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UK Labour supporters have a rare opportunity to see the policies they campaigned for finally get pushed through, all they have to do is defect to the Greens and hold an election.
October 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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philippaeast.bsky.social
Great article, Freddie O’Connell and @theguardian.com.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“Perhaps you’re just learning this, too. If so, pause a moment longer to consider what this would mean.”

Guys, these are the points we need to keep making, to those who don’t yet understand.
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Maybe the growing number of MPs who feel betrayed by their leaders are reason for hope. They must find the courage to defend their trans constituents, too. Whether they cite the UK’s vertiginous slide down European LGBTQ+ rights rankings, the Council of Europe being asked to investigate the proposed implementation of the ruling or the contents of the more than 50,000 responses to the EHRC’s public consultation on its code of practice, they will not lack for evidence to back them up. MPs who attended the mass lobby probably learned alarming things about what the EHRC’s code of practice might look like, based on the interim guidance it released in April, which is being challenged in the high cout by the Good Law project. They might have heard from the news or comment pages that women who are trans may be banned from women’s loos and shelters. What they probably did not hear is that the EHRC’s interim guidance also says a women-only gardening club with more than 25 members will be legally required to exclude a trans woman, even if she’s legally a woman, and even if her fellow members want her there. Perhaps you’re just learning this, too. If so, pause a moment longer to consider what this would mean. This guidance, were it to become legally enshrined, would rob citizens, trans and otherwise, of the freedom to choose whom they associate with and to recognise others for who they truly are.
July 31, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
Absolutely amazing that a 10-year-old wrote this!!

Good for her, it's absolutely lovely. ❤️

Do have a quick read. 👇
Different, not less: my life as a 10-year-old with autism
People judge me for being different, but autism helps me achieve amazing things – including publishing books and writing articles
eastangliabylines.co.uk
April 2, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
In my column today I argue that, unbelievably, Labour are worse on environmental issues than the Conservatives.
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Look at Labour’s acts of environmental vandalism and ask: did I vote for this? | George Monbiot
Our rivers, our wildlife, the air we breathe: the government is sacrificing all to the insatiable god of GDP – and mocking our objections, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM