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Keir Starmer and David Lammy are taking an extraordinarily dangerous gamble with our individual liberty This week, MPs will vote on the second reading of the Courts and Tribunals Bill. Don’t let the anodyne name fool you – this is one of the most revolutionary pieces of legislation in our…

NEW BLOGPOST: Keir Starmer and David Lammy are taking an extraordinarily dangerous gamble with our individual liberty

For any MP unsure of how to vote on the government’s proposals to restrict trial by jury.

Campaign seeks 50 objects to ‘take the heat’ out of Englishness debate Billy Bragg, Caroline Lucas and Kojo Koram among those encouraging people to share cultural artefacts

So pleased to support #AVeryEnglishChat - at a time of division, by bringing individuals & communities together to share their own reflections on national identity, we can discover far more compelling & inclusive stories of who we are & who we can be 👇

That would be the “immersive experience” I guess 😂. It’s quite amazing what people will believe, isn’t it!

A Facebook advert for Homeopathy UK's Celebration of Homeopathy. 'Join us for an inspiring evening of celebration, featuring High Tea, live music and an immersive experience not to be missed!' No thanks

Presumably this takes place in a swimming pool and they only let one person in at a time

Robert Rinder’s letter to all MPs regarding trial by jury.

Will this do?

Relentless sun and ruthless populists: how the climate crisis will change the next 20 years Former diplomat Arthur Snell says a heating planet is accelerating conflict and migration – and fostering a new age of empire. Democracies are dangerously unprepared, he warns

Genuinely an honour to have been interviewed by @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social of @theguardian.com about my new book. Which you can buy from @bookshop.org of course.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

ALT:

Is Unfinished Sympathy by Massive Attack one of the greatest songs ever? Yes, yes it is.

#TOTP

There’s an argument to be made that Massive Attack are the greatest band ever.

#TOTP

Yes!

Errr…

Heating oil prices have more than doubled in the UK since war broke out: that’s 4.5m people living off gas grid, no they haven’t all got Agas, and in places like Cumbria and Scottish islands that’s a lot of anxious pensioners. (Difference with post-Ukraine is oil as well as gas spiking this time)

Seems a bit early - risk of a late frost and all that. Or maybe he’s relying on global warming 🤔

Together we stand, divided we fall: 28 March. London. Be there. Full info: www.togetheralliance.org.uk

Cartoon of a panicked Nancy asking "what are we doing?" Strapline is "The Swedish Ernie Bushmiller Society"

Oh, that would be amazing!

🥳🎉🎊🎁🎂

Sod all, frankly.

🚨 Important research by @hopenothate.org.uk ⬇️

"What used to be a source of fragmented shouting has become a high-frequency and confrontational disinformation machine."

https://hopenothate.org.uk/state-of-hate-2026-tommy-robinson-network/

We could, I don’t know, build subsidised rented housing for our people? Radical idea but, you know, it worked rather well in the past…

Jennie Daly, chief executive of Taylor Wimpey, has warned that the absence of any support for first-time buyers means the government's 1.5 million new homes target looks "increasingly challenged" (Tom Howard writes). Daly said she wanted to build more homes but could not justify doing so unless there was more demand, particularly from first-time buyers. The developer said its output this year was unlikely to increase by much and it was targeting between 10,600 and 11,000 homes in 2026 compared with just under 10,600 in 2025. "That's really low growth and not what we want," Daly, 55, said. "We

Please underwrite my business model.

Can’t wait to read this!

Mad about policy, but extra especially mad because we’re all having more fun than they are too!

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Poster with a photo of a Red Rebel against a bright yellow background. The poster has the words: REBELLION! "It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion" Oscar Wilde, 1891 Exhibition 1 June to 31 August 2026 Newcastle City Library 33 New Bridge Street West Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8AX

The Rebellion! exhibition opens in June at Newcastle City Library and will be there for three months. It is an exploration of protest as an essential part of our cultural identity in the face of draconian anti-protest legislation.

War is peace. Truth is deception. Arse is elbow.

Goodnight and good luck.

It feels particularly horrible this is announced at a moment the government is getting set to to participate in a war that is threatening to massively escalate and destabilise not just the region but the global economy upending millions and millions of lives

Emma Monk always with the receipts.

#GortonAndDenton

“Walkable neighbourhoods aren’t scary, they’re convenient.”

“Car dependency isn’t freedom. Mobility freedom comes from Mobility Choices. #The UrbanTruth

“If we don’t build housing to solve homelessness, we don’t really want to solve homelessness.”

“Wait, we’re afraid of walkable distances now?”

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Author's own graph of the Gorton and Denton parliamentary election results in 2019, 2024, and 2026. It compares the progressive votes of Lib Dem, Labour, and Green with the right-wing votes of Conservatives and Reform. In 2024 it has a separate column for the Workers' Party. It highlights that the progressive vote has always been significantly higher than the right-wing vote.

And this is NOT an area where the Right does well

It has been a Labour area for decades

This by-election was a seismic shift from 2-party politics, with only 28% of the vote going to Labour or the Tories

But it wasn't some shocking win which MUST HAVE INVOLVED CHEATING for progressive parties
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While we're all distracted by Iran, Shabana Mahmood is continuing Labour's sprint Right...

In my over half a century on this Earth, I have never seen a British political party more determined to lose the next election.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Public support for US involvement *in the US* is like 20%. Christ knows what it is here. Maybe just him?