A reminder that it is the launch of Stand Up To Racism - County Durham tonight. Please come along if you can & be part of this organising initiative to combat hatred, racism & the far right in County Durham. If we don’t do it, no one else will. See you at 6.30.

Has the government’s plan for sectoral collective bargaining effectively been abandoned, ask Nicola Countouris, Prof Keith Ewing & Lord John Hendy? A vital read for #TUC2024 delegates & anyone concerned with The Labour Party’s employment law reforms: ier.org.uk/comments/the-l…

I’ve heard talk of Labour’s New Deal for Working People having been “delivered”. I think we have to be very careful of language like that. Nothing has been delivered, and there are crucial gaps in what is being proposed compared to the comprehensive manifesto commitments of 2019.

At #TUC2024 Louise Regan received a standing ovation for her speech on Palestine. “Every ounce of our energy and effort must go into an immediate ceasefire and ending of arms sales to Israel. Our task is to stand with the Palestinians and to keep speaking out."

Hundreds out at short notice outside Downing St in disgust and rage against Israel’s latest massacre. #FreePalestine 🇵🇸 #StopArmingIsrael

I know it’s not hip to be anti-war any more, but I’m with Woody.

Well done John Finucane MP & everyone who campaigned long & hard for this. It should never have taken so long & I really hope some sort of justice is done. If you don’t know about the case, please read up on it.

If you’re in Manchester, get on the coach to Liverpool on Sunday 22nd Sept & tell Starmer’s Government: Austerity is a Political Choice: Tax the Rich! Contact MCR PeoplesAssembly for details. 👇👇👇

Problem with politics. It is filled with people without any. Just their own self interest. So many other ways to fix the economy before hitting the most vulnerable. But pensioners won’t be inviting them to fancy dinners and lobbying lunches before lining their pockets 🤔

Yesterday we had a v positive anti-racist meeting in Durham with ppl from across the county. Lots of local experience of anti-racist work & confronting racism, from protests in Bishop Auckland in 2017 to Reform UK voters now. Ben Sellers DurhamNEU Durham UCU

The beneficiaries of Austerity 2.0 are likely to be those who peddle simplistic racist myths about why we are in the position we are in. The fight against austerity & racism are the same fight. Join us in Liverpool on Sunday 22nd Sept to say loud & clear: The Labour Party #TaxTheRich!

🚨37 MPs have written to David Lammy to express concern about the UK government's decision to keep licensing F-35 parts for export to Israel. "There is a clear risk that they may be used to commit or facilitate a serious violation of international humanitarian law", they write.

If you are in Liverpool next weekend, please check this out. All the talk of black holes, tough choices & fiscal prudence is bull, a performance. What’s it’s really about is presenting an image to the Tory press & big business. Come & tell them we’ll not put up with it. ✊

My friend & comrade Paula Peters really needs our help to get a mobility scooter so she can maintain her independence & improve her quality of life. Every little bit helps, so if you could click the link below to donate or share the link, it’d mean a lot. gofundme.com/f/to-fund-for-…

A gruesome travesty of a prosecution, cooked up by a racist police force under pressure from a disgraced politician who incited a coked-up mob of fascists to attack their own officers. Everything about this case from start to finish has been vomit-inducing.

Keep keeping an eye out for those Cautious Kevins. A lot of it around.

On the subject of wild fabrications made by the Jewish Chronicle.

Bitter-sweet weekend seeing Heidi off. Waved goodbye to her at her new digs on Oxford Road, Manchester this afternoon. Massively excited for everything to come, but strange not to have any children in the house for the first time since 2002. Will take some getting used to.