Martin Drewry

Beyond words!

Establishing participatory democracy - both within the party and the country as a whole - needs to be owned as one of the biggest priorities for Labour.

The current total disregard for it (deservedly) threatens the party's future.

These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share.

*one voice altered to disguise identity

The Labour Together scandal goes right to the heart of No 10 – Starmer has nowhere to hide | Peter Geoghegan He can sack who he wants to protect himself, but all roads currently lead back to the prime minister, says Peter Geoghegan of Democracy for Sale

Crucial article by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the dimensions of a major scandal. A public inquiry is essential.
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Watch: Jesse Jackson's life in civil rights, diplomacy, and politics The civil rights leader, who ran for president twice in the 1980s, leaves a lasting legacy.

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Jesse Jackson’s unapologetic progressivism was rebellion at its core Civil rights icon, who died Tuesday, shifted Black politics and leftist coalition-building from the sidecar of the Democratic party to the driver’s seat

Jesse Jackson’s unapologetic progressivism was rebellion at its core

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I have signed a joint letter to the Home Office opposing proposed changes to settlement rights, which is also backed by Unison General Secretary Andrea Egan, over 50 MPs, 21 Peers, and 33 civil society organisations. (1/2)

I am pleased the Government has done another u turn.

Attempting to cancel elections, on top of scrapping jury trials, mandatory ID cards, criminalising peaceful protest and harassment of journalists is part of a disturbing authoritarian trend of this caretaker Prime Minister.

The war on drugs or the war on the poor? : Peoples Dispatch If the goal is to end violence and economic dependence on coca cultivation, then the starting point should not be militarization or eradication, but the reconstruction of rural life.

peoplesdispatch.org/2026/02/14/t...

'Labour must confront the crisis of first past the post before it’s too late' - LabourList First past the post is fuelling distrust, fragmentation and instability. If Labour is serious about democratic renewal, it must lead the case for electoral reform now

Absolutely number 1 priority in my opinion.
Success in every other issue depends on it.

‘Labour must confront the crisis of first past the post before it’s too late’ labourlist.org/2026/02/labo...

Over 50 Academics Warn That Voting System Is Not Fit For Multi-Party Politics Dozens of academics have written to the government to warn that the current voting system risks producing distorted results on an 'unprecedented' s...

⚠️ Ministers must engage with UK voting system risks, say election experts

📈 Distortions of First Past the Post now “likely to be amplified to an unprecedented extent”

🧑‍🏫 50 leading academics warn the electoral system is “creating new risks for Britain”

Together Alliance TOGETHER is an alliance of over 120 civil society organisations united against the far right.

March for love, hope + unity with us on 28 March: togetheralliance.org.uk

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This image features a bright pink square overlaying a photo of a city street and a fire station. The text on the pink square is handwritten in black ink and reads: "That's why we're marching in London on March 28. Will you join us? @togetheralliance" Background Details: The background shows a modern, multi-story brick building with large windows. Below the building is a fire station with bright red bay doors; the word "LOVE" is visible on a yellow banner above one of the doors. In the foreground, there is an asphalt road with white traffic markings and a single dark car parked or driving by. The sky above is bright blue with light, wispy clouds.

There’s nothing soft about love.

Love is fierce.
Love is powerful.
Love is what this country needs to beat back division.

Because love is running towards. And we’re not turning back.
#Together #28March

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Book your transport. Invite your friends. Show up.

It’s time to show the far right who the real majority is.

Join us on 28 March, Central London.

#together #28march

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Ten ways to build a new narrative for humanitarianism Changing the narrative of an aid response system that is often blind to its inherent failings will be hard, but it is essential.

This really is fantastic!!

A brilliant read for anyone interested in international development or emergency response.

www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2026... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)

Keir Starmer Faces an Immediate Test of His Pledge to 'Crackdown on Cronyism' The Labour leader's decision to make restoring trust in public life the centre piece of his election campaign, raises questions about his own record

Seeing lots of commentary along the lines of 'no-one saw the Mandelson scandal coming', which just isn't true.

Some of us have been warning about it for years. Here's what I wrote two years ago bylinetimes.com/2024/01/04/k...

Together Alliance: Become a Co-Signatory The voices of division in our country are growing louder. But we can change things together. Together Alliance is mobilising and organising across the country to bring a message of hope over fear, pri...

I just took action with @theactionnetwork.bsky.social: Together Alliance: Become a Co-Signatory. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/togeth...

Zack Polanski pressures Wes Streeting over Palantir after Mandelson texts released ZACK Polanski has piled fresh pressure on Wes Streeting over Palantir’s NHS contracts after the Health Secretary’s newly-released text messages…

A £240m defence contract without tender.

Their fingerprints all over our health care data.

A meeting in the USA but without any minutes.

Everything around Palantir stinks.

www.thenational.scot/news/2584192...

Early Day Motion 2749: Public inquiry into Epstein links Motion text: That this House stands with Jeffrey Epstein’s victims whose relentless courage and pursuit of justice has led to the publication of the Epstein files; notes with concern the number of British public figures included in these files; recognises that child sexual abuse on this scale is likely to have involved not only those directly perpetrating the abuse but other individuals who were complicit in a number of ways, including by ignoring this abuse or covering for those perpetrating it; and urges the Government to set up an independent, statutory inquiry into the relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and British public figures and institutions, whether they had involvement in or awareness of his crimes, what action they took or failed to take, whether they assisted in covering up child sexual abuse, and if due diligence was undertaken in the case of any appointments to public roles.

We need an independent inquiry into the relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and British public figures and institutions, and whether they had involvement in or awareness of his crimes, assisted in covering up child sexual abuse, and if due diligence was done for appointments to public roles.

The UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is about to be thrown from office by his own party. Probably in the next 24hrs.

Not because he’s in the Epstein files, but because he hired someone who was.

That Trump remains President (largely unchallenged) will stain America’s global reputation for 100 years.

This one surprised me. I definitely expected a majority to want Starmer to go. That 51% though probably includes a fair number who are instinctively loyal to a incumbent Labour leader - hopefully doesn't mean they'd vote for someone similar in a leadership contest.

The daft thing is that with Proportional Representation there'd be no need for this self-destructive war within Labour. It could split into its component parts - left and right - and people could vote for what they wanted. It's only First-Past-the-Post that forces these irreconcilables together.

YouTube video by BBC Politics "Big mistake" | Barry Gardiner & Zack Polanski debate Starmer's handling of Mandelson scandal

Very statesman like from @ZackPolanski 👍
Good to see a LP MP Barry Gardiner not trying to play party politics, so rare from the LP.

"Big mistake" | Barry Gardiner & Zack Polanski debate Starmer's handling... youtu.be/Vk_QO6kFu1o?... via @YouTube

Sacking Morgan McSweeney won’t be enough to ease this sense of decline It was never meant to end this way!

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Barry Gardiner MP

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'Peter Mandelson's Fixing of Keir Starmer’s Visit to Spytech Firm Palantir Raises Serious Questions' Palantir was represented by a lobbying firm founded by Mandelson, Iain Overton and Max Colbert report

If Mandelson is being investigated for his Epstein connections, he must also be investigated for his Thiel connections, because they ran a joint fund when Mandelson fixed Starmer's visit to Palantir
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...

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#LUFC legend Eddie Gray talks about lunching with the Leeds boys, and Billy Bremner's love of Kit Kats on today's TSB podcast

Get Eddie's new book: Eddie Gray’s Leeds on our site now!

Ten ways to build a new narrative for humanitarianism Changing the narrative of an aid response system that is often blind to its inherent failings will be hard, but it is essential.

👏🏻👏🏻 Ten ways to build a new narrative... to replace the damaging and outdated 'aid' one: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2026... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social) @benphillips76.bsky.social

Yes, absolutely!

And the extent and power of Mandelson's networks actively undermining Corbyn - showing all he was up against - warrants some re-assessment of how skilled a leader Corbyn was too.

Mandelson’s malign influence runs right through the heart of this Government.

Not least in the govt’s NHS data deal with Palantir – a spy-tech firm co-founded by a man who thinks the NHS should be ‘ripped up.’

I've written to Wes Streeting urging him to ditch this dangerous deal.