Peter Kelly
@ptomk.bsky.social
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England homelessness grown by a fifth since 2022, now 300,000.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
Homelessness figures higher than data suggests, research shows
Official data for England underestimates the scale of the problem, according to research for charity Crisis says.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
England homelessness grown by a fifth since 2022, now 300,000.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
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University tuition fees in England to rise with inflation from 2026.
Student debt is £267bn, could double in a decade. Due to low wages unlikely to be repaid. Young people burdened.
Most European countries don't charge uni fees. England destroying social mobility. Must abolish tuition fees.
Student debt is £267bn, could double in a decade. Due to low wages unlikely to be repaid. Young people burdened.
Most European countries don't charge uni fees. England destroying social mobility. Must abolish tuition fees.
University tuition fees in England to rise with inflation every year from 2026
Bridget Phillipson confirmed the plans for the next two years, with fees to increase automatically after that.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 6:23 AM
University tuition fees in England to rise with inflation from 2026.
Student debt is £267bn, could double in a decade. Due to low wages unlikely to be repaid. Young people burdened.
Most European countries don't charge uni fees. England destroying social mobility. Must abolish tuition fees.
Student debt is £267bn, could double in a decade. Due to low wages unlikely to be repaid. Young people burdened.
Most European countries don't charge uni fees. England destroying social mobility. Must abolish tuition fees.
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NHS could cease to function under Labour’s new visa rules, say nurses
Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UK
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UK
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
NHS could cease to function under Labour’s new visa rules, say nurses
Exclusive: Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UK
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:22 AM
NHS could cease to function under Labour’s new visa rules, say nurses
Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UK
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UK
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Zack Polanski’s response to the Manchester terror attack has been a masterclass in mature statesmanship.
Soulful, human, eloquent, empathetic, nuanced, confident and focused on healing.
And bold. It has shone in contrast to so much weaponising or ill thought through commentary.
Thank you Zack. 💪
Soulful, human, eloquent, empathetic, nuanced, confident and focused on healing.
And bold. It has shone in contrast to so much weaponising or ill thought through commentary.
Thank you Zack. 💪
October 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Zack Polanski’s response to the Manchester terror attack has been a masterclass in mature statesmanship.
Soulful, human, eloquent, empathetic, nuanced, confident and focused on healing.
And bold. It has shone in contrast to so much weaponising or ill thought through commentary.
Thank you Zack. 💪
Soulful, human, eloquent, empathetic, nuanced, confident and focused on healing.
And bold. It has shone in contrast to so much weaponising or ill thought through commentary.
Thank you Zack. 💪
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What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
September 29, 2025 at 6:22 AM
What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
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Welfare reform 'must happen', UK minister says.
Silence on corporate welfare. For example, Drax makes profits but gets subsidies.
Silence on tax perks of the rich. Capital gains and dividends taxed at lower rates than wages.
Welfare reform is a code for squeezing the poor, old, sick, disabled.
Silence on corporate welfare. For example, Drax makes profits but gets subsidies.
Silence on tax perks of the rich. Capital gains and dividends taxed at lower rates than wages.
Welfare reform is a code for squeezing the poor, old, sick, disabled.
Welfare reform 'must happen', says Pat McFadden
The Work and Pensions Secretary tells the BBC he will press ahead with welfare system changes.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Welfare reform 'must happen', UK minister says.
Silence on corporate welfare. For example, Drax makes profits but gets subsidies.
Silence on tax perks of the rich. Capital gains and dividends taxed at lower rates than wages.
Welfare reform is a code for squeezing the poor, old, sick, disabled.
Silence on corporate welfare. For example, Drax makes profits but gets subsidies.
Silence on tax perks of the rich. Capital gains and dividends taxed at lower rates than wages.
Welfare reform is a code for squeezing the poor, old, sick, disabled.
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Reform UK intends to withdraw our human rights
They want us to join Russia and Belarus as the only European states not signed up to the ECHR.
They want us to join Russia and Belarus as the only European states not signed up to the ECHR.
Reform UK intends to withdraw our human rights
They want us to join Russia and Belarus as the only European states not signed up to the ECHR
sussexbylines.co.uk
September 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Reform UK intends to withdraw our human rights
They want us to join Russia and Belarus as the only European states not signed up to the ECHR.
They want us to join Russia and Belarus as the only European states not signed up to the ECHR.
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Across England, young people are being denied the play opportunities they need for healthy physical growth, mental wellbeing, and social development...
From closed pools to lost parks: the urgent case for a national play strategy in England
Across England, young people are being denied the play opportunities they need for healthy physical growth, mental wellbeing, and social development
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
September 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Across England, young people are being denied the play opportunities they need for healthy physical growth, mental wellbeing, and social development...
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19 September 1929 | A French Jewish boy, Georges Berger, was born in Saint-Ouen.
He arrived at Auschwitz on 28 August 1942 in a transport of Jews deported from Drancy. After the selection he was murdered in a gas chamber.
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Development of mass murder at Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/tRwZ49q-9e0
He arrived at Auschwitz on 28 August 1942 in a transport of Jews deported from Drancy. After the selection he was murdered in a gas chamber.
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Development of mass murder at Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/tRwZ49q-9e0
September 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
19 September 1929 | A French Jewish boy, Georges Berger, was born in Saint-Ouen.
He arrived at Auschwitz on 28 August 1942 in a transport of Jews deported from Drancy. After the selection he was murdered in a gas chamber.
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Development of mass murder at Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/tRwZ49q-9e0
He arrived at Auschwitz on 28 August 1942 in a transport of Jews deported from Drancy. After the selection he was murdered in a gas chamber.
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Development of mass murder at Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/tRwZ49q-9e0
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19 September 1934 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Ise Wilk, was born in Leiden.
In December 1942, he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
In December 1942, he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
September 19, 2025 at 5:00 AM
19 September 1934 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Ise Wilk, was born in Leiden.
In December 1942, he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
In December 1942, he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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Israeli President Herzog signed an artillery shell before it was fired into Gaza
He’s been named in the ICJ order which found Palestinians at “imminent risk” of genocide
Today Starmer is rolling out the red carpet for him - instead he should be arrested for war crimes
He’s been named in the ICJ order which found Palestinians at “imminent risk” of genocide
Today Starmer is rolling out the red carpet for him - instead he should be arrested for war crimes
As Israel's President is due, the UK govt refuses to see Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide.
We have witnessed hospital destruction, aid blocked and mass killings of Palestinian civilians.
That's why we have written to the PM - the UK must uphold the Genocide Convention.
We have witnessed hospital destruction, aid blocked and mass killings of Palestinian civilians.
That's why we have written to the PM - the UK must uphold the Genocide Convention.
September 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Israeli President Herzog signed an artillery shell before it was fired into Gaza
He’s been named in the ICJ order which found Palestinians at “imminent risk” of genocide
Today Starmer is rolling out the red carpet for him - instead he should be arrested for war crimes
He’s been named in the ICJ order which found Palestinians at “imminent risk” of genocide
Today Starmer is rolling out the red carpet for him - instead he should be arrested for war crimes
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Israel appears to be destroying high-rise buildings as part of its displacement efforts and aims to conquer Gaza city. Israeli law prof Eliav Lieblich comments: "17 years in the field and I haven't seen a 'state of law' that conducts itself like this. There isn't a millimetre of legality here."
September 7, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Israel appears to be destroying high-rise buildings as part of its displacement efforts and aims to conquer Gaza city. Israeli law prof Eliav Lieblich comments: "17 years in the field and I haven't seen a 'state of law' that conducts itself like this. There isn't a millimetre of legality here."
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Tactical voting will definitely still be required to keep out Reform at the next GE, wherever our individual preferences and allegiances lay.
I’m simply saying @zackpolanski.bsky.social & @greenparty.org.uk are a force for good… and where my political thoughts and ideals are now most suited.
I’m simply saying @zackpolanski.bsky.social & @greenparty.org.uk are a force for good… and where my political thoughts and ideals are now most suited.
Just out of interest, Reece, are the Greens really going to be more electable than the Lib Dems? I suspect only in constituencies where tactical voting is obviously the only way to keep Reform out. There’ll be even more tactical voting at the next election than there was in the last.
September 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Tactical voting will definitely still be required to keep out Reform at the next GE, wherever our individual preferences and allegiances lay.
I’m simply saying @zackpolanski.bsky.social & @greenparty.org.uk are a force for good… and where my political thoughts and ideals are now most suited.
I’m simply saying @zackpolanski.bsky.social & @greenparty.org.uk are a force for good… and where my political thoughts and ideals are now most suited.
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“and let me leave you with this thought - the ECHR has also protected British people from abuses of power by its own government..”
On Tuesday Nigel Farage will publish his proposals for mass deportations, Prison camps, leaving the European Convention on Human Rights & scrapping the Human Rights Act, quitting the Refugee Convention and the UN Convention against Torture - is that a country we want?
youtu.be/-UvfvAYytZY?...
youtu.be/-UvfvAYytZY?...
Farage proposes mass deportations, Prison camps & leaving the ECHR - is that a country we want?
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
August 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
“and let me leave you with this thought - the ECHR has also protected British people from abuses of power by its own government..”
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Crime is roughly half what it was in the 90s. Britain is still one of the safest countries in the developed world.
So why does Reform want you to think London’s a hellscape? The Bear provides the answer ⤵️
So why does Reform want you to think London’s a hellscape? The Bear provides the answer ⤵️
The Great British fear factory: manufacturing a lawless London
Reform UK’s “Britain is Lawless” campaign isn’t about making us safer – it’s about manufacturing fear for political gain
eastangliabylines.co.uk
August 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Crime is roughly half what it was in the 90s. Britain is still one of the safest countries in the developed world.
So why does Reform want you to think London’s a hellscape? The Bear provides the answer ⤵️
So why does Reform want you to think London’s a hellscape? The Bear provides the answer ⤵️
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When people use what I do for a profession to counter any opinions I might have about other worldly events… you know you’ve won.
August 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
When people use what I do for a profession to counter any opinions I might have about other worldly events… you know you’ve won.
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Not one Al Jazeera journalist left…
All systematically murdered by a regime desperate to conceal the truth
And while many of their western counterparts and media figures (who are safe and salaried) choose silence and complicity.
All systematically murdered by a regime desperate to conceal the truth
And while many of their western counterparts and media figures (who are safe and salaried) choose silence and complicity.
August 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Not one Al Jazeera journalist left…
All systematically murdered by a regime desperate to conceal the truth
And while many of their western counterparts and media figures (who are safe and salaried) choose silence and complicity.
All systematically murdered by a regime desperate to conceal the truth
And while many of their western counterparts and media figures (who are safe and salaried) choose silence and complicity.
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12 August 1941 | A French Jewish girl, Annie Nakache, was born in Constantine (Algeria). She lived in Toulouse. A daughter of a swimmer Alfred Nakache.
In January 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her parents. She was murdered in a gas chamber with her mother Paule.
In January 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her parents. She was murdered in a gas chamber with her mother Paule.
August 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
12 August 1941 | A French Jewish girl, Annie Nakache, was born in Constantine (Algeria). She lived in Toulouse. A daughter of a swimmer Alfred Nakache.
In January 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her parents. She was murdered in a gas chamber with her mother Paule.
In January 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her parents. She was murdered in a gas chamber with her mother Paule.
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As we watch Keir Starmer and his team expand NHS privatisation, please remember that he was elected to become Labour leader saying specifically that he would remove NHS private outsourcing. He then quietly dropped this pledge in Summer 2022.
This isn’t OK 🚨
This isn’t OK 🚨
August 12, 2025 at 5:17 AM
As we watch Keir Starmer and his team expand NHS privatisation, please remember that he was elected to become Labour leader saying specifically that he would remove NHS private outsourcing. He then quietly dropped this pledge in Summer 2022.
This isn’t OK 🚨
This isn’t OK 🚨
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Disgusting.
This Govt defends the arms industry at all costs - distracting from the inequality destroying our democracy, shattering what little trust remains - while a genocide rages.
Starmer. Lammy. Cooper.
We are watching.
This Govt defends the arms industry at all costs - distracting from the inequality destroying our democracy, shattering what little trust remains - while a genocide rages.
Starmer. Lammy. Cooper.
We are watching.
Defend Our Juries on Met Police plans for mass arrests at the Palestine Action demo this Sat in SW1
"Is [Met boss] Rowley really going to spend his political capital, credibility [and] public resources arresting more grandparents & NHS workers under the Terrorism Act in front of the world’s press?"
"Is [Met boss] Rowley really going to spend his political capital, credibility [and] public resources arresting more grandparents & NHS workers under the Terrorism Act in front of the world’s press?"
August 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Disgusting.
This Govt defends the arms industry at all costs - distracting from the inequality destroying our democracy, shattering what little trust remains - while a genocide rages.
Starmer. Lammy. Cooper.
We are watching.
This Govt defends the arms industry at all costs - distracting from the inequality destroying our democracy, shattering what little trust remains - while a genocide rages.
Starmer. Lammy. Cooper.
We are watching.
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Take a bow, girls! 👏🏆
July 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Take a bow, girls! 👏🏆
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The UK govt is deeply complicit in the Gaza genocide.
This article powerfully documents it all.
Do read and share. 👇
This article powerfully documents it all.
Do read and share. 👇
In all but name: is Gaza Britain’s undeclared war?
Britain isn’t just watching Gaza burn – it’s helping fuel the fire, with weapons, intelligence, and silence
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
July 26, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The UK govt is deeply complicit in the Gaza genocide.
This article powerfully documents it all.
Do read and share. 👇
This article powerfully documents it all.
Do read and share. 👇
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“Today they bombed the place with a belt of fire, which led to the collapse of all the tents in the place from the force of the explosion, and stones were thrown at us. Some people are trapped under the rubble and we cannot get them out, both the living and the dead."
Letters from the rubble of Gaza: Part Three
"Open the crossings immediately, bring in food and medicine. Stop this slow massacre. Save our children from starving to death! History will not forgive you for your failure.!"
northeastbylines.co.uk
July 26, 2025 at 6:18 AM
“Today they bombed the place with a belt of fire, which led to the collapse of all the tents in the place from the force of the explosion, and stones were thrown at us. Some people are trapped under the rubble and we cannot get them out, both the living and the dead."