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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

The Green Party leadership election so far… Adrian - Likes: Collecting the rent Doesn’t like: Zack Zack - Likes: Adrian Doesn’t like: Extractive capitalism, inequality Ellie - Likes: ??? Doesn’t like: ???

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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

🤔 Zero-hours contracts. All about flexibility right? 😃 They sure seem to work for the employers 😡 But for many workers they often mean insecurity, low pay, and worse rights ⛔ Labour's Employment Rights Bill needs end #ZeroHours contracts. No ifs. No buts!

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

If the OBR accept the white paper's projection that the measures will lead to a 100k drop in net migration then that will create an additional £2.5 billion hole in the next forecast.

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

I didn’t give a wit about new pope coverage, but the first American pope being a man with Black ancestry born in Chicago by way of New Orleans by way of Haiti. Names his self after the pope who condemned slavery? In the Trump era? Oh, baebae, I am HERE for it. www.wwltv.com/article/news...

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Pope Leo XIV's grandparents were 7th Ward Creoles

The newly elected pontiff, born in Chicago, has ancestral ties to the city’s historic Seventh Ward, according to genealogists at The Historic New Orleans Collection.

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Yet legal union-busting tactics by bosses carry with it the implicit (and often explicit) threat of such illegal discrimination. This is something one would expect a governing party with the word 'labour' in it to fix...

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

It is only illegal to actively discriminate against individual workers specifically because of their union membership or union activities.

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

In the UK, it is still legal for employers to use intimidation to stop workers joining unions, frustrate the formation of unions in the workplace, and refuse to recognise (ie negotiate with) unions.

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

It is time for the UK to bring our anti-union busting laws up to the level of the 'land of the free', the United States.

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Solidarity with @appleutaw.bsky.social @utaw.tech #Cambridge in their fight for union recognition from #Apple. See @novaramedia.com article: novaramedia.com/2025/05/08/a...

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Voted this morning and took in a bit of local greenery 💚 #PeopleAndPlanet #ForTheMany

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Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

This macabre ritual is a reminder of the grim reality that many institutions continue to collect, hold and display human remains looted from enslaved and colonised peoples. It highlights the urgent need for new laws to tackle this.

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Oxford dons ‘drank wine from skull of a slave woman’

A silver chalice made with a sawn-off human skull was used regularly at formal dinners at Worcester College until 2015, according to a museum curator

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The Voice Newspaper: @voicenewspaper.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Today is Stephen Lawrence Day - a day to reflect, honour and celebrate the legacy of his life. Let us support the Stephen Lawrence Foundation @sldayfdn and all the wonderful work they do to improve the lives of young people. #Wewillneveforgetstephenlawrence

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

United have spent £1.1215 BILLION on players (net) since 2008/9, only marginally less than neighbours City, who spent £1.2708 bn in this period. They've spent sooo much, but what is there to show for all this cash at Old Trafford? Nothing! www.planetfootball.com/quick-reads/...

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Comparing Man United and Man City's total net spends since 2008

After watching their team struggle on the pitch in recent years, Manchester United fans have been highly critical of the Glazer family and their lack of investment.

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Okay, midfielder Fernandes is ranked 5th on FPL points, but the next highest United mid is 30th (Amad). All this underlines just how poor the whole team is. Singling out Onana won't solve their problems, which are deep-seated.

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Like Rashford before him, Onana is the scapegoat for a shockingly bad team. Onana actually has the 4th highest points on FPL so far this season. The highest ranking United defender is 24th (Dalot), and striker (Zirkzee) is 22nd. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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André Onana to start against Lyon but Ruben Amorim may eye new goalkeeper

André Onana will resume in goal for Manchester United against Lyon on Thursday but his manager said: ‘We need to improve every position. Goalkeeper is the same’

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

A person who have *fully* transitioned from a man to a woman (eg hormones, genitalia) *is* a biological woman. The assumption that people who are assigned a gender at birth can only be that gender is scientifically wrong.

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

It's simply not true for Birmingham Council to suggest @unitetheunion.bsky.social don't want to negotiate the end to the bin strike. The Town Hall simply need to come up with a better offer for workers, end of. www.itv.com/watch/news/c...

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

We should be shocked, humiliated and ashamed that 4.5 million children live in poverty in the UK and that Labour is planning to increase this number by conscious choice. Radical action is needed. No child deserves this. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...

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4.5 million children in poverty demand action

There are going to be 4.5 million children living in poverty in the UK soon, with Labour's policies increasing that number by at least 250,000. I continue to be shocked by these statistics. In a coun...

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Glad the Sentencing Council are standing up (a) for the independence of the judiciary, and against bullying by a government preoccupied with simping to Daily Mail faux-outrage about ‘woke’; and (b) calling out the nonsensical criticism of SC guidelines. www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

So sad to hear that Alex Wheatle - celebrated author and ‘Brixton Bard’ - has passed on. Such an inspiring man, with a golden heart. His novel Brixton Rock was a masterpiece. Rest in peace King 👑 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

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Homerton College, Cambridge @homertoncollege.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

The parallels between apartheid South Africa and modern-day Palestine were explored today by Dr Wesam Amer (Dean of the Faculty of Communications at Gaza University, and Associate Fellow at Homerton College), and Moyra Samuel (veteran anti-apartheid activist). 1/

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Homerton College, Cambridge @homertoncollege.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Homerton College’s 3-day Symposium on Gender, Power & Culture is starting now, with a warm welcome from Dr Georgina Horrell! #GBVSymposium #CambridgeEvent #HomertonCollege #GenderPowerCulture

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

And that's before even considering that Black people are more likely to be caught (ie white people are more likely to get away with crime) due to much higher police stop and search, and intimate search, rates. 4/

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

By opposing such a milktoast measure - asking judges simply to recognise the ethnicity of those they are sentencing - this trio are actually telling us they want Black people to continue to be given longer jail terms for the same crime. 3/

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

It says a lot that the head of the equality watchdog, Baroness Kishwer Falkner (appointed as a LibDem), Labour's Justice Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, and Tory leader Kemi Badenoch are all so against a measure that does not even deal with disproportionate sentencing of Black people. 2/

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

The Sentencing Council’s guidelines doesn't deal with disproportionate custody, longer jail terms, or imbalances in entering the criminal justice system in the first place. It's simply a reminder for judges to be aware biases exist, and do their job fairly. 1/ www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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Watchdog suggests alleged ‘two-tier’ sentencing guidelines may breach Equality Act – UK politics live

Lady Falkner, chair of the EHRC, says moves run the risk of positive discrimination

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

So sad to hear that Angie Stone has passed on. Loved her as an artist, and once saw her in concert and loved her personality. RIEP Angie B / Stone

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

The Chagos islands is not the UK’s to lease to the US, any more than if Mauritius leased the Isle of Wight to Russia. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Donald Trump 'inclined' to back UK's Chagos Islands deal

The UK has offered Trump an effective veto on the deal because of its implications for US security.

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

...take down the cover image with the logos. We continued to promote the campaign against Guido and others. So always satisfying to see Staines and Guido suffer. Well done Dale Vince!

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

...threatened to sue for breach of copyright, and used this threat (solicitors letter) to try and get the whole campaign taken down (ie to stop people learning about what he and other bloggers had published). The 1990 Trust told him we had no intention of backing down over the content, but did...

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Anyway, we came with all the receipts... laid out all the shocking racist comments they published. What Staines picked on was a composite image I'd created where I used their logo. The image was in fact simply a collection of logos from the blog sites. No manipulation of the logos. But Staines...

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

So, years ago I worked for race equality campaign body The 1990 Trust. We ran a campaign I instigated intended to shame a variety of bloggers over extreme racism on their sites. The fact all the bloggers were Rightwing was purely incidental (but not surprising)...

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Hahahaha! 😂 As someone once threatened legally by Guido Fawkes (details of their ridiculous behaviour in this thread) it is particularly enjoyable to see Paul Staines lose in court! www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Labour donor Dale Vince claims libel victory over false pro-Hamas claim

Vince to receive damages from Guido Fawkes blogger and says he will take Reform UK’s Richard Tice to full trial

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

The German AfD - one of *the most* neo-Nazi party’s in Europe - scored highest among millennials and the working class. The Far Right are now the second biggest party, and looking like they are just one short step away from taking over Germany. www.newstatesman.com/internationa...

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Germany’s polarised election

Friedrich Merz is on track to be the next chancellor though his country’s traditional political stability has vanished.

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

'More In Common' claim the Left are more dogmatic than the Far Right, but when questioned about this on Novara Media, they said the Right were not a big enough group to measure last time they looked, in 2020. Novara: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VFl... Story: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I used to look forward to @tribunemagazine.bsky.social arriving. I’ve written for them. But no longer, after publisher Bhaskar Sunkara backed Trump’s attack on DEI. I will keep my subs for now as I wait for articles taking a different position. Maybe next edition? tribunemag.co.uk/author/leste...

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Kate: Judge me for my work not my wardrobe. You sure?

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Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @leftiestats.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

🚨 BREAKING: Reform lead with **YouGov** 🟣 REF 25% (+2) 🔴 LAB 24% (-3) 🔵 CON 21% (-1) 🟠 LD 14% (-) 🟢 GRN 9% (-) Via YouGov, 2-3 Feb (+/- vs 26-27 Jan)

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Fe Balata @febalata.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I'm thrilled to launch our @neweconomics.bsky.social and @patmillsuk.bsky.social report Exploring an Extreme Wealth Line. Our talks with millionaires, politicians, and policymakers in the past months revealed broad agreement that #extremewealth is a systemic failure neweconomics.org/2025/01/expl...

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Exploring an extreme wealth line

Insights from political figures, policy experts, and millionaires on a threshold for harmful wealth

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

It was a pleasure to speak to students at Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge, today. I was talking about why stories matter to society, and our individual/collective power to contest narratives. I also discussed my role at Homerton College, Cambridge, and the mission/values of Homerton.

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

She was not just a believer in community but a practitioner, with the Hammersmith Community Trust. And she campaigned hard to educate us on the importance of land ownership and reform to changing society. Her principles and her patience were examples to me. Condolences to the Tranchell family.

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

We were councillors together in Hammersmith 30 years ago, and she was a central character in the Brook Green Massive (HQ: The Bird in Hand) alongside Jane, Gerald, and the late Hammy.

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

A pint-sized bundle of energy and principles, I will remember her as a dogged fighter for justice and equality, and stalwart Socialist.

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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Very sad to hear that Louanne Tranchell has passed on. She will be much missed by many. RIEP Louanne ❤️ www.instagram.com/reel/DEo8vcG...

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