@tattyed.bsky.social
none of us live for ourselves
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Labour hate working people
An English local council innovates, evaluates what it did, finds it works (replicating an earlier study in Scotland) … and all councils are told by the Labour government not to try it. What message does this convey? Another victory for ideology & cowardice

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Councils warned against adopting four-day week
Local Government Secretary Steve Reed has told council leaders to not introduce four-day working weeks.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Is the government going to sit and watch while the #PalestineAction hunger strikers die? Is most of the media going to carry on ignoring them? Just how callous has the Establishment become?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Families of Palestine Action hunger strikers seek urgent meeting with Lammy
Justice secretary urged to ‘show a bit of humanity’ with protesters severely ill after refusing food for weeks
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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‘There are young people dying in ­British jails again’ — Kneecap say what the world is ignoring m.independent.ie/opinion/naoi...
Naoise Dolan: ‘There are young people dying in ­British jails again’ — Kneecap say what the world is ignoring
It was late in the night when ­Kneecap began speaking about the Palestine Action hunger strike. The concert was last Tuesday at the 3Arena and with thousands of us packed in, I was to the right of the...
m.independent.ie
December 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Government plans to make huge cuts to targets for accessible new-build homes in England have been labelled a "monumental reversal"... The move is a big climbdown from the previous Conservative government’s commitment..."

#R4Today
Disabled people in England ‘betrayed’ by cuts to new-build accessibility targets
Campaigners decry plan to reduce requirement for improved standards from 100% down to 40% of new homes
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Love and solidarity with disabled people and LGBTQIA+ folk everywhere.

The hate right now is abhorrent. So many knowingly on the wrong side of history.

You deserve so much better.
December 20, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Alan Milburn to review rise in youth minimum wage.

Will he oppose all adults getting the same rate?

Says welfare bill is “unsustainable fiscally and economically”. Expect real cuts.

Silence on corporate welfare, redistribution, progressive taxation, taxing the rich.
Alan Milburn to review rise in youth minimum wage
Exclusive: Blair-era minister echoes concerns about young people being priced out of jobs, in intervention likely to dismay Labour MPs
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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This has now gone beyond selection bias. The media is now in the realm of extreme cis-supremacy…
When those who hate trans people win - or pretend to win, cf Sandie Peggie - it's all over the media, even if it's just a tribunal decision. But when they lose, even in the Court of Appeal, it's absolute bloody tumbleweed. So here's our blog about Allison Bailey latest loss. goodlaw.social/3uyd
Allison Bailey loses her case against Stonewall – again
Court of Appeal finds that Stonewall did not cause discrimination against ‘gender critical’ barrister Allison Bailey.
goodlaw.social
December 20, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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Two-thirds of the population - 40million people had appointments in General practice in October

28,000 GPs (Full-time equivalent) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Population 57million

‘Your GP, here for you’

We all need a new contract to ‘Bring back the Family Doctor’
Read here 👇🏻
dauk.org/our-call-for...
December 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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A systematic literature review ~ identified 55 studies, of which 51 (93%) found that gender transition improves the overall well-being, while 4 (7%) report mixed or null findings.

No studies concluded that gender transition causes overall harm.

whatweknow.inequality.cornell.edu/topics/lgbt-...
What does the scholarly research say about the effect of gender transition on transgender well-being? | What We Know
Overview We conducted a systematic literature review of all peer-reviewed articles published in English between 1991 and June 2017 that assess the effect of gender transition on transgender well-being...
whatweknow.inequality.cornell.edu
December 20, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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A landmark study published in The Journal of Pediatrics found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.

It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... & of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Don't hold your breath.
Labour absolutely stinks when it comes to walking and cycling.
The only transport mode they seem to care about is driving.
Cycling and walking could help deliver almost everything Brits say they want to achieve in 2026 — if we design streets to support them.

Getting fitter, losing weight, being healthier, saving money; enabling active travel quietly does all of it. With no gym contracts.
December 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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The flu epidemic is Streeting’s fault and don’t anyone in Labour tell you otherwise
December 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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You honestly think opposing that makes me like a Reform voter. Christ, this is what's wrong with tribalism in politics. You see criticism and concern for the most inhumane policies as "supporting the other side". You want to stop Labour getting bad coverage? Get them to stop making bad policies.
December 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Includes me exposing the myth that Cambridge somehow earned its way into its leadership position in UK life sciences. It didn't. Leeds was in the lead, and then the Medical Research Council in London picked Cambridge and London as winners because it was their mates.
December 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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The government underpay PIP at a much higher ratio to those who defraud PIP.

The government’s own figures show PIP fraud running at a level below 0.1%
December 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Yorkshire Water boss said "not being transparent" about receiving £1.3m payments from the parent company was a "mistake".

They carefully planned to circumvent the rules, civil society exposed it. No retribution

Customer fleecing, sewage dumping continues for bigger profits and exec bonuses
Yorkshire Water boss 'mistaken' to keep £1.3m payment secret
Nicola Shaw says she was wrong in
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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How about illustrating this with a picture of a kid seeing his dad treat women like shit rather than a kid with a phone.
December 18, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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“The authoritarian crackdown on peaceful protests whilst war criminals walk free shows the governments disgusting prioritisation of profit over the lives of Palestinians.

Protesting a genocide is not terrorism. Arming a genocide is terrorism.”
December 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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We condemn the treatment of prisoners in British prisons on hunger strike awaiting trial for activities in support of Palestine. Many have been on remand for a year and are demanding a fair trial. Their health is deteriorating quickly, and they need urgent intervention.
December 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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The use of foreign aid in this manner comes in the wake of a report earlier this year, which laid bare the damage that the cut in UK Foreign Aid to just 0.3% of our national GDP was causing. | Peter Sagar
Fury at Starmer for raiding aid budget to deal with migration
The use of foreign aid in this manner comes in the wake of a report earlier this year, which laid bare the damage that the cut in UK Foreign Aid to just 0.3% of our national GDP was causing.
northeastbylines.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Can't say "I s****t Palestine Action"
Can't say "g*****e the Intifada"

Can we still say "Nakba"? How long before people are arrested for saying "Stop killing Palestinians" or "End the war crimes"?

We are fully at the stage of history called by Orwell:
#ThoughtCrime
December 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Most disabled people don’t receive any disability benefits.

Most people who claim PIP don’t get the highest rate.

Most people who get higher rate mobility don’t spend it leasing a car through Motability.

Far more are eligible for PIP but can’t access it for various reasons.
December 18, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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I've spent three days in Calais & it's horrendous.

People living in disgusting conditions. Our Government is spending £476m on the militarisation of the border.

We must divert that money to a humanitarian response that treats people with basic dignity.

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Zack Polanski: Allow small boat migrants in and let them work
Green Party leader accuses Sir Keir Starmer of following Nigel Farage in ‘pushing racist rhetoric’ and calls JK Rowling’s stance on single-sex spaces ‘hateful’
www.thetimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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I find it *incomprehensible* that people can claim they are "fighting for the rights of women and girls" and not apparently acknowledge that - at the very least - many many reasonable women and girls *disagree with them about this*.
Graham Linehan has such little self-awareness he *really* doesn’t understand how totally unhinged he seems in his ‘woe is me’ batshit crazy ranting! 😬

He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
December 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Or, in fact, meet resident doctors' to resolve the issues.

Streeting ignored resident doctors' requests to meet in October and November.

He has created this crisis.

He has only one job: to keep us safe.

He is failing to do it.

He is playing games with our lives.
Wes Streeting doesn't want to 'catastrophise' but says people could die because of the doctor's strike.

If they're that important, Wes, how about paying them properly?
December 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM