Joseph O'Toole
@joeotoole.bsky.social
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I thought I could not be shocked by what prominent transphobes feel able to say about me. Turns out I was wrong.
Here is Richard Dunstan, a prominent commentator closely associated with the Sex Matters charity, speculating that I enjoyed being sexually assaulted as a child.
Here is Richard Dunstan, a prominent commentator closely associated with the Sex Matters charity, speculating that I enjoyed being sexually assaulted as a child.
December 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I thought I could not be shocked by what prominent transphobes feel able to say about me. Turns out I was wrong.
Here is Richard Dunstan, a prominent commentator closely associated with the Sex Matters charity, speculating that I enjoyed being sexually assaulted as a child.
Here is Richard Dunstan, a prominent commentator closely associated with the Sex Matters charity, speculating that I enjoyed being sexually assaulted as a child.
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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🌹 Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform is open to all Labour supporters who believe Britain's democracy needs an upgrade for the 21st century
🙋 Become an LCER member today and help support #Labour4PR campaign
🙋 Become an LCER member today and help support #Labour4PR campaign
Join Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform — Labour For A New Democracy
Support Labour for a New Democracy by joining LCER #Labour4PR
www.labourforanewdemocracy.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
🌹 Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform is open to all Labour supporters who believe Britain's democracy needs an upgrade for the 21st century
🙋 Become an LCER member today and help support #Labour4PR campaign
🙋 Become an LCER member today and help support #Labour4PR campaign
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"Asked why Kyiv should be forced to give up territory in the east that Russian troops have been unable to capture for 11 years, a US official said the deal “was beneficial to Ukraine”. 😡😡😡
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
US tells Nato if Zelenskyy does not sign peace deal Ukraine will face worse in future
US army secretary briefs ambassadors at ‘nightmare meeting’ in Kyiv on Friday after talks with Ukrainian leader
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
"Asked why Kyiv should be forced to give up territory in the east that Russian troops have been unable to capture for 11 years, a US official said the deal “was beneficial to Ukraine”. 😡😡😡
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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A mass programme of building social housing? A rapid investment in a national care system? Reversing budget cuts to local authorities so they can deliver high standard services? Tax on extreme wealth?
No. Claim vulnerable people on less than £10/day are the source of all our problems.
No. Claim vulnerable people on less than £10/day are the source of all our problems.
November 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
A mass programme of building social housing? A rapid investment in a national care system? Reversing budget cuts to local authorities so they can deliver high standard services? Tax on extreme wealth?
No. Claim vulnerable people on less than £10/day are the source of all our problems.
No. Claim vulnerable people on less than £10/day are the source of all our problems.
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❓3 Questions we need answers for...
🎁 How big is the tax break the UK govt has already gifted to big tech?
🤫 Why won't Starmer tell us?
💸 And are they planning to give away more of our cash to Trump’s billionaire buddies, just to keep him happy?
🎁 How big is the tax break the UK govt has already gifted to big tech?
🤫 Why won't Starmer tell us?
💸 And are they planning to give away more of our cash to Trump’s billionaire buddies, just to keep him happy?
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
❓3 Questions we need answers for...
🎁 How big is the tax break the UK govt has already gifted to big tech?
🤫 Why won't Starmer tell us?
💸 And are they planning to give away more of our cash to Trump’s billionaire buddies, just to keep him happy?
🎁 How big is the tax break the UK govt has already gifted to big tech?
🤫 Why won't Starmer tell us?
💸 And are they planning to give away more of our cash to Trump’s billionaire buddies, just to keep him happy?
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No child should be left behind.
To alleviate the scourge of child poverty, the Labour Government must scrap the two-child cap in full.
To alleviate the scourge of child poverty, the Labour Government must scrap the two-child cap in full.
'You've got to treat children equally… You don't tell a child who's the third child, you're gonna have half the time at school. You don't tell them that the fourth child is going to have a third of the time.'
- Gordon Brown on scrapping the two-child limit for all kids.
- Gordon Brown on scrapping the two-child limit for all kids.
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
No child should be left behind.
To alleviate the scourge of child poverty, the Labour Government must scrap the two-child cap in full.
To alleviate the scourge of child poverty, the Labour Government must scrap the two-child cap in full.
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"Every party’s gains or losses could be hugely magnified or minimised by an electoral system not designed for such multiparty competition."
The public knows the voting system is broken. The case for electoral reform is clear.
🌹 #Labour4PR
The public knows the voting system is broken. The case for electoral reform is clear.
🌹 #Labour4PR
Britain’s two-party politics is fragmenting: what unintended consequences await? | Andy Beckett
On one hand, no more safe seats or long careers could mean less complacency. On the other, no big parties could mean greater corporate influence, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
"Every party’s gains or losses could be hugely magnified or minimised by an electoral system not designed for such multiparty competition."
The public knows the voting system is broken. The case for electoral reform is clear.
🌹 #Labour4PR
The public knows the voting system is broken. The case for electoral reform is clear.
🌹 #Labour4PR
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“I believe that to tackle the hate and division we see dominating our modern political debate, we have to build a democracy that is truly representative of its people.”
🌹 @annadixonmp.bsky.social makes the case for Proportional Representation, starting with a National Commission on Electoral Reform
🌹 @annadixonmp.bsky.social makes the case for Proportional Representation, starting with a National Commission on Electoral Reform
Electoral reform's time has come
During the Blair and Brown era, supporting proportional representation felt revolutionary. At Labour Party Conference, year after year, we were seen as the ‘cranks’, left to discuss our vision for a f...
renewal.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
“I believe that to tackle the hate and division we see dominating our modern political debate, we have to build a democracy that is truly representative of its people.”
🌹 @annadixonmp.bsky.social makes the case for Proportional Representation, starting with a National Commission on Electoral Reform
🌹 @annadixonmp.bsky.social makes the case for Proportional Representation, starting with a National Commission on Electoral Reform
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Our statement on Lucy Powell’s election as Deputy Labour Leader. 🌹⬇️
October 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Our statement on Lucy Powell’s election as Deputy Labour Leader. 🌹⬇️
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Labour Deputy Leadership Election Result:
Lucy Powell: 54.3% ✅
Bridget Phillipson: 45.7%
Turnout: 160,903 (16.6%)
Lucy Powell: 54.3% ✅
Bridget Phillipson: 45.7%
Turnout: 160,903 (16.6%)
October 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Labour Deputy Leadership Election Result:
Lucy Powell: 54.3% ✅
Bridget Phillipson: 45.7%
Turnout: 160,903 (16.6%)
Lucy Powell: 54.3% ✅
Bridget Phillipson: 45.7%
Turnout: 160,903 (16.6%)
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This BBC4 report is crystal clear: temporary worker visas that tie workers to a single employer ENABLE abuse.
Scrap this horrific system now and give people genuine rights!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Scrap this horrific system now and give people genuine rights!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
File on 4 Investigates - Abused for Our Food - BBC Sounds
Georgie Styles investigates evidence of exploitation and abuse in our food system.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This BBC4 report is crystal clear: temporary worker visas that tie workers to a single employer ENABLE abuse.
Scrap this horrific system now and give people genuine rights!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Scrap this horrific system now and give people genuine rights!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Fines won’t fix a broken model.
The water industry is in a vicious cycle of vast payouts, loading firms with huge debts and then asking customers to pay more.
Only public ownership can end the rip-off.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The water industry is in a vicious cycle of vast payouts, loading firms with huge debts and then asking customers to pay more.
Only public ownership can end the rip-off.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Water firms in England could face harsher sewage fines under new Environment Agency powers
Government consults on allowing regulator to use lower civil standard of proof and introducing automatic penalties
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Fines won’t fix a broken model.
The water industry is in a vicious cycle of vast payouts, loading firms with huge debts and then asking customers to pay more.
Only public ownership can end the rip-off.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The water industry is in a vicious cycle of vast payouts, loading firms with huge debts and then asking customers to pay more.
Only public ownership can end the rip-off.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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It wasn’t anti-white to support a boycott of South African football, it’s not Russophobia to support a boycott on Russian football, and it’s not antisemitism to support a boycott of Israeli football.
October 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
It wasn’t anti-white to support a boycott of South African football, it’s not Russophobia to support a boycott on Russian football, and it’s not antisemitism to support a boycott of Israeli football.
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Last month we joined @makethem.pay to demand billionaires & polluters pay for economic & climate collapse.
This is part of our ‘Transforming Europe from below: system change not status quo’ campaign strand.
As @zackpolanski.bsky.social said at the rally, it’s time to call time on billionaires.🧵
This is part of our ‘Transforming Europe from below: system change not status quo’ campaign strand.
As @zackpolanski.bsky.social said at the rally, it’s time to call time on billionaires.🧵
October 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Last month we joined @makethem.pay to demand billionaires & polluters pay for economic & climate collapse.
This is part of our ‘Transforming Europe from below: system change not status quo’ campaign strand.
As @zackpolanski.bsky.social said at the rally, it’s time to call time on billionaires.🧵
This is part of our ‘Transforming Europe from below: system change not status quo’ campaign strand.
As @zackpolanski.bsky.social said at the rally, it’s time to call time on billionaires.🧵
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NEW: A new @labourlist.bsky.social poll reveals that a wealth tax on high earners and scrapping the two-child benefit cap are among the policies most supported by Labour members.
It’s time the Government listened.
labourlist.org/2025/10/labo...
It’s time the Government listened.
labourlist.org/2025/10/labo...
Revealed: The progressive policies Labour members want enacted - LabourList
A wealth tax on high earners, rejoining the single market and scrapping the two-child benefit cap are among the progressive policies most supported by Labour members, an exclusive poll has revealed.
labourlist.org
October 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
NEW: A new @labourlist.bsky.social poll reveals that a wealth tax on high earners and scrapping the two-child benefit cap are among the policies most supported by Labour members.
It’s time the Government listened.
labourlist.org/2025/10/labo...
It’s time the Government listened.
labourlist.org/2025/10/labo...
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Our democracy is in crisis. 6 in 10 people are now represented by an MP they did not vote for. We have a government that won a landslide on just a third of the vote. 🧵
October 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Our democracy is in crisis. 6 in 10 people are now represented by an MP they did not vote for. We have a government that won a landslide on just a third of the vote. 🧵
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📢 "The huge support for electoral reform that now exists – among the public, within the governing party, and across Parliament – provides a unique political opportunity. A National Commission on Electoral Reform is a ready-to-go plan to seize this opportunity"
🌹 #Labour4PR
🌹 #Labour4PR
Seizing the opportunity on electoral reform — Chartist
Joe Sousek outlines the need for a National Commission supported by the APPG Fair Elections The last general election was the most disproportionate in British history – and our politics has only fragm...
www.chartist.org.uk
October 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
📢 "The huge support for electoral reform that now exists – among the public, within the governing party, and across Parliament – provides a unique political opportunity. A National Commission on Electoral Reform is a ready-to-go plan to seize this opportunity"
🌹 #Labour4PR
🌹 #Labour4PR
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Name a protest movement, anywhere or at any time, that has achieved its goals without being annoying and obstructive.
People like this enjoy the freedoms our political ancestors gained for them, while attacking the means by which they were achieved.
People like this enjoy the freedoms our political ancestors gained for them, while attacking the means by which they were achieved.
October 15, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Name a protest movement, anywhere or at any time, that has achieved its goals without being annoying and obstructive.
People like this enjoy the freedoms our political ancestors gained for them, while attacking the means by which they were achieved.
People like this enjoy the freedoms our political ancestors gained for them, while attacking the means by which they were achieved.
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Trump’s pressuring the UK to axe the 2% Digital Services Tax (DST) on tech giants like Amazon, Meta and Google — one of the few taxes they actually pay.
Scrapping DST could cost us £5.2bn. Starmer is apparently ready to cave.
📧 Write to your MP today.
taxjustice.eaction.org.uk/protect-the-...
Scrapping DST could cost us £5.2bn. Starmer is apparently ready to cave.
📧 Write to your MP today.
taxjustice.eaction.org.uk/protect-the-...
October 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Trump’s pressuring the UK to axe the 2% Digital Services Tax (DST) on tech giants like Amazon, Meta and Google — one of the few taxes they actually pay.
Scrapping DST could cost us £5.2bn. Starmer is apparently ready to cave.
📧 Write to your MP today.
taxjustice.eaction.org.uk/protect-the-...
Scrapping DST could cost us £5.2bn. Starmer is apparently ready to cave.
📧 Write to your MP today.
taxjustice.eaction.org.uk/protect-the-...
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Thread 🧵
@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem
Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...
bylinetimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🔴NEW🔴
Thread 🧵
@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
Thread 🧵
@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
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Glasgow Gender Clinic now has a waiting time of 224 years. The average across the UK is now 25 years.
This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.
This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.
This amazing article from @vic-parsons.bsky.social via @wearequeeraf.com shows the absolute criminal state of trans healthcare in the UK.
Scotland has a 224 year wait for a first appointment. Yes, you read that right.
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Scotland has a 224 year wait for a first appointment. Yes, you read that right.
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Latest waiting times for gender identity clinics in the UK
Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care
www.wearequeeraf.com
October 4, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Glasgow Gender Clinic now has a waiting time of 224 years. The average across the UK is now 25 years.
This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.
This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.
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Being pro-Palestinian is not being anti-Jewish.
Just as being pro-Jewish is not being anti-Palestinian.
Irresponsible language and framing from the Home Secretary.
It is perfectly right that people both protest the Gaza genocide and mourn the Manchester attack.
Just as being pro-Jewish is not being anti-Palestinian.
Irresponsible language and framing from the Home Secretary.
It is perfectly right that people both protest the Gaza genocide and mourn the Manchester attack.
October 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Being pro-Palestinian is not being anti-Jewish.
Just as being pro-Jewish is not being anti-Palestinian.
Irresponsible language and framing from the Home Secretary.
It is perfectly right that people both protest the Gaza genocide and mourn the Manchester attack.
Just as being pro-Jewish is not being anti-Palestinian.
Irresponsible language and framing from the Home Secretary.
It is perfectly right that people both protest the Gaza genocide and mourn the Manchester attack.
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"Keir Starmer said that the sky didn't fall in when we introduced votes at 16 in Wales and Scotland.
And I say to you, Sir Keir, that when you introduced PR, the sky didn't fall in there either."
Our CEO Emma Harrison speaking at @labour4pr.bsky.social rally at #LabourConference2025 💯🔥
And I say to you, Sir Keir, that when you introduced PR, the sky didn't fall in there either."
Our CEO Emma Harrison speaking at @labour4pr.bsky.social rally at #LabourConference2025 💯🔥
October 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"Keir Starmer said that the sky didn't fall in when we introduced votes at 16 in Wales and Scotland.
And I say to you, Sir Keir, that when you introduced PR, the sky didn't fall in there either."
Our CEO Emma Harrison speaking at @labour4pr.bsky.social rally at #LabourConference2025 💯🔥
And I say to you, Sir Keir, that when you introduced PR, the sky didn't fall in there either."
Our CEO Emma Harrison speaking at @labour4pr.bsky.social rally at #LabourConference2025 💯🔥