While Gillian Keegan does nothing, the education crisis deepens. Join the London strike demo on 5 July. ➡️11am: Assemble at Belvedere Square, next to the London Eye. ➡️11:30am: March via Department for Education to Parliament Square for rally. #SaveOurSchools #DoYourJobGill #PayUpNow

This may impress The Observer, but it certainly doesn't those of us who saw all of this before with Blair's grovelling to Murdoch. History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce. theguardian.com/politics/2023/…

Shadow Chancellor Reeves says "fiscal rules", limits on spending, are at the top of her list. That is continuation of austerity, real wage cuts, queues at the NHS, leaky schools, Won't check poverty, poor public services, low investment/productivity. bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-p…

Sham Democracy: British political giving is dominated by the rich. The rich invest, get access to policymakers, desired laws, govt contracts, honours. People get austerity, corruption. Can't get people-centred govts without banning political donations. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

To soothe public anger Thames Water investors agree to £750m injection. They took £7.2bn dividend, exec-pay doubled in 3 yrs. Profits made by hiking real prices, dumping sewage, creating health hazards, destroying biodiversity. Privatisation is a scam. bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

Tory MP criticised windfall taxes on oil and gas companies, including BP, without declaring his wife’s shares in the company, worth more than £50,000. Conflict of interests are a norm in UK govt. People get shafted. Is any Tory MP transparent? theguardian.com/politics/2023/…

.Rachel Reeves provokes outrage after branding Ken Loach an ‘antisemite’ thelondoneconomic.com/news/rachel-re…

Australian Greens say Israel is 'practising crime of apartheid' and call for boycotts of far-right figures - ABC News abc.net.au/news/2023-06-0…

Banks have been closing Muslim bank accounts for ages. No media interest. Zero political concern. Along comes Farage. Media go bonkers and politicians jump to attention. doubledown.news/watch/2023/jul…

Privatisation of the NHS is not some myth or conspiracy theory. Billions of pounds of NHS funds are given to private healthcare providers every single year. A figure that has increased by 70% over the past decade. Please RT if you think everyone should be aware.

11,000 people in England hospitalised with malnutrition. Scurvy & rickets on the rise in one of the richest countries. It is due to rotten politics that inflicts poverty, cuts to public services to create misery. Parties promise more of the same. archive.ph/2023.07.09-233…

@DanJarvisLeader Keir Starmer

It's very interesting to read the comments to this result, as divided as our own branch.

RMT this was Manchester Piccadilly this morning, but of course “no one uses ticket offices anymore” 🙄

As in the last retweet, it's interesting to read the comments to this result.

The DWP are considering acquiring powers of arrest, search and seizure and collecting information about where claimants are spending money. Source Benefits and Work.

NEW 🚨 RMT update on national rail dispute with train operators: 🧵 Following further negotiations between RDG and RMT , a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the current dispute has been developed.

"As a human rights lawyer, [Starmer] will be aware that Israel’s assault on civilians in Gaza meets the criteria of war crimes and these are the gravest crimes in international law." Marilyn Tyzack on the Do-Nothing leader of the Labour Party. creatingsocialism.org/071123-news-ga…

‘Do not go gentle into that good night, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.’ Dylan Thomas, Welsh Modernist poet, author, filmmaker, socialist, and opponent of war, died on this day in 1953 at the age of 39.