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Dave Middleton

@davmidd.bsky.social
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Founding member of Critical Mass Magazine (criticalmassmag.org). Unrepentant socialist. Occasional photographer (resistance.photos). Freedom for Palestine, tackle climate emergency now, fight injustice, inequality, poverty.

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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Probably not the most pressing issue out there but as it gets closer I want to know whether socialism and watching the World Cup are compatible. My latest Substack article. open.substack.com/pub/daveradi...
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I'm A Socialist, Can I Watch The World Cup?
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is almost upon us. On social media there is a debate as to whether radicals should boycott it. There are also petitions calling on governments to withdraw their support.
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Labour set to lose control in Wales - new Substack post daveradicalthought.substack.com/p/labour-set...
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Labour set to lose control of Welsh government for the first time this century
Recent polling suggests Welsh Labour have lost up to two-thirds of their voters in the run-up to the May 7 election in Wales. Plaid Cymru and the Greens look to be the big winners.
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Whilst a bigoted Tory was outraged at a public prayer meeting in London, I had a different experience when I encountered an open-air prayer meeting in Cardiff. It prompted this short article. open.substack.com/pub/daveradi...
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Bigoted MP attacks peaceful prayer meeting
Tory MP Nick Timothy called a peaceful prayer meeting an 'act of domination' and was immediately supported by Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage.
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Watch the airports. He'll be off soon!
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Labour are not interested in left-wing voters. I wrote about it here: Labour lost more than a by-election, it has lost credibility. My latest Substack post. open.substack.com/pub/daveradi...
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Labour becomes more desperate by the day
A soul-baring article in LabourList shows just how desperate Labour have become.
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
This message is also coming from their own supporters. Such as LabourList. I wrote about it here: Labour lost more than a by-election, it has lost credibility. My latest Substack post. open.substack.com/pub/daveradi...
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Labour becomes more desperate by the day
A soul-baring article in LabourList shows just how desperate Labour have become.
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Labour lost more than a by-election, it has lost credibility. My latest Substack post. open.substack.com/pub/daveradi...
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Labour becomes more desperate by the day
A soul-baring article in LabourList shows just how desperate Labour have become.
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
@labourlist.bsky.social reports that Anna Turley Labour chair warned MPs that the party had to tackle immigration but "in a way that stays true to our values". And what are those values exactly? Let me sum it up. Say anything that will get enough votes to keep them on the £110k a year gravy train.
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💢Marx Was Right.🕊 @paulwalker44.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Also Starmer: “Our jets are in the air. It’s time for some Brits to die for Israel too.”
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Cheers Mani. The story about Palestine being removed from the British Museum is interesting. Do you know how it was resolved? Hope you are having a decent Sunday.
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
War after war and no let up. Not a single day since 1945 without war. We need to spend less on war and more on peace but how? open.substack.com/pub/daveradi...
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We spend 300x as much on war as peace
Global spending on the military keeps rising. Wars become inevitable. Peace is a distant dream. We have to change. But how?
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Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 27/02/2026
BREAKING: The two-way race in Gorton and Denton between Labour and Reform has been won by... the Greens
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Voter fraud in Gorton & Denton: This seems like a way for the media to avoid acknowledging that Reform are not the next government in waiting. That the British people may not be as racist or intolerant as the media would like to believe.
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Seeing lots of press on voter fraud in Gorton and Denton. Where is the evidence? If somebody witnessed thiswhat were they doing inside a voting booth? And if they had witnessed it why did they not report it immediately?
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Interesting post Mike. I agree it’s difficult to find things to write about that are not being covered by everyone and her sister. But they are not saying it as you would. Maybe the question is who are you writing for? If it’s mainly for you then just write what you want.
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Be realistic we are told, or be reduced to shouting from the sidelines. But what is this realism we are supposed to accept. daveradicalthought.substack.com/p/a-narrow-f...
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A narrow fringe party shouting from the sidelines
What does it mean for socialists to be realistic and not to be reduced to shouting from the sidelines
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Hi Mike and happy #SocialistSunday Just read your blog. I was impressed.
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
The Palestine Action proscription was based on Blairite legislation that should have been reviewed years ago. daveradicalthought.substack.com/p/palestine-...
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Palestine Action and Bad Law
The proscription of Palestine Action was based on a Blairitie law that the Supreme Court regarded as 'too wide'.
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
The Epstein files are about more than just rich men abusing young vulnerable women. They are an insight into how business is done in 21st Century Capitalism. My latest Substack post: open.substack.com/pub/daveradi...
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The Epstein files and a corrupt social system
The Epstein files reveal more than just sleaze they show a social system mired in corruption
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
If people excited by Your Party had not joined the Greens up to now, why should a few top level spats make them do so now? And that’s a genuine question, by the way.
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Choosing between Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting is like choosing between the Kray twins. Both choices are criminally dangerous to the country — but I’m not sure if Wes gets his suits paid for by Lord Waheed Alli.
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
@criticalmasszine.bsky.social produces an intelligent commentary on the political situation. And, guess what? You can subscribe for free. Thats right. FREE. Our gift to the left. That’s an offer worth taking up. criticalmassmag.org/sign-up/
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Subscribe For Free - Critical Mass Magazine
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI would like to sign up to Critical Mass Magazine mailing list. Remember we do not want any money from you, will not deluge you with offers you never wanted and will only use ...
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Congratulations to @plaidcymru.bsky.social Brilliant and uplifting victory in Caerphilly. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social is finished. Reform are in retreat. Forward to the Senedd elections.
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Still seeing the left tearing into each other whilst Reform are quietly building momentum. It won’t matter who is most pure when fascists are in charge of your country. Wake up people. We need to start working together or there will be no democracy left to save.
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
@zarahsultana.bsky.social is right we have to unite which means finding what unites us. Right now that should be fear of fascism. Name calling doesn’t help much. So long as YP and @greenparty.org.uk work together to defeat Reform we can split hairs later. criticalmassmag.org/the-great-ce...
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The Great Ceasefire Con - Critical Mass Magazine
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe Gaza ceasefire is on a knife edge but even if it holds it has not stopped attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank.
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Great discussion at TWT on how the left must unite — Your Party and the Greens — to keep Farage out of Downing Street. But unity isn’t uniformity. Your Party will be truly anti-imperialist: no diplomatic ties with a genocidal, apartheid Israeli state and no greenwashing NATO. Join us: yourparty.uk
Photo of Zarah, Zack Polanski, Amna Abdullatif from We Deserve Better and Abubakr Nanabawa from The Muslim Vote Zarah speaking to a packed room at The World Transformed
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
criticalmassmag.org/the-great-ce... We have been watching Your Party. There is still a place for a mass party on the left. But it needs to grow quickly and be able to work with the @greenparty.org.uk and @plaidcymru.bsky.social We have to stop the fascists and arguing amongst ourselves won’t do it.
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The Great Ceasefire Con - Critical Mass Magazine
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe Gaza ceasefire is on a knife edge but even if it holds it has not stopped attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank.
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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
So MAGA UK voters, surprise, surprise there is no fraud, no waste, no asylum seekers gaming the system. Watch your council tax used for banning books in libraries & to stop all anti discrimination practices so the tax evading party can give tax cuts to their rich friends. Reform are liars.
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Good to see Americans on the streets opposing Trump. Are there any eye witness accounts on here?
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
The entire system seems wired to prevent social justice. Politics is a game played by the rich with the rest of us as pawns. How do we create a world where every life matters? I’m curious to hear your thoughts.
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Cheers Mani. Hope you are well. Hope all socialists are well.
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
@criticalmassmag.bsky.social puts out a weekly newsletter for lefties. Why not give it a try? Let me know what you think. criticalmassmag.org/newsletter-2/
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Peace in Gaza? - Critical Mass Magazine
As a ceasefire is announced in Gaza the real work of freeing Palestine begins. We are motivated by love not hate and that is why we will win.
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
It does but can you see a process by which that happens? I don’t. Not at the moment.
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Is it really so beyond the realms of possibility that we could create a world where there were no wars, no hunger, no poverty and no homelessness ?
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
The ceasefire is a start but we need to keep the pressure on to get a just settlement for the Palestinian people.
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
If you follow this link you can hear an audio of me reading this article. That may, or may not, be a treat.
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
This is what a Labour Government is allowing to happen to universities in Wales. And Starmer always said that Labour in Westminster would learn from Wales. An important article from @criticalmasszine.bsky.social
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
It’s pretty difficult to say much that hasn’t been said already about Trump. But I tried to focus on what he’s done and how it might impact Europe.
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
In what is a real sign of the times moment a lot of people simply shrug that a Trump ally, serial liar and genuinely nasty piece of work is poised to become the next PM. @criticalmasszine.bsky.social warned before the last election that this might happen. Polls now prove us right.
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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 30/01/2025
Strengthening the employment rights bill ✊ A rally 3 years on from the P&O sackings 22 March | 11am @neunion.bsky.social HQ, WC1H 9BD Register here: bit.ly/ERBrally22March
Promotional poster for a rally titled 'Strengthening the Employment Rights Bill' featuring speeches from Mick Lynch, Lord Hendy, Maryam Eslamdoust, and other figures against a backdrop of protesters. The event is organised by range of organisations on 22 March 2025, in Hamilton House, London.
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
I’ve an interest in this article because I’m the author. But beyond that it is vital that people realise just how bad anti-protest legislation is
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Lots of people claim to be for PR. I think that could be a massive mistake and wrote in @criticalmasszine.bsky.social to explain why. The only thing that has changed is that parties of the right have become more common. Read this article and tell me I am wrong criticalmassmag.org/can-pr-save-...
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Can PR save democracy - Critical Mass Magazine
Reading Time: 9 minutesWith the news that Unite the Union have voted to endorse proportional representation (PR) for parliamentary elections the British left have, once again, started to get excited ...
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Thanks for posting this. A really interesting article. What it shows is that when a field is entirely dominated by a particular world view that it is incredibly difficult for alternate views to be heard. In this case the word genocide has been appropriated by Jewish scholars loathe to expand it.
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Lorna Vegan 🌱 @lornavegan.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
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PaulaWalla @paulawalla67.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Re reposting. So very sorry ❤️ It is one of my favorites
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Britain is the 6th wealthiest country in the world and yet successive governments have attacked the elderly, poor, disabled, and anybody else who cannot fight back. Well perhaps the rest of us should fight back on their behalf. #fightpoverty
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Yes we must suffer so the rich can amass more wealth than they can possibly spend. It’s called capitalism. And until we replace it the process will go round and round.
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Dave Middleton @davmidd.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Just signed this. Let's do this. Thames Water wants to pay its executives more money by upping peoples bills. Because otherwise they will not get talented people. Who will put sewage into rivers and drive the company into debt it now needs public money to keep it afloat. Please sign.
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