UNISON Merseytravel & LCRCA Branch

Stewart Lee
"If you're not sure which toilets the new laws allow you to use, shit in a bag and post it to Keir Starmer."

British.

‘Clear parallels’ with Windrush as UK-born toddler denied passport Campaigners say lessons not being learned as three-year-old’s mother is asked to prove right to free NHS treatment

This is not an anomaly - it’s an echo of the injustices we saw in Windrush.

A UK‑born child denied a British passport and asked to prove her right to NHS care is a stark reminder that UK policy still fails Caribbean communities and basic principles of equality.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Never forget - The European Convention on Human Rights exists to protect citizens from the excesses & abuses of their political leaders.

If any politician wants you to surrender that protection, they are not to be trusted.

Mass-murderers sharing a light-hearted moment, talking about the #genocide they committed.

#StopArmingIsrael
#SaveGaza
#FreePalestine
#StopFundingGenocide
#BDSNow

Hooray for Rylan!

He, and he alone, can save the little ladies (bless 'em) from misogyny!
🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

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Holly then shared 3 things we can all do, to support the campaign to get our pensions fund to #Divest & #StopFundingGenocide
🇵🇸 Come to the meeting on Thursday
🇵🇸 Sign the #Divestment petitions
🇵🇸 Protest at the Pensions Committee

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@pscupdates.bsky.social

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Our brilliant Co-Young Members Officer, Holly addressed the rally for #Palestine in #Liverpool today & spoke about the disgraceful refusal by Merseyside Pensions Fund to #StopFundingGenocide. ✊🏾🇵🇸

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Renewables Are a Global Economic Engine, Not a Culture War Threat Energy companies are learning this lesson faster than Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.

Renewables Are a Global Economic Engine, Not a Culture War Threat www.desmog.com/2025/09/29/r...

Migration is Britain’s superpower. Our future depends on embracing that truth, not denying it | Zack Polanski Labour has lost its nerve. At our party conference this weekend, we’re gathering to set things right, says Green party leader Zack Polanski

"I'm here to talk about what others won’t. To tell the truth about what makes our country great and what makes it not so great. While others thrive on creating scapegoats, I am here to tell you a different story."

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

All trade unions need to draw a line here; @uklabour.bsky.social must not assume that our support (and our money) will always be given, indefinitely and unconditionally.

Our thoughts and solidarity are with the victims, their families, the survivors and the wider Jewish community.

We must redouble our efforts to fight anti-Semitism and all forms of racism.

#StopFundingGenocide

Andy Burnham with 5 people from Patriotic Millionaires

Wonderful to meet with Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham today to discuss wealth inequality and how we can effectively tax wealth to address it. Huge thanks to the team involved.
@mayorofgm.bsky.social @stephenstroud.bsky.social

Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown.

Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.

Firm linked to Tory peer Michelle Mone must pay nearly £122m after it breached PPE contract A company linked to Tory peer Baroness Michelle Mone breached a government contract of nearly £122m to supply surgical gowns during the COVID-19 pandemic, the High Court has ruled.

BREAKING: A company linked to Tory peer Baroness Michelle Mone breached a government contract of nearly £122m to supply surgical gowns during the COVID-19 pandemic, the High Court has ruled.

The £121.9m sum must now be repaid by the company, PPE Medpro

news.sky.com/story/firm-l...

Israeli soldiers were filmed detaining two Palestinian children in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, while demanding to know their father’s whereabouts.

When a passerby intervened and urged their release because of their young age, a soldier replied, “I don’t care”.

“Fascism is a political system built on control, fear, and loyalty to a strong leader. Fascism attacks democracy.”

A quick primer on fascism and anti-fascism:

One thing I've learned from the Internet is that a lie needs 0% proof to be believed, but the truth requires thousands of pages of proof and still won't be believed.

What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?

Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.

It undermines police and the law.

It is beyond disgraceful that our pension fund invests in firms complicit in #genocide.

Please join us in #Liverpool to help us in our #divestment campaign.

#StopFundingGenocide
#StopArmingIsrael
#FreePalestine🇵🇸
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TransActual condemn Wes Streeting’s comments on trans people and hospital wards. In a letter sent to Wes Streeting today, TransActual have reiterated that anyone staying on a hospital ward should be treated with dignity and have their healthcare needs met. Streeting’s proposals are unworkable, discriminatory, a violation of human rights, and would almost certainly cause harm. Link to statement and letter in caption.

We condemn recent comments by Wes Streeting MP, about trans people on hospital wards. We've written to remind him that anyone staying on a hospital ward should be treated with dignity. His proposals are unworkable and would almost certainly cause harm.

Statement: transactual.org.uk/blog/2025/09...

Ok. They’ve pissed me off.

I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:

1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.

RMT fringe meeting at Labour Party Conference discussing if Labour is delivering on public transport, held Sunday 28 September at Hilton Hotel Liverpool.

Is Labour delivering on public transport?
RMT fringe meeting at Labour Party Conference
📢 Kim Johnson MP
Eddie Dempsey
Maryam Eslamdoust
Mick Whelan
Marcus Johns
📅 September 28, 2025
⏰ 12:30 - 2:00 pm

At our Branch Executive Committee meeting this morning, we agreed to nominate @andrea4gs.bsky.social as our candidate for UNISON General Secretary.✊🏾

Nigel Farage’s immigration plans have 'no basis in reality', says Rachel Reeves The mass deportation announcement comes following Tommy Robinson's anti-migrant rallies

Nigel Farage’s immigration plans have ‘no basis in reality’, says Rachel Reeves

www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/nig...

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