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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

This raises some serious questions as to the extent to which the BBC present digitally altered images as reality. This may just be a show about dancing but what policies do the BBC have in place so that this doesn't occur during it's news broadcasts.

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

From Sirdar's Modern Slavery Statement ... Almost like it's not worth the digital paper it's written on.

• the right to Freedom of Association
• the provision of a Health & Safety work environment,
• a non-discriminatory work environment
• fair treatment of all the employees.

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Agree, signed and a member of the Green party. But this petition doesn't go far enough. If there are people within our health service who make decisions not based in science, none of us are safe - trans, cis, gay, straight, men, women. The people who made these decisions need to be sacked.

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

And this is the problem and why this letter doesn't go far enough. An organisation doesn't make decisions. Individual people make make decisions. Who are they, name them? How fit are these people to be in their roles when their decisions have a real life impact on people's health?

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Nina Simone's "Feeling Good" for your mayoral campaign song.

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Agree. I think this is the gamble. This is Labour's last chance and they're betting on continuing with all the same policies and people that make them unpopular fronted by "This charming man".

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Mahmood, Phillipson, Sarwar. When three transphobes walk into a bar ...

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

She's good at angry face. In interviews, her angry face is brilliant which when she was in opposition worked just fine. In government she never seems to have worked out that her job is to fix things rather than be angry. For more angry face, see also Streeting and Kendal.

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Surely all teachers who are being instructed to discriminate against transgender children by this guidance are covered by section 111 of the Equality Act and are therefore victims of discrimination themselves. This has to be an issue for the unions. www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/1...

legislation.gov.uk

Equality Act 2010

An Act to make provision to require Ministers of the Crown and others when making strategic decisions about the exercise of their functions to have regard to the desirability of reducing socio-economi...

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Agree. Big problem in London. Council estates get knocked down and replaced with buy to let flats where the new occupants never feel their life is stable enough to settle down and have children. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Southwark Council to close two schools over falling school rolls

The council blames the "difficult" decision on declining birth rates and families leaving London.

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Fair play to her, she's got a point.

A TORY councillor who agreed to be struck off the teaching register after calling Nicola Sturgeon a “drooling hag” has defected to Labour.

Fife councillor Kathleen Leslie, who also led the local Tory group, said she decided to quit the party as she believed she was a “better fit” with Labour.

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

If Angus MacDonald wants to approach this with honesty and respect he can start by accepting that section 28 schedule 3 already allowed service providers to exclude transgender people from single sex spaces if it was a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim. He's just a bigot.

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Excellent article. Thoughtful, well argued and based on evidence. We need more intelligent voices like this to be heard in this debate.

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

A sticky result. In theory lib/lab could form a coalition though historically they don't get on here. Nationally I would want to see us greens working in collaboration with libs but in Haringey they tend to be more right leaning while some of the lab councillors are more aligned to green thinking.

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Get ready for Haringey and Lambeth. So far .. Haringey 21 green 11 labour 6 lib Lambeth 11 green 4 lib 3 labour

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This bit got me. Labour are offering "Progress and a better future for the community you call home" while the Greens are only offering "empty promises". What exactly is the substance of the "Progress and a better future for the community you call home" offer?

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

“We need to be able to rebuild lesbian community, provide safe spaces for lesbians, provide role models for young lesbians ..." The jokes write themselves.

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Gosh. It's not often you see a project manager's joke.

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Yes it does seem nasty, offensive, infantilising and infuriating because it is. And it pretty much accurately sums up all the shitty arguments used against allowing gay people to be themselves in the 80s and 90s. Though of course our legal age of consent was 21 not 25.

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I think Mr Ben turned me gay. A quiet suburban man visits a specialist venue once a week, slips behind a curtain, puts on a uniform and has an adventure. C'mon. What's not to like.

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

This is a cartoon from 92/93 in Capital Gay by the brilliant David Shenton. I love the way he captures the age divide in the debate about using queer between the younger more radical gays and the older clone. Drawn with such affection and insight like only David could.

A cartoon depicting a row of gay people with queer on their t shirts and an older gay man at the end of the row with queen written on his t shirt.

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Paying an entrance fee to a museum (no matter how small the charge) is a deterrent just like paying for a a plastic bag at a supermarket. It stops you from going in just because you have an hour to kill or you want some quiet time. It stops you from discovering something new, something fabulous.

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Perhaps everyone's getting the wrong end of the stick. Has anyone tried smoking it?

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

That photo reminds me of a date I once went on. Didn't end well.

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

What do we have to do to get Caroline Lucas to stand as an MP again?

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Like the know Zack Polanski isn't the candidate for the election right?

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Why would anyone vote for someone to be an MP if that person didn't think they have the power to change things?

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

This quote from Streeting is a corker. Puberty blockers Wes. Increase in trans youth suicide Wes.

People join the Labour party because of a belief in equality and social justice. Yet that very motivation conceals a danger. As George Orwell warned, belief in a righteous cause can easily become a licence for cruelty, deception and moral indifference. If you believe you are on the right side it is easy to turn a blind eye.

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Tina Turner is turning in her grave.

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

It was an incredibly childish question which unfortunately epitomises the level of political debate on the BBC.

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Obviously not the main point of this post but loving that scarf. ❤️❤️❤️ Hope with style. Go Green.

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

If the EHRC's guidance was legally correct then neither they nor the government would have room to manoeuvre because the guidance has to reflect the law, not make it. This whole article is an admission that the guidance is flawed.

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I disagree. My sister in law was made redundant in her late 50s. Passed over in favour of a younger curvier less qualified woman. Her ability to "keep on working" was blocked by sexism. It was no fun for her at all. She died at 69 receiving only a few years of pension despite paying in all her life.

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

There is one thing that will be more damaging to this government than a wave of green wins at the next local elections, and that's a second wave of green wins a year later. This could work out well for us.

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

We used to have "consultations" whereby the NHS found out what people needed and then acted to meet those needs. Now we have a "listening exercise" whereby the only guarantee given is that it's anonymous.

"Our listening exercise with children and young people who identify as LGBTQ+ is to help us find out about their experiences of emotional health and wellbeing services so we can improve these services in the future."

“We would like to reassure people that responses to the listening exercise will be kept confidential, as per our privacy policy. We will record answers and use these to shape our services but responses will be anonymous."

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Definitely "Cell Block Tango" vibes.

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Are you going to have to fight a byelection before May? It isn't clear whether Mike Hakata is stepping down as a councillor or just resigning from his cabinet post.

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Carl Clapham @carlclapham.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

The olive bar in my local Turkish supermarket.

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