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my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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We need to be very clear about this.
Rising Christian nationalism is a threat to us all.
humanists.uk/2025/09/17/r...
Rising Christian nationalism is a threat to us all.
humanists.uk/2025/09/17/r...
Rising Christian nationalism: a threat to us all
Scenes on Saturday of Christian preachers denouncing ‘Secular Humanism’ from the main stage of Tommy Robinson’s radical right Unite the Kingdom rally in London may have been surprising to see on the s...
humanists.uk
September 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
We need to be very clear about this.
Rising Christian nationalism is a threat to us all.
humanists.uk/2025/09/17/r...
Rising Christian nationalism is a threat to us all.
humanists.uk/2025/09/17/r...
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“The dense interconnectedness of the human family… means that in terms of our biology, there are no different races. We can all claim ancestry from across the world. Nevertheless, our politics is obsessed with distinctions based on national identity…” Gaia’s article more relevant than ever:
Something I wrote a year ago that’s infuriatingly relevant
Leaders should finally tell us the truth about migration: it’s here for good | Gaia Vince
It’s time to resist the right’s narrative of immigration as aberration. Nations thrive on it – and they always have done, says author Gaia Vince
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:47 AM
“The dense interconnectedness of the human family… means that in terms of our biology, there are no different races. We can all claim ancestry from across the world. Nevertheless, our politics is obsessed with distinctions based on national identity…” Gaia’s article more relevant than ever:
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Israel's again bombed a hospital in Gaza.
I'm sick of the empty statements from so many governments including our own.
They must hit Israel with the toughest sanctions possible to end the Genocide
▪️Sanction Israel’s economy
▪️Sanction Israel’s leaders
▪️End all arms sales now
I'm sick of the empty statements from so many governments including our own.
They must hit Israel with the toughest sanctions possible to end the Genocide
▪️Sanction Israel’s economy
▪️Sanction Israel’s leaders
▪️End all arms sales now
August 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Israel's again bombed a hospital in Gaza.
I'm sick of the empty statements from so many governments including our own.
They must hit Israel with the toughest sanctions possible to end the Genocide
▪️Sanction Israel’s economy
▪️Sanction Israel’s leaders
▪️End all arms sales now
I'm sick of the empty statements from so many governments including our own.
They must hit Israel with the toughest sanctions possible to end the Genocide
▪️Sanction Israel’s economy
▪️Sanction Israel’s leaders
▪️End all arms sales now
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PETERLOO COMMEMORATION 2025
Saturday 16 August, 1pm
We'll meet at the Peterloo Memorial in front of Manchester Central for the reading of the names of those who died in 1819.
Bring flowers if you can, especially if you've got some from a garden!
There are two other Peterloo events on 16 August:
Saturday 16 August, 1pm
We'll meet at the Peterloo Memorial in front of Manchester Central for the reading of the names of those who died in 1819.
Bring flowers if you can, especially if you've got some from a garden!
There are two other Peterloo events on 16 August:
August 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
PETERLOO COMMEMORATION 2025
Saturday 16 August, 1pm
We'll meet at the Peterloo Memorial in front of Manchester Central for the reading of the names of those who died in 1819.
Bring flowers if you can, especially if you've got some from a garden!
There are two other Peterloo events on 16 August:
Saturday 16 August, 1pm
We'll meet at the Peterloo Memorial in front of Manchester Central for the reading of the names of those who died in 1819.
Bring flowers if you can, especially if you've got some from a garden!
There are two other Peterloo events on 16 August:
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“There is no final victory, as there is no final defeat. There is just the same battle. To be fought, over and over again. So toughen up, bloody toughen up.”
— Tony Benn
— Tony Benn
November 6, 2024 at 9:39 AM
“There is no final victory, as there is no final defeat. There is just the same battle. To be fought, over and over again. So toughen up, bloody toughen up.”
— Tony Benn
— Tony Benn
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#WelfareNotWarfare
📢Local Action Announcement
📢Stratford, London
📢31.05.25
📢11am
📢Stratford, Station Road, London E15 1AZ
📢Action: Tell Minister Stephen Timms Stop The Disability Benefit Cuts
📢Local Action Announcement
📢Stratford, London
📢31.05.25
📢11am
📢Stratford, Station Road, London E15 1AZ
📢Action: Tell Minister Stephen Timms Stop The Disability Benefit Cuts
May 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
#WelfareNotWarfare
📢Local Action Announcement
📢Stratford, London
📢31.05.25
📢11am
📢Stratford, Station Road, London E15 1AZ
📢Action: Tell Minister Stephen Timms Stop The Disability Benefit Cuts
📢Local Action Announcement
📢Stratford, London
📢31.05.25
📢11am
📢Stratford, Station Road, London E15 1AZ
📢Action: Tell Minister Stephen Timms Stop The Disability Benefit Cuts
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Your regular reminder 👇
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities
Privatisation has failed.
leftfootforward.org
May 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Your regular reminder 👇
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
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Tin eared response from Labour spokespeople to election results so far. Labour supporters feel Labour, their party, has turned its back on them citing Winter Fuel Allowance, NI tax on jobs & threat of disability cuts. Message to ministers is drop the plans to attack disabled.
May 2, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Tin eared response from Labour spokespeople to election results so far. Labour supporters feel Labour, their party, has turned its back on them citing Winter Fuel Allowance, NI tax on jobs & threat of disability cuts. Message to ministers is drop the plans to attack disabled.
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THE CANARY: Privatised water costs us dearly: Study reveals a staggering 35% 'privatisation tax' on bills. Time for a collective push towards reclaiming our essential resource for the public good?
- by James Wright
- by James Wright
How much higher are our water bills because of privatisation? A lot.
Even when accounting for nationalisation costs, we would save £5 billion per year on our water bills by bringing water into public ownership
www.thecanary.co
April 8, 2025 at 9:39 AM
THE CANARY: Privatised water costs us dearly: Study reveals a staggering 35% 'privatisation tax' on bills. Time for a collective push towards reclaiming our essential resource for the public good?
- by James Wright
- by James Wright
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Keir says: No return to austerity……….. REALLY?!
The money is there, they just need to look in the right place.
It’s about making the right choices: pitting the poor against the poor isn’t that!
🗣️ No cuts, No austerity, yes to a #WealthTax! RT 🔇🔇🔇
The money is there, they just need to look in the right place.
It’s about making the right choices: pitting the poor against the poor isn’t that!
🗣️ No cuts, No austerity, yes to a #WealthTax! RT 🔇🔇🔇
March 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Keir says: No return to austerity……….. REALLY?!
The money is there, they just need to look in the right place.
It’s about making the right choices: pitting the poor against the poor isn’t that!
🗣️ No cuts, No austerity, yes to a #WealthTax! RT 🔇🔇🔇
The money is there, they just need to look in the right place.
It’s about making the right choices: pitting the poor against the poor isn’t that!
🗣️ No cuts, No austerity, yes to a #WealthTax! RT 🔇🔇🔇
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£460 Million per WEEK - that's what we could raise with a 2% tax on any wealth above £10 million.
Imagine the huge difference that could make to our communities and public services.
Today I joined PatMillsUK bus touring the country to make the case for a Wealth Tax, not cuts.
Imagine the huge difference that could make to our communities and public services.
Today I joined PatMillsUK bus touring the country to make the case for a Wealth Tax, not cuts.
March 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
£460 Million per WEEK - that's what we could raise with a 2% tax on any wealth above £10 million.
Imagine the huge difference that could make to our communities and public services.
Today I joined PatMillsUK bus touring the country to make the case for a Wealth Tax, not cuts.
Imagine the huge difference that could make to our communities and public services.
Today I joined PatMillsUK bus touring the country to make the case for a Wealth Tax, not cuts.
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whoever is doing this campaign in London well bloody done 👍
March 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
whoever is doing this campaign in London well bloody done 👍
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" #OpenAI .,.facing...lawsuits for illegally harvesting data from...across the world to train its #Al model, accused #DeepSeek of stealing its work."
If you're British or reside in the UK, as well as writing to your MP you can say what you think about the proposed #AIBill at the bottom of this page
If you're British or reside in the UK, as well as writing to your MP you can say what you think about the proposed #AIBill at the bottom of this page
February 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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poster I whipped up for my friend’s Palestinian relief fundraiser in Bristol. please check it out if you can make it!
January 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
poster I whipped up for my friend’s Palestinian relief fundraiser in Bristol. please check it out if you can make it!