Robert Gadsby
@rlgadsby.bsky.social
History and Politics | York and Leeds
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"Seventy-five per cent of people, according to a new poll commissioned by me and the New Statesman, believe child poverty to be 'morally wrong'."
Gordon Brown: Child poverty is a scar on our national conscience
Gordon Brown: Child poverty is a scar on our national conscience
Child poverty is a scar on our national conscience
A Labour government has taken millions of children out of poverty before. It can do so again.
www.newstatesman.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:42 AM
"Seventy-five per cent of people, according to a new poll commissioned by me and the New Statesman, believe child poverty to be 'morally wrong'."
Gordon Brown: Child poverty is a scar on our national conscience
Gordon Brown: Child poverty is a scar on our national conscience
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I’ve written for @labourlist.bsky.social about how the Australian election highlights the benefits of compulsory voting
labourlist.org/2025/05/aust...
labourlist.org/2025/05/aust...
'Australia's election shows how compulsory voting rewards progressive governments that deliver' - LabourList
In last Saturday’s Australian election, Anthony Albanese and the Australian Labor Party (ALP) bucked the global anti-incumbency trend,…
labourlist.org
May 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I’ve written for @labourlist.bsky.social about how the Australian election highlights the benefits of compulsory voting
labourlist.org/2025/05/aust...
labourlist.org/2025/05/aust...
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BBC coverage fails to follow the central point of corporations immigration coverage review
A key aspect of that review is BBC coverage, while trying to be fair, is skewed by reporting too much what is politically contested, and doing to little to report the context for public understanding
A key aspect of that review is BBC coverage, while trying to be fair, is skewed by reporting too much what is politically contested, and doing to little to report the context for public understanding
May 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
BBC coverage fails to follow the central point of corporations immigration coverage review
A key aspect of that review is BBC coverage, while trying to be fair, is skewed by reporting too much what is politically contested, and doing to little to report the context for public understanding
A key aspect of that review is BBC coverage, while trying to be fair, is skewed by reporting too much what is politically contested, and doing to little to report the context for public understanding
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Quelle surprise! Turns out the people with lots of money in this country do, in fact, have lots of money
March 10, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Quelle surprise! Turns out the people with lots of money in this country do, in fact, have lots of money
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Once upon a time (25 years ago) the NHS had a good understanding of the causes of long waits in A&E. The biggest problem was flow through beds. It wasn't attendance volume, staffing levels or overwhelmed GPs...
January 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Once upon a time (25 years ago) the NHS had a good understanding of the causes of long waits in A&E. The biggest problem was flow through beds. It wasn't attendance volume, staffing levels or overwhelmed GPs...
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Charles Spencer detailed his abuse at his prep school Maidwell Hall in his recent book and that led to a police inquiry which has now caused the school - which was long operating at a loss - to close.
The Conservative press, naturally, blame it all on Starmer. And VAT.
The Conservative press, naturally, blame it all on Starmer. And VAT.
January 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Charles Spencer detailed his abuse at his prep school Maidwell Hall in his recent book and that led to a police inquiry which has now caused the school - which was long operating at a loss - to close.
The Conservative press, naturally, blame it all on Starmer. And VAT.
The Conservative press, naturally, blame it all on Starmer. And VAT.
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this is worth reading if only as further evidence for the thesis that these self-proclaimed philosopher capitalists are total morons who huff paint and call it insight
All I can say about this Peter Thiel op-ed in the Financial Times is that it reads like something he actually wrote. No comms team or AI chatbot is capable of producing this strange paranoid string of sentences www.ft.com/content/a46c...
A time for truth and reconciliation
Trump’s return to the White House augurs the ‘apokálypsis’ of the ancien regime’s secrets
www.ft.com
January 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
this is worth reading if only as further evidence for the thesis that these self-proclaimed philosopher capitalists are total morons who huff paint and call it insight
Shocking and eye opening....
The 50 million-strong vulture population plummeted to near zero because of diclofenac, a cheap non-steroidal painkiller for cattle. The decline of vultures led to the proliferation of deadly bacteria & infections and the deaths of about 0.5 million people over five years. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Indian vultures: Decline of scavenger birds caused 500,000 human deaths
A new study links the vulture decline in India to deadly bacteria spread, causing about 500,000 deaths.
www.bbc.com
December 27, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Shocking and eye opening....
When I saw Rayner in the election, her pitch was totally different to what you heard nationally. Much more about what Labour could actually deliver than the "change" platitude.
Not surprised she's delivering in government!
Not surprised she's delivering in government!
In the space of six months, Angela Rayner has made substantive progress on:
- workers' rights
- planning reform
- renters' rights
- local government reorganisation
- workers' rights
- planning reform
- renters' rights
- local government reorganisation
December 14, 2024 at 6:47 PM
When I saw Rayner in the election, her pitch was totally different to what you heard nationally. Much more about what Labour could actually deliver than the "change" platitude.
Not surprised she's delivering in government!
Not surprised she's delivering in government!
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In the space of six months, Angela Rayner has made substantive progress on:
- workers' rights
- planning reform
- renters' rights
- local government reorganisation
- workers' rights
- planning reform
- renters' rights
- local government reorganisation
December 14, 2024 at 9:07 AM
In the space of six months, Angela Rayner has made substantive progress on:
- workers' rights
- planning reform
- renters' rights
- local government reorganisation
- workers' rights
- planning reform
- renters' rights
- local government reorganisation
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Does HS2 have a future?
And why does that question hinge on an unseen government document and a sugar mill in Nottinghamshire?
And why does that question hinge on an unseen government document and a sugar mill in Nottinghamshire?
December 7, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Does HS2 have a future?
And why does that question hinge on an unseen government document and a sugar mill in Nottinghamshire?
And why does that question hinge on an unseen government document and a sugar mill in Nottinghamshire?
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Ah Spotify Wrapped day or as I like to think of it "how am I straight?" day.
December 4, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Ah Spotify Wrapped day or as I like to think of it "how am I straight?" day.
Great thread... point is that IHT change is about ending farm land being used as a tax loophole, not attacking lifelong farmers.
Here’s a short story about who wins and loses from the status quo of our inheritance tax rules - and about, what you might politely call ‘sub-optimal’ journalism🧵
November 25, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Great thread... point is that IHT change is about ending farm land being used as a tax loophole, not attacking lifelong farmers.
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Jeremy Clarkson is turning up to the protest tomorrow.
A reminder that he bought his 312-acre farm in 2012 for £4.25million in HIS OWN WORDS so that he:
*would not be required pay death duties on the land*
A reminder that he bought his 312-acre farm in 2012 for £4.25million in HIS OWN WORDS so that he:
*would not be required pay death duties on the land*
November 18, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Jeremy Clarkson is turning up to the protest tomorrow.
A reminder that he bought his 312-acre farm in 2012 for £4.25million in HIS OWN WORDS so that he:
*would not be required pay death duties on the land*
A reminder that he bought his 312-acre farm in 2012 for £4.25million in HIS OWN WORDS so that he:
*would not be required pay death duties on the land*