Ellen Gibson

On the 7th May, millions of us will go out to vote in the UK’s biggest elections since 2024. This is the best chance we’ve got to turn the tide against the far right and elect candidates who stand for real change.

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Let’s elect hope this May.

I don't think calling the people who voted for the nice woman who thinks working hard should grant you a decent life unhinged extremists is going to work out brilliantly for Labour.

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Meme from the Simpsons of Principle Skinner saying 'Am I out of touch? No, it's the children who are wrong'

Entire British establishment today

Get in loser we're creating a nightmare scenario for the incumbent government

Has there ever been a more graceless and divisive concession?

Showing exactly why voters in Gorton and Denton rejected him tonight

HOPE WINS @greenpartyhan.bsky.social

People-power has sailed the Greens to victory. This is proof that when we get organised, we win.

A vision of a world where everyone can thrive is more powerful than the far right’s hatred and division.

And far more popular.

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Why everyone (who isn't Reform) should be hoping for a Green win in Gorton & Denton Tomorrow's by-election in Gorton & Denton will be huge - and everyone should be paying attention. If you can't be bothered to read on, what I will say up top is I think it's vital that the Greens win ...

Left it very late, but I finally wrote up my thoughts on tomorrow's Gorton & Denton by-election and why everyone should be hoping for a Green win.

It's a LinkedIn post (🤮) because I'm the only person on here without a Substack.

Read it here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-ev...

The untold story that is told constantly and isn’t really true

Don’t know how many more examples it’s going to take for people to realize that billionaires are an existential threat to democracy and its institutions.

Now that Israel has admitted the Gaza death toll is accurate, don’t let apologists move the goalposts | Ben Reiff Having rubbished the health ministry’s figures, they are now saying what matters is the civilian-to-militant ratio. See that for what it is, says Ben Reiff, deputy editor at +972

Now that Israel has admitted the Gaza death toll is accurate, don’t let apologists move the goalposts | Ben Reiff

Poll Shows Massive Participation in Minnesota Shutdown Against ICE 1 in four Minnesota voters took part in January 23 day of action, or had a loved one who did.

A new poll finds that 1 in 4 Minnesota voters took part in the Jan 23 shutdown against ICE, or have a loved one who did. Of those, 38% DID NOT WORK, either because they made the choice to stay out, or their workplaces closed. By me, @thomasbirm.bsky.social, @bloomekatz.bsky.social

Just started doing new data analysis and I know I keep saying this, but: I really, really don't think people appreciate how much this moral panic was a deliberate and extremely expensive invention.

Jenrick defection probably the dumbest thing he could have done. He could have been the top race science guy in the tory party, but now he's going to be a run-of-the-mill race science guy who needs to impress guys who believe a secret sect of Brown people control the traffic lights

Imagine having leaders who believe their job isn't running for office merely for the sake of having their name plate on a door but actually enacting an agenda.

It is happening with zero scrutiny. The government will not push back. The broadcasters will not interrogate. It is unbelievable how easily it is all sliding away.

BREAKING: We're outside Parliament with cross-party MPs ahead of #Budget2026 to ask - Rachel Reeves, why won't you tax their wealth?

If this govt refuses to tax the super-rich tomorrow they are making a huge mistake.

📢📢📢 Migrant Workers’ Rights – National Emergency Demonstration

📌Saturday 13 December, 12PM
📌Birmingham City Centre (Shabana Mahmood’s constituency)

Stand up for our neighbours - your salary DOES NOT define your contribution to the UK!!
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That's less than the number of votes won by the independent and Green candidates combined. Feels very doable!

Shabana Mahmood held her Birmingham seat by 3000 or so votes in 2024, by the way

BREAKING: 80+ young people are outside the Treasury right now to tell Rachel Reeves: make tax the super-rich PAY UP - or step down.

This Budget, it's time for Reeves to pick a side: us or the billionaires.

For wealth taxes to fund investment in a better future.

Plaid defeat Reform and push Labour to third place in Caerphilly. Best evidence yet that to beat Reform, you have to stop trying to be them (FAO Labour, Tories).

The fightback starts now - excited to push on to the May elections next year.

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💚 Plaid Cymru yn ENNILL Caerffili.

Llongyfarchiadau Lindsay Whittle - the new Member of the Senedd for Caerphilly.

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I am looking to get hold of a data set for the May 2026 elections detailing all the seats up for election and key data for each of them (e.g. who holds the seat currently) - across the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Sennedd and English councils

Any leads welcome!

A government that was interested in winning the next election (still years away, btw) should be spending its time aggressively trying to solve real problems - unaffordable living costs, vast wealth inequality, crap services, climate collapse.

Instead their strategy is basically this dril tweet:

Incredible research comprehensively busting the myth that is shaping much of Starmer's approach to government right now:
Labour voters are not switching to Reform, in fact they are headed to parties to Labour's left or simply don't know who to back. Labour's current strategy is doomed to fail.

The case being thrown out of court sheds light on the real motivation behind last summer's police operation - to prevent a peaceful protest camp from going ahead. The arrests on dodgy charges were an attempt to justify the operation legally - justification which has today melted away.

Case Thrown Out for Drax 15 After £3m Police Operation to Prevent Protest | Reclaim the Power Photos available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Rm8reO8VjQCNCK1HRRAPE6r6NEc8h3oy?usp=drive_link Spokespeople available on request, contact press@reclaimthepower.org.uk  The charges agai...

CASE DISMISSED 🥳
A victory for the right to protest and utter embarrassment for the police who spent £3 million on this operation while far-right riots raged.

I hope this makes the authorities think twice before pursuing draconian pre-emptive crackdowns.

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The entire centrist establishment writing fan fiction about how Kirk's life was dedicated to building bridges while assiduously ignoring the movement-wide conservative effort to incite a pogrom against trans people.