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Middle-aged radiographer, trade unionist, Green party member. Birmingham UK.

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The royals need to be held to account. It's inconceivable to think that Charles and William knew nothing about allegations against Andrew. CHARLES AND WILLIAM, WHAT DID YOU KNOW? #NotMyKing #AbolishTheMonarchy #Epstein

09.03.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
Dear Shabana,
I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank.
You said: β€œA party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to
make a perilous crossing on small boats.”
I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton
and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government
who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division.
When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there
to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done
in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the
flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney.
As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking
points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I
filled water tanks and picked up litter.
What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop
the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country.
Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it.
It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping
migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and
croissants to refugees and food parcels.
When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She
said β€œwe have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for
refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers
whilst risking death on the seas.”
She said β€œmaybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on
the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …

Dear Shabana, I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank. You said: β€œA party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to make a perilous crossing on small boats.” I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division. When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney. As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I filled water tanks and picked up litter. What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country. Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it. It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and croissants to refugees and food parcels. When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She said β€œwe have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers whilst risking death on the seas.” She said β€œmaybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …

Dear Shabana,

Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

05.03.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 4907 πŸ” 1800 πŸ’¬ 249 πŸ“Œ 346

The Prime Minister is asked about abolishing leasehold.

He answers on management companies and ground rents that makes it really clear Labour have no intention of abolishing leasehold.

5 million people stuck paying service charges because Labour stand with property developers.

04.03.2026 12:22 πŸ‘ 1505 πŸ” 422 πŸ’¬ 73 πŸ“Œ 25
Dear Prime Minister,
In recent days we have seen a deeply concerning escalation in conflict in the Middle East 
following a series of illegal and dangerously irresponsible airstrikes on Iran by the United States 
and Israel.
You have now confirmed that UK bases will be used by the US for their operations in the area. 
This is a significant concession to President Donald Trump and one which risks drawing the UK 
into a dangerous conflict.
During your campaign to be elected leader of the Labour Party, you spoke compellingly about 
learning the lessons of the Iraq war. In particular, you set out legislation you would pass as 
Prime Minister, ensuring that military action is only taken if:
β€’ The lawful case for it is made
β€’ There is a viable objective
β€’ Consent is given by the House of Commons.
We agree that such legislation is needed to prevent the UK from being dragged into destructive, 
illegal and dangerous wars abroad, and so we have today tabled the Armed Conflict 
(Requirements) Bill.
The Bill requires that
1. Before armed forces may be deployed for armed conflict, a Minister of the Crown must 
publish a statement setting out the reasons for the deployment, an assessment of its 
compliance with international law, the objective of the deployment and an assessment 
of the viability of that objective, and
2. Any such deployment must be approved in advance by a resolution of the House of 
Commons

Dear Prime Minister, In recent days we have seen a deeply concerning escalation in conflict in the Middle East following a series of illegal and dangerously irresponsible airstrikes on Iran by the United States and Israel. You have now confirmed that UK bases will be used by the US for their operations in the area. This is a significant concession to President Donald Trump and one which risks drawing the UK into a dangerous conflict. During your campaign to be elected leader of the Labour Party, you spoke compellingly about learning the lessons of the Iraq war. In particular, you set out legislation you would pass as Prime Minister, ensuring that military action is only taken if: β€’ The lawful case for it is made β€’ There is a viable objective β€’ Consent is given by the House of Commons. We agree that such legislation is needed to prevent the UK from being dragged into destructive, illegal and dangerous wars abroad, and so we have today tabled the Armed Conflict (Requirements) Bill. The Bill requires that 1. Before armed forces may be deployed for armed conflict, a Minister of the Crown must publish a statement setting out the reasons for the deployment, an assessment of its compliance with international law, the objective of the deployment and an assessment of the viability of that objective, and 2. Any such deployment must be approved in advance by a resolution of the House of Commons

I invite your support to pass this bill.
In an increasingly unstable world, it is more important than ever that decisions about the UK’s 
involvement in military action abroad are taken carefully, soberly, and with the best interests of 
the British people at heart. We believe this piece of legislation would ensure that.
Yours sincerely,
Dr Ellie Chowns MP

I invite your support to pass this bill. In an increasingly unstable world, it is more important than ever that decisions about the UK’s involvement in military action abroad are taken carefully, soberly, and with the best interests of the British people at heart. We believe this piece of legislation would ensure that. Yours sincerely, Dr Ellie Chowns MP

Today I tabled a bill which would require any UK military intervention to have a lawful basis, viable objective, and approval by MPs - legislation the PM once said he himself would pass when he was running for Labour leader.

He supported it then, and he should support it now.

03.03.2026 10:59 πŸ‘ 518 πŸ” 174 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 7

Keir Starmer when you were running for Labour leader you promised to introduce this legislation to stop the UK being dragged into illegal wars - it's time to show you were serious about that.

03.03.2026 11:05 πŸ‘ 922 πŸ” 254 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 7

Really concerned to hear the Defence Secretary refuse to rule out UK's involvement in future strikes on Iran.

Iraq lessons must be learned.
Further escalation in the Middle East makes us all less safe.

Starmer must rule out UK involvement immediately.

01.03.2026 09:46 πŸ‘ 2163 πŸ” 426 πŸ’¬ 81 πŸ“Œ 24

Reform: Stop the boats! Deport people!
Starmer: OMG we have to beat the Reform Party! STOP MORE BOATS! DEPORT MORE PEOPLE! ISLAND OF STRANGERS!
Hannah Spencer: Everybody deserves a nice life.
Starmer: Hannah Spencer is more interested in dividing people than uniting them.

27.02.2026 14:33 πŸ‘ 328 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

MATTHEW BADLOSS IS IT

27.02.2026 08:00 πŸ‘ 997 πŸ” 133 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 11

Now there is hope! It's no longer a choice between grim and grimmer. We can vote for who we want and win. Anywhere.
It's just one constituency, but the Green victory in Gorton and Denton is an electric shock to our political system.

27.02.2026 07:33 πŸ‘ 3701 πŸ” 740 πŸ’¬ 96 πŸ“Œ 41

Yes!

27.02.2026 04:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So the Welcome to Die game, and 5 other games? Yeah I'm in.

26.02.2026 05:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The question no one is asking about the monarchy
The question no one is asking about the monarchy YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

The question no one is asking about the monarchy youtu.be/5VQEwiEvfTY?...

24.02.2026 07:11 πŸ‘ 84 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 6
Preview
Reform would create ICE-style agency and end leave to remain, Zia Yusuf to say Nigel Farage’s party plans to deport up to 288,000 people a year on five flights a day and expand stop and search

Reform offers a future where British people loose their rights to drive racist, xenophobic policies that spread hate and harm.

We know where this leads: children torn from their parents, people afraid of random detention, a state no one can hold to account.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

23.02.2026 09:32 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Preview
Businessman slapped with Β£3,000 bill for hanging Union Flags on lampposts Will Haylett, 43, says he was trying to 'lift people's spirits' when he put up dozens of Union and St George's flags on lampposts using his company's cherry picker.

"lift people's spirits" by illegally putting up flags on lampposts?!
Utter bollocks.
The only reason these flags were put up was so racists could "mark their territory" and intimidate anyone non-white.
Good to see these racist fuckwits getting consequences.
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/uk-news...

22.02.2026 17:09 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I hope every rich nonce in the UK & beyond is brought down because three hours in a custody cell with no staff and vending machine coffee breaks Andrew like a dropped trifle

19.02.2026 12:01 πŸ‘ 469 πŸ” 115 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 2
Preview
If you want to know what Reform would be like in power, look at how it threatened Bangor University | Gaby Hinsliff A debating society didn’t want to invite two figures connected to the party to speak. Cue an authoritarian response, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

If you want to know what Reform would be like in power, look at how it threatened Bangor University
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

13.02.2026 10:35 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

This brave woman speaks for millions of British people.

Meanwhile these thugs behave in an entirely menacing manner and nothing is done.

12.02.2026 22:44 πŸ‘ 1629 πŸ” 453 πŸ’¬ 60 πŸ“Œ 16

We pride ourselves on being a democracy and yet there’s a medieval theocratic anachronism in the heart of parliament: 26 bishops with automatic seats in the House of Lords. (The only other country in the world with clerics automatically entering a government is… Iran).

09.02.2026 20:09 πŸ‘ 658 πŸ” 175 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 7

If Starmer & McSweeney finally go over the revelations in the Mandelson files

Their toxic immigration plans must go with them.

NO MORE politicians in the pockets of the seedy rich blaming the outcomes of their greed & corruption on immigrants!

05.02.2026 07:58 πŸ‘ 463 πŸ” 126 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 3
Preview
Palestine Action protesters not guilty of defence firm burglary The group are cleared of aggravated burglary over the alleged raid at an Elbit Systems warehouse.

Absolutely embarrassing for the govt. that they have proscribed Palestine Action before the trial and the jury has found them not guilty. This Labour govt. is so out of touch with the public, it is shocking. I think Cooper should resign over this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

04.02.2026 13:33 πŸ‘ 126 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3

Dril is the patron saint of the internet!

04.02.2026 16:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No new pictures. Where are you mentally?

04.02.2026 12:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Reform byelection candidate refuses to disown claim that people born in UK not necessarily British Matthew Goodwin, who is standing in Gorton and Denton, said UK-born people from minority ethnic backgrounds were not always British

Reform are now saying that Black and Asian and other ethnic minorities are not necessarily British, even if they were born here.

Think about that.

This is literally one of the first steps on the road that leads to fascism and concentration camps.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

28.01.2026 10:05 πŸ‘ 83 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

COW TOOLS

20.01.2026 01:14 πŸ‘ 2875 πŸ” 729 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 13

I found this out in October when I was told that the work Christmas party was to be a masked ball. So I bought a Mister Noseybonk mask (Β£50)and did some reasearch, only to be told later that it wasn't to be a masked ball after all, and they were just joking.

19.01.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And on current polling Reform will become an unpopular government elected with just 30% of the vote.
We MUST have #PR #ProportionalRepresentation NOW

19.01.2026 11:11 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I don't want to share any private space with a terf. They would violate my dignity because they don't mind their own business. I've said this before but I think now, more than ever, we should have separate rooms for them. Utter weirdos

16.01.2026 12:49 πŸ‘ 393 πŸ” 75 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

Jenrick defection probably the dumbest thing he could have done. He could have been the top race science guy in the tory party, but now he's going to be a run-of-the-mill race science guy who needs to impress guys who believe a secret sect of Brown people control the traffic lights

15.01.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 460 πŸ” 96 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

Zack was right about NATO, and he is right about this.

The history we are writing now doesn't have to be like this. We can make it a history that people look back on and say " thank goodness some people had the sense to see what was happening, and did something about it".

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08.01.2026 11:43 πŸ‘ 132 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

To all those saying "but if our government spoke out, there might be consequences", please remember that not speaking out also has consequences. The history of appeasement is not a reassuring one.

05.01.2026 09:28 πŸ‘ 1082 πŸ” 248 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 11