion that I just had a Zoom call with someone who remembers the Lux from the 1930s is truly surreal to me, it's like claiming that I just WhatsApp'ed Ramsay MacDonald.
January 28, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Enjoyed the book ; look forward to the sequel.