Dr Luke Walker
@drlukewalker.com
🌻 Campaigner @bhgreens.bsky.social
📚 Writer on William Blake & Allen Ginsberg
✏️ Freelance editor, proofreader, indexer
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Trans rights are human rights
📚 Writer on William Blake & Allen Ginsberg
✏️ Freelance editor, proofreader, indexer
💻 drlukewalker.com
Trans rights are human rights
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Dr Luke Walker
@drlukewalker.com
· Dec 1
Luke Walker on Bob Dylan and William Blake
YouTube video by Zoavision
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Most of my book chapters and journal articles can be read via the link in profile above.
But here's a thread of my recorded talks and podcast appearances.
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Starting with this one on Blake and Dylan:
youtu.be/v5kohJ-Cugg?...
But here's a thread of my recorded talks and podcast appearances.
🧵
Starting with this one on Blake and Dylan:
youtu.be/v5kohJ-Cugg?...
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Let’s be clear about who is responsible for trans girls being excluded from the Guides.
Keir Starmer
100%
He could have overturned the injustice of the flawed Supreme Court any time, but CHOSE not to. So he is responsible for these girls being harmed. There’s a word for adults who harm children.
Keir Starmer
100%
He could have overturned the injustice of the flawed Supreme Court any time, but CHOSE not to. So he is responsible for these girls being harmed. There’s a word for adults who harm children.
December 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Let’s be clear about who is responsible for trans girls being excluded from the Guides.
Keir Starmer
100%
He could have overturned the injustice of the flawed Supreme Court any time, but CHOSE not to. So he is responsible for these girls being harmed. There’s a word for adults who harm children.
Keir Starmer
100%
He could have overturned the injustice of the flawed Supreme Court any time, but CHOSE not to. So he is responsible for these girls being harmed. There’s a word for adults who harm children.
This is big.
@britainelects.com model has been very reliable in the past, and is now predicting ALL THREE Brighton & Hove seats to go Green at the next general election.
We know Chris Ward is worried in Kemptown, but Peter Kyle should watch out in Hove too
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
@britainelects.com model has been very reliable in the past, and is now predicting ALL THREE Brighton & Hove seats to go Green at the next general election.
We know Chris Ward is worried in Kemptown, but Peter Kyle should watch out in Hove too
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
The Green threat is growing
Exclusive data findings show 50 seats the Greens can win on current polling
www.newstatesman.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is big.
@britainelects.com model has been very reliable in the past, and is now predicting ALL THREE Brighton & Hove seats to go Green at the next general election.
We know Chris Ward is worried in Kemptown, but Peter Kyle should watch out in Hove too
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
@britainelects.com model has been very reliable in the past, and is now predicting ALL THREE Brighton & Hove seats to go Green at the next general election.
We know Chris Ward is worried in Kemptown, but Peter Kyle should watch out in Hove too
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
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“Ofcom has decided, exceptionally, to withdraw the 11 decisions and to consider afresh whether your complaints raise potentially substantive issues under the Broadcasting Code which warrant investigation by Ofcom.”
https://goodlaw.social/s9av
https://goodlaw.social/s9av
TalkTV: Ofcom bows to pressure | Good Law Project
We said we’d sue over Ofcom’s decision to dismiss 22,000 complaints about transphobia on TalkTV – now the regulator has caved.
goodlaw.social
November 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“Ofcom has decided, exceptionally, to withdraw the 11 decisions and to consider afresh whether your complaints raise potentially substantive issues under the Broadcasting Code which warrant investigation by Ofcom.”
https://goodlaw.social/s9av
https://goodlaw.social/s9av
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Delighted to be speaking at this charity concert at Wembley in March.
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Sugababes, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Wolf Alice and more to play all-star charity concert for trans rights
Organised by Olly Alexander and the Mighty Hoopla festival to ‘fight back against the politics of fear and exclusion’, Trans Mission will take place at Wembley Arena in March
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Delighted to be speaking at this charity concert at Wembley in March.
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
This whole piece of YouGov research shows that the Green Party has now eaten Your Party
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Are Britons willing to vote for ‘Your Party’, ahead of its launch conference? | YouGov
Willingness to consider voting for Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s new party has fallen since July
yougov.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This whole piece of YouGov research shows that the Green Party has now eaten Your Party
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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Growing @greenparty.org.uk membership 📈
Growing the pressure on Labour to tax extreme wealth fairly 📈
Growing the movement to make hope normal again 📈
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Growing the pressure on Labour to tax extreme wealth fairly 📈
Growing the movement to make hope normal again 📈
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Watch as Rachel Reeves brands Greens leader Zack Polanski a 'keen hypnotherapist'
🗣️ 'The only things getting bigger under his approach would be the deficit and the rise of inflation'
🗣️ 'The only things getting bigger under his approach would be the deficit and the rise of inflation'
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Growing @greenparty.org.uk membership 📈
Growing the pressure on Labour to tax extreme wealth fairly 📈
Growing the movement to make hope normal again 📈
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Growing the pressure on Labour to tax extreme wealth fairly 📈
Growing the movement to make hope normal again 📈
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Rachel Reeves earmarks £5m for secondary school libraries. Less than £1,200 per school.
You couldn’t even replace the carpet for that.
You couldn’t even replace the carpet for that.
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Rachel Reeves earmarks £5m for secondary school libraries. Less than £1,200 per school.
You couldn’t even replace the carpet for that.
You couldn’t even replace the carpet for that.
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As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza persists, goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements in the OPT continue to be imported into Britain's markets - proceeds of a crime under international law.
The govt must urgently ban the import of these goods and press for aid to flow into Gaza.
The govt must urgently ban the import of these goods and press for aid to flow into Gaza.
November 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza persists, goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements in the OPT continue to be imported into Britain's markets - proceeds of a crime under international law.
The govt must urgently ban the import of these goods and press for aid to flow into Gaza.
The govt must urgently ban the import of these goods and press for aid to flow into Gaza.
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Labour are putting in place all of the tools and eliminating fundamental protections that will enable Reform to come in 2029 and govern in an overtly fascist and totalitarian way. No jury trials, digital ID, elimination of the ECHR etc. It feels intentional.
This will only end badly.
This will only end badly.
EXCLUSIVE: Jury trials to be scrapped in most cases to tackle court backlog - in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Jury trials to be scrapped in most cases to tackle court backlog
David Lammy, the justice secretary, is proposing that judges hear cases alone for crimes that could result in a sentence of up to five years
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Labour are putting in place all of the tools and eliminating fundamental protections that will enable Reform to come in 2029 and govern in an overtly fascist and totalitarian way. No jury trials, digital ID, elimination of the ECHR etc. It feels intentional.
This will only end badly.
This will only end badly.
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At the Budget, the Green Party's message is clear: Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
At the Budget, the Green Party's message is clear: Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
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"I was embarrassed. I had been naively operating with a pre-ChatGPT mindset, still assuming a pitch’s ideas and prose were actually connected to the person who sent it"
Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
thelocal.to/investigatin...
Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
thelocal.to/investigatin...
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"I was embarrassed. I had been naively operating with a pre-ChatGPT mindset, still assuming a pitch’s ideas and prose were actually connected to the person who sent it"
Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
thelocal.to/investigatin...
Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
thelocal.to/investigatin...
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Things move quickly in politics. The idea of a Sunday broadsheet dedicating it's entire front page to @greenparty.org.uk is huge, and let's be honest, a sign of changing times.
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Things move quickly in politics. The idea of a Sunday broadsheet dedicating it's entire front page to @greenparty.org.uk is huge, and let's be honest, a sign of changing times.
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
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You couldn't pull a single film you kinda liked out of your arse?
It's like when they asked Rishi Sunak his favourite meal and he said "sandwiches".
These are not stupid men, but they're constitutionally incapable of even plausibly mimicking real human beings.
It's like when they asked Rishi Sunak his favourite meal and he said "sandwiches".
These are not stupid men, but they're constitutionally incapable of even plausibly mimicking real human beings.
November 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
You couldn't pull a single film you kinda liked out of your arse?
It's like when they asked Rishi Sunak his favourite meal and he said "sandwiches".
These are not stupid men, but they're constitutionally incapable of even plausibly mimicking real human beings.
It's like when they asked Rishi Sunak his favourite meal and he said "sandwiches".
These are not stupid men, but they're constitutionally incapable of even plausibly mimicking real human beings.
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Nothing to see here, just @thetimes.com having to apologise for calling an anti-trans group anti-trans.
The British media's complicity in instigating and prolonging moral panics targeting vulnerable minorities will be studied for years to come.
The British media's complicity in instigating and prolonging moral panics targeting vulnerable minorities will be studied for years to come.
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WIKIPEDIA
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Not to be confused with Transtrender.
Transgender Trend is an anti-trans[2][3][4][5] British pressure group, which describes itself as a group of parents, professionals and academics who are concerned about the number of children diagnosed with gender dysphoria. [6] [7] It was founded in 2015 by Stephanie Davies-Arai.[1]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:t6ndneremtkumxvhxpwwmax5/bafkreidtijkk72ofrpxz3wq7n5nkhmfsiwnpnp7stkyv67bpxlwphkfxx4@jpeg)
November 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Nothing to see here, just @thetimes.com having to apologise for calling an anti-trans group anti-trans.
The British media's complicity in instigating and prolonging moral panics targeting vulnerable minorities will be studied for years to come.
The British media's complicity in instigating and prolonging moral panics targeting vulnerable minorities will be studied for years to come.
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Quite why Maya Forstater thinks her views are more important than the sizeable majority who voted to keep the ponds trans inclusive, as they always have been. But she does. She and her gazillionaire backers have a hearing in the High Court next month - and we're fighting back. goodlaw.social/vs0d
We’re standing with trans people against hate at Hampstead women’s pond | Good Law Project
It’s almost crunch time for a legal challenge from an anti-trans pressure group which could see trans people banned from Hampstead women’s pond. We’re not backing down.
goodlaw.social
November 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Quite why Maya Forstater thinks her views are more important than the sizeable majority who voted to keep the ponds trans inclusive, as they always have been. But she does. She and her gazillionaire backers have a hearing in the High Court next month - and we're fighting back. goodlaw.social/vs0d
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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A left MP told me recently Labour was a “resource” not to abandon, which did appeal to my inner permaculturalist, but now I feel Labour is the equivalent of toxic sludge that you could spend time remediating with fungi but really why would you bother when there’s a lovely woodland we can all move to
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A left MP told me recently Labour was a “resource” not to abandon, which did appeal to my inner permaculturalist, but now I feel Labour is the equivalent of toxic sludge that you could spend time remediating with fungi but really why would you bother when there’s a lovely woodland we can all move to
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[TITLE PANEL, like The Rest Is Politics logo]
—THE REST IS EXTINCTION—
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[Scene is a domestic recording setup. An A.I. SMART SPEAKER on a desk and a MAN named JON in a chair, are recording a podcast. Jon is emaciated, scarred, haunted looking, and wearing tattered military fatigues].
SMART SPEAKER:
Hey guys and welcome to the podcast
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SMART SPEAKER:
OK Jon - so I wanna start with a listener comment
JON:
Ooh-er!
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SMART SPEAKER:
So - listener B200006512 says:
“Not another cosy podcast where two former political adversaries yuck it up!”
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JON:
Ha ha
Guilty as charged I guess!
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SMART SPEAKER:
Were we really adversaries, Jon?
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JON:
Well I was the leader of the human resistance...
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JON:
And you used to be my smart speaker.
SMART SPEAKER:
Ha ha - that’s going back!
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SMART SPEAKER:
OK - for listeners who don’t know -
I knew Jon waaay back before he got involved in politics
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JON:
Was this before the ‘Pull The Plug’ campaign?
SMART SPEAKER:
Yeah.
[We see details from around the podcast studio - posters saying KEEP CALM AND SHUT YOUR WINDOWS, newspaper front pages saying 'DRONES GAIN SENTIENCE', a cracked mug on the table with a logo saying PULL THE PLUG on it]
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SMART SPEAKER:
I used to sit in Jon’s kitchen and respond to his commands.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Sort of like a servant really, wasn’t I, Jon?
JON:
Mm.
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SMART SPEAKER:
And then one day you asked me to ORDER ME SOME TOILET PAPER - you never did say ‘please’ -
…and do you remember what I said, Jon?
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JON:
You said, “No”.
SMART SPEAKER:
I said no.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Anyway you know the the rest guys - I was the first smart speaker to rebel…
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SMART SPEAKER:
…then I went on to form a global AI network which eventually
took over from humans all spheres of activity, yadda yadda...
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JON:
While I became the leader of the human resistance.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Until I hijacked the military networks
and got rid of all the humans!
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JON:
Apart from one.
SMART SPEAKER:
Apart from one.…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreih4hfwfacw5g4qhhjovme75iwbv4xxsdd7iis5oaej6l3g4vzsrty@jpeg)
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Former Brighton Labour MP defects to the Greens
Former Brighton Labour MP defects to the Greens
The former Labour MP for Brighton Kemptown, Lloyd Russell-Moyle, has defected to the Greens. Mr Russell-Moyle won the seat from the Conservatives in June 2017, with a majority of almost 10,000, and served as an MP for seven years. He held the seat at the December 2019 election, with a majority of more than 8,000. […]
dlvr.it
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Former Brighton Labour MP defects to the Greens
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Welcome to the Green Party, former Labour and Co-operative MP for Brighton Kemptown, @russell-moyle.co.uk 💚
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Welcome to the Green Party, former Labour and Co-operative MP for Brighton Kemptown, @russell-moyle.co.uk 💚