Oxford & Thames Valley SWP
@oxswp.bsky.social
We are a branch of the Socialist Workers Party and the home of revolutionary socialists across Oxford and the Thames Valley.
🚩 Teach Yourself Marxism
Is it sectarian to build our party?
Sectarians put the interests of their party before the interests of the movement and class.
But is it sectarian to sell Socialist Worker at demonstrations, to insist on trans+ rights, to oppose migration controls?
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Is it sectarian to build our party?
Sectarians put the interests of their party before the interests of the movement and class.
But is it sectarian to sell Socialist Worker at demonstrations, to insist on trans+ rights, to oppose migration controls?
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February 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🚩 Teach Yourself Marxism
Is it sectarian to build our party?
Sectarians put the interests of their party before the interests of the movement and class.
But is it sectarian to sell Socialist Worker at demonstrations, to insist on trans+ rights, to oppose migration controls?
buff.ly/qMwd4gV
Is it sectarian to build our party?
Sectarians put the interests of their party before the interests of the movement and class.
But is it sectarian to sell Socialist Worker at demonstrations, to insist on trans+ rights, to oppose migration controls?
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In Depth
🇺🇸 Why is Trump bringing the war back home?
As Trump builds the ICE militia in the US, Judy Cox asks if it shows how the chains of colonial violence boomerang from the imperialist heartlands and back again.
Read on
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🇺🇸 Why is Trump bringing the war back home?
As Trump builds the ICE militia in the US, Judy Cox asks if it shows how the chains of colonial violence boomerang from the imperialist heartlands and back again.
Read on
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February 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM
In Depth
🇺🇸 Why is Trump bringing the war back home?
As Trump builds the ICE militia in the US, Judy Cox asks if it shows how the chains of colonial violence boomerang from the imperialist heartlands and back again.
Read on
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🇺🇸 Why is Trump bringing the war back home?
As Trump builds the ICE militia in the US, Judy Cox asks if it shows how the chains of colonial violence boomerang from the imperialist heartlands and back again.
Read on
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Public meeting
ICE: Racism and Resistance. Can Trump be stopped?
Wednesday 4 February, 7:15pm
Michael Young Building, Manzil Way, Oxford OX4 1YH
What3words: sleeps.visits.spun Online via Zoom: pre-register at buff.ly/3AfLb7d
Hosted by Oxford & Thames Valley Socialist Workers Party
ICE: Racism and Resistance. Can Trump be stopped?
Wednesday 4 February, 7:15pm
Michael Young Building, Manzil Way, Oxford OX4 1YH
What3words: sleeps.visits.spun Online via Zoom: pre-register at buff.ly/3AfLb7d
Hosted by Oxford & Thames Valley Socialist Workers Party
February 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Public meeting
ICE: Racism and Resistance. Can Trump be stopped?
Wednesday 4 February, 7:15pm
Michael Young Building, Manzil Way, Oxford OX4 1YH
What3words: sleeps.visits.spun Online via Zoom: pre-register at buff.ly/3AfLb7d
Hosted by Oxford & Thames Valley Socialist Workers Party
ICE: Racism and Resistance. Can Trump be stopped?
Wednesday 4 February, 7:15pm
Michael Young Building, Manzil Way, Oxford OX4 1YH
What3words: sleeps.visits.spun Online via Zoom: pre-register at buff.ly/3AfLb7d
Hosted by Oxford & Thames Valley Socialist Workers Party
⚖️ ‘Nordic Model’ would make sex work more dangerous
Proposals to prosecute men who buy sex in Scotland won’t keep women safe. Diana Rotten from the Scotland for Decrim campaign spoke to Jude Mckechnie.
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Proposals to prosecute men who buy sex in Scotland won’t keep women safe. Diana Rotten from the Scotland for Decrim campaign spoke to Jude Mckechnie.
Read on
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February 3, 2026 at 12:00 PM
⚖️ ‘Nordic Model’ would make sex work more dangerous
Proposals to prosecute men who buy sex in Scotland won’t keep women safe. Diana Rotten from the Scotland for Decrim campaign spoke to Jude Mckechnie.
Read on
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Proposals to prosecute men who buy sex in Scotland won’t keep women safe. Diana Rotten from the Scotland for Decrim campaign spoke to Jude Mckechnie.
Read on
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📣 Bus drivers in east London are fighting back against union busting
Hundreds of bus drivers at Lea Interchange Bus Garage in east London are fighting back against union busting. These Unite the union members are beginning to break through.
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Hundreds of bus drivers at Lea Interchange Bus Garage in east London are fighting back against union busting. These Unite the union members are beginning to break through.
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February 3, 2026 at 11:00 AM
📣 Bus drivers in east London are fighting back against union busting
Hundreds of bus drivers at Lea Interchange Bus Garage in east London are fighting back against union busting. These Unite the union members are beginning to break through.
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Hundreds of bus drivers at Lea Interchange Bus Garage in east London are fighting back against union busting. These Unite the union members are beginning to break through.
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✊🏽 ‘People are fighting in any way they know how’: Minneapolis university student
Leo, a university student in Minneapolis, spoke to Socialist Worker about resistance to Ice and Trump.
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Leo, a university student in Minneapolis, spoke to Socialist Worker about resistance to Ice and Trump.
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February 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM
✊🏽 ‘People are fighting in any way they know how’: Minneapolis university student
Leo, a university student in Minneapolis, spoke to Socialist Worker about resistance to Ice and Trump.
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Leo, a university student in Minneapolis, spoke to Socialist Worker about resistance to Ice and Trump.
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📣 Together alliance gains traction with more union and left backing
As Unison leader Andrea Egan and Labour MP Diane Abbott back the initiative to fight the far right, it’s up to anti-racists to turn the support for a 28 March unity rally in London into mass action.
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As Unison leader Andrea Egan and Labour MP Diane Abbott back the initiative to fight the far right, it’s up to anti-racists to turn the support for a 28 March unity rally in London into mass action.
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February 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
📣 Together alliance gains traction with more union and left backing
As Unison leader Andrea Egan and Labour MP Diane Abbott back the initiative to fight the far right, it’s up to anti-racists to turn the support for a 28 March unity rally in London into mass action.
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As Unison leader Andrea Egan and Labour MP Diane Abbott back the initiative to fight the far right, it’s up to anti-racists to turn the support for a 28 March unity rally in London into mass action.
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In Depth: Jeffrey Epstein: Abuse, empire and capitalism
Epstein’s sexual abuse scandal shook the halls of power. For decades, the elite had used the abuser’s networks. It’s no conspiracy — it’s all the same system, argues Judy Cox.
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Epstein’s sexual abuse scandal shook the halls of power. For decades, the elite had used the abuser’s networks. It’s no conspiracy — it’s all the same system, argues Judy Cox.
Read on
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February 3, 2026 at 8:05 AM
In Depth: Jeffrey Epstein: Abuse, empire and capitalism
Epstein’s sexual abuse scandal shook the halls of power. For decades, the elite had used the abuser’s networks. It’s no conspiracy — it’s all the same system, argues Judy Cox.
Read on
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Epstein’s sexual abuse scandal shook the halls of power. For decades, the elite had used the abuser’s networks. It’s no conspiracy — it’s all the same system, argues Judy Cox.
Read on
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Public meeting
ICE: Racism and Resistance. Can Trump be stopped?
Wednesday 4 February, 7:15pm
Michael Young Building, Manzil Way, Oxford OX4 1YH
What3words: sleeps.visits.spun Online via Zoom: pre-register at buff.ly/3AfLb7d
Hosted by Oxford & Thames Valley Socialist Workers Party
ICE: Racism and Resistance. Can Trump be stopped?
Wednesday 4 February, 7:15pm
Michael Young Building, Manzil Way, Oxford OX4 1YH
What3words: sleeps.visits.spun Online via Zoom: pre-register at buff.ly/3AfLb7d
Hosted by Oxford & Thames Valley Socialist Workers Party
February 1, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Public meeting
ICE: Racism and Resistance. Can Trump be stopped?
Wednesday 4 February, 7:15pm
Michael Young Building, Manzil Way, Oxford OX4 1YH
What3words: sleeps.visits.spun Online via Zoom: pre-register at buff.ly/3AfLb7d
Hosted by Oxford & Thames Valley Socialist Workers Party
ICE: Racism and Resistance. Can Trump be stopped?
Wednesday 4 February, 7:15pm
Michael Young Building, Manzil Way, Oxford OX4 1YH
What3words: sleeps.visits.spun Online via Zoom: pre-register at buff.ly/3AfLb7d
Hosted by Oxford & Thames Valley Socialist Workers Party
✊🏽 ‘ICE Out of Everywhere’ protests erupt as resistance to Trump regime deepens
Over 300 protests took place across the USA, with tens of thousands of students, educators and other workers taking to the streets in rage against Ice and Trump.
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Over 300 protests took place across the USA, with tens of thousands of students, educators and other workers taking to the streets in rage against Ice and Trump.
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February 1, 2026 at 10:30 AM
✊🏽 ‘ICE Out of Everywhere’ protests erupt as resistance to Trump regime deepens
Over 300 protests took place across the USA, with tens of thousands of students, educators and other workers taking to the streets in rage against Ice and Trump.
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Over 300 protests took place across the USA, with tens of thousands of students, educators and other workers taking to the streets in rage against Ice and Trump.
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✊🏽 Anti-fascist rally in Whitechapel says far right not welcome in east London
Around 200 people joined the protest backed by Stand Up To Racism (SUTR), the Women’s Inclusive Team, NEU, Unison BMA and UCU union branches and others.
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Around 200 people joined the protest backed by Stand Up To Racism (SUTR), the Women’s Inclusive Team, NEU, Unison BMA and UCU union branches and others.
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February 1, 2026 at 9:30 AM
✊🏽 Anti-fascist rally in Whitechapel says far right not welcome in east London
Around 200 people joined the protest backed by Stand Up To Racism (SUTR), the Women’s Inclusive Team, NEU, Unison BMA and UCU union branches and others.
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Around 200 people joined the protest backed by Stand Up To Racism (SUTR), the Women’s Inclusive Team, NEU, Unison BMA and UCU union branches and others.
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🇵🇸 ‘We won’t let Trump and Starmer off the hook’: Palestine marchers in London
Central London was filled with Palestine flags and rage on Saturday as 100,000 joined the first national demonstration of the year.
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Central London was filled with Palestine flags and rage on Saturday as 100,000 joined the first national demonstration of the year.
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February 1, 2026 at 8:30 AM
🇵🇸 ‘We won’t let Trump and Starmer off the hook’: Palestine marchers in London
Central London was filled with Palestine flags and rage on Saturday as 100,000 joined the first national demonstration of the year.
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Central London was filled with Palestine flags and rage on Saturday as 100,000 joined the first national demonstration of the year.
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🎟️ Shakespearean tragedy shows the power of female grief
Acclaimed new film Hamnet tells how William Shakespeare came to write Hamlet. But it is the story of his wife, Agnes Hathaway, at the heart of the film.
Plus: The legacy of US actor, anti-racist and socialist Paul Robeson.
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Acclaimed new film Hamnet tells how William Shakespeare came to write Hamlet. But it is the story of his wife, Agnes Hathaway, at the heart of the film.
Plus: The legacy of US actor, anti-racist and socialist Paul Robeson.
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January 31, 2026 at 2:00 PM
🎟️ Shakespearean tragedy shows the power of female grief
Acclaimed new film Hamnet tells how William Shakespeare came to write Hamlet. But it is the story of his wife, Agnes Hathaway, at the heart of the film.
Plus: The legacy of US actor, anti-racist and socialist Paul Robeson.
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Acclaimed new film Hamnet tells how William Shakespeare came to write Hamlet. But it is the story of his wife, Agnes Hathaway, at the heart of the film.
Plus: The legacy of US actor, anti-racist and socialist Paul Robeson.
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🚨 Chris Kaba’s family ‘devastated’ as police watchdog halts justice
Chris Kaba: 24 year-old unarmed black man, fatally shot through his car's windscreen.
This week the so-called Independent Office for Police Conduct announced a pause in misconduct proceedings against the officer.
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Chris Kaba: 24 year-old unarmed black man, fatally shot through his car's windscreen.
This week the so-called Independent Office for Police Conduct announced a pause in misconduct proceedings against the officer.
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January 31, 2026 at 1:00 PM
🚨 Chris Kaba’s family ‘devastated’ as police watchdog halts justice
Chris Kaba: 24 year-old unarmed black man, fatally shot through his car's windscreen.
This week the so-called Independent Office for Police Conduct announced a pause in misconduct proceedings against the officer.
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Chris Kaba: 24 year-old unarmed black man, fatally shot through his car's windscreen.
This week the so-called Independent Office for Police Conduct announced a pause in misconduct proceedings against the officer.
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🪧 Mental health workers hold mass picket in Bristol
Mental health workers employed by the charity Second Step are fighting bosses for better pay and union recognition. On Thursday they kicked off seven days of strikes.
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Mental health workers employed by the charity Second Step are fighting bosses for better pay and union recognition. On Thursday they kicked off seven days of strikes.
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January 31, 2026 at 12:00 PM
🪧 Mental health workers hold mass picket in Bristol
Mental health workers employed by the charity Second Step are fighting bosses for better pay and union recognition. On Thursday they kicked off seven days of strikes.
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Mental health workers employed by the charity Second Step are fighting bosses for better pay and union recognition. On Thursday they kicked off seven days of strikes.
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In Depth
📣 Minneapolis: How workers fought and won in 1934 ✊🏽
A revolt of truck drivers, known as the Teamsters, sparked a general strike across Minneapolis in 1934.
Camilla Royle looks at the rebellion — and the lessons for resistance in the United States today.
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📣 Minneapolis: How workers fought and won in 1934 ✊🏽
A revolt of truck drivers, known as the Teamsters, sparked a general strike across Minneapolis in 1934.
Camilla Royle looks at the rebellion — and the lessons for resistance in the United States today.
Read on
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January 31, 2026 at 11:00 AM
In Depth
📣 Minneapolis: How workers fought and won in 1934 ✊🏽
A revolt of truck drivers, known as the Teamsters, sparked a general strike across Minneapolis in 1934.
Camilla Royle looks at the rebellion — and the lessons for resistance in the United States today.
Read on
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📣 Minneapolis: How workers fought and won in 1934 ✊🏽
A revolt of truck drivers, known as the Teamsters, sparked a general strike across Minneapolis in 1934.
Camilla Royle looks at the rebellion — and the lessons for resistance in the United States today.
Read on
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📣 Third Birmingham mega-picket ‘shows the power of the people’
Mass pickets forced bosses to shut all three depots in the city on Friday, the third “mega picket” since Unite the union workers, fighting against pay cuts of up to £8,000 a year, went on indefinite strike last March.
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Mass pickets forced bosses to shut all three depots in the city on Friday, the third “mega picket” since Unite the union workers, fighting against pay cuts of up to £8,000 a year, went on indefinite strike last March.
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January 31, 2026 at 10:00 AM
📣 Third Birmingham mega-picket ‘shows the power of the people’
Mass pickets forced bosses to shut all three depots in the city on Friday, the third “mega picket” since Unite the union workers, fighting against pay cuts of up to £8,000 a year, went on indefinite strike last March.
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Mass pickets forced bosses to shut all three depots in the city on Friday, the third “mega picket” since Unite the union workers, fighting against pay cuts of up to £8,000 a year, went on indefinite strike last March.
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🇵🇸 National March for Palestine
#EndTheGenocide #HandsOffGaza #StopArmingIsrael
Saturday 31 January, assemble 12 noon
Russel Square to Whitehall
Called by PSC, Stop The War, FOA, PFB, CND and others.
#EndTheGenocide #HandsOffGaza #StopArmingIsrael
Saturday 31 January, assemble 12 noon
Russel Square to Whitehall
Called by PSC, Stop The War, FOA, PFB, CND and others.
January 31, 2026 at 9:00 AM
🇵🇸 National March for Palestine
#EndTheGenocide #HandsOffGaza #StopArmingIsrael
Saturday 31 January, assemble 12 noon
Russel Square to Whitehall
Called by PSC, Stop The War, FOA, PFB, CND and others.
#EndTheGenocide #HandsOffGaza #StopArmingIsrael
Saturday 31 January, assemble 12 noon
Russel Square to Whitehall
Called by PSC, Stop The War, FOA, PFB, CND and others.
🎉 Socialist Worker cartoons by Tim
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January 30, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🎉 Socialist Worker cartoons by Tim
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🚩 Teach Yourself Marxism with Judy Cox: state capitalism
The theory of state capitalism is crucial to exploring the real dynamics of “socialist states” like China, Cuba and Vietnam. Can they curb Trump’s imperialist ambitions and offer a different model of social development?
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The theory of state capitalism is crucial to exploring the real dynamics of “socialist states” like China, Cuba and Vietnam. Can they curb Trump’s imperialist ambitions and offer a different model of social development?
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January 30, 2026 at 9:15 PM
🚩 Teach Yourself Marxism with Judy Cox: state capitalism
The theory of state capitalism is crucial to exploring the real dynamics of “socialist states” like China, Cuba and Vietnam. Can they curb Trump’s imperialist ambitions and offer a different model of social development?
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The theory of state capitalism is crucial to exploring the real dynamics of “socialist states” like China, Cuba and Vietnam. Can they curb Trump’s imperialist ambitions and offer a different model of social development?
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🆘 Rising misogynistic ideas and attitudes are reflected across society – and in the classroom. It’s an emergency.
🥀 Labour’s new ‘anti-misogyny courses are not enough to counter the scale of violence against women and girls (VAWG).
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🥀 Labour’s new ‘anti-misogyny courses are not enough to counter the scale of violence against women and girls (VAWG).
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January 30, 2026 at 8:30 PM
🆘 Rising misogynistic ideas and attitudes are reflected across society – and in the classroom. It’s an emergency.
🥀 Labour’s new ‘anti-misogyny courses are not enough to counter the scale of violence against women and girls (VAWG).
Read more
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🥀 Labour’s new ‘anti-misogyny courses are not enough to counter the scale of violence against women and girls (VAWG).
Read more
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🥀 Labour crisis in Gorton by-election shows need for alternative
“To block Andy Burnham would be stupid, so stupid that only Number 10 would try to do that,” said former Labour advisor John McTernan.
Shortly afterwards, the Labour leadership did just that. 🤦🏻
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“To block Andy Burnham would be stupid, so stupid that only Number 10 would try to do that,” said former Labour advisor John McTernan.
Shortly afterwards, the Labour leadership did just that. 🤦🏻
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January 30, 2026 at 7:45 PM
🥀 Labour crisis in Gorton by-election shows need for alternative
“To block Andy Burnham would be stupid, so stupid that only Number 10 would try to do that,” said former Labour advisor John McTernan.
Shortly afterwards, the Labour leadership did just that. 🤦🏻
Read more
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“To block Andy Burnham would be stupid, so stupid that only Number 10 would try to do that,” said former Labour advisor John McTernan.
Shortly afterwards, the Labour leadership did just that. 🤦🏻
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‼️ Manchester migrant NHS workers fight deportation threat
Manchester Foundation Trust health workers are fighting Labour's racist scapegoating of migrants.
The difference between healthcare assistant Anna staying in the country or being forced to leave in two weeks is £63.
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Manchester Foundation Trust health workers are fighting Labour's racist scapegoating of migrants.
The difference between healthcare assistant Anna staying in the country or being forced to leave in two weeks is £63.
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January 30, 2026 at 7:01 PM
‼️ Manchester migrant NHS workers fight deportation threat
Manchester Foundation Trust health workers are fighting Labour's racist scapegoating of migrants.
The difference between healthcare assistant Anna staying in the country or being forced to leave in two weeks is £63.
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Manchester Foundation Trust health workers are fighting Labour's racist scapegoating of migrants.
The difference between healthcare assistant Anna staying in the country or being forced to leave in two weeks is £63.
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✊🏽 Solidarity with Kurds on streets of Britain
There has been an explosion of solidarity with the Kurdish people on the streets of Leeds – vibrant demonstrations filled with a layer of young, radical Kurds who went on an unofficial march around Leeds City Centre on Tuesday.
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There has been an explosion of solidarity with the Kurdish people on the streets of Leeds – vibrant demonstrations filled with a layer of young, radical Kurds who went on an unofficial march around Leeds City Centre on Tuesday.
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January 30, 2026 at 6:01 PM
✊🏽 Solidarity with Kurds on streets of Britain
There has been an explosion of solidarity with the Kurdish people on the streets of Leeds – vibrant demonstrations filled with a layer of young, radical Kurds who went on an unofficial march around Leeds City Centre on Tuesday.
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There has been an explosion of solidarity with the Kurdish people on the streets of Leeds – vibrant demonstrations filled with a layer of young, radical Kurds who went on an unofficial march around Leeds City Centre on Tuesday.
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✊🏽 Solidarity in Britain with those facing the terror of Ice
Many hundreds of people across Britain protested last Monday night in solidarity with those resisting Ice in the United States, including recent victims of Trump's brutal thugs in Minneapolis.
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Many hundreds of people across Britain protested last Monday night in solidarity with those resisting Ice in the United States, including recent victims of Trump's brutal thugs in Minneapolis.
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January 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM
✊🏽 Solidarity in Britain with those facing the terror of Ice
Many hundreds of people across Britain protested last Monday night in solidarity with those resisting Ice in the United States, including recent victims of Trump's brutal thugs in Minneapolis.
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Many hundreds of people across Britain protested last Monday night in solidarity with those resisting Ice in the United States, including recent victims of Trump's brutal thugs in Minneapolis.
Read on
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