iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Jamie Driscoll @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“We can’t afford it” is a line that has done immeasurable damage to our country. Investment pays for itself. Here’s how.

22715

Jamie Driscoll @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So much political debate is dumbed down, unpacking ideas with an intelligent, well informed person like @mandascott.bsky.social was a real joy. With so much to worry about how do we get beyond anger and actually build the world we want to see, starting from where we are now?

0137

Reposted by Jamie Driscoll

bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

As UK borrowing costs rise, putting pressure on the Chancellor, our latest podcast guest says there IS an alternative. Listen now to @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social with @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social 🎧 pod.fo/e/63fac8 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQhf...

youtube.com

The UK "Is A Hostage To The Bankers"

YouTube video by Byline Times TV

263

Reposted by Jamie Driscoll

Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Of all the blueprints I have read on how to redress the long-term damage austerity and financialisation have inflicted upon Britain's society, this one is the most impressive - and hope inspiring. A must read.

37532

Jamie Driscoll @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Four years ago tomorrow was the Truss mini-budget. Every day another news story says Britain is under pressure from global instability. Why can’t we just build homes, and clean energy, with secure jobs? Turns out the answer is even better than I thought. See what you think. HostageNation.com

hostagenation.com

HOSTAGE NATION: Britain’s Escape Plan

Britain has the money, the land and the people. What it lost was the nerve. Hostage Nation is the practical plan to escape, ready to implement today

46438

Jamie Driscoll @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Pragmatism is about doing what works. If you want to lift millions out of poverty, heal division, and give everyone security from cradle to grave, it's pragmatic to challenge vested interests. That requires courage. My article in @thecanaryuk.bsky.social

0167

Jamie Driscoll @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Would a Burnham led government tax wealth not work? Reverse NHS privatisation? Make Meta, Twitter and TikTok responsible for their content? End child poverty once and for all? Or are lobbysits and Labour Together embedded too deep? My analysis, as someone who knows Andy and the Labour Party well.

94420

Reposted by Jamie Driscoll

Majority @majorityuk.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

It’s polling day! 🗳️ So much of our lives are governed by political decisions. Today is your chance to have your say. 📣 Majority’s backing candidates across the region, including @jamiedriscoll@bsky.social, the brilliant former North of Tyne Mayor. Choose hope. 💚 #localelections2026 #newcastle

让
VOTE JAMIE
FOR GREENS
7 MAY
GREE
MAJORITY
JAMIE S DRISCOLL
MONUMENT, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE
Majority backed candidate for the
Green Party

VOTE JAMIE
FOR GREENS
7 MAY
MAJORITY
JAMIE
DRISCOLL
Green Party Candidate for Monument, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
ff I left school at 16. As a mature student I got an
engineering degree at Northumbria University. As North of Tyne Mayor I created thousands of real living wage jobs and built affordable homes. In my 5 years as Mayor I claimed £O expenses.
Councillors should be shop stewards for the community in the council, not cheerleaders for the council in the community. I've been an anti-racist campaigner since the late 1980's. I'm pro-trans and LGBTQ+ rights and a White Ribbon ambassador, the campaign for men to speak out against violence against women and girls.
Majority backed candidate for the
Green Party

1104

Jamie Driscoll @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Attack ads alienate voters, so why do they do them? To derail discussion about wealth inequality.

0139

Jamie Driscoll @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

It's time to get bold about buses. That means more than bus franchising, it means treating public transport as critical infrastructure. It would boost our economy, reduce social isolation, and benefit the planet. My article in @thecanaryuk.bsky.social

1177

Reposted by Jamie Driscoll

Majority @majorityuk.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Former North of Tyne Mayor @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social on BBC Look North discussing the Green surge in #Newcastle @nclgreenparty.bsky.social #LocalElections2026 #GreenParty

0133

Reposted by Jamie Driscoll

Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

via Phil Brookes

115952

Jamie Driscoll @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

@greenparty.org.uk has selected me to run for Monument ward in May. That’s the ward I represented before I was Mayor. I’ll be part of an increasingly strong Green team. Greens won the recent South Jesmond by-election. Labour vote fell from 43% to 17%, most switching to the Greens. Article below.

34713

Jamie Driscoll @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

To tackle political lies why not have mandatory MP training? Making MPs do work experience might help then realise the difference between what they say in elections and what they do in government. My latest article in @thecanaryuk.bsky.social. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2026...

thecanary.co

To tackle political lies why not have mandatory training for MPs?

Soon people can’t tell the difference between the political lies they tell to get elected and the lies they tell themselves about the way

23313

Jamie Driscoll @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Any government that wants to end the cost of living crisis will come into conflict with very rich people. But it’s easier to get things done that public discourse would have us believe. My latest article. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2026...

thecanary.co

Zack Polanski being labelled a 'populist' is another masterpiece of misdirection

What Zack Polanski is coming with is not 'populism' - it's ending forty years of successive diseases of despair, writes Jamie Driscoll

32611

Jamie Driscoll @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

British politics is a mess. Food, energy, housing are all too expensive. Major parties are all flogging the dead horse of trickle down. So I’m joining the Green Party. Britain needs an economy that works for workers, for small businesses, and future generations. @greenparty.org.uk

74883178

Jamie Driscoll @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

It’s a pity that Starmer, Reeves and co haven’t followed Denmark’s other policies. They tax capital gains up to 42% vs Britain’s top rate of 28%. This funds free university and excellent public services, providing the world’s second highest standard of living. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...

thecanary.co

Labour has just betrayed its 2024 manifesto completely

When push comes to shove Labour will sell out anyone to protect their jobs and the white colonialist infrastructure the UK is built on

915560

Reposted by Jamie Driscoll

Majority @majorityuk.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

"Majority legends! ✊🏼 Come rain or shine (luckily it was shine today), our hardy Majority members hit the streets every week. First talking to shoppers at our street stall, then standing together with refugees at the regular anti-racism demo. 1/3

Split image showing a group of Majority members in Majority T-shirts running a street stall in the top half of the image and a group of Majority members holding blue and yellow Majority Against Racism placards in the lower half.

1159

Jamie Driscoll @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

I would like to coin the phrase ‘fake crusader’. The fake crusader is someone who shouts angrily at an injustice for just long enough to get attention and feel self-righteous. Despite having no track record of actually doing anything about it.

2136

Jamie Driscoll @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

British people want leaders they can be proud of. Patriotism would be taking water back into public ownership. It would cost nothing. Simply enforce the fines. Share prices would drop to zero. And the government would look like it has a backbone. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...

thecanary.co

For competent leaders with integrity, it's no use looking at the major political parties in the UK

Major political parties haven't got a hope or a clue, writes Majority's Jamie Driscoll as he skewers establishment politics

32111

Jamie Driscoll @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

When 150 far-right tried to march through Newcastle yesterday, 3000 Geordies stopped them. I’m proud of our city and its people. My article is a first-hand account of the day. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...

thecanary.co

Geordies weren't letting far-right fascists spout hate in their city this weekend

A far-right rogues gallery of racists came to Newcastle on Saturday 27 September - and yes, racists is the correct term. Or fascists...

16923

Reposted by Jamie Driscoll

Majority @majorityuk.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Today Newcastle stood united. ✊🏼 The far-right were in town trying to spread their hate and division. Only about 200 turned up. Over 3000 canny geordies, including dozens of Majority members stopped them marching and sent them packing! #TheyDidNotPass #NaePasaran

Image of a crowd of protesters at grey’s monument in Newcastle, holding placards saying Majority against racism.

513140

Reposted by Jamie Driscoll

Majority @majorityuk.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

📣TOMORROW📣 Stephen Yaxley-Lennon aka Tommy Robinson will be in the toon tomorrow with Nick Tenconi and his UKIP pals. They seek to divide us and turn us against each other. But we won’t let them. Let’s turn out in force and show them who we are in the North East!

27 September 11am
Grey's Monument, Newcastle
MAJORITY
will
MARCH AGAINST RACISM. Geordies are black and white

0157

Jamie Driscoll @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Anyone who supports ID cards on the grounds that “if you’ve got nothing to hide you have nothing to worry about” should be banned from having curtains. Mark Thomas’s People’s Manifesto

0349

Jamie Driscoll @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

People want a new kind of politics. @majorityuk.bsky.social's packed conference shows it’s already happening. It’s about time Britain was run in the interests of its people. Not billionaires. My article in @thecanaryuk.bsky.social.

070

Reposted by Jamie Driscoll

Majority @majorityuk.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Great to have @zarahsultana.bsky.social at the Majority annual conference yesterday. Labour have failed to provide the answers to the huge challenges we face. We’ll be working with ‘Your Party’ to provide an alternative that will deliver for our communities. Join us 👇🏼 #wearethemajority

Image of Zarah Sultana.
Zarah Sultana
Labour is dead, says Zarah Sultana as she calls for patience over party launch
Co-leader of nascent leftwing party says more than 750,000 people have registered their interest

2168

Jamie Driscoll @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Left-wing and right-wing are blunt terms. We need to get beyond them and talk about evidence, or we descend into tribalism. My article in @thecanaryuk.bsky.social

0124

Reposted by Jamie Driscoll

The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

A Green Party by-election victory shows what's possible with progressive alliances Labour threw everything - including Rachel Reeves - at a recent by-election, yet the Green Party smashed them www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

thecanary.co

A Green Party by-election victory shows what's possible with progressive alliances

Labour threw everything - including Rachel Reeves - at a recent by-election, yet the Green Party smashed them

47031

Reposted by Jamie Driscoll

Majority @majorityuk.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Join us on Saturday 6th September at Newcastle’s Discovery Museum for our Annual Conference. Keynote speakers include @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social and @zarahsultana.bsky.social, who will give an update on Your Party. Book today - tickets going fast. Free for Majority members, £6 for non-members. 👇🏼

MAJORITY
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
WITH JAMIE DRISCOLL & ZARAH SULTANA MP
Saturday 6 September 1pm to 4pm
Discovery Musuem
Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1
Image of Jamie Driscoll and Zarah Sultana

11012

Reposted by Jamie Driscoll

The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Labour has lost 'The Spirit of '45', but new parties and independents can take up the mantle Clement Atlee and Nye Bevan would disown today’s Labour Party - but they may well be more interested in what Corbyn and Sultana are offering... www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...

thecanary.co

Labour has lost 'The Spirit of '45', but new parties and independents can take up the mantle

Clement Atlee and Nye Bevan would disown today’s Labour Party - but they may well be more interested in what Corbyn and Sultana are offering

27139

Reposted by Jamie Driscoll

The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

750,000 people have signed up to Your Party - and the establishment is panicking The concern trolls are out in force over Your Party - but the thing is, their smears are actually just describing themselves, writes Jamie Driscoll www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...

thecanary.co

750,000 people have signed up to Your Party - and the establishment is panicking

The concern trolls are out in force over Your Party - but the thing is, their smears are actually just describing themselves...

48534

Reposted by Jamie Driscoll

Majority @majorityuk.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Homelessness minister, Rushanara Ali, has resigned after evicting four tenants from a property she owns, before hiking the rent by £700 a few weeks later. What happened to high standards in public life? We know toddlers with better morals! www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.com

Homelessness Minister Rushanara Ali quits over rent increase claims

It comes after she increased rent on a house she owns within weeks of the previous tenants' contracts ending.

1106

Jamie Driscoll @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

This is not just about left-right ideology. It's about making sure Britain is run in the interests of those who do the work, including those doing unpaid work, those unable to work or those retired from a lifetime of work.

070

Jamie Driscoll @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

What is British culture? How should progressives talk about it? And wasn’t it shaped by immigration? My latest article.

173

Reposted by Jamie Driscoll

Majority @majorityuk.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

We’ve had hundreds of new members join in the last couple of weeks! 🔥 Tonight we met some of them to: 🗳️talk plans for #Newcastle 2026 council elections 😂 groan at some ‘dad jokes’ from @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social ✊🏽and start to build a new politics based on honesty and integrity

Collage of four photos, each depicting crowd of around 30 people watching a presentation in a sunny room

2129

Reposted by Jamie Driscoll

Majority @majorityuk.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

“The establishment have their billionaire newspapers and GB News. The 99% have mass movements. While you’re waiting for the new party, join Majority.” @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social on why now is the time to get active! Sign up below 👇🏼 @thecanaryuk.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

thecanary.co

We need to replace our broken system with grassroots democracy. A new left party will help.

Former Metro Mayor Jamie Driscoll is involved in the Corbyn/Sultana new left party - and here, he gives us the latest updates

31012

Reposted by Jamie Driscoll

Majority @majorityuk.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

While many politicians are clowns, 🤡 comedian Steve Coogan is a serious political voice. In the Guardian he supports a new movement in UK politics with Sultana and Corbyn overseeing foundation of a new party with principles just like Majority in the North East.

Picture of Steve Coogan by a window. Headline below reads:
Steve Coogan
Steve Coogan accuses Labour of paving way for Reform UK
Exclusive: Actor says Starmer's party has caused
'derogation of all principles they were supposed to represent

2148

Reposted by Jamie Driscoll

Majority @majorityuk.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Majority members on the streets of #Newcastle today. ✊🏽 Supporting @psc_newcastle rally calling for an end to the barbaric starvation of #Gaza and a #FreePalestine 57% of Brits want to end all arms sales to Israel. #WeAreTheMajority

Picture of a group of 20-30 smiling people in Newcastle city centre with Palestine flags and placards. In front is a large pink banner with the words ‘Majority’ and ‘majority.org.uk’

0159

Reposted by Jamie Driscoll

The Autonomy Institute @autonomy-institute.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

2) Jamie Driscoll (@jamiedriscoll.bsky.social) former North of Tyne Mayor, and founder of Majority Sign-up: buff.ly/a0bYAMx

111

Jamie Driscoll @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

I’m speaking at Jesmond Library on Thursday evening, along with Laura Pidcock, Matt Williams of the Green Party, and Martin Levy of the Communist Party. 6:30pm. No need to book. jesmondlibrary.org/event/the-fu...

jesmondlibrary.org

Events for July 2025 – Jesmond Library

153

Reposted by Jamie Driscoll

Majority @majorityuk.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Most British people oppose the government’s plans to cut PIP and Universal Credit. 75% think the measures are cruel. 69% think we should tax the super rich instead Today, the government must listen to the majority. #WeAreTheMajority #WelfareReformBill #PIP #UC

2159

Reposted by Jamie Driscoll

Majority @majorityuk.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

🚨Longbenton and Benton by-election Last Saturday we had nearly 50 Majority, Green and North Tyneside Community Independent members leafleting the ward! Let’s beat that tomorrow. Help get Green candidate Jim Howard elected! All details below 👇🏼 majorityuk.org/content.aspx...

Crowd of 49 smiling activists posing with Green Party leaflets. Trees in the background.

046

Reposted by Jamie Driscoll

Majority @majorityuk.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Reform might pretend to be anti-establishment, but what's the first thing they do in power? More austerity. Majority believe in investing in our local communities not slashing their funding like other parties. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Reform UK Kent council cost-cutting drive in doubt

Nathaniel Fried resigned from Reform UK on Thursday, following Zia Yusuf's departure.

154