Thomas J Woodbury
@tomwoodbury.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer, University of Portsmouth. All views my own.
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Stop selling arms to Israel then.
September 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Stop selling arms to Israel then.
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In the sixth richest country on earth, no child should go hungry. Yet millions do - not because of scarcity, but because of political choices.
Thank you @ianbyrnemp.bsky.social for inviting me to speak about universal free school meals at the launch of the Right to Food Commission.
Thank you @ianbyrnemp.bsky.social for inviting me to speak about universal free school meals at the launch of the Right to Food Commission.
September 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
In the sixth richest country on earth, no child should go hungry. Yet millions do - not because of scarcity, but because of political choices.
Thank you @ianbyrnemp.bsky.social for inviting me to speak about universal free school meals at the launch of the Right to Food Commission.
Thank you @ianbyrnemp.bsky.social for inviting me to speak about universal free school meals at the launch of the Right to Food Commission.
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I’m a brown, Muslim man with a big beard
The people who come after me are the same people who come after trans people."
Wherever there’s discrimination, we stand together.
Wherever there’s marginalisation, we fight back together.
This is a shared struggle — and we rise by lifting each other up. 🌈✊🏽
The people who come after me are the same people who come after trans people."
Wherever there’s discrimination, we stand together.
Wherever there’s marginalisation, we fight back together.
This is a shared struggle — and we rise by lifting each other up. 🌈✊🏽
July 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I’m a brown, Muslim man with a big beard
The people who come after me are the same people who come after trans people."
Wherever there’s discrimination, we stand together.
Wherever there’s marginalisation, we fight back together.
This is a shared struggle — and we rise by lifting each other up. 🌈✊🏽
The people who come after me are the same people who come after trans people."
Wherever there’s discrimination, we stand together.
Wherever there’s marginalisation, we fight back together.
This is a shared struggle — and we rise by lifting each other up. 🌈✊🏽
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July 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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100,000 People Marched at London Trans+ Pride. The Transphobic UK Media Ignored It.
100,000 People Marched at London Trans+ Pride. The Transphobic UK Media Ignored It.
The UK’s biggest news outlets ignored a record-breaking march for trans equality, despite publishing dozens of trans stories each week.
medium.com
July 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
100,000 People Marched at London Trans+ Pride. The Transphobic UK Media Ignored It.
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We now have 300,000 people signed up and the establishment is clearly frightened.
Westminster is broken, but the real crisis is inequality: just fifty families now own more wealth than half the population.
Let’s change that together.
Join us: yourparty.uk
Westminster is broken, but the real crisis is inequality: just fifty families now own more wealth than half the population.
Let’s change that together.
Join us: yourparty.uk
July 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
We now have 300,000 people signed up and the establishment is clearly frightened.
Westminster is broken, but the real crisis is inequality: just fifty families now own more wealth than half the population.
Let’s change that together.
Join us: yourparty.uk
Westminster is broken, but the real crisis is inequality: just fifty families now own more wealth than half the population.
Let’s change that together.
Join us: yourparty.uk
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If you’re not ok with our government using a Nazi salute throwing fascist’s platform, please sign and share (needs to be this platform as Westminster and Scot Gov keep rejecting petitions on this) www.change.org/p/relocate-a...
Sign the Petition
Relocate All Official School and Government Accounts from Twitter/X
www.change.org
January 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
If you’re not ok with our government using a Nazi salute throwing fascist’s platform, please sign and share (needs to be this platform as Westminster and Scot Gov keep rejecting petitions on this) www.change.org/p/relocate-a...
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Private school run in south London linked to 27% rise in air pollution.
Rise caused by parents ferrying children in Range Rovers and SUVs, not using public transport.
The rich cause most of the carbon emissions, don't bear the social cost.
Tax the rich.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Rise caused by parents ferrying children in Range Rovers and SUVs, not using public transport.
The rich cause most of the carbon emissions, don't bear the social cost.
Tax the rich.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Private school run in south London linked to 27% rise in air pollution
Campaigners say pollution levels in street in Herne Hill were far higher when private schools were open
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Private school run in south London linked to 27% rise in air pollution.
Rise caused by parents ferrying children in Range Rovers and SUVs, not using public transport.
The rich cause most of the carbon emissions, don't bear the social cost.
Tax the rich.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Rise caused by parents ferrying children in Range Rovers and SUVs, not using public transport.
The rich cause most of the carbon emissions, don't bear the social cost.
Tax the rich.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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How's that appeasement of the far right going?
📊 Labour lead at 1pt
Westminster voting intention
LAB: 26% (-8)
REF: 25% (+11)
CON: 22% (-2)
LDEM: 14% (+2)
GRN: 8% (+2)
via @YouGov, 13 Jan
Chgs. w/ 2024 result
www.newstatesman.com/politics/pol...
Westminster voting intention
LAB: 26% (-8)
REF: 25% (+11)
CON: 22% (-2)
LDEM: 14% (+2)
GRN: 8% (+2)
via @YouGov, 13 Jan
Chgs. w/ 2024 result
www.newstatesman.com/politics/pol...
Is Farage winning the youth vote?
Beneath headline polls, the question is more complicated than it seems.
www.newstatesman.com
January 14, 2025 at 6:32 AM
How's that appeasement of the far right going?
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Slovakia signed a €530 million deal with Israel’s state-owned IAI company for MX Barak missiles, the largest arms deal between Israel and Slovakia in history.
This is immoral.
This is illegal.
This is stupid.
#MilitaryEmbargo
This is immoral.
This is illegal.
This is stupid.
#MilitaryEmbargo
January 13, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Slovakia signed a €530 million deal with Israel’s state-owned IAI company for MX Barak missiles, the largest arms deal between Israel and Slovakia in history.
This is immoral.
This is illegal.
This is stupid.
#MilitaryEmbargo
This is immoral.
This is illegal.
This is stupid.
#MilitaryEmbargo
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@theguardian.com was instrumental in spreading slander about @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social and - therefore - scuppering Labour's chances in 2019.
The Working & Middle Classes had to be brainwashed.
So, no wonder that the rag is enthusiastically joining *Stürmer's* "Labour" Party's March to the right.
The Working & Middle Classes had to be brainwashed.
So, no wonder that the rag is enthusiastically joining *Stürmer's* "Labour" Party's March to the right.
January 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
@theguardian.com was instrumental in spreading slander about @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social and - therefore - scuppering Labour's chances in 2019.
The Working & Middle Classes had to be brainwashed.
So, no wonder that the rag is enthusiastically joining *Stürmer's* "Labour" Party's March to the right.
The Working & Middle Classes had to be brainwashed.
So, no wonder that the rag is enthusiastically joining *Stürmer's* "Labour" Party's March to the right.
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We’re so far out of normal times. I’m nearly 50. I’ve seen a lot of bad governments and very bent politicians, but I’ve never seen anything as blatant as Streeting’s lies and open corruption.
But most people don’t see real news any more. Our news now is like Eastern Bloc media was when I was a kid.
But most people don’t see real news any more. Our news now is like Eastern Bloc media was when I was a kid.
January 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM
We’re so far out of normal times. I’m nearly 50. I’ve seen a lot of bad governments and very bent politicians, but I’ve never seen anything as blatant as Streeting’s lies and open corruption.
But most people don’t see real news any more. Our news now is like Eastern Bloc media was when I was a kid.
But most people don’t see real news any more. Our news now is like Eastern Bloc media was when I was a kid.
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How do you mark an anniversary of past mass atrocity crimes? How do you show respect for the victims?
Surely not by declaring you won’t arrest a man wanted for mass atrocity crimes today.
A deeply disrespectful move by Poland’s government here.
#Auschwitz80
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Surely not by declaring you won’t arrest a man wanted for mass atrocity crimes today.
A deeply disrespectful move by Poland’s government here.
#Auschwitz80
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Poland says Netanyahu won't be arrested if he attends Auschwitz event
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu will not be detained despite the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant. #EuropeNews
www.euronews.com
January 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
How do you mark an anniversary of past mass atrocity crimes? How do you show respect for the victims?
Surely not by declaring you won’t arrest a man wanted for mass atrocity crimes today.
A deeply disrespectful move by Poland’s government here.
#Auschwitz80
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Surely not by declaring you won’t arrest a man wanted for mass atrocity crimes today.
A deeply disrespectful move by Poland’s government here.
#Auschwitz80
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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MPs second jobs are institutionalised bribery. They should be banned.
Prime duty of MPs is to serve the people, not corporations or their bank accounts.
Preventing MPs from selling their souls to the highest bidder is a necessary step in democratising parliament
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/mps-...
Prime duty of MPs is to serve the people, not corporations or their bank accounts.
Preventing MPs from selling their souls to the highest bidder is a necessary step in democratising parliament
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/mps-...
MPs second jobs are institutionalised bribery. They should be banned.
'Preventing MPs from selling their souls to the highest bidder is a necessary step in democratising parliament.'
leftfootforward.org
January 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
MPs second jobs are institutionalised bribery. They should be banned.
Prime duty of MPs is to serve the people, not corporations or their bank accounts.
Preventing MPs from selling their souls to the highest bidder is a necessary step in democratising parliament
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/mps-...
Prime duty of MPs is to serve the people, not corporations or their bank accounts.
Preventing MPs from selling their souls to the highest bidder is a necessary step in democratising parliament
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/mps-...
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Fair bit of #SaintsFC, Spurs and other stuff here.
[Extremely Martin Tyler voice] And it’s live!
Juliet and Tom discuss feeling disillusioned with football, but also the joy that derives from kids enjoying their football.
Https://soundcloud.com/pro-revolution-soccer/out-on-the-left-why-do-we-need-a-socialist-analysis-of-football
Juliet and Tom discuss feeling disillusioned with football, but also the joy that derives from kids enjoying their football.
Https://soundcloud.com/pro-revolution-soccer/out-on-the-left-why-do-we-need-a-socialist-analysis-of-football
January 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Fair bit of #SaintsFC, Spurs and other stuff here.
Elon Musk is amplifying far-right figures, spreading harmful disinformation, and meddling in UK politics. Let’s stop billionaire interference—join me and sign this @hopenothate.org.uk petition today: secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/163807/...
Stop Billionaires Meddling in UK Politics ❌
Foreign billionaires like Elon Musk shouldn’t have the power to shape our democracy. Let’s change the law.
secure.hopenothate.org.uk
January 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Elon Musk is amplifying far-right figures, spreading harmful disinformation, and meddling in UK politics. Let’s stop billionaire interference—join me and sign this @hopenothate.org.uk petition today: secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/163807/...
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I know I’m a broken record, but the people who are hoarding the resources and infrastructure that could theoretically rebuild the planet are focusing on space colonies, bunkers, and shock collars. Earth is being abandoned by people who can afford to leave. www.theguardian.com/news/2022/se...
The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse
Tech billionaires are buying up luxurious bunkers to survive a societal collapse they helped create, but like everything they do, it has unintended consequences
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I know I’m a broken record, but the people who are hoarding the resources and infrastructure that could theoretically rebuild the planet are focusing on space colonies, bunkers, and shock collars. Earth is being abandoned by people who can afford to leave. www.theguardian.com/news/2022/se...
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This gang of sex abusers preyed on young children in Walsall, and got away with it for years. What could possibly explain the failure by Nigel Farage, Elon Musk and the Tories to call for a public inquiry about it?
January 9, 2025 at 7:49 AM
This gang of sex abusers preyed on young children in Walsall, and got away with it for years. What could possibly explain the failure by Nigel Farage, Elon Musk and the Tories to call for a public inquiry about it?
I just asked Chat GPT how I can survive late capitalism and it told me to get a side hustle.
January 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I just asked Chat GPT how I can survive late capitalism and it told me to get a side hustle.
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Former Tory home secretary Suella Braverman claims:
Italy has built a wall on its land border with Turkey. She went to see it. Drones patrol the wall leading to the number of migrants crossing to fall.
Problem: Two countries don't share a land border.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/sue...
Italy has built a wall on its land border with Turkey. She went to see it. Drones patrol the wall leading to the number of migrants crossing to fall.
Problem: Two countries don't share a land border.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/sue...
Suella Braverman claims she has seen the 'land border' between Italy and Turkey
Suella Braverman has baffled social media users after suggesting she has seen a "land border" between Italy and Turkey.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
January 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Former Tory home secretary Suella Braverman claims:
Italy has built a wall on its land border with Turkey. She went to see it. Drones patrol the wall leading to the number of migrants crossing to fall.
Problem: Two countries don't share a land border.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/sue...
Italy has built a wall on its land border with Turkey. She went to see it. Drones patrol the wall leading to the number of migrants crossing to fall.
Problem: Two countries don't share a land border.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/sue...
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Just thinking that the world truly did not deserve George Michael. What a man, what a voice. How much joy given in one life.
December 25, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Just thinking that the world truly did not deserve George Michael. What a man, what a voice. How much joy given in one life.
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If there is one thing the Labour leadership are resolutely, unshakably for, it’s crony capitalism. Their entire program rests on derisking BlackRock, et al, to somehow deliver ‘growth’ so they can escape the zero sum distributional politics inherent to our time.
One of the most inexplicable and politically inexcusable of Labour's manifold failings is their failure to draw dividing lines, to clearly elucidate what they are *against*.
If they are against disgusting crony capitalism, why don't they say so?
Even better, why not actually do something about it?
If they are against disgusting crony capitalism, why don't they say so?
Even better, why not actually do something about it?
Revealed: Thames Water diverted ‘cash for clean-ups’ to help pay bonuses www.theguardian.com/business/202...
December 25, 2024 at 9:28 AM
If there is one thing the Labour leadership are resolutely, unshakably for, it’s crony capitalism. Their entire program rests on derisking BlackRock, et al, to somehow deliver ‘growth’ so they can escape the zero sum distributional politics inherent to our time.