Tom Peters
@tbtpeters.bsky.social
Policy and public affairs for a trade union.
Former shadow treasury advisor.
Boxing record - W0 - D0 - L1 (retired)
Former shadow treasury advisor.
Boxing record - W0 - D0 - L1 (retired)
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We've written to Culture Secretary @lisanandymp.bsky.social
asking her to prioritise improved access to Europe for performing artists and creative workers in Monday’s EU-UK Summit ⬇️
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/im...
asking her to prioritise improved access to Europe for performing artists and creative workers in Monday’s EU-UK Summit ⬇️
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/im...
Improve access to EU for performers, Equity urges government
Equity has written to Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy asking her to prioritise improved access to Europe for performing artists and creative workers.
www.equity.org.uk
May 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We've written to Culture Secretary @lisanandymp.bsky.social
asking her to prioritise improved access to Europe for performing artists and creative workers in Monday’s EU-UK Summit ⬇️
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/im...
asking her to prioritise improved access to Europe for performing artists and creative workers in Monday’s EU-UK Summit ⬇️
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/im...
One interesting thing about this is it doesn't amount to a strategy at all.
Lots of people on here asking what can possibly be Labour’s strategy at the moment. So here is what key strategists are telling MPs who are saying the same…
(don’t shout at me if you disagree, take it up with them!)
(don’t shout at me if you disagree, take it up with them!)
March 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
One interesting thing about this is it doesn't amount to a strategy at all.
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January 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
'Would you feel safer [from the far right] if we were members of the EU again?'
** Stares at France, Germany, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands and Slovakia **
** Stares at France, Germany, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands and Slovakia **
Public responses to EU-related questions in Falmouth, Cornwall yesterday.
Passers by were invited to put a sticker in the boxes to give their answers.
Follow @cornwall4eu.bsky.social
Passers by were invited to put a sticker in the boxes to give their answers.
Follow @cornwall4eu.bsky.social
January 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
'Would you feel safer [from the far right] if we were members of the EU again?'
** Stares at France, Germany, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands and Slovakia **
** Stares at France, Germany, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands and Slovakia **
Bond vigilantes are overexcited (again) - on.ft.com/4haszFO via @FT
Bond vigilantes are overexcited (again)
It remains very hard to argue that anything meaningful has changed in the UK
on.ft.com
January 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Bond vigilantes are overexcited (again) - on.ft.com/4haszFO via @FT
The point though is surely less about how Musk's behaviour informs British opinion, and more about how it impacts British politics - the imprint it leaves on our institutions.
You've got to hand it to Elon Musk - getting 71% of British people to agree on anything is impressive
January 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The point though is surely less about how Musk's behaviour informs British opinion, and more about how it impacts British politics - the imprint it leaves on our institutions.
Lovely Sunday reading on Walter Benjamin's last days, by @danhancox.bsky.social
The last days of Walter Benjamin - on.ft.com/4fSquxw via @FT
The last days of Walter Benjamin - on.ft.com/4fSquxw via @FT
The last days of Walter Benjamin
Hounded by the Nazis, the great philosopher took his life in 1940, leaving several mysteries unanswered
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January 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Lovely Sunday reading on Walter Benjamin's last days, by @danhancox.bsky.social
The last days of Walter Benjamin - on.ft.com/4fSquxw via @FT
The last days of Walter Benjamin - on.ft.com/4fSquxw via @FT
Even with all the caveats about polling this far out. This is a sea change in UK opinion in favour of the far right.
Labour response so far absolutely dreadful. Give the people hope and change! It's what they want!
Labour response so far absolutely dreadful. Give the people hope and change! It's what they want!
In our first @moreincommonuk.bsky.social voting intention of 2025, Labour & Tories remain at 26%. Reform is at 22% - the highest figure we’ve recorded for them
🌳CON 26% (nc)
🌹LAB 26% (nc)
➡️ REF UK 22% (+3)
🔶 LIB DEM 12% ( -1)
🌍 GREEN 7% (-1)
🟡 SNP 3% (nc)
N = 2,011 6 - 8 Jan, Change w 10 Dec
🌳CON 26% (nc)
🌹LAB 26% (nc)
➡️ REF UK 22% (+3)
🔶 LIB DEM 12% ( -1)
🌍 GREEN 7% (-1)
🟡 SNP 3% (nc)
N = 2,011 6 - 8 Jan, Change w 10 Dec
January 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Even with all the caveats about polling this far out. This is a sea change in UK opinion in favour of the far right.
Labour response so far absolutely dreadful. Give the people hope and change! It's what they want!
Labour response so far absolutely dreadful. Give the people hope and change! It's what they want!
Define 'everything'?
Goodnight to Kamala Harris supporters.
We were right about everything.
We were right about everything.
January 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Define 'everything'?
How I'm tryna be in 2025
December 27, 2024 at 9:46 PM
How I'm tryna be in 2025
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Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan
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December 23, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan
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This chart is an indictment of the US for-profit health care system.
All of those lost years are the cost of profits being claimed.
All of those lost years are the cost of profits being claimed.
December 6, 2024 at 7:29 PM
This chart is an indictment of the US for-profit health care system.
All of those lost years are the cost of profits being claimed.
All of those lost years are the cost of profits being claimed.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates wields words like sledgehammers.
December 5, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates wields words like sledgehammers.
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Sat down with @brunoleipold.com to discuss his book "Citizen Marx". We talked about the influence of Republicanism in Marx's thought, and why the left must take the lead in the conversation on freedom—rather than leaving it to conservatives and liberals. Don't miss it! jacobin.com/2024/12/marx...
How Karl Marx Became a Communist
In his new biography of Karl Marx, Bruno Leipold puts his subject in historical context. Marx, he tells Jacobin, was engaged in a political struggle against utopian communists and republicans unable t...
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December 2, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Sat down with @brunoleipold.com to discuss his book "Citizen Marx". We talked about the influence of Republicanism in Marx's thought, and why the left must take the lead in the conversation on freedom—rather than leaving it to conservatives and liberals. Don't miss it! jacobin.com/2024/12/marx...
Got carried away during the whole viral Danish Marxism moment, and now most of my feed is in a language that I don't speak or understand.
December 2, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Got carried away during the whole viral Danish Marxism moment, and now most of my feed is in a language that I don't speak or understand.
November 24, 2024 at 6:44 PM
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Out of curiosity, am reading a bit about the market for farmland. This briefing is from January.
"Meanwhile, non-farmer buyers – who are a mix of private and institutional investors and lifestyle buyers – accounted for 56% of sales"
rural.struttandparker.com/article/engl...
"Meanwhile, non-farmer buyers – who are a mix of private and institutional investors and lifestyle buyers – accounted for 56% of sales"
rural.struttandparker.com/article/engl...
Agricultural land values in England reached a new record in 2023
Q4 2023 edition of Strutt & Parker’s English Estates & Farmland Market Review which shows that non-farmers bought more farms than farmers in 2023.
rural.struttandparker.com
November 21, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Out of curiosity, am reading a bit about the market for farmland. This briefing is from January.
"Meanwhile, non-farmer buyers – who are a mix of private and institutional investors and lifestyle buyers – accounted for 56% of sales"
rural.struttandparker.com/article/engl...
"Meanwhile, non-farmer buyers – who are a mix of private and institutional investors and lifestyle buyers – accounted for 56% of sales"
rural.struttandparker.com/article/engl...
.@equityuk.bsky.social is hiring a Policy and Public Affairs Assistant.
The job is designed to be an early career role. Happy to chat to anyone who is interested, especially keen to encourage candidates from marginalised groups.
www.equity.org.uk/about-us/equ...
The job is designed to be an early career role. Happy to chat to anyone who is interested, especially keen to encourage candidates from marginalised groups.
www.equity.org.uk/about-us/equ...
Equity Jobs | Equity
Here you'll find all of the jobs available to join our team at Equity. We'll post new job vacancies here as and when they become available.
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November 22, 2024 at 4:52 PM
.@equityuk.bsky.social is hiring a Policy and Public Affairs Assistant.
The job is designed to be an early career role. Happy to chat to anyone who is interested, especially keen to encourage candidates from marginalised groups.
www.equity.org.uk/about-us/equ...
The job is designed to be an early career role. Happy to chat to anyone who is interested, especially keen to encourage candidates from marginalised groups.
www.equity.org.uk/about-us/equ...
The Farmer's Protest today was very strange, a lot of very red-faced men in tweed, being addressed by millionaires.
I'm not sure it will convince many of the need for them to retain a huge inheritance tax break.
I'm not sure it will convince many of the need for them to retain a huge inheritance tax break.
November 19, 2024 at 4:30 PM
The Farmer's Protest today was very strange, a lot of very red-faced men in tweed, being addressed by millionaires.
I'm not sure it will convince many of the need for them to retain a huge inheritance tax break.
I'm not sure it will convince many of the need for them to retain a huge inheritance tax break.
Good thread on IHT reforms
There's a lot of anger about reforms to how landowners are taxed
This is ultimately about raising money in a fair way to invest in our broken public services
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This is ultimately about raising money in a fair way to invest in our broken public services
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November 19, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Good thread on IHT reforms
There is a policy of collective starvation occurring in Gaza right now.
#palestine #gaza
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#palestine #gaza
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Almost 100 Gaza aid lorries violently looted, UN agency Unrwa says
Drivers in Saturday's convoy were forced at gunpoint to unload their food supplies, according to Unrwa.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2024 at 12:23 PM
There is a policy of collective starvation occurring in Gaza right now.
#palestine #gaza
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#palestine #gaza
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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every digital audience editor's Monday morning meeting
November 18, 2024 at 10:14 AM
every digital audience editor's Monday morning meeting