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Here's a link to the full article, on independent news site @northeastbylines.co.uk
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@greenparty.org.uk has selected me to run for Monument ward in May. That’s the ward I represented before I was Mayor. I’ll be part of an increasingly strong Green team. Greens won the recent South Jesmond by-election. Labour vote fell from 43% to 17%, most switching to the Greens.
Article below.
To tackle political lies why not have mandatory MP training? Making MPs do work experience might help then realise the difference between what they say in elections and what they do in government.
My latest article in @thecanaryuk.bsky.social.
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2026...
Any government that wants to end the cost of living crisis will come into conflict with very rich people. But it’s easier to get things done that public discourse would have us believe. My latest article. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2026...
British politics is a mess. Food, energy, housing are all too expensive. Major parties are all flogging the dead horse of trickle down. So I’m joining the Green Party. Britain needs an economy that works for workers, for small businesses, and future generations. @greenparty.org.uk
It’s a pity that Starmer, Reeves and co haven’t followed Denmark’s other policies. They tax capital gains up to 42% vs Britain’s top rate of 28%. This funds free university and excellent public services, providing the world’s second highest standard of living.
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
My latest article, on opinion polls. Will Labour now step down rather than split the anti-Reform vote?
On @thecanaryuk.bsky.social
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
Prisoner releases have been made a political football. We need politicians who want to fix it, not make it a political football. My article in @thecanaryuk.bsky.social
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Split image showing a group of Majority members in Majority T-shirts running a street stall in the top half of the image and a group of Majority members holding blue and yellow Majority Against Racism placards in the lower half.
"Majority legends! ✊🏼
Come rain or shine (luckily it was shine today), our hardy Majority members hit the streets every week.
First talking to shoppers at our street stall, then standing together with refugees at the regular anti-racism demo.
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My take on the Caerphilly by-election. Persistent grassroots campaigning on community issues shows that Reform have no answers.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
My take on the Caerphilly by-election. Persistent grassroots campaigning is a key element that shows Reform have no answers.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
I would like to coin the phrase ‘fake crusader’. The fake crusader is someone who shouts angrily at an injustice for just long enough to get attention and feel self-righteous. Despite having no track record of actually doing anything about it.
If you want to do more than like the hell out of things on social media, join @majorityuk.bsky.social. We campaign, do training, and build progressive alliances. We’re a social movement, so you can also be a member of your current political party. majorityuk.org/join
British people want leaders they can be proud of. Patriotism would be taking water back into public ownership. It would cost nothing. Simply enforce the fines. Share prices would drop to zero. And the government would look like it has a backbone.
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
The tiny numnber of far-right and just one of the anti-racist groups.
When 150 far-right tried to march through Newcastle yesterday, 3000 Geordies stopped them. I’m proud of our city and its people.
My article is a first-hand account of the day.
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
Image of a crowd of protesters at grey’s monument in Newcastle, holding placards saying Majority against racism.
Today Newcastle stood united. ✊🏼
The far-right were in town trying to spread their hate and division. Only about 200 turned up.
Over 3000 canny geordies, including dozens of Majority members stopped them marching and sent them packing!
#TheyDidNotPass #NaePasaran
27 September 11am Grey's Monument, Newcastle MAJORITY will MARCH AGAINST RACISM. Geordies are black and white
📣TOMORROW📣
Stephen Yaxley-Lennon aka Tommy Robinson will be in the toon tomorrow with Nick Tenconi and his UKIP pals.
They seek to divide us and turn us against each other. But we won’t let them. Let’s turn out in force and show them who we are in the North East!
Anyone who supports ID cards on the grounds that “if you’ve got nothing to hide you have nothing to worry about” should be banned from having curtains.
Mark Thomas’s People’s Manifesto
People want a new kind of politics. @majorityuk.bsky.social's packed conference shows it’s already happening. It’s about time Britain was run in the interests of its people. Not billionaires.
My article in @thecanaryuk.bsky.social.
Image of Zarah Sultana. Zarah Sultana Labour is dead, says Zarah Sultana as she calls for patience over party launch Co-leader of nascent leftwing party says more than 750,000 people have registered their interest
Great to have @zarahsultana.bsky.social at the Majority annual conference yesterday.
Labour have failed to provide the answers to the huge challenges we face.
We’ll be working with ‘Your Party’ to provide an alternative that will deliver for our communities.
Join us 👇🏼
#wearethemajority
Well done Zack!
Left-wing and right-wing are blunt terms. We need to get beyond them and talk about evidence, or we descend into tribalism. My article in @thecanaryuk.bsky.social
A Green Party by-election victory shows what's possible with progressive alliances
Labour threw everything - including Rachel Reeves - at a recent by-election, yet the Green Party smashed them
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
MAJORITY ANNUAL CONFERENCE WITH JAMIE DRISCOLL & ZARAH SULTANA MP Saturday 6 September 1pm to 4pm Discovery Musuem Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 Image of Jamie Driscoll and Zarah Sultana
Join us on Saturday 6th September at Newcastle’s Discovery Museum for our Annual Conference.
Keynote speakers include @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social and @zarahsultana.bsky.social, who will give an update on Your Party.
Book today - tickets going fast. Free for Majority members, £6 for non-members. 👇🏼
Labour has lost 'The Spirit of '45', but new parties and independents can take up the mantle
Clement Atlee and Nye Bevan would disown today’s Labour Party - but they may well be more interested in what Corbyn and Sultana are offering...
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
750,000 people have signed up to Your Party - and the establishment is panicking
The concern trolls are out in force over Your Party - but the thing is, their smears are actually just describing themselves, writes Jamie Driscoll
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
Homelessness minister, Rushanara Ali, has resigned after evicting four tenants from a property she owns, before hiking the rent by £700 a few weeks later.
What happened to high standards in public life? We know toddlers with better morals!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is not just about left-right ideology. It's about making sure Britain is run in the interests of those who do the work, including those doing unpaid work, those unable to work or those retired from a lifetime of work.