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An ageing but no longer unemployed campaigner and trade unionist with unfortunate penchants for horse racing and Everton FC.

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Joined June 2011
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Outside the Supreme Court, where the Palestine Action appeal hearing closed for the day, a man was arrested for saying, "In the UK, it's a crime to say, I support Palestine Action". Police reportedly said it was due to the length of the pause between "crime to say" and "I support.."
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As Labour Coalfields MPs we are seeking to expedite the transfer of the £1.2 Billion remaining in the MPS Reserve Fund to retired miners, however we note with contempt Reform UK’s attempt to hijack this issue for the sake of political point-scoring. 🙄 Full statement below:👇
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Goodnight 🌙
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We’ve had our keks pulled down with Barcola he’s not worth half what we paid! 🔴 #LFC
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The defeat in Texas stings for Musk, who relocated his residence and businesses out of California and into the Lone Star State to get a welcoming regulatory and political environment among Republicans Abbott and Paxton, both now defeated washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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Nancy Mace: I am not a bigot... I've said [El-Sayed] was jihad adjacent. Omar Baddar: There is a contradiction, is that he is simultaneously supposedly undercover a Muslim Brotherhood guy and also pro-trans rights and pro-choice. These things don't go together.
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The biggest benefits claimant in the UK. They claim an eye watering £17,500,000,000 a year. The same as 4.4m people on benefits. How? Because they claim ALL their costs, every wage, every oil rig, every tanker. Completely nationalised, but the profits are Privatised.
At what point do we stop focusing on who needs to pay more tax and start asking where all of our tax money is going.
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Palestine Action activists used similar tactics to the suffragettes, court told “Palestine Action never advocated for violence against the person and the home secretary has never advocated – and could not advocate – to the contrary." theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
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March 12 marks the day when Tigran Ohanyan and Mykyta Khanganov, two 16-year-old schoolboys from Berdiansk, first said “no” to the occupiers by tearing down a pole with the russian tricolor. It was the beginning of their heroic resistance. Later, the russian occupation authorities opened a case against them for “terrorism.” They were abducted, tortured, and held under constant pressure. On June 24, 2023, russian forces shot them dead in occupied Berdiansk. They didn’t give up. We will not forget. In 2025, they were posthumously awarded Ukraine’s Order of Freedom for their courage. 🇺🇦 Glory to the heroes! 🇺🇦
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This lady’s sign directly references the double standard in the Met’s enforcement of the controversial Palestine Action ban
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Today, we are challenging the legality of the Palestine Action ban in the Supreme Court, on the basis that it is disproportionate to free speech and the right to protest. You can watch it live from 10.30AM on the Supreme Court website: supremecourt.uk/
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Replying to @themichaelgiles
Make sure to refuse treatment from any "foreign" doctors and nurses and you probably won't need to worry about it for long
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Can you add your name to this? Posties are being tracked every minute of the day at work: the.organise.network/campaig…
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These pictures of Reform councillor George David Madgwick posing alongside Nigel Farage, Robert Jenrick, Suella Braverman, Zia Yusuf and Laila Cunningham were taken after his arrest. He has now been charged with 35 offences, including rape and offences involving indecent images of children. The question is why he was still being paraded alongside the party's most senior figures after his arrest?
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Highly sensitive issues happen regularly within and between progressive parties, especially on issues such as Palestine. But national parties dictating local politics from national and international issues doesn't help progressive politics in this country. Simply put, we have to trust local councils to figure out what is best for their places - not give edicts from the top down.
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NEW: Will County, Illinois, election officials confirm they received Pope Leo XIV’s ballot today, completing the historic first vote cast in a democratic election by a reigning pope in the Catholic Church’s 2,000-year history. Leo has said Catholics cannot be “unengaged spectators.” Over the past 18 months, he has clashed with the Trump administration over the Iran war, immigration raids, the death penalty, and climate change. thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope…
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Workers, customers and communities should have a stake in the businesses they depend on. That’s why we’re working to double the size of the co-operative economy. @AngelaRayner sets out how the Government’s new support for co-ops will help turn that commitment into reality.
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Palestinians harvest, settlers destroy; you don't burn the land you love.
A Christian Palestinian woman harvests olives in Taybeh, Palestine. “We cultivate the land, settlers destroy it. That is the difference. That is what you need to know.” Taybeh is the only remaining Christian village in the West Bank.
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