Redcountessa
@redcountessa.bsky.social
Corbynista, Eco-socialist escaping from X. Pro Palestine! Pro PR. Gardening, cat and nature lover. Please follow if you are any of these too and I will follow back!
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Starmer has opted not to do all the obvious and popular things that would improve people's lives and is instead doing all the things that were too right wing, authoritarian and unpopular for the Tories and New Labour to do
July 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Starmer has opted not to do all the obvious and popular things that would improve people's lives and is instead doing all the things that were too right wing, authoritarian and unpopular for the Tories and New Labour to do
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/yv...
Yvette Cooper- Proscribe the IDF
The "IDF" has repeatedly carried out large-scale, deliberate acts of violence against civilians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
It is our sincerely held belief that the atrocities and tactics use...
you.38degrees.org.uk
July 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/yv...
🚨 No More First Past the Post Elections.
5 parties polling strongly, chaotic results, millions left unrepresented.
We need Proportional Representation — NOW.
✍️ Sign the petition:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...
5 parties polling strongly, chaotic results, millions left unrepresented.
We need Proportional Representation — NOW.
✍️ Sign the petition:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...
📢 No More First Past the Post Elections!
The 2025 Local Election results confirm what so many of us already know: the current voting system is broken.
With 5 parties polling strongly, First Past the Post is delivering chaos and turning elec...
actionnetwork.org
July 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
🚨 No More First Past the Post Elections.
5 parties polling strongly, chaotic results, millions left unrepresented.
We need Proportional Representation — NOW.
✍️ Sign the petition:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...
5 parties polling strongly, chaotic results, millions left unrepresented.
We need Proportional Representation — NOW.
✍️ Sign the petition:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...
Why all local councils should be elected with proportional representation www.electoral-reform.org.uk/why-all-loca... Electoral Reform Society – ERS
Why all local councils should be elected with proportional representation
If you live in England, you might be casting a vote for a councillor in a local election this May – and with your vote, expressing your desire for how you’d like your local services
www.electoral-reform.org.uk
April 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Why all local councils should be elected with proportional representation www.electoral-reform.org.uk/why-all-loca... Electoral Reform Society – ERS
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Tax the super rich to stop cuts to public services
Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo...
you.38degrees.org.uk
March 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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Billions paid out for wars and death, but nothing for those that are struggling to live - going to work isn't just about earning money. It is being social with colleagues and keeping your mind positive. Being ill is often painful, isolating, always expensive and very depressing.
March 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Billions paid out for wars and death, but nothing for those that are struggling to live - going to work isn't just about earning money. It is being social with colleagues and keeping your mind positive. Being ill is often painful, isolating, always expensive and very depressing.
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Gaza: Israeli forces used 80-year-old Palestinian as human shield before killing him - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-israeli-forces-used-80-year-old-palestinian-human-shield-killing-him
Israeli forces used 80-year-old Palestinian as human shield before killing him
Israeli forces strapped explosives around the neck of an elderly Palestinian who used a walking stick and forced him to inspect areas used by Hamas before killing him and his wife
www.middleeasteye.net
February 16, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Gaza: Israeli forces used 80-year-old Palestinian as human shield before killing him - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-israeli-forces-used-80-year-old-palestinian-human-shield-killing-him
ALERT EVERYONE JEREMY CORBYN IS ON PESTON TONIGHT.
February 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
ALERT EVERYONE JEREMY CORBYN IS ON PESTON TONIGHT.
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Just horrendous - so if you are a really desperate refugee without safe options, you are to be penalised for life.
Labour's #HostileEnvironment
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour's #HostileEnvironment
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK to refuse citizenship to refugees who have ‘made a dangerous journey’
Home Office accused of shutting out refugees, as new guidance says those applicants will ‘normally be refused’
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Just horrendous - so if you are a really desperate refugee without safe options, you are to be penalised for life.
Labour's #HostileEnvironment
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour's #HostileEnvironment
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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February 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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💥 I’ve just signed the petition calling for a “National Commission on Electoral Reform” - Will YOU sign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/nc...
Sign the Petition
National Commission on Electoral Reform
actionstorm.org
February 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
💥 I’ve just signed the petition calling for a “National Commission on Electoral Reform” - Will YOU sign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/nc...
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Donald Trump's threat to Gaza is genocidal.
But the Western media has helped normalise it - just like they've normalised the depravity from day one.
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/trump-prop...
But the Western media has helped normalise it - just like they've normalised the depravity from day one.
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/trump-prop...
Trump proposes the US taking over Gaza genocide. Our media normalises it
An obscene, shameless crime is proposed - and the Western media simply normalises it
www.owenjones.news
February 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Donald Trump's threat to Gaza is genocidal.
But the Western media has helped normalise it - just like they've normalised the depravity from day one.
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/trump-prop...
But the Western media has helped normalise it - just like they've normalised the depravity from day one.
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/trump-prop...
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So much evil in one photo it is actually staggering
February 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
So much evil in one photo it is actually staggering
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"Anyone who didn’t do their duty for the labour market – say, people too disabled or ill to work, family carers and jobseekers – should expect very little from Labour."
Just brilliant quote from @francesryan.bsky.social on labour and it's increasingly narrow minded thinking of people.
Just brilliant quote from @francesryan.bsky.social on labour and it's increasingly narrow minded thinking of people.
February 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
"Anyone who didn’t do their duty for the labour market – say, people too disabled or ill to work, family carers and jobseekers – should expect very little from Labour."
Just brilliant quote from @francesryan.bsky.social on labour and it's increasingly narrow minded thinking of people.
Just brilliant quote from @francesryan.bsky.social on labour and it's increasingly narrow minded thinking of people.
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Palestinians Propose Taking Ownership of Mar-a-Lago
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open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
Palestinians Propose Taking Ownership of Mar-a-Lago
“Right now, Mar-a-Lago is a mess,” the Palestinian spokesman said.
open.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Palestinians Propose Taking Ownership of Mar-a-Lago
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open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
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Fascism doesn’t arrive in uniform overnight. It arrives with suited politicians, one piece of legislation — or executive order — at a time.
My piece for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/01/jere...
My piece for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/01/jere...
Jeremy Corbyn: Remembering Auschwitz, Fighting Today
As we mark the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, we must remember the heroic resistance of many inmates to inspire our struggle against renewed fascism today.
tribunemag.co.uk
January 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Fascism doesn’t arrive in uniform overnight. It arrives with suited politicians, one piece of legislation — or executive order — at a time.
My piece for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/01/jere...
My piece for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/01/jere...
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📚 Join Jeremy Corbyn, Vijay Prashad and Claudia Webbe in conversation on the global arms trade, the struggle for peace and our book ‘Monstrous Anger of the Guns’ — hosted at the Marx Memorial Library in London on Sunday 9 February.
🎟️ Tickets: bit.ly/MAGMarx
🎟️ Tickets: bit.ly/MAGMarx
January 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
📚 Join Jeremy Corbyn, Vijay Prashad and Claudia Webbe in conversation on the global arms trade, the struggle for peace and our book ‘Monstrous Anger of the Guns’ — hosted at the Marx Memorial Library in London on Sunday 9 February.
🎟️ Tickets: bit.ly/MAGMarx
🎟️ Tickets: bit.ly/MAGMarx
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I spoke to @tristancorkpost.bsky.social at the Bristol Post about finding my feet as an MP, not getting drawn into Westminster's weirdness, fighting for renters' rights - and plenty more! Have a read ⬇️ www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
January 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I spoke to @tristancorkpost.bsky.social at the Bristol Post about finding my feet as an MP, not getting drawn into Westminster's weirdness, fighting for renters' rights - and plenty more! Have a read ⬇️ www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
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EU medicines agency quits X & moves to Bluesky
"EMA will no longer post updates and content on X. We believe the X platform no longer suits our communication needs” the agency said in a statement
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
"EMA will no longer post updates and content on X. We believe the X platform no longer suits our communication needs” the agency said in a statement
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
EU medicines agency quits X, moves to Bluesky
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Monday it would no longer post on X and would use rival Bluesky instead, becoming the latest organisation to quit a social media platform that some have criticised for its content.
www.reuters.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
EU medicines agency quits X & moves to Bluesky
"EMA will no longer post updates and content on X. We believe the X platform no longer suits our communication needs” the agency said in a statement
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
"EMA will no longer post updates and content on X. We believe the X platform no longer suits our communication needs” the agency said in a statement
www.reuters.com/world/europe...