Tony Bird
@tonybirdlondon.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 🇪🇺 ✅ Socialism and sequins. HIV+ he/him.
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Thirty years since my HIV diagnosis today.
Thirty years since I was rushed to hospital weighing seven and half stone (48 kilos) and told I had an AIDS defining illness and six months to live.
I was 28.
It's been a bloody long six months
Thirty years since I was rushed to hospital weighing seven and half stone (48 kilos) and told I had an AIDS defining illness and six months to live.
I was 28.
It's been a bloody long six months
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Rustaveli Avenue is absolutely packed tonight. One year of continuous, nationwide protests in Georgia against an illegitimate, pro-Russian regime.
🎥 Mo Se
🎥 Mo Se
November 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Rustaveli Avenue is absolutely packed tonight. One year of continuous, nationwide protests in Georgia against an illegitimate, pro-Russian regime.
🎥 Mo Se
🎥 Mo Se
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This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
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Denies it from his château in France.
Former Farage party MEP denies taking money from pro-Russian campaign www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Denies it from his château in France.
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I am speechless
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I am speechless
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An extraordinary thing, this.
A line up of stars performing at Wembley Arena to show their love and solidarity with the trans community and in aid of Good Law Project and Not A Phase.
Register now for tickets.
www.transmissionlive.uk
A line up of stars performing at Wembley Arena to show their love and solidarity with the trans community and in aid of Good Law Project and Not A Phase.
Register now for tickets.
www.transmissionlive.uk
Trans Mission - Wednesday 11th March
Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander team up for a Trans Mission: an all-star solidarity concert for the trans community at OVO Arena Wembley
www.transmissionlive.uk
November 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
An extraordinary thing, this.
A line up of stars performing at Wembley Arena to show their love and solidarity with the trans community and in aid of Good Law Project and Not A Phase.
Register now for tickets.
www.transmissionlive.uk
A line up of stars performing at Wembley Arena to show their love and solidarity with the trans community and in aid of Good Law Project and Not A Phase.
Register now for tickets.
www.transmissionlive.uk
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Come meet the author and find out the (rather more complex) historical reality behind Oscar winner The Favourite on the 3rd. Historic lesbians and stroppy women who refuse to be erased from the historical record ftw.
MEET THE AUTHOR EVENTS 📚
✨ 1 Dec, 7PM – Peter Tatchell & Robert Taylor
✨ 3 Dec, 7PM – Ophelia Field, interviewed by Lisa Power
✨ 6 Dec, 2PM – Sacha Coward, interviewed by Tanaka Mhishi
Book now outsavvy.com/organiser/queer-britain
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#queerbritain #lgbtq #queer #queerlondon #London
✨ 1 Dec, 7PM – Peter Tatchell & Robert Taylor
✨ 3 Dec, 7PM – Ophelia Field, interviewed by Lisa Power
✨ 6 Dec, 2PM – Sacha Coward, interviewed by Tanaka Mhishi
Book now outsavvy.com/organiser/queer-britain
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#queerbritain #lgbtq #queer #queerlondon #London
November 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Come meet the author and find out the (rather more complex) historical reality behind Oscar winner The Favourite on the 3rd. Historic lesbians and stroppy women who refuse to be erased from the historical record ftw.
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Is welfare spending ''out of control''?
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
buff.ly/s5mz97u
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
buff.ly/s5mz97u
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Is welfare spending ''out of control''?
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
buff.ly/s5mz97u
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
buff.ly/s5mz97u
I'm no expert - but this seems brilliant
"Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels."
www.forbes.com/sites/kensil...
"Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels."
www.forbes.com/sites/kensil...
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I'm no expert - but this seems brilliant
"Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels."
www.forbes.com/sites/kensil...
"Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels."
www.forbes.com/sites/kensil...
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Three weeks ago I marked nine years on Testosterone.
I didn't celebrate it then because I was in the middle of a multi-month battle to be allowed to stay on it, despite not producing my own hormones and simply wanting to remain on the exact prescription I'd had for nine years without any problems.
I didn't celebrate it then because I was in the middle of a multi-month battle to be allowed to stay on it, despite not producing my own hormones and simply wanting to remain on the exact prescription I'd had for nine years without any problems.
November 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Three weeks ago I marked nine years on Testosterone.
I didn't celebrate it then because I was in the middle of a multi-month battle to be allowed to stay on it, despite not producing my own hormones and simply wanting to remain on the exact prescription I'd had for nine years without any problems.
I didn't celebrate it then because I was in the middle of a multi-month battle to be allowed to stay on it, despite not producing my own hormones and simply wanting to remain on the exact prescription I'd had for nine years without any problems.
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Thank GOD for Andrew Fisher!! FINALLY we get to hear about Spain on #r4today
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Thank GOD for Andrew Fisher!! FINALLY we get to hear about Spain on #r4today
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
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1- I was absolutely sobbing reading this. I can vouch for every word said. I have read the notes, and I have witnessed what this family is going through. And to that amazing Mum and daughter, I am incredibly grateful to them for speaking up.
"Minutes leaked to North West Bylines confirm that NHSE has “no provision” to continue prescribing puberty blocking medicaction to U16 trans patients currenty at WellBN."
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
Is NHSE forcing young people to detransition?
The minutes of a meeting, leaked to NWBylines, strongly indicate NHSE does not want the prescribing of puberty blockers at WellBN to continue
northwestbylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
1- I was absolutely sobbing reading this. I can vouch for every word said. I have read the notes, and I have witnessed what this family is going through. And to that amazing Mum and daughter, I am incredibly grateful to them for speaking up.
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Ed isn't necessarily wrong here, but it's notable that Baron George Osborne of Gatley is missing from this circle.
That'll be because Ed served with him in the same government, and consistently toed the Tory line on austerity measures.
That'll be because Ed served with him in the same government, and consistently toed the Tory line on austerity measures.
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Ed isn't necessarily wrong here, but it's notable that Baron George Osborne of Gatley is missing from this circle.
That'll be because Ed served with him in the same government, and consistently toed the Tory line on austerity measures.
That'll be because Ed served with him in the same government, and consistently toed the Tory line on austerity measures.
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Somehow this got missed off the "Benefit Street" front pages today
70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
November 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Somehow this got missed off the "Benefit Street" front pages today
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Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
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As noted elsewhere: is somebody going to ask Michael Gove about this, or should we chuck it on top of the big pile of things Michael Gove doesn’t get asked about
November 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
As noted elsewhere: is somebody going to ask Michael Gove about this, or should we chuck it on top of the big pile of things Michael Gove doesn’t get asked about
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What is the ‘labour’ party?
November 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
What is the ‘labour’ party?
47 arrested outside the Ministry of Justice.
90 arrested in Tavistock Gardens Peace Garden.
60 outside the Home Office.
140 outside the Royal Courts of Justice.
These are just from the last week.
Over 2,500 arrested in total.
This is what Starmer, Cooper and Mahmood have done.
Do you feel safer?
90 arrested in Tavistock Gardens Peace Garden.
60 outside the Home Office.
140 outside the Royal Courts of Justice.
These are just from the last week.
Over 2,500 arrested in total.
This is what Starmer, Cooper and Mahmood have done.
Do you feel safer?
November 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
47 arrested outside the Ministry of Justice.
90 arrested in Tavistock Gardens Peace Garden.
60 outside the Home Office.
140 outside the Royal Courts of Justice.
These are just from the last week.
Over 2,500 arrested in total.
This is what Starmer, Cooper and Mahmood have done.
Do you feel safer?
90 arrested in Tavistock Gardens Peace Garden.
60 outside the Home Office.
140 outside the Royal Courts of Justice.
These are just from the last week.
Over 2,500 arrested in total.
This is what Starmer, Cooper and Mahmood have done.
Do you feel safer?
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Proud to be taking part in this. There are so many wonderful things by so many wonderful artists that you can bid for! For my part, I’m giving away a first edition copy of THIS QUEER ARAB FAMILY, signed by me.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Proud to be taking part in this. There are so many wonderful things by so many wonderful artists that you can bid for! For my part, I’m giving away a first edition copy of THIS QUEER ARAB FAMILY, signed by me.
Place your bids now! app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Place your bids now! app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
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Here on Bluesky, the image from our appeal campaign page got flagged as "adult content" so every time we link it we have to use this thumbnail instead.
Support the Vagina Museum in a world where billionaires censor education and art based on ideology www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
Support the Vagina Museum in a world where billionaires censor education and art based on ideology www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
November 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Here on Bluesky, the image from our appeal campaign page got flagged as "adult content" so every time we link it we have to use this thumbnail instead.
Support the Vagina Museum in a world where billionaires censor education and art based on ideology www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
Support the Vagina Museum in a world where billionaires censor education and art based on ideology www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
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On this day, Indigenous people and allies confront the settler-colonial narratives of “Thanksgiving,” observing it instead as a National Day of Mourning.
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
On this day, Indigenous people and allies confront the settler-colonial narratives of “Thanksgiving,” observing it instead as a National Day of Mourning.
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The tragic Hong Kong fire is still burning, yet 3 construction company executives have been arrested. Here in the UK, 8 years on from Grenfell - zero arrests.
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The tragic Hong Kong fire is still burning, yet 3 construction company executives have been arrested. Here in the UK, 8 years on from Grenfell - zero arrests.
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This house tax pretending is making me more insane than usual because as a renter I’ve had to move every 1-3 years just as standard because rents always rise. And no one cares. House owners get a tiny fraction of that precarity and suddenly it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This house tax pretending is making me more insane than usual because as a renter I’ve had to move every 1-3 years just as standard because rents always rise. And no one cares. House owners get a tiny fraction of that precarity and suddenly it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened
Paywall free version
archive.ph/wdhs5
archive.ph/wdhs5
Even Brexiters are beginning to acknowledge the damage Brexit has done to the economy, and Westminster needs to catch up. Facing reality is the first step towards repairing the harm and rebuilding a serious relationship with Europe.
We Brexiteers must acknowledge the costs of leaving Europe
Breaking free from the EU has undoubtedly deepened the UK’s malaise, and it’s no use denying it
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Paywall free version
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archive.ph/wdhs5
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Oh well done. People have finally worked out what fiscal drag is, but let’s applaud lifting the 2-child cap and ignore every thing else that is making people poorer.
Income tax threshold freeze will hit poorer households harder, experts say
Income tax threshold freeze will hit poorer households harder, experts say
Move will have greater impact on living standards of taxpayers in bottom half of income scale, thinktanks say
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Oh well done. People have finally worked out what fiscal drag is, but let’s applaud lifting the 2-child cap and ignore every thing else that is making people poorer.