The latest Global Sumud Flotilla has set sail from Barcelona to break Israels illegal siege of Gaza.

The UK govt loves to demand freedom of navigation in the strait of Hormuz but when it comes to Israels maritime blockade of Gaza they don't say anything.

And it is the same here.

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social : "The only real majority.. is that of the working class, & too many working class New Yorkers, working class Americans, do not see themselves & their struggles at the heart of our politics"

From an interview with Richard Gaisford (formerly of #GMB!)

Really good summary from @9000lives.org of some of the most important changes that the SEND sector must make - at pace - if it is to have any hope of being more equitable. 🙏
@spcialndsjungle.bsky.social @suttontrust.bsky.social @edupolicyinst.bsky.social
@johnharris1969.bsky.social
#SEND #SEN

@zackpolanski.bsky.social doesn’t rise to lazy line of questioning we’ve come to expect in legacy media. This is the deliberative leadership we need to revive our democracy.

www.instagram.com/reel/DWKl_aq...

Life with my autistic sons: ‘How do you explain all the worries, the sleepless nights?’ When James Hunt began posting about his boys online, it was a way to describe the emotions and experiences of their extraordinary lives. In sharing his family’s joy and struggles, he realised they wer...

Really interesting interview with James Hunt, father of two autistic sons. I hadn't come across him before, but my daughter says she's been following him on Insta for ages! Thank you, @johnharris1969.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

New report: Breaking barriers – addressing inequalities and improving access to SEND legal advice for under-served communities Our research shows persistent inequalities in access to SEND provision and legal advice for children, young people and families from under-served communities

Really pleased to see my research for IPSEA published today.

Structural inequalities shape access to SEND provision.

If sectoral reform doesn’t take that seriously, inequalities won’t reduce — they’ll deepen.

www.ipsea.org.uk/news/breakin...

How to celebrate International Women’s Day 2026 In light of recent scandals, the fight for gender equality is more important than ever. Here's how you can make a change this IWD

In light of recent scandals, the fight for gender equality is more important than ever. Here's how you can make a change this IWD | Tessa Woodward

Pizza Express, elite power, and the women who pay the price Why do we keep shielding powerful men, like Epstein, while depending on the unpaid or low-paid work of women?

Why do we keep shielding powerful men, like Epstein, while depending on the unpaid or low-paid work of women? | Gerry Mitchell

The Epstein files: listen to the women As we approach International Women’s Day, the androcentric handling of the Epstein files spotlights how badly we are still failing women and girls

The Epstein files: listen to the women

As we approach International Women’s Day, the androcentric handling of the Epstein files spotlights how badly we are still failing women and girls

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With #InternationalWomensDay tomorrow:

If our economy depends so heavily on women’s labour,

why do our institutions continue to favour and legitimise wealthy men? 🤨

More on this 👇

#WealthTax #EconomicJustice

Feargal Sharkey is brilliant. Give it a listen.
Govt are paralysed by fear and forgetting that we are a democracy and their first obligation is to us, the electorate. 🙏 @zackpolanski.bsky.social @boldpolitics.bsky.social

Trump’s unprovoked attack on Iran has no legal mandate and no clear objective US president violates UN charter just days into the Board of Peace era, and chooses to take the biggest gamble of his administration

Of course not… there is no great thought or Intellect behind the invasion of Iran… only greed for oil, diversion from Genocide and Epstein shame!!

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The Green Party backing public ownership 👇
👏👏👏

82% want publicly owned water 💧
71% want publicly owned energy 💡
66% want publicly owned buses 🚌
87% want a publicly owned NHS 🏥
76% want publicly owned rail 🚄
75% want a publicly owned Royal Mail 📮

Kathy (@parislychee) This is absolutely legendary! ❤️🔥 This Swiss commentator has balls of steel. While the Israeli bobsleigh team was racing, he kept reminding viewers of the war crimes the pilot has openly supported.

If only @stefanrenner.bsky.social would give our Prime Minister, his Cabinet, the royals and much of the legacy media a lesson in moral integrity and courage in public life. @novaramedia.com

Over 50 Academics Warn That Voting System Is Not Fit For Multi-Party Politics Dozens of academics have written to the government to warn that the current voting system risks producing distorted results on an 'unprecedented' s...

🚨BREAKING NEWS 🚨

50 leading academics, former senior public officials and politics, law and policy experts warn about the risks of First Past the Post.

Letter in @politicshome.bsky.social today 👇

Inclusion bases: a new label, a big ambition, same unanswered questions - Special Needs Jungle More government announcements—this time changing units and resourced provision to “Inclusion Bases”: new label, same unanswered questions

Inclusion isn’t a room …

Excellent as ever from @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social

We live in one of the most unequal societies in the developed world.

Counting votes fairly would change that.

🙏 Lesley, Ashley, Helgi — especially @misterapb.bsky.social — and @mvmnorthwestsurrey.bsky.social members for presenting our card to @monicaharding.bsky.social

Please like & share 👇

The “overdiagnosis” debate also distracts from a harder reality in SEND:

the children, young people, carers and families who most need SEND provision are often the least likely to get it.

I’ve written about this — drawing on research and lived experience — here: www.linkedin.com/posts/gerry-...

BEST OF BYLINES: The voice of the nation – who speaks for Britain? The wrong people are telling the story of Britain, and the story they tell is exhausted

BEST OF BYLINES: The voice of the nation – who speaks for Britain?
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What Would Democracy in Britain Look Like Without Fear?
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#Venezuela #Greenland

Will the UK government acknowledge the idea of "the West" as a geopolitical entity with shared values, principles and interests is dead?

No

Poorest have got poorer under Labour while richest are better off Prime minister Keir Starmer pledges to ‘wage all out war’ on the high cost of living

Shocking but unsurprising: "Amount poorest households have left over after bills & essential spending has fallen by 2.1% since Labour came to power. The most affluent households have seen their discretionary incomes rise by 10.3%"

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

What Betty says. 💪

"You shouldn't be getting a medal for being robbed by your own government."

Betty Brown 92, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Scam was outraged about being in the New Year Honours List.

We want compensation and prison sentences not worthless medals.

‘Borrowed time’: crop pests and food losses supercharged by climate crisis Heating means pests breeding and spreading faster, warn scientists, with simplified current food system already vulnerable

In the #ClimateEmergency, #FoodSecurity is an issue we need to be taking a LOT more seriously

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

Lush's soap most of the money from which goes to funding Medical Services for Palestinians in Gaza.

Let everybody know.

A real Good Samaritan One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.

i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry

merry christmas xx

The voice of the nation – who speaks for Britain? The wrong people are telling the story of Britain, and the story they tell is exhausted

The voice of the nation – who speaks for Britain?

The wrong people are telling the story of Britain, and the story they tell is exhausted | Gerry Mitchell
@gerrymitchell.bsky.social