Keir Starmer's PIP concessions aren't good news for anyone not yet disabled, because they will bear the price if and when they are. Labour should be ashamed if it falls for this. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06...

This is welcome and long overdue. MPs are now calling on the UK government to ban trawling and dredging in "Marine Protected Areas". It's outrageous that this wholescale destruction is permitted anywhere, let alone in these "reserves". It has to stop. committees.parliament.uk/publications...

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Pride month starts today 🏳️‍🌈

What a perfect day to tell brands that they can't call themselves LGBTQ+ allies and fund GB News.

Send them a clear message: back pride, not hate 👇
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Footage shared by the director of Gaza’s health ministry and verified by the Guardian showed the burnt, dismembered bodies of Najjar’s children being pulled from the rubble of their house near a petrol station as flames engulfed what remained of the family’s home. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

It’s the last day of #NoMeatMay! And this hot and humid day is an ideal time to remind you of the vast amount of freshwater used to produce meat and dairy! Save water, eat plants. 🌱

It’s almost the end of #NoMeatMay! But there’s just time to remind you that vast amounts of antibiotics are used in animal agriculture, driving resistance.

There are great #plantbased alternatives for all your favourite meaty meals. Try them all this #NoMeatMay!

You don’t need to eat meat to get iron! There are many plant based sources. #NoMeatMay

Where did the weekend go? We got behind in our #NoMeatMay facts - here’s a catch up!

We cannot compete with the vast sums JK Rowling has to spend on her war on a tiny minority and civil society organisations that want to promote inclusivity.

But @goodlawproject.bsky.social is the UK's biggest defender of trans rights. If you'd like to support our work there's a link in my bio.

It’s day 24 of #NoMeatMay! Protect the ocean & all the creatures that live there by leaving fish off your plate.

Your regular reminder that public ownership is popular in the UK. ⁠

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The notion we should learn from the United States - where people are getting swept up off the streets and imprisoned by the state for their politically inconvenient speech - might be the most absurd thing the Financial Times has ever published.

Never take seriously those who ridicule low income people for having a smartphone or laptop.

“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”

Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is unnecessary or a luxury, survive a month without it.

Oh boy. The recording of the debate I did with Jonathan Portes against Nadim Zahawi & Matthew Goodwin is up.

It got pretty nasty, but we won by a long way, which is nice.
@jdportes.bsky.social proving Goodwin was lying about OBR figures was a highlight for me 😅

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXbQ...

It’s day 23 of #NoMeatMay! Reduce your risk of food poisoning by switching to plants!

Oops we missed a day! Don’t miss out on these alternatives to fish & leave marine life in the sea! #NoMeatMay

Current proposals on welfare reform will increase levels of poverty among disabled households.

As part of the Disability Charities Consortium, we’ve written to Liz Kendall and Rachel Reeves to ask for a cross-governmental strategy to lift disabled people out of poverty.

NEW: Sure Start generated widespread, long-lasting benefits for children in education, health, absences, and SEND.

Every £1 of up-front spending on Sure Start could generate around £2 in total benefits over the long run.

THREAD on our new ‪@nuffieldfoundation.org‬-funded report:

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New analysis shows that lowering speeds on our roads is saving lives.

Every death on our roads is one too many. Slower speeds not only protect the most vulnerable, but help create safer streets. We’ll continue working to eliminate death & serious injury on the transport network.

To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars.

Even if those cars are electric.

And then there’s all the parking.

OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money and pollution.

Via UITPnews

This is how the likes of Matthew Goodwin gets “polling” not worth the name that tells you 80% of us supposedly want immigeation reduced by a factor of ten, or whatever other total nonsense he’s been sharing lately.

You can get polls to say almost anything. All depends on the question.

Powerlessness is a tide tonight.

It’s not rage, not even grief. Just a profound silence where action should be.

The house is quiet.
The world is burning.

And I am here, watching...
...useless.