Hilary Allanson
@hilsa.bsky.social
Socialist, anti racist, doting Grandma.
Refugees are welcome here
Refugees are welcome here
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Proud to stand on the Unite picket line in Birmingham this morning.
Labour-run Birmingham city council tried to fire and rehire bin workers, cut pay by £8,000 & then brought in agency staff to break the strike.
Now those agency workers are on strike too over allegations of bullying & blacklisting.
Labour-run Birmingham city council tried to fire and rehire bin workers, cut pay by £8,000 & then brought in agency staff to break the strike.
Now those agency workers are on strike too over allegations of bullying & blacklisting.
December 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Proud to stand on the Unite picket line in Birmingham this morning.
Labour-run Birmingham city council tried to fire and rehire bin workers, cut pay by £8,000 & then brought in agency staff to break the strike.
Now those agency workers are on strike too over allegations of bullying & blacklisting.
Labour-run Birmingham city council tried to fire and rehire bin workers, cut pay by £8,000 & then brought in agency staff to break the strike.
Now those agency workers are on strike too over allegations of bullying & blacklisting.
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
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This was raised in Parliament today. All over Radio 4 too - talking about it while not daring to repeat what you said.
If it's any consolation, your accurate description of Donald Trump has now reached a wider audience than the lecture.
If it's any consolation, your accurate description of Donald Trump has now reached a wider audience than the lecture.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
This was raised in Parliament today. All over Radio 4 too - talking about it while not daring to repeat what you said.
If it's any consolation, your accurate description of Donald Trump has now reached a wider audience than the lecture.
If it's any consolation, your accurate description of Donald Trump has now reached a wider audience than the lecture.
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Great turnout at the Your Party eve of conference rally!
From the picket lines to demonstrations in solidarity with Palestine, we must build a socialist democratic party strong enough to stop Farage from getting the keys to Number 10.
This party belongs to its members, not MPs.
From the picket lines to demonstrations in solidarity with Palestine, we must build a socialist democratic party strong enough to stop Farage from getting the keys to Number 10.
This party belongs to its members, not MPs.
November 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Great turnout at the Your Party eve of conference rally!
From the picket lines to demonstrations in solidarity with Palestine, we must build a socialist democratic party strong enough to stop Farage from getting the keys to Number 10.
This party belongs to its members, not MPs.
From the picket lines to demonstrations in solidarity with Palestine, we must build a socialist democratic party strong enough to stop Farage from getting the keys to Number 10.
This party belongs to its members, not MPs.
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Disgraceful piece of witchhunting by Your Party ahead of the Conference tomorrow. This is a new low, and reflects extremely badly on those in leadership positions attitude to democracy & the conf itself. Every YP mtg I've been to has condemned this policy. socialistworker.co.uk/your-party/y...
Your Party expels socialists ahead of founding conference
Lewis Nielsen of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) was expelled from Your Party alongside others on Friday. He has issued the following statement
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November 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Disgraceful piece of witchhunting by Your Party ahead of the Conference tomorrow. This is a new low, and reflects extremely badly on those in leadership positions attitude to democracy & the conf itself. Every YP mtg I've been to has condemned this policy. socialistworker.co.uk/your-party/y...
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On Wednesday, Israel killed 33 Palestinians, including 12 children, in its latest violations of the Gaza ceasefire. Those killed include Palestinian families trying to return home and others caught in Israeli attempts to assassinate Hamas leaders.
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
#Palestine #Israel
Israel kills 33 Gazans in a single night. It’s part of a new deadly status quo, Palestinians say.
On Wednesday, Israel killed 33 Palestinians, including 12 children, in its latest violations of the Gaza ceasefire. Those killed include Palestinian families trying to return home and others caught in...
mondoweiss.net
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
On Wednesday, Israel killed 33 Palestinians, including 12 children, in its latest violations of the Gaza ceasefire. Those killed include Palestinian families trying to return home and others caught in Israeli attempts to assassinate Hamas leaders.
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
#Palestine #Israel
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Some grim polling here for Labour from Ipsos beyond the headline figures
-69% think Britain is heading in the wrong direction
-Starmer's satisfaction rating at -66
-50% of the public want "radical change" yet only 4% believe Labour will deliver it.
-69% think Britain is heading in the wrong direction
-Starmer's satisfaction rating at -66
-50% of the public want "radical change" yet only 4% believe Labour will deliver it.
November 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Some grim polling here for Labour from Ipsos beyond the headline figures
-69% think Britain is heading in the wrong direction
-Starmer's satisfaction rating at -66
-50% of the public want "radical change" yet only 4% believe Labour will deliver it.
-69% think Britain is heading in the wrong direction
-Starmer's satisfaction rating at -66
-50% of the public want "radical change" yet only 4% believe Labour will deliver it.
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Excellent new article by @tomashtengely.bsky.social socialistworker.co.uk/your-party/w...
What should left say over Your Party ‘social conservatism’ row?
Your Party is in peril. Can it be turned around? Yes. But only if there is a rupture with the Labour-style politics it promised to replace.
socialistworker.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Excellent new article by @tomashtengely.bsky.social socialistworker.co.uk/your-party/w...
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Hamas says UN Security Council resolution fails to meet the political and humanitarian demands.
UN resolution does not meet Palestinians’ rights and demands: Hamas
Hamas says UN Security Council resolution fails to meet the political and humanitarian demands.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Hamas says UN Security Council resolution fails to meet the political and humanitarian demands.
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International far-left declaration on Palestine, calling for mobilisations on 28-9 November. socialistworker.co.uk/internationa...
There is no “peace plan”. To stop the genocide in Palestine, we must demolish the Zionist-Western death machine!
Let’s relaunch the international movement to support the resistance of the Palestinian people! Let’s stop the race to war, the war economy, and the police state! On September 2nd, in Sharm el-Sheikh, ...
socialistworker.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
International far-left declaration on Palestine, calling for mobilisations on 28-9 November. socialistworker.co.uk/internationa...
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Disgusting capitulation to anti-immigrant racism by #TheLabourParty. #ShabanaMahmood's refugee policy is performative cruelty visited on desperate people to appease racist scum which will not deliver them one vote but which will strengthen the racists. #Labour is enabling fascism.
November 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Disgusting capitulation to anti-immigrant racism by #TheLabourParty. #ShabanaMahmood's refugee policy is performative cruelty visited on desperate people to appease racist scum which will not deliver them one vote but which will strengthen the racists. #Labour is enabling fascism.
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🇵🇸 Palestinian officials said ‘Israeli’ forces stole over 17,000 archaeological artifacts from the Al-Basha Palace Museum in Gaza City, primarily dating back to the Mamluk, Ottoman, Byzantine, and Roman eras, as well as pre-historic periods.
#RiseUp #Genocide #freepalestine #palestine #gaza
#RiseUp #Genocide #freepalestine #palestine #gaza
November 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🇵🇸 Palestinian officials said ‘Israeli’ forces stole over 17,000 archaeological artifacts from the Al-Basha Palace Museum in Gaza City, primarily dating back to the Mamluk, Ottoman, Byzantine, and Roman eras, as well as pre-historic periods.
#RiseUp #Genocide #freepalestine #palestine #gaza
#RiseUp #Genocide #freepalestine #palestine #gaza
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Before my Question Time appearance, there was an attempt to sabotage the movement we’re building.
But the stakes are too high.
With inequality rising, child poverty deepening, migrants under attack & an emboldened far-right, we must keep fighting.
It’s socialism or barbarism.
But the stakes are too high.
With inequality rising, child poverty deepening, migrants under attack & an emboldened far-right, we must keep fighting.
It’s socialism or barbarism.
November 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Before my Question Time appearance, there was an attempt to sabotage the movement we’re building.
But the stakes are too high.
With inequality rising, child poverty deepening, migrants under attack & an emboldened far-right, we must keep fighting.
It’s socialism or barbarism.
But the stakes are too high.
With inequality rising, child poverty deepening, migrants under attack & an emboldened far-right, we must keep fighting.
It’s socialism or barbarism.
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Well I know one thing for sure: you don’t stand up to racism with anti-migrant rhetoric. Because everyone knows that anti-migrant rhetoric is motivated by racism.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Well I know one thing for sure: you don’t stand up to racism with anti-migrant rhetoric. Because everyone knows that anti-migrant rhetoric is motivated by racism.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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What kind of BBC is required in 2025? One where the Editorial line of the Daily Telegraph rules (mostly from Dubai) or one which produces programmes like David Olusoga's Empire (BBC2, IPlayer)
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The right-wing offensive on the BBC & David Olusoga’s Empire
The right-wing offensive on the BBC & David Olusoga’s Empire The last week has seen a full on attack on the BBC by the right. Certainly mistakes have been made, but the matter goes far wider th…
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November 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
What kind of BBC is required in 2025? One where the Editorial line of the Daily Telegraph rules (mostly from Dubai) or one which produces programmes like David Olusoga's Empire (BBC2, IPlayer)
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At a certain level of British society there is only one crime it's possible to commit: Failure to Sufficiently Launder and Glorify the Ruling Class
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
At a certain level of British society there is only one crime it's possible to commit: Failure to Sufficiently Launder and Glorify the Ruling Class
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“In Israel, Leaking Evidence of Rape Is a Bigger Scandal Than Raping a Palestinian”
According to Israel and its supporters, the scandal is not the vile sexual assault depicted in a leaked video last year – it’s that someone released the tape, writes Minnah Arshad for Zeteo:
According to Israel and its supporters, the scandal is not the vile sexual assault depicted in a leaked video last year – it’s that someone released the tape, writes Minnah Arshad for Zeteo:
In Israel, Leaking Evidence of Rape Is a Bigger Scandal Than Raping a Palestinian
According to Israel and its supporters, the scandal is not the vile assault depicted in a leaked video last year – it’s that someone released the tape.
zeteo.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
“In Israel, Leaking Evidence of Rape Is a Bigger Scandal Than Raping a Palestinian”
According to Israel and its supporters, the scandal is not the vile sexual assault depicted in a leaked video last year – it’s that someone released the tape, writes Minnah Arshad for Zeteo:
According to Israel and its supporters, the scandal is not the vile sexual assault depicted in a leaked video last year – it’s that someone released the tape, writes Minnah Arshad for Zeteo:
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Saw Palestine 36 today, a remarkable film about the Palestinian Revolt of 1936 against British colonialism. One of the best depictions of revolution I've ever seen on the screen. Our screening broke into chanting of "Free Free Palestine" at the end. Watch the trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bk9...
PALESTINE 36 Official Trailer (2025)
YouTube video by Movie Trailers Source
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November 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Saw Palestine 36 today, a remarkable film about the Palestinian Revolt of 1936 against British colonialism. One of the best depictions of revolution I've ever seen on the screen. Our screening broke into chanting of "Free Free Palestine" at the end. Watch the trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bk9...
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Huge thanks to Lighthouse Cinema for inviting us to have a solidarity stall at the screening of Annemarie Jacir's new film, Palestine 36 this evening. It was introduced by Liam Cunningham who also stars in the film and runs next week. Tickets: #FreePalestine www.lighthousecinema.ie/film/palesti...
November 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Huge thanks to Lighthouse Cinema for inviting us to have a solidarity stall at the screening of Annemarie Jacir's new film, Palestine 36 this evening. It was introduced by Liam Cunningham who also stars in the film and runs next week. Tickets: #FreePalestine www.lighthousecinema.ie/film/palesti...
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Today marks 108 years since the Balfour Declaration, which in 1917 saw the British Empire promise historic Palestine to the Zionist movement laying the foundation for waves of ethnic cleansing and the ongoing colonisation of Palestine by apartheid Israel.
November 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Today marks 108 years since the Balfour Declaration, which in 1917 saw the British Empire promise historic Palestine to the Zionist movement laying the foundation for waves of ethnic cleansing and the ongoing colonisation of Palestine by apartheid Israel.
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Despite the ceasefire, Israel’s attacks on Gaza and severe restrictions on aid leave Palestinians struggling to survive aje.io/iwge48
November 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Despite the ceasefire, Israel’s attacks on Gaza and severe restrictions on aid leave Palestinians struggling to survive aje.io/iwge48
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Carlos Manzo, an outspoken critic of organised crime, was shot dead during a public festival in the city of Uruapan.
Calls for justice after Mexico mayor killed during Day of the Dead festival
Carlos Manzo, an outspoken critic of organised crime, was shot dead during a public festival in the city of Uruapan.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Carlos Manzo, an outspoken critic of organised crime, was shot dead during a public festival in the city of Uruapan.
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@zarahsultana.bsky.social gives a great account of herself interrogated by the awful Nick Robinson www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Political Thinking with Nick Robinson - Zarah Sultana - BBC Sounds
The Coventry MP on Palestine, NATO, Farage and setting up a new party with Jeremy Corbyn.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
@zarahsultana.bsky.social gives a great account of herself interrogated by the awful Nick Robinson www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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We are on the cusp of eradicating cervical cancer, and significantly reducing penile, anal and some head and neck cancers. These are cancers that kill young adults, and it’s a tragedy. Those who spread anti-vax disinformation are killing their children.
This is terrible
Vaccinations to prevent cervical cancer have plummeted in Britain
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Vaccinations to prevent cervical cancer have plummeted in Britain
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Vaccinations to prevent cervical cancer have plummeted in Britain
Blame declining confidence, a lack of convenience and rising complacency
www.economist.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
We are on the cusp of eradicating cervical cancer, and significantly reducing penile, anal and some head and neck cancers. These are cancers that kill young adults, and it’s a tragedy. Those who spread anti-vax disinformation are killing their children.