Barton Wickets
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I’ve been to hell and back and Stoke Poges twice
Socialist & Trade Union Rep.
Socialist & Trade Union Rep.
Totally normal country.
I am once again begging people to understand that the seven rebels didn’t lose the whip for opposing the two-child cap specifically - they lost it for voting against the government on a King’s Speech amendment.
“We were right”: The two-child benefit rebels respond to the Budget
More than a victory for the government, the removal of the two-child cap is a vindication for the left of the Labour Party
🖊️ Megan Kenyon
More than a victory for the government, the removal of the two-child cap is a vindication for the left of the Labour Party
🖊️ Megan Kenyon
November 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Totally normal country.
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Ah, but are British political, media and economic elites intelligent and informed? No. Sure, but are they wise and reasonable? Also no. Are they charismatic leaders? No. Masters of wit and rhetoric? No. Can they crack a joke? No. Conventionally attractive? No. Do they look vaguely human? Do they fu
November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Ah, but are British political, media and economic elites intelligent and informed? No. Sure, but are they wise and reasonable? Also no. Are they charismatic leaders? No. Masters of wit and rhetoric? No. Can they crack a joke? No. Conventionally attractive? No. Do they look vaguely human? Do they fu
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Starmer’s anti-asylum policies show how utterly clueless he is about the right-wing media’s role in politics.
He’s trying to fix a “problem” contrived by Farage, GB News and The Telegraph. He’ll never win, because ultimately he’s fighting a ghost – he’s fighting something that doesn’t really exist
He’s trying to fix a “problem” contrived by Farage, GB News and The Telegraph. He’ll never win, because ultimately he’s fighting a ghost – he’s fighting something that doesn’t really exist
November 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Starmer’s anti-asylum policies show how utterly clueless he is about the right-wing media’s role in politics.
He’s trying to fix a “problem” contrived by Farage, GB News and The Telegraph. He’ll never win, because ultimately he’s fighting a ghost – he’s fighting something that doesn’t really exist
He’s trying to fix a “problem” contrived by Farage, GB News and The Telegraph. He’ll never win, because ultimately he’s fighting a ghost – he’s fighting something that doesn’t really exist
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We will be there ✊
The Epping For Everyone group is holding a 'Community Walk for Peace' from Bell Common to the Stonards Hill recreation ground on Saturday.
Walkers will set off from the corner of Hemnall Street and Bell Common at 1pm.
Read more at cutt.ly/EEFNEWS-2025...
Walkers will set off from the corner of Hemnall Street and Bell Common at 1pm.
Read more at cutt.ly/EEFNEWS-2025...
EEF NEWS - EPPING: Group holding 'Community Walk for Peace'
cutt.ly
October 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
We will be there ✊
All the Your Party stuff is extremely cringe, but still less embarrassing than all the people commenting “Vote Green” on Zarah’s posts.
October 30, 2025 at 7:36 AM
All the Your Party stuff is extremely cringe, but still less embarrassing than all the people commenting “Vote Green” on Zarah’s posts.
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We’re launching a Trades Council in Epping Forest. This will be anti-racist, pro-worker and locally rooted.
If you live or work in Epping Forest, get in touch to join and help build it. #Solidarity #SocialistSunday #EppingForest
If you live or work in Epping Forest, get in touch to join and help build it. #Solidarity #SocialistSunday #EppingForest
October 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
We’re launching a Trades Council in Epping Forest. This will be anti-racist, pro-worker and locally rooted.
If you live or work in Epping Forest, get in touch to join and help build it. #Solidarity #SocialistSunday #EppingForest
If you live or work in Epping Forest, get in touch to join and help build it. #Solidarity #SocialistSunday #EppingForest
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The voluntary and community sector doesn’t need or want migrants to do forced labour for us in a form of state exploitation. We do need the govt. to stop targeting the groups we serve and fund us to do the jobs the state relies on us for. And to like end poverty and the economic crisis.
*wanking motion*
September 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The voluntary and community sector doesn’t need or want migrants to do forced labour for us in a form of state exploitation. We do need the govt. to stop targeting the groups we serve and fund us to do the jobs the state relies on us for. And to like end poverty and the economic crisis.
He says before he adopts it next week
Keir Starmer calls Reform migrant policy 'racist' and 'immoral'
The prime minister said he needed
www.bbc.co.uk
September 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
He says before he adopts it next week
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“Nobody should be killed for their political beliefs” vs “every child in Gaza is potentially a terrorist” is a fun contrast
September 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
“Nobody should be killed for their political beliefs” vs “every child in Gaza is potentially a terrorist” is a fun contrast
Suggesting San Marino as the name for “Your Party” because they kick off every 10 minutes. Ha ha ha we are so fucked
September 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Suggesting San Marino as the name for “Your Party” because they kick off every 10 minutes. Ha ha ha we are so fucked
May he rest in piss
The murder of Charlie Kirk was criminal, wrong, and should be condemned.
And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized.
I refuse to sanitize him.
And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized.
I refuse to sanitize him.
September 11, 2025 at 8:20 AM
May he rest in piss
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The load-bearing myth at the heart of UK politics is that the politicians and media are tolerant and decent and working people are knuckle-dragging bigots, but it's actually completely the other way around.
A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.
September 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The load-bearing myth at the heart of UK politics is that the politicians and media are tolerant and decent and working people are knuckle-dragging bigots, but it's actually completely the other way around.
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This is how the Hostile Environment works btw. We've had it in the UK for 13 years. It loves exploitative employers and exploitative employers alone.
Another infuriating aspect of ICE roaming around D.C. that I hadn't thought about.
I just talked to a D.C. woman whose husband is undocumented and whose employer is refusing to pay him for work he's already done -- and threatening to call ICE if he keeps asking for the money he's owed.
I just talked to a D.C. woman whose husband is undocumented and whose employer is refusing to pay him for work he's already done -- and threatening to call ICE if he keeps asking for the money he's owed.
August 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This is how the Hostile Environment works btw. We've had it in the UK for 13 years. It loves exploitative employers and exploitative employers alone.
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FFS Starmer is again posting multiple times in the name of othering asylum seekers, an entirely legal thing to be.
Yet there are still people in his party who would have you believe he's a moderate; when in reality he's a right-wing former human rights lawyer who sanctioned and supports a genocide.
Yet there are still people in his party who would have you believe he's a moderate; when in reality he's a right-wing former human rights lawyer who sanctioned and supports a genocide.
August 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
FFS Starmer is again posting multiple times in the name of othering asylum seekers, an entirely legal thing to be.
Yet there are still people in his party who would have you believe he's a moderate; when in reality he's a right-wing former human rights lawyer who sanctioned and supports a genocide.
Yet there are still people in his party who would have you believe he's a moderate; when in reality he's a right-wing former human rights lawyer who sanctioned and supports a genocide.
August 27, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Bank Holiday special: The Far Right doing a tribute to Just Stop Oil.
The former leader of Epping Forest District Council has criticised Bell Hotel protestors who staged sit-ins on the mini-roundabouts in Epping tonight.
Nigel Bedford on Facebook: "Action like this will just make the government more determined to reverse the decision and fight for the hotel owner."
Nigel Bedford on Facebook: "Action like this will just make the government more determined to reverse the decision and fight for the hotel owner."
August 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Bank Holiday special: The Far Right doing a tribute to Just Stop Oil.
Have PSG thought through replacing Donnarumma with a bloke whose wrists are made of chocolate?
August 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Have PSG thought through replacing Donnarumma with a bloke whose wrists are made of chocolate?
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David Lammy: "We must also praise the courage of ordinary Russians taking to the streets of Moscow, in St. Petersburg and beyond, under the threat of repression, to show their opposition to this despot"
August 10, 2025 at 7:21 AM
David Lammy: "We must also praise the courage of ordinary Russians taking to the streets of Moscow, in St. Petersburg and beyond, under the threat of repression, to show their opposition to this despot"
Could watch that little wanker get chucked about all day
August 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Could watch that little wanker get chucked about all day
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‘Can you tell us how he died?’: Mohamed Salah criticises Uefa over tribute to ‘Palestinian Pelé’
‘Can you tell us how he died?’: Mohamed Salah criticises Uefa over tribute to ‘Palestinian Pelé’
Footballer Suleiman al-Obeid, was killed in an Israeli attack in southern Gaza last week, according to the Palestine Football Association
Mohamed Salah has criticised Uefa for failing to state how a footballer known as the “Palestinian Pelé” died in a tribute it posted.
Suleiman al-Obeid, 41, was killed on Wednesday in southern Gaza when Israeli forces attacked civilians waiting for humanitarian aid, the Palestine Football Association (PFA) said. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
‘Can you tell us how he died?’: Mohamed Salah criticises Uefa over tribute to ‘Palestinian Pelé’
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According to the Palestinian FA, he's the 421st footballer to be killed. 288 sports facilities have been destroyed, including the PFA’s headquarters in Gaza.
Despite this, UEFA and FIFA have refused all calls for Israel to be barred from its competitions.
Despite this, UEFA and FIFA have refused all calls for Israel to be barred from its competitions.
Important context: HE WAS MURDERED BY ISRAELI FORCES WHILE WAITING FOR AID. Fuck UEFA.
August 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
According to the Palestinian FA, he's the 421st footballer to be killed. 288 sports facilities have been destroyed, including the PFA’s headquarters in Gaza.
Despite this, UEFA and FIFA have refused all calls for Israel to be barred from its competitions.
Despite this, UEFA and FIFA have refused all calls for Israel to be barred from its competitions.
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