That "UK sicknote culture" in full.

some Irish primary school kids made a tune and there is zero legitimate reason for it to go this hard holy shit

It's time to call out these comments. When I started my career, the BBC called a programme I went on, about debt crisis "Hey Big Spender" - I objected. The biggest cause of debt crisis was change of circumstance. Since we've had a pandemic, cost of living crisis, mental health

📢 AN A-Z OF HOW BRITAIN CAME TO DESPISE THE #TORIES. As we head to the polls this Thursday, here’s a handy alpha-list of reminders of why we should all vote the #Tories out. Please share widely. Thank You! #VoteTactically #GTTO Inequality News @inequalitynews.bsky.social 🧵

“We need way more power being built. We need people out of advocacy mode, out of mobilizing mode and into really serious organizing.”— Jane McAlevey, a major voice in labor, died today. Jane had many pieces with In These Times. Most recent was this Q&A. inthesetimes.com/article/jane-m…

As James Timpson takes up office, there is much talk about the value of ‘second chances’. Some reflections are decent and positive; others are ill-informed and unkind. But it is worth remembering that there are large numbers of people in prison who never had a FIRST chance.

Here is Sam Thornton, one of our brilliant UNISON - UK's largest union care worker members in today's Guardian, talking about a Fair Pay Agreement and a National Care Service

Thames Water cannot be held accountable by the public You can't make them go on the BBC You can't switch company if you're a customer You can't unelect them You can't say no to boss's bonus (£195k) or planned bill rises (59%) But the government can and should NATIONALISE them

Watch this. Do not look away. Palestinian civilians forced to flee again & again as Israel bombs again & again houses already destroyed & even the so-called humanitarian zone it had previously told them to flee to. Violence without end, without morals, without humanity, for what?

When cars took over the roads, they didn’t just curtail kids’ freedom; they also made life much harder for grown-ups, Stephanie H. Murray writes: theatlantic.com/family/archive…

1971: Highbury's housewives welcomed the return of the football season. Women from the local area discussed the benefits of getting the menfolk out of the house.

What a thought-provoking and very lovely stunt 👏 2 weeks’ paternity leave on less than half of minimum wage is pretty barbaric when you think about it theguardian.com/money/2024/sep…

Break: we caught up with the protestor from the PM's speech

The level of disrespect on display here is staggering. Care work is skilled work. Migrant care workers are skilled workers. *Every* care worker is a skilled professional. Thank God they are no longer sat around the Cabinet table

the phrase 'learning curve' is interestingly misunderstood, people tend to say things like "that has a steep learning curve" to imply that something is hard to learn. but actually the steep learning part is the good part. a hard to learn thing has a long and flat early stage

Did you think women were gonna organise it for you?