Reposted by Stuart WhiteRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 1hThis is a positive development, full stop. Anti-racism norms matter, elite cues on anti-racism norms matter, a broad political consensus on anti-racism norms matter so a strong signal from the leader of a party which has been blurring red lines lately is good news. 1222845
Reposted by Stuart WhiteKevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 1hAs American democracy backslides, fundamental principles of constitutional government give way. Here, we see a dictatorial administration freezing out congressional oversight *of the military*, which represents a major step in an autocratic revolution of US-style civilian-military relations. 38331
Reposted by Stuart WhiteFriends Journal @friendsjournal.org · 18hBayard Rustin played a key role in the Civil Rights Movement, but was an equally passionate advocate for economic justice throughout his life. In every struggle against the principalities and powers of his time, Rustin was guided by his commitment to nonviolence, grounded in his Quaker upbringing.quakerspeak.comThe Gay Quaker Civil Rights Organizer That History Forgot - QuakerSpeakBayard Rustin was almost certainly the most famous American Quaker of the twentieth century—even before he became the subject of… 066
Reposted by Stuart WhiteSophie Cardin @sophiecardin.bsky.social · 22hAfter almost a year in the works, you can now register to attend the Utopia Now! Conference: www.schwarzmancentre.ox.ac.uk/whats-on/uto... Tickets are only £10 standard/ £5 students and U25schwarzmancentre.ox.ac.ukUtopia Now! Conference — part of the Utopia Now! ConferenceThis international conference sets out to explore the possibility of utopian imagining today, at a time when many of our social, political and environmental conditions are in crisis. The conference br... 233
Reposted by Stuart WhiteBruno Leipold @brunoleipold.com · 06/10/2026Paperback of Citizen Marx published today. Now available for the (slightly) more reasonable price of $29.95/£25.00 (+30% off with code PUP30) 🙂 2267
Reposted by Stuart WhiteJohn Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Latest from me: social care was this big thing at Labour conference. So why did neither Andy Burnham nor Yvette Cooper mention disability? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comSocial care for disabled adults is in as much crisis as support for elderly people – so why is the government silent about it? | John HarrisWorking-age adults such as my son, who is autistic, face an unreliable system, yet ministers talk only of a national care service for older people, says Guardian columnist John Harris 66632
Reposted by Stuart WhiteChris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just resigned from the @greenparty.org.uk . A pity, they could have been a force to make a serious challenge on Labour’s left. As it is, they’ve actually made it harder to defeat Israeli ethnonationalism. ime, of course. Don’t @ me 28614
Stuart White @stuartgwhite.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Thanks, Ben. I'm very glad that some people like you are staying and fighting the good fight. I will give support I can from outside. 010
Stuart White @stuartgwhite.bsky.social · 05/10/2026With great sadness, I have decided to resign my membership of the Green Party of England and Wales. 381
Reposted by Stuart WhiteRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is just indefensible. I think Greens will discover as much soon, question is how quickly they can retreat, and how much damage will be done by the time they do. 813523
Reposted by Stuart WhitePaul Pettinger @paulpettinger.bsky.social · 05/10/2026If fellow Greens can't see how utterly toxic yesterday's “Zionism is Racism” motion was, here's another signal: Vivien is a deeply compassionate, longstanding activist who wouldn't ever speak out like this lightly. The Party has a problem with sectarianism and needs to push back against it. 5113
Reposted by Stuart WhiteJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A new trade union has just been officially registered, the UK Hospitality Union It's a v under-represented part of the workplace re. unions: "Members include...baristas, hotel staff, restaurant staff, chefs, event caterers, bar staff, housekeeping." Be interesting to see how they fareukhospitalityunion.comUK Hospitality Union | trade unionAt the UK Hospitality Trade Union, we are the united voice for workers across the UK's hospitality sector. Our mission is simple: to advocate for fair treatment, safe working conditions, and equitable... 1129699
Reposted by Stuart WhiteCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026My speech from the conference debate on 'Zionism is Racism’ motion 1431359289
Reposted by Stuart WhiteElizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I will be resigning my membership of the Green Party, as this motion has passed unamended. I’m absolutely heartbroken. 3329030
Reposted by Stuart WhiteJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I'm not naive enough to actually believe this will happen, but Democrats could be preparing, right now, lists of impeachment charges against (at a bare minimum) Hegseth, Kennedy, Mullin, Patel, Blanche, & Trump, as well as Bondi, Bovino, & Noem (still worth doing!) that rely purely on public facts, 1013146641
Reposted by Stuart WhiteClare Bonetree @blooyonder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I ask and hope that fellow Greens attending conference will heed Carla Denyer, and support the work of Green Parliamentarians who strongly & consistently speak up for Gaza and Palestinians 🍉💚✊ 183
Reposted by Stuart WhiteCarla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026My thoughts on tomorrow's conference motion 'Zionism is Racism’ 59478105
Reposted by Stuart WhiteHeather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk · 03/10/2026🎃 I’m back behind the decks for Disco Divas Halloween Spooktacular on Sat 24th Oct at CADS Queer dancefloor magic, killer tunes & sapphic spooky-season joy await LGBTQ+ women & nonbinary sapphics tag your coven & grab tickets now 👻 www.outsavvy.com/event/38684/... #SheffieldIsSuper #SheffEvents 2255
Reposted by Stuart WhiteClub Announcement Spurs 🤦♂️ @markscrivens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is why you don’t allow authoritarian foreign states to put you in a position where blackmail is an option. 610836
Reposted by Stuart WhiteAnand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026We're going to get a lot of this. And we should take the numbers with an enormous dollop of salt. The negotiations would be tough, the terms less favourable than those we rejected in 2016. These numbers will move ' however 'mega' the poll! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comHalf of UK wants to rejoin EU and backing it could drive up Labour vote, megapoll findsExclusive: Findings will bolster those in No 10 who want to negotiate on re-entry but some senior figures remain wary 236217
Reposted by Stuart WhiteProf David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Depressing to see the lack of serious engagement with this, yet again. 072
Reposted by Stuart WhiteZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Time and time again when I'm knocking on doors people tell me they've still got their kids living at home with them. The extreme cost of housing is putting lives on hold across this country. We need an emergency brake on rents. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukZack Polanski to call for three-year cap on private rent risesIn his speech to his party's conference, the Green leader will frame housing as a key issue of generational fairness. 39828238
Reposted by Stuart WhiteProf Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Here’s hoping this is not the ‘new philosophy of social security’ Burnham trailed in Liverpool. A generation of young people are being failed by our threadbare public realm. Invest in fixing that and in supporting them. Axing social security is not the answer www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comKey disability benefit for young people may be axed under major welfare changesExclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive support to help young people into employment 4228
Reposted by Stuart WhiteJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Trump 45 administration was arranged around protecting Trump's ability to do crimes. The Trump 47 administration is much more aggressively committed to delegitimizing the whole *ideas* of crime and corruption for politicians. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...independent.co.ukTrump team is looking to see if DOJ committed misconduct in investigating WatergateA burglary at the Watergate complex in June 1972 would ultimately lead to a corruption scandal in Washington and the resignation of President Richard Nixon 28632
Reposted by Stuart WhiteAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation. Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he dislikedbylinetimes.comKemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist BanThe ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press 861525618
Reposted by Stuart WhiteEllie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026OK now I'm back at work I want to talk about GB Grid. I think the govt did the best it could at communicating this announcement but it's quite technical and you need to understand the energy system to fully get it, so it's almost impossible to sum up in a soundbite. Let me explain as far as I can: 84819
Reposted by Stuart WhiteTarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026He is not burning cash. He is investing money to shape political discourse and public opinion in line with his ideology and interests. And it's a successful strategy. Also, for a billionaire losing 10 million is like losing 1000 pounds for a middle class person. 111032
Reposted by Stuart WhiteNick Pearce @iprnickp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Peter Hall’s major new work on growth regimes is out: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...press.princeton.eduGoverning GrowthA groundbreaking account of how politics and economics have interacted in Western democracies over the past eighty years 052
Reposted by Stuart WhiteWe Own It @weownit.org.uk · 30/09/2026Andy Burnham has said the new water bill will “start a 10-year journey to a very different water system". He has an open goal with Thames Water. The company is insolvent. The legislation already exists to effect the transition to public ownership. Don't kick the can down the road - start now.independent.co.ukPM announces new law to allow public ownership of water firmsMayors will also be given new powers to hold failing water firms to account. 27428
Reposted by Stuart WhiteJeremy Gilbert @jemgilbert.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Burnham gave the speech that I'd been calling for for nearly a decade....does that mean anything? Idk, but it's interesting: thisconjuncture.substack.com/p/forty-year...thisconjuncture.substack.comForty Years of FailureThe article I published nine years ago, arguing that the Labour leader should give exactly the speech that Andy Burnham gave yesterday... 095
Reposted by Stuart WhiteCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Sadly there was a climate & nature shaped hole at the heart of Burnham’s speech. Nothing on the benefits of nature restoration & same old words on a “pragmatic” approach to N Sea drilling. There’s nothing pragmatic about pouring fuel on a scorching earth - he should rule out Rosebank & Jackdaw now 11472147
Reposted by Stuart WhiteNaomi Waltham-Smith @auralflaneur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When I attended a broadly CoE secondary school after Catholic primary school, I (backed by my Irish family!) was a conscientious objector to the nationalist/imperialist hymns or ones with Berengarianist heresies! 012
Reposted by Stuart WhiteHelen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The weird thing about the whole ‘dementia tax/death tax’ stuff is it implies we don’t already have one. Surely we basically do, we just don’t tell people about it in advance and it’s totally unpredictable and random. 5439
Reposted by Stuart WhiteAndrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026NOTTINGHAM! I'm doing this wonderful fundraiser tonight! A great cause, cheap tickets, good comedy! Also me! www.eventbrite.com/e/disabled-c...eventbrite.comDisabled Cants FundraiserJamie Green Wheelchair Fundraiser 054
Reposted by Stuart WhiteWill Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Not wanting to rain on the current Marr love-in parade, but... substack.com/home/post/p-...substack.comThe meaning of Johnny MarrAnd of not talking about Morrissey 63914
Reposted by Stuart WhiteRobin Moira White @robinmoirawhite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The Labour Party’s women’s conference on 26/9/26 was an embarrassing farce, with only 200 delegates of the 1,000 normal attendance (no major unions) in protest of the Labour Party’s shameful abandonment of trans people following the legally absurd ruling of the Supreme Court in FWS in April 2025. 121274283
Reposted by Stuart WhiteZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Labour are planning to extract more oil and gas from the North Sea despite the thousands of deaths from excess heat this summer. We cannot allow them to win in Holborn & St Pancras and think that they can get away with this. Vote Green. For our communities and our planet. 22772261
Reposted by Stuart WhiteOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026to keep functioning, society must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities 522220329
Reposted by Stuart WhitePeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🔴 BREAKING: BP, Uber, Amazon and more paying Tony Blair's think tank $25,000 for “networking” opportunities with politicians and policy makers at party conferences Experts say "looks and smells like cash for access" Full story on Democracy for Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-t...democracyforsale.substack.comBREAKING: Tony Blair Institute’s $25,000 corporate network “smells like cash for access”Exclusive documents show Tony Blair's think tank offers corporate members such as BP and Uber "networking" at party conferences and "a stronger voice" in policy debates. 77895436
Reposted by Stuart WhiteDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026🚨 BREAKING: In a major loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to initiate voter roll purges using a flawed database involving Americans' private data. The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system. 15115911002
Reposted by Stuart WhiteJames Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Something interesting here: success of local projects (e.g., @londoncentric.media @millmedia.bsky.social) suggests strong appetite for deeply reported local news. Yet BBC withdrawing (even further) from the space. 0132
Reposted by Stuart WhiteElection Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 25/09/2026Queen's Park (Brighton & Hove) Council By-Election Result: 🌍 GRN: 50.1% (+1.8) 🌹 LAB: 35.3% (+4.2) ➡️ RFM: 7.0% (-3.1) 🌳 CON: 4.3% (+0.8) 🔶LDM: 3.7% (-0.9) No Ind (-2.7) as previous. Green GAIN from Labour. Changes w/ 2025 By-Election. 711820
Reposted by Stuart WhiteCori Crider @coricrider.com · 25/09/2026SHOTS FIRED: Clive Lewis MP says what needed saying about Palantir’s naked bid to buy access to HMG thru Tom Watson. “Now, the former scourge of mass surveillance finds a surveillance company “the most interesting … on the planet”. It’s quite a journey” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comTom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics | Clive LewisWhen a former Labour deputy leader joins a firm built on surveillance and military targeting, it deepens public cynicism – and democracy depends on trust, says Labour MP Clive Lewis 064
Reposted by Stuart WhiteCowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Don’t you love it when there’s a public awareness campaign about how we can individually save water by taking shorter showers when our water companies lose 25% of freshwater to leaks and the government says data centres are Critical National Infrastructure? 0146
Stuart White @stuartgwhite.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ben, this is one of the nicest things anyone has ever said to me! (I think.) 011
Reposted by Stuart WhiteLGBT+ Liberal Democrats 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @pluslibdems.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Liberal Democrat Conference votes overwhelmingly to oppose the EHRC guidance and restore trans rights! 🎉🏳️⚧️ 0319
Reposted by Stuart WhiteDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 23/09/2026New oil and gas projects are incompatible with the Paris Agreement. End of story. "governments plan to produce about more than double (120%) the volume of fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5°C, and 77% more than would be consistent with 2°C"productiongap.org2025 Press - Production Gap 06233
Reposted by Stuart WhiteQuakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 23/09/2026"When people are under the most pressure to act against their beliefs, their right to refuse matters most." @quakerunoffice.bsky.social reminds the UN Human Rights Council that the right to conscientious objection to military service must be protected in wartime. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...quaker.org.uk"Conscience does not end when war begins", Quakers tell UN | Quakers in BritainThe Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) has reminded the UN Human Rights Council that the right to conscientious objection to military service must be protected in wartime. 0165