Martin Kerrison
@tiredandemotional.org.uk
I’d quite like the young to have something to inherit – like a planet which can sustain life for a few thousand more years and an entitlement to education and healthcare, hence the blogs.
The biggest package of employment rights in a generation, the Renters' Rights Act, freezing rail fares and bringing railways back into public ownership, free breakfast clubs, expanding free childcare, raising the minimum wage, cuts to NHS waiting lists - and so much more...
January 21, 2026 at 12:04 PM
The biggest package of employment rights in a generation, the Renters' Rights Act, freezing rail fares and bringing railways back into public ownership, free breakfast clubs, expanding free childcare, raising the minimum wage, cuts to NHS waiting lists - and so much more...
Big Tech is trying to break the rules - again. Google and Musk were held accountable, but lobbyists now want to weaken the laws that protect our safety, privacy, and money online ✍️ Tell EU leaders: protect people, not billionaires! action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-01...
Keep Big Tech Accountable!
Big Tech is trying to get away with breaking the rules - again.Google and Musk have already been held accountable, but now lobbyists are pushing to weaken the rules that protect our safety, privacy, a...
action.wemove.eu
January 21, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Big Tech is trying to break the rules - again. Google and Musk were held accountable, but lobbyists now want to weaken the laws that protect our safety, privacy, and money online ✍️ Tell EU leaders: protect people, not billionaires! action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-01...
PFAS are linked to cancer and contaminate our water and food - yet chemical giants are lobbying to weaken protections to our health. Europe can still act. I just signed. Will you? action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-01...
Ban Forever Chemicals Now
Forever chemicals are poisoning Europe’s water, food, and even our blood. Chemical giants are lobbying to weaken protections - but people across Europe are pushing back. Sign now to ban PFAS and put h...
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January 13, 2026 at 9:19 AM
PFAS are linked to cancer and contaminate our water and food - yet chemical giants are lobbying to weaken protections to our health. Europe can still act. I just signed. Will you? action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-01...
'We can’t just say “that’s a lie” and have these people ..ousted from power, or say “that’s a lie” and watch ICE go POOF from our cities, or say “that’s a lie” and bring this dead woman back to life. But we can say “that’s a lie” because it is not true..because we know the difference.' ETWrite Home
January 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
'We can’t just say “that’s a lie” and have these people ..ousted from power, or say “that’s a lie” and watch ICE go POOF from our cities, or say “that’s a lie” and bring this dead woman back to life. But we can say “that’s a lie” because it is not true..because we know the difference.' ETWrite Home
Some companies, like Tesco, paid their CEO 431 times more than the average Tesco workers; ...Melrose paid their CEO just under £59 million last year, a staggering 1509 times more than the average employee. ..that's too much. I guess exporting fighter jet parts to Israel pays.
Equality Trust
Equality Trust
January 6, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Some companies, like Tesco, paid their CEO 431 times more than the average Tesco workers; ...Melrose paid their CEO just under £59 million last year, a staggering 1509 times more than the average employee. ..that's too much. I guess exporting fighter jet parts to Israel pays.
Equality Trust
Equality Trust
If the government is serious about free speech, tackling violence against women and girls, and countering extremism, it ..cannot continue to treat X as a neutral utility. It is not; it is ..far darker. It is an environment that shapes behaviour, rewards cruelty, and normalises abuse.
Zoe Grunewald
Zoe Grunewald
January 6, 2026 at 1:28 PM
If the government is serious about free speech, tackling violence against women and girls, and countering extremism, it ..cannot continue to treat X as a neutral utility. It is not; it is ..far darker. It is an environment that shapes behaviour, rewards cruelty, and normalises abuse.
Zoe Grunewald
Zoe Grunewald
Stephen Lillie in today's Guardian
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January 4, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Stephen Lillie in today's Guardian
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In his 1941 book, Escape from Freedom, Erich Fromm argued that the rise of fascism could be explained...by people preferring to surrender their freedom in exchange for the reassuring certainty of subordination. AI offers a...way of surrendering that burden of having to think and decide for yourself.
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December 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
In his 1941 book, Escape from Freedom, Erich Fromm argued that the rise of fascism could be explained...by people preferring to surrender their freedom in exchange for the reassuring certainty of subordination. AI offers a...way of surrendering that burden of having to think and decide for yourself.
December 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Millions of toxic plastic beads from Southern Water have washed up on Camber Sands beach, threatening dolphins, seals, seabirds, and our beaches. Sign the petition to make sure water companies pay for the cleanup of spills like this, not their customers:
December 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Millions of toxic plastic beads from Southern Water have washed up on Camber Sands beach, threatening dolphins, seals, seabirds, and our beaches. Sign the petition to make sure water companies pay for the cleanup of spills like this, not their customers:
December 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Kremlin hails Trump’s national security strategy as aligned with Russia’s vision
December 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Kremlin hails Trump’s national security strategy as aligned with Russia’s vision
New analysis this week from the House of Commons Library:
Brexit is costing the UK up to £90bn a year in lost tax revenues
Economic damage since the 2016 Leave vote: UK’s GDP being 6-8% smaller than it could have been
The average Briton has seen a hit to GDP per head between £2,700 and £3,700
Brexit is costing the UK up to £90bn a year in lost tax revenues
Economic damage since the 2016 Leave vote: UK’s GDP being 6-8% smaller than it could have been
The average Briton has seen a hit to GDP per head between £2,700 and £3,700
November 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
New analysis this week from the House of Commons Library:
Brexit is costing the UK up to £90bn a year in lost tax revenues
Economic damage since the 2016 Leave vote: UK’s GDP being 6-8% smaller than it could have been
The average Briton has seen a hit to GDP per head between £2,700 and £3,700
Brexit is costing the UK up to £90bn a year in lost tax revenues
Economic damage since the 2016 Leave vote: UK’s GDP being 6-8% smaller than it could have been
The average Briton has seen a hit to GDP per head between £2,700 and £3,700
Three sharks are killed every second - Europe’s trade in shark meat is driving them toward extinction. Let’s ban shark products once and for all. Sign now! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...
Healthy oceans, safe future: stop the toxic shark trade
Three sharks are killed every second - Europe’s trade in shark meat is driving them toward extinction. Let’s ban shark products once and for all. Sign now!
action.wemove.eu
November 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Three sharks are killed every second - Europe’s trade in shark meat is driving them toward extinction. Let’s ban shark products once and for all. Sign now! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...
The plan to take jewellery from refugees is a new low for the Labour government. Reverse this inhumane policy. Sign the petition: r.ippl.es/refugees-jew...
Petition: Taking refugees’ jewellery: stop the cruelty
I’ve just signed to support this campaign – join me
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November 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The plan to take jewellery from refugees is a new low for the Labour government. Reverse this inhumane policy. Sign the petition: r.ippl.es/refugees-jew...
"As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children."
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November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children."
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🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up
'Protected minimum floor in Universal Credit: new policy targeting hardship'
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Protected minimum floor in Universal Credit: new policy targeting hardship
A new safety net in Universal Credit would limit hardship from debt deductions and the benefit cap, giving 130,000 people a lifeline out of poverty.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
'Protected minimum floor in Universal Credit: new policy targeting hardship'
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“The vagabond is by definition a suspect,” Daniel Nordman wrote in his 1998 book on how states came to monopolise free movement in the 17th & 18th centuries. And so it is today for migrants (like me), refugees (like my grandparents), asylum seekers and their descendants.
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Locked up and shut out
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November 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
“The vagabond is by definition a suspect,” Daniel Nordman wrote in his 1998 book on how states came to monopolise free movement in the 17th & 18th centuries. And so it is today for migrants (like me), refugees (like my grandparents), asylum seekers and their descendants.
support.opendemocracy.net
support.opendemocracy.net
New research published last month from the University of York and King's College London shows that income inequality physically reshapes children's brains - and this affects both rich and poor children alike. Equality Trust
October 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
New research published last month from the University of York and King's College London shows that income inequality physically reshapes children's brains - and this affects both rich and poor children alike. Equality Trust
We can't stop deforestation without the experts: Indigenous people. 💚
At #COP30, the UK govt has a chance to champion their rights, funding and legal protection.
Tell the UK climate minister: back the forest defenders. Sign our open letter. action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/def...
At #COP30, the UK govt has a chance to champion their rights, funding and legal protection.
Tell the UK climate minister: back the forest defenders. Sign our open letter. action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/def...
Demand UK support for Indigenous forest defenders at climate talks
Our world’s forests are under threat, worsening climate change, biodiversity loss and threatening vulnerable communities. This year’s UN climate talks – hosted in the Amazon – are our chance to act. W...
action.friendsoftheearth.uk
October 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
We can't stop deforestation without the experts: Indigenous people. 💚
At #COP30, the UK govt has a chance to champion their rights, funding and legal protection.
Tell the UK climate minister: back the forest defenders. Sign our open letter. action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/def...
At #COP30, the UK govt has a chance to champion their rights, funding and legal protection.
Tell the UK climate minister: back the forest defenders. Sign our open letter. action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/def...
Imagine your favourite beach crowded with oil rigs and spills 😢 I just signed a petition to stop drilling in the Baltic - let’s keep our seas clean and safe for wildlife, climate, and our future! 🌊💚 action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-10...
Keep the Baltic Sea clean and safe!
Imagine your favourite beach crowded with oil rigs and spills 😢 I just signed a petition to stop drilling in the Baltic - let’s keep our seas clean and safe for wildlife, climate, and our future! 🌊💚
action.wemove.eu
October 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Imagine your favourite beach crowded with oil rigs and spills 😢 I just signed a petition to stop drilling in the Baltic - let’s keep our seas clean and safe for wildlife, climate, and our future! 🌊💚 action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-10...
I just signed the campaign calling to ban politicians hosting shows on UK news channels.
October 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I just signed the campaign calling to ban politicians hosting shows on UK news channels.
Department of Defence becomes DoWar so should the Department of Justice become DoRevenge or DoInjustice? Answers on a postcard.
October 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Department of Defence becomes DoWar so should the Department of Justice become DoRevenge or DoInjustice? Answers on a postcard.