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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

A society where someone is adult enough to join the army at 16 yet too much of a child at 16 to use social media is one with a governing class that has lost touch with reality

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I don’t think anything sums up how ridiculous the new EHRC guidance is than the fact it describes those protected by the characteristic of gender reassignment to be those undergoing a process to “reassign their sex”, a thing the exact same part of the document says isn’t legally possible. Nonsense.

Gender reassignment
2.36 The Act defines gender reassignment as a protected characteristic (section 7, paragraph 1). People who are proposing to undergo, are undergoing or have undergone a process (or part of a process) to reassign their sex by changing physiological or other attributes of sex have the protected characteristic of gender reassignment.

Gender Recognition Certificates (GRC)
2.49 The Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers (For Women Scotland) [2025] UKSC 16 has ruled that a GRC does not change a person's legal sex for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010. The judgment held that 'sex', ‘woman' and 'man' mean, respectively, biological sex, biological
woman and biological man for the purposes of the Equality Act. The judgment uses the expression 'biological sex' to describe the sex of a person at birth.
The phrase 'biological sex' has the same meaning when used throughout this
Code. This is also referred to as 'sex at birth' in this Code.

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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Fundamentally, the structure the Supreme Court has built is that we have a whole act prescribing how you change gender (GRA2004) and a protected characteristic of changed gender (EA2010) which combine to provide no legal protection for having changed your gender.

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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The Labour Party is institutionally transphobic, it is an outright enemy of the UK's LGBT community, and none of us should even consider giving it our vote for a second so long as that remains the case.

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holly @arnuba.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The temptation for countries and companies to do this will only increase. Unappreciated I think is the possibility that the purpose of the US blockade is as much to remove Iranian oil from temptation to 3rd countries as it is to harm Iran itself.

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Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk · 14/04/2026

Managing the economic consequences of the Iran war Our new report draws on lessons from recent crises and upcoming crisis policy making research to assess how to respond to the economic shock following the Iran war: www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...

instituteforgovernment.org.uk

Managing the economic consequences of the Iran war | Institute for Government

How should the government respond to the crisis in the Middle East?

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Me, an atheist: Your holiness I stand ready to join the crusade against these heretics

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

NEW: An Iranian scholar of the Gulf writes on what this war is doing to regional connections that have survived every previous crisis, and why it risks destroying them outright. Mehran Haghirian . newlinesmag.com/first-person...

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

From a friend in Beirut this morning, who in the last few days has seen several Israel missile strikes within walking distance of their home.

it just feels so horrible
we feel powerless
we've tried fighting,
we've tried surrendering
we've tried ignoring
we've tried building
israel doesn't let you exist
that's it, our choice is fast death
or faster death

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Alex Says Stuff @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Again, transphobia is invariably just base-level crude revulsion. There's nothing more to it, and the pretenses otherwise are disingenuously back-constructed from a desired conclusion.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

"If you don't like the changes that we've made, I say the door is open and you can leave"

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Repeat Blunderer @doghousereilly.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

fromarsetoelbow.blogspot.com/2026/02/afte... Pretty good piece this

An excerpt of the quoted article reads: What this points to, and which McTague at least seems to get, is that the Labour Party has run out of road. It no longer has a purpose, not just as the political wing of organised labour but as the electoral vehicle of social democracy. The shibboleths about equality and opportunity run up against the harsh realities of the Thatcher dispensation: embedded inequality, a fear of offending the rich, a hollowed-out economy dependent on the kindness of strangers. The social and cultural ambitions of the party, from decent housing and reliable welfare to non-utilitarian education and collective arts, have long since shrivelled to practically nothing. The interrogation and reform of the state has given way to the punitive inspection of the populace. The monarchy and the House of Lords stumble on while we are told we can no longer afford benefits for the sick and elderly. The NHS is bleeding to death and once it has gone Labour will have lost the last vestige of its commitment to the welfare state. A revived commitment to the warfare state, as promoted by the likes of Paul Mason.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

the Palestine Action ban really was a classic Starmer govt move: a hysterical overreaction that won them zero plaudits from the right, cost them badly to the left, and which got shot down in the end anyway.

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holly @arnuba.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Imagine if they put this energy into defending trans people rather than pretend there's nothing they can do.

7m ago 10.35 GMT

Home secretary 'disappointed' by ruling, plans to appeal

Home secretary Shabana Mahmood said she was 'disappointed' by the ruling and that she plans to appeal it.

In a statement, she said:

■■ I am disappointed by the court's decision and disagree with the notion that banning this terrorist organisation is disproportionate.

"The proscription of Palestine Action followed a rigorous and evidence-based decision-making process, endorsed by parliament. The proscription does not prevent peaceful protest in support of the Palestinian cause, another point on which the court agrees.

“As a former lord chancellor, I have the deepest respect for our judiciary. Home secretaries must however retain the ability to take action to protect our national security and keep the public safe. I intend to fight this judgment in the court of appeal."

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Phil Edwards @philedwards.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Reading the Palestine Action judgment. This, from Yvette Cooper's statement explaining why PA were to be proscribed, is surprisingly revealing. She says that PA are being proscribed (a) to make them easier to prosecute (b) ...at least in part for non-terrorist actions 1/n

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

So the court rules on trans rights, and the Labour government claims they are powerless, but the court rules on Palestine Action, and the government wants to fight it?

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Palestine Action have WON their judicial review in the High Court! A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest. A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.

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Grimm @grimmbanks.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Europe miles ahead of the UK 👏, no wonder the UK is aligning itself with MAGA.

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Just in case anyone has forgotten here are Starmer's pledges the list of things he said he would do once elected leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister (Spoiler alert He ain't done any of them)

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500

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She Guevara @sheg7.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

For clarity, and for those not grasping how obscenely overblown the scenario, or the extent of the misrepresentation. Counting only written complaints, the NHS in England alone received 256,777 in 2024-25. 4.5 complaints per 1000 people. Tavistock trans services received 0.06 per 1000 patients.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Labour's problem, you know aside from how bad Starmer is as PM, ties to Mandelson, links to a think tank trying to blackmail journalists, repeated scandals over various MPs, including Ministers, spending, taxes etc...actually this could be quite a long "aside list", so let's move on to the point. 1/

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Toria Banks @toriabanks.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The current Labour leadership is a criminal conspiracy (before you get to Epstein). And this was widely known but most of the media thought it was good because they’d rather be friends with Peter Mandelson than a socialist.

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted *And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it Full story: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

democracyforsale.substack.com

BREAKING: McSweeney’s think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists

Labour Together put private investigators onto journalists writing about its funding. Starmer's right-hand man knew.

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Jack @jackinpogform.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Centrist: *crawls from the burning wreckage of the Labour Party* "Mr Polanski if you want my vote you need to adhere to my terms. They are as follows."

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Sounds like a joke but it’s real: McSweeney was running a secret campaign planting bullshitty newspaper stories about extremist hatemongers in his party, at the same time he was running bogus “fact-checking” orgs telling the same newspapers any suggestion that was happening was crazy and very racist

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Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

The UK government pinned its case for declaring Palestine Action a terrorist organisation largely on the trial of the so-called Filton Six, claiming they had proved the group to be violent. A jury today found none of them guilty of any of the charges.

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I understand that the jury in the Filton trial have refused to convict any of the defendants of any crime, despite some of them admitting in court that they smashed up Israeli-made drones. Heroes all.

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holly @arnuba.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Was ambushed by a recording of Starmers voice on a podcast. It was his China speech. Why, even when he's talking about his accomplishment does he sound both defensive and scolding?

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Kieran Hurley @kieranhurley.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

rememeber when Labour members elected a left-wing leader so the parliamentary party engaged in a kamikaze wrecking project under the political guidance of a key associate to a paedophile sex trafficker leading directly to the ascension of the Prime Minister we have today

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solomonhughes.bsky.social @solomonhughes.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

This is grim-Labour MPs saying they prefer a Reform win in Gorton & Denton than The Greens: Reform is worse for the country, but the Greens are be worse for their careers. They want Reform to do well so they can use them as a threat to force folk to vote Labour www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

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holly @arnuba.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Why would any state, especially a superpower like the US, allow itself to be contained by international law? The answer is that on one level, they never did and the Cold War was full of violations.

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Yeah look at the end of the day I just don't think the operation that cannot anticipate "this pedo could bring disgrace to our party" is suited to fight for literally the future of multicultural democracy in the UK lol

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Labour seem to have developed a strategy of getting ‘negged’ by Reform voters; shifting their policies in ever more socially conservative directions to attract such voters and somehow repelling them, and yet still, maybe, maybe this time will be the one. 6/n

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I think all this shows you - now being proven every day - is that the liberalism is all a very thin veneer and that any bit of it can be revoked on a whim, the second it’s convenient to do so.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

I’d add: the *whole point* of McSweeney’s long project since its secret 2018 media launch was: it was smart and good to break the long left-liberal coalition, and instead build a crushing, dominant electoral bloc of the Labour right unifying liberals, Reasonable Tories and retired racist cranks.

newstatesman.com

The revenge of the left

A Corbyn-Sultana party, perhaps in alliance with the Greens, will shatter this government.

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Alex Heffron @alexheffron.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Stuck in a vortex of radicalisation as the UK increasingly charts towards a fascistic police state. If you're a British liberal looking anxiously across the water at Trump's US - please remember where you live as well and remember that Starmer is currently driving this far right radicalisation

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Dr. Catherine Strickson @brigitteempire.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

If this goes anything like their defining of anti-semitism it’s gonna be illegal to criticise Saudi Arabia but absolutely fine to be openly islamophobic

Tweet from The Muslim Vote in the UK, reading:

BREAKING: An Islamophobe will be defining Islamophobia for Britain.

Trevor Phillips was suspended from Labour for anti-Islam comments.

Now Keir Starmer has put him IN CHARGE of defining Islamophobia.

But it's the government response to the MCB that will horrify you: 🧵

Accompanied by pictures of Trevor Philips and Keir Starmer making the same faces they’ll be making when Labour get crushed in 2029

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Does nobody have any self-respect, never mind basic decency, is the point that I am driving at here. Is there really nothing left except craven suckups?

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 09/07/2025

For my entire life I've been told that the state can't provide things; that the private sector does it better. And that whole time, public services have declined and the chasm between the ultra-rich and regular people has widened, and I've been told the only remedy is to cut deeper into the bone.

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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

“Any political system that prioritizes punishing those who protest genocide rather than stopping the killing has clearly exhausted itself.” Important summation of the unraveled state of both global and domestic “liberal” orders, by Moustafa Bayoumi

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The destruction of Palestine is breaking the world | Moustafa Bayoumi

The rules of the institutions that define our lives bend like reeds when it comes to Israel – so much that the whole global order is on the verge of collapse

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madoc cairns @madoc.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Ahead of the expected proscription of Palestine Action - the first time a protest group has been legally redefined as terrorist - I went through the Hansard of the 2000 Act they're being banned under. Turns out MPs were assured the law wouldn't be applied this way. Thread 🧵🔽

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holly @arnuba.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Will the state distinguish between the "armed" and political wings of Palestine Action like they used to with Hezbollah?

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holly @arnuba.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

The struggle for liberation is global and interconnected. No one is free until everyone is free.

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