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Union Jane

@unionjane.bsky.social
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union member, activist, anti-racist, LGBTQ+ ally, environmentalist, slow painter, thinker, reader, jackdaw whisperer.

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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 44m
Congratulations to Gaza playwright Ali Abu Yasin, named #PENPinterPrize Writer of Courage 2026 by Jacqueline Rose! www.englishpen.org/posts/campai...
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Jacqueline Rose shares PEN Pinter Prize 2026 with Ali Abu Yasin - News & Events - English PEN
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Dave Rendle @daverendle.bsky.social · 17h
The UK's ban on trade with Israel's illegal settlements will only stop an estimated 0.6% of UK-Israel trade. If the government wants the UK to be a country that “stands up for what is right”, it must end the whole UK-Israel trade deal.
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Stop the UK-Israel Trade Deal
Take action in solidarity with Palestinians
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Union Jane @unionjane.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Spanish pensioner whose eviction sparked nationwide protests dies
Maricarmen Abascal, 87, was forcibly removed on a stretcher from her apartment of more than 70 years in September.
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Tory Fibs @toryfibs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🎶 oh, oh, oh, there’s no going back down Garvaghy 🎶 Christy Moore delivers.
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Union Jane @unionjane.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Tories are so low in the polls, for her it's just a game now. She gets paid a good salary for all this nonsense.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Archer’s resignation from the London mayoral race after it was revealed he lied in court was the thing that got Paul Foot up from his sickbed and contributing again, having first started chronicling Archer’s lies and misdemeanours in 1969. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 992, December 1999.
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Union Jane @unionjane.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Fake.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 07/10/2026
Here in Britain, antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred have risen sharply. We stand with Jewish and Muslim communities in their grief, and against all who seek to divide them.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 07/10/2026
Three years ago today, Hamas carried out a horrific terror attack in Israel. We remember all those killed and taken hostage, and the tens of thousands of Palestinians killed in Gaza since.
Two candles burning against a dark background, with one in sharp focus in the foreground and the other softly blurred behind it.
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Long tribute from Kemi Badenoch in her conference speech to Jeffrey Archer, complete with round of applause. The world is a "less colourful" place without him, she says, which is one way to describe a serial fraudster, fantasist and liar who wrecked several lives in the process.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Journalists"
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From the new Private Eye
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Union Jane @unionjane.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#PressFreedom #BylineTimes #JosiahMortimer #AdamBienkov #ConservativePartyConference #PrivateEye
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Union Jane @unionjane.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Free exhibition. #KyffinWilliams #KyffinWilliamsFaceToFace #Haverfordwest #Hwlffordd #LlyfrgellGlan-yr-Afon #TheRiversideLibrary #LlyfrgelloeddSirBenfro #PembrokeshireLibraries The iconic Kyffin Williams is known for landscapes, here are portaits.
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Union Jane @unionjane.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And an innocent woman died.
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Union Jane @unionjane.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Exactly.
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Sancardo 💚 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @sancardo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Far be it for me to advise royals on PR, but... If you are in a hole it's better to stop digging. news.sky.com/share/13595247
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Hearing to take place after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor takes legal action against police over arrest
The former prince was detained in February on suspicion of misconduct in public office over his links to paedophile US financier Jeffrey Epstein.
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Union Jane @unionjane.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.ukhospitalityunion.com Anyone who works within the UK's hospitality industry can join the #UKHU
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UK Hospitality Union | trade union
At 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...
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Union Jane @unionjane.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Great! I've passed it on. Thanks for that. 😊
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A 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 fare
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UK Hospitality Union | trade union
At 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...
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Union Jane @unionjane.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
That's an old photo too.
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Meg @roaringmeg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#OnThisDay #Antifa #CableStreet
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Jonathan Freedland @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Green party motion on Zionism shows little understanding of what Zionism is, who Jews are or how antisemitism works. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Green party’s anti-Zionism motion is yet another attempt to tell Jews how we should think | Jonathan Freedland
The resolution shows little understanding of what Zionism is, who Jews are or how antisemitism works, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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Sasha Simic @sashasimic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#WildAndWoollyUK Lower Clapton, Hackney celebrate #CableStreet90. #EastLondonKnitters say "Balls to Fascism". #Smrtfašizmu #slobodanarodu
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Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Our history. We keep marching on 💚 #CableStreet90 #TheyShallNotPass
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Union Jane @unionjane.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
roughtradebooks.com/products/cab... Anniversary March is taking place today, Sunday 4 October 2026, with participants gathering at 13:00 outside Tower Hamlets Town Hall in London. #UniteTheUnion
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CABLE STREET 1936-2026: NOT THEN NOT NOW - UNITE THE UNION
***PREORDERS SHIPPING OCTOBER 2026All through 1936, Oswald Mosley's fascists had been chased out of towns and cities all across the country. On 4th October, Mosley tried to march 5,000 of his Blackshi...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 04/10/2026
Court quashes block on mothers and children in Gaza joining families in UK
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Court quashes block on mothers and children in Gaza joining families in UK
Immigration court judge finds Unsafe Journeys Policy was applied unlawfully to two families A decision by the Home Office to block mothers and children in Gaza from joining their families in the UK has been quashed by a court. Families abroad who have had their applications approved to reunite with loved ones in the UK usually have to undergo biometric checks, including fingerprinting and facial images at a Visa Application Centre. But the VAC in Gaza has been closed since October 2023, and it is difficult to get out of the territory. Continue reading...
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
On this day 3rd Oct 1952 the Government announced that tea rationing was soon to end Artist: Harry Wingfield (Shopping with Mother)
Mother, in her smart brown suit, walks into a traditional grocery shop. Two neatly dressed children follow behind. 
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Union Jane @unionjane.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Haverhub #Haverfordwest #Pembrokeshire #Oct2026
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Adam is my friend, so I'm biased. But he's a darned sight better than the rest of them. Which presumably is why Badenoch fears him. Which is presumably why he's banned.
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How are the measles going, Mr. President? And the cyclospora? And Covid, the flu, rotavirus, whooping cough, E. coli, campylobacteriosis, listeria, cryptosporidiosis, infant botulism...
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Brett Shaw @brettshaw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Suella De-Vil Shadowy spokesdemon for learning stuff @suellade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Guess the song on the pub juke box I’m guessing “all by myself”
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Your weekend reminder that Nigel Farage wants to - leave the ECHR - repeal the Equality Act - Strip back workers rights - Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts - repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes no fault evictions He is not on your side youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...
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If UK media actually explained Nigel Farage’s policies to the public no one would be supporting him
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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Trista Winnie Fraser @tristawf.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This stopped me in my tracks. The cumulative weight of a bunch of instances that can be dismissed as one-offs or no big deal...it's a lot.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thank you Hugo bsky.app/profile/hugo...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'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 disliked
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The 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
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Union Jane @unionjane.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
c.org/Tq4Rg5Vxpd Weston Big Wood has stood here since the Ice Age. It is now at risk from decisions that took just a few months. If grey belt can be misused here, it can be misused anywhere. Sign the petition & save Weston Big Wood from development. #Portishead #Somerset #WestonBigWood
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Sign the Petition
Save Weston Big Wood from development
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Union Jane @unionjane.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Signed and shared.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You can see the genocide from space. Yet still it is widely denied.
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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The BDS movement is hosting a landmark event and you’re invited. On 18 November, the BDS@20 Europe Regional Conference will feature some of the most influential figures advocating across Europe and beyond in the struggle for Palestinian liberation today. bds20eu.bdsmovement.net
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 01/10/2026
❌ Myth: The far right are “defending Christianity” against secularism, Islam and “cultural Marxism”. ✅ Fact: Church leaders aren’t having it. Churches Together in England said “the Cross and the Gospel must never be co-opted to support messages that breed hostility towards others”.
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Union Jane @unionjane.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Dave Pedlar, CAMRA Kernow chairman, said: "This is a betrayal of the founders of Sharp's, the 40 people whose jobs are at risk and the locals that have supported this business for decades. #CAMRA
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Union Jane @unionjane.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal... Very tough for the workers at Sharp’s Brewery & for the community at and near to Rock, Cornwall. I hate the way family businesses like this get bought up, closed down, and moved on. #Sharp'sBrewery #Cornwall
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'Betrayal' as Cornwall's doomed beloved brewery's fate is now sealed
The American-Canadian giant that bought it only a few years ago confirmed the date and loss of 40 jobs - and now Doom Bar will be brewed 417 miles away
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Union Jane @unionjane.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#IamJaneDoe
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Union Jane @unionjane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#Iamjanedoe #IamJaneDoe
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Union Jane @unionjane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#IamJaneDoe
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Union Jane @unionjane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The black & white photo is by Richard Davis. He will be at that very pub today, giving two talks on photography and Manchester life. 5.00pm and 7.30pm. Salutation Pub, 12 Higher Chatham St, Manchester M15 6ED.
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Union Jane @unionjane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The brilliant Richard Davis will be at the Salutation Pub in Manchester today giving two talks on photography and Manchester life with particular reference to the Hulme district. 5.00pm and 7.30pm. 12 Higher Chatham St, Manchester M15 6ED. Entry FREE. #RichardDavisPhotographer #Manchester #Hulme
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Dr Susi Arnott @susiarnott.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
Enjoyed the launch, but only just started reading #CharityShopWorld. Wow, does it bite into the whole subject of consumption. Beautiful quote from Syrian poet Muhammed al-Maghout: "They gave us shoes, but took the paths" tansyhoskins.org/charityshopworld
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