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Cllr Minesh Parekh 🌹 @mineshparekh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This Labour conference has seen: 🫂 proposals for a National Care Service, free at the point of use 🛠️ a new Insourcing Unit to bring jobs in-house 📖 £15m Union Learning Fund to support workers' English, Maths & ICT skills 🚅 new train rolling stock could be directly owned by Great British Railways

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Cllr Minesh Parekh 🌹 @mineshparekh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ed Miliband's critics have said he was wrong to impose sanctions ahead of Israel's elections. These are the same elections Arab parties are set to be barred from standing in. Justice deferred is justice denied. Ed was right.

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Cllr Minesh Parekh 🌹 @mineshparekh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Whether it's hotels, detention centres or charter flights, border securitisation always leads to private companies profiting from devastation. It costs far less to support and integrate people than it does to imprison or deport them, and would mean fewer lives ruined, more valued and flourishing.

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Cllr Minesh Parekh 🌹 @mineshparekh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Every day this week we have seen hundreds of masked fascist men protesting at our ports, with next-to-no state response. They claim to be the "protectors of women and girls", but won't bat an eyelid to perpetrators in their own ranks. Where is Nigel Farage or Tommy Robinson's outrage at this news?

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Cllr Minesh Parekh 🌹 @mineshparekh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This is yet another horrific consequence of the hostile environment, which normalises fear, exploitation and precarity and denies people the safety net society should provide. This is the Home Office failing to protect some of the most vulnerable people in our society to placate far-right mobs.

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Cllr Minesh Parekh 🌹 @mineshparekh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Today's sanctions against Israel's occupation is very welcome. For too long, diplomacy has been determined by power rather than justice, with illegality left unchallenged. 11 other nations will implement the same sanctions. May this begin a new international consensus centred on peace and justice.

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Cllr Minesh Parekh 🌹 @mineshparekh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Wales's Senedd made it a criminal offence for politicians to lie. How quickly would Farage resign if our Parliament did the same?

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Cllr Minesh Parekh 🌹 @mineshparekh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The Labour Party gave Starmer everything. It made him an MP, and then PM. He had to resign as PM due to his inability to lead the country. Inflicting the chaos of a by-election on the day his successor first addresses the Commons is deeply petty. A final reminder of how unworthy he was as PM.

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Over 100 joined the annual Reclaim Our Moors walk on the Duke of Rutland’s Moscar Moor this morning. Land stolen from the people 200 years ago. Driven grouse shooting must end. We need to restore and rewet our uplands. @raptorpersuk.bsky.social @ruthtingay.bsky.social @guyshrubsole.bsky.social

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Cllr Dr Alex Powell @apowelllaw.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Fucking awful and we all, yes you and me as well, created the media that did this.

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Even in death he's "the black academic" in the Guardian.

Jason Arday, the black academic who resigned last week as a professor at the University of Cambridge, has been found dead at his home in south London.

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Cllr Minesh Parekh 🌹 @mineshparekh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

No plagiarism scandal should make national headlines. This is a man hounded to death by a racist press. We need press reform, now.

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Cat Arnold @catarnold.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Thanks so much @mineshparekh.bsky.social for the endorsement. Councillors like Minesh work so hard for our communities, I will always advocate for their voices at NEC. Find out more about my NEC work here: catarnold.co.uk

Sheffield City Labour councillor Minesh Parekh endorses Cat Arnold for the Labour Party NEC elections.

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Cllr Minesh Parekh 🌹 @mineshparekh.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Bad landlords selling up and homes being bought - by families, councils, or landlords willing to maintain their properties - isn't policy failure; it's the Renters' Rights Act succeeding. Now give Mayors the power to introduce rent controls too.

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Now Then magazine @nowthenmag.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Sheffield once decided that water was too important to leave in private hands. For more than a century, that judgment served the city well. @andyburnham.bsky.social now has an opportunity to show that same clarity of purpose today – by taking back Yorkshire Water. ✍️ Cllr @mineshparekh.bsky.social

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Andy Burnham wants to 'rewire Britain' – he should start by taking back Yorkshire Water

Crookes & Crosspool councillor Minesh Parekh writes for Now Then about the case for bringing the failing company back into public hands.

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Cllr Minesh Parekh 🌹 @mineshparekh.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

A period of silence would be welcome from those who brought our party to the brink - and whose efforts nearly led to a Reform government.

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mseviechops.bsky.social @mseviechops.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I see Ann Widdecombe has died. When she was Home Secretary I showed her round Drake Hall womens’s prison. There was a pregnant woman on a bed in the early stages of Labour and she asked the prison officers why she wasn’t handcuffed to the bed. That’s the kind of woman she was.

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Cllr Minesh Parekh 🌹 @mineshparekh.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Farage says this by-election is about taking on "the establishment". On the same day, Barnsley's Reform council has cut school uniform grants. Apparently "the establishment" means working-class kids - not his crypto-billionaire mates.

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Cllr Minesh Parekh 🌹 @mineshparekh.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Back in April, Keir Starmer condemned the Tory government for having left him "uncosted and undeliverable" investment plans. He's now left a future PM with a £4.7bn budget gap. In New York, Mamdani closed an inherited $12bn budget deficit through a tax on luxury homes. We can and must do the same.

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Pharmacist on a Pushbike @ppushbike.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Research study by @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social into the impact of pavement parking ✅ Age 18+ ✅ Live in South Yorkshire ✅Walk or wheel (mobility aid or push chair) regularly More info in images/AltText Sign up at tinyurl.com/SYpavementpa...

Research: Researchers at Sheffield Hallam University have asked us to share this information about a study they are conducting:

Do you encounter pavement parking while walking/wheeling? Join our study to share how it impacts you.

What does taking part involve?
You will be joined by a researcher for one of your regular walking or wheeling journeys. You will discuss the impact of pavement parking and obstructions in the environment on your mobility and wellbeing.

Am I eligible to take part?
You will need to be aged over 18, based in South Yorkshire, and walk or wheel (use a mobility aid or pram) regularly. We are especially interested in talking to those facing barriers to getting around.

Why is this study being done?
Walking and wheeling are fundamental ways for people to get around, access services, and get some exercise. We want to understand the impact of pavement parking on people's abilities to undertake everyday walking and wheeling journeys safely.

Who is conducting the study?
The project is being carried out by a research team at Sheffield Hallam University.

£20 voucher
As a thank you for taking part, you will receive a £20 Love2Shop voucher.

Want to take part?
Register your interest by following this weblink: https://tinyurl.com/SYpavementparking.

Contact
Contact Mia at mr8930@hallam.shu.ac.uk if you would like further information.

Images are a car and a van parked on pavements

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Narimane @naridorey.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

"clean air was a political issue: (...), the harm came from inadequate protection, employers cutting corners, & a political refusal to take the action needed to save lives." "the result of systematic neglect, & of political decisions that have treated exposure to harm as an acceptable trade-off."

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Cllr Minesh Parekh 🌹 @mineshparekh.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

One of Reform's new Sheffield councillors has been suspended, less than a week into the role, after evidence of his support for the Nazis has come to light. Our fathers and grandfathers fought against the Nazis. No one who calls them visionaries is fit to represent us. He needs to resign.

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Now Then magazine @nowthenmag.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

The Renters' Rights Act comes into force today, protecting thousands of Sheffield tenants from no-fault evictions and unfair rent hikes. But Councillor @mineshparekh.bsky.social says #Sheffield should go much further to shield renters from dangerous landlords. ✍️ @sammgreg.bsky.social

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Thousands of Sheffield renters receive new rights today – but councillors call for city to go further in fight against bad landlords

A city-wide licensing scheme would go beyond today’s changes, forcing landlords to fix threats to human life, says one Labour councillor.

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Cllr Minesh Parekh 🌹 @mineshparekh.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Globally, SUVs produce more CO2 than most individual countries. As cars get heavier they're also wearing down our roads more quickly. London and Paris are looking to charge higher costs to their drivers to mitigate their damage. Sheffield should be given the same power to do so too.

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Cllr Minesh Parekh 🌹 @mineshparekh.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

🚨 The government has just taken a 10% ownership stake in ITM Power, a clean hydrogen company worth £447m. The move will also create 400 new green jobs in South Yorkshire. Great to see Ed Miliband using public investment to bring more energy production under public ownership.

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Cllr Minesh Parekh 🌹 @mineshparekh.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Last week I canvassed a resident doctor who told me that he wasn't planning to strike, but felt like he had to after Keir Starmer's intervention. No one wants to strike, healthcare workers least of all. A Labour government should not be forcing them to. Shameful from @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social

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Cllr Minesh Parekh 🌹 @mineshparekh.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The Grenfell tower fire was criminal because it was entirely preventable. 72 people were killed by deregulation and institutional neglect. This is a monstrous thing to say. It also exposes something we have said for years: those who push deregulation know it kills - they just don't care.

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Don't threaten me with a good time ...

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

✍️NEW on the Mainstream blog: The conflict in the Middle East is putting another pressure load on Britain's cost of living crisis - it's time for the Government to step up to the plate, writes Minesh Parekh. www.mainstreamlabour.org/blog/the-people-will-bear-the-brunt-of-another-government-crisis

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The People Will Bear the Brunt of Another Government Crisis | Mainstream Labour

Minesh Parekh | The conflict in the Middle East is set to put more pressure on Britain's cost of living crisis and it is time for the Government to step up to the plate, writes Minesh Parekh.

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Momentum @peoplesmomentum.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Members from across Labour are uniting behind a call to urgently reset the Party. 🌹 Labour must rebuild democracy, restore democratic selections, end the suspension of MPs & move away from top-down control. More details: resetlabour.co.uk

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Miles King @milesking.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I've created a petition to get Winston Churchill replaced on the five pound note, with a Bog-moss. Sign here please. c.org/j7ZFc4qRFn

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Replace Winston Churchill on a five pound note, with a Bog-moss.

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Momentum @peoplesmomentum.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

🌹 National Executive Committee 🌹 Make sure to nominate Gemma Bolton, Yasmine Dar and @mineshparekh.bsky.social as reps for Labour’s ruling body. Together they will speak out on behalf of all members, oppose anti-democratic manoeuvres and defend & advance the rights of members.

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Now Then magazine @nowthenmag.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

"Good quality housing shouldn’t be left to chance. A city-wide licensing scheme would provide every renter in this city with a guarantee that, no matter where they live, they can expect to find safety, dignity and warmth at home" ✍️ Cllr @mineshparekh.bsky.social #Sheffield

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Sheffield's private landlords have failed too many of us – it's time to introduce proper regulation

Labour councillor for Crookes & Crosspool Minesh Parekh writes for Now Then about why he’s pushing for a new city-wide licensing scheme for private landlords.

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Rentoul confirming the rule that literally everything John Rentoul says is wrong bsky.app/profile/rent...

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Cllr Minesh Parekh 🌹 @mineshparekh.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Labour have come third in a seat we have represented for the best part of a hundred years. This is the clearest rejection of the leadership yet - and its rightward turn, smear campaigns, and spiteful blocking of Burnham. Starmer must resign or be removed today, or else risk our permanent collapse.

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Cllr Minesh Parekh 🌹 @mineshparekh.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Drug decriminalisation is backed by public health evidence and harm-reduction principles. For a party of government to share something so deliberately inflammatory is not just irresponsible, but really dangerous. Policy should be driven by evidence, not fear-mongering.

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Cllr Minesh Parekh 🌹 @mineshparekh.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Our collapse in support is a direct consequence of Starmerism sidelining members, hollowing out our internal democracy, and creating a political culture predisposed to scandal. We need a decisive break from Starmerism and Starmer to have any chance of salvaging the remainder of this Parliament.

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Cllr Minesh Parekh 🌹 @mineshparekh.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Andrew Gwynne stood down following his suspension from the party after anti-Semitic, misogynistic, and racist comments he made in a chat named “Trigger Me Timbers”. This is a direct result of that toxic factionalism. The chat name itself makes light of the idea of member-led accountability.

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Cllr Minesh Parekh 🌹 @mineshparekh.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

But we should also remember why this by-election is even taking place. For years we were told centrally-managed selections would deliver “high quality candidates". In reality, this was an excuse to entrench a toxic political culture fundamentally opposed to democratic accountability.

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Cllr Minesh Parekh 🌹 @mineshparekh.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

If Labour lose the Gorton and Denton by-election, Keir Starmer obviously must resign as Prime Minister. This is a constituency that has consistently elected Labour MPs for decades. Responsibility for any loss will lie squarely at Starmer’s door.

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Cllr Minesh Parekh 🌹 @mineshparekh.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Long overdue. This is a step in the right direction, but the Labour government needs a complete reset. Everyone implicated in the Mandelson scandal should stand down, from the top down.

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Cllr Minesh Parekh 🌹 @mineshparekh.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

There's so much wrong with this. Morgan McSweeney, Josh Simons, and Labour Together continually bring the party into disrepute. They all need to go.

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Momentum @peoplesmomentum.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

We need a real Labour alternative. 🌹 It's vital we elect NEC reps who will stand up for Party democracy and socialist values. Make sure to nominate the Grassroots 3 slate in your CLPs. futureweneed.com

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Grassroots Voice: The Future We Need

A Labour NEC campaign fighting for democracy & socialism

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Cllr Minesh Parekh 🌹 @mineshparekh.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Peter Mandelson lobbied, on behalf of the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, to reduce taxes on bankers' bonuses and to pressure a sitting PM to resign. We need a national inquiry into Epstein's influence and contacts. This also lays bare the failure of lifelong Lords appointments. Scrap them.

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Labour must reverse this decision if it is serious about putting country before party. We urge the party to reconsider in the interests of taking on Reform and building the strongest possible team in Westminster. Agree? Take action👇 actionnetwork.org/petitions/gu...

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