An asylum and migration system rooted in mainstream Labour values When Labour’s values shine, we transform the country. On migration and asylum, it’s no different. The public wants a fair and balanced system of migration. A Labour approach rooted in solidarity, c...

I just signed a @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social petition for an asylum and migration system rooted in mainstream Labour values. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/an...

Survivor Interview: Rob Balfour YouTube video by Handing the Shame Back

Its not often I beam down to New Zealand for a virtural chat about all things 'survivorship' Had a great chat with Gloria Masters - Well worth checking out her growing list of interviewees from across the world and her pioneering child protection work on the ground in NZ 🖖 youtu.be/mmr8w1mAByI?...

#victoriousvoices #csa #traumarecovery #cptsdawareness #trauma | Victorious Voices We were in Leeds last Friday for the first of five seminars titled ‘Challenging the Silence: Male Survivor Needs’ delivered in partnership with Survivors West Yorkshire. Lee Cooper spoke for around 2...

The power of social action voice .... www.linkedin.com/posts/victor...

Keir Starmer's Brutal Treatment of Andy Burnham Has Destroyed All Illusions About His Premiership The true motivations of this Prime Minister can now be seen by all, argues Labour MP Clive Lewis

Keir Starmer's Brutal Treatment of Andy Burnham Has Destroyed All Illusions About His Premiership – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/01/30/k...

Guarantee a Fair and Open Selection for the Gorton and Denton By-election Labour can win in the Gorton and Denton by-election if we lead with our values and allow a fair, democratic and open selection for our candidate. Sign the petition below calling on the Chair of Lab...

I just signed a @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social petition - Guarantee a Fair and Open Selection for the Gorton and Denton By-election. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/gu...

Guarantee a Fair and Open Selection for the Gorton and Denton By-election Labour can win in the Gorton and Denton by-election if we lead with our values and allow a fair, democratic and open selection for our candidate. Sign the petition below calling on the Chair of Lab...

I just signed a @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social petition - Guarantee a Fair and Open Selection for the Gorton and Denton By-election. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/gu...

Stop the water stitch-up! Stop the stitch-up! The Government wants to push through water legislation, locking in a failed privatised system for decades without giving the public a say. I’ve signed the petition to stop this wa...

I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Stop the water stitch-up!. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...

✍️NEW on the Mainstream blog:

Stigma around trauma is constantly improving, but it's a little-considered factor in social outcomes for adults in Britain. Any Labour Government serious about making lives better would truly address it, writes @robdbalfour.bsky.social.

Read it below:

I've written a blog article for Mainstream Labour My article explores why a Labour Goverment should drive proactive social action using a Citizen Assembly as part of a moral mission to address Trauma in all its diversity. www.mainstreamlabour.org/blog/facing-...

‘The country has been crying out for principled leadership on child poverty and so has the mainstream of the Labour Party. This strategy is a long-overdue acknowledgement that we cannot accept a Britain where children grow up hungry or held back by circumstance. ‘There is real progress here. At last, England begins to catch up with the ambition shown in the devolved nations, and - crucially - the voices of parents and children living in poverty are no longer treated as an afterthought. ‘But warm words must now be matched by urgent action. The Child Poverty Unit must remain at the heart of government, driving a whole-system approach. Ending the two-child limit is a major victory, but it cannot be the finish line. To confront deep poverty, the benefit cap must go. We also need clear, ambitious poverty-reduction targets, an explicit commitment to children’s rights, and attention to the disproportionate risk of poverty for migrant children.’ Baroness Lister, Mainstream's Interim Council

Our view on the Child Poverty Strategy published today.

Child poverty is a moral stain on our society and its eradication is the least that the public expect from the Labour Party.

The mainstream of our party wants social justice to be at the heart of our offer to the country.

Vision drives the future .... see you out there

✍️NEW on the Mainstream blog:

With social media's role in misinformation and the rise of the far-right at an all-time high, Ilias Akhmedov argues an alternative strategy should be a priority for the Labour Government.

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Labour’s rebuttal to the Green party this week sums up the double standard that dogs our politics | Frances Ryan Why is it that the politics of hope offered up by the left is dismissed as naive, while the policies of the centre and right are portrayed as all that is possible? asks Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

Labour’s rebuttal to the Green party this week sums up the double standard that dogs our politics | Frances Ryan

If there is one positive cause at the moment worth a donation this brave young women and her fellow grooming - rape gangs survivors hope for a positive event to celebration their courage in speaking truth to power with an authentic intregity www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/survivors-...

“I'm here to endorse the Labour for a New Democracy call for a National Commission in this parliament - and a manifesto commitment to a system of Proportional Representation to be introduced into Westminster elections in the next Parliament.”

🌹 @andyburnham.bsky.social

Labour must choose differently on child poverty In a country as wealthy as the UK, allowing child poverty to deepen is a political choice. Labour must choose differently. Sign the petition below calling on the Conference Arrangements Committee t...

I just signed the @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social petition calling on Labour’s Conference Arrangements Committee to allow party delegates a debate on ending the two-child benefit limit.

We must tackle the scourge of child poverty. Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/la...

All hail VICTOR!!! He's a real-life hero whose selflessness & courage is an inspiration to us all.

Wishing you a complete & speedy recovery.

I salute you, sir! 🫡

Get involved | Mainstream Labour Mainstream is the home for Labour’s radical realists - united by values, driven by change

To transform the country and take on the populist right, Labour must heed the voices of its radical realists - and build a principled, practical, popular left alternative.

Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.

www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved

Get involved | Mainstream Labour Mainstream is the home for Labour’s radical realists - united by values, driven by change

To transform the country and take on the populist right, Labour must heed the voices of its radical realists - and build a principled, practical, popular left alternative.

Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.

www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved

"Staying Alive" (1983) - The Final Strut YouTube video by ItsCourtenayMmhm

Well 65 orbits completed (not sure how I'm still here 😂 ) But I get to do this one more time ... here's to 66 🖖 youtu.be/V1e5h9YSe_k?...

Stunning footage of a rare dark coloured deer, with estimates suggesting they make up less than 1% of all deer.

This month I will be presenting my perspectives on my academic publication journey using Autoethnography to almost all the leading Professors in the world exploring its possibilities as a tool to understand experience from the inner reality of people experiencing mental health distress. 🖖

You're welcome - I really liked your podcast - you might like the following article journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/SW...

The on demand replay of my play about the healing power of Doctor Who will be available for one week starting today. To get an email with the link, click below and make a small donation in support of the show.

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#TheatreSky #DoctorWho @freefringe.bsky.social

This interactive play is a testimonial to the healing power of Doctor Who. Survivor Michael Broussard tells the story of the abuse he experienced as a child and of the great solace and strength he later found through his involvement in Doctor Who fandom.

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Unmasking the mind “Psychology should be based on empirical evidence and scientific methods,” claimed the founder of its modern form, cognitive psychology.  Yet critics argue it's unknown whether psychology really has m...

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Crisis in the academy Universities, long celebrated as sanctuaries of free thought and intellectual rigour, have for centuries been regarded as the best way to educate and conduct research. But increasingly, this assumptio...

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Young men have pretty positive views on manhood There's too much moral-panicking and blaming going on around young men

Young men have pretty positive views on manhood
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What is GDP — and why is it so wrong? YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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