Tim Atkins #JoinAUnion
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Political & economic left winger, Pro-PR.
Anti-racist & straight ally. He/him.
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Anti-racist & straight ally. He/him.
#ADHD
#glawsfamily
#lufc
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"Sex is not one single, simple, uniform biological reality. Thus, biology cannot be invoked as a basis for such in legal terms."
Augustin Fuentes.
Augustin Fuentes.
Politics, Not Biology, Is Driving Legal Efforts to Classify Sex
Sex is not one single, simple, uniform biological reality, so biology cannot be invoked as a basis for “immutable” legal classifications
www.scientificamerican.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"Sex is not one single, simple, uniform biological reality. Thus, biology cannot be invoked as a basis for such in legal terms."
Augustin Fuentes.
Augustin Fuentes.
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I spoke to Novara about the campaign by anti-trans groups to pretend the law now requires a bathroom ban
novaramedia.com/2025/12/16/a...
novaramedia.com/2025/12/16/a...
Anti-Trans Groups Want a Bathroom Ban. Judges Aren’t Giving Them One | Novara Media
Gender-critical campaigners had hoped that this year’s Supreme Court ruling would tee up US-style bathroom bills across the UK, throwing hundreds of thousands of pounds at lawsuits to exclude trans wo...
novaramedia.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I spoke to Novara about the campaign by anti-trans groups to pretend the law now requires a bathroom ban
novaramedia.com/2025/12/16/a...
novaramedia.com/2025/12/16/a...
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New post just out:
"The Overshoot"
Net migration is collapsing, and will fall further over the coming years. We could even have net emigration.
What does that mean for the country and the political narrative as we head towards the next election?
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
"The Overshoot"
Net migration is collapsing, and will fall further over the coming years. We could even have net emigration.
What does that mean for the country and the political narrative as we head towards the next election?
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
The Overshoot
What happens to politics, and the country, as net migration collapses?
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
New post just out:
"The Overshoot"
Net migration is collapsing, and will fall further over the coming years. We could even have net emigration.
What does that mean for the country and the political narrative as we head towards the next election?
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
"The Overshoot"
Net migration is collapsing, and will fall further over the coming years. We could even have net emigration.
What does that mean for the country and the political narrative as we head towards the next election?
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
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Mears, Serco, and Clearsprings oversee most asylum accommodation in UK and make huge profits doing so, despite a significant proportion of accommodation being substandard. It isn't people seeking safety costing taxpayers money, it's the firms making profits off of them.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mears: Life in the asylum hotels generating 'excessive profit'
Asylum accommodation provider Mears has had to return £13.8m to the Home Office after making more profit than its contracts allow.
www.bbc.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Mears, Serco, and Clearsprings oversee most asylum accommodation in UK and make huge profits doing so, despite a significant proportion of accommodation being substandard. It isn't people seeking safety costing taxpayers money, it's the firms making profits off of them.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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High Court judgment: UK government failed vulnerable people in immigration detention
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Home Office fails to protect vulnerable migrants, high court judge rules
Judgement finds systems designed to protect against inhuman and degrading treatment ‘unlawfully’ failing for years
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
High Court judgment: UK government failed vulnerable people in immigration detention
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Former workers at Rockstar Games say they were fired for trying to unionize.
Over 30 employees at the company behind Grand Theft Auto were fired in what the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain calls a "ruthless act of union-busting."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Over 30 employees at the company behind Grand Theft Auto were fired in what the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain calls a "ruthless act of union-busting."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Grand Theft Auto: Game creator sacked us for trying to unionise
Former staff at the Grand Theft Auto creator are seeking an employment tribunal over alleged "union-busting".
www.bbc.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Former workers at Rockstar Games say they were fired for trying to unionize.
Over 30 employees at the company behind Grand Theft Auto were fired in what the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain calls a "ruthless act of union-busting."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Over 30 employees at the company behind Grand Theft Auto were fired in what the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain calls a "ruthless act of union-busting."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Who better to talk about the civil service than a man who’s never had a proper job and has zero idea what government workers actually do? Everything is easy when you don’t know what the fuck you are talking about.
December 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Who better to talk about the civil service than a man who’s never had a proper job and has zero idea what government workers actually do? Everything is easy when you don’t know what the fuck you are talking about.
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Interesting piece.
The points about human rights/EU law have force. But for me, the central problem with the FWS judgment is more fundamental. It strikes me as implausible that this is what Parliament intended, without spelling it out, only 6 years after the GRA, and in an Act dealing with equality.
The points about human rights/EU law have force. But for me, the central problem with the FWS judgment is more fundamental. It strikes me as implausible that this is what Parliament intended, without spelling it out, only 6 years after the GRA, and in an Act dealing with equality.
So much of the commentary on the FWS judgment has been driven by reflexive responses to the outcome, but there are so many gaps and leaps in its reasoning that it will spawn litigation for years to come - @aoifemod.bsky.social and I flag some failings in judge craft:
nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
December 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Interesting piece.
The points about human rights/EU law have force. But for me, the central problem with the FWS judgment is more fundamental. It strikes me as implausible that this is what Parliament intended, without spelling it out, only 6 years after the GRA, and in an Act dealing with equality.
The points about human rights/EU law have force. But for me, the central problem with the FWS judgment is more fundamental. It strikes me as implausible that this is what Parliament intended, without spelling it out, only 6 years after the GRA, and in an Act dealing with equality.
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"Parasiti-capitalism allows investors to enrich themselves not by generating new value, but by extracting existing value.
It has become one of the major forces driving inequality and economic stagnation today."
New guest post from Rachel Wasserman: graceblakeley.substack.com/p/parasiti-c...
It has become one of the major forces driving inequality and economic stagnation today."
New guest post from Rachel Wasserman: graceblakeley.substack.com/p/parasiti-c...
Parasiti-capitalism: How Investors Drain Companies and Call It Growth
How modern capital captures control, drains cash flow, and leaves economies weaker.
graceblakeley.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"Parasiti-capitalism allows investors to enrich themselves not by generating new value, but by extracting existing value.
It has become one of the major forces driving inequality and economic stagnation today."
New guest post from Rachel Wasserman: graceblakeley.substack.com/p/parasiti-c...
It has become one of the major forces driving inequality and economic stagnation today."
New guest post from Rachel Wasserman: graceblakeley.substack.com/p/parasiti-c...
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So much of the commentary on the FWS judgment has been driven by reflexive responses to the outcome, but there are so many gaps and leaps in its reasoning that it will spawn litigation for years to come - @aoifemod.bsky.social and I flag some failings in judge craft:
nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
December 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
So much of the commentary on the FWS judgment has been driven by reflexive responses to the outcome, but there are so many gaps and leaps in its reasoning that it will spawn litigation for years to come - @aoifemod.bsky.social and I flag some failings in judge craft:
nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
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Most households currently subject to the two-child limit already have at least one adult in work.
Of the minority non-working households, more than nine-in-ten have a child under three or a disabled family member with additional care needs, making any return to the labour market challenging.
Of the minority non-working households, more than nine-in-ten have a child under three or a disabled family member with additional care needs, making any return to the labour market challenging.
December 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Most households currently subject to the two-child limit already have at least one adult in work.
Of the minority non-working households, more than nine-in-ten have a child under three or a disabled family member with additional care needs, making any return to the labour market challenging.
Of the minority non-working households, more than nine-in-ten have a child under three or a disabled family member with additional care needs, making any return to the labour market challenging.
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This Government has hugely increased public spending, which will have large in-kind benefits for households.
All families will benefit, but poorer households will benefit more as they rely more on public services, which represent a larger proportion of their income.
All families will benefit, but poorer households will benefit more as they rely more on public services, which represent a larger proportion of their income.
December 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
This Government has hugely increased public spending, which will have large in-kind benefits for households.
All families will benefit, but poorer households will benefit more as they rely more on public services, which represent a larger proportion of their income.
All families will benefit, but poorer households will benefit more as they rely more on public services, which represent a larger proportion of their income.
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Because the issue of population change is so widely misunderstood, here's a short thread which seeks to lay it out simply.
It explains why there is almost nothing anyone can do to change the global population trajectory, both as numbers rise, then as they fall.
🧵1/13
It explains why there is almost nothing anyone can do to change the global population trajectory, both as numbers rise, then as they fall.
🧵1/13
December 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Because the issue of population change is so widely misunderstood, here's a short thread which seeks to lay it out simply.
It explains why there is almost nothing anyone can do to change the global population trajectory, both as numbers rise, then as they fall.
🧵1/13
It explains why there is almost nothing anyone can do to change the global population trajectory, both as numbers rise, then as they fall.
🧵1/13
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Four hours after the hero's name was released
BBC News still calling him 'member of the public'
His name is Ahmed el Ahmed
He's a Muslim
How many Jewish lives did his heroism save?
BBC News still calling him 'member of the public'
His name is Ahmed el Ahmed
He's a Muslim
How many Jewish lives did his heroism save?
December 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Four hours after the hero's name was released
BBC News still calling him 'member of the public'
His name is Ahmed el Ahmed
He's a Muslim
How many Jewish lives did his heroism save?
BBC News still calling him 'member of the public'
His name is Ahmed el Ahmed
He's a Muslim
How many Jewish lives did his heroism save?
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A reminder that the man who tackled one of the gunmen in an attempt to save lives was Ahmed Al Ahmed.
This was an anti-semitic terror attack. It is not an excuse for the likes of Farage to stoke more division. It's exactly why we need less of it.
news.sky.com/story/hero-w...
This was an anti-semitic terror attack. It is not an excuse for the likes of Farage to stoke more division. It's exactly why we need less of it.
news.sky.com/story/hero-w...
December 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A reminder that the man who tackled one of the gunmen in an attempt to save lives was Ahmed Al Ahmed.
This was an anti-semitic terror attack. It is not an excuse for the likes of Farage to stoke more division. It's exactly why we need less of it.
news.sky.com/story/hero-w...
This was an anti-semitic terror attack. It is not an excuse for the likes of Farage to stoke more division. It's exactly why we need less of it.
news.sky.com/story/hero-w...
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I just watched the Kuenssberg interview with Mary-Ann Stephenson in full, and congrats, it's actually far, far worse than the BBC news summary captures.
December 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I just watched the Kuenssberg interview with Mary-Ann Stephenson in full, and congrats, it's actually far, far worse than the BBC news summary captures.
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Please take the time this weekend to make a complaint to the BBC.
This is getting intolerable.
This is getting intolerable.
December 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Please take the time this weekend to make a complaint to the BBC.
This is getting intolerable.
This is getting intolerable.
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“If this is the level of shamelessness [Farage’s] media supporters are willing to stoop to when he is a mere fourth party opposition politician, just imagine the levels they will descend to should he ever get a real whiff of power”
It just *must* not happen.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
It just *must* not happen.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
The Farage Apologists
The same commentators that spent years condemning anti-semitism in UK politics as a major national scandal, have suddenly lost interest now that it implicates one of their own
www.adambienkov.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
“If this is the level of shamelessness [Farage’s] media supporters are willing to stoop to when he is a mere fourth party opposition politician, just imagine the levels they will descend to should he ever get a real whiff of power”
It just *must* not happen.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
It just *must* not happen.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
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Incredible footage out of Australia, confirmed by NEWS AU, of a brave bystander neutralizing one of the terrorists in the Bondi Beach attack which took place during a Hanukkah gathering.
Australian authorities say multiple people have been killed.
At least two suspects are in custody.
Australian authorities say multiple people have been killed.
At least two suspects are in custody.
December 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Incredible footage out of Australia, confirmed by NEWS AU, of a brave bystander neutralizing one of the terrorists in the Bondi Beach attack which took place during a Hanukkah gathering.
Australian authorities say multiple people have been killed.
At least two suspects are in custody.
Australian authorities say multiple people have been killed.
At least two suspects are in custody.
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🚨 NEW: Figures with violent pasts are gravitating to the British Democrats, a fascist political party seeking to embed itself within the growing anti-migrant protest movement.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/12/11/v...
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/12/11/v...
Violent fascists resurface in the British Democrats – HOPE not hate
Figures with violent pasts are gravitating to the British Democrats, a fascist political party seeking to embed itself within the growing anti-migrant protest movement Emerging...
hopenothate.org.uk
December 12, 2025 at 9:46 AM
🚨 NEW: Figures with violent pasts are gravitating to the British Democrats, a fascist political party seeking to embed itself within the growing anti-migrant protest movement.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/12/11/v...
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/12/11/v...
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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Non-binary barrister is very clear that excluding trans people is not mandatory.
This means that if you exclude trans people you are doing it voluntarily and because you want to.
If you want to exclude trans people you will be held responsible for your actions.
This means that if you exclude trans people you are doing it voluntarily and because you want to.
If you want to exclude trans people you will be held responsible for your actions.
Barrister confirms trans ‘exclusion is not mandatory’ after discrimination case
The UK’s first out non-binary barrister has emphasised that “nothing in the current law makes [trans] exclusion mandatory”.
www.thepinknews.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Non-binary barrister is very clear that excluding trans people is not mandatory.
This means that if you exclude trans people you are doing it voluntarily and because you want to.
If you want to exclude trans people you will be held responsible for your actions.
This means that if you exclude trans people you are doing it voluntarily and because you want to.
If you want to exclude trans people you will be held responsible for your actions.
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Why we need to tax the super rich more.
Their wealth is growing MUCH faster than everyone else's.
And they're using it to outbid you for real resources: housing, assets, healthcare, education and everything else of real value.
Their wealth is growing MUCH faster than everyone else's.
And they're using it to outbid you for real resources: housing, assets, healthcare, education and everything else of real value.
December 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Why we need to tax the super rich more.
Their wealth is growing MUCH faster than everyone else's.
And they're using it to outbid you for real resources: housing, assets, healthcare, education and everything else of real value.
Their wealth is growing MUCH faster than everyone else's.
And they're using it to outbid you for real resources: housing, assets, healthcare, education and everything else of real value.
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Labour MP says only way to unite UK over immigration is by leaning into Reform narrative.
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Labour MP says only way to unite UK over immigration is by leaning into Reform narrative.