It’s Windrush Day. Sixty-nine years ago Sidney McFarlane arrived in Dover from Jamaica. Now he’s back, with an important message for Sunak and Starmer

Played my favourite Bluebells’ single, Forevermore (with original flexi disc) to my boyfriend before London gig last night - and they only went and opened with it 💙 ROPoem ken mccluskey Gary Crowley

Felt like a teen again last night. #YoungAtHeart #TheBluebells 🙏🏽ROPoem ken mccluskey

Even the BBC now gets that Brexit is a disaster and then it goes over to Starmer still too terrified to utter a single word against it.

Word of the day is a reminder of ‘malversation’ (16th century): corrupt behaviour in public office.

Cyndi Lauper going to the US Senate to change a law that allowed homeless shelters to deny someone a bed based on their sexuality is the most rock star thing I've seen a rock star do.

Seven days before the election, the government has postponed the release of statistics showing the catastrophic state of the backlogs in the criminal courts. Perfectly above board, I’m sure.

EXCLUSIVE: Tribune can reveal that an Asian BrewDog employee was sacked after raising concerns about the presence of the EDL on the day of a far-right rally. tribunemag.co.uk/2024/06/asian-…

🚨 NEW: Labour will DELAY recognition of a Palestinian state, out of concern it might upset the USA. Starmer will reportedly "delay recognition of a Palestinian state" as "it could undermine Britain’s special relationship" with the United States. (Via The Times)

Week 306. #UprootTheSystem #FridaysForFuture #ClimateJusticeNow

🚨 BREAKING: Labour's support amongst Pakistani and Bangladeshi Brits plunges by **30pts**, Greens surge. 🔴 LAB 44% (-30) 🟢 GRN 29% (+28) 🔵 CON 7% (-1) 🟠 LD 7% (-5) Via YouGov, 11-20 June (+/- vs GE19 data from British Election Study)

Rishi Sunak says he is hurt & angry at Reform UK activist using racist language. How did he think I felt when his top donor Frank Hester said I “made him want to hate all Black women' and I should be shot?

CW: domestic violence. Poem from my recent collection Panic Response about my chemistry teacher, Avril Brown, who was very kind to me and who deserves to keep shining. (Been talking about her owing to the misogynistic killings in Bushey, which is where she taught me.)

I’ve moved Ardhendu Chowdhury.bsky.social

And breathe… 🦋

The announcement of the sale of The Observer to Tortoise Media is a grim end to a shaming episode for the Scott Trust.🧵

And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make …🎄