Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoyleSimon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 28/09/2026EVs are now up to 9x cheaper to drive than diesels in UK www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-evs... 416655
Lloyd Russell-Moyle @russell-moyle.co.uk · 28/09/2026When a politician in power says, “I’ll fight the next General Election on this issue”, what they really mean is, “I’m delaying doing anything about it.” Andy’s right: We need NHS style social care, paid for by national taxation. But we need it now, not in 3 years, if they win the next election. 1189
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoylePeter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026If you are in London, do join us today! 153
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoylePeter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Act Now: Solidarity with LGBT+ community in Türkiye. The battle for marriage equality continues. UN must press Sri Lanka to end the culture of impunity. Fired for refusing to censor LGBT+ books. The latest #PTFWeekly is out. READ & SUBSCRIBE: mailchi.mp/petertatchellfoundation/… 142
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoyleStrike Map @strikemap.org · 16/09/2026"For many years, organisations including more recently Strike Map have been making a case for a fundamental change to employment and industrial relations law." @sarahwoolley1.bsky.social, shout out for #StrikeMap at #TUC26. strikemap.org #TUC2026 0108
Lloyd Russell-Moyle @russell-moyle.co.uk · 16/09/2026Congrats to @rosemarley.bsky.social who will represent UK and global coops following the footsteps of former Woodcraft folk leader and coop pioneer Pauline Green. I know Rose will be a fearsome advocate for coops world wide. 010
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoyleCo-operatives UK @cooperativesuk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Huge congratulations to our CEO, @rosemarley.bsky.social, who has been elected to the board of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) yesterday at #ICAPanama2026! 🎉 Read more: buff.ly/rYEMnMP #Coops 122
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoyleAndrew Copson @andrewcopson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Great to open tonight's @apphg.bsky.social meeting & hear from MPs & education experts, incl. @tedcantle.bsky.social, @deborahweston.bsky.social & @yewisloung.bsky.social, on the opportunities & challenges ahead for RE in schools, collective worship, school admissions, and tackling illegal schools. 3134
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoyleLeft Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Delegates at #TUC26 have voted to condemn the EHRC code of practice and to back self-ID for trans peopleleftfootforward.orgTUC votes to condemn EHRC code of practice and back self-ID for trans peopleDelegates backed a motion branding the EHRC guidance 'discriminatory and unworkable' 26733
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoyleByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026📌 ICYMI — ‘A Cap on Donations Is Not Anti-Union — It Is Anti-Oligarchy’ — Kyle Taylor New Electoral Commission figures show £14.2 million flowed into party coffers in three months, one day after ministers finally admitted mega-donations are a problembylinetimes.com‘A Cap on Donations Is Not Anti-Union — It Is Anti-Oligarchy’New Electoral Commission figures show £14.2 million flowed into party coffers in three months, one day after ministers finally admitted mega-donations are a problem 06119
Lloyd Russell-Moyle @russell-moyle.co.uk · 08/09/2026The delay is quite right, but the review needs to set average new council size at 200-350k and be based on existing District/Borough councils. Where boundaries need tweaking to make sense (Falmer must be in Brighton) it should but no large area should be forced without consent. bbc.in/4xILLTQbbc.inMixed reactions in Sussex to halting of council reorganisationElections in 2027 will now be for borough and district councils and Brighton & Hove City Council. 030
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoyleThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 07/09/2026Labour’s new powers for water customers are a ‘stitch-up’, say campaignerstheguardian.comLabour’s new powers for water customers are a ‘stitch-up’, say campaignersExclusive: Documents reveal water firms have been allowed to advise on how they wish to be held to account Labour’s new powers for customers to hold water companies to account are a “stitch-up”, campaigners have said, as utilities firms have been advising on how to implement it. The Consumer Council for Water (CCW) is creating what the government referred to as “powerful consumer panels” so the public can question the executives of their local water company and get redress for problems they face from sewage and water companies in England and Wales. Continue reading... 52215
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoyleRosie de Difficult Kat 🌱🍉🍉 @rosiedekat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026 431843702
Lloyd Russell-Moyle @russell-moyle.co.uk · 08/09/2026Political uniforms on marches are illegal in this country. Protesters have been arrested at pro-Palestinian marches for wearing masks. Yet masked far right groups are allowed to intimidate our communities. It is two tier policing that arrests grandmas protesting Gaza, but allow this? 051
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoyleTribune @tribunemagazine.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Dolly Parton deeply resonated with working-class women globally. The star will be remembered as a feminist icon, despite eschewing ideological terms.tribunemag.co.ukFrom Dollywood to RotherhamDolly Parton deeply resonated with working-class women globally. The star will be remembered as a feminist icon, despite eschewing ideological terms. 043
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoyleJo Grady @drjogrady.bsky.social · 01/09/2026We will not stand by as this happens. The Spectator targeted Professor Jason Arday. Now they are repeating the same playbook with another Black academic leader. We are hearing from so many Black UCU members who work in fear. Fear that they will be next. We cannot and will not tolerate this. 2299
Lloyd Russell-Moyle @russell-moyle.co.uk · 01/09/2026@andyburnham.bsky.social statement in Parliament today is genuinely good, but we are only here because @greenparty.org.uk held the Labour feet to the fire. Words are easy but to keep Andy on track we need cross party working. Pleased he offered that with @elliechowns.bsky.social 031
Lloyd Russell-Moyle @russell-moyle.co.uk · 26/08/2026The wrong decision. Donations should be capped at £10k per person, per party (including candidates). Trade unions should be able to donate up to £10k per political fund member, but must name each person on whose behalf the donation is made. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comBurnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donorsPM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour 040
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoyleJames McAsh @jamesmcash.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton stood for feminist, anti-racist and pro-LGBT+ class-conscious politics. A Freewoman of Southwark, in 2016 she launched her Imagination Library in the borough, delivering thousands of free books to Southwark's children. Rest In Peace, Dolly 0102
Lloyd Russell-Moyle @russell-moyle.co.uk · 18/08/2026Genuinely pleased for 24/7 free disabled bus travel announced by @andyburnham.bsky.social I wrote @heidialexander.bsky.social asking for: 1) bus passes given to all blue badge holders 2) free passes for under 16 3) national bus passes for under £500 pa for others - slashing bus commuting by half. 030
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoyleSecret Agent Number Six @designationsix.bsky.social · 02/08/2026If a war movie was doing its job it would horrify you about war instead of glorifying it. 2082364291
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoyleLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 01/08/2026‘Criticism of Burnham’s decision to bow to Donald Trump was sparse. The 𝘚𝘶𝘯, unlike the 𝘎𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 or the BBC, acknowledged that anti-war Labour voters would be angry.’ @desfreedman.bsky.social on the use of British bases by American military aircraft bombing Iran. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ju...lrb.co.ukDes Freedman | Bombs AwayTen days ago, Andy Burnham stood outside Number 10 and announced a ‘circuit breaker for Britain, bringing forward the... 061
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoyleAndrew Copson @andrewcopson.bsky.social · 30/07/2026In 1776, Adam Smith risked his reputation to tell the world that his friend David Hume had died cheerful, kind, and unafraid — without religion. That is friendship. I’ve written about it (and about making friends in middle age) for the #InternationalDayofFriendship.humanists.ukLessons in friendship: David Hume and Adam Smith | Andrew CopsonFor International Day of Friendship, Andrew Copson reflects on one of humanist history's great friendships – and on why making friends in middle age is worth the awkwardness. 214637
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoyleGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Just loving how John Cleese, now reduced to one of his own caricatures, rages about immigrants coming to the UK and failing to accept "our" culture, from his home in ... (checks notes) ... Nevis in the Caribbean. 61075741805
Lloyd Russell-Moyle @russell-moyle.co.uk · 23/07/2026This needs to end. The immoral proscription of Palestine Action has led to the farce of trying to prosecute the lawyers who defended them. This is an assault on our justice system and our civil liberties. The new government must step in. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comPalestine Action trial lawyer’s prosecution criticised as ‘chilling’ for professionCBA chair says contempt charge over closing speech by Rajiv Menon KC has left lawyers fearful of doing their job 030
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoyleLyn Ettinger-Harwell @lyneh1.bsky.social · 16/07/2026🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩵🩷 Our murals mean more ~ Mural by: _schraderart_ ~ ~ 🎨 illustrationsbyannie_e ~ 423688599
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoyleAndrew Copson @andrewcopson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Wonderful to see government now move to consultation and recognise the great need for people in England in Wales to have what is so popular in Scotland and Northern Ireland: a legal wedding that reflects their values with meaning and significance - a humanist wedding! humanists.uk/2026/07/16/g...humanists.ukGovernment predicts one in five couples will opt for a humanist ceremony after legal recognitionThe Government’s impact assessment estimates that, if legally recognised, around one in five couples in England and Wales could choose a humanist wedding, more than 50,000 ceremonies every year. It st... 2145
Lloyd Russell-Moyle @russell-moyle.co.uk · 02/07/2026The latest UK-US trade deal will cost the NHS billions in extra money. It won’t provide access to the NHS for any drugs it couldn’t have already bought and will lead to up to 230,000 excess deaths in the UK. This is the legacy of the Starmer Streeting Project. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comStarmer’s goodbye gift to Britain: a US pharma deal that could be more lethal than Covid | Aditya ChakraborttyThe deal on medicine imports will cost the NHS billions and take funding away from doctors, nurses, cancer scans and the rest, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty 052
Lloyd Russell-Moyle @russell-moyle.co.uk · 26/06/2026💚Huge congratulations to Nadia on a fantastic Goldsmid, Brighton and Hove, by election victory! The last time the Greens won this ward in a by election, in 2009, we went on to win the council and elect a Green MP. That’s our ambition again. Onwards! 🌻 0104
Lloyd Russell-Moyle @russell-moyle.co.uk · 25/06/2026I’m delighted, after years of cross party campaigning, the Gov has published a Conversion Therapy Bill and will move to make this abuse illegal. After I drafted a Backbench Bill on this and worked alongside campaigners, it’s wonderful to see this long overdue step being taken. 310
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoyleCo-operatives UK @cooperativesuk.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Co-operate and we can change the world. #CoopFortnight is here, and This Beautiful Idea by Tony Walsh captures what #coops make possible: member-owned businesses making a difference in communities across the UK – and around the world. Watch, repost and help spread the word. #ThisBeautifulIdea 275
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoyleRMT Union @rmtunion.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Eddie Dempsey general secretary RMT said: “We are devastated to learn that a train driver and former RMT rep has tragically died as a result of today’s crash between Luton and Bedford. The thoughts of RMT are with their family, friends, colleagues and the ASLEF trade union at this awful time.” 25520
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoylePaul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Honestly, you'd be amazed how hard it is to source a wide ranging basket of goods data for the north east of england. Like, this is one of the most economically distressed parts of the UK, with falling healthy life expectancy and historically way behind the rest of the UK. >>> 152
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoyleLewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 30/05/2026The Soho Society is objecting to *every* new bar/restaurant licence in what is supposed to be the centre of London’s nightlife. More licensing insanity. I asked them to come on my Sunday show: "We will absolutely not be taking questions from journalists". Ofc not. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comResident group’s objections to bar and restaurant licences ‘destroying Soho’s reputation’Soho Society, funded by Westminster council, is ferociously opposing all new proposals, venue owners say 37428119
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoyleDavie 🏴🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️🌈🇻🇪🇱🇧🇨🇺 @tobgear.bsky.social · 28/05/2026 2534401601
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoyleLloyd Russell-Moyle @russell-moyle.co.uk · 03/12/2025Please see Woodcraft Folk statement here shorturl.at/Fnre4 on the exclusion of trans children from Girlguiding. A reminder that everyone is welcome at Woodcraft Folk including people who are trans 💚. Dedicated support or LGBTQ+ specific youth groups though The Proud Trust at theproudtrust.orgshorturl.atWoodcraft Folk statement on the exclusion of trans children from Girlguiding - Woodcraft FolkWoodcraft Folk stands in solidarity with every trans child, young person and volunteer who faces exclusion from Girlguiding UK following the announcement on Trans inclusion. We recognise that Girlgui... 097
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoyleLiz Webster 🏴🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 02/03/2026🚨 Kevin Maguire on GMB is right to raise Libya. We removed Gaddafi, a brutal dictator, but unleashed chaos, a failed state, refugee flows across the Med, and terror blowback including Manchester. Regime change sounds simple. The aftermath never is. #IranWar #Iran 06619
Lloyd Russell-Moyle @russell-moyle.co.uk · 02/03/2026Using British airbases makes us less safe. An Iranian drone has already hit an RAF base in Cyprus. This is a war of aggression by the USA and Israel regimes. I want the Iranian regime to fall, but this illegal war will only cause more death and make that harder. No to war! 060
Lloyd Russell-Moyle @russell-moyle.co.uk · 28/02/2026We do not want foreign wars. Iran is a horrid theocratic state but it is down to the Iranian people not forging military to set the future of their country. No war with Iran. No British planes in the sky! 070
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoyleBen Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 17/02/2026I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is 303216777674
Lloyd Russell-Moyle @russell-moyle.co.uk · 13/02/2026Justice - This is massive! @YvetteCooperMP illegally prescribed Palestine Action! Just like when the Tories tried to break the law by proroguing Parliament, this government has lost any moral leg to stand on. Their authoritarianism and lies know no bounds. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...bbc.co.ukPalestine Action ban ruled unlawful but group remains proscribed for nowThree judges rule against the Home Office in a massive blow to the government, but say the ban must remain until a further hearing. 070
Lloyd Russell-Moyle @russell-moyle.co.uk · 25/01/2026Pleased for @greenparty.org.uk who now are the only creditable alternative to Refom but gutted for my country that our Prime Minster is so petty and authoritarian that he personally turned up to block someone who might be better than him from getting into parliament- it’s clear today Labour is dead. 081
Lloyd Russell-Moyle @russell-moyle.co.uk · 25/01/2026Policing should always be led locally. We see in the USA how national law enforcement- away from ordinary people and communities can cause more harm than good. A national police service must not have power to override local policing decisions. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comHome Office to launch ‘British FBI’ to deal with serious crime UK-wideNational Police Service will investigate organised crime, terrorism, fraud and online child abuse 131
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-Moyleowenspottiswoode.bsky.social @owenspottiswoode.bsky.social · 18/12/2025To be fair, @russell-moyle.co.uk put it quite well when he said that "every billionaire is a policy failure". Nobody needs such an obscene amount of money. 1263
Lloyd Russell-Moyle @russell-moyle.co.uk · 03/12/2025Please see Woodcraft Folk statement here shorturl.at/Fnre4 on the exclusion of trans children from Girlguiding. A reminder that everyone is welcome at Woodcraft Folk including people who are trans 💚. Dedicated support or LGBTQ+ specific youth groups though The Proud Trust at theproudtrust.orgshorturl.atWoodcraft Folk statement on the exclusion of trans children from Girlguiding - Woodcraft FolkWoodcraft Folk stands in solidarity with every trans child, young person and volunteer who faces exclusion from Girlguiding UK following the announcement on Trans inclusion. We recognise that Girlgui... 097
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoyleLloyd Russell-Moyle @russell-moyle.co.uk · 03/12/2025Please see Woodcraft Folk statement here shorturl.at/Fnre4 on the exclusion of trans children from Girlguiding. A reminder that everyone is welcome at Woodcraft Folk including people who are trans 💚. Dedicated support or LGBTQ+ specific youth groups though The Proud Trust at theproudtrust.orgshorturl.atWoodcraft Folk statement on the exclusion of trans children from Girlguiding - Woodcraft FolkWoodcraft Folk stands in solidarity with every trans child, young person and volunteer who faces exclusion from Girlguiding UK following the announcement on Trans inclusion. We recognise that Girlgui... 291
Reposted by Lloyd Russell-MoyleBrighton & Hove Green Party @bhgreens.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Climate justice means social, racial, and economic justice too. We need to tackle the issues that matter day-to-day for people too. Lloyd @russell-moyle.co.uk on why he joined the Greens. 26120