"Before the ruling any challenges had been gentle, like ‘oh by the way this is the ladies’,” she was quoted as saying, “and people were embarrassed or apologetic when I said ‘it’s okay I’m a girl’, but now it’s aggressive and horrible.”

QueerAF@wearequeeraf.com · 8h ago

The EHRC's Code of Practice has been condemned as a "system of segregation", "impractical and inhumane", and even "genocidal in nature" It comes into force today

War is good for business for oil companies. Windfall profits like this should be taxed! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BP profit highest since 2022 as Iran war pushes up oil price

Higher oil prices boost the energy giant's results while environmental groups accuse it of profiteering.

bbc.co.uk

Honestly, this book is such a healing read right now #BookSky #HumanKind

Remember this scene?

A Capybara and a Dog playing Friday Fun 😃

Under First Past the Post, some seats are seen as "battlegrounds" and others as ones that can be safely ignored. To really "put power in every postcode", Andy Burnham needs to address this fundamental injustice. New article in @left-foot-forward.bsky.social by our CEO @emmacampaigner.bsky.social:

If Andy Burnham wants to deliver power in every postcode, he has to overhaul our broken democracy

If it doesn't happen, "power in every postcode" will take its place alongside levelling up: a phrase that moved attention around the country without ever moving power.

leftfootforward.org

Great to see a letter by our activist Michael Bursill published in the Guardian 👏👏👏 "If Andy Burnham is as good as his word to date, he will set up a National Commission on Electoral Reform." 🤞

Making proportional representation work in Britain | Letters

Letters: Readers respond to Guardian analysis examining what Britain would look like under an electoral system of PR

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Not sure who did this but they should be arrested immediately.

💬 "Putting power in every postcode means making sure that every vote counts equally, no matter where you live." Our Manchester activist Abbie responds to Andy Burnham 🔥 Our voting system means that some places get a lot more attention than others. Redistributing power means changing this.

Someone start a party called Rebrand. The policies are basically Reform's, but without the window dressing. "We at Rebrand believe firmly in asset stripping the NHS, removing taxes on the super-rich, and destroying the environment."

All I want is a cozy tree trunk reading nook 🎨 Zosara

hey girl, are you the moon? because you also look bad in pictures

Andy Burnham criticises poverty pay in social care, "I've been made aware of somebody homeless working in a case setting, living out of a mobile home" "How can we enable those staff to give a real sense of security of the people they're looking after, if they do not have it in their own life?"

🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham has called for employers to stop conducting interviews on Zoom or Teams and using AI to filter through CVs "How does a young person shine in that situation? How do you get over some of your personality, your passion?"

The good news: @andyburnham.bsky.social and @eddavey.libdems.org.uk command a super majority in Parliament. There is nothing they can’t achieve together in constitutional reform, social care, education, the economy, defence and Europe. They should develop a centre-left consensus to deliver it!

Burnham's comments today were a kind of anti-populism: a rejection of easy answers, an acknowledgment of trade-offs and a commitment to solve seemingly-intractable problems. Early days, but incredibly refreshing.

That social care speech was a cold drink of water.

Burnham: "Social care in England is as unfair as American healthcare." It's a very good line.

The town of Hay-on-Wye in Wales is completely dedicated to books and has 26 bookshops but only 2000 residents. That’s one bookshop per 77 people. [📹 happyenchantedhome]

The day I will pay attention to politicians guffing about "parity of esteem" is the day one of their children goes to an FE college.

Yesterday's @lewisgoodall.com interview @thenewsagents.co.uk with Neal Lawson was very interesting regarding Burnham's possible direction of travel. open.spotify.com/episode/490a...

Could Andy Burnham be the most important PM since Thatcher?

The News Agents · Episode

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Do it! Restore the idea of representative democracy. electoral-reform.org.uk/in-andy-burn...

In Andy Burnham we have the first prime minister who openly backs proportional representation

Andy Burnham’s rise to Downing Street means that for the first time in modern history we have a prime minister who is openly committed to proportional representation.In recent years t

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“96 Labour MPs have supported an amendment tabled by Alex Sobel, chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections, calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform. It has attracted the support of almost 200 parliamentarians” 🌹 #Labour4PR

Compulsory voting on the table as Burnham ponders electoral reform

Proposals seen by the prime minister’s advisers suggest a £10 fine for those who do not cast a ballot, with a ‘none of the above’ option to be included

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Burnham: Social Care is a huge challenge that demands a proper longterm solution. It can be done if parties work together. Most parties: PM is right and we'll work with him for a solution. Tories: PM is right and we'll work with him for a solution. BUT ONLY IF HE CAN DO IT FOR FREE. Grow TF up.

Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan

For our American friends.

A machine for making us lonelier and stupider seems a little harsh, but then again www.ft.com/content/bdb3...

If the King in the North really wants to go full tilt at moving the centre of government operations, may I present the ideal seat for Parliament in the North?

Two, very obvious, things which really struck me in Copenhagen. 1. Bikes racked up everywhere. But almost no bike locks. 2. No gates on public transport. You buy a ticket and present it if asked. Didn’t see any ticket inspectors. High trust societies are good.

I regret to inform you that we have reached the “Broadmoor is a holiday camp” stage of right-wing discourse.