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This is a recipe for inertia.

The great Tony Benn was born 100 years ago today. Tony was a much-loved friend and supporter of the DMA and our communities for more than five decades. He spoke Durham Miners' Gala more times than anyone in its long history. (1/4)

Since there is a great deal of bad faith distortion and misrepresentation about it, including by the Israeli ambassador, it is worth sharing what Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan Sadiq Khan actually said in his Eid message:

Proposed benefit cuts could force around 400,000 people into poverty Disabled people who struggle to feed and dress themselves will lose thousands. We need a mass movement - on the streets, in unions & Parliament to stop this. I will fight tooth & nail for the welfare state.

Spirit-lifting, mind-blowing, superb Kamasi Washington at the Glasshouse tonight Kamasi Washington The Glasshouse International Centre for Music

"Two British Labour MPs have been detained & refused entry to Israel. Authorities there reportedly believe they intended to spread hateful rhetoric"

Excellent thread

It's not an easy job, working on the bins. It's not a well-paid job. But it is an essential job. Taking £8k a year from bin workers in Birmingham is just plain wrong. You'd think a The Labour Party council & government would get that. Kevin Maguire & The Mirror do. If you get it, pls

.stewart lansley’s Compass paper here is a very good contribution on choices for the British economy, both in terms of its analysis and his proposals

The government does not ‘really have much choice’ but to increase its teacher pay recommendation or it risks the system ‘grinding to a halt’, warns @danielkebedeneu tes.com/magazine/news/…

Union boss urges Labour MPs to vote against benefit cuts bbc.in/3RccvZw

Chris Hinchcliff raises some fair points here it seems to me:

If this pause on reciprocal tariffs were actually a victory and not a strategic retreat, you think Donald Trump would have sent someone else to announce it?

It sounds like Britain is still facing US tariffs despite Donald Trump's 90-day pause The UK is still being hit with baseline tariffs of 10% along with a higher rate of 25% on exports of steel, aluminium and cars While ministers are encouraged by the shift in position it makes

Last night massively defeated by Reform in Tameside and the Greens in Haringey, the Labour right’s choices are the wrong ones for the majority of the population and causing a backlash in all directions.

Everyone at the DMA is deeply saddened to learn that Anne Scargill has passed away. Anne earned the respect, admiration and affection of mining communities, and the wider working class across the country and internationally. Read more: durhamminers.org/farewell_anne_…

Well before Trump, the “moral authority” of the US already didn’t amount to a row of beans for millions of people living in the Global South, and in particular for those on the receiving end of US bombs and bullets.

The Birmingham bin strikers aren’t just taking action for themselves, they are standing up for all of us. Show your support 👇

I was in Ecuador for last week's Presidential election. What I saw left me in no doubt: this election was neither free nor fair. What’s unfolding is a Trump-style authoritarian turn - and ordinary Ecuadorians will pay the price. 🔗My new article: morningstaronline.co.uk/article/ecuado…

Trump reportedly wants to eliminate funding for Head Start programs. These programs provide educational and nutritional support to our poorest children. Meanwhile, Trump is pushing for more tax cuts for the rich and a record breaking $1 trillion Pentagon budget. Hello?