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Joe Ryle

@joeryle.bsky.social
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Campaign Director of the 4 Day Week Foundation, Author of The 4 Day Week Handbook: www.canburypress.com/products/the-4…

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4 Day Week Foundation @4dayweek.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Parents deserve more time with kids. Workers deserve a break. We all need better work-life balance. Support us to make it happen. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-weeken...
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The Weekend is 100. Time for the Next Shift
The weekend turns 100 in May. Help the 4 Day Week Foundation fund their anniversary campaign sprint through May.
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Joe Ryle @joeryle.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Attended the lunchtime @palaction.bsky.social demonstration because I don’t want to live in an authoritarian society where our Government can get away with proscribing groups they disagree with #FreePalestine
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Joe Ryle @joeryle.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Winter fuel allowance for pensioners - cut Disabled people's benefits - cut Child benefit - cut Don't worry everyone it's OK we're getting a theme park instead. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Universal theme park for Bedfordshire confirmed by Starmer
The company says the new site is expected to create 28,000 jobs and generate £50bn for the economy.
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Joe Ryle @joeryle.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
With the @greenparty.org.uk failing to offer any cut-through leadership, the left needs a new answer to halting the UK’s slide into Farageism. Mick Lynch is the kind of leader who could do it. @owenjones84.bsky.social hits the nail on the head. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The left needs to halt the UK’s slide into Farageism. This is the kind of leader who could do it | Owen Jones
Leftwing policies have mass appeal – what’s needed is a figurehead who can bring back alienated voters and dodge culture wars, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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Joe Ryle @joeryle.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
The worst reforms since George Osborne will teach voters that politicians really are all the same. "That is the sort of loss that can’t be measured by a Treasury spreadsheet". - @DrFrancesRyan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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These cruel benefit cuts will rob security from so many – but Labour will lose something crucial too | Frances Ryan
The worst reforms since George Osborne will teach voters that politicians really are all the same. Is it worth it? asks Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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Joe Ryle @joeryle.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Labour's cuts to sick and disabled people's benefits will save £5bn. A 2% wealth tax on those with assets of over £10mn would bring in £24bn. These cuts are both cruel and unnecessary.
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Joe Ryle @joeryle.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Over half of Green voters in 2024 didn’t know who Carla Denyer was. 86% couldn’t identify Adrian Ramsay. Totally agree with this piece by Joe Todd for @novaramedia.com - time for a new populist leader! novaramedia.com/2025/03/11/t...
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The Green Party Needs New Leaders – And Fast | Novara Media
The Greens could be the party to take on Reform. But their leaders are just too nice, argues Joe Todd.
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Joe Ryle @joeryle.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Ash has got this absolutely right. Hyper-focusing on identity politics is divisive and a huge strategic mistake that continues to box the left in to a smaller and smaller corner. open.spotify.com/episode/2tdU...
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Ash Sarkar: Is identity politics rotting the left?
The News Agents · Episode
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Joe Ryle @joeryle.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Essential reading from @moreincommonuk.bsky.social: Leftwing activists less likely to work with political rivals than other UK groups, study finds www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Leftwing activists less likely to work with political rivals than other UK groups, study finds
Exclusive: Lack of understanding by ‘progressive activists’ of other voting blocs has led to rise of far right, authors argue
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Joe Ryle @joeryle.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Over 200 companies in the UK, which includes over 5,000 workers, have permanently adopted a four-day working week with no loss of pay for staff @4dayweek.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/money/2025/j...
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Two hundred UK companies sign up for permanent four-day working week
More than 5,000 workers to benefit from reduced hours with no loss of pay
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Joe Ryle @joeryle.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
The hundreds of companies that have adopted a four-day working week in the UK are proud to be leading the way on better workplace rights and as a country we should be proud that the UK is leading the way on this. Me on BBC Radio 4 earlier. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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The Bottom Line - The Four Day Week - BBC Sounds
Evan Davis explores if working four eight-hour days could benefit employees and bosses.
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Joe Ryle @joeryle.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Agree with Simon Jenkins that smartphones should be banned for young people under 16. They are bad news for adults too though! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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If you’ve got children, you need to watch Swiped – and see how sick their phones are making them | Simon Jenkins
A TV documentary has revealed the toll of smartphone use on 11-year-olds’ mental health, and the consequences of addiction, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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Joe Ryle @joeryle.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
This Starmer speech just feels like more of the same. His 6 missions have now become 6 milestones? 🤷‍♂️
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Joe Ryle @joeryle.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Looking for a gift for your boss for your work Secret Santa this Christmas? We know just the right gift to give them 😉 The 4 Day Week Handbook is over 30% off (only £10!) with free UK shipping via Canbury Press throughout December. www.canburypress.com/discount/JOE...
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Joe Ryle @joeryle.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Really pleased to announce today our new @4dayweek.bsky.social Pilot Programme for local councils, building on the success of South Cambridgeshire District Council's trial and the government's new approach of giving councils more autonomy over workforce management www.4dayweek.co.uk/councils-pil...
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Councils Pilot Programme | 4 Day Week
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4 Day Week Foundation @4dayweek.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
We should have a working week that brings out the best in us. It’s time for a 4-day week.🍦
Lisa Simpson eating a massive ice cream with the benefits of a 4-day week labelled across every scoop: rested,
relaxed, productive, helping the environment, socially satisfied, mentally and physically healthy, woah l actually have time for a hobby now…
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Joe Ryle @joeryle.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
On @goodmorningbritain.bsky.social this morning. We love to see it!
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Joe Ryle @joeryle.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Great to speak with HR and Business leaders today at the Richmond Human Resources Forum in London. The interest from businesses in a four-day week was so high that we had to deliver our session twice to accommodate everyone.
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Joe Ryle @joeryle.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Iceland’s shorter working week has been a huge success – and it’s changed my family’s life. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Iceland’s shorter working week has been a huge success – and it’s changed my family’s life | María Hjálmtýsdóttir
For 90% of working Icelanders, a 36-hour week means less stress, more job satisfaction and time to enjoy life beyond work, says teacher María Hjálmtýsdóttir
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Joe Ryle @joeryle.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
These are really shocking statistics: one in three children and a quarter of adults are living in poverty. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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More than one in three children in poverty as UK deprivation hits record high
Exclusive: Study finds almost quarter of UK population living in poverty, reaching the highest level this century
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4 Day Week Foundation @4dayweek.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
We’re often astounded by the confidence some people speak with on the issue of a 4-day week when they haven’t got the first clue about it. Read one set of trial results. Take a quick look at the positive outcomes from South Cambs Council’s pilot. We dare you.
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