johncastleford.bsky.social
@johncastleford.bsky.social
This cause is close to my heart — why should MPs have a winter fuel allowance for second homes when many pensioners are having theirs stopped? - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Sign the petition: strip MPs of their fuel allowance too!
Did you know this? MPs can claim back money spent on heating the second homes they need for their role - and there's no cap on what they can claim! At a time when the Winter Fuel Allowance is being sc...
you.38degrees.org.uk
March 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The two soon-to-be former Labour MPs disseminating prejudice in a WhatsApp group would do well to remember the wisdom of early pioneers in online discourse: “don’t post anything online that you wouldn’t physically put on a public noticeboard.”
February 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I hope so! I brought them up that way.
February 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Good to see Richard is back in the fold
Happy to be associated with UK Labour..
This is democracy in action.Well done
,someone needs to take the lead.

Richard Burgon MP

RichardBurgon
Labour MP for Leeds East tabled this Parliamentary Motion rejecting Donald Trump's push for the forcible ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza.
February 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Apparently Trump is going to buy Greenland and Mexico is going to pay for it.
January 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Public-Private partnerships have had a mixed review. Is this the missing link for developing resilient and inclusive communities. This is something our politicians need to know more about:

theconversation.com/how-cities-a...
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December 19, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Mental health services are collapsing at a time when mental health in the UK is at an all time low. Please tell your MP the proposed cuts are irresponsible.
Tell your MP that mental health funding must be protected
I've emailed my MP about protecting vital mental health funding. Will you join me?
campaigns.rethink.org
December 11, 2024 at 6:48 PM
This year saw 1.5bn people in 70 countries voted in general elections yet there seems to be a growing sense of unease and cynicism that political leaders are failing to address key questions such as child poverty, homelessness, and the climate crisis. Are we seeing the decline of party politics?
December 6, 2024 at 9:57 AM
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Please help us and take the short survey here...it's all about political donations...something I talk a lot about in my book

Democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard

The warrior @petergeoghegan.bsky.social who leads Democracy For Sale is taking this to MPs who support transparency

PLEASE SHARE 🙏🏼
December 5, 2024 at 5:05 PM
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Stand with the People of Georgia !!
December 4, 2024 at 11:00 PM
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Help a fella out & complete this short survey, would you?
December 5, 2024 at 1:44 PM
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Sweden's remarkably clean power grid. In November, this was its electricity generation mix:

Hydro 38%
Wind 31%
Nuclear 28%
Bioenergy 4%

Zero coal or gas.

- Ember data
December 5, 2024 at 10:46 AM
The recent general election in Ireland bucked the trend in 2024 of replacing incumbents with right wing governments.
How best to ensure social democracy fights back?
#populist #socialDemocracy
December 5, 2024 at 2:26 PM