Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Had to evacuate the flat this morning due to a fire in a nearby e-bike retrofitting shop caused by e-bike batteries exploding. Mercifully nobody was harmed but I am wondering what, if anything, is being done to regulate these e-bikes as the batteries do seem to be causing lots of fires? 100
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I do not understand why, despite my Mediterranean blood, I am finding it so hard to concentrate and work efficiently in this heat. I managed to work really well in Cyprus in September and yet London in a heatwave is somehow impossible... 000
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 22/06/2026I wonder, had Peter Mandelson never pestered his contacts in the gov for the US Ambasador post, if Keir Starmer would still be Prime Minister today. I do think that it was that scandal that did him in in the end. And that must hurt him a lot, given that he actually did not like Peter Mandelson. 110
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Now *this* is why Gen Z (also my generation)'s preference for fried chicken over pizza as a fast food takeout is not so good: www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comAverage person eats six times more chicken than in 1961, UN report findsUN report says global meat supply has risen fourfold in last 60 years and is expected to keep rising 100
Reposted by Charlotte TostiRenewal @renewaljournal.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Charlotte Tosti sets out why and how social democrats should look to remedy the power imbalance that currenty distorts the employment tribunal system renewal.org.uk/blog/most-em... 2/4renewal.org.ukMost employers have lawyers, but many workers do not: the case for duty solicitors in employment tribunalsIntroduction The Employment Rights Act of 2025 will be a significant part of this Labour government’s legacy. It is an outlier to the supposed ideological vacuum of ‘Starmerism’: a genuine social dem... 111
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 19/05/2026I wrote an essay for @renewaljournal.bsky.social about how in British employment tribunals, most employers have lawyers, but many workers do not. Read about how I think a duty solicitor will fix the inequality of legal representation between worker and employer. renewal.org.uk/blog/most-em...renewal.org.ukMost employers have lawyers, but many workers do not: the case for duty solicitors in employment tribunalsIntroduction The Employment Rights Act of 2025 will be a significant part of this Labour government’s legacy. It is an outlier to the supposed ideological vacuum of ‘Starmerism’: a genuine social dem... 043
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Honestly this Labour leadership drama is starting to feel like the plot of The Death of Stalin but Stalin isn't dead yet 000
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Honestly is there any activity that is more boring than submitting a VAT return? I feel like I've had a lobotomy and I've just spent half an hour looking at a spreadsheet. 000
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Latest unenlightened opinion is that we can safely say that Zack Polanski is snatching the celebrity vote from the Labour party. Every week my Instagram has yet another pic of him with a celebrity I vaguely remember voting Labour, and I don't even follow the guy. Does it matter though? Maybe? 100
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Going through a bit of a tough time at the moment, but what pulls me through is this cat giving me head bumps every hour, following me wherever I go, and being extremely open to cuddles. 020
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 06/02/2026This episode of Origin Story is excellent, and a much-needed discussion of what 'Blue Labour' actually is. It's also incredibly funny, but that might be because 90% of the Maurice Glasman quotes are comedy fodder, eg: 'Workers of the world unite, you have nothing to lose but your SUPPLY chains' 010
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 02/02/2026By-elections in the UK somehow feel a bit unusual when George Galloway doesn't stand in them lol He's the equivalent of plastic bags for liquids in airports: monumentally annoying but near universal 010
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 26/01/2026This is arguably more 'brat' from Andy Burnham than whatever Kamala Harris did 110
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 20/01/2026I was once at peace (as someone who matriculated in October 2015) with the fact that tuition fees were a somewhat fine 'graduate tax'. Those who attempted to persuade me on this were older people who hadn't paid a penny to go to university. 200
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Is it just me or does each release of Fallout (TV show) coincide with concerning, vaguely nuke-related, developments in geopolitics? Makes for a user experience which involves considerable sleep-deprivation. (Also, isn't Robert House curiously similar to Elon Musk?) 000
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Honestly these defections to Reform from the Conservatives remind me of all those jokester Italian politicians defected to Berlusconi's Popolo della Liberta including Antonio Razzi (who is worth a Google) 100
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 14/01/2026How can you say there is no other "viable proposal" to reduce the backlog in the criminal courts when they haven't even tested whether limiting jury trials work or not. This isn't a zero sum game. Yes there can be better support for victims but that should never come at the expense of a fair trial. 020
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 13/01/2026My totally silly political take is Keir Starmer's fortunes would have been reversed by this point if one of his senior advisors had asked him "Since when did having a political opinion become a bad thing?", whilst crunching a biscuit and walking out of the room. One, two, three U-turns, prevented. 010
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 06/01/2026The chatbot-ification of UK government communications around the Venezuela crisis is a symptom of a country that has been unable to extrapolate itself from over-dependence on the US. Recent events could not be a better signal that all European countries must band together on defence and security. 001
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Someone tell the Prime Minister to stop saying "laser-focussed" I beg That adjective literally makes me imagine lasers are protruding from his eyes like some 1980s Dr Who villain 000
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 29/12/2025I understand political parties need to engage with TikTok/short video kinds of media but honestly the content aimed at Gen Z that mimics TikTok trends on Labour's Instagram these days is just cringeworthy. All of the politicians involved look like they're being forced to do it. 110
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 11/12/2025As an employment lawyer I have to say there is a vast difference on the commentary around the Employment Rights Bill on LinkedIn to the commentary on here. On here it's all: "pass the bill now, remove the cap!" On LinkedIn it is: "thank goodness for the House of Lords" 100
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Nooooo!!! I'm in the 55% because I don't understand stock markets and I am extremely risk averse Don't think we should be prodding savers to incentivise investment, educate them on stocks and shares first! Also I lost money from my old Nutmeg account, so... 010
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 11/11/2025In Manchester for work and I'm really enjoying how walkable it is 020
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Zohran Mamdani is like the Pedro Pascal of American politics. I've never seen so much quasi film-star like obsession with a politician. Do I think there is an equivalent in UK politics? Absolutely not. 100
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Did my first ever full trial yesterday and I won! Feels like the years of training finally paid off. 000
Reposted by Charlotte TostiBen Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 30/09/2025On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/nbenansell.substack.comBritish Politics' Midlife CrisisWhy British Parties Can't Make Peace with Their Actual Voters 211184471
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Really rubs me up the wrong way when people go on about Farage's talents. He's a narcissist, a manipulator, and he is dangerous. Why has it become so difficult in recent years to call out politicians who are obviously immoral? "No, Nigel is really talented, he just can't do sums." 100
Reposted by Charlotte TostiRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 22/09/2025If Labour and other parties can't find a way to scrutinise, criticise and condemn a policy like this, they give Reform a free ride and make the future less safe & certain for those who come here, work hard and contribute. 1229578
Reposted by Charlotte TostiBridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 09/09/2025I am running to be Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. As a proud working-class woman from the North East, I have come from a tough council street all the way to the Cabinet. I will be a strong voice to unite our Party, take the fight to Reform, and deliver for our country. 6519937
Reposted by Charlotte TostiSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 07/09/2025More in Common have produced research on attitudes to deporting people who come in small boats, uninvited, by characteristics. A sixth of people support Farage (and now Conservative) policy in all the cases. A quarter will deport genuine refugees. Most will remove those without a refugee claim 85131
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Of course, Labour's comms game is mediocre at the moment and needs shaking up. The whole 'show don't tell' style of politics doesn't work in this day and age. But that doesn't mean there's no hope. I do often despair on Bluesky seeing people speak as though Farage is PM already. He isn't! 110
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Today is a sad day for my 80 year old grandmother who loves to drive, but also I feel a little scared whenever she drives me anywhere, so... 010
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 06/08/2025On the topic of British children's exposure to the internet ebbing their social confidence, this tendency has bled into people in their twenties like me too. I live in a city where most of my peers live, but I barely see them. I blame it on the internet + being more time poor the older you get. 000
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Perspectives like this make me wonder if anyone in politics has ever heard of the duty of care to future generations before? Sorry, but I couldn't give a monkeys about my energy bill being cheaper in 20 years' time if my great grandchildren have to live through climate breakdown. 120
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Reading 'Get In' before bed is not a good way to go to sleep, especially since half of it was about the time I worked in Parliament and I'm discovering machinations I had no idea about. Guess that is all part of the beauty of politics! 000
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Legal practitioners handbooks are funny. Today I read a case in which someone 'tying up their ass'. My eyes widened a second before I realised what they really meant was their donkey. And yes, these books get updated pretty frequently. 000
Reposted by Charlotte TostiGeri Scott @geraldinescott.co.uk · 01/07/2025Excl: Day one rights against unfair dismissal, the right to work from home and a ban on zero-hours contracts will not come into force until 2027 under Labour’s workers’ rights overhaul. Full plan 👇🏻 332
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Had no idea for years that Caroline Polachek's song 'Breathless' is not an original and is actually a cover of Irish family pop / folk band The Corrs. I don't know how it is possible to make a song so completely your own that the original song sounds more like a cover than the cover. 000
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Who is writing the Prime Minister's speeches? 000
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Can we have white smoke being released from Elizabeth Tower in general elections when the exit poll is *actually* out rather than waiting until the close of polling? Just because it would be so cool. No other reason other than wanting to copy the coolest part of the conclave. 020
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Interesting to me how Nigel Farage is slowly edging towards his fantasy of becoming a Conservative leader, albeit smoking and drinking his way up there along a parallel line like a Bond villain. 110
Reposted by Charlotte TostiWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 02/05/2025We now have >250 wards/divisions reported and an increasingly clear picture of the Reform vote. It is higher in areas with fewer graduates, more people with no qualifications, areas where more people are employed in primary industries (e.g. manufacturing) and areas with more older people. 45290122
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Results of ULEZ: 18.5% reduction in sick leave following LEZ implementation 6.8% drop in the incidence of health problems 10.2% decrease in respiratory issues These are the reasons why I will always be staunchly pro-ULEZ. And also why anyone criticising Sadiq Khan for it should feel bad, sorry!bath.ac.ukLondon’s low emission zones save lives and money, new study findsThere has been a 18.5% reduction in sick leave in Greater London following LEZ implementation compared to areas in England without low emission zones. 131
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Seeing lots of 'pub or gym' articles going around. I think you can do both? But I also think as you get older your metabolism slows down, your ability to recover from hangovers gets worse, work and family obligations ramp up. As such, I think drinking less the older you get is kind of normal. 010
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 27/03/2025In my line of work I've met people who have suffered from life-changing injuries and cannot work. Every single one of them wishes they would be able to work and hates being a burden on their families. To compare people like them to children receiving pocket money is so patronising. Words matter! 110
Reposted by Charlotte TostiAlan White @aljwhite.bsky.social · 25/03/2025I'm very proud of what we've done with the House magazine over the last few years. We have a new subscriptions page and if you want to read about politics and policy in real depth - and receive a beautiful print product - you should take a look. It's not just for parliamentarians any more: 0189
Charlotte Tosti @charlottetosti.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Selling my hoover on Facebook Marketplace for £20 is bafflingly difficult. Buyer 1: At collection time goes awol and texts 2 hours later saying 'tunnels' prevent them from getting it. Buyer 2: Day of collection messages me to say their car has been stolen. Buyer 3: "I AM DESPERATE 4 ur hoover". 000
