Our union was founded on this day in 1918. For over 100 years, firefighters have stood in unity - campaigning, organising and fighting to improve the fire and rescue service. Happy birthday FBU🎉

By sending bombs to the far right Israeli regime, Starmer and Biden not only have blood on their hands, they are also facilitating an international war. They must be stopped.

Starmer's creating a £22 billion black hole today. It's called investment in carbon capture and storage. This is an unproven technology whose only purpose is to permit fossil fuel to still be burned. And he's fallen for it. Is that foolishness, stupidity or corruption in play?

It will be Labour's HS2 – a hugely expensive scheme that won’t work and will have to be either massively refinanced or abandoned.

📣 Unite protest over winter fuel allowance There's no reason for a choice between paying workers and keeping pensioners warm. Unite the union: join a union's retired members are furious and will be making their voice heard. The GOV.UK's #WinterFuel policy needs to be reversed. Unite For A Workers' Economy

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“Being left means being on the side of the oppressed” European MP Carola Rackete on why as a leftwinger and anti-imperialist she supports Ukraine, and arms for Ukraine ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org/2024/10/04/bei…

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐊’𝐬 £22 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 This represents massive bet on a still unproven technology locking in UK to fossil fuel dependence for decades. theconversation.com/the-uks-22-bil…

It’s old , and Australian , but it’s the same BS that will cost us £22billion . . . and all our futures .

Trump and Netanyahu two sides of the same coin. Ultra nationalists, authoritarians and racists. So one reason Israeli regime is battering Gaza and Lebanon non-stop is to thwart Biden and get Trump back in the White House.

UK govt's rail nationalisation isn't what many think it is. Only passenger services will be brought into public ownership over the next 5 years. Lucrative freight and rolling stock companies will remain in private hands. Companies will still profiteer leftfootforward.org/2024/10/why-la…

Ukraine supporters on today's London demonstration for a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon

Untested carbon capture is another cop out from actually tackling the root cause of climate chaos, namely fossil fuels and corporate ravaging of resources.

Naomi Klein's perceptive article shows how the far right Zionist regime weaponized October 7 atrocities to legitimise the illegitimate - the slaughter of tens of thousands in Gaza and deny Palestinians a right to self-determination. theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int…

Brilliant turnout at ⁦Fire Brigades Union⁩ rally in Westminster for: Investment National Standards Workers’ Rights

Depressing news that Govt may approve bee-killing pesticide despite election promise to ban it - & outrageous that British Sugar has applied to use neonics for 5th year, despite industry commitment to end reliance in 2023. Govt must act to protect bees 🐝 theguardian.com/environment/20…

I raised again the need to establish a scheme to evacuate seriously injured Palestinian children from Gaza for treatment in our country. We introduced a scheme for Ukrainian children & to extend that scheme to children from Gaza would be a small but important act of humanity.

The #EmploymentRightsBill still ties itself up in knots trying to avoid what was promised. Failure to end #FireAndRehire and #ZeroHours contracts once and for all will leave more holes than Swiss cheese that hostile employers will use. independent.co.uk/business/propo…

Solidarity with the Georgian internationalist opposition, and particularly the trade unionists, socialists, feminists, LGBT rights campaigners within it.

If this not genocidal, what is? Netanyahu's far-right Israeli regime has destroyed 70% of housing stock in Gaza & wrecked or damaged three-quarters of all buildings in Gaza City. Next step is to drive the Palestinians out altogether & move in settlers. shorturl.at/iRo0b