Reposted by Luke.Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 12hPlease don't forget about us trans people. Facing the worst attack on our rights in this country due to Labour's current transphobia. Don't forget my community. That's all I ask. Please. 10787168
Reposted by Luke.TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026TransActual partnered with @scottishtrans.bsky.social and @transsolidarity.bsky.social to bring messages from this month’s Mass Lobby for Trans Equality to the Labour conference in Liverpool, and to ask the party: what now for our standing on LGBTQ+ rights? 09029
Reposted by Luke.Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 8h"Give Wales what Scotland has" My latest Guardian column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe demands of Welsh devolution are simple: just give us what Scotland has | Will HaywardAndy Burnham is a Westminster leader whom Welsh nationalists could finally work with - but only if he stands up to the devo-sceptics in UK Labour, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward 25619
Reposted by Luke.Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 9hWhen did it become so normalised to describe often far right thugs attacking people as "scuffles" but make out anyone just trying to seek safety is a threat to national security? 13296122
Reposted by Luke.Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I can’t really believe this is happening in our country. And it makes me very angry people aren’t doing more to stop it. An entire group have had their civil rights gutted, and are having their lives made unliveable (especially children who are most vulnerable). And what’s anyone doing about it? 825975
Reposted by Luke.Bold Politics @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Zack is one of the hardest working people out there when it comes to fighting for equality. He turns up at every opportunity. Now we need to turn up for him. Sign up and help elect our 6th Green MP👇 linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP 619063
Reposted by Luke.Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I have said before and will again: any electoral reform commission must NOT rule out a change of system BEFORE the next election if needed. We cannot risk a minority vote handing a huge majority to any party that would take a shredder to democracy itself. 18468135
Reposted by Luke.Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 01/10/2026I'm glad a lot of cis people are feeling so much optimism over Burnham, optimism is good, but I'm also immensely sad as a trans person because our persecution is so easy to completely and utterly dismiss for some shiny words. 1632444
Reposted by Luke.Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I wrote to Miatta Fahnbulleh to urge her to publish a Fossil Fuel Transition Roadmap ahead of COP31 in November. Ending all new licenses & publishing a clear roadmap will show that the UK is not just calling for a global transition, but delivering one. 010424
Reposted by Luke.Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 29/09/2026How Burnham is going to try and balance proposals for a National Care Service, while supporting Mahmood's immigration policies is going to...interesting, and by "interesting" I mean fundamentally unworkable. It just cannot work with the hostile immigration policies being pushed. 312236
Reposted by Luke.The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/09/2026Cutting immigration to the UK means billions less for the Treasury. Can the country really afford that? | Zoe Williamstheguardian.comCutting immigration to the UK means billions less for the Treasury. Can the country really afford that? | Zoe Williams‘Taking back control’ turns out to be staggeringly expensive. That’s something to mull over as budget day approaches, writes Zoe Williams 26622
Reposted by Luke.Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Difficult to say which part of Mahmood’s speech Nigel Farage will be happiest with …labour.org.ukShabana Mahmood's speech to Labour Party Conference 2026 – The Labour PartyHear from Shabana Mahmood, Home Secretary, at Labour Party Conference 2026. 23613
Reposted by Luke.Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"A senator in Vermont has noticed who is buying Reform. Why do you think so many British papers haven't?" via Very Brexit Problems 191796793
Reposted by Luke.The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 24/09/2026“I would be a voice that speaks up on so many of the issues that I know young people care about.” Zack Polanski on what he would do for young people if elected as the MP for Holborn and St Pancras. 6262105
Reposted by Luke.The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 24/09/2026Healthcare should be there when you need it. No exceptions. Trans people deserve the same dignity, respect and access to care as everyone else. 1217765
Reposted by Luke.⳽ⳑⲇⳕⲛⲉ @sloanelysbeth.northsky.social · 17/08/2026jk rowling threatens international human rights organistions and the nhs with slapp lawsuits and we still have to hear from cis ppl about how she just has opinions that we disagree with. it's not normal to be engaging in vexatious lawfare against human rights organisations and the nhs. 861084325
Reposted by Luke.The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 22/09/2026“We can push the government in a better direction. We can get them to finally start putting people before profit.” Hannah Spencer on how getting more Green MPs can challenge the government to be bolder and deliver for ordinary people. 423185
Reposted by Luke.Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This is the good news 👇 The bad news is that Reform’s struggles aren’t sending many of those votes leftwards. We currently have three far right parties (the Tories are basically far right atm) polling an eye-watering 46% between them. Any sort of pact btwn them could well give us a far right govt. 127322
Reposted by Luke.Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Burnham reappointed Shabana Mahmood. That made it clear that he’s not the man to deal with this. 922347
Reposted by Luke.Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Joshua was 23 when he died after a railing gave way in Holborn. Speaking with his mum who is tirelessly campaigning for new laws that say people shouldn't live in unsafe buildings, and I pledge as an MP to take this up in parliament. 343184
Reposted by Luke.Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 21/09/2026When I chat to people in my area who know my kid is now out of school, who know why, I'm yet to find a single cis person who will say anything like: 'I'm sorry' 'It's really unfair' 'It's terrible what she's experiencing' Not one For everyone else persecution is All Just Fine. 1130165
Reposted by Luke.Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 20/09/2026He could have quite explicitly stated that they don't, because they don't. This isn't an area to go "oh people think". We have the evidence. They just don't. If you want to claim to be a progressive, liberal, party, you have to actually challenge right wing, predominantly, lies and scare mongering. 615066
Reposted by Luke.Amra Watson @amrawatson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A Zack Polanski win would matter. We need a strong left opposition, more Green MPs in Parliament, and Zack Polanski right at the heart of it.💚 214842
Reposted by Luke.Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Our Green Party is people powered. We have the energy and the momentum to win in Holborn & St Pancras. We're about to go up a gear. We'll be out every day and evening and we need you! 🫵🏽 Sign up here: linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP 6529169
Reposted by Luke.Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Palantir have just bought themselves a Labour Lord with close links to the Labour government. No other word to describe this other than corruption. How can Watson remain a member of the House of Lords and keep the Labour whip? 932316828
Reposted by Luke.Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026While rightwing media nods approvingly at the prejudiced outcry in Piddington, a RNLI station has to close because of white British thuggery and threats. This is where the constantly toxic obsession with immigration leads. To racist, flag-wielding vigilantism that ruins this country for everyone. 44779299
Reposted by Luke.George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comDriving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George MonbiotIn towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 1151581494
Reposted by Luke.Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 16/09/2026NEW: The Reform councillor supporting Patriot Platform, and the veteran-led group who want to establish a UK version of ICE. My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/09/16/t...bylinetimes.comThe Reform Councillors Embedded in Britain’s Masked 'Patriot' Anti-Migrant NetworkA Reform councillor and campaign co-ordinater urged his followers to join and support the masked group 312169
Reposted by Luke.Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The clock is ticking. We have to act now. Vote Green on October 8th. 💚 8766228
Reposted by Luke.Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Just imagine the embarrassment if Canada ends up joining the EU before we do 631015196
Reposted by Luke.Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026How long is it until Nigel Farage trots out the old line about Reform UK’s Leader in Wales Dan Thomas, who resigned yesterday after being arrested on suspicion of coercive control and abuse? Let’s not forget who else was Reform UK Welsh Leader… Nathan Gill. 14337146
Reposted by Luke.Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 14/09/2026This is what has happened with Labour in the UK. Most people don't believe that Labour could be transphobic - they aren't the Tories or Reform after all - and refuse to see it, and they are the most transphobic government of my life. So much harder to fight against, so much more damage done. 71013292
Reposted by Luke.Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Just imagine how much disinformation and micro targeting £72m gets you… Shame on the leaders who did nothing to protect democracy from the assault coming its way …as if we learnt nothing from Brexit. 1062236601
Reposted by Luke.John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I wrote about Ben Delo back in July... was obvious something like this was about to happen. Also, further evidence that Starmer was completely asleep. Donations reform should have been a priority as soon as Labour got in www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 22412160
Reposted by Luke.Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Reform UK's record-breaking donor was accused of running “in effect a money laundering platform”. Prosecutors accused Delo of being the “leader of a criminal enterprise” who knew that his Bitmex platform had become a “magnet for money laundering and criminal activity”.adambienkov.co.ukReform UK Is Now a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Corrupt Crypto IndustryAs criminal investigations into Reform’s funding continue, much of the British press continues to give a free pass to Nigel Farage’s shady funders 861368637
Reposted by Luke.Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/09/2026WOW. Massive thank you to the hundreds of people who volunteered in Holborn & St Pancras. And a huge thank you to @owenjones.bsky.social for joining us! Just getting started. See you tomorrow (Sunday) in Tavistock Square! actionnetwork.org/events/1309-... 161017238
Reposted by Luke.Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Politicians on the centre-left and centre-right simply don't seem to understand they are in an existential battle for the future of British democracy. 601452378
Reposted by Luke.Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Oops!! I think we can safely say, then, that these are going to be given the green light So, everyone in Holborn & St Pancras, you know where to put your cross @zackpolanski.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comNorth Sea gasfield decision likely delayed until after Holborn and St Pancras byelectionGreens accuse Labour of hiding position to avoid criticism before contest, in which Zack Polanski is standing 323796
Reposted by Luke.Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Great. Now we just also need the Home Secretary, and Labour government as a whole, to stop fueling and reinforcing far right ideology it with continued hostile and racist rhetoric and policies against migrants, particularly people seeking safety. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comShabana Mahmood urges police to curb far-right, anti-migrant protestsHome secretary tells officers to make ‘full use’ of their powers after masked vigilantes cause weekend of chaos 410624
Reposted by Luke.Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It's on. I'm running to be the next Green MP for Holborn & St Pancras. donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk 1071755430
Reposted by Luke.Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026“The idea that you could be here for the next 10, 15 years and you’d still have no legal right to remain [permanently] in the country … how the hell do you plan? … I mean, it cuts across any effort to integrate at all.”theguardian.com‘Fundamentally unfair’: Burnham must overhaul migration reforms, says TUC general secretaryPaul Nowak says changes to immigration rules risk overstretching social care and fuelling far-right sentiment 0419
Reposted by Luke.Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I have asked the Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission to come to Brighton, and today Brighton came to me with so many stories of how the EHRC Code of Practice is impacting them. Trans lives are already being harmed, and the EHRC needs to hear this. 1033485
Reposted by Luke.Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This is brilliant and I agree. But all the migrant orgs who have been attacked for the last 5 years - physically, digitally, daily, also deserve to be thanked. We are providing homelessness/ domestic violence services, education, arts, mental health support, welfare etc. It is vital public service. 24616
Reposted by Luke.Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 09/09/2026"Nearly two thirds of asylum case rejections overturned on appeal" [Times] No appeal system should have a high rate of success like this unless the system, as we see with benefits, is designed to reject legitimate claims. 629369
Reposted by Luke.Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Truly wild to have lived through moral panics about teenagers wearing hoodies and Muslim women wearing the head dress to now experience 'but is a large group of organised far right activists in balaclavas really that scary' 9259931593
Reposted by Luke.Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Here's The Times trying to make masked fascists look good while one *does a Nazi salute in the story's cover photo* 1321066
Reposted by Luke.Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Labour has banned peaceful protest for Palestine. It should not be hard for Andy Burnham to condemn thugs. 571693498
Reposted by Luke.Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/09/2026At the same time as banning myself and other journalists from their conference this week, this is who Reform laid out the red carpet for www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comRaise the Colours leader given access to Reform UK conference while on bailRyan Bridge, arrested this year on suspicion of religiously and racially aggravated harassment, says party invited him 791226570
Reposted by Luke.Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This wouldn’t be happening but for the feeble response to their performance in Dovertheguardian.comHundreds of far-right protesters descend on Portsmouth after small boat arrivalInfluencer livestreams event calling for men to travel to port to block coaches carrying asylum seekers from leaving 14615