@curiousluddite.bsky.social
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🚨I am delighted to have been elected as UNISON's next General Secretary.
This is a win for ordinary UNISON members. Read my statement below:
This is a win for ordinary UNISON members. Read my statement below:
December 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
🚨I am delighted to have been elected as UNISON's next General Secretary.
This is a win for ordinary UNISON members. Read my statement below:
This is a win for ordinary UNISON members. Read my statement below:
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Great to speak at a local Your Party meeting in Wandsworth yesterday 🫶🏽
Thanks to the incredible volunteers across the country who are the lifeblood of this movement.
Together we are building a democratic, member-led, socialist party rooted in solidarity & working-class power.
Thanks to the incredible volunteers across the country who are the lifeblood of this movement.
Together we are building a democratic, member-led, socialist party rooted in solidarity & working-class power.
October 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Great to speak at a local Your Party meeting in Wandsworth yesterday 🫶🏽
Thanks to the incredible volunteers across the country who are the lifeblood of this movement.
Together we are building a democratic, member-led, socialist party rooted in solidarity & working-class power.
Thanks to the incredible volunteers across the country who are the lifeblood of this movement.
Together we are building a democratic, member-led, socialist party rooted in solidarity & working-class power.
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There is an alternative to austerity, poverty and war.
We are that alternative. Let's build it, together.
Become a member of Your Party at yourparty.uk/join today!
We are that alternative. Let's build it, together.
Become a member of Your Party at yourparty.uk/join today!
September 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
There is an alternative to austerity, poverty and war.
We are that alternative. Let's build it, together.
Become a member of Your Party at yourparty.uk/join today!
We are that alternative. Let's build it, together.
Become a member of Your Party at yourparty.uk/join today!
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We must make this work — there is no other choice.
September 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
We must make this work — there is no other choice.
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The Starmer Disaster - free online seminar with @yasminalibhaibrown.bsky.social, Mark Perryman and me. Discussing the recent edited collection, The Starmer Symptom, edited by Mark, published by @plutopress.bsky.social.
October 8th, 18:30-20:30, free.
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-starme...
October 8th, 18:30-20:30, free.
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-starme...
The Starmer Disaster
A free online seminar with Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Mark Perryman and Jeremy Gilbert, discussing the politics of the Starmer government.
www.eventbrite.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The Starmer Disaster - free online seminar with @yasminalibhaibrown.bsky.social, Mark Perryman and me. Discussing the recent edited collection, The Starmer Symptom, edited by Mark, published by @plutopress.bsky.social.
October 8th, 18:30-20:30, free.
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-starme...
October 8th, 18:30-20:30, free.
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-starme...
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Congratulations to @zackpolanski.bsky.social on your stunning victory.
Your campaign took on the rich and powerful, stood up for the dignity of all marginalised communities, and gave people hope!
Real change is coming. I look forward to working with you to bring about a fairer, kinder world.
Your campaign took on the rich and powerful, stood up for the dignity of all marginalised communities, and gave people hope!
Real change is coming. I look forward to working with you to bring about a fairer, kinder world.
September 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Congratulations to @zackpolanski.bsky.social on your stunning victory.
Your campaign took on the rich and powerful, stood up for the dignity of all marginalised communities, and gave people hope!
Real change is coming. I look forward to working with you to bring about a fairer, kinder world.
Your campaign took on the rich and powerful, stood up for the dignity of all marginalised communities, and gave people hope!
Real change is coming. I look forward to working with you to bring about a fairer, kinder world.
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US nuclear flights landed at Lakenheath last month indicating that US nukes are in Britain for the first time since 2008. CND calls on the UK government to make an urgent statement and allow for a transparent debate and vote in Parliament.
Find out more: https://cnduk.org/lakenheath/
Find out more: https://cnduk.org/lakenheath/
August 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
US nuclear flights landed at Lakenheath last month indicating that US nukes are in Britain for the first time since 2008. CND calls on the UK government to make an urgent statement and allow for a transparent debate and vote in Parliament.
Find out more: https://cnduk.org/lakenheath/
Find out more: https://cnduk.org/lakenheath/
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July 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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July 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party.
Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.
Join us. The time is now.
Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...
Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.
Join us. The time is now.
Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...
July 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party.
Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.
Join us. The time is now.
Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...
Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.
Join us. The time is now.
Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...
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BritCard - brought to you by Palantir.
All part of a repression ready, gift-wrapped surveillance state for Farage to pick up and run with.
Remember kids - authoritarianism is OK when it has a friendly font 👌🏾
All part of a repression ready, gift-wrapped surveillance state for Farage to pick up and run with.
Remember kids - authoritarianism is OK when it has a friendly font 👌🏾
June 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
BritCard - brought to you by Palantir.
All part of a repression ready, gift-wrapped surveillance state for Farage to pick up and run with.
Remember kids - authoritarianism is OK when it has a friendly font 👌🏾
All part of a repression ready, gift-wrapped surveillance state for Farage to pick up and run with.
Remember kids - authoritarianism is OK when it has a friendly font 👌🏾
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Only a few days to go until our Forum 2029 Launch: 'Why we need a new progressive policy platform and the case for housing reform' 🚨
📆 Weds 4th June, 18:30 (London)
Don't miss out! Tickets: buff.ly/TIkrnlB
#forum2029
📆 Weds 4th June, 18:30 (London)
Don't miss out! Tickets: buff.ly/TIkrnlB
#forum2029
May 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Only a few days to go until our Forum 2029 Launch: 'Why we need a new progressive policy platform and the case for housing reform' 🚨
📆 Weds 4th June, 18:30 (London)
Don't miss out! Tickets: buff.ly/TIkrnlB
#forum2029
📆 Weds 4th June, 18:30 (London)
Don't miss out! Tickets: buff.ly/TIkrnlB
#forum2029
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John McDonnell calls for grassroots leadership challenge to Starmer government
John McDonnell calls for grassroots leadership challenge to Starmer government
In opinion piece for the Guardian, former chancellor says party members, unions and MPs should ‘take back control’
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John McDonnell: Starmer and co are trashing Labour’s legacy. We must take back control of our party – before it’s too late
The suspended Labour veteran John McDonnell has called for a grassroots leadership challenge to the Labour government, warning that unless party members, unions and MPs “stand up and assert themselves to take back control of our party”, Labour risks losing not just its power: “We could lose a party.”
The former shadow chancellor accused Keir Starmer’s government of “callousness and political incompetence”, criticising its hesitance in abolishing the two-child limit on benefits, and what he calls a “brutal launch of an attack on benefits of disabled people”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
John McDonnell calls for grassroots leadership challenge to Starmer government
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By betraying his voters so comprehensively and so soon, Keir Starmer has done us a favour. He has given us 4 years to design the government we want.
In this week's column I explain how it can be done. There's massive
potential, but we need to start now. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In this week's column I explain how it can be done. There's massive
potential, but we need to start now. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How we can smash Britain’s two-party system for good at the next election | George Monbiot
Labour is beyond repair. Time for a co-ordinated strategy to support progressive parties committed to electoral reform, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 7:20 AM
By betraying his voters so comprehensively and so soon, Keir Starmer has done us a favour. He has given us 4 years to design the government we want.
In this week's column I explain how it can be done. There's massive
potential, but we need to start now. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In this week's column I explain how it can be done. There's massive
potential, but we need to start now. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Water profiteers are clinging to a broken system that lines their pockets while polluting our rivers and making us pay for their failures.
But we can change course. A publicly owned water system would serve people and planet - not profit.
If you agree, sign up: actionnetwork.org/forms/we-can...
But we can change course. A publicly owned water system would serve people and planet - not profit.
If you agree, sign up: actionnetwork.org/forms/we-can...
May 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Water profiteers are clinging to a broken system that lines their pockets while polluting our rivers and making us pay for their failures.
But we can change course. A publicly owned water system would serve people and planet - not profit.
If you agree, sign up: actionnetwork.org/forms/we-can...
But we can change course. A publicly owned water system would serve people and planet - not profit.
If you agree, sign up: actionnetwork.org/forms/we-can...
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Here's me and @profafinlayson.bsky.social talking on a podcast. Come for the analysis of the UK local government election results; stay for the 300-year history of liberalism and its current, possibly terminal, crisis.
culturepowerpolitics.org/2025/05/13/t....
You can listen online or subscribe.
culturepowerpolitics.org/2025/05/13/t....
You can listen online or subscribe.
The Crisis of Liberalism (and the 2025 UK local elections)
Alan Finlayson returns for an in-depth discussion of the crisis of liberalism as an effective and legitimate philosophy of government, as exemplified by the success of the right-wing populist Refor…
culturepowerpolitics.org
May 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Here's me and @profafinlayson.bsky.social talking on a podcast. Come for the analysis of the UK local government election results; stay for the 300-year history of liberalism and its current, possibly terminal, crisis.
culturepowerpolitics.org/2025/05/13/t....
You can listen online or subscribe.
culturepowerpolitics.org/2025/05/13/t....
You can listen online or subscribe.
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Is there no alternative to Reeves' austerity, Reform's reaction or the nightmare of Blue Labour?
We all know there is.
This project hosted by The Autonomy Institute will be an important step towards building it.
First event June 4th - register now!
autonomy.work/forum-2029/
We all know there is.
This project hosted by The Autonomy Institute will be an important step towards building it.
First event June 4th - register now!
autonomy.work/forum-2029/
Forum 2029
Find out more about our Forum 2029 series of events.
autonomy.work
May 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Is there no alternative to Reeves' austerity, Reform's reaction or the nightmare of Blue Labour?
We all know there is.
This project hosted by The Autonomy Institute will be an important step towards building it.
First event June 4th - register now!
autonomy.work/forum-2029/
We all know there is.
This project hosted by The Autonomy Institute will be an important step towards building it.
First event June 4th - register now!
autonomy.work/forum-2029/
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82% of the public want to see water back in public hands.
Rachel Reeves is not only ignoring us, she's threatening to bankrupt a government department if they don't push through another private equity takeover of Thames Water.
Rachel Reeves is not only ignoring us, she's threatening to bankrupt a government department if they don't push through another private equity takeover of Thames Water.
May 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
82% of the public want to see water back in public hands.
Rachel Reeves is not only ignoring us, she's threatening to bankrupt a government department if they don't push through another private equity takeover of Thames Water.
Rachel Reeves is not only ignoring us, she's threatening to bankrupt a government department if they don't push through another private equity takeover of Thames Water.
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Going tough on immigration isn’t working. Instead, we must offer real solutions to falling living standards and growing inequality.
Some takeaways from the election losses, in the sincere hope that this will be a period of genuine reflection for our party:
labourlist.org/2025/05/nadi...
Some takeaways from the election losses, in the sincere hope that this will be a period of genuine reflection for our party:
labourlist.org/2025/05/nadi...
'We'll never out-Farage Farage on migration – and it'd be wrong to try' - LabourList
Just because some of our voters switched to Reform, it does not mean that their sole motivation is immigration, argues Nadia Whittome MP.
labourlist.org
May 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Going tough on immigration isn’t working. Instead, we must offer real solutions to falling living standards and growing inequality.
Some takeaways from the election losses, in the sincere hope that this will be a period of genuine reflection for our party:
labourlist.org/2025/05/nadi...
Some takeaways from the election losses, in the sincere hope that this will be a period of genuine reflection for our party:
labourlist.org/2025/05/nadi...
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Really proud of this one. Nadia, @kmilb.bsky.social and I do a close reading and discussion of Alexandra Kollontai's famous letter to a young comrade on the subject of eroticism, love, sex and comradeship. A classic of socialist feminist thought.
novaramedia.com/2025/04/27/a...
novaramedia.com/2025/04/27/a...
Should Revolutionaries Fall in Love? Reading Alexandra Kollontai | Novara Media
The ACFM gang read a classic communist text by Russian revolutionary Alexandra Kollontai.
novaramedia.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Really proud of this one. Nadia, @kmilb.bsky.social and I do a close reading and discussion of Alexandra Kollontai's famous letter to a young comrade on the subject of eroticism, love, sex and comradeship. A classic of socialist feminist thought.
novaramedia.com/2025/04/27/a...
novaramedia.com/2025/04/27/a...
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❗️ NEW: 10,000 people say they'll stop paying their water bills.
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves won't stop the price hikes and sewage dumping, so we're taking matters into our own hands.
Join the pledge to strike today and, together, we'll end the failure of private water 👉 takebackwater.uk
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves won't stop the price hikes and sewage dumping, so we're taking matters into our own hands.
Join the pledge to strike today and, together, we'll end the failure of private water 👉 takebackwater.uk
April 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
❗️ NEW: 10,000 people say they'll stop paying their water bills.
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves won't stop the price hikes and sewage dumping, so we're taking matters into our own hands.
Join the pledge to strike today and, together, we'll end the failure of private water 👉 takebackwater.uk
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves won't stop the price hikes and sewage dumping, so we're taking matters into our own hands.
Join the pledge to strike today and, together, we'll end the failure of private water 👉 takebackwater.uk
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We should see the social security system as a thermometer, taking the temperature of the labour market, health care system, housing market and social services.
When they fail, the mercury rises. Reducing welfare costs requires progressive reform of those areas.
When they fail, the mercury rises. Reducing welfare costs requires progressive reform of those areas.
March 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
We should see the social security system as a thermometer, taking the temperature of the labour market, health care system, housing market and social services.
When they fail, the mercury rises. Reducing welfare costs requires progressive reform of those areas.
When they fail, the mercury rises. Reducing welfare costs requires progressive reform of those areas.
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Thames Water got approval for its £3 billion bailout loan, but it's still going to go bust.
16 million customers now face 59% price hikes to pay for Thames' mountain of debt. We'll put them out of business instead.
Join us 👉 takebackwater.uk
16 million customers now face 59% price hikes to pay for Thames' mountain of debt. We'll put them out of business instead.
Join us 👉 takebackwater.uk
March 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Thames Water got approval for its £3 billion bailout loan, but it's still going to go bust.
16 million customers now face 59% price hikes to pay for Thames' mountain of debt. We'll put them out of business instead.
Join us 👉 takebackwater.uk
16 million customers now face 59% price hikes to pay for Thames' mountain of debt. We'll put them out of business instead.
Join us 👉 takebackwater.uk
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After 31 years, Red Pepper is ceasing print production. Editors Hilary Wainwright and Siobhán McGuirk explain why – and invite readers to shape what comes next 🌶️
www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-medi...
www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-medi...
Transition time for Red Pepper - Red Pepper
After 31 years, Red Pepper is ceasing print production. Editors Hilary Wainwright Siobhan Mcguirk explain why – and what comes next
www.redpepper.org.uk
March 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
After 31 years, Red Pepper is ceasing print production. Editors Hilary Wainwright and Siobhán McGuirk explain why – and invite readers to shape what comes next 🌶️
www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-medi...
www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-medi...