There are many things that need to improve in media, this is not the way to do it. As has been pointed out by a number of women in journalism - it’s likely them that will be (further) pushed to the back as journalists clamber to get to the front. Accountability needs more space, not less.

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🚨 A transparency row has broken out within the Scottish Parliament over the use of a media ‘pen’ to restrict journalists asking questions: www.scotsman.com/news/politic...

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NEW EPISODE REMINDER: @talatyaqoob.bsky.social – feminist campaigner and commentator – on how the law shapes power and inequality, and what’s at stake for Scotland ahead of the 2026 elections. Swipe to read some of Talat’s insightful reflections ➡️ 🎧 Listen here ➡️: podfollow.com/lawmanity/view

🎙️ New Episode: What’s at Stake for Scotland in 2026 with Talat Yaqoob We’re back with another one-on-one guest interview – this time with Talat Yaqoob @talatyaqoob.bsky.social: feminist campaigner, consultant, and commentator 📣 🎧 Listen here ➡️: podfollow.com/lawmanity/view

Thank you to everyone who participated in the #Climate and #Nature hustings event last night in Edinburgh and online. Over 500 gathered from across Scotland. With thanks to our Chair, @talatyaqoob.bsky.social, all the panellists and everyone who put forward a question.

TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector This month Graham Martin takes a deep dive into sector responses to the rise of the far-right with: @scvo.scot @justrightscotland.org.uk @talatyaqoob.bsky.social And many more Available for all to read and share here: buff.ly/5ZSAqnY

💥 This week’s must read article from Talat Yaqoob FRSE - what we must do, right now, to build a vibrant, powerful movement for + change👇🏾 @talatyaqoob.bsky.social

Being a movement, not a sector:

The Threat We Face Last weekend we saw 100,000 far-right activists and extremists take over London, shouting racist, sexist, and Islamophobic chants, sharing white supremacist conspiracy theories a…

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The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?

Really, Labour? More inhumane policy, more demonisation based only on pandering to Reform. This closes a last remaining safe route- and the majority of whom are women and children from Iran, Syria, and Afghanistan. This is shameful.

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BREAKING: Yvette Cooper says she is suspending all applications to bring family members to the UK under the asylum system.

May they all be at peace now. Mariam was like a daughter to us. We spoke most days, laughing, crying, imagining what it would be like when we met and shared food and were able to hug each other. She knew the dangers and continued anyway so we could see the truth. Her son has lost his mother

He spoke: "As if the geysers of anger had spurted out of the ground unbidden and not as a result of politicians tampering with the fire hydrants." My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column on the asylum hotel protests. www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

'We are not a soft touch; nor do we take more than our fair share of migrants'

SKIMMING news programmes on the recent hate-fests outside asylum hotels in Epping and Falkirk, I stumbled across a clip of the former Conservative…

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Absolute joy and privilege to chair a further two discussion at the Edinburgh Book Festival. The first with Ece Temelkuran, journalist and author of “How to Lose a Country” and “Together” on the rise of fascism and how we fight it. She was brilliant, unapologetic, and wise. Please read her books!

Far right groups are threatening to burn down hotels full of refugees at events attended by senior politicians, while people of colour live in fear after being falsely labelled as paedophiles How mainstream politicians and media organisations are allowing a violent far right movement to spread

Where Is the Political Leadership Against This Violent Far-Right Movement Terrorising Britain?

The silence of senior mainstream politicians and media organisations against the rise of a new well-organised far-right movement on Britain's streets is a disgrace, argues Adam Bienkov

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Absolute privilege to chair this session at @edbookfest.bsky.social with Palestinian journalist and human rights activist Ahmed Alnaouq - read his book and more about the project “We Are Not Numbers” wearenotnumbers.org

Police Scotland may have breached people’s human rights with arrests at pro-Palestine demonstrations, the Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has warned Read more: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

New report by me, Rhianna, @talatyaqoob.bsky.social and @engenderscot.bsky.social‬ on women’s political journeys in Scotland and their experiences of becoming and being a candidate. It's not a pretty picture... www.engender.org.uk/news/blog/en...

Engender blog | Engender launches report on women’s experience of the election process

Engender’s new report ‘Women’s Political Journey’ explores the candidate journey—from preparing to stand as a candidate, including all the interview and vetting processes, to being elected and what ha...

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I’ve written for @heraldscotland.bsky.social on Gaza, and the cowardice of so-called world leaders who use statehood as a negotiation tool with the oppressor… www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

World leaders have had the answers from the start

World-leaders continue to hide behind the semantics, more concerned with “difference of opinion” than the now estimated over 61,000 Gazans…

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👩‍🎓 | Leading equality and social justice campaigner Talat Yaqoob has vowed to keep pushing for a fairer society, after she was awarded an honorary doctorate by #EdNapier. Read more ➡️ orlo.uk/Xwcfg #ENUGrads | #MustBeNapier

An arms company asked a Scottish university to monitor students and "act as a deterrent" against any protests they might face on campus. The university said: "Not a problem." Exclusive from @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2530867...

An unexpected but gratefully received honour from @edinburghnapier.bsky.social - it’s a privilege to work on advancing equality, and at time when there is a global pushback against these efforts, it’s on all of us, including institutions, to fight even harder. www.napier.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Social justice campaigner Talat Yaqoob honoured by Edinburgh Napier University

At Edinburgh Napier University, we nurture talent and create knowledge that shapes communities all around the world.

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MPs will vote on proscribing Palestine Action, alongside violent, far-rights group MMC whose leader has charges for acts of mass violence in US. These two groups are not equivalent to one another, yet MPs will have to vote on the list in full. This is a manipulation of parliamentary process.

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Palestine Action ban: when does parliament vote take place?

Anti-progress, anti-systems change, anti-DEI is not just something happening elsewhere - it’s here too. This week’s deeply disappointing proof: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

To all who think capitalism can drive progressive change, it won’t – and here’s the shocking proof | Polly Toynbee

Asset manager Aberdeen’s surprise cut to funding research into inequality has left those that used its grants for good work reeling, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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🔴‘Traditional Gender Norms Are the Exact Opposite’ of What UK Economy Needs, New Report Finds A gender equality study shows that gender inequality is worsening financial hardship in deprived regions bylinetimes.com/2025/06/23/g...

'Traditional Gender Norms Are the Exact Opposite' of What UK Economy Needs, New Report Finds

A gender equality study shows that gender inequality is worsening financial hardship in deprived regions

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“The Tinker Experiments should not have happened…on behalf of Scotland, we are sorry.” -- John Swinney, First Minister Read MRR's first reaction to the Scottish Government's statement and apology today: makingrightsreal.org.uk/scotlands-fi...

🚨BREAKING: We’re deeply concerned at the use of counter terrorism powers to target protest groups. This is the latest in a succession of measures taken by the UK government to clamp down on protest in the UK.

Thanks to everyone who came to the @passthemic.bsky.social national gathering - an amazing, powerful day. Which is desperately needed in the current political and social landscape.