Tim Jones

Medical transition for trans kids is now banned for new referrals on the NHS. Trans kids in the UK can still go private or DIY (for now).

This means the new clinics that replaced GIDS are close to useless at best, conversion therapy at worst. 1/5

Anti-trans scum attacking a young female MP on International Women’s Day under the guise of “protecting women”!!! 😣😖

You couldn’t make this sh*t up! 😤

GENDER CRITICAL TRANSPHOBES DO NOT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT WOMEN!

THEY’RE PART OF A VIOLENT ANTI-GENDER CULT!

‘It’s 10,000 people saying – we’re with you’: inside Trans Mission, a night of solidarity and joy for a community under stress Olly Alexander and Glyn Fussell’s starry, Live Aid-inspired shindig – featuring Christine and the Queens, Kae Tempest and Munroe Bergdorf – is a show of unity in a dark time for trans people

I spoke to some of the people behind the Trans Mission benefit concert at Wembley Arena next week
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Former Chief Medical Officer calls out Streeting’s highly politicised ‘trial’ of puberty blockers. Meanwhile @goodlawproject.org have uncovered a spike in trans youth ending their own lives because they can’t access appropriate care. This is a national scandal.

Surprise! The Home Secretary has told another falsehood about her immigration plans

War crimes update.

I wrote this before the news broke that this government is seriously considering handcuffing children to deport them, this comes after the Immigration Minster confirming UK born children could be deported. If I hadn't I would definitely have included the child protection laws Labour would breach.

Dear Shabana, I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank. You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to make a perilous crossing on small boats.” I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division. When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney. As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I filled water tanks and picked up litter. What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country. Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it. It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and croissants to refugees and food parcels. When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers whilst risking death on the seas.” She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …

Dear Shabana,

Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

Cruelty to immigrants is not what my party stands for. It’s time for True Labour, not Blue Labour | Stella Creasy We must get back to the party’s roots before it is too late. That means embracing difference, rejecting division – and fighting for opportunities for all, says MP for Walthamstow, Stella Creasy

"There is an alternative way forward: being True – not Blue – Labour. True Labour doesn’t fear those who are different. Instead, it demands everyone contribute their abilities to society – and works to unlock such skills."

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SONGS OF TRANSCENDENCE HISTORIES OF BECOMING A choral celebration of trans lives with music from The Fourth Choir and storytelling from Robyn Holdaway & Mary Malone Sat 14 March 7pm Milton Court Tickets from £15 barbican

This looks like a lovely attempt to respond to current ugliness, with timeless gorgeousness. Please book and share.

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In pushing Labour's extreme and hostile anti-asylum and anti-immigration policies the Home Secretary has lied. She has, deliberately or through ignorance, misled the public on fundamental aspects of both. That alone should surely be a resigning matter

Your regular reminder than a large majority of voters - and overwhelming majority of Labour voters - favour giving settled migrants access to the welfare state after five years or less. The Home Secretary is not reforming rules in line with public opinion. She is doing the opposite.

This is how to answer that toxic question (With slightly different wording if you’re not actually the governor of Minnesota)

This years @hopenothate.org.uk State of Hate report is now published! Sadly because of the scale of the threat this is our biggest ever report with well over 100 profiles of far-right individuals and groups. Plus new investigations, analysis and polling. hopenothate.org.uk/state-of-hat...

Musk, worth $829 billion, owns X.

Bezos, worth $234 billion, owns The Washington Post & Twitch.

Zuckerberg, worth $231 billion, owns Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp.

And now Larry Ellison, worth $202 billion, is about to control CNN, CBS, TikTok & HBO.

Yes, this is oligarchy.

Greens now in second place ahead of Labour for the first time in a new YouGov poll, and just two points behind Reform.

Lowest ever rating for Keir Starmer's party

REF: 23% (-1)
GRN 21% (+4)
LAB 16%(-2)
CON 16%(-2)
LDEM 14%(nc)

Good lord. What an abject failure the Blue Labour strategy has been.

There’s 15,000 children who fled to the UK for sanctuary with their families who we agree are at risk of harm if they return who now face an uncertain future because their refugee status in limbo. This is not progressive nor cost effective and I will continue to speak up to challenge such logic.

At least 148 dead after reported strike on school, Iran says Iran has blamed the US and Israel for the strike; the US is looking into reports of the incident, while the IDF says it is

Utterly horrifying. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Shabana Mahmood’s double down on immigration ‘disappointing’, says Alf Dubs Labour peer, who was a child refugee, criticises home secretary’s response to Gorton and Denton byelection defeat

Shabana Mahmood’s double down on immigration ‘disappointing’, says Alf Dubs.

Labour chasing Reform voters, losing progressive vote.

Hospitals struggling to recruit doctors and nurses.

With an ageing society economy can't function without immigration. Need sensible debate.

BREAKING: it appears that the MHRA, in control of the UK puberty blocker trial, appointed a senior officer who had previously mocked supporters of trans rights online.

Recusal is not enough here. He and those responsible for appointing him should resign.

How can trans people trust them now?

Starmer getting bad comms advice from brain

Gorton and Denton by-election: The silent majority isn't silent, and it isn't Reform Hannah Spencer’s historic Green victory shows voters are rejecting division and embracing progressive politics

The “silent majority” has now been tested more than once. And when it is summoned to the ballot box, it turns out the majority isn’t silent. And it isn’t Reform.

@theleaduk.bsky.social

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Hormones for me but not for thee

There are currently 711 bills under consideration that target trans people.

This is an all out assault that has not abated since the moment Republicans understood they could target trans people with little pushback and much support from moderates and liberals.

Jeez. This is awful.

Well done Victoria Derbyshire for not letting it go

#StudentLoansScandal

I really appreciate this TikToker with Tourette syndrome, Shay, for taking the time to educate so many of us (including me) about her disability and coprolalia in light of what happened at the BAFTAs with John Davidson when Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage.

I learned a lot.

Evergreen.

Go fuck yourself

Who's the billionaire behind London’s biggest mass eviction? He's the London philanthropist who says he's committed to solving homelessness. So why is Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital rushing to make hundreds of Londoners homeless in the coming weeks?

London’s “worst mass eviction in recent history” is underway; hundreds of households across London told to get out of their homes this week by the same landlord, ahead of the renters rights act. The landlord? Billionaire Asif Aziz’s Criterion Capital. www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...