Tim Longson
@timlongson.bsky.social
PhD Researcher. Firm supporter & activist for true Left Wing socialism. Specialist knowledge: molecular medicine, computers/technology/internet, climate change.
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Have you ever wondered why our high streets are flooded with betting shops and slot machine venues?
It’s time to end “aim to permit”, raise the gambling tax, and put communities before billionaire gambling firms.
My piece for The Guardian 👇🏾
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s time to end “aim to permit”, raise the gambling tax, and put communities before billionaire gambling firms.
My piece for The Guardian 👇🏾
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Do you have a high street full of gambling shops breeding poverty and addiction? I have a way to fight back | Dawn Butler
Communities feel powerless because the law gives betting firms the upper hand. But a simple change could transfer power to the people, says MP Dawn Butler
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Have you ever wondered why our high streets are flooded with betting shops and slot machine venues?
It’s time to end “aim to permit”, raise the gambling tax, and put communities before billionaire gambling firms.
My piece for The Guardian 👇🏾
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s time to end “aim to permit”, raise the gambling tax, and put communities before billionaire gambling firms.
My piece for The Guardian 👇🏾
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This political weekend was a recharge. Out of the Westminster bubble fighting for better politics.
@carolvorders.bsky.social crunching the numbers!
@andyburnham.bsky.social gave hope with his inspirational speech.
Thank you
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@carolvorders.bsky.social crunching the numbers!
@andyburnham.bsky.social gave hope with his inspirational speech.
Thank you
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This political weekend was a recharge. Out of the Westminster bubble fighting for better politics.
@carolvorders.bsky.social crunching the numbers!
@andyburnham.bsky.social gave hope with his inspirational speech.
Thank you
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@carolvorders.bsky.social crunching the numbers!
@andyburnham.bsky.social gave hope with his inspirational speech.
Thank you
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
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The house always wins—unless we change the rules. 🎲
I’m backing a new Gambling Act to protect lives, not profits.
First step - let’s end “aim to permit”.
#GamblingReform
I’m backing a new Gambling Act to protect lives, not profits.
First step - let’s end “aim to permit”.
#GamblingReform
Labour backbench MPs push for tough, wholesale changes to gambling regulation
Large and growing group fear ministers may pull their punches when drafting new legislation to appease donors
www.theguardian.com
July 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The house always wins—unless we change the rules. 🎲
I’m backing a new Gambling Act to protect lives, not profits.
First step - let’s end “aim to permit”.
#GamblingReform
I’m backing a new Gambling Act to protect lives, not profits.
First step - let’s end “aim to permit”.
#GamblingReform
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"The right wins when people believe that a hero is coming to save them.
If the left is going to win, we have to provide an alternative: one that empowers people through collective struggle, rather than the false promises of powerful men."
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/no-one-is-...
If the left is going to win, we have to provide an alternative: one that empowers people through collective struggle, rather than the false promises of powerful men."
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/no-one-is-...
No One is Coming to Save Us
Building collective power in the age of individualism.
graceblakeley.substack.com
July 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
"The right wins when people believe that a hero is coming to save them.
If the left is going to win, we have to provide an alternative: one that empowers people through collective struggle, rather than the false promises of powerful men."
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/no-one-is-...
If the left is going to win, we have to provide an alternative: one that empowers people through collective struggle, rather than the false promises of powerful men."
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/no-one-is-...
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Govt econ strategy is on the wrong track
Writing for Left Foot Forward today, Labour MP @jontrickett.bsky.social argues that the government's economic strategy is on the wrong track.
The government’s economic strategy is on the wrong track
Labour MP Jon Trickett urges Rachel Reeves to change course
leftfootforward.org
April 6, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Govt econ strategy is on the wrong track
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My new column for @theipaper.com on why Labour MPs should still oppose the cuts to disability benefits
"In what moral universe can it be wrong to take away that support from people in need today, but not for those in the same need tomorrow?"
"In what moral universe can it be wrong to take away that support from people in need today, but not for those in the same need tomorrow?"
No Labour MP should be voting for the benefits bill
Despite Starmer's U-turn on the terms, it is still the morally wrong choice
inews.co.uk
June 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
My new column for @theipaper.com on why Labour MPs should still oppose the cuts to disability benefits
"In what moral universe can it be wrong to take away that support from people in need today, but not for those in the same need tomorrow?"
"In what moral universe can it be wrong to take away that support from people in need today, but not for those in the same need tomorrow?"
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THANK YOU - and this is just the beginning.
Soon we’ll share all the ways you can get involved.
Billionaires already have three parties fighting for them. It’s time the rest of us had one.
Join us: yourparty.uk
Soon we’ll share all the ways you can get involved.
Billionaires already have three parties fighting for them. It’s time the rest of us had one.
Join us: yourparty.uk
August 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
THANK YOU - and this is just the beginning.
Soon we’ll share all the ways you can get involved.
Billionaires already have three parties fighting for them. It’s time the rest of us had one.
Join us: yourparty.uk
Soon we’ll share all the ways you can get involved.
Billionaires already have three parties fighting for them. It’s time the rest of us had one.
Join us: yourparty.uk
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July 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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The bill is not welfare reform.
It is a cut, and it is the creation of a two-tier welfare system.
I voted against that tonight.
It is a cut, and it is the creation of a two-tier welfare system.
I voted against that tonight.
July 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The bill is not welfare reform.
It is a cut, and it is the creation of a two-tier welfare system.
I voted against that tonight.
It is a cut, and it is the creation of a two-tier welfare system.
I voted against that tonight.
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I've long campaigned for a Wealth Tax - and it’s great to see support for it growing stronger by the day.
A 2% Wealth Tax on assets over £10 million could raise £24 BILLION per year.
That's the much fairer alternative to cuts that we need.
A 2% Wealth Tax on assets over £10 million could raise £24 BILLION per year.
That's the much fairer alternative to cuts that we need.
July 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I've long campaigned for a Wealth Tax - and it’s great to see support for it growing stronger by the day.
A 2% Wealth Tax on assets over £10 million could raise £24 BILLION per year.
That's the much fairer alternative to cuts that we need.
A 2% Wealth Tax on assets over £10 million could raise £24 BILLION per year.
That's the much fairer alternative to cuts that we need.
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We need bold leadership. Now.
That's why I'm running to be the next leader of the Green Party.
Join our campaign: backzack.com
#BackZack
That's why I'm running to be the next leader of the Green Party.
Join our campaign: backzack.com
#BackZack
May 5, 2025 at 5:50 AM
We need bold leadership. Now.
That's why I'm running to be the next leader of the Green Party.
Join our campaign: backzack.com
#BackZack
That's why I'm running to be the next leader of the Green Party.
Join our campaign: backzack.com
#BackZack
#KeirStarmer told #TheLeft to leave @labouruk.bsky.social bc party would NEVER be the same as is was under @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social again! He's dragged the party to the right, attacks most vulnerable (elderly, disabled, etc) whilst refusing to tax wealth! Get out & #UniteOnTheLeft. #LabourIsDead!
August 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
#KeirStarmer told #TheLeft to leave @labouruk.bsky.social bc party would NEVER be the same as is was under @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social again! He's dragged the party to the right, attacks most vulnerable (elderly, disabled, etc) whilst refusing to tax wealth! Get out & #UniteOnTheLeft. #LabourIsDead!
Time for the government to STOP trying to copy #ReformUK out of fear & wakeup to the fact that #LeftOfCentre politics is what the public want! A new left wing party #YourParty doubled #Labour's membership in just 3 days! #PublicOwnership, #TaxWealth, #RemovePrivateSectorFromNHS, #100%RenewableEnergy
August 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Time for the government to STOP trying to copy #ReformUK out of fear & wakeup to the fact that #LeftOfCentre politics is what the public want! A new left wing party #YourParty doubled #Labour's membership in just 3 days! #PublicOwnership, #TaxWealth, #RemovePrivateSectorFromNHS, #100%RenewableEnergy
#RealChanceForTheLeft to return to excess of secure well-paid jobs, ample housing, properly-funded NHS & social care, free tuition, final salary pensions, affordable rail fairs, etc. Country run FOR COMMON PEOPLE! End extreme poverty in 6th richest country in world & 1% hording more than bottom 70%!
August 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
#RealChanceForTheLeft to return to excess of secure well-paid jobs, ample housing, properly-funded NHS & social care, free tuition, final salary pensions, affordable rail fairs, etc. Country run FOR COMMON PEOPLE! End extreme poverty in 6th richest country in world & 1% hording more than bottom 70%!
@projectghostlight.bsky.social really looking forward to your new material. On YouTube you said set in World of Darkness, will it be VTM V5 again or something different like Mage The Ascension?
January 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
@projectghostlight.bsky.social really looking forward to your new material. On YouTube you said set in World of Darkness, will it be VTM V5 again or something different like Mage The Ascension?