RedJoan
@redjoan.bsky.social
Socialist/ Mancunian/ now living in SW/ #StarmerOut
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It is outrageous that parliamentary authorities have rejected @declassifieduk.org’s application for a press pass.
This is a flagrant attempt to suppress investigative journalism.
I have tabled an EDM urging the authorities to reverse this decision.
edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
This is a flagrant attempt to suppress investigative journalism.
I have tabled an EDM urging the authorities to reverse this decision.
edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
October 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
It is outrageous that parliamentary authorities have rejected @declassifieduk.org’s application for a press pass.
This is a flagrant attempt to suppress investigative journalism.
I have tabled an EDM urging the authorities to reverse this decision.
edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
This is a flagrant attempt to suppress investigative journalism.
I have tabled an EDM urging the authorities to reverse this decision.
edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
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Racism is now being called out: calling out fascism must be next www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
Racism is now being called out: calling out fascism must be next
The Guardian has suddenly decided that Reform MP Sarah Pochin’s comments about Black and Asian people on television lets them describe what she said as racist.
Zoe Williamson has written about it.
S...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
October 28, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Racism is now being called out: calling out fascism must be next www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
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Tax, redistribution, the relationship between the two, and why it matters www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
Tax, redistribution, the relationship between the two, and why it matters
A new commentator on this blog, called Sammy, asked last night:
I often hear a version of the phrase used in the blog, where the tax taken from the idle wealth can be ‘redistributed’ for other uses. I...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
October 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Tax, redistribution, the relationship between the two, and why it matters www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
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Richard Murphy: Is nationalism good or bad? It's not a simple question
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
Richard Murphy: Is nationalism good or bad? It's not a simple question
A reader asked a question on my blog yesterday that goes to the heart of how I believe that we should think about belonging, identity, and the…
www.thenational.scot
October 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Richard Murphy: Is nationalism good or bad? It's not a simple question
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
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We don't have to push children into poverty.
We don't have to make life harder for the sick and disabled.
We don't have to aid and abet genocide.
For too long, people have been denied a real political choice. Not anymore.
Join us at yourparty.uk
We don't have to make life harder for the sick and disabled.
We don't have to aid and abet genocide.
For too long, people have been denied a real political choice. Not anymore.
Join us at yourparty.uk
July 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We don't have to push children into poverty.
We don't have to make life harder for the sick and disabled.
We don't have to aid and abet genocide.
For too long, people have been denied a real political choice. Not anymore.
Join us at yourparty.uk
We don't have to make life harder for the sick and disabled.
We don't have to aid and abet genocide.
For too long, people have been denied a real political choice. Not anymore.
Join us at yourparty.uk
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Palestinian statehood is not a bargaining chip.
It is not a threat.
It is an inalienable right of the Palestinian people.
Our demands on this shameful government remain the same: end all arms sales to Israel, impose widespread sanctions, and stop the genocide, now.
It is not a threat.
It is an inalienable right of the Palestinian people.
Our demands on this shameful government remain the same: end all arms sales to Israel, impose widespread sanctions, and stop the genocide, now.
July 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Palestinian statehood is not a bargaining chip.
It is not a threat.
It is an inalienable right of the Palestinian people.
Our demands on this shameful government remain the same: end all arms sales to Israel, impose widespread sanctions, and stop the genocide, now.
It is not a threat.
It is an inalienable right of the Palestinian people.
Our demands on this shameful government remain the same: end all arms sales to Israel, impose widespread sanctions, and stop the genocide, now.
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For too long, people have been denied a real political choice.
Not anymore.
My piece for the Guardian on the extraordinary response to www.yourparty.uk
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Not anymore.
My piece for the Guardian on the extraordinary response to www.yourparty.uk
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This Labour government has failed. People want real transformative politics – we will give it to them | Jeremy Corbyn
More than 500,000 people have signed up to our new party to help build a genuine alternative to poverty, inequality and war, says former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn
www.theguardian.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
For too long, people have been denied a real political choice.
Not anymore.
My piece for the Guardian on the extraordinary response to www.yourparty.uk
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Not anymore.
My piece for the Guardian on the extraordinary response to www.yourparty.uk
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Yesterday, I published an article about yourparty.uk
I want to issue a public correction and a sincere apology for an error.
In that article, I said 500,000 people had signed up. That was incorrect.
It is now 600,000 — and counting.
Real change is coming.
I want to issue a public correction and a sincere apology for an error.
In that article, I said 500,000 people had signed up. That was incorrect.
It is now 600,000 — and counting.
Real change is coming.
July 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Yesterday, I published an article about yourparty.uk
I want to issue a public correction and a sincere apology for an error.
In that article, I said 500,000 people had signed up. That was incorrect.
It is now 600,000 — and counting.
Real change is coming.
I want to issue a public correction and a sincere apology for an error.
In that article, I said 500,000 people had signed up. That was incorrect.
It is now 600,000 — and counting.
Real change is coming.
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August 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Ghislaine Maxwell is no longer going to appear before Congress to answer questions.
Donald Trump will release her any day now, and claim nothing ever happened, she was a victim of a 'witch hunt'.
Donald Trump will release her any day now, and claim nothing ever happened, she was a victim of a 'witch hunt'.
August 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell is no longer going to appear before Congress to answer questions.
Donald Trump will release her any day now, and claim nothing ever happened, she was a victim of a 'witch hunt'.
Donald Trump will release her any day now, and claim nothing ever happened, she was a victim of a 'witch hunt'.
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Green Party staff have to stay neutral during leadership elections - and rightly so.
But what do former staff - the experts who know party strategy inside out - think?
I'm honoured they're #BackZack. Let’s do this. 💚
But what do former staff - the experts who know party strategy inside out - think?
I'm honoured they're #BackZack. Let’s do this. 💚
August 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Green Party staff have to stay neutral during leadership elections - and rightly so.
But what do former staff - the experts who know party strategy inside out - think?
I'm honoured they're #BackZack. Let’s do this. 💚
But what do former staff - the experts who know party strategy inside out - think?
I'm honoured they're #BackZack. Let’s do this. 💚
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Just like how we’re committed to standing with Palestinians across the world resisting the Israeli government’s genocidal regime.
July 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Just like how we’re committed to standing with Palestinians across the world resisting the Israeli government’s genocidal regime.
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We support freedom and justice for all. We continue to stand with anyone threatened by white supremacy. We’re committed to dismantling racism, antisemitism, and all bigotry.
July 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
We support freedom and justice for all. We continue to stand with anyone threatened by white supremacy. We’re committed to dismantling racism, antisemitism, and all bigotry.
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This past weekend, Donald Trump broadcast an 800 year-old slur for Jews. Then he met with war criminal and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.
July 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This past weekend, Donald Trump broadcast an 800 year-old slur for Jews. Then he met with war criminal and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.
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It’s time to take back Thames Water! weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/bring-thames-water-into-public-ownership
July 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It’s time to take back Thames Water! weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
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Disgraceful!
Just when you thought the private water bosses couldn't get any worse! They are enriching themselves with the bailout loan meant to stabilise the company.
We need to kick out these leeches for good! The ONLY solution is public ownership.
Just when you thought the private water bosses couldn't get any worse! They are enriching themselves with the bailout loan meant to stabilise the company.
We need to kick out these leeches for good! The ONLY solution is public ownership.
Thames Water refuses to claw back bonuses paid using £3bn emergency loan
Money was paid out from loan meant to stabilise firm’s finances weeks before it paused retention payments plan
www.theguardian.com
July 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Disgraceful!
Just when you thought the private water bosses couldn't get any worse! They are enriching themselves with the bailout loan meant to stabilise the company.
We need to kick out these leeches for good! The ONLY solution is public ownership.
Just when you thought the private water bosses couldn't get any worse! They are enriching themselves with the bailout loan meant to stabilise the company.
We need to kick out these leeches for good! The ONLY solution is public ownership.
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There will be Republicans who will die due to Medicaid cuts.
There will be Democrats who die due to Medicaid cuts.
There will be Greens who die due to Medicaid cuts.
There will be Libertarians who die due to Medicaid cuts.
AMERICANS will die due to Medicaid cuts.
There will be Democrats who die due to Medicaid cuts.
There will be Greens who die due to Medicaid cuts.
There will be Libertarians who die due to Medicaid cuts.
AMERICANS will die due to Medicaid cuts.
July 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
There will be Republicans who will die due to Medicaid cuts.
There will be Democrats who die due to Medicaid cuts.
There will be Greens who die due to Medicaid cuts.
There will be Libertarians who die due to Medicaid cuts.
AMERICANS will die due to Medicaid cuts.
There will be Democrats who die due to Medicaid cuts.
There will be Greens who die due to Medicaid cuts.
There will be Libertarians who die due to Medicaid cuts.
AMERICANS will die due to Medicaid cuts.
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☀️Good morning. We can create an America where a savings account isn’t considered a luxury, where going to the hospital or to college doesn’t mean going into debt, where having a full-time job means making enough to live on.
We do not have to settle for less.
We do not have to settle for less.
July 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
☀️Good morning. We can create an America where a savings account isn’t considered a luxury, where going to the hospital or to college doesn’t mean going into debt, where having a full-time job means making enough to live on.
We do not have to settle for less.
We do not have to settle for less.
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My statement on the government's absurd and authoritarian proposal to proscribe Palestine Action.
June 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My statement on the government's absurd and authoritarian proposal to proscribe Palestine Action.
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Today, I asked the Deputy PM if she would support an independent inquiry into the UK's complicity in Israeli war crimes.
She refused to answer.
Just like Iraq, the government is doing everything it can to shield itself from scrutiny. Just like Iraq, it will not succeed in hiding the truth.
She refused to answer.
Just like Iraq, the government is doing everything it can to shield itself from scrutiny. Just like Iraq, it will not succeed in hiding the truth.
June 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Today, I asked the Deputy PM if she would support an independent inquiry into the UK's complicity in Israeli war crimes.
She refused to answer.
Just like Iraq, the government is doing everything it can to shield itself from scrutiny. Just like Iraq, it will not succeed in hiding the truth.
She refused to answer.
Just like Iraq, the government is doing everything it can to shield itself from scrutiny. Just like Iraq, it will not succeed in hiding the truth.
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Politics is not a game. It's people's lives.
The Government's welfare cuts will have a catastrophic impact on the sick & disabled, and plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.
It's simple: show some humanity and drop this Bill, now.
The Government's welfare cuts will have a catastrophic impact on the sick & disabled, and plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.
It's simple: show some humanity and drop this Bill, now.
June 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Politics is not a game. It's people's lives.
The Government's welfare cuts will have a catastrophic impact on the sick & disabled, and plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.
It's simple: show some humanity and drop this Bill, now.
The Government's welfare cuts will have a catastrophic impact on the sick & disabled, and plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.
It's simple: show some humanity and drop this Bill, now.
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The government has announced a two-tier benefits system.
Under its plans, you can keep your benefits if you are disabled now, but not if you become disabled tomorrow. How is that fair?
A reminder: The Independent Alliance stands by its own amendment, and we will not back down.
Under its plans, you can keep your benefits if you are disabled now, but not if you become disabled tomorrow. How is that fair?
A reminder: The Independent Alliance stands by its own amendment, and we will not back down.
June 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The government has announced a two-tier benefits system.
Under its plans, you can keep your benefits if you are disabled now, but not if you become disabled tomorrow. How is that fair?
A reminder: The Independent Alliance stands by its own amendment, and we will not back down.
Under its plans, you can keep your benefits if you are disabled now, but not if you become disabled tomorrow. How is that fair?
A reminder: The Independent Alliance stands by its own amendment, and we will not back down.
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From the very beginning of this shambolic spectacle, the government has treated disabled people with complete and utter contempt.
The government's Disability Cuts Bill is disgraceful - and I will be voting against it.
The government's Disability Cuts Bill is disgraceful - and I will be voting against it.
July 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
From the very beginning of this shambolic spectacle, the government has treated disabled people with complete and utter contempt.
The government's Disability Cuts Bill is disgraceful - and I will be voting against it.
The government's Disability Cuts Bill is disgraceful - and I will be voting against it.
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Yesterday, the government removed vital support from disabled people.
Today, the government will criminalise protestors who want to stop genocide.
I opposed the government's attack on the disabled - and I will oppose the draconian proscription of Palestine Action.
Today, the government will criminalise protestors who want to stop genocide.
I opposed the government's attack on the disabled - and I will oppose the draconian proscription of Palestine Action.
July 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Yesterday, the government removed vital support from disabled people.
Today, the government will criminalise protestors who want to stop genocide.
I opposed the government's attack on the disabled - and I will oppose the draconian proscription of Palestine Action.
Today, the government will criminalise protestors who want to stop genocide.
I opposed the government's attack on the disabled - and I will oppose the draconian proscription of Palestine Action.