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Mark Barton
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You've probably already seen this all over BBC News, but I'll share it anyway.

www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/lab...
Labour has already delivered or making progress towards two-thirds of its manifesto pledges
The Labour government has already delivered or is making progress towards around two thirds of its manifesto pledges.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Please see, sign and share this Open Letter to Kent County Council regarding the removal of trans books from libraries:

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
An Open Letter to Kent County Council regarding the removal of trans books from libraries
This letter calls on Kent County Council to reverse its harmful decision to remove transgender-inclusive books from the children’s section of public libraries. We encourage everyone to sign this lette...
docs.google.com
July 5, 2025 at 4:56 AM
After over 30 years as a Labour Party member, I'm wondering whether to leave. They're not the party I joined.
June 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Nigel Farage says abortion laws are “utterly ludicrous.”
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
Decriminalise abortion and make it a protected human right.
Women’s rights are under threat from the far right. Nigel Farage just called our current abortion provisions “utterly ludicrous” – and others in power are paying attention. A vote in Parliament could ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
June 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Take 2 mins to demand that Meta stop targeting you with creepy personalised ads and content!

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Meta: this time it’s personal
Take 2 mins to write to Meta now!
goodlaw.social
April 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A nation is surprised as convicted criminal shows no regard for legal process!
President Trump asserted on Tuesday that undocumented immigrants should not be entitled to trials, insisting that his administration should be able to deport them without appearing before a judge.
Trump Says Undocumented Immigrants Shouldn’t Get Trials Before Deportation
The president claimed that countries were sending their prisoners to the United States and that he needed to bypass the constitutional demands of due process to expel them quickly.
www.nytimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I think we'll using this word a lot from now on.
Word of the day is ‘bugiard’ (17th century): one who distorts the truth beyond all recognition to fit their own agenda.
April 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Reposted by Mark Barton
Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.
February 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This is serious. New polling shows Reform UK surging—they could win 67 seats and become one of the biggest parties in Parliament.

They’re building a ruthless campaign machine to push their far-right agenda. We need to fight back. Will you join me?

www.stop-reform.org @hopenothate.org.uk
www.stop-reform.org
February 2, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Whatever happened to spontaneous combustion? Is it still a thing, or did it disappear into the Bermuda Triangle?
November 20, 2024 at 11:50 PM
As I was going to St Ives
I met a man with seven wives
Each wife had seven sacks
Each sack had seven cats
Each cat had seven kits
Kits, cats, sacks and wives
How many were going to St Ives?

Supplementary question. Why do people think it's clever to say the answer is one?
November 8, 2024 at 3:10 PM