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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Solidarity to Equity NI Branch & campaigners as they make their way up to Stormont this morning to support the campaign for arts funding & deliver a letter of no confidence in the DUP Communities Minister, Gordon Lyons MLA ✊ Please sign the letter below: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Save the Arts: Letter of No Confidence in Communities Minister Gordon Lyons
Gordon Lyons was appointed Communities Minister – a role which covers arts and culture – in February 2024.    The Arts Council Northern Ireland provided a 10-year plan for the arts between 2...
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
For the background to this month’s state elections in Germany - Saxony-Anhalt (this evening, 6th September), Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (20th September) and Berlin (20th September) - this article from the #CWI in Germany is well worth a read: www.socialistworld.net/2026/09/02/t...
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The tremors before the quake - Germany on the eve of the state elections | Socialist World Media
This September, Germany is facing a political earthquake that has long been on the cards. In the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the right populist AfD is likely to...
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SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign @shacaction.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
SHAC in the Morning Star: "Burnham ‘capitulates to landlords and the housing market,’ campaigners say" It shows that the interests of the landlord class are still the most powerful bloc in Westminster, and that we need to create our own power. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/burn...
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Burnham ‘capitulates to landlords and the housing market,’ campaigners say
CAMPAIGNERS slammed Andy Burnham today for betraying his own promises in “a major capitulation to the housing market and the landlord class.”The Social Housing Action Campaign (SHAC) hit back at the P...
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Did the Metropolitan Police destroy files that could have explained why #MI5 spied on me in the 1980's - and who authorised it? It is a question that should be answered by the Undercover Policing Inquiry, as Paul Heron, my lawyer, explains: www.declassifieduk.org/why-did-spec...
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Why did Special Branch keep files on a socialist politician?
Labour MP Dave Nellist was monitored by Britain’s political police, but evidence was shredded before an inquiry got to the truth
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Just started reading the new edition of #SocialismToday. Essential background for today's political debates and discussions. You can get a copy from your local Socialist Party branch (articles from previous editions are available at socialismtoday.org)
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Over 2,500 trade union reps/activists have signed the 'Time for trade unions to take the lead in forming a new working-class party' petition, c.org/rLSV95J5nb. They've been invited to our meeting on Monday, 8th June, at 6:30 pm. You can get a ticket to join them at tinyurl.com/yc8hzepx
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Sharon Graham @unitesharon.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Almost five years ago, together we began to change our Union. We took our Union 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 - back to our reps and members. We uncovered the truth around the wrongdoing and alleged fraud surrounding the Birmingham hotel and conference centre. 1/4
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Services in the #NHS and local councils, such as Coventry, are being privatised to #Palantir. Come to the planning meeting this Friday for the campaign to end the contracts and bring the services in-house.
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Appeal to all Your Party supporters: help get socialism on the ballot paper in May! tinyurl.com/4mtu4dx8
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Appeal to all Your Party supporters: help get socialism on the ballot paper in May! - TUSC
With the inaugural central executive committee (CEC) of Your Party beginning its term of office on February 27th, it’s now time to seriously organise to get socialism on the ballot paper in the electi...
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Just seven weeks to go to get as many socialist challengers as possible into the May elections against the Establishment parties and their pro-austerity, pro-war policies. Are there elections in your area? Check the new #TUSC report. www.tusc.org.uk/22200/20-02-...
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The final list of councils with elections in May - TUSC
After yet another U-turn by Keir Starmer’s increasingly beleaguered government – reinstating elections in 30 councils which it had previously cancelled – it is now possible to compile a definitive lis...
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Come along to discuss what a real people’s budget looks like and how we can fight for it in Brighton, Sheffield, Enfield, and Birmingham, with more to follow. Background ideas here - www.tusc.org.uk/.../Ideas-ab....
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
#TUSC opens candidate applications for May local elections - could you be the anti-austerity and anti-war alternative candidate we need? Forms, election guide, etc. at tusc.org.uk/22163/05-02-... Closing date for Round 1 - 21st February.
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Your Party, TUSC, and the 2026 local elections preparations. Statement from this week's steering committee: www.tusc.org.uk/22084/12-12-...
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Your Party, TUSC, and the 2026 local elections preparations - TUSC
The latest meeting of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) all-Britain steering committee, held on December 10th, welcomed the successful launch of Your Party at its Liverpool conference ...
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 – 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 On 21st July, over 1,000 trade union reps and branch activists met to campaign for a new party rooted in working-class organisations and communities. Join the discussion. Register at: bit.ly/ReconvenedTU...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Reconvened meeting: Trade Unionists for a New Party. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Recall meeting – Trade Unionists for a New Party On 21st July, over 1,000 trade union representatives and branch activists gathered to campaign for a new party rooted in working-class organisations an...
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
It's never been more important for trade unionists and trade unions to be at the heart of building a new party. We need to come together again to discuss and propose measures to Your Party. Be part of the campaign - start by signing and sharing the petition at chng.it/fLtj5x9CQ8
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
#TUSC highlights the 2026 elections and union campaigns as next steps for the new party. New briefing document at: www.tusc.org.uk/21952/15-09-...
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TUSC highlights the 2026 elections and union campaigns as next steps for the new party - TUSC
The latest meeting of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) all-Britain steering committee was dominated by discussion on the next steps that could be taken to consolidate Jeremy Corbyn an...
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Well over 1,000 people took part in a meeting this week, with contributions from @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social and @zarahsultana.bsky.social, plus trade union NEC members, about the need to build a new anti-austerity and anti-war party with trade unions at its heart. Video at youtu.be/fTTmB-itr4U?...
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Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana join over 1000 trade unionists at meeting to discuss a new party
YouTube video by Dave Nellist
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
This will be the direction of travel as #Labour involves more private finance in the NHS www.thisismoney.co.uk/.../US-inves.... We urgently need a new party rooted in the organised working class to combat privatisation - if you agree, sign here www.change.org/TradeUnions-LaunchANewParty
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Twenty-five leading trade unionists, now supported by over 1100 activists, are calling for a new working-class party. “The Establishment has its parties – it’s time the working class had one of its own. " Please sign and share widely: www.change.org/TradeUnions-...
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Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) @tuscoalition.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Wrexham councillor, angry at the government cutting disability benefits from the most vulnerable to fund huge growth in spending on arms, resigns from #Labour and joins #TUSC. tusc.org.uk/21510/31-03-... If you want to help build a new working class party, get in touch (details in profile).
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Wrexham councillor resigns from Labour and joins TUSC - TUSC
Anthony Wedlake, a Wrexham county borough councillor for Coedpoeth and formerly a Labour councillor, has announced his resignation from the party and will now instead sit as a councillor of the Trade ...
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Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) @tuscoalition.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Former husband and wife Labour councillors from Doncaster who left the party to join independent trade union and socialist election candidates on 1st May: www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/politic... #TUSC, because #labourisntlabouranymore
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Doncaster husband and wife who quit Labour among trade union election candidates
A pair of husband and wife former Doncaster Labour councillors who both resigned from the party over “the demonisation of Jeremy Corbyn” are among candidates unveiled by the Trade Unionist and Sociali...
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
With the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Labour Party a couple of weeks ago, here is an article I wrote for the socialist to commemorate the event: www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/136...
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How the Labour Party was formed – lessons for today - Socialist Party
The Labour Party, was founded by the trade unions 125 years ago, but today is completely dominated by its pro-capitalist leadership
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
The TUSC is rallying against Starmer in the face of cruel DWP cuts The TUSC says we need an electoral challenge to Labour in May that prioritises spending on public services and the welfare state, not war www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
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The TUSC is rallying against Starmer in the face of cruel DWP cuts
The TUSC says we need an electoral challenge to Labour in May that prioritises spending on public services and the welfare state, not war
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
This is a review I have written of a book of articles and speeches by Pat Wall, the marxist MP in Bradford in the late 1980s. It's in the current issue of Socialism Today. The book is well worth buying and the magazine is worth subscribing to as well. socialismtoday.org/marxist-mps-...
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Badenoch says Britons are not as rich as they think and refuse 'to live within our means' The UK has 3x as many billionaires as it had in 2010, whilst millions of families suffer austerity. There's plenty of money; it's just in the wrong hands! theguardian.com/politics/liv... #TUSC
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UK politics live: Badenoch says UK not as rich as it thinks and country refuses to live within its means
Opposition leader expected to turn fire on predecessors in speech in which she will try to break with the past
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
.. there will be greater use of the private sector to help reduce hospital waiting lists, the PM has said: bbc.co.uk/news/article... I'm fine with greater use of the private sector, provided it's nationalised first and not allowed to profit from illness!
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Government unveils plan to reduce NHS waiting-list backlog
The government promises to cut the list of patients waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment in England by nearly half a million over the next year.
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
The Broxtowe Independents are unlikely to be the last socialists, trade unionists and community campaigners who believe a new alternative is needed to fight against cuts and for decent local services for all in the 2025 local elections. Could you help? Find out more at www.tusc.org.uk
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
And breathe...
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Calm returns. First visit to #Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve, Coventry, for 2025
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Royal Mail handed over to a new billionaire boss socialistparty.org.uk/articles/133... We need a new workers' party committed to public ownership!
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Royal Mail handed over to a new billionaire boss - Socialist Party
The government has approved the takeover of Royal Mail by EP group whose majority shareholder is Daniel Kretinsky
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
I've just been reading about why energy bills keep rising www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/133... Worth a look, and then, if you're not already involved, join the fight for "democratic planning of the planet’s material and human resources for the benefit of the whole population and environment".
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Energy bills keep rising: What’s to blame and how to stop it? - Socialist Party
This month, the government released its Clean Power Action Plan for 95% of Britain’s electricity to come from renewable sources by 2030
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Earlier this week, I joined comrades from the Socialist Party, along with Lynn Walsh's family + friends, to say goodbye to Lynn, a leading figure in the Militant/Socialist Party for over 50 years. As well as Mozart, Pink Floyd + Bob Marley, we heard James Connolly's We Only Want The Earth. RIP, Lynn
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Khalid Sadur - Your Party @khalid4ewh.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
On Thursday, let's send a message to Labour and help build a new political movement in Enfield. Vote Independent enfieldcommunity.org @wearecollective.bsky.social @transformpolitics.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social @peaceandjustice.bsky.social
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
The sooner we build a new party rooted in the organisations and communities of the working class, the sooner we can challenge Tory ideas like this! #LabourIsntLabourAnymore www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Liz Kendall says young people who won’t take up work will lose benefits
Work and pensions secretary says she will transform opportunities as Starmer bemoans ‘bulging benefits bill’
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Forty years ago last week, the Tories vindictively increased the deduction from the benefits for the families and children of striking miners. Thirty of us 'occupied' the floor of the Commons. Tony Benn's diary records what happened next. Solidarity #MinersStrike40
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Jane Nellist @janenellist1.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
My first post on @bluesky ...I'm a socialist living in Coventry, UK. President of Coventry Trades Union Council, and a retired Primary teacher. I love crafting, photography and gardening.
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davenellist.bsky.social @davenellist.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Toe in the water on Bluesky: follow me if you're mainly interested in socialist politics, with the occasional diversion into our retirement world.... Solidarity.
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