Protest & Survive

Reject plans for a mandatory BritCard (digital ID) Sir Keir Starmer is considering a mandatory digital ID scheme called “BritCard” that would make us all reliant on a digital pass to go about our daily lives. Mandatory digital IDs give the state enor...

The Government is planning to roll out mandatory digital ID. It’s invasive and could mean millions of people unable to go about their daily lives. Right now it's just an idea - we need to stop it becoming a reality. Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...

Gary Lineker just won best Presenter he was the only one to stand up for Palestine.

Well done Gary.

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Suspend Boris Johnson's taxpayer allowance I’ve just signed the petition to suspend Boris Johnson’s £115k ex-PM allowance until they’ve finished investigating his dodgy deals. Leaks show he was using his old office for private business, meetin...

I refuse to pay for Boris Johnson to get £115,000 a year to fuel his dodgy business empire. act.38degrees.org.uk/act/suspend-...

The welfare state and the entrapment of low-income creatives Welfare bias traps poor and disabled creatives, wasting talent and silencing voices that could enrich our culture and economy

There is "a fundamental problem at the heart of our welfare state; namely the apparent assumption that poor people are not creative and have no potential for anything other than unskilled labour, because creative ability is supposedly reserved for those who enjoy wealth and privilege"

Well said!

NHS to lose out on new drugs, pharma firm Novartis warns The claims from pharmaceutical giant Novartis comes amid a row over drug pricing deals.

NHS to lose out on new drugs, pharma firm warns.

Companies focused on profiteering, won't cut profit margins.

Firms acting as a cartel to protect common interests.

Many drugs help manage, rather than cure. Hence repeat customers, higher sales, NHS cost & profits.

Farage owns four homes:

Family home (£1M, retained after his divorce)
Two beachside homes in Kent (via his comp. Thorn In The Side Ltd)
One investment property in Surrey (rented out)

Radio silence from media about this but uproar about Angela Rayner’s two homes & ministerial home

#NigelFarage

‘We didn’t understand the goals of the war’: Israel’s inflated Hamas death toll shows lack of strategy in Gaza ‘War dashboard’ showing number of militants killed was objective in itself with no plan for how Gaza could be governed afterwards, say sources in elite Unit 8200

It is beyond time that every country should cease supplying Israel with arms & they should be subject to sanctions. This will not pan out well for Israel & rather than destroy Hamas, in the longer term it will strengthen them.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war Figures from classified IDF database listed 8,900 named fighters as dead or probably dead in May, as overall death toll reached 53,000

“Figures from a classified Israeli military intelligence database indicate five out of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza have been civilians. @

This is deliberate, indiscriminate slaughter. A war crime

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

UK falling behind EU on environmental rules amid post-Brexit rollback Exclusive: Labour ministers choosing to weaken green protections inherited from the bloc, analysis reveals

UK falling behind EU on environmental rules amid post-Brexit rollback.

Failure to protect rare creatures, clean up air/water, remove dangerous chemicals from products, making consumer products more recyclable, energy efficient.

Taking back control? No, handing it to corporations.

Reform UK deputy leader at Worcestershire County Council quits amid infighting ‘Reform are proving every day that they are not capable of running the council.’

Another Reform UK deputy leader has left their role after just three months

leftfootforward.org/2025/08/refo...

Reform UK .. Protecting women's rights ?? Don't make me laugh ..

How Spain put up wealth taxes - without chasing away the billionaires Amid calls for Rachel Reeves to bring in a new levy for the super-rich, Madrid offers lessons for policymakers

How Spain put up wealth taxes - without chasing away the billionaires.

Yet the 'don't tax the rich' brigade constantly scare people.

Wealth tax isn't just about revenued. It reduces inequalities, capacity of the rich to bribe, pollute, hijack democracy, hold governments to ransom.

Quote in photo: “The goal is to change politics forever. When we have a government abetting genocide and waging war on its own citizens, and a far right gearing up to enter Downing Street, we can't deny the urgency. So I am ready to give everything to this fight. That's what I owe to my community and to my class. Now's the moment.”

The new left party must be different: member-led, shaped by the people it serves, honouring and learning from the past, and building the future.

Me in the New Left Review: newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

Corbyn: Something is stirring all over the UK You can sign up to build a real alternative to poverty, inequality and war, says Jeremy Corbyn

We will never descend into the gutter of blaming minorities for the problems in our society.

It is the unity of all communities that can take on the rich and powerful — and win.

My piece for @islingtontrib.bsky.social.

www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/corb...

How we can fight back against the right-wing coup For a better future the power of corporations and wealthy elites must be curbed and reversed

'For a better future the power of corporations and wealthy elites must be curbed and reversed'

Israel murdered five al-Jazeera journalists, including Anas Al-Sharif.

They did so because they're now liquidating Gaza City, and want to silence the remaining witnesses.

To Western journalists silent about the slaughter of your colleagues:

Their blood is on your hands, too.

The people who brought you Brexit on a promise of ‘control’ now threaten civil unrest and frothing racism as govt policy…
For love of god can we just stop listening to anything they have to say. They represent nothing but inadequacy and failure. Surely our country can do better than this.

Fascism is here. We are not “getting closer” or “in danger of.”

This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over.

Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.

Sure, the facilitators of genocide run the British state.

They can use the state machinery to crush opponents of genocide.

They bet that no government will ever be elected which enforces the Genocide Convention, which criminalises complicity in genocide.

They'll lose this bet.

Nick Tenconi. Leader of UKIP, last Friday. I have intentionally slowed the clip to demonstrate exactly what he is doing, to avoid any confusion. This sort of thing has become more normalised in so-called Western democracies. Whilst demonstrating against genocide, can get you arrested.

It is 100 days since Reform took control of ten councils. In that time they have taken down one flag, refused diversity training, put a 19 year old in charge of a £2bn council and created a 'DOLGE' group that made false claims and achieved fuck all.

I support Hamas in its struggle for the Liberation of Palestine from Genocidal Zionist occupation, an armed struggle supported by international law.
#FreeGaza #FreePalestine
#PalestineWillBeFree 🍉
#FromTheRiverToTheSea

The Mail. TOP TORY'S FEARS FOR DAUGHTERS OVER BOAT MIGRANTS (I’m not transcribing the article… he talks about importing ‘medieval attitudes’ into our communities)

A total disgrace of a paper.
A total disgrace of a man.

I would worry for Jenrick’s daughters too, being brought up by a hate-mongering opportunist, driven mad by Tory failure and now desperate to whip up prejudice, division and social unrest in his vile pursuit of power.

On this Socialist Sunday, I eagerly wish for: 👇
Freedom, Happiness, Good Health for Everyone.
And I also wish (naively perhaps) for World Peace.
If you agree with me and my below principles;
Then let's be mutuals, as we're stronger together.
#SocialistSunday #Solidarity #Kinship 🫶💚🥰✌️

Happy Socialist Sunday

#SocialistSunday

Israel started this conflict with an unprovoked surprise attack, using diplomatic negotiations as cover, and just dropped bombs on a central Tehran apartment building killing more than 60 civilians according to Al Jazeera.

Trump Relishes Troops in American Streets While Shunning Conflict Overseas

“He has ordered more troops to Los Angeles and Washington than he currently has stationed in Syria and Iraq combined. He seems more willing at the moment to use the military against Americans than against Iranians.”

The story of today’s parade: Trump is a warmonger, but only against his own people.