Jonathan Ledger

Trade unionist, #Labour Party member. Former #probation officer, charity manager and General Secretary of #Napo. Support equality, liberty, justice and #THFC

[Trades Union Congress @The_TUC]

BREAKING 🚨| The number of people in a union in the UK has GROWN by 192,000 - to 6.6 million.

There has never been a more important time to be a member of a union.

When unions do well, working people do well.

It pays to be in a union.

[dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 @dave43law]

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[Paul Mason @paulmasonnews]

We are too stupid to govern ... paste it on billboards across the land 👇🏽

[Michael Crick @MichaelLCrick]

If this is all true, then Robert Kenyon, the Reform candidate in Makerfield, in clearly bonkers & deeply unpleasant, and it's no wonder he was Facebook friends with the self-declared fascist Gary Raikes. Reform's vetting processes seem about as effective as a chocolate teapot.

[Jonathan Ledger @Jonathan_Ledger]

Agree

[Ricky Sacks 🎙 @RickySacks]

The captain of Tottenham Hotspur choosing to personally miss the club’s biggest-ever league match in our recent modern history.

Romero should never be allowed to put on a Spurs shirt ever again.

Damning indictment of a culture which has been allowed to manifest inside our club.

[Ami Dar @AmiDar]

Yes, the Ben-Gvir video is disgraceful. But that's not the issue. The (obvious) issue is that if that's how nonviolent European protesters are treated in public, any person with a brain can imagine how Palestinians are treated behind closed doors. *That* is the real scandal.

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

The abominable treatment of civilians aboard the flotilla, including that which is documented in footage shared by Itamar Ben-Gvir, is unacceptable.

Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs has directed officials to summon the Israeli ambassador to demand assurances regarding the safety and security of Canadians involved.

Canada has already imposed strict sanctions on Mr. Ben-Gvir, including asset freezes and a travel ban, in response to his repeated incitement of violence. The protection of civilians and respect for human dignity must be upheld everywhere, at all times.

[Yvette Cooper @YvetteCooperMP]

I am truly appalled at the video posted by Israeli Cabinet Minister Ben-Gvir taunting those involved in the Global Sumud Flotilla.

This violates the most basic standards of respect and dignity in the way people should be treated.

We are in touch with the families of a number of British nationals involved to provide them with consular support.

We have demanded an explanation from the Israeli authorities and made clear their obligations to protect the rights of our citizens and all those involved.

[THST @THSTOfficial]

This year marks 90 years since legendary Spurs manager Bill Nicholson joined the club as a ground staff boy. To honour his legacy, a blue plaque will be installed on the house where he grew up in Scarborough. We’re proud to back the campaign and help raise funds for the plaque ahead of its unveiling in July.

Please support & donate here: https://t.co/LTDNg6X8xv

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

Immigration makes Britain brilliant.

[Kevin May @Yam_Nivek]

James O’Brien just nicknamed ‘Farrage’ as The Count of Dodgy Crypto.

[Jo Stevens @JoStevensLabour]

Our @UKLabour Government has already passed over 50 new laws to transform the lives of working people.

Today’s #KingsSpeech sets out the next steps we are taking to create a stronger, fairer country with opportunity for everyone.

[Kevin Maguire @Kevin_Maguire]

If Nigel Farage was judged to have broken Commons rules by keeping secret his £5m bung from a Thai-based cypto tycoon then the huge amount, when Reform would boost the billionaire's fortune, could earn a suspension.

Byelection?

Parly Standards Commissioner has opened an inquiry

[Politics In The U.K. @politixintheuk]

Times columnist Fraser Nelson pointed out over the weekend that new Home Office statistics paint a striking picture: net migration has fallen dramatically since Labour entered government, now sitting around 80 per cent below the record highs reached under the Conservatives.

And it is not just the headline figure shifting. Remove international students from the equation and long-term immigration levels are now “probably at a multi-year low”, Nelson wrote on his Substack — a remarkable turnaround after years of Tory chaos, broken promises and soaring numbers.

The asylum backlog is also being rapidly reduced under Labour. After ballooning in the aftermath of Covid while successive Conservative ministers appeared paralysed and unwilling to grip the crisis, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has begun making serious progress in clearing the system.

Away from the Westminster psychodrama and endless Reform stunts, an uncomfortable reality is emerging for Labour’s opponents: the Government may quietly be delivering results where the Tories failed for years.

Source: The London Economic

[Kevin Maguire @Kevin_Maguire]

You couldn't make this stuff up and we don't need to.

Delo is killing political satire.

[alan rusbridger @arusbridger]

A wall of crypto money is powering Nigel Farage, both politically and personally. And much of the British media just shrugs https://t.co/SlxBYqnfj5

[Adam Schwarz @AdamJSchwarz]

Hungary’s parliament sings “Ode to Joy” — the anthem of Europe — after Péter Magyar is sworn in as prime minister.

Hungary is once again a proud member of the European Union.

[The Standard @theLDNstandard]

As the UK celebrates the 100th birthday of Sir David Attenborough on Friday (8 May), artists from Sand In Your Eye have created an enormous 80m portrait of the Isleworth-born broadcaster on the shore of Morecambe Bay.

#LondonNews #davidattenborough #london

[Nick Lowles @lowles_nick]

After 37 years on the frontline against the far right, I've started writing in a new place. It's called Dear Britain.

It's a free newsletter that arrives in your inbox, just like this email. It takes ten seconds, you don’t need an account to read, and you can stop receiving it at any time.

The campaigning work at HOPE not hate continues. That won't change. But Dear Britain is somewhere I can write more openly and more honestly about what I'm seeing. About the rise of the far right, yes. But also about the polling and intelligence we're tracking, the issues that need to be spoken about, and the inspiring people I keep meeting in communities across the country who are already doing the work of stopping hate at a pivotal time for the UK.

We are at a crossroads. The Overton window has shifted. Nigel Farage may become our next Prime Minister. Stephen Lennon's "Unite the Kingdom" march is just over a week away and set to be his biggest ever.

But I still believe that the British people, given a real choice, will choose hope over hate.

Click to read more

https://t.co/EZ3Icz3lJ5

[London Labour @LondonLabour]

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