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Work Rights Centre @workrights.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The Economist called UK employment tribunals a "tragedy of the commons" suffering from "too much access." We respectfully disagree—and we’re pleased to see our CEO Dr Dora-Olivia Vicol’s reply published in today's issue. 🧵 1/3

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🌌Maritimer @nova-anglia.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

In the Files, Steve Bannon and Epstein explicitly discuss *how to evade restrictions on foreign funding in Western politics*; the singular importance of loosening crypto regulations in Europe; and Bannon's work supporting & advising far-right politicians throughout Europe, including Nigel Farage.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 03/05/2026

It's official! I'm *permanently* banned from X for tweeting "TLDR: Fascism." (appeal denied) What an honor—and a sign that the Silicon Valley billionaires feel threatened by my book. (One of my final viral posts featured this cover.) Pre-order here! www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

Cover for Gil Duran's forthcoming book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War On Democracy." Red background with computer circuitry, words in black and white letters.

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Tom Miller @tommilleruk.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Less worrying if it's what you always assumed...

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

💥💥💥 Today, Mainstream publishes our first major research publication, The Productive State: A Framework for Manchesterism, by Mathew Lawrence and Alex Williams. It could not come at a more significant moment. Read it here: www.mainstreamlabour.org/publications...

A graphic showing the cover of Mainstream’s new report, The Productive State: A Framework for Manchesterism, and the following text: 'The Productive State:
A Framework for Manchesterism, By Mathew Lawrence and Alex Williams. The Productive State is the foundation for a different kind of economy - one organised around a principle that four decades of market primacy systematically suppressed: that the essentials of life should be provided for need rather than profit, and that economic security is the condition of genuine freedom rather than its enemy.’

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Tom James @tacj.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

An important constitutional reform: *if* we are to have referenda (referendums?) in the future, they should by convention always implement a specific piece of legislation that parliament has already passed.

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Tom Miller @tommilleruk.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Did anyone else imagine this as hardcore slamdancing / pit action? I wanna see Keir Starmer crowdkilling people in the front row at a Bane show

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Tom Miller @tommilleruk.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Reform UK: an echo of Brexit and a sidestep of its failures Labour: a party in an economic and cultural prison of Brexit's failures Conservatives: Brexit's failures

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Tom Miller @tommilleruk.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

This is the written equivalent of needing to be sick. futureoftheleft.substack.com/p/dispatches...

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Dispatches from a discontented country

Postcards from a people ill at ease

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

As an example of everything deficient with the “focussed on winning” Starmer project, there are so many to choose from. But today’s is that they went into their first set of local elections with first past the post still in place for mayorals and went into the second with voterID still in place.

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Tom Miller @tommilleruk.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Great to see Renewal pieces setting the agenda. If you don't subscribe, you need to.

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Tom Miller @tommilleruk.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I've learned my lesson, and won't be supporting any programme that includes WASPI.

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Tom Miller @tommilleruk.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

If our recent Blue Labour-ish strategy had worked, we'd add socially conservative working class voters to diverse & highly educated progressive ones. Instead, we went with tough on immigration and trans people, only to see a massive swing to Reform... and then lose progressives.

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

The “Blue Labour” strategy still being promoted by some on Labour right is premised on being able to win social conservatives while holding on to social liberals. Failure state for this strategy is failing to win social cons while alienating social liberals. Here is a map of that failure state:

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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Haigh’s essay here is well worth reading. This is not some MMT-adjacent treatise - it genuinely engages with the constraint.

It is therefore possible for two things to be true at once: that the current institutional framework is ill-suited to supporting long-term growth, and that the immediate constraint on
government action is the cost of borrowing in financial markets. A credible reform agenda must address both - improving the framework over time while demonstrating, in the near term, that public investment will strengthen, rather than weaken, fiscal sustainability.

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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Have said this repeatedly but it is *incredible* how not a single part of the conversation about the policy direction and culture of the Labour Party has considered trying to learn *anything* from Sadiq Khan

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Real change is possible - if we seize every opportunity to set our party on a better path. This year’s elections to Labour's NEC and NPF are an opportunity we can’t afford to miss. Nominate the Mainstream team in your CLPs now! www.mainstreamlabour.org/2026-nec-and...

A red/purple gradient graphic with Mainstream's NEC candidates pictured and named with their membership numbers attached.

Your candidates for the NEC.

Kerry Postlewhite (CLP section)
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Jovan Owusu-Nepaul (CLP section)
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Cat Arnold (CLP section)
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Elizabeth Dennis (Local Gov section)
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This year, vote to reconnect Labour with its mainstream.

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Tom Miller @tommilleruk.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

We got into government on the back of something serious that united people, then immediately defaulted to being a bunch of NPCs governing through empty platitudes and thought-terminating cliches.

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

We are appalled by yesterday's terrorist incident in Golders Green and thinking of all those affected. There is no place for antisemitism in our society. The rise of hatred and violence in all our communities must be rooted out by all of us.

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Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Thought this was an interesting little chunk. The people running this government have forgotten how to make a sincere argument for what they are doing.

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

We're organising to elect a progressive team of Mainstream candidates to Labour's NEC. They'll fight to bring a popular, principled and practical left politics to life within Labour. Meet Cat, candidate for the CLP section 👇 www.mainstreamlabour.org/2026-nec-and...

A graphic reading: Nominate Cat Arnold, L1452611. As an NEC member of two years, I’ve celebrated our wins, but challenged too.
My views have been grounded in good governance, democracy, and Labour Party values. Values of social and environmental justice, equity, and transparency. I will continue to uphold members’ views, representing them effectively, alongside my Mainstream colleagues.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Advance UK Gorton + Denton by-election candidate Nick Buckley says his posts about many women being whores, ruined by feminism, are 'taken out of context'. Searcnlight Magazine report on the response to their posts searchlightmagazine.com/2026/02/adva...

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Tom Miller @tommilleruk.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Community sport doesn’t just happen in stadiums. I’ve backed an amendment to protect all community sports spaces – including indoor venues like pools and boxing gyms. Add your name 👇 party.coop/campaign/com...

party.coop

Back our amendment to protect all community sports

A new law will bring in protections for sports venues, but there’s a chance to make them even better.

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

🌹Ballots are open for Mainstream members on our endorsements for this year's elections to Labour's National Policy Forum (NPF). If you're a member, search your inbox for a ballot from Mainstream.

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jaythechou.bsky.social @jaythechou.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1765

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Tom Miller @tommilleruk.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

So to get this straight, masked men, paid by the government, can simply kidnap minors without cause or evidence, dump them bleeding on the street, and that person then has no legal recourse. Some freedom, that is.

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

The authoritarian destruction of democracy in action. This is one of many reasons why removing Trump is only part 1 of dismantling American authoritarianism.

Screenshot of a New York Times article titled “Trump’s ‘Superstar’ Appellate Judges Have Voted 133 to 12 in His Favor.” Subheading states that Trump promised to fill appeals courts with “my judges,” who have formed a nearly united bloc defending his agenda. Below is a bar chart labeled “Votes in Favor of Trump,” showing Trump appointees at 92 percent, other Republican appointees at 68 percent, and Democratic appointees at 27 percent. Source notes this is a New York Times analysis of federal appeals court rulings in 2025.

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Tom Miller @tommilleruk.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Why has the Arsene Wenger coat become such a big thing this year? I get that they're warm, but so are joggers and uggs.

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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

"Your base supporters are crucial because they're the ones sharing, discussing, and framing these moments in everyday conversations. When they're demoralised, they either stay silent or actively undermine your messaging, allowing opponents to dominate the narrative space." -@demofuturist.bsky.social

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Why Labour keep losing the attention war

One year into Labour’s term, half of voters admit they still don’t know what the government is trying to do. Just 16% of those polled by YouGov think Labour have a clear sense of purpose, with 65% say...

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Tom Miller @tommilleruk.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

A good example of why law, PR and accounts are separate professional disciplines...

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

If a new app was produced which had, as its core features, the generation of sexual deep fake images of children and calls for a violent global far-right revolution, then not only would it be swiftly banned, but you wouldn't have a single mainstream politician willing to associate themselves with it

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Vlad Vexler @vladvexler.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

A calm and philosophical reflection on the ICE killing in Minneapolis Epistemic disorientation: It was Hannah Arendt’s view, drawing on Heidegger’s critique of technological modernity, that totalitarianism mobilises drama and terror to de-centre a citizen’s sense of reality. 1/7

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

NEW: Labour's CAC has reversed its decision to block motions on ending the two-child benefit limit. Without an end to the two-child benefit limit, the Government's Child Poverty Strategy is doomed to fail. A statement from Mainstream's Interim Council below👇

We welcome that the CAC will allow Conference the opportunity to debate ending the two-child benefit limit.

Ending the two-child limit is the single biggest action that Labour could take to reduce child poverty. Today’s news offers hope for the 4.5 million children living in poverty across the UK.

This is also a win for the mainstream of the Labour Party. 84% of Labour members back the ending of the two-child limit. The CAC’s initial decision to block this motion threatened to entrench the hostility to debate and discussion that is rooting itself in our party - and undermining Labour’s offer to the country.

We urge delegates to Conference to support this motion in the Priorities Ballot. The Government’s Child Poverty Strategy is doomed to fail without an end to the two-child limit. In a country as wealthy as the UK, allowing child poverty to deepen is a political choice. This is our moment to make sure Labour chooses differently.

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

There's overwhelming support amongst Labour's membership for a more radical offer on democracy, the economy, child poverty & more. We believe the voices of radical realists, the vast majority of the Labour Party, must be heard and heeded. Join us: mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved

Results of polling initiated by Compass:
- 92% of Labour Party members support the public ownership of essential utilities.
- 91% support taxing the wealth of the richest in our society.
- 84% support an end to the two-child benefit limit.

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Mainstream is serious about winning a democratic socialist future. We stand for: ⚡ Redistributing power and wealth ⚡ Defending rights and dignity at home & abroad ⚡ Creating a new political economy ..and much more. Our platform and our plan: www.mainstreamlabour.org/about

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About | Mainstream Labour

Mainstream is the home for Labour’s radical realists - united by values, driven by change

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

All governments are imperfect but they are NOT "all the same". The lazy trope that "it doesn't matter who you vote for" isn't just false; it feeds the nihilism on which the radical right prey. It's like a burning tyre, coating everything in acrid smoke, choking off any meaningful democratic choice

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James David Griffiths @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

🚨NEW PUBLICATION 🚨 Though people have moved on from Brexit, they still vote in line with their Brexit preferences - with age/education still separating voters. Voters now back party blocs, which matters greatly for Labour's current appeals to Reform voters. 🧵 academic.oup.com/pa/advance-a...

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The Brexit realignment amid electoral volatility: The role of party blocs in the 2024 General Election

Abstract. Brexit accelerated the long-term realignment of how demographic groups vote in Britain. However, Europe is no longer salient to voters, support f

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Tom Miller @tommilleruk.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

"Our £5bn disability benefits cut will stop welfare state collapsing, says Kendall" Social security has been collapsing for years. This accelerates the trend and supports the politics.

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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

A lot of things in politics make me think of this song m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxd2...

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Leonard Cohen - Everybody Knows (Audio)

YouTube video by LeonardCohenVEVO

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

So the strategy of trying to out-Farage Farage on immigration is going about as well as expected

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Tom Miller @tommilleruk.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

It's a disaster that they haven't fallen to zero, or close to that.

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Tom Miller @tommilleruk.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Huge amount of this immigration stuff is hyperbole. I think the concentration should be on how we integrate people and get public services to work. In the meantime though, this is instructive and shows how the political context is set.

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Tom Miller @tommilleruk.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

If it's hurting (them), it's working.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Reform UK’s new councillor for Redditch South, Worcestershire. Sue Eacock What’s her first priority going to be? Maybe reducing the number of Black people on TV. Or cancel the ‘gay parades’. Or ban the Muslim ‘ideology’ from your Christian country. That’s what you’ve voted for #Worcestershire.

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