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A graphic reading: Mainstream backs Lucy Powell. Members of Mainstream have voted by 82.2% to endorse Lucy Powell to be Labour’s next Deputy Leader. It shows the Mainstream logo against a red and pink background, with an image of a rose growing from a collection of houses, hills, solar panels and hospitals.

🗳️🌹Voting in the contest for Labour's next Deputy Leader opens today.

After winning 82.2% of the vote in a ballot of our members, Mainstream is endorsing @lucympowell.bsky.social.

We encourage those with a vote in this election to back Lucy. The contest closes on 23rd October.

The government insisted that the proscription of Palestine Action wasn’t about limiting pro-Palestinian protest, yet here they are with a measure transparently aimed at limiting pro-Palestinian protest. This is a political mess they have created for themselves with their own policies.

I remember an episode of River Cottage where Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall caught and cooked a carp after cleaning it in a bath #newsnight

We Can Make an Impact. Urge Danny Kruger to Resign for By-Election in East Wiltshire

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Lets hope so

@friebos.bsky.social As always… You have done a ’fucking brilliant job’ (technical term) … perfectly balanced (and I don’t mean ‘both sides-ism’) … proud to have been a subscriber since it was possible to b one … Thanks so much for your work

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And your name is … @labourlewis.bsky.social … and your chosen subject … the blooming obvious 👍

Get involved | Mainstream Labour Mainstream is the home for Labour’s radical realists - united by values, driven by change

To transform the country and take on the populist right, Labour must heed the voices of its radical realists - and build a principled, practical, popular left alternative.

Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.

www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved

Get involved | Mainstream Labour Mainstream is the home for Labour’s radical realists - united by values, driven by change

To transform the country and take on the populist right, Labour must heed the voices of its radical realists - and build a principled, practical, popular left alternative.

Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.

www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved

One year of this Labour government has already passed, with too many missteps and missed opportunities.

But we can turn the tide against the populist right and win in 2029.

Sign up here: www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved

Labour insiders form new centre-left network in bid to change party’s direction Exclusive: Andy Burnham-backed Mainstream group will inevitably influence looming deputy leadership contest

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Things are looking up

Tonight’s Newsnight reinforces my long held opinion that @billybragg.bsky.social is the greatest living Englishman.

Father Ted creator Graham Linehan arrested over posts on transgender issues Comedy writer intercepted by five armed officers at Heathrow after flying in from Arizona

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

It’s like a roll call of all the worst people in the world (with the possible exception of Dylan Moran)

Compass could not do any of the work we achieve without the support of our members.

They are the lifeblood of our movement. They don't wait for change - they make it.

But don't just take our word for it, take that of our members👇

Become a Compass member today: action.compassonline.org.uk

Done … BTW I have news 😎

Despite the awfulness of the world and the almost daily follies of our leaders, I still occasionally see things that give me hope. This is a particularly moving example.

UK’s 50 richest families hold more wealth than 50% of population, analysis finds Equality Trust says billionaires getting ‘ludicrously’ richer, with top two now wealthier than whole of 1990 rich list

In a single headline, the real source of most of what is wrong with this country. Any government that isn’t committed to changing this offers no real prospect of change for the better.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...

NEW EPISODE!

We have an absolute treat for you this week - a mammoth 90 minute episode all on the new left party!

Our Director Neal Lawson spoke to James Meadway (@meadwaj.bsky.social), Laura Parker and Alan Finlayson (@profafinlayson.bsky.social).

Wherever you get your podcasts!

YouTube video by Novara Media Far Right Agitators Inflame Tensions at Migrant Hotel Protest in London | Novara Reports

I don't usually post links to videos, but this by @novaramedia.com @rivkahbrown.bsky.social is really excellent reporting on the anti-migrant protests and counter-protests ... Nuanced and thoughtful, with really excellent voxpops ... The BBC should take note youtu.be/nysARBco82o?...

I was there too … right at the front … my first Glastonbury Festival

Compass Statement on the New Left Party The creation of a new left-wing party by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana provides a distinct political moment that should be utilised to its best extent.

The dramatic fragmentation of British politics has been a long time coming - and it's something Compass has been long preparing for.

Read our full statement on the creation of a new left party here ⬇️

www.compassonline.org.uk/compass-stat...

Our view on proposed changes to Labour's National Policy Forum, as reported by @labourlist.bsky.social 👇

labourlist.org/2025/07/labo...

🌹This week, pluralism and internal debate within the Labour Party took a hit.

Join Neal Lawson, @johnmct.bsky.social and Baroness Ruth Lister for a special live discussion of this week's events on Monday 21st July, 6pm.

Register now: actionnetwork.org/events/suspe...

Rachael Maskell has been doing brilliant work protecting the needs and well-being of disabled people and of other vulnerable members of our society.

She is one of the very best people in parliament.

Keir Starmer is out of his nasty, authoritarian little mind to suspend her.

Reinstate the Four Suspended Labour MPs The decision to suspend the whip from four MPs for opposing cuts to welfare payments for disabled people is wrong. Sign the petition to demand their reinstatement and a better future for Labour:

The decision to suspend the whip from four MPs for opposing cuts to welfare payments for disabled people is wrong - and has to be reversed.

Sign the petition to demand their reinstatement: actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...

Labour suspending four MPs for standing up for disabled people is obscene.

Compass for @theipaper.com.

🌹🗳️Today, one year since the election of the Labour government, we invite you to read our new paper - Reset: Winning a Decade of National Renewal.

Reset: Winning a Decade of National Renewal - Compass Published 2nd July 2025 It’s almost exactly one year since Labour won the general election with a huge majority. Today, […]

It's almost a year since Labour took charge for the first time since 2010.

But the excitement had dissipated and Reform are knocking at the door.

Read our latest paper: a starting point for a broader conversation about how and why Labour must reset👇

www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...

I support Palestine Action.
I hate all forms of violence.
I wish no harm on anyone.
I just want a kinder, fairer, greener world.
Apparently this makes me a terrorist.
But I am the opposite of a terrorist.