Workington lad. Socialist, now politically homeless.
Joined October 2021
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This was a truly outstanding speech. No notes as well 😮💨
An return to unashamed class politics is what will beat the far-right.
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Breaking: director of Corbyn's PJP registers new party: 'Arise'. Corbyn's favourite poem becomes name of new party after promise at weekend...
skwawkbox.org/2025/06/16/bre…
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Where to even start? A rank and file trade union movement needed now more than ever.
Thanks for all the messages 🙏
The New Deal for Workers campaign was founded and led by the CWU. At a time when society has never been more unequal the trade union movement pushing Labour to turn this campaign into a new Employment Rights Bill could not have been more important.
This honour is recognition of our unions work in this area and for the way we stand up for postal, telecom, financial services and tech workers across the UK. I joined the GPO as a telegram boy in 1976 and it is a privilege to now be the General Secretary of a Union that campaigns for our members in and out of the workplace.
We now need employers and the government to go even further in rebalancing workplaces and society. We will continue to lead this.
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Attended protest outside Iraq inquiry; Blair still unrepentent and obsessed with another war with Iran.
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Ignoring the overwhelming evidence from disability charities, poverty action groups & now Parliamentarians, is unconscionable. And for what?
Labour was never meant to be the party of cruelty & exclusion @JoshMacAlister
#TakingThePip #Whitehaven #Workington
Today the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Poverty and Inequality has published its report from its inquiry into the disproportionate impact of poverty and inequality on disabled people.
Read the full report here:
tinyurl.com/appg-poverty
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The coverage on @BBCNews of Israel and Gaza has been so appalling that it has effectively manufactured CONSENT for GENOCIDE - or at the very least manufactured SILENCE over the GENOCIDE
📢 NEW REPORT:
A year-long analysis of BBC coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza reveals a pattern of bias, double standards & silencing of Palestinian voices.
Despite 34x more Palestinian deaths, Israeli fatalities received 33x more coverage per death.
DOWNLOAD FULL REPORT HERE
📄 cfmm.org.uk/wp-content/uploa…
#BBCBias #Gaza @BBCNews
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This war criminal is training Israeli soldiers, selling weapons and sending spy flights to aid the holocaust in Gaza. Lammy belongs in jail.
I spoke to @Gideonsaar2 earlier. I expressed my concern for civilians in Israel and reiterated the UK's call for a de-escalation of tensions in the Middle East.
Now is the time for restraint, calm and a return to diplomacy.
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This is an outstanding and thorough examination of BBC coverage of the Gaza war. The BBC, an organisation I love and support, has serious and troubling questions to answer.
📢 NEW REPORT:
A year-long analysis of BBC coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza reveals a pattern of bias, double standards & silencing of Palestinian voices.
Despite 34x more Palestinian deaths, Israeli fatalities received 33x more coverage per death.
DOWNLOAD FULL REPORT HERE
📄 cfmm.org.uk/wp-content/uploa…
#BBCBias #Gaza @BBCNews
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If the UK government wants to defend Israel militarily, put it to a vote in Parliament.
Let the country see which MPs support a genocidal state.
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Reform’s rhetoric on women’s rights & a look towards the US tells us exactly why this is vital
“The urge for decriminalisation has increased as the risk of arrest has. It is estimated that more than 100 women have been prosecuted for a suspected abortion over the last decade.”
British women are being jailed and shamed under archaic abortion laws. After more than a century and a half, this week, MPs could vote to change that.
My col. on decriminalising abortion - and giving tens of millions of women a genuine right to choose. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Starmer's meant to tend to the needs of the nation, but he's a traitor who supports Zionism, without qualification.
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Starmer is bringing back PFI-like schemes for the NHS. It’s a really terrible idea - I’m writing about it today to let everyone know what we know so far 🚨
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FTAO @JoshMacAlister
Obvious that these cuts won’t deliver the projected savings
Promised new funding is totally insufficient for local health & social care services to cope with the impact
Your constituents will struggle, suffer or die
#WhitehavenWorkington #TakingThePip
The Government must reconsider rushing through measures looking for quick savings. Proposals that aimed to cut £18bn in disability benefits from 2016-2021 delivered just £800M in savings.
We estimate only 2% of savings will materialise in reality under plans.
inews.co.uk/news/politics/pi…
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Everyone deserves to know this info- I wonder if we could hit 1000 RTs…?
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Like having wall to wall appearances of Rose West,
for her side of the story.
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I am calling for a full, public, independent inquiry into the UK’s involvement in Gaza.
We deserve to know the full scale of our government’s complicity in genocide.