Councillor Minesh Parekh
@mineshparekh.bsky.social
🌹 Labour and Co-operative councillor for Crookes and Crosspool
🚩 eco-socialist
📍Sheffield
More active on Instagram.
mineshparekh.org.uk
🚩 eco-socialist
📍Sheffield
More active on Instagram.
mineshparekh.org.uk
Yesterday we were told that any moves against Starmer would make the bond markets lose confidence in the government.
Today borrowing costs have risen because Rachel Reeves' tax u-turn has spooked the markets.
Make decisions based on principle, not in relation to fiscal boogeymen.
Today borrowing costs have risen because Rachel Reeves' tax u-turn has spooked the markets.
Make decisions based on principle, not in relation to fiscal boogeymen.
November 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Yesterday we were told that any moves against Starmer would make the bond markets lose confidence in the government.
Today borrowing costs have risen because Rachel Reeves' tax u-turn has spooked the markets.
Make decisions based on principle, not in relation to fiscal boogeymen.
Today borrowing costs have risen because Rachel Reeves' tax u-turn has spooked the markets.
Make decisions based on principle, not in relation to fiscal boogeymen.
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"Local government is where socialist politics can make an immediate difference to our communities. Now is the time to get involved."
Labour Councillor @mineshparekh.bsky.social for Tribune on how Mamdani's win can inspire the Left.
Read here: tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/a-hundred-zohrans
Labour Councillor @mineshparekh.bsky.social for Tribune on how Mamdani's win can inspire the Left.
Read here: tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/a-hundred-zohrans
A Hundred Zohrans
Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory shows how socialist figures committed to a local radicalism can shift debate and win big. The British left can build a hundred figures like him — here’s how.
tribunemag.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"Local government is where socialist politics can make an immediate difference to our communities. Now is the time to get involved."
Labour Councillor @mineshparekh.bsky.social for Tribune on how Mamdani's win can inspire the Left.
Read here: tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/a-hundred-zohrans
Labour Councillor @mineshparekh.bsky.social for Tribune on how Mamdani's win can inspire the Left.
Read here: tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/a-hundred-zohrans
True remembrance lies in the actions we take to prevent all further wars.
With this global push towards rearmament, with relentless profits for arms companies, it's hard to feel any lessons have been learnt from those two awful wars.
It is only through peacemaking we can honour their sacrifice.
With this global push towards rearmament, with relentless profits for arms companies, it's hard to feel any lessons have been learnt from those two awful wars.
It is only through peacemaking we can honour their sacrifice.
November 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
True remembrance lies in the actions we take to prevent all further wars.
With this global push towards rearmament, with relentless profits for arms companies, it's hard to feel any lessons have been learnt from those two awful wars.
It is only through peacemaking we can honour their sacrifice.
With this global push towards rearmament, with relentless profits for arms companies, it's hard to feel any lessons have been learnt from those two awful wars.
It is only through peacemaking we can honour their sacrifice.
Many in S10 and across our city are without water due to a burst water main.
This - and our hosepipe ban - are because Yorkshire Water fail to maintain our infrastructure.
Last year they:
❌ Lost 95 billion litres to leaks
❌ Dumped sewage 68,000+ times
✅ Nationalisation
This - and our hosepipe ban - are because Yorkshire Water fail to maintain our infrastructure.
Last year they:
❌ Lost 95 billion litres to leaks
❌ Dumped sewage 68,000+ times
✅ Nationalisation
October 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Many in S10 and across our city are without water due to a burst water main.
This - and our hosepipe ban - are because Yorkshire Water fail to maintain our infrastructure.
Last year they:
❌ Lost 95 billion litres to leaks
❌ Dumped sewage 68,000+ times
✅ Nationalisation
This - and our hosepipe ban - are because Yorkshire Water fail to maintain our infrastructure.
Last year they:
❌ Lost 95 billion litres to leaks
❌ Dumped sewage 68,000+ times
✅ Nationalisation
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Labour's Deputy Leadership election isn't a battle for the party's soul - it's a battle for democracy, writes Ash Taylor and Minesh Parekh.
www.compassonline.org.uk/labours-depu...
www.compassonline.org.uk/labours-depu...
Labour's Deputy Leadership Election is a Battle for Democracy
More than the soul of the party is on the line, write Ash Taylor and Minesh Parekh.
www.compassonline.org.uk
October 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Labour's Deputy Leadership election isn't a battle for the party's soul - it's a battle for democracy, writes Ash Taylor and Minesh Parekh.
www.compassonline.org.uk/labours-depu...
www.compassonline.org.uk/labours-depu...
There wouldn't be repeated protests if the government would stop arming Israel, end diplomatic and trade links, and apply all possible pressure to make the genocide stop.
October 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
There wouldn't be repeated protests if the government would stop arming Israel, end diplomatic and trade links, and apply all possible pressure to make the genocide stop.
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Really important interview with @mineshparekh.bsky.social by local democracy reporter Julia Armstrong in The Star.
The Facebook comments on @thestar.co.uk and Sheffield Online are an absolute cesspit of racism and hatred.
They either need to police them much better or else shut them down for good.
The Facebook comments on @thestar.co.uk and Sheffield Online are an absolute cesspit of racism and hatred.
They either need to police them much better or else shut them down for good.
Sheffield councillor speaks out about racism directed at him and colleagues on social media
A Sheffield councillor says that there has been a recent “sharp rise” in online racist comments directed to himself and colleagues.
www.thestar.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Really important interview with @mineshparekh.bsky.social by local democracy reporter Julia Armstrong in The Star.
The Facebook comments on @thestar.co.uk and Sheffield Online are an absolute cesspit of racism and hatred.
They either need to police them much better or else shut them down for good.
The Facebook comments on @thestar.co.uk and Sheffield Online are an absolute cesspit of racism and hatred.
They either need to police them much better or else shut them down for good.
Over 30 emergency motions on Gaza have been tabled at Labour Party Conference #Lab25.
That is the highest number ever to be tabled in our party's history.
We must end arms sales and diplomatic links, and use every available lever to force the genocide to end.
That is the highest number ever to be tabled in our party's history.
We must end arms sales and diplomatic links, and use every available lever to force the genocide to end.
September 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Over 30 emergency motions on Gaza have been tabled at Labour Party Conference #Lab25.
That is the highest number ever to be tabled in our party's history.
We must end arms sales and diplomatic links, and use every available lever to force the genocide to end.
That is the highest number ever to be tabled in our party's history.
We must end arms sales and diplomatic links, and use every available lever to force the genocide to end.
When has immigration been ignored? It has been a constant over the last decade, from "Controls on Immigration" mugs to "island of strangers".
This isn’t ‘a choice between decency and division’. This is playing into division.
The party of Keir Hardy and Clem Attlee deserves better.
This isn’t ‘a choice between decency and division’. This is playing into division.
The party of Keir Hardy and Clem Attlee deserves better.
September 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
When has immigration been ignored? It has been a constant over the last decade, from "Controls on Immigration" mugs to "island of strangers".
This isn’t ‘a choice between decency and division’. This is playing into division.
The party of Keir Hardy and Clem Attlee deserves better.
This isn’t ‘a choice between decency and division’. This is playing into division.
The party of Keir Hardy and Clem Attlee deserves better.
You can't have a "progressive fightback" without countering anti-migrant hate.
Anti-immigration legislation and rhetoric legitimises racism and emboldens the far-right.
The government must scrap its Border Security, Immigration and Asylum Bill.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Anti-immigration legislation and rhetoric legitimises racism and emboldens the far-right.
The government must scrap its Border Security, Immigration and Asylum Bill.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Keir Starmer to launch progressive fightback against ‘decline and division’ fuelled by far right
Prime minister expected to warn UK is ‘at a crossroads’ as he sets out plan to counter Nigel Farage and Reform
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM
You can't have a "progressive fightback" without countering anti-migrant hate.
Anti-immigration legislation and rhetoric legitimises racism and emboldens the far-right.
The government must scrap its Border Security, Immigration and Asylum Bill.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Anti-immigration legislation and rhetoric legitimises racism and emboldens the far-right.
The government must scrap its Border Security, Immigration and Asylum Bill.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Keir Starmer's Director of Strategy Paul Ovenden has resigned over some awful misogynistic comments.
Peter Mandelson was sacked far too late, and it appears the Prime Minister had full knowledge of his links to Epstein when appointed.
The culture in No 10 is rotten. Root and branch change needed.
Peter Mandelson was sacked far too late, and it appears the Prime Minister had full knowledge of his links to Epstein when appointed.
The culture in No 10 is rotten. Root and branch change needed.
September 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Keir Starmer's Director of Strategy Paul Ovenden has resigned over some awful misogynistic comments.
Peter Mandelson was sacked far too late, and it appears the Prime Minister had full knowledge of his links to Epstein when appointed.
The culture in No 10 is rotten. Root and branch change needed.
Peter Mandelson was sacked far too late, and it appears the Prime Minister had full knowledge of his links to Epstein when appointed.
The culture in No 10 is rotten. Root and branch change needed.
Two men raped a Sikh woman and told her to 'get out' of this country.
This is what happens when racism is legitimised by our politicians and press. Demonisation leads to dehumanisation, normalising racist sexual violence.
We must move back away from the language of "island of strangers".
This is what happens when racism is legitimised by our politicians and press. Demonisation leads to dehumanisation, normalising racist sexual violence.
We must move back away from the language of "island of strangers".
September 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Two men raped a Sikh woman and told her to 'get out' of this country.
This is what happens when racism is legitimised by our politicians and press. Demonisation leads to dehumanisation, normalising racist sexual violence.
We must move back away from the language of "island of strangers".
This is what happens when racism is legitimised by our politicians and press. Demonisation leads to dehumanisation, normalising racist sexual violence.
We must move back away from the language of "island of strangers".
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✍️ Corporate whitewashing can’t cover up Yorkshire Water’s failure
Yorkshire Water courts councillors with PR invites while facing backlash over sewage spills, leaks, hosepipe bans and million-pound payouts
By Cllr Minesh Parekh
(Cartoon by @sdupp.bsky.social)
@mineshparekh.bsky.social
Yorkshire Water courts councillors with PR invites while facing backlash over sewage spills, leaks, hosepipe bans and million-pound payouts
By Cllr Minesh Parekh
(Cartoon by @sdupp.bsky.social)
@mineshparekh.bsky.social
Corporate whitewashing can’t cover up Yorkshire Water’s failure
Yorkshire Water courts councillors with PR invites while facing backlash over sewage spills, leaks, hosepipe bans and million-pound payouts
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
August 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
✍️ Corporate whitewashing can’t cover up Yorkshire Water’s failure
Yorkshire Water courts councillors with PR invites while facing backlash over sewage spills, leaks, hosepipe bans and million-pound payouts
By Cllr Minesh Parekh
(Cartoon by @sdupp.bsky.social)
@mineshparekh.bsky.social
Yorkshire Water courts councillors with PR invites while facing backlash over sewage spills, leaks, hosepipe bans and million-pound payouts
By Cllr Minesh Parekh
(Cartoon by @sdupp.bsky.social)
@mineshparekh.bsky.social
As the Autumn Budget approaches, it's time to consider a range of methods to tax wealth.
A 2% levy on Premier League transfer fees could generate millions to support local authorities.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/prem...
A 2% levy on Premier League transfer fees could generate millions to support local authorities.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/prem...
How a levy on Premier League transfers could save cash-strapped councils
The chancellor should consider introducing a 2% levy on Premier League player transfers over £10 million to help rebuild our economy.
www.bigissue.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
As the Autumn Budget approaches, it's time to consider a range of methods to tax wealth.
A 2% levy on Premier League transfer fees could generate millions to support local authorities.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/prem...
A 2% levy on Premier League transfer fees could generate millions to support local authorities.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/prem...
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How a levy on Premier League transfers could save cash-strapped councils
The chancellor should consider introducing a 2% levy on Premier League player transfers over £10 million to help rebuild our economy.
www.bigissue.com
August 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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"It is not enough for Sheffield to say it stands for peace. It must prove it, and it must do so in deeds as well as words"
Writing exclusively for Now Then, three #Sheffield #Labour councillors call for an end to the city's involvement with the international arms trade ✍️
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Writing exclusively for Now Then, three #Sheffield #Labour councillors call for an end to the city's involvement with the international arms trade ✍️
@mineshparekh.bsky.social
Sheffield can’t call for peace whilst hosting the infrastructure of war
Writing exclusively for Now Then, three Sheffield Labour councillors call for an end to the city’s complicity with the international weapons trade.
nowthenmagazine.com
June 19, 2025 at 9:40 AM
"It is not enough for Sheffield to say it stands for peace. It must prove it, and it must do so in deeds as well as words"
Writing exclusively for Now Then, three #Sheffield #Labour councillors call for an end to the city's involvement with the international arms trade ✍️
@mineshparekh.bsky.social
Writing exclusively for Now Then, three #Sheffield #Labour councillors call for an end to the city's involvement with the international arms trade ✍️
@mineshparekh.bsky.social
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"These new powers offer a genuine shift of power, agency and control to local people over the places in which they live. We’re so excited about them in Sheffield, because they align with a key value of ours: to devolve power downwards."
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June 13, 2025 at 10:29 AM
"These new powers offer a genuine shift of power, agency and control to local people over the places in which they live. We’re so excited about them in Sheffield, because they align with a key value of ours: to devolve power downwards."
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