Kevin Atkins
@kjpatkins.bsky.social
Where to start? For now probably just to say another refugee starting the transition from X
I'll fill in the gaps over time, when I know the answers myself.
I'll fill in the gaps over time, when I know the answers myself.
Listening to BBC R4 and hearing that Trump is once again selling out Ukraine is making me so angry 😡
Whatever Putin has on the orange fool it cannot justify his repeated prevarication - does he not realise his behaviour is costing innocent lives?
It must be more than just hotel watersports...
Whatever Putin has on the orange fool it cannot justify his repeated prevarication - does he not realise his behaviour is costing innocent lives?
It must be more than just hotel watersports...
October 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Listening to BBC R4 and hearing that Trump is once again selling out Ukraine is making me so angry 😡
Whatever Putin has on the orange fool it cannot justify his repeated prevarication - does he not realise his behaviour is costing innocent lives?
It must be more than just hotel watersports...
Whatever Putin has on the orange fool it cannot justify his repeated prevarication - does he not realise his behaviour is costing innocent lives?
It must be more than just hotel watersports...
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“The dense interconnectedness of the human family… means that in terms of our biology, there are no different races. We can all claim ancestry from across the world. Nevertheless, our politics is obsessed with distinctions based on national identity…” Gaia’s article more relevant than ever:
Something I wrote a year ago that’s infuriatingly relevant
Leaders should finally tell us the truth about migration: it’s here for good | Gaia Vince
It’s time to resist the right’s narrative of immigration as aberration. Nations thrive on it – and they always have done, says author Gaia Vince
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:47 AM
“The dense interconnectedness of the human family… means that in terms of our biology, there are no different races. We can all claim ancestry from across the world. Nevertheless, our politics is obsessed with distinctions based on national identity…” Gaia’s article more relevant than ever:
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This is exactly the sort of information about Reform that should be out there and picked up by the national media. A catalogue of ineptitude, incompetence and criminality.
Sacked, Expelled, or in the Dock: All the Reform UK Councillors Nigel Farage Has Lost in Just Four Months
Party faces questions over candidate screening after string of resignations, expulsions and criminal investigations
Party faces questions over candidate screening after string of resignations, expulsions and criminal investigations
Sacked, Expelled, or in the Dock: All the Reform UK Councillors Nigel Farage Has Lost in Just Four Months
Party faces questions over candidate screening after string of resignations, expulsions and criminal investigations
bylinetimes.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This is exactly the sort of information about Reform that should be out there and picked up by the national media. A catalogue of ineptitude, incompetence and criminality.
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When the BBC and Laura Kuenssberg ask ‘Who’s in charge?’ My automatic answer is ‘Not you’. You have no preferential treatment, no cosy moments, no intimacy with Keir Starmer and his government. And I for one like it that way.
July 20, 2025 at 6:29 AM
When the BBC and Laura Kuenssberg ask ‘Who’s in charge?’ My automatic answer is ‘Not you’. You have no preferential treatment, no cosy moments, no intimacy with Keir Starmer and his government. And I for one like it that way.
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Who shifted to the right again?
July 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Who shifted to the right again?
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Lots of time and effort has gone into the Independent Water Commission, which reports tomorrow. Unfortunately, it's a largely wasted exercise, because the government insisted that renationalisation of the water companies was outside its terms of reference: ie, it was not allowed to consider it.🧵
July 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Lots of time and effort has gone into the Independent Water Commission, which reports tomorrow. Unfortunately, it's a largely wasted exercise, because the government insisted that renationalisation of the water companies was outside its terms of reference: ie, it was not allowed to consider it.🧵
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Hashtag gains global popularity as Israel continues to kill Palestinians seeking food and children die of malnutrition.
#GazaIsStarving trends on social media as Israel kills hungry Palestinians
Hashtag gains global popularity as Israel continues to kill Palestinians seeking food and children die of malnutrition.
bit.ly
July 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Hashtag gains global popularity as Israel continues to kill Palestinians seeking food and children die of malnutrition.
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Pleased to be in this list of women calling for asylum seekers to be included in the Government’s plan to tackle violence against women & girls. Violence doesn’t stop at the border - and neither should our compassion for survivors @4refugeewomen.bsky.social
Influential women urge Labour to include asylum seekers in plan to tackle violence
Exclusive: Letter warns of ‘two-tier’ system if asylum seekers are excluded from promise to halve violence against women and girls
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Pleased to be in this list of women calling for asylum seekers to be included in the Government’s plan to tackle violence against women & girls. Violence doesn’t stop at the border - and neither should our compassion for survivors @4refugeewomen.bsky.social
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Government launches Orgreave inquiry, 40 years after clashes at miners’ strike
Government launches Orgreave inquiry, 40 years after clashes at miners’ strike
Move follows decades of campaigning over violent policing and collapsed prosecutions at South Yorkshire coking plant
More than four decades after the violent policing at Orgreave during the miners’ strike and a failed prosecution criticised as a police “frame up”, the government has established a statutory inquiry into the scandal.
The home secretary, Yvette Cooper, announced the inquiry having informed campaigners last Thursday at the site in South Yorkshire where the Orgreave coking plant was located. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Government launches Orgreave inquiry, 40 years after clashes at miners’ strike
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I'm now blocking anyone stating that people protesting vs the government's ban on Palestine Action deserve to be arrested. Yeah, sure, it's an opinion and you're welcome to it. But if you can't understand what's wrong with arresting peace campaigners under the Terrorism Act, I have no time for you.
July 20, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I'm now blocking anyone stating that people protesting vs the government's ban on Palestine Action deserve to be arrested. Yeah, sure, it's an opinion and you're welcome to it. But if you can't understand what's wrong with arresting peace campaigners under the Terrorism Act, I have no time for you.
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The confrontation at Orgreave: a visual timeline
The confrontation at Orgreave: a visual timeline
In the early summer of 1984, 8,000 miners and supporters gathered to picket a coke works in South Yorkshire. They were met by a force of 6,000 police officers
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The confrontation at Orgreave: a visual timeline
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In recent weeks hundreds of Palestinians have been killed while waiting for food and aid
news.sky.com/story/at-lea...
news.sky.com/story/at-lea...
At least 67 killed while waiting for aid in Gaza, officials say
In recent weeks hundreds of Palestinians have been killed while waiting for food and aid
news.sky.com
July 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
In recent weeks hundreds of Palestinians have been killed while waiting for food and aid
news.sky.com/story/at-lea...
news.sky.com/story/at-lea...
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The People’s plan for water. The plan calls on the Government:
Start a shift to public ownership, using new laws and legal tools we have.
Give us input into how water is run, because we all depend on it.
Make polluters pay for their own mess, not the public.
actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
Start a shift to public ownership, using new laws and legal tools we have.
Give us input into how water is run, because we all depend on it.
Make polluters pay for their own mess, not the public.
actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
Water Belongs to All of Us - Back the People's Plan for Water!
Privatisation has broken our water system.
Evidence shows public ownership can bring fairer, cleaner and cheaper water.
That’s why I'm backing the People’s Plan for Water.
Join me:
actionnetwork.org
July 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The People’s plan for water. The plan calls on the Government:
Start a shift to public ownership, using new laws and legal tools we have.
Give us input into how water is run, because we all depend on it.
Make polluters pay for their own mess, not the public.
actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
Start a shift to public ownership, using new laws and legal tools we have.
Give us input into how water is run, because we all depend on it.
Make polluters pay for their own mess, not the public.
actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
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Peace, justice, and equity are not achieved overnight. They are built through persistence, courage, and collective action.
July 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Peace, justice, and equity are not achieved overnight. They are built through persistence, courage, and collective action.
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Where is the moral panic?
Where are @lisanandy and @Keir_Starmer?
Or are we saying Rod Liddle can use his national platform to call for state violence and it’s fine
But if Bob Vylan chants about actual state violence it’s “incitement”?
At least try to be consistent.
Where are @lisanandy and @Keir_Starmer?
Or are we saying Rod Liddle can use his national platform to call for state violence and it’s fine
But if Bob Vylan chants about actual state violence it’s “incitement”?
At least try to be consistent.
July 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Where is the moral panic?
Where are @lisanandy and @Keir_Starmer?
Or are we saying Rod Liddle can use his national platform to call for state violence and it’s fine
But if Bob Vylan chants about actual state violence it’s “incitement”?
At least try to be consistent.
Where are @lisanandy and @Keir_Starmer?
Or are we saying Rod Liddle can use his national platform to call for state violence and it’s fine
But if Bob Vylan chants about actual state violence it’s “incitement”?
At least try to be consistent.
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From yesterday - could be even more relevant today
🔴The £350 Billion a Year Lost to Corruption, Tax Dodging and Crime Every Year in the UK
As ministers search for cuts, a new parliamentary report reveals the hundreds of billions of pounds that could be clawed back into the UK’s flagging economy
bylinetimes.com/2025/07/04/a...
As ministers search for cuts, a new parliamentary report reveals the hundreds of billions of pounds that could be clawed back into the UK’s flagging economy
bylinetimes.com/2025/07/04/a...
The £350 Billion a Year Lost to Corruption, Tax Dodging and Crime Every Year in the UK
As ministers search for cuts, a new parliamentary report reveals the hundreds of billions of pounds that could be clawed back into the UK's flagging economy
bylinetimes.com
July 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
From yesterday - could be even more relevant today
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"We hate war and injustice."
British punk duo Bob Vylan explained their pro-Palestine stance at a gig in Greece. It was their first performance since Glastonbury, where their controversial 'death to the IDF' chant sparked backlash.
British punk duo Bob Vylan explained their pro-Palestine stance at a gig in Greece. It was their first performance since Glastonbury, where their controversial 'death to the IDF' chant sparked backlash.
July 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
"We hate war and injustice."
British punk duo Bob Vylan explained their pro-Palestine stance at a gig in Greece. It was their first performance since Glastonbury, where their controversial 'death to the IDF' chant sparked backlash.
British punk duo Bob Vylan explained their pro-Palestine stance at a gig in Greece. It was their first performance since Glastonbury, where their controversial 'death to the IDF' chant sparked backlash.
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Our privatised water system is broken - and water lobbyists have worked hard to shut down alternatives.In July the People’s Commission is launching a people-first vision for our water in Parliament.Your MP needs to hear about it: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Ask your MP to show their support for a people-first future for our water!
We can make our water work for people - not shareholders - but water lobbyists are working hard to shut this solution down. Will you make sure your MP hears about it?
actionnetwork.org
July 6, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Our privatised water system is broken - and water lobbyists have worked hard to shut down alternatives.In July the People’s Commission is launching a people-first vision for our water in Parliament.Your MP needs to hear about it: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
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Too much tax is being paid by ordinary working people, and too little is being paid by people who have high levels of wealth, investment income and capital gains. Companies are also not paying their fair share.
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July 6, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Too much tax is being paid by ordinary working people, and too little is being paid by people who have high levels of wealth, investment income and capital gains. Companies are also not paying their fair share.
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He's right.
But also: this was exactly how some of us warned the Terrorism Act 2000 would be used when it was passed, by the government in which Peter Hain was a minister. He and all the others either ignored or dismissed our warnings. It's very frustrating.
But also: this was exactly how some of us warned the Terrorism Act 2000 would be used when it was passed, by the government in which Peter Hain was a minister. He and all the others either ignored or dismissed our warnings. It's very frustrating.
Peter Hain says anti-apartheid campaigners would have been treated as terrorists under logic used to ban Palestine Action www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Anti-apartheid activists would have been called terrorists under logic banning Palestine Action, Peter Hain says – as it happened
Labour peer says he is ‘deeply ashamed’ his party is backing moves to ban group
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
He's right.
But also: this was exactly how some of us warned the Terrorism Act 2000 would be used when it was passed, by the government in which Peter Hain was a minister. He and all the others either ignored or dismissed our warnings. It's very frustrating.
But also: this was exactly how some of us warned the Terrorism Act 2000 would be used when it was passed, by the government in which Peter Hain was a minister. He and all the others either ignored or dismissed our warnings. It's very frustrating.
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In 1996 a group of women damaged a warplane destined to bomb East Timor. Found not guilty of criminal damage by Liverpool jury as action was ‘reasonable’ under Genocide Act 1969. Awarded the Seán McBride Peace Prize. @wikipedia.org
Same act now ‘terrorism’ and Palestine Action to be banned. Absurd.
Same act now ‘terrorism’ and Palestine Action to be banned. Absurd.
June 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In 1996 a group of women damaged a warplane destined to bomb East Timor. Found not guilty of criminal damage by Liverpool jury as action was ‘reasonable’ under Genocide Act 1969. Awarded the Seán McBride Peace Prize. @wikipedia.org
Same act now ‘terrorism’ and Palestine Action to be banned. Absurd.
Same act now ‘terrorism’ and Palestine Action to be banned. Absurd.