"I always believed in working with people to achieve the best for our city..."

@russell-moyle.co.uk on the reason he decided to leave the Labour Party for the Green Party.

While @ukhomeoffice.bsky.social proposes new powers to shut down free speech/peaceful protest, my local mosque was set on fire last night, two worshippers fled for their lives.

Instead of divisive crackdowns, why won’t Shabana Mahmood invest in community cohesion to stop it happening?

I agree with @amnestyuk.bsky.social
When any government arrests peaceful protesters trying to stop a genocide, it has gone horribly wrong and slipped into bullying authoritarianism.
There is no justification. This proscription must be reversed or terrorism laws risk total disrepute.

A blast from past when our moral position was clear. Now more than ever a full embargo, immediate recognition of Palestine, opening of humanitarian and food supplies, full withdrawal from Gaza and West Bank, and an end to genocide & apartheid is the only honourable position.

100k-200k people turned out to march at Budapest Pride yesterday, more than ever before. They did so despite the threat of “legal consequences” from Viktor Orbán.

It was the biggest protest in Hungary since the fall of communism in 1989. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#TransRights @transactualuk.bsky.social

We ARE becoming strangers — not because of migrants, but because of insecure work, (anti-)social media, lack of shared spaces and low wages preventing socialising.

Bring back youth clubs, fix community centres, support workers. Invest in our country — don’t scapegoat migrants.

The Daily Mail with some hopeful news for Trans+ people this morning.

Someone in the whatsapp group for Labour LGBTQIA+ MPs and Lords leaked an exchange discussing the Supreme Court Ruling and their concerns about it.

Giving hope to the Trans+ community that there are MPs pushing within government

Sussex farmer Stephen Carr used to have an EU flag sign at the end of his drive.

It was vandalised so often he gave up repainting it.

Now? He’s thinking of digging out the blue & gold paint.

Maybe this time, people will understand why.
#Brexit #SaveBritishFarming

www.fwi.co.uk/news/opinion...

Disabled people are harder than everyone else because our additional costs have gone up. This is forcing more Disabled people to claim PIP, but it’s not because they’re out of work. 41% of new PIP claims in 2023 were from people who are in work, and many say that PIP helps them to stay in work.

Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan has called for the group to lay down its arms and dissolve, in a historic statement shared by pro-Kurdish politicians today.

This is key to solving the housing crises. We need councils to set up development bodies and use Compulsory purchase orders to utilise land for the good of the community.

It's always a pleasure showing off my brilliant Jarrow & Gateshead East constituency

I was joined recently by @lloydrussellmoyle.bsky.social & gave him a tour of the Ellen Wilkinson display in Jarra Town Hall, took him to see The Spirit of Jarrow, the Boldon Banner & of course the Viking Centre!

Since announcing my diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer a few weeks ago I’ve become increasingly aware of how misunderstood the condition is.

So I want to debunk a few misconceptions:

1/7 (short posts!)

For more information on metastatic/secondary/advanced/stage 4 breast cancer go to make2ndscount.co.uk @make2ndscount.bsky.social

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I am pleased to announce that in final weeks of December, I received a letter from the Labour Party informing me that the complaint against me that stopped me from standing had been dropped and I return as a full member of both the Cooperative and Labour Parties.

Statement ⬇️

James Whiting (General Secretary of @teamlabouruk.bsky.social Socialist Education Association) defends the Schools and Child Well-Being Bill and takes apart Mcdonagh’s arguments for the status quo.

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