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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Again, I see that being a Friend of Peter was a disastrous impediment to power in April but is apparently not an issue, now.

Streeting 'preparing to resign'
Wes Streeting has told allies that he is preparing to resign and trigger a leadership contest as soon as tomorrow (Aubrey Allegretti and Patrick Maguire write).
The health secretary confronted Sir Keir Starmer this morning during a meeting ahead of the King's Speech that lasted just 16 minutes over the turmoil engulfing the Labour Party.
Allies of Streeting who have spoken to him directly said that he has made clear that he is "going to go for it". They said that he is likely to resign on Thursday and mount a formal challenge for the leadership
One Streeting ally who has spoken to him said:
"He is going to go for it. He's going tomorrow."
Discussions have also been held to prepare for MPs to sign Streeting's nomination papers, according to one of those with knowledge of the plans.

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Hierophant Shelley B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Wes Streeting is a bland, lying, genitally-obsessed godbothering fascist bigot who has no qualifications or background in health care, data security, privacy, or any of the other related issues he so confidently shits out opinions on. The fact that people are considering him for PM says a LOT

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Even the anti- @zackpolanski.bsky.social propaganda is working in the Greens’ favour… Looooooooolz

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Cindy Michels 🇺🇲🇪🇺🇨🇦 @cindymichels.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Excellent summary on how to vote ⤵️

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 07/05/2026

Most listeners of Angela’s music are cis, and have no idea a trans woman has shifted their emotional states It’s time we stopped shutting Trans+ people out of their achievements says @foxenlock.bsky.social

It’s May 1977. You’ve spent almost two hours in the dark surrounded by strangers, marvelling at the dizzying spectacle of special effects onscreen. But as Luke Skywalker destroys the Death Star, you probably don’t know that the swelling score you’re hearing was orchestrated by a trans woman.

For Trans+ History Week and QueerAF, Stefanie Cuthbert writes one of seven history articles released this week.

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Sarah Viktoria 🇬🇧🏳️‍⚧️⚧️🦗 @sarahviktoria.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

The Policy Exchange has a unit called "Biology Matters" that generates anti trans policy documents. www.youtube.com/watch?v=87GK...

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Labour ministers saying "biology matters" with a special guest appearance by Miriam Cates

YouTube video by Sarah Nova

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Equality Network @lgbtiscotland.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

The Scottish Parliament Election takes place today - 7th May 2026. You can vote between 7am and 10pm. It's really important that LGBTQIA+ people's voices are heard, so make sure that you get out and use your vote! 🏳️‍🌈

Graphic with a rainbow gradient background. In the centre is a white box, in black text it says "Make sure LGBTQIA+ voices are heard - get out and vote! Polling stations open until 10pm." The Equality Network and Scottish trans logos are at the bottom.

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cornish person girl @gemma.transwrites.world · 07/05/2026

Oh look. The former chair of the EHRC who worked with bigots to trample trans human rights is the chair of a right wing think tank's American fascist inspired "project 2029". the same right wing think tank who control so many of our MPs and politicians. I'm sure noone warned anyone about this tho.

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

This week is @transhistoryweek.com - a great time to reflect on the fact that - contrary to what you might think from the current toxic debate - trans people have always existed, across all ages and cultures🏳️‍⚧️🧵 www.transhistoryweek.com/latest/thw20...

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Trans+ History Week back bigger in 2026 with bold national campaign, new stories, cross-party support — Trans+ History Week

Third annual week (4–10 May) launches with Reflections, lifting Trans+ voices into public space, as community responds to hostile rhetoric with solidarity and growing support

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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 07/05/2026

“Angry and let down”: nurses respond to the annual pay rise The 2026 pay award to nurses fails to take account of rising inflation, resulting in real term pay cuts for nurses By Joely Thompson

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“Angry and let down”: nurses respond to the annual pay rise

The 2026 pay award to nurses fails to take account of rising inflation, resulting in real term pay cuts for nurses

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

We have a toxic combination of low wages and high bills. We need to make life affordable for everyone. Make hope normal again & Vote Green. 💚 (& remember to take photo ID to the polling station!)

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Shabana Mahmood wants to remove indefinite leave to remain Doctors: 36.3% are non U. K nationals 47.5% of specialist medical practitioners were born outside the U. K Nurses: 30.0% are non-U.K. nationals Dentists: Approximately 30% of dentists qualified outside the U. K Labour fuckwits in action

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Dreamliner Ontario @mostlyharmless.northsky.social · 26/04/2026

The stories from the past couple of years’ Trans+ History Weeks have been amazing. Looking forward to this years’!

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Night of the Abigail @popeguilty.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Given how medical professionals and political authorities constantly lie about trans people it's amazing more of us aren't conspiracy theorists, like we'd have every reason

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paranormal mattivity @windows98support.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The reason media freaks and political briefcases hate Zack’s drug policies is because it opens the door to them having to pay tax on their cocaine.

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Ms. Deathwish #Exist2Resist @msdeathwish.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I'd you can't get through a day of your job without drinking...then you may have a drinking problem. I say this as a recovering addict.

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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Man arrested for arson with intent to endanger life over a fire at a packed LGBT club on Saturday night. The club today looks completely destroyed. Thankfully nobody hurt. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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LGBT+ nightclub fire near Milton Keynes leads to arson arrest

An eyewitness says

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Eva Echo 🐼🏳️‍⚧️ (she/they) @evaecho.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

The news they’re quick to ignore is the news we all need right now, so it’s up to us to share and shout about it 📣 @sabacelebritypa.bsky.social

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Fiona Tribe @fionatribe.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Yes, Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky coined the term “dark matter” which is impressive, but he also coined the term “spherical bastard” to describe people who are bastards no matter which way you look at them, and I think that should be celebrated more.

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Bea Eli 🏳️‍⚧️ @msbeaeli.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Folks, you're not taking this seriously enough. ‼️ Rebeka needs to schedule those treatment appointments NOW. If you do a little research you'll read up that some of these facilities have literal WAITING LISTS. Do not wait to contribute!! Give $1 now if you can & SKEET!!

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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 23/04/2026

Thank you so much to everyone who has shared and donated, it means the world to my friend and her family 😊❤️

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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 23/04/2026

Activists have warned that a Constitutional Court ruling limiting the powers of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) marks a setback for LGBTQ+ rights in South Africa. www.mambaonline.com/... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

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Constitutional Court’s SAHRC Ruling Could Weaken LGBTQ+ Rights Enforcement in South Africa

The Constitutional Court has restricted the SAHRC's powers, raising concerns about the enforcement of LGBTQ+ rights in South Africa.

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Gemma Clark 🧿🕯️ @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

It’s so gross to go after a community fun run that has a quantifiable positive impact on public health and try to fuck it up because you hate trans people so much that you don’t want them to have anything. I’ll be wearing my trans rights T-shirt this Saturday 🏳️‍⚧️

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ᒍOᗩᑎᑎE • 1Ø yrs a Ha¡r ẞtyl¡st • 🏳️‍⚧️🦓 @shakyjoanne.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Europe needs to have a serious word with the government in a way that shows them up publicly.

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⳽ⳑⲇⳕⲛⲉ @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

this is why nothing @lucympowell.bsky.social tried during the gorton and denton by election worked. the public and sick and tired of labour's bullshit. we hate 'labour together' and their smears and their lies. i mean steve reed? steve reed?! mr. puppet master himself? they think we're stupid.

'Antisemitic' tweet from Starmer ally

Sir Keir Starmer faced accusations of double standards yesterday after he declined to sack a shadow cabinet ally who referred to a
Jewish businessman as a "puppet master" on social media.

Steve Reed, the shadow communities secretary, was forced to apologise by the Labour leader after using what one Jewish MP described as an "age-old antisemitic trope" to describe Richard Desmond, the media mogul and Conservative donor, in a tweet on Sunday.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

McTague here, and I point out the answer is very simple and straightforward if you think about this in terms of your own job. Why did Sir Keir appoint all these people who think he’s shit and have contempt for him? Because his boss told him to appoint them.

But I don't think like Keir Starmer's boys are sort of Blair Wright heavyweights like Matthew Doyle and Peter Mandelson.
Starmer has a kind of a group of people in Kentish town dads or whatever we wanna call them, but they're not the people that he's brought in. And I think that is the kind of confusing thing about this.
And it's the same in the cabinet. If you think about his reshuffles, where he has kind of staked his premiership on a sort of change of direction, and he's going after, let's say, tighter borders, deal with the small boats, and he's promoting Shabana Mahmood into the position of Home Secretary. That's like a big political move.

The same cabinet, he was empowering some of the Blair right figures on the right of the party. Now, that's not necessarily Keir Starmer's politics. Keir Starmer's politics, they probably have drifted right during his career, but they start from a sort of soft left position, where he probably still feels most comfortable, where most of his friends are.
Most of the people he is sort of instinctive sympathy with. So again, you're faced with this sort of strange conundrum, that when he's up against it, he promotes people into positions who don't really respect him, who don't really share his politics, who don't think he's doing a good job, and instinctively, you know, I'm pretty sure of, think somebody else should be doing that job instead. That's a very weird thing, right?
I would not like Gordon Brown back against the wall, bringing Brownites that he trusts into positions of power, or Blair thinking, you know what, I'm going to finally promote these Blairites over these Brownites because that helps my

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Jojo she/her @jojofe24.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

If a person respects rowling in this day and age it says a lot about them And none of it good

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Muffin Top Momma 🍪 @muffintopmomma.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Subscribe She knows her shit

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The UKs biggest supplier of books by Black authors is still looking to shift some more books. You know what to do 👊🏾 linktr.ee/afroribooks

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afroribooks Official: TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook | Linktree

The UK's biggest supplier of books by Black Authors, covering every genre.

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⳽ⳑⲇⳕⲛⲉ @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

'to stress. im not here to adjudicate. im just here to use my national platform to help my friends in the labour party propagate their smears. what? propagate? yes i suppose that does sound like propagandist and propaganda. why do you ask?' — @peterwalker99.bsky.social

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 23/04/2026

Sex Matters are demanding biological sex on Digital ID. Below are suggestions for when one should have to use their ID to "verify" their sex. For the avoidance of doubt – this is a call for the effective repeal of the Gender Recognition Act, in breach of our human rights obligations & EU Law.

Examples include:

joining a dating service
joining a single-sex association, such as Girlguiding or the Women’s Institute
applying for a bursary, prize or award that is only for women
joining a gym and using its ID to access male or female changing rooms
registering for sport with a national governing body or sports team, or for competitions
applying for a job in social care, policing, prisons or a single-sex service
seeking to rent in a shared house, homestay, hall of residence or dormitory
registering with a healthcare or social-care provider
registering with a single-sex service such as a rape crisis centre or women’s refuge, or being referred between such services.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Remove Palantir from our NHS. Get Palantir out of our country. Sign my petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Palantir boss rebuts Polanskis wild NHS claims

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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 23/04/2026

What can I say. Other than we told you so (last month's articl posted in comments). Buddying up to transphobic scum Sarwar. If you're a trans or trans ally Lib Dem member, I strongly suggest you re-think your affiliation. Which side are you on? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Lib Dem leader signals party could back Sarwar as first minister

Alex Cole-Hamilton says he would have an

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Autumn Dryad ❥ ✊🏾 @kraehenherz.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Do me a favor and help Cirice out if you can or at least boost the original post!

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👻 ⛧ Victor J. Frankenstein ⛧ SCARY SEASON ⛧👻 @victor-el-dm.eurosky.social · 23/04/2026

Carousel mode is TERRIBLE for artists or for people who just want all their images to show up at a glance. It reduces DRASTICALLY the chances of the second, third, and fourth image to be seen! It needs to be an optional feature, forcing it upon all your users is an error!

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

When "They might deport two million people" doesn't just bring you in short order to the conclusion "... and that's fascistic madness", the fight may already be lost.

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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.cat · 23/04/2026

“You’ll be brilliant in challenging circumstances. And after many years of our discussions, we get to work together side by side. I really look forward to that”, Sir Keir to Lord Peter

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Helixel @helixel-illustrations.com · 08/04/2026

Tarot After Dark is finally here! 78 cards- 50+ amazing artists this is going to be an insane deck. Here is my card for The Emperor. Get your deck here! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ska... #Humanart / #EnokiDemon

Black white, and gold demon woman points a sceptre at the throat of a demon. She holds a stolen crown in another hand

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Mat @mathawthorn.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

A monster who denied and covered up the suicides of children denied medical care amongst his other crimes

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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

New polling from @moreincommonuk.bsky.social today reveals 75% of the British public, across a variety of political loyalties, believe mental health is as important as physical health & more should be done to support those struggling. Mental health is not a ‘woke’ culture war issue as much of…

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