Syed Siddiqi

It was lovely to meet and have a chat with @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social during Leanne Mohamad's event last week in Ilford.

Our conversation left me feeling optimistic about the prospect of a left-wing coalition between the Independents and the Greens.

I also got to introduce my dad to JC!

A huge thank you to London Assembly Member @carolinerussell.bsky.social, who joined us as a guest speaker to listern to local residents, particularly the elderly, who have been negatively impacted by the changes to the “W” bus service.

United, we can bring positive change to our communities!

Teamwork makes the dream work!

Great public meeting in Wanstead yesterday with @greenparty.org.uk GLA member @carolinerussell.bsky.social who really listened to local people about the issues regarding buses w12,13 and 14. Standing room only!

Thank you for joining us in the sweltering heat. We were all ever so grateful.

Big group of people standing in dappled shade after public meeting campaigning to restore closed bus routes.

Map of Wanstead area with pale yellow post it notes indicating where people want to get to by bus. (GP, pharmacy, shops etc).

On a sweltering afternoon all these people turned up to share their stories about the impact of changes to local bus routes. I came home with pages of notes to distil and put to TfL.

Bus routes stitch communities together and changes in service interrupt people’s independence and daily routines.

Keir Starmer's 1,000 jobs pledge could take 20 years, GB Energy boss admits Labour hopes GB Energy will help workers move from oil and gas and has pledged 1,000 jobs for Aberdeen, where the initiative will be based.

Keir Starmer's 1,000 jobs pledge could take 20 years, GB Energy boss admits.

Can't say when the £300 promised customer saving will materialize.

Need industrial strategy.

Must boost the spending power of the bottom 50% for sustained economic growth.

Campaign group @ungripp.bsky.social is holding a drop-in session for MPs in Parliament this Wednesday, 15th Jan, where MPs can learn about IPP sentences.

If you are a Labour MP following me here please do come along

Lets work together to end this cruel & monumental injustice once & for all

Royal Mail fined £10.5m after missing delivery targets Royal Mail has been fined £10.5m for missing postal delivery targets.

Royal Mail has been fined £10.5m for missing postal delivery targets.

Regulator Ofcom said 74.7% of first class mail & 92.7% of second class was delivered on time in 2023/24

The targets were 93% & 98.5%

It is the second time Ofcom has fined Royal Mail since pandemic
news.sky.com/story/royal-...

Just to be clear: I won’t be having cosy chats with Nigel Farage — who named Enoch Powell his political hero, claimed he “would never say Powell was racist in any way” & allegedly marched through a Sussex village chanting Hitler Youth songs.

No thanks.

Elon Musk Admits X Is Making It Harder for People to Read News The world’s richest man has finally admitted he’s essentially censoring news articles on X.

It will probably come as no surprise to anyone to hear that Elon Musk has now admitted that X (formerly Twitter) is throttling link-based posts, essentially stifling news articles on the social media platform. Thankfully we now have @bsky.app

newrepublic.com/post/188794/...

Winter Fuel Payment: Pension credit applications rise but many rejected A big jump in pensioners applying for the means-tested benefit came after ministers limited winter fuel payments.

Applications for pension credit to enable UK pensioners to receive winter fuel payments increase by 150,000.

880,000 were eligible. 42,500 applicants successful. Thousands awaiting decision.

Thousands will lose WFP and sufferMany will die from cold.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Israeli media: Israel is plotting to colonise Gaza The Western media keeps covering up Israel's crimes - but if you read Israel's newspapers, there is a different story.

Israel is plotting to colonise Gaza.

This is all being openly discussed in the Israeli media.

It is a damning indictment that Israeli newspapers offer more details of what's actually happening than newspapers in, say, the US or UK.

New post 👇

www.owenjones.news/p/israeli-me...

Keir Starmer’s statement supporting the ICC’s decision to open war crimes cases against Vladimir Putin (17 March 2023)

It’s been 24 hours & neither Keir Starmer nor David Lammy have commented on the ICC’s decision to issue arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu & Yoav Gallant for war crimes & crimes against humanity.

Perhaps they could apply the same standards as the ones they outlined below:

ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas commander International Criminal Court judges say there are “reasonable grounds” they bore

The ICC arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant and Mohammed Deif make clear that to continue selling arms to Israel is to aid and abet war crimes. It is utterly indefensible.

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

As the ICC finally issues arrest warrants for Israel’s leaders, here’s a promise.

To those who helped facilitate Israel’s genocide - Western politicians, media outlets, and journalists:

We will not rest until you are held accountable for the crime you helped commit.

Following the ICC's arrest warrants, the Independent Alliance have written to the Prime Minister asking if he will comply with the ruling.

The UK government must decide: is it on the side of Israeli impunity or international law?